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Young Turks
Istanbul modern? In a word, it’s Autoban. With their east-meets-west twist on mid-century classics, this young duo has jump-started their hometown’s design scene.
written by: Virginia Gardiner03.04.10 -
Young Designers
Branching out and doing your own thing is a brave and bold move at any time and any age. That said, the 21 visionaries we profile here—–designers of interiors, graphics, architecture,...
written by: Dwell Staff12.15.10 -
Workstead Lighting
Earlier this month, Workstead, a Brooklyn–based design firm comprised of Robert Highsmith and Stefanie Brechbuehler, unveiled their fledgling line of lighting.
written by: Jaime Gillin07.22.10 -
When We Talk About Good Design
Many architects and designers, when talked down from the theoretical towers of “sculptural forms” and “floating volumes” and made to speak of their craft in humbler terms,...
written by: Aaron Britt04.05.10 -
WHATSWHAT Collective
The Swedish WHATSWHAT Collective, founded by John Astbury, Bengt Brummer, and Karin Wallenbeck in 2010, creates playful pieces that invite user interaction. WE LOVE: The Greta lampshade, with a...
written by: Dwell Staff04.24.12 -
Well Hung
Flying high in the air with the greatest of ease or low over a table to accent your meal, a pendant illuminates the room like no other kind of fixture.
written by: Jordan Kushins07.10.10 -
W New York Downtown
While in New York City last month, I spent a night at the new W New York hotel, downtown in Wall Street. Like all W's, this one was peppered with self-consciously 'cool' design-y touches, some of...
written by: Jaime Gillin10.21.10 -
Visiting H.D. Buttercup
Without condoning knockoffs, let me say: It is a thrill to walk into a furniture shop and discover a slew of handsome and vaguely familiar-looking design pieces that I can actually afford. This was...
written by: Jaime Gillin05.17.11 -
Utah Bound
At his shop in Salt Lake City, collector Ron Green supplies locals with a welcome, and well-priced, dose of modern design.
written by: Creede Fitchphotos by: Brent Rowland10.09.12 -
Un'Introduzione al Disegno Italiano
From Marble to mobili, Italy has been a, if not the, design mecca for the last century. Here's why.
written by: Virginia Gardiner06.15.11 -
Tucker Lamp by Tucker Waugh
I was perusing the perpetually well done output of Working Class Studio, a division of the Savannah College of Art and Design, the other day and came across a lovely lamp by furniture designer...
written by: Aaron Britt03.04.10 -
Trend Spotting: Bare Bulbs
Lately we've noticed a resurgent love affair with the lightbulb. Whether it's unique shades acting as a glowing showcase or the bare bulbs themselves, we dig this look. Here, we've pulled together...
written by: Megan Hamaker03.28.13 -
Top Dror
Industrial designer Dror Benshetrit’s new building system, QuaDror, can be applied to make just about anything from architecture to table bases.
written by: Marc Kristal11.29.11 -
Top Brass
A couple takes a minimalist approach to their Brooklyn apartment, focusing on supple materials, subtle gradations of color, and custom finishes by local craftsmen.
written by: Philip Nobelphotos by: Matthew Williams06.09.12 -
Tomorrow's Design Stars: Part 2
Continuing our in-depth look at some of our favorite emerging designers around the world—read more about them in our May 2012 roundup here!—here are some additional products that...
written by: Jaime Gillin05.10.12 -
Tomorrow's Design Stars: Part 1
If you liked what you saw in our Young Designers roundup in our May 2012 issue—where we spotlighted 28 up-and-coming design talents from around the globe—then don't miss this extended...
written by: Jaime Gillin05.01.12 -
Tom Dixon
"You can take the principles of what something stands for and use them in a completely new way. Otherwise you’re just a retrospective company," says designer Tom Dixon.
written by: Amber Bravo01.07.10 -
Tokyo Designers Week: Eco Lighting
Switching from incandescent to LED bulbs can cut the amount of electricity a lamp consumes by sixty percent or more. But with their cool-white hue and hefty price tag, getting excited about these...
written by: Winifred Bird11.06.11 -
Timeless Design: Future Perfect
Marcel Breuer’s Wassily chair, the Eames lounge chair, George Nelson’s Ball clock, and Giancarlo Mattioli’s Nesso lamp are just a few of the prodigious products that one might...
written by: Sam Grawe12.17.09 -
Time Share
On a lakeside plot outside Toronto, four friends forge a new kind of vacation house.
written by: Alex Bozikovicphotos by: Lorne Bridgman04.19.12 -
Time Is on My Site
In Galileo’s day, men counted their pulses to tell time. In 2 A.D., Ptolemy, who understood more about the movements of the sun and the earth than most of us do today, designed a tool called...
written by: Shonquis Morenophotos by: Prakash Patel01.16.09 -
Time and Again
“I can show you what it was…and what it is,” Joe Dolce says, delineating the slight, 250-square-foot addition to his Long Island summer home.
written by: Amber Bravophotos by: Raimund Koch03.04.09 -
The Scandic Grand Central, Stockholm
Greetings from Sweden! I'm traveling in Stockholm to cover the 2012 Furniture and Light Fair and my home away from home for the next few days is the Grand Central, the flagship of Swedish super...
written by: Diana Budds02.05.12 -
The Personality of Yellow
Yellow brings cheer—this is one conclusion by color theorists. But for designers Patricia Urquiola and Eliana Gerotto at Foscarini, the color is actually a new tweak to their celebrated...
written by: Jamie Waugh01.29.09 -
The Office for Lost Objects
A couple of months ago when I judged a furniture competition sponsored by Design Within Reach, I was lured by a chair design from a young studio out of Madison, Wisconsin, called The Office for...
written by: Sarah Rich06.16.09















