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The Chatwal Hotel
The prevailing approach to landmark preservation in New York tends to be either/or—i.e., if it’s not worthy of embalming, knock it down—which has deprived the city of many fine...
written by: Marc Kristal12.02.10 -
Update on the Crocker Art Museum
My colleague Aaron Britt posted a great interview with the director of the Crocker Art Museum this past summer, and I'm here with a quick update: the museum opened in October, and it looks...
written by: Jaime Gillin12.07.10 -
Robert Hammond: Chance Encounters
Robert Hammond has just returned from a year in Rome. While there he created an urban experiment called Chance Encounter on the Tiber, involving 100 chairs in public spaces in Italy. Now back in...
written by: Bradford Shellhammer12.13.10 -
Dwell Around the World
As we began dispersing for the holidays—heading our separate ways to SoCal and all the way to the Carribean—we take a look back at the best of what we saw worldwide in 2010.
written by: Miyoko Ohtake12.28.10 -
Lost & Found, Part 1
I spent last week in Los Angeles, exploring neighborhoods, poking around design shops, and hoping to finally understand how the various corners of the sprawling metropolis fit together. In between...
written by: Jaime Gillin01.06.11 -
Second Chances at SFO
One of the nicest parts of traveling through the San Francisco International Airport is its art gallery in Terminal 3. As I made my way to Las Vegas this week for Surfaces and Las Vegas Market ...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake04.07.11 -
Barcelona, Day Two
On our second day in Barcelona, fueled by café con leche and enough jamon to kill a horse, we excitedly settled into a breakneck tour of modern Catalan design and architecture. From Gaudi...
written by: Amanda Dameronphotos by: Amanda Dameron01.29.11 -
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 -
Friday Finds 2.11.11
This week, an underwater museum, antigrams, and a solo cross-Atlantic kayak voyage are just a few of the most interesting things to appear in the web browsers here at Dwell.
written by: Diana Budds02.11.11 -
Stockholm Design Week 2011
We've been covering the 2011 Stockholm Furniture Fair for the past week, delving into everything from the heavy hitters on the main show floor to the promising young designers debuting prototypes...
written by: Amanda Dameronphotos by: Amanda Dameron02.13.11 -
'One Thousand Doors, No Exit'
"One Thousand Doors, No Exit" is currently on view until April 2nd at the Graham Foundation in Chicago. The exhibition features two photographic series by Swiss-born artist Nicolas...
written by: Diana Budds03.09.11 -
Honey Pie Natural Shampoo Bar
I made a glorious discovery in the shower last night: shampoo in bar form. I'm in Toronto serving on the curatorial committee for the third Twenty+Change design exhibition and publication and...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake03.11.11 -
Touring Toronto, Part 1
Last week I headed north (and quite a ways east) to one of my favorite cities: Toronto. I spend a fair share of my childhood in Toronto visiting family, and I later lived near the Annex...
written by: Miyoko Ohtakephotos by: Miyoko Ohtake03.16.11 -
Greece's Atlantis Books
In light of our Independent Bookstores Across America map, I've recently been inspired by the unique story of Atlantis Books, which is across the big pond in Santorini, Greece. The original idea...
written by: Meredith MacKenzie03.21.11 -
Fantastical Photographic Maps
If photography is an act of capturing reality, then artist Sohei Nishino has gone leaps and bounds further than most with his “diorama maps.” Influenced by the 18th century Japanese...
written by: Carren Jao03.29.11 -
Evergreen Brick Works
Toronto's skyline is speckled with bricks from the former Don Valley Brick Works yard. In the 1960s and 70s, the company produced more than 43 million bricks each year. But after business slowed in...
written by: Miyoko Ohtakephotos by: Miyoko Ohtake04.04.11 -
Touring India
India is a country filled with rich colors and diverse patterns. Visual overload is precisely how many would describe the country. Even on a sleepy morning I could not pull my eye from the hues,...
written by: Bradford Shellhammerphotos by: Bradford Shellhammer04.08.11 -
MVRDV's Balancing Barn
The Balancing Barn by the Dutch design stars MVRDV has gotten a fair bit of play around the web, but little does it better justice than this great video from the Brits over at Dezeen. The place was...
written by: Aaron Britt07.17.11 -
Daniel Wallach of GreenTown
After an EF5 tornado devestated the tiny town of Greensburg, Kansas, (then populartion 1,500) in 2007, the residents came together and did the unbelievable: Rebuilt as a sustainable town. Leading...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake04.21.11 -
Lima's El Mercado Restaurant
At Lima's El Mercao Restaurant, the theme is old meets new—not just in the food, where acclaimed chef Rafael Osterling puts a new twist on classic Peruvian dishes, but also in the...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake04.14.11
