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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 <\/em>journal bring you a timely, attractively priced paperback re-issue of The Complete Vanlife Book<\/em>, 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Photographer Nick Hannes traveled to six countries – Egypt, Korea, Nigeria, Kazakhstan, Indonesia and Brazil – that have recently built a new capital or are in the process of doing so.
16 Introduction – the rolling home
\nChapter one – The Culture
\n40 What Is a Nomad?
\n46 When There Is Nowhere to Hide
\n56 The Economy of Small-Scale
\nChapter TWo – The Vehicles
\n62 If a Vehicle Could Choose…
\n68 Compact Interior Design
\n78 Mercedes Vario 4X4
\n86 Volkswagen LT
\n94 Delica Dreaming
\n108 How to Build a Rolling Home
\nChapter Three – The People
\n132 Meet the Van Dwellers
\n144 Slow ‘n Steady Livin’
\n154 Digital Life
\n158 Music in the Streets of Europe
\n160 The Wandering Bears
\n168 Good Vibes Only
\n172 Ode to the Solo Traveller
\nChapter Four – The Places
\n176 Where Do We Go?
\n178 Vanhalla
\n180 The Checklist
\n184 Taffie and the Land of the Long White Cloud
\n190 Van-ee-moon
\n198 All the Mechanics in South America
\n212 Holiday from Where?
\n224 Documenting Vanlife in British Columbia
\nChapter Five – The Future
\n238 The Future of Travel
\n242 After Vanlife<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":45387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5508],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-45386","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-travel","7":"author-by-author-calum-creasey","8":"author-by-author-lauren-smith","9":"publisher-lannoo-publishers","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nVan Life - ACC Art Books US<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/book\/van-life\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Van Life - ACC Art Books US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Photographer Nick Hannes traveled to six countries – Egypt, Korea, Nigeria, Kazakhstan, Indonesia and Brazil – that have recently built a new capital or are in the process of doing so.16 Introduction – the rolling home Chapter one – The Culture 40 What Is a Nomad? 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