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Stuck Inside of Somerville
In the late winter of 2003, I watched out my window as a fuel truck idled below, belching black smoke. A hose, snaking through the frozen grass, stretched from the back of the truck to the side of...
written by: Pagan Kennedy04.08.10 -
Graphic Europe
"We are designers. We notice things in a different way to other people." That's roughly the ethos that defines the Detour section of Dwell, and the expressed driving force behind the new...
written by: Aaron Britt04.13.10 -
Tuscan Winery by Renzo Piano
Nestled into the Tuscan landscape, in the municipality of Gavorrano in the heart of Maremma, sits a modern winery called Rocca di Frassinello. Designed by Renzo Piano, the brilliant red structure...
written by: Amanda Dameronphotos by: Amanda Dameron04.21.10 -
LA-ab and LSU
I'm headed to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to have a look at a house for a feature in the October issue. While I'm there I'm quite excited to be stopping in to chat with a class of graduate students in...
written by: Aaron Britt04.28.10 -
Scotland: Day 1
Hello from Scotland! I've had the rather good fortune to be invited for a bit of a design tour in Scotland, and I am reporting back on my first day and a half in Edinburgh. I got in midday...
written by: Aaron Britt05.10.10 -
Scotland: Day 3
I bid the fair city of Edinburgh farewell this morning as I boarded the train at Waverley Station. I was aboard and off to Glasgow by half past 9:00 for my first visit to what even Edinburghers...
written by: Aaron Britt05.12.10 -
ICFF 2010: Design Ride Manhattan
After spending the better part of Sunday on the floor of the Javits center, at five pm, I joined a motley (but stylish) crew for the launch of Public Bikes. Organized by former Design Within...
written by: Sam Grawe05.17.10 -
Concorso d'Eleganza 2010
On the banks of Lake Como, in the Lombardy region of Italy, rests the location of one of the most prestigious automobile events in the world, the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este....
written by: Bret Robinsphotos by: Bret Robins05.24.10 -
Division and Discovery
I heralded the beginning of my summer with an excursion along the Maine coast, which landed me in Portland this past weekend. After poking my nose into the tattoo shops along Fore Street, snacking...
written by: Tiffany Chuphotos by: Tiffany Chu05.25.10 -
Mumbai, India
A churning metropolis defined by its Indian, English, and Portuguese past, Mumbai, India, now has the poise, populace, and design potential to be one of the 21st century’s most interesting...
written by: Keshni Kashyapphotos by: Dustin Aksland06.03.10 -
Friday Finds 6.4.2010
A cornucopia of online delights, unearthed from the dark recesses of the Internet by your friendly Dwell staff, await you on this bonny summer Friday.
06.04.10 -
A London Ramble
At the tail end of my Scottish excursion last month, I got a chance to visit London. It was my first time in the city and man was I floored. I loved it to bits and can't wait to go...
written by: Aaron Britt06.07.10 -
Mag Luv
“Roads are very interesting things for planners,” notes Katherine Harvey, a landscape and urban designer at the Glendale, California–based firm Osborn.
06.10.10 -
The PUMP
For much of its length, the 8.5-mile Major Deegan Expressway, located in the Bronx (and named for architect William F. Deegan), obstructs the Harlem River waterfront, an uninviting jumble of...
06.10.10 -
Friends of the Future
Anthony Acciavatti taught a studio at the Rhode Island School of Design last year in which students focused on rethinking rest areas along I-95, the highway that runs nearly 2,000 miles along the...
06.10.10 -
The Green Roadway
“It’s a billboard of hope for our children,” declares Gene Fein, a Malibu, California–based inventor who is marketing a suite of technologies, dubbed the Green Roadway,...
06.10.10 -
Finotti at Centre Culturel
Just opened at the Centre Culturel in Lomé, Togo, is São Paulo–based photographer Leonardo Finotti’s “Brazil: Architecture in Photography,” featuring 50...
written by: Erika Heet06.11.10 -
Dwell on Design 2010, Day One
We're off to the races at the fifth-annual Dwell on Design conference, currently underway at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Friday was open to the trade only, while Saturday's doors open to any...
written by: Amanda Dameronphotos by: Peter Williams06.26.10 -
Inside the New Bay Bridge
On a recent sunny San Franciscan morning, associate editor Miyoko Ohtake put on a yellow vest, protective goggles, and a hardhat to partake in a deep-access tour of the new San Francisco-Oakland...
written by: Miyoko Ohtakephotos by: Miyoko Ohtake07.02.10 -
Hong Kong's Upper House Hotel
I was recently in Hong Kong, and had the opportunity to check out the new Upper House hotel. Every bit of the hotel was designed by Andre Fu, the 35-year-old founder of the burgeoning Hong Kong...
written by: Jaime Gillin07.14.10


















