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01SJ Biennial: Build Your Own World
This past weekend marked the third 01SJ Biennial, held in San Jose, California. "The Silicon Valley is such a capitol of innovation, technology, and people thinking creatively that we wanted...
written by: Miyoko Ohtakephotos by: Miyoko Ohtake09.22.10 -
17 Swedish Designers
If there was one exhibition I longed to see last year, it was 17 Swedish Designers. The show features the work of, you guessed it, 17 young, female, Swedish designers and design groups who have all...
written by: Miyoko Ohtakephotos by: Miyoko Ohtake02.03.11 -
A Marriage of Craft and Design
At the same time that Pierre Koenig and Joseph Eichler were bringing modernism to California's landscape, artists and designers Evelyn and Jerome Ackerman were filling their homes with thoughtfully...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake01.10.11 -
Burchfield Penney Art Center
If there's one thing that describes Buffalonians, it's pride. Whether it's in the form of tirelessly cheering on our Buffalo Bills or even boasting about the annual snowfall, we'll sing it loudly....
written by: Miyoko Ohtake02.25.11 -
California Academy of Sciences Preview
The grand opening of the new California Academy of Sciences, one of the year’s most anticipated events, is taking place this weekend. To help you make it through the last few days until the...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake09.23.08 -
Events This Weekend: 10.16-10.18
I’m in Buffalo this week visiting friends and family—and getting the chance to check out the new visitors’ center at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Darwin D. Martin House, the Eleanor...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake10.15.09 -
Events this Weekend: 10.8-10.11
Welcome to the second installment of Out and About, our weekly round-up of art and architecture events and exhibitions around the country and globe.
written by: Miyoko Ohtake10.08.09 -
Events this Weekend: 11.5-11.8
The days are getting shorter, the nights are darker earlier, and with rain forecasted around the country this weekend, there's no better time to spend a day at the museum. This weekend's highlights...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake11.05.09 -
Events this Weekend: 2.18-21
This weekend, exhibitions are opening around the world showcasing vertical gardens and living roofs, a $2,500 car, and the best of the best in design. Welcome to this week's edition of Out and...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake02.18.10 -
Events this Weekend: 2.4-2.7
This week's Out and About column features three new show openings and one closing. Can't make it to the exhibits? View our slideshow of selected images from the shows and read more below.
written by: Miyoko Ohtake02.04.10 -
Events this Weekend: 7.8-7.11
This week we bring you five exhibits worthy of getting you Out and About. From San Francisco to New York, we've got you covered.
written by: Miyoko Ohtake07.08.10 -
Hero Design On Making It
Mark Brickey and Beth Manos Brickey started their design careers like many youthful print enthusiasts: making free concert fliers from friends. Since then, however, they've launched a design studio...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake03.28.11 -
Illustration Play 2
Berkeley–based publisher Gingko Press's latest offering is a whimsical celebration of illustrations that literally jump off the page using traditional crafts like quilling and papercutting....
written by: Miyoko Ohtake08.30.10 -
Illustrator Mike Perry
Mike Perry knows how to fill a page--and beginning this week, he's filling a 2,800-square-foot exhibition space at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. The Brooklyn-based illustrator and...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake03.29.10 -
Living in Levittown
One of the criticisms of suburbia is its homogeneity—and there's no better example of monotonous development than the Levittown communities built in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s. The history books...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake03.09.09 -
Maker Faire 2011
This weekend, Maker Faire—dubbed "the world's largest DIY festival"—took over the San Mateo County Event Center for its two-day do-it-yourself, show-and-tell extravaganza....
written by: Miyoko Ohtakephotos by: Miyoko Ohtake05.23.11 -
Marc Tetro
Not only was MOS Archtiects’ Floating House (featured on the cover of our November 2008 issue) a big hit, so was the art hung on their walls.
written by: Miyoko Ohtake11.06.08 -
Marimekko Pilvi Bag
If you're like me, you have more totes than you know what to do with. Get ready to do some closet cleaning because the Marimekko Pilvi bag is the one worth having.
written by: Miyoko Ohtake08.11.11 -
Matthew Williams Exhibition 'Outside'
Kiwi photographer Matthew Williams has traveled around the globe to shoot homes for Dwell. You can catch the Brooklyn-based artist's work later this month, however, in New York at the studio space...
written by: Miyoko Ohtakephotos by: Matthew Williams04.15.11 -
Mimi Cahalan's "Good Long Look"
In 2008, Mimi Cahalan, a Santa Cruz, California-based artist, was commissioned to create a piece of art to line the outdoor entranceway to the Lido Apartments in Santa Monica, California. After...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake04.02.09














