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Zoë Melo's Touch
Tiptoeing into the Los Angeles showroom of TOUCH, it's difficult not to obey the storefront's signage. The white-on-white space is stacked with oddly alluring textures—impossibly long-necked...
written by: Alissa Walker05.13.09 -
Yakitate!
Yakitate, or "freshly-baked" in Japanese, is an accurate description of the piping hot talent curated by the online design magazine designboom for this year's Dwell on Design. Eight...
written by: Alissa Walker06.17.11 -
William Krisel on Architecture
William Krisel knows architecture. The 84-year old architect has been licensed for a remarkable 59 years. The Getty Museum has just acquired his papers. But at a panel discussion with editor Aaron...
written by: Alissa Walker06.27.09 -
The W Hollywood Residences
A transit-oriented mixed-use development in image-obsessed Hollywood? You bet your Botox. This Dwell on Design partner delivers something the hood's been craving: Sustainable, high-density glitz.
written by: Alissa Walker05.20.09 -
Talking to DOD Keynote Dan Pink
Big-thinker Daniel H. Pink has quickly established himself as an authority on the rapidly-transforming concept of work, and along the way, become an influential design advocate as well.
written by: Alissa Walker05.20.09 -
Self Preservation
With the help of DSH Architects, a pair of intrepid Angelenos restored (and gently updated) Rudolph Schindler’s iconic Bubeshko Apartments.
written by: Alissa Walkerphotos by: Jessica Haye and Clark Hsiao01.23.12 -
Sasaki's "Heartbeat"
What does your heartbeat look like? The Japanese-born artist Sasaki has been painting the vital sign of life for 15 years, airbrushing the distinctive waves in blood-red paint onto a canvas. He'll...
written by: Alissa Walker06.20.11 -
Restaurant Design Awards
For the sixth year, AIA Los Angeles's Restaurant Design Awards will be announced at Dwell on Design. Jurors that include chef Mark Peel, architect Dean Larkin, and writer and publicist Haily Zaki...
written by: Alissa Walker06.03.11 -
Preview: The Designer Is In
You know you've got one, tucked deep within your house. Maybe you keep it locked up tight so you don't have to see it. But sooner or later you'll have to confront it: The Problem Room. But the...
written by: Alissa Walker06.22.10 -
Preview: Reclaimed Space
Among the highlights at last year's Dwell on Design was a cozy modular home created by Reclaimed Space, who hauled their one-of-a-kind structure made from reclaimed and repurposed materials all...
written by: Alissa Walker06.08.10 -
Preview: Project H Design
"Change for change" innocently declares a bright green vending machine, but this design intervention delivers more bang for your buck than the typical candy dispenser. The latest...
written by: Alissa Walker06.10.10 -
Preview: Modern Family Zone
Don't leave the kids at home when you head downtown to Dwell on Design this weekend! We've got plenty of activities for the young and young-at-heart, nestled within the Modern Family Zone at...
written by: Alissa Walker06.24.10 -
Preview: Good Food Sunday
We always like to end Dwell on Design on a high note and as we all know, most high notes in life include food. So on the heels of last year's successful Square Meal Sunday, we're once again...
written by: Alissa Walker06.24.10 -
Preview: Ed Begley, Jr.
Ed Begley, Jr. is wearing what can most accurately be described as his uniform, a blue dress shirt unbuttoned to reveal a white t-shirt, khaki cargo shorts and Crocs with socks. Not your typical...
written by: Alissa Walker06.11.10 -
Preview: Eastside Home Tour
On a corner lot atop Melrose Hill, the slight rise in elevation just east of the Larchmont Village neighborhood in Los Angeles, the Ridgewood Residence glows like a lantern. Its boxes of glossy...
written by: Alissa Walker06.17.10 -
Preview: Design and the Media
Want to see your work in print—or pixels? It's all in the pitch. The Design and the Media panel at Dwell on Design, taking place on Friday June 26, will look at what it takes to craft an idea...
written by: Alissa Walker06.17.09 -
Preview: Cleantech Corridor Competition
Imagine a massive green community running through the heart of Los Angeles where research labs and small businesses exist side-by-side with design-focused companies manufacturing everything from...
written by: Alissa Walker06.07.10 -
Preview: Asia Now
Each year at Dwell on Design we trust the animal-like instincts of designboom to seek out and deliver the best contemporary design from around the planet. This year is no different: designboom will...
written by: Alissa Walker05.21.10 -
Preview: Arthur Rubinfeld
As president of global development at Starbucks, architect Arthur Rubinfeld and his team are responsible for everything you love about your local Starbucks, minus the coffee: That's the design,...
written by: Alissa Walker06.24.09 -
Preview: Architizer Design Clinic
"People know that they need experts in an emergency: doctors for surgery, plumbers for floods, therapists for nervous breakdowns," says Marc Kushner, co-founder of the online community...
written by: Alissa Walker05.27.10 -
Panel: Rise of the Mobile Eateries
Who doesn't love a carne asada-serving taco truck or a smart trailer offering gourmet, local hot dogs? You'd be surprised. Despite the challenges in bringing quality food to the masses, these...
written by: Alissa Walker06.26.09 -
Panel: Density in Los Angeles
Despite what you might think about our infinite freeways, sprawling lawns and tract homes that march all the way to Vegas, Los Angeles actually has some pretty impressive developments that are...
written by: Alissa Walker06.26.09 -
Not Just Skating By
For years, professional skateboarder Rob Dyrdek has ranted about wanting to build a skate plaza: a skate park integrated into the urban environment as a landscaped, multi-use public space. When he...
written by: Alissa Walkerphotos by: Amanda Marsalis02.26.09 -
Interview: Filmmaker Eric Bricker
A documentary screening at Dwell on Design zooms in for a close-up on 98-year-old architectural photographer Julius Shulman and his iconic images that came to define modernism and Los Angeles with...
written by: Alissa Walker05.27.09 -
Interview: Evan Kleiman on Food
The host of the public radio show Good Food, founder of Slow Food in Los Angeles, and owner of the heavenly L.A. institution Angeli Caffe, Evan Kleiman joins forces with Dwell to co-curate Square...
written by: Alissa Walker06.15.09
