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  Product Spotlight »

  Fjällräven's Kånken Computer Bag

  I've long envied Dwell's Associate Art Director Brendan Callahan for a host of reasons, not least of which is his very cool rugged-cum-modern Fjällräven Kånken knapsack. They…

• Architecture »

  Stadium Game

  Among America’s notable architectural ruins, few are as singular as the grandstand for Commodore Munroe Stadium, designed by Cuban-born architect Hilario Candela in 1964 and approved for…

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  Essay »

  Underdone

  At least 19 unfinished renovation projects currently reside within the crotchety old puzzle box of a house that I share with my wife, Keri. Together, the 21 of us live in a spirit of communal…

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  Week in Review »

  Friday Finds 3.19.2010

  We return with our editors' favorite links of the week, featuring everything from Ikea's latest advertising campaign in Paris to a video of a youngish Tom Waits reading Charles Bukowski.

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  Finishing Touch »

  Lego Island

  Step back, Jacobsen, Utzon, Kjaerholm, Wegner, and all you other great Danes. When it comes to Danish design domination, the unrivaled champ is undoubtedly the almighty plastic brick—Lego.

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  Out and About »

  Events this Weekend: 3.18-21

  This weekend, Peter Cook curates an exhibit of the next great architects, the Vitra Design Museum reopens its doors for a new exhibit showcasing modern icons and their influences, the Industry…

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  Event Spotlight »

  Remy and Veenhuizen in DC

  Bucking the going notion that the only conversation about design in Washington DC is of the "intelligent" kind, capital spot Industry Gallery is launching Hands On this weekend, an…

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  Bookshelf »

  Definitive Collections

  We all know not to judge a book by its cover, or people by the company they keep. Unpacking My Library: Architects and Their Books offers a guided tour across the shelves of ten famous architects…

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  101 »

  Wall of Shame

  It started out as a great idea: Do away with wet-plaster wall construction, which required multiple workers taking days or weeks to plaster a house (and weeks or months for the plaster to set). So…

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  Absolutely Fabricated

  We talked to a handful of movers and makers to see what's in store for the wider manufacturing world.