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Articles

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  Touring Basel, Switzerland, Part 2

  Last month I traveled to Basel, Switzerland, a European city first founded during the Roman Empire and still boasting beautiful buildings constructed more than 1,000 years agos. In Touring Basel…

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  Touring Basel, Switzerland, Part 1

  At the end of September, I hopped across the pond to visit Basel, Switzerland, and the nearby Laufen bathrooms factory and showroom. Basel is bisected by the Rhine and sits just south of the…

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  Touring Vitra Campus, Part 2

  Vitra's Weil-am-Rhein, Germany, campus boasts not only the production facilities of the famous furniture manufacturer but also numerous iconic buildings by world-renowned architects. In Touring…

Products

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  Eames Elephant

  Charles and Ray Eames designed this elephant in 1945. The complex process required for molding the plywood pieces was prohibitive, however, and the elephant never made it past the prototype stage…

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  Origami Elephant Wall Decal

  Want to add a touch of fun to your kids room decor without committing to paint or wallpaper? Decals are a great way to go. Easy to apply and easy to remove, these matte finish fabric elephants…

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  Girard Arabesque Pillows

  Back in the 1950s and 1960s, there was no bigger name in fabric design than Alexander Girard, who beginning in 1952 held a twenty year tenure as director of design for Herman Miller's textile…

Dwell Collections

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  Travel Accessories

  Associate Editor Miyoko Ohtake: For the past few months, I’ve been in a Japan state of mind. This December, my sister and I are heading to the archipelago of our ancestors—our…

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  For the Traveler

  Each month I visit the lovely folks in Minnesota to oversee printing and ensure that our magazine reaches you in the most perfect state possible. And I like to travel overseas in my off time. With…

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  Dreams of Eames

  Every April, the design world trots off to Milan to show its new wares, but traipsing through the massive show, we couldn't shake a certain sense of déjà vu. In 1946, Eliot Noyes…

Events

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  Detour: Art, Architecture, Cities

  As a closing event to Detour, a traveling exhibition documenting notable architecture and design along 18 Norwegian national tourist routes, this symposium features an afternoon panel with…

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  Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec Exhibition

  The Centre Pompidou-Metz presents the first major retrospective in France dedicated to the work of award-winning designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec. This October, the Centre Pompidou-Metz will…

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  Detour: Architecture and Design Along 18 National Tourist Routes in Norway

  What can rest stops, information centers, and observation decks tell visitors about a culture? The School of Constructed Environments at Parsons The New School for Design will explore this question…