April 2006
4 Influential Designers; Landscape Architecture, Exploring the Great Outdoors; Modern Houseplants; You Are What You Eat Off Of, 7 Stylish Dinner Plates, A Life in Design, Marcel Wanders, Byoung Cho, J. Abbott Miller and Ellen Lupton, Rethinking Senior Housing; Detour in Malmo, Sweden; Off the Grid in New Zealand.
4 Influential Designers; Landscape Architecture, Exploring the Great Outdoors; Modern Houseplants; You Are What You Eat Off Of, 7 Stylish Dinner Plates, A Life in Design, Marcel Wanders, Byoung Cho, J. Abbott Miller and Ellen Lupton, Rethinking Senior Housing; Detour in Malmo, Sweden; Off the Grid in New Zealand.
Features
Marcel Wanders
Byoung Cho
J. Abbot Miller & Ellen Lupton
Marcel Wanders
In this age of supersleek, highly stylized surfaces, Marcel Wanders is rethinking design with a human touch. Story by Jane Szita / Photos by Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin
Byoung Cho
Acclaimed Korean architec Byoung Cho makes an unlikely home in Bozeman, Montana, where he teaches the beauty of the box. Story by Sam Grawe / Photos by Julian Broad
J. Abbot Miller & Ellen Lupton
In both work and life, Ellen Lupton and J. Abbott Miller are partners in design. Story by Shonquis Moreno / Photos by Julian Broad
Departments
My House
Off the Grid
Dwell Reports
Nice Modernist
Detour
Archive
Conversation
Dwell Labs
Architecture
Houses We Love
Editor's Note
Allison Arieff muses about design inspiration and the story behind the objects and buildings we love.
Story by Allison Arieff
In the Modern World
There are biennials to see and books to read in this here modern world.
My House
Nike product designer Stefan Andrén and his wife, Nicole, were inspired by defeat, eschewing loft space for a self-designed home in Portland, Oregon. Story by Matthew Stadler / Photos by John Clark
Off the Grid
They say that urbanites are detached from nature, but as this New Zealand apartment shows, they can also be the most environmentally conscious. Story by Deborah Bishop / Photos by Simon Devitt
Dwell Reports
You’ve been working hard, mastering the craft of Keller and Vongerichten, but are your dinner plates worthy of your culinary feats? Story by Allison Arieff / Photos by Dwight Eschliman
Nice Modernist
Everyone knows it’s best to build with low impact on the earth, but few go as far as Malcolm Wells, who champions building homes within it. Story by Hillary Geronemus
Detour
Once a blue-collar industrial port, Malmö, Sweden, now aims to be a premier design destination. It’s on its way. Story by Amber Bravo / Photos by Magnus Marding
What We Saw
Shonquis Moreno finds modern to be the new high point at High Point.
Archive
Unlike the rest of St. Louis, Anne Bergeron and Steve Wellmeier chose to preserve their Harris Armstrong – designed home; perhaps they’ll encourage others to follow suit. Story by William Lamb
Conversation
Unwitting modernist Charles Harper—whose playful prints, paintings, and posters of nature have delighted fans for half a century—discusses his career as the anti-Audubon. Story by Sam Grawe
Dwell Labs
Is there a perfect succulent to complement your sectional? Yes! Story by Amber Bravo / Photos by Dwight Eschliman
Architecture
With the baby boomers abounding, it’s time we start rethinking design for all ages. Story by Amara Holstein / Photos by Larry Sultan
Landscape Architecture 101
A brief history of landscape architecture, from Olmsted to Gaudí, Noguchi to Walker. Plus, key sites for aficionados to visit. Story by Deborah Bishop
Houses We Love
An inventive German company is taking prefab to the trees. Story by Monica Zerboni / Photos by Alastair Jardine
