Shipping Finished Modules Costs Less Than Raw Lumber
The counterintuitive container math behind flat-pack buildings
PDF for sale
Our first Handbook is now available for sale!
The WTFosphere
Whatever The Function you need - the platform for anything
Introducing Agrosphere
What if you could farm a parking spot?
Introducing Immosphere
Immersive entertainment and gaming environments
Introducing Ergosphere
Optimized work environments for productivity and creativity
Templates: Paper & MDF
Physical templates for precision cuts without expensive tools
Builder Tools v.0.1
Releasing the first version of Thiosphere builder tools
Benefits of Saunas are Substantial
The substantial health benefits of regular sauna use
Partnering with Tropologic
Strategic partnership on IP strategy and biological integration
Launching the Store
store.thios.co is live - handbooks, templates, and tools
Proto 3: The Agrosphere
The original vision realized — year-round food production in half a parking space
Homage to Whole Earth Catalog
How Stewart Brand's 1968 vision shapes everything we build
Moving to OnShape CAD
Why we migrated from Plasticity to OnShape, and what it means for open-source hardware
Be More Like Mondragon
Why Thios is structured as a cooperative, and what that means for everyone who builds with us
Flat Packable Modules
How IKEA's shipping insight became a design principle for buildable structures
First Principles Solutioning
Why copying best practices keeps you average, and solving from fundamentals can make you exceptional
Website Up
Launching thios.co — reflections on building a platform for open-source hardware
The Initial Plan
A roadmap from concept to community — and why plans need to be flexible
Not Asking Permission
Why I build in public, share everything, and don't wait for gatekeepers
Introducing Saunosphere
Build your own wood-fired sauna for under $5,000
Proto 2: The Immosphere
Testing the platform with an entertainment pod — same structure, completely different use
What Raised Bed Gardens in Urban Lots Lack
Raised beds are a good start — but they leave most of the year and most of the potential on the table
A Fourth Space, Not Just Lost... Forgotten
Beyond home, work, and third places — rediscovering the personal sanctuary
The Lessons in Teardown
What I learned about design by taking existing products apart
Proto 1: The Saunosphere
Building the first prototype and learning what works
First CAD: Plasticity.xyz
Why I started with Plasticity, what it did well, and why I eventually moved on
Not Your Buckys Dome
Why the Thiosphere isn't a geodesic dome (and why that matters for your build)
A World Formatted for Cars
8 billion parking spots for 1 billion cars — what if we reclaimed even 1% for people?
Why Vertical Farming Fails
The economics don't work, but distributed micro-farming might
AI as Cofounder
How a solo founder uses AI to build what would normally require a team
The Nutrients, Stupid!
Why nutrient density matters more than organic labels, and how freshness changes everything
Why I Am Not Patenting the Thiosphere
The economics of open source hardware and why I chose a different path
Getting the Carbon Out of My Salad
How a lunchtime frustration led to designing modular growing spaces
Welcome to the Thios Blog
Building in public — the real story of creating open-source shelter