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Zaha Hadid's Milan Installation
As part of last month's Milan Design Week, Zaha Hadid Architects teamed with LEA Ceramiche to create "Twirl," a mesmerizing installation in the 18th-century courtyard of the State...
written by: Jaime Gillin05.10.11 -
Yasmeen Lari
With nearly half a century of in-the-field experience, Pakistan’s first female architect leads an ambitious nonprofit, the Heritage Foundation of Pakistan.
written by: Jaime Gillin07.17.12 -
World's First Lichen Garden?
Last spring, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art unveiled its new 14,000-square foot rooftop sculpture garden, spangled with works by Ellsworth Kelly, Louise Bourgeois and Kiki Smith. To a...
written by: Jaime Gillin10.26.10 -
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 -
Wide White Space
Today the exhibition 'The Way Beyond Art: Wide White Space' opens at the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts in San Francisco (through February 5). The show, which investigates graphic...
written by: Jaime Gillin01.20.11 -
WasteLandscape Made of CDs
Scrolling through Dezeen recently—always an inspiring source for cool new projects and ideas—I came upon this eye-catching installation in the “Halle d’Aubervilliers”...
written by: Jaime Gillin08.16.11 -
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 the Fishers Island House
While reporting the March Profile story about Thomas Phifer (see it online here), I had the opportunity to visit one of his masterworks, the Fishers Island House, located off the coast of...
written by: Jaime Gillinphotos by: Jaime Gillin03.03.11 -
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 -
Update on the Crocker Art Museum
My colleague Aaron Britt posted a great interview with the director of the Crocker Art Museum this past summer, and I'm here with a quick update: the museum opened in October, and it looks...
written by: Jaime Gillin12.07.10 -
Unseen Eames: Films from the Vault
One of the events I'm most excited about at this year's Dwell on Design is Unseen Eames, a half-hour screening of rare and little-seen films from the Eames family archive at 4:00 pm on Friday June...
written by: Jaime Gillin06.21.11 -
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 -
Time-Lapse Prefab
I interviewed Peter Anderson of Anderson Anderson Architecture for our "American Prefab: A Shopper's Guide" story in the December/January issue, and found the firm's backstory and...
written by: Jaime Gillin11.22.11 -
Thomas Phifer: Light on the Subject
Don’t be fooled by his mellow, self-effacing demeanor: Architect Thomas Phifer is a master of his craft, designing daylit, minimalist buildings that meld the ideals of classic modernism with...
written by: Jaime Gillinphotos by: Mark Mahaney02.09.11 -
The View From Phoenix
Earlier this week, I spent two days in Phoenix, reporting a story for Dwell's upcoming December/January issue. My second afternoon, local architects Cy Keener and Jay Atherton offered to take me on...
written by: Jaime Gillin07.30.10 -
The Ultimate Kitchen Shop
A peek inside March, one of San Francisco's most exquisite shops for kitchenware and accessories.
written by: Jaime Gillin05.11.13 -
The Real Cost of Rip-Offs
Knockoff furnishings may be cheap, but for the design industry, they come with a heavy price.
written by: Jaime Gillin05.22.12 -
The Nightstand, Reinvented
An exhibition in New York last month, organized by PIN-UP Magazine and held at Phillips de Pury & Company, explored the nightstand, that humble catch-all by the side of your bed. PIN-UP invited...
written by: Jaime Gillin06.10.11 -
The Next-Generation Paper Plate
I'm currently planning a party (ok, wedding) and have been coming across lots of interesting paper party supplies—including these awesome Gunilla Axén-designed cocktail napkins, which...
written by: Jaime Gillin04.07.11 -
The New Pioneers
In the land of large mountain lodge wannabes, two California natives tuck Utah’s first LEED for Homes–rated house onto the side of Emigration Canyon.
written by: Jaime Gillinphotos by: Dustin Aksland07.01.10 -
The Making-of Balloon Bowls
A trip to Brussels earlier this year included an afternoon visit to Studio With a View, a collective workshop shared by an architect, two photographers, and five designers. While there, I ...
written by: Jaime Gillin09.04.12 -
The Future of Solar?
The Brooklyn–based start-up SMIT (Sustainably Minded Interactive Technology) was formed in 2005 by the brother and sister team of Samuel and Teresita Cochran. Their goal: to invent a hybrid...
written by: Jaime Gillin08.18.10 -
The Dylan, Amsterdam
Last year I spent two nights at the luxurious Dylan Hotel in Amsterdam, and I'm excited to share my photos of the place. It's located in central Amsterdam, along the Keizersgracht canal, in a...
written by: Jaime Gillin01.12.12 -
The Cheap Seats
There are lots of handsome chairs out there, but sitting beauties that cost $250 or less are a rarer breed. Our picks run the gamut from traditional (the wooden, Shaker-inspired Salt or the Thonet...
written by: Jaime Gillinphotos by: Peter Belanger03.07.11
