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Cycle China: Week 3
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 Ohtake09.22.11 -
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 -
Cycle China: Week 2
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. Join us as she tells about her journey...
written by: Miyoko Ohtakephotos by: Amirah Shahid09.12.11 -
Cycle China: Week 1
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. Join us as she tells us about her...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake09.05.11 -
2011 American Craft Council Show
This past weekend, the American Craft Council—one of the country's oldest organizations championing handicrafts—celebrated its 70th birthday at its annual show at Fort Mason in San...
written by: Diana Buddsphotos by: Diana Budds08.15.11 -
Touring Sydney, Part 2
We featured bridges, beautiful low-income housing experiments, and beachside pools in our Touring Sydney, Part 1, slideshow and it would be remiss of us not to include the Australian city's most...
written by: Miyoko Ohtakephotos by: Miyoko Ohtake08.04.11 -
Touring Sydney, Part 1
Sydney really is everything people build it up to be: the Opera House, the Botanic Gardens, the beaches! I recently traveled Down Under to take in its sights and sounds. This slideshow, the first...
written by: Miyoko Ohtakephotos by: Miyoko Ohtake08.02.11 -
Renegade Jewelry (and more!)
The ever-awesome Renegade Craft Fair touched down at Fort Mason in San Francisco last weekend, and the place was predictably chock-full of handcrafted brilliance. Walking through the aisles, I ...
written by: Jordan Kushinsphotos by: Jordan Kushins07.16.11 -
Sydney's Surprising Opera House
The Sydney Opera House is more amazing—and surprising—in person than any photo could convey. Earlier this month, I headed to the Southern Hemisphere for a vacation in Sydney and Cairns,...
written by: Miyoko Ohtakephotos by: Miyoko Ohtake07.14.11 -
Roaming through Renegade
This past Sunday, I hopped aboard the 43 to check out the Renegade Craft Fair at Fort Mason. I come from a familly that sews, builds, crochets, embroiders, prints, and throws (as in pottery), but I...
written by: Diana Buddsphotos by: Diana Budds07.12.11 -
Amsterdam Retail Therapy
On a drizzly afternoon in Holland's capital city, I took to the streets, armed with a map, a copy of a great little guide book, Amsterdam Made by Hand, and absolutely no problem getting lost along...
written by: Jordan Kushinsphotos by: Jordan Kushins06.27.11 -
Go West: DOD Westside Home Tour
June gloom greeted the Dwell on Design tourists early Saturday morning, but that didn’t damper their enthusiasm to get up close and personal with six residences in Dwell on Design’s...
written by: Carren Jao06.21.11 -
Stedelijk Museum Posters
Upon entering the bright white interior of Amsterdam's Stedelijk Museum, a series of floor-to-ceiling posters that once advertised past exhibitions greets visitors. It's a striking display that...
written by: Jordan Kushinsphotos by: Jordan Kushins06.01.11 -
Marimekko at Crate & Barrel
This week, Marimekko launched its fourth and fifth shops at Crate & Barrel in Los Angeles and San Francisco. The two companies have collaborated for four decades so it makes sense that...
written by: Miyoko Ohtakephotos by: Miyoko Ohtake05.27.11 -
Maker Faire 2011
This weekend, Maker Faire—dubbed "the world's largest DIY festival"—took over the San Mateo County Event Center for its two-day do-it-yourself, show-and-tell extravaganza....
written by: Miyoko Ohtakephotos by: Miyoko Ohtake05.23.11 -
ICFF 2011: From the Show Floor
I'll admit, it's a little daunting stepping onto the show floor at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF), held for a long May weekend every year at the Javits Convention Center in...
written by: Jordan Kushins05.18.11 -
NY Design Week 2011: Day One
NoHo is oh-so-hip, with lots of design happenings to check out this week. If you're in New York, a trip to Great Jones Street is a damn good bet. From The Future Perfect to Sight Unseen's pop-up...
written by: Jordan Kushins05.14.11 -
Three Days in Austin, Texas
Last week I flew down to Austin, Texas, to report two stories for our upcoming modern-across-America-themed issue (stay tuned!). I met with several architects, enjoyed coffee at the home of a soon...
written by: Miyoko Ohtakephotos by: Miyoko Ohtake05.10.11 -
2011 Modernism Show
The 2011 Modernism Show, held in the cavernous Barker Hangar at Santa Monica Airport, brought both rarities and new interpretations within the category. From works by Gio Ponti and the Lalannes to...
written by: Erika Heetphotos by: Erika Heet05.06.11
