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'Woodstock Trees' by Sebastian Mariscal
We here at Dwell are big fans of Sebastian Mariscal's work; we've featured his projects in the magazine several times over the years (see here and here) and have an amazing house he designed in...
written by: Jaime Gillin07.04.11 -
"Made by Hand" Video Series
Recently I've been on a kick of watching behind-the-scenes videos. I've always been fascinated to learn how things are made, and how independently owned companies come to be, and in the past couple...
written by: Jaime Gillin10.24.11 -
"Sustainism": the New Modernism?
Honestly, when the book Sustainism is the New Modernism: A Cultural Manifesto for the Sustainist Era (D.A.P. / Distributed Art Publishers, New York) first crossed my desk, I wasn't sure how to...
written by: Jaime Gillin04.04.11 -
10 Design Insiders Sound Off on Knockoffs
In researching the much-discussed essay "The Real Cost of Rip-Offs" for Dwell's June 2012 issue (on newsstands now), many design luminaries shared their perspectives on the subject of knockoffs and...
written by: Jaime Gillin05.24.12 -
12 Seconds with Konstantin Grcic
Yesterday we at Dwell had the honor of welcoming designer Konstantin Grcic and Josef Kaiser, president of Vitra, to our offices. We'll be posting our interview with the duo on Dwell.com soon, but...
written by: Jaime Gillin05.07.13 -
5 Creative, High-Design Bookshelves
Books add warm and personality to a space—and sometimes, though far too seldom, the shelves they sit on do the same. Here, five creative, handsomely built shelves that beautifully upstage their...
written by: Jaime Gillin05.14.13 -
72 Hour Urban Action
The other week I attended a gathering at REBAR in San Francisco, in honor of Israeli architects Kerem Halbrecht and Gilly Karjevsky's cool project, 72 Hour Urban Action. Held last September and...
written by: Jaime Gillin05.03.11 -
A BoConcept Makeover
When we moved into an Edwardian apartment in San Francisco's Mission District four years ago, we trucked in our furniture, set the pieces where we thought they made sense, and haven't changed much...
written by: Jaime Gillin07.11.11 -
A Family Home in Israel
Located in Ramat-Hasharon, a suburb of Tel Aviv in Israel, this 2,100-square-foot house was designed by Keren Milchberg Porat for a family of six—a cinematographer and art director and their...
written by: Jaime Gillin12.06.11 -
A Green Wall in Silicon Valley
Bay Meadows, billed as a "progressive new urban village," is starting to take shape in San Mateo, south of San Francisco.
written by: Jaime Gillin05.06.13 -
A John Lautner-Designed Hotel
A major perk of reporting the story "John Lautner's Desert Rose" for our June 2012 issue? Actually spending a night at the Hotel Lautner in Desert Hot Springs, California, which has been...
written by: Jaime Gillinphotos by: Jaime Gillin05.31.12 -
A Magnetic Coffee Table
In Brussels last spring, we had the opportunity to visit Studio With a View, a collective workshop shared by an architect, two photographers, and five designers. Afterwards, we posted about some...
written by: Jaime Gillin04.30.13 -
A Mid-Century Renovation in Washington
This classic mid-century modern home in Lakewood, Washington, had great "bones" that had been compromised by subsequent remodels. The bathrooms were dated, the hallway was gloomy, and the kitchen...
written by: Jaime Gillin05.09.13 -
A Modern Kitchen Remodel in Austin
Built in 1950, Lloyd and Kirsten Thompson's Austin house had "some inherent mid-century charm and good flow," says architect J.C. Schmeil of Merzbau Design Collective. An addition, however, had...
written by: Jaime Gillinphotos by: Whit Preston03.28.13 -
A Neoclassical Gallery Home in Belgium
In this Brussels mansion, nothing has a price tag, but almost everything is for sale. Here, two design experts curate their fantasy house.
written by: Jaime Gillinphotos by: Chris Tubbs05.13.13 -
A New Breed of Travel Agency
Jaclyn Sienna India, a frequent Dwell.com contributor, writes many of our hotel posts, including covering a cliffside, camping-inspired boutique hotel in a Mexican wine region; a resort in remote...
written by: Jaime Gillin04.26.13 -
A New View on Rio
This tilt-shift video reveals revelers at Rio's Carnaval in a whole new light.
written by: Jaime Gillin04.18.13 -
A New View on the Glass House
We've all seen images of the Glass House, the iconic architectural landmark that Philip Johnson built in New Canaan, Connecticut in 1949. Breaking from the traditional view on the property,...
written by: Jaime Gillin03.14.11 -
A Pantone Hotel for the Color-Obsessed
Pantone has been on a licensing kick for a while now—witness the Pantone chip mugs, messenger bags, cufflinks—but they recently unveiled their most ambitious project to date: the...
written by: Jaime Gillin11.15.10 -
A Platform for Living
Setsumasa and Mami Kobayashi’s weekend retreat, two and a half hours northwest of Tokyo, is “an arresting concept,” photographer Dean Kaufman says, who documented the singular...
written by: Jaime Gillinphotos by: Dean Kaufman04.06.11 -
A Plea from New Orleans
I recently received an email from filmmaker Evan Mather, alerting me to his most recent—and urgent—project, which I thought I'd share with you. It's a short video about the Phillis...
written by: Jaime Gillin05.27.11 -
A Potrero Hill Renovation
San Francisco architect Cary Bernstein recently completed this renovation and expansion of an old cottage in San Francisco's Potrero Hill neighborhood. The cottage had suffered a series of...
written by: Jaime Gillinphotos by: Cesar Rubio12.05.11 -
A Simple Plan
A Marmol Radziner–designed prefab house, trucked onto a remote Northern California site, takes the pain out of the construction process.
written by: Jaime Gillinphotos by: Dwight Eschliman11.23.11 -
A Visit to HAY Copenhagen
I just returned to the office from a trip to Copenhagen spent reporting a handful of stories for the magazine and scouting future projects. A highlight of the trip was my visit to HAY, a fantastic...
written by: Jaime Gillin11.15.11 -
A Whirlwind New York Visit
Last week I spent a few days running around Manhattan (sometimes literally) reporting a handful of upcoming stories for Dwell. In addition to seeing many inspiring projects and meeting many...
written by: Jaime Gillin09.28.10
