WHAT

WHAT

Searching through the generations of mementos, photographs, jars of old jam and rotting clothes, when we bought the mill in 1996, we came across the plans for the last major architectural renovation in 1926. In beautiful script was written at the bottom: "UMĚLECKÝ MLÝN", which can mean several things in translation. "Umělec in Czech means "artist", "uměly" can mean plastic, today, or more generally: "man-made".  A literal translation would be "Art Mill". In those days it was referring to the latest technology of the time in modernizing mills: the turbine, which along with the incredible industrialization taking place around the world in the early 20th century, had just replaced the centuries old water wheel.  

The name of the place inspired what we would do here: use the power of the land, the water and even human technology to engender more creative and sustainable human problem-solvers.