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Portmanteau
A wall of cinderblock, tiny windows, layers of dust and a steel door: for some, this is a typical Manhattan apartment. For others, it's the scene before the murder scene in a horror flick. For Jim...
written by: Jamie Waugh09.19.08 -
California Academy of Sciences Preview
The grand opening of the new California Academy of Sciences, one of the year’s most anticipated events, is taking place this weekend. To help you make it through the last few days until the...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake09.23.08 -
Air France Terminal 2E
Flying from the Air France Terminal at LAX (which has been shifted out of the outdated Tom Bradley Terminal) and arriving in Paris at Terminal 2E is like moving from a basement into a penthouse...
written by: Laure Joliet09.29.08 -
Referendum on High Speed Rail
In these tumultuous economic times, California voters will soon have a chance to drop a cool $9.95 billion on a high-speed rail line between Los Angeles and San Francisco.
written by: David A. Greene10.28.08 -
Buy Nothing Day
This week featured 3 events: Thanksgiving, when we give thanks for what we have; Black Friday, when we buy as much as we can in a very short period of time and hopefully get some wicked deals; and...
written by: Laure Joliet11.29.08 -
A Very Eames Christmas
Even if you can't pony up the cash to buy a living room full of iconic furniture by Charles and Ray Eames doesn't mean that there aren't some Eames-related stocking stuffers to splurge on.
written by: Laure Joliet12.17.08 -
Southern Comfort
Louisville, Kentucky, is a river town built around 19th-century commerce and trade. Downtown, old brick facades remind of this era of bustling industry when riverboats and trains moved raw...
written by: Jamie Waugh12.29.08 -
A Note on Our Expert: Peter Stathis
Peter Stathis is the principal of a leading collaborative design venture, Virtual Studio, which specializes in consumer products, and has worked with Arstecnica, KnollStudio, Nambé, and OXO.
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A Note on Our Expert: Daniel Patterson
Daniel Patterson is the owner and executive chef of Coi Restaurant in San Francisco. Coi, which means “tranquil” in archaic French, is just that: a quiet refuge amid the flamboyant flash of strip...
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A Note on Our Expert: Heather Wagner
Heather Wagner is a freelance writer and Dwell contributor and is currently writing a comic novel on the subject of modern etiquette.
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A Note on Our Expert: Bruce Aidells
Bruce Aidells starting cooking professionally while a graduate student at UC Santa Cruz.
written by: Sam Grawe01.01.09 -
A Note on Our Expert: Jake Godby
It’s rare to find a friction-free workplace, but Jake Godby can proudly claim he has one. “The thing about an ice-cream shop,” he says, “is that nobody comes in with a bad...
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5 Questions for Carrie and Andrew Purcell
Husband and wife Carrie and Andrew Purcell are in the business of making beautiful, and mouthwatering, photographs together. They chronicle their observations on food, photography and living in Los...
written by: Laure Joliet01.15.09 -
Small Apple in DUMBO
Perhaps it's because there are more young children in New York City than there have been in decades, according to most census reports, but stylish shops for the under-six set in Brooklyn have...
written by: Jamie Waugh01.17.09 -
Retail Therapy
In the great American quest for more stuff, big-box stores are nirvana, laden with cheaply priced items by the ton, from diamond earrings to toilet paper. So isn’t it a good thing that many...
written by: Amara Holstein01.21.09 -
Zurich, Switzerland
Industrial designer Alfredo Häberli shows us how to pass the hours in Zurich, Switzerland, a city with no shortage of timekeepers.
written by: Andy Isaacsonphotos by: Gunnar Knechtel01.21.09 -
Hong Kong, China
Hong Kong’s architectural development can be traced through time by viewing it panoramically from the city’s stratospheric escalators. We survey the layers with local architect Rocco Yim.
written by: Marc Kristalphotos by: Andrew Rowat01.21.09 -
Los Angeles, California
Though Los Angeles offers Lindsay Lohan sightings at Pinkberry and addresses on L.Ron Hubbard Way, Dwell explores a different side of the city with land use interpreter Matthew Coolidge.
written by: Geoff Manaughphotos by: Noah Webb01.21.09 -
Boston Pops
The heart of the American Revolution, Boston became home to midnight rides and at least one wild tea party. Yet this spirit of rebellion is tempered by a deep conservatism that has shaped the urban...
written by: Jessie Scanlonphotos by: Erik Johnson01.21.09 -
The Bangkok Beat
Mason Florence, ex-rodeo rider, photo gallery director, and publisher of Bangkok 101, steers us through Thailand’s “Venice of the East.”
written by: Ron Gluckmanphotos by: Dave Lauridsen01.21.09 -
High Design in Denver
Denver, Colorado, is on a Rocky Mountain high of art and architecture with new museums by Daniel Libeskind and David Adjaye.
written by: Sarah Richphotos by: Cameron Wittig01.22.09 -
The Melbourne Supremacy
Photographer Peter Bennetts cuts out the middleman, photographing his favorite spots in his home base, Melbourne, Australia.
written by: Helen Kaiserphotos by: Peter Bennetts01.22.09 -
Suddenly Shanghai
The developer of Three on the Bund gallery gives us a behind-the-scenes tour of the creative side of Shanghai.
written by: Ron Gluckmanphotos by: Andrew Rowat01.22.09
