Journal

Designing the Oblique Sauna
A note from our founder, Mark, on how the Oblique sauna came to be: "VIM began with a very simple idea: to offer beautiful, traditional saunas that reminded people of sculpture and architecture. What if a sauna could look a...
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"Sitting inside a tree" with Nordic Night
  Roughly thirty minutes south of Lake Superior, you'll find a large workshop full of people crafting saunas, as they have for many decades. The VIM team recently visited the workshop for a sauna session in the Oblique. After several...
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VIM: Made in USA
We are proud to build our saunas in two American facilities. Our Bezier and Cubist saunas are made in Austin, Texas, and our Angled flat pack sauna is made in Ashland, Wisconsin. We believe that a structure like a sauna...
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From Japan to Oregon: Nakamoto Forestry
For our first two Cubist saunas built in Portland, Oregon, we selected Nakamoto Forestry shou sugi ban cladding for the exterior. It's an absolutely stunning look.      We love this ancient process of torching wood to make it an...
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