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Design 101
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Think Outside the Box
The final step in the creation of a Good Small Space involves its connection to the 2.5 zillion square feet that exist outside your 900.1
written by: Dan Maginn11.17.12 -
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 -
Think Volume
Creatively separating your functional needs is a key component of Good Small Design—it’s all about overlap, nesting, and double duty.
written by: Dan Maginn11.17.12 -
Measure Your Life
With less stuff, you’ll need fewer square feet to jam it into. But how small is too small?
written by: Dan Maginn11.17.12 -
Edit Your Life
Good Small Spaces start with Good Small Occupants. Now, it could be that you’re one of the few who are hardwired to live compactly. But the rest of us need to sharpen our metaphorical red...
written by: Dan Maginn11.17.12 -
Let's Get Small
A five-step program for those suffering from too much stuff and not enough space.
written by: Dan Maginn11.17.12 -
An Introduction to Home Gardening
Ever since Adam and Eve’s unfortunate eviction, their descendants have been plunging hands and seeds into the earth in hopes of bringing forth food, beauty, and the satisfaction of taming...
written by: Sara Carnochan03.15.11 -
An Introduction to City Parks
An afternoon in the park has evolved from picnicking in the local cemetery to sun-bathing atop a retrofitted railroad trestle. Philadelphia Inquirer architecture critic Inga Saffron walks us...
written by: Inga Saffron06.09.10 -
101 Home Cooking
How did such a simple act become so complex? Dwell analyzes how to cut, cook, and enjoy your food - and the plate it;s served on.
written by: Sam Grawephotos by: Robert Schlatter05.28.09 -
Yummy Interiors
These designers believe that dining out definitely shouldn’t make you feel like you’re staying in.
written by: Ken Scrudatophotos by: Robert Schlatter05.28.09 -
A Square Meal
So many recipes leave so much to chance, and that is why I love the waffle iron.
written by: Sam Grawephotos by: Robert Schlatter05.28.09 -
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 -
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 -
Coffee Talk
I love coffee. It’s coffee shops I have a problem with. Whenever someone suggests we “grab coffee and catch up,” I instinctively shudder and suggest instead a nice cocktail or...
written by: Heather Bradleyphotos by: Robert Schlatter05.28.09 -
Dining In, Dining Out
Once while dining at a minimal-chic German restaurant in San Francisco, my date marveled at the elegant simplicity of the mid-century-modern salt and pepper shakers on our table.
written by: Heather Bradleyphotos by: Robert Schlatter05.28.09 -
Never Dull
When someone gets fired from a French kitchen, the chef de cuisine says simply, “Take your knives.” To a chef, the knife is like an extra appendage, and its dismissal cuts deeper than...
written by: Heather Bradleyphotos by: Robert Schlatter05.28.09 -
The Bilbao Effect
In the last 15 years, many a postindustrial city has redefined itself as a design center. Glasgow after its year as European City ...
written by: Jane Szita05.26.09 -
Putting the Motel in Hotels
When design hotels first appeared in the ’80s, with their stylish bars, big-name designers, and excessive tariffs, many of us could have been forgiven for thinking that they were merely...
written by: Iain Aitch05.26.09 -
An Introduction to Landscape Design
The profession of landscape architecture is very much rooted in the European tradition of garden design, and it didn’t germinate as a distinct profession in the United States until the 19th...
written by: Amber Bravo05.26.09 -
101 Landscape
Garden design is only a fraction of the landscaping tradition. Residential or commercial it's a balance fo aesthetics and function that makes for sucess, and we take a look into (and upon) the field.
written by: Amber Bravo05.26.09
