Read more
From the fringes of society to the envy-inducing images on social media, how and why has vanlife become more popular than ever before? What does this tell us about our love of travel and our ideas of home? And how do camper vans address issues of minimalism, freedom and sustainability? The creators of
The Rolling Home journal bring you a timely, attractively priced paperback re-issue of
The Complete Vanlife Book, with essays, interviews, illustrations, and photographs that tell you everything you need to know about vanlife culture. On a practical level the authors impart the basics of compact interior design and van conversions, along with inspiring personal accounts of living and traveling by van.
List of contents
16 Introduction – the rolling home Chapter one – The Culture 40 What Is a Nomad? 46 When There Is Nowhere to Hide 56 The Economy of Small-Scale Chapter TWo – The Vehicles 62 If a Vehicle Could Choose... 68 Compact Interior Design 78 Mercedes Vario 4X4 86 Volkswagen LT 94 Delica Dreaming 108 How to Build a Rolling Home Chapter Three – The People 132 Meet the Van Dwellers 144 Slow 'n Steady Livin’ 154 Digital Life 158 Music in the Streets of Europe 160 The Wandering Bears 168 Good Vibes Only 172 Ode to the Solo Traveller Chapter Four – The Places 176 Where Do We Go? 178 Vanhalla 180 The Checklist 184 Taffie and the Land of the Long White Cloud 190 Van-ee-moon 198 All the Mechanics in South America 212 Holiday from Where? 224 Documenting Vanlife in British Columbia Chapter Five – The Future 238 The Future of Travel 242 After Vanlife
About the author
After years of traveling around Europe in their camper,
Calum Creasey and
Lauren Smith decided to combine their love for design with their passion for adventure. The result:
The Rolling Home, a website, Instagram account, and quarterly journal. Their first book,
The Rolling Home: 80000 Miles and
Counting in a Selfbuild Home (2015), sold tens of thousands of copies in two editions. They currently live in Cornwall where they run the van conversion shop 'Onwards Vehicles'.
