Trends at Tokyo Designers Week

Articles

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  Colour Makes People Happy

  Located on a quiet suburban street in South London, the shop Colour Makes People Happy is painted in a surprisingly subtle shade of sage green. Rainbow colored signage adorns the windows and a…

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  Tokyo Designers Week: Eco Lighting

  Switching from incandescent to LED bulbs can cut the amount of electricity a lamp consumes by sixty percent or more. But with their cool-white hue and hefty price tag, getting excited about these…

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  101 Color

  Dwell explores the variegated use of color in our world, from industry to emotion.

Products

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  Edo Coffee Table

  Low in profile, the Edo Coffee table could not be more simple. The wide, planked legs are hewn from solid cherry panels, then grain-matched and joined at a compound angle and polished to luminous…

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  LC2 Color-Chair

  The color of this Corbu-Perriand-Jeanneret-designed LC2 came far after the fact, as Cassina reissued the 1928 black-and-steel-classic this year in a series of bold tones.The new hues may not be to…

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  Color Dipped Mug

  We believe having a favorite mug will cut down on the dishes you do. Yup! If there's a certain cup that makes your heart sing when you're sipping then you're more likely to rinse it out and use it…

Dwell Collections

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  Bold Color, Small Space

  From private residences to commercial spaces, there are myriad ways to harness the power of the palette. In this video series, Dwell delves into creative ways in which color can play an…

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  Dwell's Color Palettes

  Dwell founder Lara Hedberg Deam continues to present her custom-created modern color palettes featuring Ralph Lauren Paint.

Videos

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  Dwell Color Palette: Palette Four

  For the last of four custom color palettes inspired by Corbusier's 1930s book, Polychromie Architecturale, Dwell founder Lara Deam selected Ralph Lauren's Bicycle Yellow as a vibrant counterpoint…

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  Dwell Color Palette: Palette Three

  Using Le Corbusier's 1931 classic, Polychromie Architecturale, as her inspiration, Dwell founder Lara Deam presents her third custom-created color palette using hues from Ralph Lauren Paint.

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  Dwell Color Palette: Palette Two

  Rich brown meets a delicate trio of neutrals in this grouping created by Dwell founder Lara Hedberg Deam. The result is a quietly sophisticated range of hues suited for any modern interior.

Events

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  The UIA2011 Tokyo: The 24th World Congress of Architecture

  The 24th World Congress of Architecture held in conjunction with UIA2011 Tokyo, will take place in Tokyo, Japan from September 25 to October 1, 2011. This will be the largest international…

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  National Design Week

  Launched in 2006, National Design Week is an education initiative offering free admission for all museum visitors and hosting a series of public programs surrounding the National Design Awards.

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  Copenhagen Design Week 2011

  From September 1st to September 6th, Copenhagen Design Week will be buzzing with design events, seminars, conferences, exhibitions and debates that focus on Danish design and design solutions under…