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The Worlds60 complete evenings, free to read and specific enough to steal from Family WorldsWorld-building for children: scale, play, discovery and mischief without franchise shorthand Occasion WorldsAdult social worlds built around premise, atmosphere, movement and a night with somewhere to go Design AtelierTurn fragments and references into a coherent creative world Occasion StudiesFinished worlds that show how a premise becomes an experience Interactive EventsPlay, making, discovery and participation as part of the world

The governing sentenceLight, color, texture, floral, sound,pace and surprise Atmosphere LibraryBrowse by feeling before you ask how to build it Visual VaultRead composition, material, light and negative space more closely Floral ArtistryLine, mass, movement, vessel, scent and air Take the idea into Atmosphere OS (opens in a new tab)Make the creative direction durable when budget, guests and production begin changing it

Design the guest experienceThreshold, orientation, belonging, comfort, participation and departure Give guests something to doParticipation without assigned fun Pressure-test the guest journey (opens in a new tab)Check whether the creative idea still works for actual people moving through it

Start with what you actually haveNine sentences — find the one that sounds like your situation and open it Test a specific roomUse Room Fit only when the space itself is an active question Protect the idea when the budget moves (opens in a new tab)Cut breadth or complexity before cutting the event's point of view Design through weather and changeMake the alternate plan another version of the idea, not a punishment Check the arithmeticEleven instruments that show their working and admit what they cannot know

How does the idea become a day?Sequence, timing, buffers, physical work and handoffs Build the event sequence (opens in a new tab)Give the emotional arc real timing without losing the reason for each change Make the handoff clear (opens in a new tab)Give the people making it enough clarity to preserve the decisions Hosting SystemsKeep the host present while the room keeps moving

When reality starts pushingFind the next useful surface without turning the site into a software catalog Atmosphere OS (opens in a new tab)Carry a creative idea forward when continuity becomes useful Worked Example (opens in a new tab)See a clear creative premise bend under guest count, weather, budget and timing Interrogate a room (opens in a new tab)Open Venue Intelligence only when room evidence is the active question The ReckonerRun the production arithmetic live, with every assumption labelled Field KitsPortable references for the day

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The Worlds60 complete evenings. Family WorldsScale, play, discovery and mischief without franchise shorthand. Occasion WorldsAdult social worlds built around premise, atmosphere and movement. Design AtelierTurn a premise into a coherent world. The Governing SentenceOne sentence decides an evening. Most people never write it. Atmosphere LibraryBrowse by feeling before planning. Visual VaultRead the image instead of copying the room. Floral ArtistryLine, mass, movement, vessel, scent and air. Interactive EventsPlay, discovery, making and low-pressure participation. Guest ExperienceThreshold, comfort, belonging, participation and departure. Start HereNine sentences. Open the one that sounds like you. ProductionMake the creative choices happen. The KitUse a tool only when the next question needs one. Worked ExampleSee the design adapt without becoming generic. The ReckonerThe production arithmetic, running live. Browse EverythingBy guest count, column, chapter or feeling. ArticlesField notes, ideas and practical guides. AboutStandards and house. ShopField goods.

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Start with what you actually have The Worlds — 60 complete evenings Family Worlds Occasion Worlds The first five decisions Everything, newest first The Atmosphere Library Every way in — browse it all The Reckoner The Kit Field Kits The Mini Books The shop

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Venue Intelligence (opens in a new tab) Test a room before you commit to it. Says which of four evidence classes every line came from. Atmosphere OS (opens in a new tab) Plans the room: atmosphere, florals, budget, guest journey, the arc, and the pack you send. Occasion OS (opens in a new tab) The food for the same evening, over at Salty & Clever. Quantities, a prep clock, a shopping list. The rulebook (opens in a new tab) Every rule that produces a number, what it rests on, and where it stops being true.

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Tangled Thistle is one of six titles published by Northern Lantern House. The other five:

Room for Drama Diagnose the room before you buy anything for it. Salty & Clever Food worth wanting, and a plan that lets you sit down. Vanity or Vice The claim, on trial. Hook the Horizon Water, weather, and what is actually feeding. Elsewhere, Apparently Travel, once the brochure stops talking.

How the six fit together, and what each one is for

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