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'One Thousand Doors, No Exit'
"One Thousand Doors, No Exit" is currently on view until April 2nd at the Graham Foundation in Chicago. The exhibition features two photographic series by Swiss-born artist Nicolas...
written by: Diana Budds03.09.11 -
'Souped Up' Green Architecture
In a new exhibition at A+D Los Angeles, five architects—who at one time or another have worked at Jones, Partners: Architecture (J,P:A)—each created architectural propositions that use ...
written by: Carren Jaophotos by: Carren Jao02.15.11 -
'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 -
"Crossing the Line" by Tanya Aguiñiga
When Los Angeles-based furniture and textile designer/maker Tanya Aguiñiga was approached by the Craft and Folk Art Museum to create an exhibition of her work, the artist had an off-the-wall...
written by: Stephanie Orma01.28.11 -
"Foreclosed" Open Studio at PS1
Back in May, New York’s Museum of Modern Art kicked off a nearly yearlong series of presentations, workshops, and public symposia on the topic of America’s ongoing foreclosure crisis....
written by: Ian Volner09.27.11 -
"Living in a Modern Way" at LACMA
For their part in the citywide "Pacific Standard Time" exhibition, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) has just opened “California Design 1930–1965: Living in a...
written by: Erika Heet10.06.11 -
"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 -
"Postmodernism" at the V&A Museum
"Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970-1990," on view at London’s Victoria & Albert Museum through January 15th 2012, is the first major exhibition to take a long, hard look...
written by: Marc Kristal10.17.11 -
"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 Minutes With Piero Lissoni
Italian architect and designer Piero Lissoni spent an evening at the Graye showroom in Los Angeles last week at a gathering to celebrate his furniture designs for Living Divani and Porro, which...
written by: Erika Heetphotos by: Erika Heet05.19.11 -
101 Renting
The American Dream, some say, is all about owning a home. Here's how you can live the dream without the picket fence or the mortgage.
written by: Heather Wagner11.16.11 -
17 Swedish Designers
If there was one exhibition I longed to see last year, it was 17 Swedish Designers. The show features the work of, you guessed it, 17 young, female, Swedish designers and design groups who have all...
written by: Miyoko Ohtakephotos by: Miyoko Ohtake02.03.11 -
2011 AIA Institute Honor Awards
Each January, the American Institute of Architects awards its annual Honor Awards to the top designs in architecture, interior architecture, and regional and urban design. Here we feature the 2011...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake01.22.11 -
2011 American Craft Council Show
This past weekend, the American Craft Council—one of the country's oldest organizations championing handicrafts—celebrated its 70th birthday at its annual show at Fort Mason in San...
written by: Diana Buddsphotos by: Diana Budds08.15.11 -
2011 Dwell on Design Awards
Among the many wares that were exhibited on the Dwell on Design show floor, 11 stood out for excellence in their respective categories. Read on for the winners of the 2011 Dwell on Design Awards.
written by: Dwell Staff06.26.11 -
2011 IIDA NC Honor Awards
The International Interior Design Association Northern California Chapter threw their party of the year on March 2 to toast the 2011 IIDA NC Honor Award winners. At the historic Fox Theater in...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake03.08.11 -
2011 Modernism Show
The 2011 Modernism Show, held in the cavernous Barker Hangar at Santa Monica Airport, brought both rarities and new interpretations within the category. From works by Gio Ponti and the Lalannes to...
written by: Erika Heetphotos by: Erika Heet05.06.11 -
2012 Color of the Year: Tangerine
Pantone, no longer relegated to color wheels for art directors, makes a splash each December with the company's pick for imminent Color of the Year. For 2012, the shade that will "provide the...
written by: Kelsey Keith12.09.11 -
20th-Century Fox
Eero Saarinen’s legendary Miller House opens to the public this May for the first time. Leslie Williamson gives us an intimate tour of this Columbus, Indiana, treasure.
written by: Leslie Williamsonphotos by: Leslie Williamson05.02.11 -
30 Minutes With Dieter Rams
The word "icon" is thrown around rather freely in the design world, but when discussing Dieter Rams and his body of work, it is the only word that sticks. Last week, on the morning after...
written by: Bradford Shellhammerphotos by: Tre Cassetta05.18.11 -
7 Questions for Marc Kushner
All right, we've all heard of "The Social Network" by now, but have you heard of Architizer, the social network for architects and designers? It's a site that's (thankfully) not populated...
written by: Diana Budds06.15.11 -
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 -
85 Years of Neutra Architecture
To celebrate 85 years of architecture courtesy of Richard Neutra and his architect son, Dion, who has kept the Neutra practice alive since his father’s death in 1970, a series of events took...
written by: Erika Heet04.13.11 -
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 Clean Break
Your fiancé’s place is ten times nicer than yours and you’re planning on moving in. If only you could get out of your lease.
written by: Heather Wagner11.16.11




















