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Dressing Up
Without a decent dresser, can you dress decently? With the help of two outspoken Hollywood fashion critics we determine if a chest of drawers can hold the secret to sartorial success.
written by: Sam Grawephotos by: Peter Belanger01.13.09 -
Q & A: Leanne Marshall
In Season 5 of Bravo’s Project Runway, fashion designer Leanne Marshall earned the winning nod from the judges for her architectural, sustainability-minded designs.
written by: Miyoko Ohtake11.12.08 -
Eight Questions for Graham Pullin
Graham Pullin is an interaction designer who teaches at the University of Dundee in Scotland. His new book is Design Meets Disability, out next month from MIT Press. I had a chance to ask Pullin a...
written by: Aaron Britt08.30.09 -
Meat Stephanie Hensle
With all the pork belly, lardo and bacon-in-everything flying around these days, it was only a matter of time before swine made it into the realm of high fashion. For Stephanie Hensle, a recent...
written by: Aaron Britt04.02.09 -
Billykirk Bike Frame Bag
I ride my bicycle quite a lot, and often find myself in the position of having a few things to carry with me, but not really enough to warrant a bulky messenger bag. I could slip my a...
written by: Aaron Britt09.18.09 -
Marimekko in Harvard Square
Strolling down Brattle Street in Harvard Square, one can't help but notice the new vibrant swathes of color and fabric trumpeting from the windows of the Design Research Building.
written by: Tiffany Chu10.27.09 -
3-D Modeling Fashion
As digital fabrication meets high design, we find more and more examples of amazing furniture and household products (and even interior surfaces and architectural facades) that use 3-D modeling and...
written by: Sarah Rich11.11.09 -
SFMOMA x Gap: Artists' T-Shirts
As part of their 75th anniversary celebration, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has partnered with local retail giant Gap on eight limited-edition artist t-shirts. The battery of art stars...
written by: Aaron Britt01.25.10 -
Belt Buckles by Kiel Mead
Senior Editor Aaron Britt talked to Kiel Mead the other day, after an initial cruise through his site yeilded the Birdie Light, which he promptly posted. A closer look yielded a handful of men's...
written by: Aaron Britt02.23.10 -
Nike's Recycled Jerseys
As you may well have heard (that's what you pay PR people for, no?), Nike previewed the nine World Cup 2010 jerseys they're producing for the South African games this summer. In addition to the...
written by: Aaron Britt03.16.10 -
Fjällräven's Kånken Computer Bag
I've long envied Dwell's Associate Art Director Brendan Callahan for a host of reasons, not least of which is his very cool rugged-cum-modern Fjällräven Kånken knapsack. They weren...
written by: Aaron Britt03.21.10 -
Eight Questions for Frank Muytjens
Yesterday Frank Muytjens, head designer of menswear at J. Crew, came to San Francisco and we met up down at Sam's Grill for lunch. Though mass-market menswear isn't exactly Dwell's standard design...
written by: Aaron Britt03.26.10 -
David Adjaye for PACT
If your idea of designer underwear still has something to do with Mark Wahlberg and Calvin Klein, it's time to step into the 21st century. And to expand your notion of "designer." Last...
written by: Aaron Britt04.19.10 -
Live from the Show Floor: Taylor Stitch
What began as a chat over a beer about how great mid-century architects looked in their sharp shirts and bow ties has finally come to fruition: the Architect’s Shirt and Bow Tie has arrived...
written by: Aaron Brittphotos by: Peter Williams06.25.10 -
Timbuk2 Hidden Series
The problem with reusable bags is actually reusing them. At my apartment, there is reusable bag upon reusable bag (mostly the kind you can buy at the grocery store that resemble a paper bag) but...
written by: Miyoko Ohtakephotos by: Miyoko Ohtake06.29.10 -
Esquivel Shoes
George Esquivel learned how to make shoes 16 years ago in a Southern California garage. Today the designer runs his eponymous shoe brand from Los Angeles, where his team crafts gorgeous shoes with...
written by: Bradford Shellhammer10.06.10 -
Camper's Miguel Fluxa
I've long been a fan of the Spanish shoemaker Camper (I have two pairs, I'll confess) and in recent years their strong sense of design has translated off the foot and into the retail...
written by: Aaron Britt10.30.10 -
Kaufmann's Unbreakable Glasses
I was recently down in Los Angeles to moderate a panel on the Swiss Design Awards at the A+D Museum. There I met a 2009 award winner for product design, Sandra Kaufmann, who heads the eyewear brand...
written by: Aaron Britt02.08.11 -
Hero Design Studio
For many setting out to make it on their own, a storefront is a destination. But for husband-wife team Mark Brickey and Beth Manos Brickey of Hero Design Studio, their shop in Buffalo's Allentown...
written by: Miyoko Ohtakephotos by: Miyoko Ohtake03.05.11 -
The Business Behind Indie Design
There's more to making it as a designer than creating great goods—you also need to find an avenue through which to share your wares. On Sunday morning at Dwell on Design, Mohawk General Store...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake06.26.11
