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Design 101
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Five Questions About Working With Architects
The idea of building or renovating your home can be daunting. Design schemes flood your brain as you stare at an empty lot or cramped kitchen. How can you best translate those visions into reality?...
written by: Andrew Wagner05.27.09 -
Fond of You
The love of my life can prepare entire meals using only a sharp knife and a cast-iron pan. It’s a useful skill, but if you want to know the truth, I find his attitude a little annoying.
written by: Deborah Baldwinphotos by: Robert Schlatter05.28.09 -
For All Mankind
The future of universal design is what’s in store for us collectively. Here’s the heads-up.
02.09.10 -
Foreclosure
The popular myth is that foreclosures can provoke ire in sellers and bad karma for buyers, but this is rarely the case.
written by: James Nestor01.27.09 -
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Fuseproject
In the San Francisco offices of Yves Béhar’s industrial design and branding firm, the work environment suits the work.
written by: Sarah Rich01.28.09 -
Get the Right Light
Daylight is the lifeblood of a Good Small Space. Start the process of getting the light right by better understanding the nature of the light-emitting gas ball that we call the sun.
written by: Dan Maginn11.17.12 -
Glass
No longer stuck in the ’50s pink- or yellow-tiled rut, today bath fixtures come in a wide variety of materials. For those who enjoy visibility (and Windex), glass is a clear choice.
written by: Virginia Gardiner01.01.09 -
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Going Out of Tune
Tuning a traditional radio is a simple and incredibly rich interaction. As we turn the dial, we hear snippets of sound as the stations come and go. We navigate by the programs on air, picking up...
02.09.10 -
Greased Lightning
Thirty years from now, there will be no more oil. But that’s, like, 30 years from now, and by then we’ll all be driving hydrogen cars, teleporting to space hotels, and eating blue foods while...
written by: James Nestor01.31.09 -
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Herman Miller Design Center
Herman Miller’s National Design Center in Atlanta achieved a LEED Gold rating for commercial interiors.
written by: Sarah Rich01.28.09 -
Heuless
Most modernists find color as attractive as traditional Tudors. Fred Bernstein, a resolute lover of neutrals, attempts to expand his horizon of hues.
written by: Fred A. Bernstein02.02.09 -
In the Nick of Time
Though contractors are unusually deft with tools, accidents do happen. SawStop puts an end to that.
written by: Dan Maginn01.25.10 -
Intelligent Design
The future of the office is about providing a balanced response to the environment and the person in the office—–or at home, in the park, on a plane, or wherever the “office” happens to be.
written by: Bill Fritts01.28.09 -
Iron Chef
The entire town of Solomonville, Arizona, heard their bickering, even through the thick walls of their adobe house, and they say that when my great-grandfather left my great-grandmother and lit out...
written by: Susan Guerrerophotos by: Robert Schlatter05.28.09 -
Italian Design: Il Futuro
As impressive as Italy’s design legacy is, it’s the future that moves this lot. Get the inside track on what’s next.
written by: Virginia Gardiner06.17.11








