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The music that I listen to is very minimalistic. I listen to a lot of old blues that is just guitar and vocals. Lykke Li

Music Guitar Old Vocals Lot Very Listen Just Blues

One billion grains of sand come into existence in the world each second. That's a cyclical process. As rocks and mountains die, grains of sand are born. Some of those grains may then cement naturally into sandstone. And as the sandstone weathers, new grains break free. Some of those grains may then accumulate on a massive scale, into a sand dune. Magnus Larsson

World Free Mountains Those Scale Some Born New Come Massive Existence Rocks Dune Accumulate Die May Cement Grains Break Process Sand Then Cyclical Naturally Billion Each Second

Architects create spaces that accommodate human activity. Magnus Larsson

Architects Accommodate Human Human Activity Spaces Create Activity

Sand dunes are almost like ready-made buildings in a way. All we need to do is solidify the parts that we need to be solid, and then excavate the sand, and we have our architecture. We can either excavate it by hand, or we can have the wind excavate it for us. Magnus Larsson

Architecture Wind Our Way Solid Almost Like Parts Buildings Ready-Made Hand Either Sand Then Us Need

One of the most obvious reasons to start using timber rather than concrete is that it's the one commonly grown and therefore exceptionally renewable building material that we have available to us. And it acts as storage for carbon dioxide. Magnus Larsson

I found out that there was this project called the 'Great Green Wall' where they wanted to plant trees across the Sahara desert, and the idea was born that I wanted to create a support structure for that initiative. Magnus Larsson

Great Plant Trees Project Out Born Structure Support Idea Sahara Wall Green Where Wanted Create Across Initiative Desert Found

I started off in journalism 16 years ago in Stockholm, and I wrote for a few different publications for many years. I've also worked in advertising as a copywriter and creative director, but I changed it for architecture at 25 years old. Magnus Larsson

Director Creative Architecture Old Few Changed Journalism Also Wrote Advertising Years Years Ago Off Stockholm Different Worked Many Publications Started

In a way, architecture is about communication. That's an aspect of the discipline that is somewhat lacking, and there's definitely room for more progression into that area. I suppose that gives me a bit of a different edge. I'm also very, very used to doing a lot of exhaustive research and finding interesting information from different sources. Magnus Larsson

Me Communication Architecture Discipline Edge Research Progression Way Bit Definitely Finding About More Gives Area Somewhat Suppose Also Exhaustive Doing Sources Lot Very Lacking Different Information Interesting Room Aspect Used

The threat is desertification. My response is a sandstone wall made from solidified sand. Magnus Larsson

Made Response Threat Wall Sand

Architects create spaces that accommodate human activity. As opposed to many of its contemporary counterparts, Dune'is not so much focused on the styling of that activity, as on the supporting of it. Magnus Larsson

Focused Architects Counterparts Supporting Contemporary Styling Opposed Accommodate Human Human Activity Spaces Create Much Many Activity

While designed to visually seduce, Dune is not primarily a formal exercise but a social, ecological, cultural one. Magnus Larsson

Seduce Ecological Primarily Exercise Cultural Dune Formal While Social Designed

You don't need money to be free. You can just say if you don't need stuff, you're always free. Malik Bendjelloul

You Money Free Say Stuff Always Just Need

Most music careers slowly but surely go down. Malik Bendjelloul

Music Down Slowly Most Surely Go Careers

I love music. I think it's a higher art form, in a way, than movies. You know, a film you see once, maybe twice. A song will follow you forever. It's a magical thing. Malik Bendjelloul

I think music docs could turn off some people. Malik Bendjelloul

Music People Some People Think Some Could Off Turn Turn-Off

Travel is wonderful. Everyone thinks it's wonderful. Malik Bendjelloul

Travel Wonderful Everyone Thinks

Who doesn't love a funny girl who can look sexy at the same time? Malin Akerman

Love Funny Time Girl Sexy Look Same Same Time Who

In '87, I was about 9 years old, and so at that point I was wearing, like, fluorescent green T-shirts and acid-wash jeans and leg warmers, and my hair was in a ponytail with a scrunchie and I had the teased bangs that were up in a rainbow shape. It was crazy. Malin Akerman

Crazy Old Hair Wearing About Point Shape Had Like Were Years Up Leg Green Bangs Ponytail Jeans Teased Rainbow

Women have a way of contorting things sometimes. We all have our moods, ups and downs. Or if the guy doesn't say anything when you walk out with a new top and the guy has no idea why you're mad at him. So of course, women are complicated. Malin Akerman

You Women Complicated Sometimes Walk Ups And Downs Our Top Way Say Moods Mad Out No Idea Guy Idea New Him Course Women Are Ups Anything Downs Why Things

Those are my favorite kind of parts to do, just being a goofball and seeing how far you can go with something until you're just way out of line. Malin Akerman

You Way Those Favorite Out Kind Seeing Something Goofball Until Parts How How Far Go Line Just Being Far

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