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11 Bright Ideas in Lighting Design
No need to be lost in the dark when it comes to contemporary lighting—Dwell + AHAlife's latest curation is composed of 11 of our favorite pieces. From futuristic table lamps to a modern...
written by: Victoria Nguyen10.26.12 -
Plant a Green Roof: Feed 70 Chickens and Lower Your Bills
If you live in a large metro like we do, odds are you see mostly bleak-hued buildings. Lots and lots of buildings. One thing we don’t see enough of? Greenery. Of any sort, really. (Unless you count...
written by: Kristin Crosier03.01.13 -
Smaller in Texas
Texas architect Jim Poteet helped Stacey Hill, who lives in a San Antonio artists’ community, wrangle an empty steel shipping container into a playhouse, a garden retreat and a guesthouse for...
written by: Erika Heetphotos by: Chris Cooper08.02.10 -
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 breathing room.
written by: Aaron Brittphotos by: Chang Kyun Kim12.29.11 -
Alessi's Fall/Winter Collection
The business of product design is a family affair for Matteo Alessi, Director of Trade Marketing and International Development at Alessi (and great grandson to Alberto, the company’s...
written by: Jordan Kushins08.14.09 -
Husk's Custom Ceramics
In a city filled with culinary hotspots, Charleston's Husk is in a class of its own. On paper, it may sound standard: Southern cuisine, sourced from regional farms, serving up lots of pork, bourbon...
written by: Kelsey Keith08.27.12 -
Barcelona, Day One
When the plane's wheels touched ground this morning at 7am, it was still dark in Barcelona. We, a motley crew of design-website editors, had just spent a long eight hours flying over the Atlantic...
written by: Amanda Dameronphotos by: Amanda Dameron01.26.11 -
Iceland's New Spark
Iceland’s fondness for innovation and design is no secret. What is surprising, however, is that the capital city lacked a proper gallery showcasing product design until recently. Sigrí...
written by: Jenna Gottliebphotos by: Bjorn Ludviksson09.19.12 -
Dwell Home Venice: Part 15
In this series, Sebastian Mariscal designs a home in Venice, California, that brings the outside in. We track the project from start to finish with future resident Michael Sylvester. Part 15, May -...
written by: Michael Sylvester04.02.13 -
Friday Finds 08.31.12
It's the last Friday Finds of August! Here, we share photographs, gear for shutterbugs, and more.
written by: Diana Budds08.31.12 -
Architectural Tour of Baton Rouge
I was down in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, earlier this week to report on a house for the November issue of Dwell. While I was there I had a chance to talk with a class of Jim Sullivan's...
written by: Aaron Britt05.07.10 -
Dwell Design Competition Phase II
The time has come, folks. Phase One of Dwell's Innovate It! Contest is over and we've selected the winning submissions that will launch us into Phase Two. We chose three excellent suggestions for...
written by: Sarah Rich04.09.09 -
Bolle
On Murano, an island near Venice, Italy, glass artisans go to work before dawn. Inside one workshop, the kilns have been howling all night, preparing colored glass for the day’s work. In 1921...
written by: Virginia Gardinerphotos by: Alex Subrizi04.30.10 -
Knoll's Dorothy Cosonas: Fashion-Forward Textile Design
Those pink interiors of the 1950s can be traced—not to a prescient interior designer—but the fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli, who introduced a war-weary world to a hue she dubbed ...
written by: Joanne Furio07.23.12 -
Sixteen Ways of Looking at a Bedouin Tent
Architect, systems designer, Cradle to Cradle founder, and sustainability guru William McDonough talks entropy, Walker Evans, paper houses, and “buildings like trees” with science...
written by: Alexis Madrigal03.22.12 -
How to Build a Natural Playscape
In honor of our family themed July/August issue, we've invited guest writer Paige Johnson, who spearheads the blog Playscapes, to share her perspective on some of the most innovative contemporary...
written by: Paige Johnson07.26.11 -
San Francisco's New Aesop Shop
We recently got the chance to pop into the new Aesop shop in San Francisco, a charming little boutique that opened December 20th. Located on the shopper's paradise of Fillmore Street in Pacific...
written by: Aaron Britt12.31.12 -
San Francisco's New Bus Shelters
Though they're not exactly the hottest design news in town, my daily walk to work up Sansome Street from the Montgomery BART stop has gained two attractive new bits of infrastructure in the past...
written by: Aaron Britt04.22.10 -
Escape to the Rock
Off the coast of British Columbia—on a site accessible only by boat—a family of Vancouver urbanites commissioned a sustainable cabin for weekend getaways that feels a world away.
written by: Adele Wederphotos by: Misha Gravenor11.10.10 -
Melbourne, Australia: Day Five
My last full day in Melbourne, Australia, was one to which I’d been looking forward—not because I was happy to leave the Vegemite and ceaseless “How are you goings?” behind,...
written by: Aaron Britt10.15.09 -
Basic Instincts
Matt Jacobson doesn’t just abide by the mantra “less is more,” he wholeheartedly embraces it. His Southern California home is a compact ode to minimal living.
written by: Jordan Kushinsphotos by: Dave Lauridsen05.19.11 -
Jack White on Design
We got the low down on Jack White’s Rolling Record Store in our October issue, but the man had much more to say. Here, he talks about unfinished furniture designs, high school with Harry...
written by: Jordan Kushinsphotos by: Jo McCaughey09.28.11 -
Jason Miller
When people talk about Jason Miller, they invariably mention three things, in varying order: his wit, his youth, and his meteoric rise in the burgeoning United States design scene. Though all of...
written by: Amber Bravo01.13.10 -
An Afternoon with Michael Mundy
Michael Mundy emailed me out of the blue a few weeks back. He wanted to shoot my apartment for a project he was working on called An Afternoon With. He'd seen pictures of my place via a mutual...
written by: Bradford Shellhammer10.14.10 -
7 Bath Products We Love
Every room in a home should reflect those living in it, and the bathroom is no exception. To create a space that would make modern design enthusiasts swoon, we've selected seven of our...
written by: Victoria Nguyen10.10.12
