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Join us in NYC for City Modern
Love design? Don't miss City Modern, a full week of events in New York City, October 1-7, featuring expert panels, home tours, and exhibitions. Tickets are selling fast!
written by: Sara Ost09.26.12 -
Mold It, Cast It
From the first copper frog cast in Mesopotamia, molding and casting has progressed a long way in the realm of architecture and design since 3200 BC. Here's a roundup of some of our favorite recent...
written by: Tiffany Chu04.27.10 -
San Francisco Design Week
San Francisco is a hotbed for design, spanning the disciplines of art, architecture, graphic design, illustration, and more. Today, the AIGA San Francisco kicks off San Francisco Design Week with a...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake06.15.09 -
Folk Yeah
New additions to the collection include the long neck Crayon vase with the Crayola-esque cross-hatching (Xenia's current favorite), and the organic motifs of the Field and Wood line of tiles (all...
written by: Jordan Kushins09.30.08 -
Design Miami's Deconstructed Tent
Though Design Miami wrapped up a month ago, Moorhead & Moorhead's installation begs to be revisited. In a take on a standard event tent, brothers Granger and Robert Moorhead manipulated the...
written by: Diana Budds01.14.11 -
Tramshed 2011 Video Recap
One of the best shows I saw in all of the London Design Festival was Tramshed 2011 in the Shoreditch Design Triangle. I posted a slideshow of what I saw whilst in London, but as is common...
written by: Aaron Britt10.18.11 -
3 Tips for Mid-Century Modern Collectors
One of the great pleasures of visiting the McKenzie Residence in our September 2012 story "Borrego Springs Eternal," is owner Stacey Chapman Paton's collection of mid-century furniture...
written by: Aaron Britt08.20.12 -
Webshop to Watch: Son & Dotter
Son & Dotter, a new webshop launched in September by Sabrina Bello, aims to bring hard-to-find Scandinavian designs to the U.S. market. Included in their growing roster are brands like HAY ...
written by: Diana Budds10.09.12 -
Roger Federer's Personal Logo?
If you put any stock at all in national stereotypes--we Americans are a bit pudgy, I confess--then you're no stranger to the notion of Swiss precision. Those watches, that typography, and as his...
written by: Aaron Britt01.24.11 -
Yaffee Mays talks to the NWBLK
The NWBLK, a "retail environment, workshop, and design HQ in San Francisco" just posted a smart interiview with the furnituremakers Rebecca Yaffee and Laura Mays. Yaffee Mays was...
written by: Aaron Britt10.02.12 -
Sneak Peek: 'A World Apart'
Our July/August 2012 issue, on newsstands now, turns the spotlight on designers' own homes across the globe. One of my favorite projects in the issue is Paula Leen and Kees Middendorp's home in the...
written by: Jaime Gillin07.28.12 -
Join us on Pinterest!
At Dwell, we're constantly inspired by design at all scales, in all forms, all over the world. Whether you're hunting for small space solutions, browsing furniture finds, or exploring the world of...
written by: Sara Ost09.07.12 -
Referendum on High Speed Rail
In these tumultuous economic times, California voters will soon have a chance to drop a cool $9.95 billion on a high-speed rail line between Los Angeles and San Francisco.
written by: David A. Greene10.28.08 -
Mimi Cahalan's "Good Long Look"
In 2008, Mimi Cahalan, a Santa Cruz, California-based artist, was commissioned to create a piece of art to line the outdoor entranceway to the Lido Apartments in Santa Monica, California. After...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake04.02.09 -
Ceramic Chic
There was a time when earthenware was unappreciated: once the 80s hit the world, handcrafts—as a vestige of a musty, dusty era—suggested a serious case of the blah's. However of late,...
written by: Jamie Waugh10.14.08 -
In Memoriam: Bill Moggridge
We are sorry to report that Bill Moggridge, director of the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, passed away this weekend. Dwell mourns the passing of a good friend, an...
written by: Dwell Staff09.09.12 -
Platform 21's Repair Manifesto
Designers talk a lot about extending product lifecycles, but most often in terms of creating new objects with exceptional longevity. Extending the lifecycle of existing objects is a different...
written by: Aaron Britt03.03.09 -
Lindsey Lights it Up
She's been getting attention lately, and distribution galore, from Future Perfect to Matter to ABC Carpet & Home: and it's for good reason. Lindsey Adelman's fixtures, with their visible...
written by: Jamie Waugh09.09.08 -
Color Test
You read Dwell. You like to think that you have a good eye for design. But how good is your eye really?
written by: David A. Greene09.23.08 -
Michael Beirut at the Cooper-Hewitt
This week at the Cooper-Hewitt is National Design Week, designated by the museum as a week of focus on the ways design enriches everyday life.
written by: Jamie Waugh10.23.08











