Explore
Resource Types
Filter by article type:
Filter by author:
Filter by event types:
Filter by post date:
Filter by product categories:
Filter by topics:
Filter by section:
Explore - Travel Reports
-
Hau Tree Lanai in Honolulu
I was in Honolulu, Hawaii, last week to talk at a green design conference, and in my two quick days there I was able to see a few of the sights. Though I managed to eat at some trendy, and rather...
written by: Aaron Britt04.13.12 -
Villa Zevaco
On my last morning in Casablanca I had the good luck, and lots of local recommendations, to swing past Chez Paul for breakfast. Considering the strong influence of French cuisine on Morocco's...
written by: Aaron Brittphotos by: Aaron Britt03.21.12 -
Tiles of Casablanca
Wandering the streets of downtown Casablanca, one sees a whole other use of tile on building facades. Instead of the reddish concrete with colorful accents you see in Marrakech (which I documented...
written by: Aaron Britt03.19.12 -
Tiles of Marrakech
I was in Morocco last week and it should come as no surprise to design fans that I was ensorcelled by the variety and complexity of Moroccan tilework. From elaborate mosaics on palace walls to...
written by: Aaron Britt03.15.12 -
Julio Miranda Thiel's Workshop
I had the chance to visit master potter Julio Miranda Thiel's workshop at the Beldi Country Club just outside of Marrakech. I met Thiel at a dinner a few nights before and he graciously invited me...
written by: Aaron Britt03.09.12 -
Marrakech Biennale: Higher Atlas
The Marrakech Biennale is in its fourth go here in Morocco's cultural capitol, and though much of the citywide exhibition deals with photography, sculpture and the like, the main show Higher Atlas...
written by: Aaron Brittphotos by: Aaron Britt03.06.12 -
LEGO Greenhouse in London
By now its bricks have been pulled apart, its sunflowers taken from Covent Garden's North Piazza, but from September 15 to 25, the Lego Greenhouse designed by Sebastian Bergne was one of the hits...
written by: Aaron Britt10.04.11 -
London Design Festival: Day 3
My third day traipsing about London for the Design Festival had me venturing east again, starting my day in Clerkenwell (that's pronounced CLARK-en-well, I learned) and then, as ever, heading back...
written by: Aaron Brittphotos by: Aaron Britt09.23.11 -
London Design Festival: Day 2
I spent my second day at the London Design Festival in the Shoreditch Design Triangle in East London. The neighborhood is a good deal scrappier than where I was in the west yesterday, but the...
written by: Aaron Brittphotos by: Aaron Britt09.21.11 -
London Design Festival: Day 1
Fighting a bit of jetlag and a few high-design, low-usefulness maps, I headed to the Brompton Design District for my first day of the London Design Festival. I started at festival headquarters,...
written by: Aaron Britt09.20.11 -
Hello from the Salton Sea
After my stop at Salvation Mountain, my two travel companions and I headed north on 111 to see the handful of modernist sites on the Salton Sea. The massive saline body of water is the biggest...
written by: Aaron Britt04.23.11 -
Salvation Mountain and Slab City
One of the highlights of my trip down to Borrego Springs and the Anza Borrego desert, was a detour to Salvation Mountain. A kind of folk art monument to god, Salvation Mountain is just outside...
written by: Aaron Britt04.20.11 -
Borrego Springs' Mod Houses
I posted some of the mid-century buildings in my last Borrego Springs update, but over the course of my three days in the desert I visited a half dozen really beautiful homes. Lucky for...
written by: Aaron Britt04.18.11 -
Visiting Borrego Springs
Last week I was in Borrego Springs, California, a tiny town in the middle of the Anza Borrego desert in San Diego County. A good two hours northeast of San Diego, the town was, and is, a...
written by: Aaron Brittphotos by: Aaron Britt04.15.11 -
Wine Tasting with Georg Riedel
Not so long ago I was at a dinner with a handful of food writers--I was there merely as a food taster--and the fancy stemware from the Austrian firm Riedel came up. One woman extolled the famed...
written by: Aaron Britt01.21.11 -
Blueline at Hourglass Winery
Back in 2009 former Dwell senior editor Sarah Rich made a short report on a visit to Napa Valley's Hourglass Winery's Blueline property. I had a chance to visit this past weekend and wanted to...
written by: Aaron Britt01.13.11 -
Resnick Pavilion at LACMA
I was down in Los Angeles at the end of last week and between visiting clients, attending the Divine Design benefit, and generally sitting in traffic, it was a miracle I got a minute to...
written by: Aaron Britt12.08.10 -
Mexico City: Day 4
My fourth and final day in Mexico City was a real treat: the perfect blend of making a few new friends and finally clapping eyes on a building that feels like an old pal. I met up with graphic...
written by: Aaron Britt12.07.10 -
Mexico City: Day 3
My third day of Mexico City design tourism was one fraught with camera woes. Not only did many of the photos I took on my daylong wander not come through a vexing download (goodbye morning...
written by: Aaron Britt12.01.10 -
Mexico City: Day 2
My second day of design tourism in Mexico City was as good as the first, in no small part because I had what may have been the best meal of my life at the restaurant Pujol. Chef Enrique Olvera...
written by: Aaron Britt11.29.10
