Every Way Humans Have Built With Sticks — and Where Thiosphere Fits
From tetrahedrons to yurts to geodesic domes, all stick-based building systems share the same DNA. Here is the family tree.
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Why Geodesic Saunas Outperform Barrel Saunas
The geometry of heat retention, airflow, and modular construction gives geodesic structures a measurable edge.
The Hyposphere: A Thought Experiment in Pressurized Geometry
The panel math is elegant. The engineering reality is brutal. Here is both.
The Shape of Shelter
Why a truncated icosahedron built from hardware store lumber might be the most practical structure you have never heard of
Why Not a Dome? Geodesic vs Modular Prismatic Design
Domes are strong and beautiful but there are good reasons we chose a different geometry
The Geometry of Everything Else: How the Thiosphere Platform Works
Why the base module system matters more than any single product built on it
The Geometry of Immersion: How the Immosphere Works
Why a double-shell truncated icosahedron is the ideal shape for a dedicated entertainment space
The Geometry of Focus: How the Ergosphere Works
Why a double-shell truncated icosahedron is a better office than anything in your house
The Geometry of Light: How the Agrosphere Works
Why a double-shell truncated icosahedron grows more food per square foot than a conventional greenhouse
Scaled Spheres: Smaller, Larger, and Mixed
The same geometry at different scales opens up configurations that a single size cannot
The Geometry of Heat: How the Saunosphere Works
Why a double-shell truncated icosahedron is a better sauna than a box or a barrel
Beyond the Pair: Multi-Sphere Clusters
Three or more connected spheres turn modular rooms into modular buildings
The Duo Configuration: Two Spheres, One Parking Space
Connected by door panels, the smallest multi-sphere setup fits where you already park
PDF for sale
Our first Handbook is now available for sale!
The WTFosphere
Whatever The Function you need - the platform for anything
Partnering with Tropologic
Strategic partnership on IP strategy and biological integration
Launching the Store
store.thios.co is live - handbooks, templates, and tools
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
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)
AI as Cofounder
How a solo founder uses AI to build what would normally require a team
Why I Am Not Patenting the Thiosphere
The economics of open source hardware and why I chose a different path
Welcome to the Thios Blog
Building in public — the real story of creating open-source shelter