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--The Future of

Space Living: Astro Home

You’ve known you were destined to dwell in outer space ever since you first saw The Jetsons. So, how do you do that? Your new home will be the International Space Station (ISS), the only...

written by: Bruce Sterling

11.24.09
Travel Reports

At the Verge of Collapse

Artist Tobias Putrih gave a gallery talk at the List Visual Arts Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts last week, shedding light on the ideas behind his latest exhibition, Without Out.

written by: Tiffany Chu

11.20.09
Week in Review

This Weekend: 11.19-11.22

This week we're highlighting a slew of show openings around the world and in the United States focusing on big-name designers and big-name ideas.

written by: Miyoko Ohtake

11.20.09
Interviews

Nicolas Henchoz and EPFL + ECAL Lab

Picked as one of our favorite international design schools in the December/January 2010 issue, EPFL + ECAL Lab in Lausanne, Switzerland, is a new program that marries the design know-how of the...

written by: Aaron Britt

11.19.09
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Stair Lust

Somehow stairs have become the object of "design porn" of late, and while it seems as likely that lamps or sofas or kitchen cabinetry could feature in lusty internet photos, stairs prove...

written by: Sarah Rich

11.18.09
--The Future of

Luxury: Evaluating Values

Luxury, a term that once conjured images from Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, is now just as often used to aggrandize personal organizers, iPod cases, and websites. So we turned to Augustin...

written by: Aaron Britt

11.16.09
Three Buildings

Toronto, Ontario

Toronto, Ontario, is one metropolis that never ceases to amaze me with its never-ceasing construction. I grew up in Buffalo, New York, and always loved being able to see the city from across Lake...

written by: Miyoko Ohtake

11.16.09
House Tours

Creative Commons

Craving not just a home but a proper piece of architecture, a handful of design- and business-savvy Dutch families banded together, hired an architect, and set about forming the community that...

written by: Jane Szita

photos by: Dean Kaufman

11.16.09
--The Future of

Driving: Joy Ride

San Francisco–based design team Mike and Maaike wave goodbye to the driver's seat with their concept car, the ATNMBL (the "autonomobile"). Consider it a high-tech living room on...

written by: Sam Grawe

11.16.09
--The Future of

Play: Electric Slide

A group of Columbia University students have a good time reinventing the playground as a place to harness all that youthful energy.

written by: Marc Kristal

11.16.09
Week in Review

Friday Finds 11.13.2009

Just a collection of Internet fun, submitted for your viewing pleasure by your friendly Dwell staffers. Happy Friday!

written by: Amanda Dameron

11.13.09
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A New Nørreport for Copenhagen

While I was studying abroad last spring in Copenhagen, every morning on my way to school I passed through the busiest train hub, Nørreport Station. Whether on bike, bus, or train, it was...

written by: Tiffany Chu

11.13.09
Travel Reports

STREB Dancers Are Action Architects

Considered neither modern nor contemporary dance, but more circus or rodeo with a dash of extreme sports and Hollywood-esque stunt-work, the STREB company dancers are known to perform petrifying...

written by: Tiffany Chu

11.12.09
Product of the Day

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 Rich

11.11.09
Product of the Day

Mismo M/S Canvas Bags

I've got a soft spot for really nice bags--totes, brief cases, messenger bags--and the M/S Canvas line from Danish designers Mismo are scratching me right where I itch.

written by: Aaron Britt

11.10.09
Interviews

Antony Hall

UK artist Antony Hall refers to himself as an amateur scientist. Indeed, his work constantly blurs the lines between science, art, and technology.

written by: Dwell Staff

11.09.09
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Small Houses in Prague

As we finish planning our Small Spaces issue for next year, I was interested to find coverage [via Dezeen] of an exhibition called Small Houses, which ran last month during the Czech design...

written by: Sarah Rich

11.09.09
City Guide

Tallinn, Estonia

Since the fall of the USSR, Tallinn has managed to look unblinkingly to the future while still retaining vital elements of its past. A hotbed of northern art and design encircling a UNESCO World...

written by: Jeanine Barone

photos by: Jens Passoth

11.09.09
Week in Review

Friday Finds 11.06.2009

Friday arrives again! This week the Dwell staff shares their favorite links of late, featuring everything from a chair-related experiment happening on the streets of New York to the world's first...

written by: Amanda Dameron

11.06.09
Event Spotlight

Opportunity Green: This Weekend

This coming Saturday and Sunday, November 7 and 8, Opportunity Green will be hitting Los Angeles for its third consecutive year. The two-day conference brings together entrepreneurs and innovators...

written by: Sarah Rich

11.06.09