Explore - Now 99

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   Interviews

   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 Sanchez

   04.13.12

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   Design Icon: Michael Graves

   Dwell visits renowned architect and designer Michael Graves at his home in Princeton, New Jersey, to discuss his thoughts on his career, his practice, and universal design.

   04.12.12

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   Design-Build Time-Lapse

   TYIN Tegnestue, the Norwegian architecture firm founded by Andreas Gjertsen and Yashar Hanstad in 2007, has made it their work and passion to build locally inspired, cleverly designed structures...

   written by: Jaime Gillin

   04.13.12

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   dmvA Architecten

   dmvA Architecten is a Belgian firm.

   04.30.12

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   Houses We Love

   Facade Focus: Brick

   Yves Borghs and Katleen van Ammel wanted their new house to offer maximum privacy but also maximum light. The solution proposed by Tom Verschueren, of Mechelen, Belgium-based DMVA Architects, was...

   written by: Jane Szita

   photos by: Frederik Vercruysse

   05.01.12

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   Hide & Seek

   Even the sleekist modernist accumulates stuff in need of a hiding spot, and the hold-all furniture we spotted on recent travels to the Stockholm and Paris design fairs prove that it’s not a...

   written by: Kelsey Keith

   04.13.12

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   House Tours

   Hope Floats

   A self-taught designer embarks upon a solo mission to resuscitate a 19th-century homestead.

   written by: Kelsey Keith

   photos by: Mark Mahaney

   04.25.12

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   Jan en Randoald

   Jan en Randoald is a collaborative studio by Randoald Sabbe and Jan W. Hespeel. Their works of art circle around typologies and prints, influencing other design activities.

   04.13.12

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   La Secrète Desk

   The secretary desk of yore conjures up a nook- and-cranny-filled spot for illicit correspondence, and this pint-size, modern reinterpretation does not disappoint with its drop front, sliding...

   $4405.00

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    Labt

    Labt is a furniture design studio located in Gent, Belgium. Their studio believes that pressure of deadlines do not exist, and allows any collaboration with designers to develop over a long...

    04.13.12

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    Finishing Touch

    Last Words

    We put the same four questions to everyone we talked to for the Now 99 to learn what they’re inspired by and what they’re totally sick of. Read on for a glimpse into today’s...

    written by: Aaron Britt

    04.13.12

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    Interviews

    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 Britt

    04.13.12

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    Profiles

    New Dutch Design: Aldo Bakker

    Familiar objects take surprising new forms in the hands of experimental designer Aldo Bakker.

    written by: Zahid Sardar

    05.05.12

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    Olgoj Chorchoj

    Studio Olgoj Chorchoj is an architectural and design studio based in Prague, Czech Republic. The team focuses on the importance of interior design and reconstruction of historical objects and...

    04.13.12

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    Travel Reports

    Portland's Beam & Anchor

    Painter Jocelyn Rahm and furniture reclaimer Robert Rahm are the married partners behind Beam & Anchor, a new warehouse space in Portland that provides workshop space for craftsmen as well as a...

    written by: Kelsey Keith

    04.25.12

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    Princess Dressing Table

    A black walnut top perched on a thin stainless steel base opens to reveal a compartment for storing jewelry— an unexpected surprise the size of a porthole.

    $5280.00

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    Process

    Process is a Czech design company that focuses on the production of atypical furniture designs for both private and commercial interiors. Their services include architectonic project to...

    04.13.12

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    REK Coffee Table

    Whether you’re serving morning coffee for two or a pizza party for a gaggle of friends, this coffee table does triple duty by expanding its square inches with surfaces that tuck away when...

    $2000.00

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    SaraS Wall Shelves

    Swedish designer Jacob Granat fabricated this compact storage system with an eye on mid-century modern lines and a present-day solution: a place where his girlfriend can keep her phone, keys,...

    $550.00

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    House Tours

    Time Share

    On a lakeside plot outside Toronto, four friends forge a new kind of vacation house. 

    written by: Alex Bozikovic

    photos by: Lorne Bridgman

    04.19.12

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