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Explore - Design Ideas
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Paperfold Lamps
Architects are notorious for being sticklers for detail. Often, and in the best cases, this leads to beautifully uncomplicated structures and well thought out product design.
written by: Laure Joliet03.17.09 -
Roadside Attraction
A Colorado couple handles their freeway-facing lot with flair, and incorporates a long list of sustainable features to boot.
written by: Amara Holsteinphotos by: Ron Pollard03.16.09 -
Cast Iron Ampersand
Font designers with a fear of having their typefaces copied ad infinitum online need only swap Fontographer for cast iron. A heavy metal ampersand is about as analog as it gets—and at either heft ...
$200.00
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Boston Translation
Boston's rich history is potently infused into its dense, bustling neighborhoods, where the same brick walls that once contained cobbler shops now house Internet startups. The adaptive reuse of...
written by: Sarah Richphotos by: Jason Lee03.16.09 -
Kyle Schuneman on Masculine Design
I recently talked over the phone with Kyle Schuneman, interior and set designer of Live Well Designs in Los Angeles. In the course of our conversation he again and again argued for men taking a...
written by: Aaron Britt03.16.09 -
Restoration of Hope
Uganda is a country ravaged by the effects of civil war, and a place where HIV/AIDS and contaminated drinking water result in a high incidence of death, especially among children.
03.15.09 -
Investing in the Market
With its community market initiative, PPS reinvents the public square on the international scale.
written by: Amara Holstein03.14.09 -
Taking It to the Trees
With windows recycled from a Toronto skyscraper, Barerock is both rustic cabin and high-tech, eco-friendly retreat.
written by: Dominic Ali03.14.09 -
Domestic Construction
Brooklyn design duo Domestic Construction have been hard at work turning found objects, fabric and paint into imaginative installations, one-of-a-kind fashion, and repurposed interior design.
written by: Laure Joliet03.14.09 -
Sunglass Holder
Daylight savings time means another hour in the evening to wear your favorite shades. When the sun sets, slip your sunnies into one of these bright cases from Pantone Universe and set off into the...
$7.50
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Yard Sale Photographs
Yard Sale Photographs, a new book of photography by Adam Bartos, revels in the everyday castoffs and outmoded bric-a-brac that lard the average American garage sale. With a cover that apes a second...
written by: Aaron Britt03.13.09 -
Formosa 1140: Density in LA
Although it's not a 'green' space specifically, the new Formosa 1140 building in West Hollywood, by Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects (LOHA), embraces community living and gives back some public green to...
written by: Laure Joliet03.13.09 -
Eat Love: A Book of Food Design
Food designer Marije Vogelzang creates recipes, plated presentations, and even molecular gastronomic buffets, turning the dining experience into a full-sensory immersion that makes us think not...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake03.13.09 -
Periodic Table of Typefaces
The Periodic Table of Typefaces (Popular, Influential & Notorious) is an online project by graphic designer Cam Wilde. It joins a distinguished canon that includes not only the Periodic Table of...
written by: David A. Greene03.12.09 -
Everyone Deserves a Richard Hutten
With an impressive body of work behind him, Richard Hutten is one of the Netherlands’s most internationally successful designers.
written by: Jane Szita03.12.09 -
Kyle Blue Discusses Design at Dwell with Arkitip
Our very own design director Kyle Blue recently took Arkitip around the Dwell office for a peek at the inside workings of the magazine--from the lifestyle the informs our stories to the communal...
03.11.09 -
The Relief Chair and Fashioning Felt
At first glance I thought this chair was made from the rather hard and inhospitable charcoal-colored packing material that often surrounds new electronics inside shipping boxes. But upon closer...
written by: Sarah Rich03.11.09 -
Muutos from Muuto
What’s in a name? If you’re Muuto, it’s a mission statement. Inspired by the Finnish word “muutos,” meaning “change” or “new perspective,” the...
written by: Jordan Kushins03.11.09 -
Islands of LA
On my commute last week I noticed a sign posted on a traffic island declaring the narrow grassy strip an 'Island of LA Nat'l Park.' Intrigued, I took a look on the internet and found that for the...
written by: Laure Joliet03.10.09 -
Little Bird Swing
I was on North Haven Island, Maine recently to report a story for the July/August issue of the magazine, and I went to visit a lovely modern second home by architect Christopher Campbell. Hang...
written by: Aaron Britt03.09.09
