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Alessi's Annual Sale
Last week Jordan posted on a big sale Kartell is running, so let me join the fray by telling dwell.com readers that Alessi is also offering some serious discounts online as well as at their shops...
written by: Aaron Britt02.17.09 -
My Favorite Thing Series and Giveaway
Ideally, our homes would be outfitted entirely with pieces that delight us each time we look at them—the type that bear storied origins or simply represent a fond memory. Realistically, our...
written by: Jordan Kushins02.17.09 -
Cast a Vote in the Greener Gadgets Competition
Later this month, the second annual Greener Gadgets Conference will take place in New York City, promising as always to convene innovative design thinkers around solutions for more sustainable...
written by: Sarah Rich02.17.09 -
Hand-Me-Down Design for Long Life
In a world of planned obsolescence, it's hard to convince people to buy a product that can never be one-upped by the shinier, newer version of itself. But British apparel company, howies, believes...
written by: Sarah Rich02.16.09 -
New Amsterdam Plein & Pavilion
This year marks the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's arrival in the New York Harbor, and while it may not strike everyone as an all-important historical event, it is the impetus for another...
written by: Sarah Rich02.15.09 -
Updike on Modern Skyscrapers
John Updike, the expert critic and novelist, only occasionally took up architecture and design as the sole subject of his prodigious powers of description. Though in sketching the rural barns of...
written by: Aaron Britt02.14.09 -
SunRun Solar Stimulus Package
This week's news was riddled with updates on the slow passage of President Obama's stimulus package through Congress. As the administration takes aim at Americans' energy bills by ramping up clean...
written by: Sarah Rich02.13.09 -
Timeless Garden Botanical Clock
Plugging a cord into a socket or inserting a battery may seem like the easiest way to power a small appliance but it's not the only way. Italian designers Francesco Castiglione Morelli &...
written by: Sarah Rich02.13.09 -
LD Design: Botanical Design in an Austin Airstream
In 2007, Lauren Dolinsky left her marketing position at LePorte Modern Doors to focus full-time on her true passion: botanical arranging. She moved to Austin, Texas, and founded LD Designs, a...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake02.13.09 -
Huge Warehouse Sale at Kartell
It may have been a little while since you've thought of splurging on something special. If you've been saving up to buy a signature seat for your living space, though, now might be just the right...
written by: Jordan Kushins02.12.09 -
Houndstooth Dogtent
Diehard design lovers leave nothing to chance when it comes to outfitting their kids and pets. Though the style options for four-legged consumers haven't necessarily caught up with the design...
written by: Sarah Rich02.12.09 -
Interview with Jürgen Mayer H.: Part II
Last week I sat down over an Anchor Steam with Jurgen Mayer H. of the Berlin-based architecture firm J. Mayer H. at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art's cafe. In the first part of my...
written by: Aaron Britt02.12.09 -
The Eames Bow Tie, designed by Ray!
Here's a quick follow-up to my recent slideshow last week on the bow ties of modern architects. Little did I realize, until I saw this video, that Ray Eames designed her husband Charles'...
written by: Aaron Britt02.11.09 -
Monica Ritterband's Wood-Burning Stove for Morsø
With rising energy costs and Winter weather still periodically sweeping across the country, it might be a good time to consider a wood burning stove. For those of you who abhor the thought of a log...
02.11.09 -
Interview with Jürgen Mayer H.: Part I
Last week I took a walk through the new exhibit “Patterns of Speculation” at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art with Jürgen Mayer H., principle and founder of the Berlin-based...
written by: Aaron Britt02.11.09 -
Blu Dot's Modular SHILF Shelf
The folks at Blu Dot have taken a cue from IKEA and issued a new style of modular shelving called the "SHILF." Like the Swedish icon's products, Blu Dot's shelving is designed for DIY...
written by: Jamie Waugh02.10.09 -
Ship Shape
Pieter Weijnen’s brand of maritime modernism brings a touch of magic to Amsterdam’s Steigereiland, where the architect built his family’s home. Inhabiting one of the development...
written by: Jane Szitaphotos by: Hertha Hurnaus02.10.09 -
Urban China
A special bootleg version of Volume magazine will be available at the opening of Urban China: Informal Cities, an exhibition that opens February 11 at the New Museum in Manhattan. The...
written by: Geoff Manaugh02.10.09 -
7 Questions For Mark Allen of Machine Project
I met Mark Allen about 10 years ago when he was getting his MFA, and even back then he was a connector. Sure he made great art installations (one composed of slowly rotating organically shaped...
written by: Laure Joliet02.10.09 -
On the Ground in New Orleans
In keeping with today's impromptu New Orleans theme, Luke Weldon Perry's blog, The Incremental House, is featuring a photo-travelogue of the architect's recent trip through New Orleans (via Bolivia...
written by: David A. Greene02.09.09 -
URBANbuild: The Fourth Generation
The Tulane University School of Architecture recently broke ground on their fourth URBANbuild prototype home. The URBANbuild program was started after Hurricane Katrina as a collaboration between a...
02.09.09 -
The Critic and the Game Space
Video games are an often-overlooked realm of architectural ideas and spatial design—the buildings and landscapes through which characters move, play, and operate—but where are the...
written by: Geoff Manaugh02.09.09 -
Marcel Breuer Hooper House II
A new owner with a light touch has kept Marcel Breuer's 1959 Hooper House II a marvel of the mid-20th century whose life will extend well into the 21st.
written by: Philip Kennicottphotos by: Zubin Shroff02.08.09 -
Affordable, Green Revitalization in Syracuse
As demands rise for sustainability and affordability in residential housing, many academic institutions are racing to hold an edge on innovation in their architecture programs. Syracuse University...
written by: Jamie Waugh02.08.09 -
A Wilder Wallpaper
There's been a wallpaper renaissance in the last few years. Design-savvy decorators came through their single-color paint rebellion against the visual assault of trite, cluttered, antiquated prints...
written by: Jamie Waugh02.07.09
