Three Buildings: Andrew Maynard One of our favorite architects Down Under is the Melbourne-based, but Tasmania-bred, Andrew Maynard.
Mitchell Joachim's Foundational Buildings In this installment of Three Buildings, we put our standard question—which three buildings have changed the way you think about...
Elements by William Kaven So often the architectural press gets caught up in the look of a place without considering how it might also feel.
Mining Modernity Danish designer Søren Rose debuted eight pieces of his Park Avenue furniture collection for De La Espada at the London Design...
Novak Djokovic: Behind the Logo Last year we took a look at tennis great Roger Federer's personal logo (bit of a snooze, frankly), so with the unveiling of...
Five Questions for Bjarke Ingels Architect Bjarke Ingels, founder of the world-beating firm BIG, was in San Francisco this week to show off the design for his...
Modern Ritual When it came time to partake in rituals like lighting the Shabbat candles or setting the seder plate, designer Stanley Saitowitz...
I'm A Kombo's Social Act Delicious high-concept food? A homey setting? Stylish crowd? Denmark, Denmark, Denmark? Yup, this video from
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The Modern Honolulu In early April I was invited out to Honolulu to give a talk at the Hawaii Build and Buy Green Expo, an offer I could hardly...
Last Words, Take Two We put the same six questions to everyone we talked to for the Now 99 issue to learn what they’re reading, rethinking, and...
Last Words We put the same four questions to everyone we talked to for the Now 99 to learn what they’re inspired by and what they’re totally...
Hau Tree Lanai in Honolulu I was in Honolulu, Hawaii, last week to talk at a green design conference, and in my two quick days there I was able to see a few...
PUTIKMADE Pottery Set to debut in May at the Garden Festival at the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, the UPO line of L.A.-made...
Chester Mox Passport Wallet I was very excited to head to Morocco for my weeklong visit with a new accessory in my back pocket: Chester Mox's Passport Cover.
A Modern Green Concept House in South Korea Promotes Sustainability The E+ Green Home, a concept house located an hour outside Seoul, not only points the way to a greener South Korea, it may well...
Villa Zevaco On my last morning in Casablanca I had the good luck, and lots of local recommendations, to swing past Chez Paul for breakfast.
ODIN Candles Though your average scented candle has all the subtlety of a marching band, when Valentine's Day hits one does occasionally want...
Models of the Kimball Art Center As I reported earlier, the Kimball Art Center in Park City, Utah, is just days away from choosing which of the five plans for...
Kimball Art Center Finalists Last week I was in Park City, Utah, home of the Kimball Art Center. Founded in 1976, and housed in what was once the Kimball Bros.
Boisbuchet as a Canvas The Spanish architect, artist, and designer Luis Urculo once said, "I no longer know what an architect is and what an architect...
Mike Matas's Travel Videos In addition to working at Facebook and formerly gigging at Apple, Mike Matas is one hell of a photographer.
Braver’s New World A revamp of this small suburban Massachusetts home doubled its size while giving the yard, the neighbors, and the planet a little...
Whitney Sander on Green Building I first met architect Whitney Sander of Sander Architects in Los Angeles at Dwell on Design this year.
Hidden Heroes Hits London Hidden Heroes, a traveling exhibit celebrating masterful design as applied to the everyday object, has touched down in London at...
A Pair of Modern Nativity Scenes Whether you prefer your Christmas decor splashy or humble, this pair of nativity scenes from a two fountainheads of modern design...
Moddest Music Video of 2011 The end of the year always brings a slew of awards, best-of lists, and encapsulating accolades. Reductive, sure, but terribly fun.
Ridge Nesting Bowls Form and function have to meet when it comes to our daily dishes.
Men About Town Whilst in London, we met three talents who are making their marks on the local design scene.
Sert du Soleil The revamp of Clover—a new fast-food joint in Harvard Square—complements the original interior and hidden skylight of the Josep...
Artist Carl Andre's Process Last night I read this wonderful profile of minimalist artist Carl Andre in the New Yorker.
QuaDror in Action In this month's issue, Prefab Perfected, we report on QuaDror, a structural joint system devised by designer Dror Benshetrit that...
Three Great House Blogs People blog about just about everything, so why not the massive undertaking of building your house? More and more, we're coming...
Looking Inward For Paul and Shoko Shozi, a pair of retiring Angelenos, the goal was to shut out the neighborhood but bring in the sunny skies.
The Avant/Garde Diaries In an Internet culture that rarely amounts to anything more than cool hunting, it's rare to come across a site that has any...
Twist A Twill Blanket One of the highlights of the London Design Festival was a show of small, up-and-coming designers and makers called TENT London.
Remembering Steve Jobs Today at Dwell, as we fire up our MacBooks and plug in the odd iPhone, we remember Steve Jobs, the 56 year-old former CEO of...