HOT COTTAGE is the design office and creative consultancy of Ed Davis.
Established in 2025, the studio creates precise and nuanced work at the intersection of design and culture. From 2015 to 2024, Davis was the founder and art director of Brain Dead, shaping its visual language and global team.
APPLIED ART SERVICES is a full-service curatorial agency with a focus on connecting brands with an exclusive network of international designers and artists for the purposes of collaboration and activation.
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studio@hotcottage.earth
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Olivia Radonich, studio director
olivia@hotcottage.earth
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Thoreau's Cottage. Walden Pond. Concord. Massachusetts. 1845-1841 (reconstruction, 20th century) Wood, fieldstone, and earth.
A faithful reconstruction of the cabin where Henry David Thoreau lived in deliberate simplicity from July 1845 to September 1847. Built near the original site, the structure stands as both artefact and idea, a physical echo of Thoreau's experiment in self-reliance, observation, and moral inquiry. Its modest form continues to frame questions of how to live, what to need, and what It means to be alone in nature.