Life & Muse / Verne Ho's journal for design and photography

Soon!

We made a new book for Atlas.

December 13^th, 2021

They say distance makes the heart grow fonder. I say it also calls for some creative thinking.We haven't been able to get home to Toronto ever since Atlas was born, right before the start of the pandemic. This means we went the first 21 months of her life with her barely spend...

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The home office reveal

A battle of form and function.

October 4^th, 2020

Conventional wisdom says we spend a third of our lives in bed, so we should invest in a good mattress. By that measure, we also spend a comparably large chunk of time working. And with many workers recently shifting to work-from-home arrangements, the rationale to invest in a ...

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In Interior Design

The Atlas watch

Celebrating history and the future with one watch.

May 17^th, 2020

In 1904, a Brazilian inventor named Alberto Santos-Dumont had a small problem. Santos-Dumont was one of the world’s first aviation pioneers, and had dedicated much of his early career to designing, building, and flying hot air balloons and other lighter-than-air dirigibles. In...

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Songs with Atlas

A Mother’s Day collaboration.

May 10^th, 2020

When Hanna was pregnant with Atlas, we sang to her belly and jumped with excitement as Atlas bumped with every note. And as Atlas entered our world, we’ve continued singing to her just to watch her marvel at the majesty of music that we all typically take for granted.Music ha...

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In Special Projects

Orange San Francisco

The year that keeps on giving.

September 9^th, 2020

All things considered with COVID-19, wild fires, and the heatwave, an apocalyptic sky seems right up 2020's alley.All photos were taken around 11:30am in San Francisco's Mission-Dolores neighborhood.

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In Travel and views

Atlas' newborn shoot

Our first portraits as a new family.

February 29^th, 2020

Some cliches of parenthood are just too sweet to pass up. A newborn shoot for Atlas was exactly that – an earned rite of passage to be just the right amount of cheesy in celebration of the miracle that is our new tiny human. Fortunately, we worked with a talented photographer ...

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In Milestones

The dining room reveal

Introducing the coral room.

February 22^nd, 2020

It’s been 8 months since we moved into our new home and I already can’t imagine what it looked like when the rooms were empty and the walls were bare. I suppose that’s a pretty good cue that we’ve made some substantial progress since moving in... and that perhaps I owe you all...

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In Interior Design

Dear Atlas, the book

Our new official bedtime story.

February 8^th, 2020

The best kind of project is a secret project. And back in October, I started working on a truly special one.Shortly before that, I penned a little letter to Atlas, our incoming daughter, as a means of sharing the news with our closest friends and family members. What started a...

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In Milestones

Hello world

January 27th, 2020

February 2^nd, 2020

For 39 weeks, we played a lot of make-believe. We had dance parties, sing alongs, and even full blown conversations (okay fine, I did most of the talking).And while our conversations may continue to be a little one-sided for now, it melts my heart to know that what was once ma...

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In Milestones

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Soon!

We made a new book for Atlas.

The home office reveal

A battle of form and function.

The Atlas watch

Celebrating history and the future with one watch.

Songs with Atlas

A Mother’s Day collaboration.

Orange San Francisco

The year that keeps on giving.

Atlas' newborn shoot

Our first portraits as a new family.

The dining room reveal

Introducing the coral room.

Dear Atlas, the book

Our new official bedtime story.

Hello world

January 27th, 2020

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