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Fred Fisher on A. Quincy Jones
A. Quincy Jones was a mid-century modernist whose architecture knew no bounds. He designed custom homes for the rich and famous, affordable tract houses, churches, restaurants, libraries,...
written by: Emily Young07.20.10 -
From ICFF: Designer Philippe Nigro
We love a good looking sofa here at Dwell, and can definitely appreciate the look of something a little bit outside-the-boxy form of the classic settee. Confluences made its worldwide debut at...
written by: Jordan Kushins05.18.09 -
Gregg Stobs, Retail Design Director
Last week warranted a design detour to Portland for a panel discussion on contemporary Chinese design hosted by OFFICE PDX, an online design shop and pop-up retailer, in conjunction with the China...
written by: Charlotte West11.12.09 -
Harboe's Marks
Chicago preservation architect Thomas “Gunny” Harboe prefers not to dismantle architectural monuments. But at Mies van der Rohe’s 860–880 Lake Shore Drive apartments, built...
written by: Jay Pridmore03.16.10 -
Hero Design On Making It
Mark Brickey and Beth Manos Brickey started their design careers like many youthful print enthusiasts: making free concert fliers from friends. Since then, however, they've launched a design studio...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake03.28.11 -
How to Throw a Design Conference
When I was at A Better World By Design this past weekend, I was blown away by the fact that it was organized by not a a league of design professionals, but a group of nine college students. To find...
written by: Tiffany Chu10.09.09 -
Ice House Detroit
American cities are not short on abandoned houses, but for great swathes of residential vacancy, Detroit takes the cake. There have been a variety of responses to the motor city's blight, from the...
written by: Sarah Rich02.10.10 -
ICFF 2010: Tom Dixon
Designer Tom Dixon, armed with a tiny tupperware full of sunflower seeds and a suspiciously healthy looking container of green juice, sat down at ICFF 2010 to chat about his latest limited-edition...
written by: Amanda Dameron05.16.10 -
ICFF 2012: Nani Marquina on Design
Spanish rug design maven Nani Marquina is known for her emphasis on handcrafted wares, commitment to fair trade practices and sustainable development, and for bringing a distinctive and imaginative...
written by: Diana Budds05.25.12 -
Illustrator Mike Perry
Mike Perry knows how to fill a page--and beginning this week, he's filling a 2,800-square-foot exhibition space at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. The Brooklyn-based illustrator and...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake03.29.10 -
In Living Color
Architect Pedro Gadanho brings a body of hypercolorful work and a curiosity for the world stage to his new position as MoMA’s curator for contemporary architecture.
written by: Kelsey Keith06.10.12 -
In the Material World: Susan Weber
Long before Peggy Guggenheim bought her first Jackson Pollock, the Wittlesbach Dukes of Bavaria were snapping up antiquities. Before Philip Johnson’s Glass House or even modernism, the...
written by: Joanne Furio08.06.12 -
Jack White on Design
We got the low down on Jack White’s Rolling Record Store in our October issue, but the man had much more to say. Here, he talks about unfinished furniture designs, high school with Harry...
written by: Jordan Kushinsphotos by: Jo McCaughey09.28.11 -
James Dyson on the Air Multiplier
You’ve heard the story, usually told by James Dyson in his own dulcet tones: After five years and thousands of prototypes, the furniture designer-turned-engineer invented the first bagless...
written by: Julie Taraska10.20.09 -
Jason Miller
When people talk about Jason Miller, they invariably mention three things, in varying order: his wit, his youth, and his meteoric rise in the burgeoning United States design scene. Though all of...
written by: Amber Bravo01.13.10 -
John Christakos of Blu Dot
I have always adored Blu Dot's mission: good design at good prices. Heck, I liked them so much I even worked for them. I caught up with Blu Dot's CEO & founder John Christakos and he answered...
written by: Bradford Shellhammer05.05.10 -
John Quale
John Quale discovered his calling early. While his buddies were reading Brewers box scores, nine-year-old Quale was analyzing house-of-the-week floor plans in the Milwaukee Sentinel.
written by: Arnie Cooper04.20.09 -
Jon Gasca of STUA
Jon Gasca and his father Jesus Gasca are the creative minds behind STUA, a 20-year-old design house based in Spain. I tracked Jon down in San Sebastian, Spain, and asked him about his new chair,...
written by: Bradford Shellhammer06.14.10 -
Jonathan Adler
Seventeen years ago, Jonathan Adler wasn’t a brand, he was a one-man full-time pottery production operation—“making, glazing, firing, packing, and shipping every single piece I...
written by: Jordan Kushins05.17.11 -
Kaufmann's Unbreakable Glasses
I was recently down in Los Angeles to moderate a panel on the Swiss Design Awards at the A+D Museum. There I met a 2009 award winner for product design, Sandra Kaufmann, who heads the eyewear brand...
written by: Aaron Britt02.08.11
