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Building Green in Albany
This year, Build it Green celebrates the completion of its 10,000th GreenPoint rated home. Through the Greenpoint system, Build it Green awards points for energy efficiency, resource conservation,...
written by: Diana Budds11.09.11 -
La Dolce Cinecittà
On the outskirts of Rome lies Cinecittà, the biggest movie studio in mainland Europe. Launched in 1937 as a propaganda factory for Mussolini, it later became a playground for some of the...
written by: Rico Gaglianophotos by: Rico Gagliano11.07.11 -
Tokyo Designers Week: Eco Lighting
Switching from incandescent to LED bulbs can cut the amount of electricity a lamp consumes by sixty percent or more. But with their cool-white hue and hefty price tag, getting excited about these...
written by: Winifred Bird11.06.11 -
Report from DesignTide Tokyo
Choices, choices, choices. That seemed to be the mantra for furniture designers at this year’s DesignTide Tokyo, a furniture and product expo on at the city’s swanky Midtown Hall this...
written by: Winifred Bird11.04.11 -
Trends at Tokyo Designers Week
We sent crack writer and Dwell's woman-in-Japan to check out Tokyo Designers Week. Here's what she found....
written by: Winifred Bird11.02.11 -
Highlights of Dwell Design Lab
This past weekend I attended Dwell's first annual Design Lab, which took over a raw penthouse space in the new Millenium Tower in San Francisco's SOMA district and spotlighted 13 local designers. ...
written by: Jaime Gillinphotos by: Tammy Vinson10.31.11 -
Report from Qubique in Berlin
What makes a tradeshow cool? Location, location, location. In the case of Quibique, a furniture fair making its debut October 26th to 29th, that means a cool city (Berlin) and a cool spot in that...
written by: Sally McGrane10.28.11 -
Inside the VitraHaus
One of the highlights of my recent trip to Basel, Switzerland, was crossing the border to visit the Vitra campus in Weil-am-Rhein, Germany, about 25 minutes from Basel, and exploring the VitraHaus....
written by: Miyoko Ohtakephotos by: Miyoko Ohtake10.15.11 -
Touring Basel, Switzerland, Part 2
Last month I traveled to Basel, Switzerland, a European city first founded during the Roman Empire and still boasting beautiful buildings constructed more than 1,000 years agos. In Touring Basel,...
written by: Miyoko Ohtakephotos by: Miyoko Ohtake10.12.11 -
Touring Basel, Switzerland, Part 1
At the end of September, I hopped across the pond to visit Basel, Switzerland, and the nearby Laufen bathrooms factory and showroom. Basel is bisected by the Rhine and sits just south of the...
written by: Miyoko Ohtakephotos by: Miyoko Ohtake10.10.11 -
Cycle China: Week 5
In this special five-part series, we're riding along with SWA Group landscape designer Amirah Shahid as she cycles nearly 800 miles from Beijing to Shanghai (find the previous posts here). Join us...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake10.05.11 -
Touring Vitra Campus, Part 2
Vitra's Weil-am-Rhein, Germany, campus boasts not only the production facilities of the famous furniture manufacturer but also numerous iconic buildings by world-renowned architects. In Touring...
written by: Miyoko Ohtakephotos by: Miyoko Ohtake10.04.11 -
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 -
Solar Decathlon Highlights
From September 23rd to October 2nd, Washington D.C.'s monuments to presidential greats and civic leaders, museums of art and history, and houses of government were juxtaposed with houses of another...
written by: Diana Budds10.03.11 -
Cycle China: Week 4
In this special five-part series, we're riding along with SWA Group landscape designer Amirah Shahid as she cycles nearly 800 miles from Beijing to Shanghai (find the previous posts here). Join us...
written by: Miyoko Ohtakephotos by: Amirah Shahid09.29.11 -
Touring Vitra Campus, Part 1
The Vitra Campus in Weil-am-Rhein, Germany, is design-heaven on Earth. Since the 1950s, it has been home to Vitra's furniture production (the company headquarters are located across the border in...
written by: Miyoko Ohtakephotos by: Miyoko Ohtake09.29.11 -
London Design Festival Recap
As with most trade fairs, it was difficult to find dense clumps of strong design at the London Design Festival; instead gems were dispersed throughout. When an object did stand out, the work was...
written by: Shonquis Morenophotos by: Shonquis Moreno09.28.11 -
Geenen + Hoon at Aram Gallery
Curated by Héloise Park at the Aram Gallery, the Geenen & Hoon exhibition brings together two young furniture makers who approach design through structure—but from opposite ends of...
written by: Shonquis Morenophotos by: Shonquis Moreno09.26.11 -
London's 100% Design
Albeit with more drizzle and more crowded aisles, 100% Design in Earls Court, London, resembles New York’s International Contemporary Furniture Fair in that it is small and easily digested....
written by: Shonquis Morenophotos by: Shonquis Moreno09.24.11 -
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
