Why this page exists
Anyone can claim to be careful. This page sets out what careful means at Cat Street Collective in enough detail that you can check whether we keep to it.
Standards
The route every article on catstreetcollective.com takes from idea to publication, and what we refuse to publish.
Anyone can claim to be careful. This page sets out what careful means at Cat Street Collective in enough detail that you can check whether we keep to it.
A draft goes through four hands worth of work. The writer separates what they know from what they assume. The assumptions are either checked against something nameable or deleted. What is left gets written up. Then a second person reads it looking only for overconfidence, which is the failure this subject invites most.
The date you see is real. A tidy up of wording leaves it alone; only a change to what the piece recommends moves the modified date, along with a note saying so.
Yes, some outbound links pay. What they pay for is the hosting bill, not the wording of the assessment sitting next to them.
When a partner leans on us to bury a negative line, we keep the line and the email. The leaning tells readers something the original page could not.
Nothing is published anonymously. A name on a page means somebody can be asked about it later, and that is the only accountability a small site has.
James Harlow, Architecture and design writer. James has written about architecture and the built environment for over a decade. He covers everything from landmark towers to small residential projects, and is particularly interested in how design decisions affect the people who use a space.
Clara Voss, Construction and sustainability writer. Clara specialises in construction methods, materials and sustainability. She has reported on major infrastructure and commercial projects across North America and writes regularly about the intersection of building practice and environmental responsibility.
Nina Park, Interior design and renovation writer. Nina writes about interior design, renovation planning and the material choices that define how a space feels. She approaches every subject from the perspective of someone who has to live with the result.
The list of what to cover writes itself from the inbox and from our own dead ends. When the same gap turns up a second or third time, it stops being a note and becomes an article.
Write to info@catstreetcollective.com with the page address and what is wrong. Factual errors are fixed quickly. If the correction changes the conclusion of a piece, we add a short note at the foot of the page rather than quietly editing it.