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  1. Tea Time
    Product Reviews

    Tea Time

    You may have heard of the hot beverage made by steeping dry tea leaves into boiling water. Tea in all its varieties and forms—black, white, green, powdered as matcha, and more—has been a hit for...

    written by: Eujin Rhee
    04.17.13

  2. Studio Juju
    In The Modern World

    Studio Juju

    Since their debut at SaloneSatellite in 2009, Singaporean design duo Timo Wong and Priscilla Lui have been sprinting ahead of the competition. Appropriately, Rabbit and the Tortoise, one of their...

    04.17.13

  3. Modern Wallpaper Brands and Designs

    Modern Wallpaper Brands and Designs

    In recent years we've seen a bevy of new brands bring a much-needed dose of style to that often garnish, frequently frou-frou, always overwhelming product formerly known as The Covering That Makes...

    04.17.13

  4. Iceland DesignMarch 2013 Highlights
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    Iceland DesignMarch 2013 Highlights

    Iceland recently celebrated its biggest ever annual design festival, DesignMarch 2013. The fair featured some 150 events, ranging from fashion to furniture and architecture to food design, making...

    written by: Tiffany Orvet
    04.17.13

  5. Decor Details
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    Decor Details

    As any good interior designer will tell you, it's all in the details, so we've pulled together a few of our favorite decorative objects to add that last little touch to your home.

    written by: Megan Hamaker
    04.17.13

  6. Philippe Malouin
    In The Modern World

    Philippe Malouin

    From his studio in London’s Hackney Central borough, Philippe Malouin is constantly testing ideas. “It’s sort of a cross-pollination of failed experiments that eventually leads to something...

    written by: Diana Budds
    04.17.13

  7. A Look at Google's Illustrated Logos
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    A Look at Google's Illustrated Logos

    We went down an Internet rabbit hole and unearthed Google Doodles—what the tech company dubs its illustrated logos that "celebrate holidays, anniversaries, and the lives of famous artists, pioneers...

    written by: Diana Budds
    04.17.13

  8. Q&A with MUJI Art Director Kenya Hara
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    Q&A with MUJI Art Director Kenya Hara

    If any contemporary designer embodies the stark but somehow perfect use of space and form that characterizes a certain branch of Japanese aesthetics, Kenya Hara is the man. His work ranges from...

    written by: Winifred Bird
    04.16.13

  9. Building in Brooklyn
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    Building in Brooklyn

    Whether beech, maple, cedar, or teak, Brooklyn resident and California native Ariele Alasko will take it. Having a sharp eye for recycled matter, Alasko is combining her expertise and passion to...

    written by: Jami Smith
    04.16.13

  10. Lean on Me
    Product Reviews

    Lean on Me

    No matter what your working space conditions—studio, office, home—the Higher Desk designed by Flip Sellin of Berlin-based design and architecture bureau, Coordination, is here to the rescue. When...

    written by: Eujin Rhee
    04.16.13

  11. Spazio Marni in Salone del Mobile
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    Spazio Marni in Salone del Mobile

    Dwell looks inside Spazio Marni, Marni's new multipurpose venue in Milan.

    written by: Olivia Martin
    04.16.13

  12. Furniture Focus: Busk + Hertzog
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    Furniture Focus: Busk + Hertzog

    Award-winning Danish design team Busk + Hertzog was founded in 2000 by architect Flemming Busk and textile designer Stephan Hertzog. Together, the duo has produced minimalist furniture that...

    written by: Ivane Soyombo
    04.16.13

  13. 2013 New York Landscape Architects Design Awards
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    2013 New York Landscape Architects Design Awards

    Here in New York, spring has sprung at last, so there couldn’t be a more appropriate time to celebrate accomplishments in landscape architecture. A show currently running at the Center for...

    written by: Sara Carpenter
    04.16.13

  14. Product Spotlight: Carpet of Life
    Product Reviews

    Product Spotlight: Carpet of Life

    Using authentic crafting techniques handed down through generations, women from rural villages in the oasis of M’hamid El Ghizlane in the Sahara Desert transform cast-off textiles and donated...

    written by: Abigail Doan
    04.16.13

  15. An Industrial Loft in Belgium
    House Tours

    An Industrial Loft in Belgium

    Globetrotting Belgian architect Julien De Smedt carves out a space to call his own in a converted industrial loft building in Brussels.

    written by: Kelsey Keith
    04.16.13

  16. Table of Contents: A Fresh Portland Design Boutique
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    Table of Contents: A Fresh Portland Design Boutique

    Portland-based retailer Table of Contents hits all the right notes. A modern purveyor of objects and clothing from Rason Jens, Lostine, and Martino Gamper to Henrik Vibskov, Patrik Ervell, and...

    written by: Eujin Rhee
    04.15.13

  17. Solid Table from Normann Copenhagen
    Product of the Day

    Solid Table from Normann Copenhagen

    Back in 2012, we reported on a marble-and-elm table by Norwegian designer Lars Beller Fjetland. At the time, he was just finishing up school at the Bergen National Academy of the Arts and exhibited...

    written by: Diana Budds
    04.15.13

  18. Counting Sheep
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    Counting Sheep

    Whether faux or for real, sheepskin and fur are modernists’ favorite fuzzy accessories.

    written by: Olivia Martin
    04.15.13

  19. Office Wares by Daniel Emma
    Product of the Day

    Office Wares by Daniel Emma

    Established in 2008 by Daniel To and Emma Aiston, industrial design studio Daniel Emma strives to "create the unexpected from simple objects using simple forms," calling their designs—which range...

    written by: Eujin Rhee
    04.15.13

  20. Modern Furniture Focus: Chairs

    Modern Furniture Focus: Chairs

    These eight modern chairs offer a contemporary spin on an age-old piece of furniture.

    04.15.13

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