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Interviews
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Yasuaki Onoda of ArchiAid
Architect as emergency response worker: that’s the concept behind ArchiAid, an organization founded after Japan’s March 11th tsunami and earthquake that aims to help revive the battered...
written by: Winifred Bird09.20.11 -
Jack White on Design
We got the low down on Jack White’s Rolling Record Store in our October issue, but the man had much more to say. Here, he talks about unfinished furniture designs, high school with Harry...
written by: Jordan Kushinsphotos by: Jo McCaughey09.28.11 -
The Toaster Project
One of the most exciting books to come across my desk in the last while is designer Thomas Thwaites' incredible The Toaster Project: Or a Heroic Attempt to Build a Simple Electric Appliance from...
written by: Aaron Britt10.24.11 -
Q&A with Artspace Founder
If the "Introduction to Art Collecting" story in our December/January 2011 issue whet your appetite for art acquisition—or if you simply have a blank wall crying out for some...
written by: Jaime Gillin11.03.11 -
Transparency from Perkins+Will
Transparency is a new website from the architecture firm Perkins+Will that launches on November 17th. The site looks to be an exciting new home for information about toxins, asthma triggers, and...
written by: Aaron Britt11.17.11 -
Street Smart
Pursuing his passion for painting gave Fabian Debora a means to transcend his troubled past.
written by: Jordan Kushins11.17.11 -
Four Questions for Craig Dykers
Earlier this week I went down to SFMOMA to see the unveiling of the design for the expansion of the art museum by the Norwegian architects at Snøhetta. I posted a video of what the...
written by: Aaron Britt12.05.11 -
Modern Tribe talks Modern Hanukkah
With Hanukkah beginning tonight (I'll be manning the latke station at my house tonight) it seems fitting to talk to the head honcho of one of the web's best spots for playful, smartly designed...
written by: Aaron Britt12.20.11 -
Q&A with Marimekko Designer Erja Hirvi
At Dwell we've always been fans of the bold prints by Finnish textile design house Marimekko and in honor of their 60th anniversary we toasted ten timeless prints and challenged you to vote on your...
written by: Ralston O'Neill12.21.11 -
Whitney Sander on Green Building
I first met architect Whitney Sander of Sander Architects in Los Angeles at Dwell on Design this year. He showed me his work, we talked some prefab (one of his firm's specialties) and when it...
written by: Aaron Britt12.24.11 -
Textiles in Motion
Sydney-based embroidery designers MaricorMaricar hit our radar screen back in August with a series called Turns of Speech, weaving misheard lyrics into textile magic. We got on the horn with...
written by: Kelsey Keith01.05.12 -
12 Questions for Luis Urculo
I've long been intrigued by the overlap of design, art, and architecture, and one of the most interesting practitioners working in that realm today is Madrid-based Luis Urculo, whose works tread...
written by: Diana Budds01.18.12 -
10 Minute Interview: Renzo Piano
I met with Italian architect and Pritzker Prize winner Renzo Piano one week before the official opening of his latest museum project, an addition to the historic Isabella Gardner Museum in Boston,...
written by: Kelsey Keith01.19.12 -
An Architecture Guide to Pyongyang
German architect and writer Philipp Meuser realizes that Pyongyang, North Korea, doesn't top many travel destination wish lists, but after looking at his Architectural and Cultural Guide: Pyongyang...
written by: Aaron Britt02.09.12 -
Chroma at the San Francisco Ballet
Last week I caught the stunning dance Chroma at the San Francisco Ballet. Choreographed by Wayne McGregor with a set designed by the famed British minimalist architect John Pawson, Chroma is...
written by: Aaron Britt02.23.12 -
10 Minutes with Karim Rashid
Tuesday evening, Danish design company Bo Concept debuted its newest collection, created by designer-about-town Karim Rashid. I walked up the pink carpet (a favorite color of the Egypt-born, Canada...
written by: Kelsey Keith03.08.12 -
Sixteen Ways of Looking at a Bedouin Tent
Architect, systems designer, Cradle to Cradle founder, and sustainability guru William McDonough talks entropy, Walker Evans, paper houses, and “buildings like trees” with science...
written by: Alexis Madrigal03.22.12 -
Last Words, Take Two
We put the same six questions to everyone we talked to for the Now 99 issue to learn what they’re reading, rethinking, and totally sick of. We ran a few responses as the Finishing Touch in...
written by: Aaron Britt04.13.12 -
Design for Humankind
Architect and healthcare design visionary Michael Graves shares his thoughts on how paralysis has affected his approach and practice.
written by: Kelly Vencill Sanchez04.13.12 -
Modern Ritual
When it came time to partake in rituals like lighting the Shabbat candles or setting the seder plate, designer Stanley Saitowitz of Natoma Architects, Inc., saw nothing but a sea of Star of David...
written by: Aaron Brittphotos by: Robyn Twomey04.30.12
