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  1. World’s Most Spectacular Skylines
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    World’s Most Spectacular Skylines

    Something about the outline of a city against its clear, crisp sky stops us in our tracks and commands our attention. City skylines stand as testaments to human engineering and architectural...

    written by: Juliane Huang
    04.13.13

  2. Raffles Paris: A True Art Hotel
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    Raffles Paris: A True Art Hotel

    April 15th marks the final day of the 2013 YIA Little Art Fair (for Young International Artists), hosted by Raffles Paris and featuring a selection of contemporary painters and sculptors from...

    written by: Adam H. Graham
    04.15.13

  3. Office Wares by Daniel Emma
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    Office Wares by Daniel Emma

    Established in 2008 by Daniel To and Emma Aiston, industrial design studio Daniel Emma strives to "create the unexpected from simple objects using simple forms," calling their designs—which range...

    written by: Eujin Rhee
    04.15.13

  4. 2013 New York Landscape Architects Design Awards
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    2013 New York Landscape Architects Design Awards

    Here in New York, spring has sprung at last, so there couldn’t be a more appropriate time to celebrate accomplishments in landscape architecture. A show currently running at the Center for...

    written by: Sara Carpenter
    04.16.13

  5. Product Spotlight: Carpet of Life
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    Product Spotlight: Carpet of Life

    Using authentic crafting techniques handed down through generations, women from rural villages in the oasis of M’hamid El Ghizlane in the Sahara Desert transform cast-off textiles and donated...

    written by: Abigail Doan
    04.16.13

  6. Lean on Me
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    Lean on Me

    No matter what your working space conditions—studio, office, home—the Higher Desk designed by Flip Sellin of Berlin-based design and architecture bureau, Coordination, is here to the rescue. When...

    written by: Eujin Rhee
    04.16.13

  7. Q&A with MUJI Art Director Kenya Hara
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    Q&A with MUJI Art Director Kenya Hara

    If any contemporary designer embodies the stark but somehow perfect use of space and form that characterizes a certain branch of Japanese aesthetics, Kenya Hara is the man. His work ranges from...

    written by: Winifred Bird
    04.16.13

  8. Tea Time
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    Tea Time

    You may have heard of the hot beverage made by steeping dry tea leaves into boiling water. Tea in all its varieties and forms—black, white, green, powdered as matcha, and more—has been a hit for...

    written by: Eujin Rhee
    04.17.13

  9. Book Designs by Atelier Dyakova
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    Book Designs by Atelier Dyakova

    London-based Russian graphic designer Sonya Dyakova is making us rethink the notion of judging a book by its cover. After studying in San Francisco, the typography specialist moved to London to...

    written by: Eujin Rhee
    04.18.13

  10. David Shrigley for The Thing Quarterly
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    David Shrigley for The Thing Quarterly

    Cult object-based publication, The Thing Quarterly, known for collaborations with contemporary eminent figures such as interdisciplinary artist Miranda July, film director Mike Mills, and novelist...

    written by: Eujin Rhee
    04.19.13

  11. Graphic Designer We Love: Eiko Ojala
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    Graphic Designer We Love: Eiko Ojala

    Graphic design that looks like paper cut-outs? Check. Estonia-based illustrator and graphic designer Eiko Ojala is tricking our noggins one by one. A 'Young Illustrators Award' nominee, Ojala's...

    written by: Eujin Rhee
    04.23.13

  12. 6 Modern Bikes
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    6 Modern Bikes

    Today marks the 129th anniversary of the first transcontinental journey via a penny-farthing, accomplished by the gallant Brit, Thomas Stevens. In honor, we've compiled a list of six modern...

    written by: Eujin Rhee
    04.22.13

  13. Product Spotlight: Nourishmat
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    Product Spotlight: Nourishmat

    Help spread the green with the Nourishmat modular garden system by Earth Starter! The all-in-one roll out garden blanket comes with built-in irrigation, pre-cut holes and plant spacing, 82 pre...

    04.22.13

  14. Product Spotlight: Sketchbooks by Makr
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    Product Spotlight: Sketchbooks by Makr

    A good sketchbook journal is always by your side, ready to take any notes and documentations of all sorts. Ready to set all hearts aflutter, Florida-based Makr Carry Goods has just released their...

    written by: Eujin Rhee
    04.23.13

  15. Dwell Green Gift Guide: Part One
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    Dwell Green Gift Guide: Part One

    Mother Nature and green design enthusiasts, rejoice! April is Earth Month! From stylish, reusable food wrappings to non-toxic nail polishes, peep through to see our top green design picks. And stay...

    04.23.13

  16. Dwell Green Gift Guide: Part Two
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    Dwell Green Gift Guide: Part Two

    From a geometric container-housed candle to portable planters, take a look at the next accompaniment to yesterday's offering of green design-minded gifts.

    04.24.13

  17. Second Look: Henry Wilson
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    Second Look: Henry Wilson

    With Australian designer Henry Wilson's new A-Joint Mini, a flexible joint used to connect standardized timber, it's possible to construct simple, strong furniture on a budget using wood from a...

    04.25.13

  18. Through House in Toronto, Canada
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    Through House in Toronto, Canada

    A house from the 1880s that's narrow, small, and in terrible shape: is this the place for a great modern interior? In the hands of Toronto architect Heather Dubbeldam, it turned out to be exactly...

    written by: Alex Bozikovic
    photos by: Bob Gundu
    04.25.13

  19. Design Shop We Love: The Future Perfect in SF
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    Design Shop We Love: The Future Perfect in SF

    We recently had the chance to visit Williamsburg design shop, The Future Perfect's, newest west coast outpost in the Pacific Heights neighborhood of San Francisco (check out our first report here!)...

    written by: Eujin Rhee
    photos by: Eujin Rhee
    04.26.13

  20. World’s Most Turkey-Shaped Building
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    World’s Most Turkey-Shaped Building

    The University of Toronto’s John P. Robarts Research Library contains 4.8 million books, 4.1 million microforms, and 740,000 “other” items (probably every episode of Degrassi, among other surprises...

    written by: Jason Wire
    04.27.13

  21. Product Spotlight: Orbis Collection by Konzuk Studio
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    Product Spotlight: Orbis Collection by Konzuk Studio

    The new Orbis collection by Vancouver-based Konzuk Studio is elevating concrete, a material mostly known to clad surfaces such as floors and buildings, into wearable pieces of art.

    04.29.13

  22. UAE by Matthias Heiderich
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    UAE by Matthias Heiderich

    We first highlighted photographer Matthias Heiderich's abstract square snaps of the city of Berlin here and we're back for round two. The self-taught photographer's latest body of work, UAE,...

    written by: Eujin Rhee
    04.24.13

  23. Thread Wrapping Machine by Anton Alvarez
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    Thread Wrapping Machine by Anton Alvarez

    The Thread Wrapping Machine by Swedish-Chilean designer Anton Alvarez is a tool to join different types of material with only a glue-coated thread to bond it. No screws or nails are used to join...

    04.08.13

  24. Magic Carpet Ride, Courtesy of Swedish Brand Oyyo
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    Magic Carpet Ride, Courtesy of Swedish Brand Oyyo

    Lina Zedig and Marcus Åhrén founded their design studio Oyyo in Stockholm in late 2011. Since then, they've been ramping up for Oyyo's first collection, a series of six dhurrie rugs woven from...

    written by: Kelsey Keith
    02.13.13

  25. Typeface Designer We Love: Jordan Metcalf
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    Typeface Designer We Love: Jordan Metcalf

    Cape Town, South Africa-based typeface designer and artist Jordan Metcalf has a knack for creating puzzling, intricate algorithms in the form of typefaces. Whether experimenting with personal...

    written by: Eujin Rhee
    04.03.13

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