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Explore - Lighting Design
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Alejandro Sticotti's Teahouse
I met with the Argentinian architect and furniture designer Alejandro Sticotti a few months ago while he was in San Francisco, and he showed me photos he'd snapped the previous week, while on...
written by: Jaime Gillin11.04.10 -
W New York Downtown
While in New York City last month, I spent a night at the new W New York hotel, downtown in Wall Street. Like all W's, this one was peppered with self-consciously 'cool' design-y touches, some of...
written by: Jaime Gillin10.21.10 -
An Introduction to Lighting
One of the oldest proclamations in Western literature—maybe the very oldest, depending on how you see things—is “Let there be light.” And for most of human history, whether...
written by: Patrick Di Justo08.26.10 -
Sunlight on Demand
Fiber-optic cables can be used to pipe and enhance sunlight into homes. Money is saved. The English rejoice.
written by: Patrick Di Justo08.26.10 -
Dim Some, Lose Some
Waste extends far beyond what winds up in the landfill. The International Dark-Sky Association leads the charge against light pollution.
written by: Patrick Di Justo08.26.10 -
Electric Sandwich
So you’ve finally made the move from incandescent to CFLs only to learn that you’re well behind the LED wave. Get ready to switch again.
written by: Patrick Di Justo08.26.10 -
Lumen on the Horizon
There’s a light at the end of the tunnel; this trio of design luminaries tells us precisely how it will work.
written by: Patrick Di Justo08.26.10 -
Alex Randall's Trippy Lighting
Alex Randall is not your typical lighting designer. In lieu of new materials, the British lighting designer raids salvage yards and taxidermy shops to create truly innovative and often creepy ...
written by: Jaime Gillin08.12.10 -
Workstead Lighting
Earlier this month, Workstead, a Brooklyn–based design firm comprised of Robert Highsmith and Stefanie Brechbuehler, unveiled their fledgling line of lighting.
written by: Jaime Gillin07.22.10 -
Well Hung
Flying high in the air with the greatest of ease or low over a table to accent your meal, a pendant illuminates the room like no other kind of fixture.
written by: Jordan Kushins07.10.10 -
ICFF 2010: Tom Dixon
Designer Tom Dixon, armed with a tiny tupperware full of sunflower seeds and a suspiciously healthy looking container of green juice, sat down at ICFF 2010 to chat about his latest limited-edition...
written by: Amanda Dameron05.16.10 -
ICFF 2010: Ikebana Arranging
While cruising the floor of the ICFF today, I couldn't resist dropping in to have a chat with Dwell's old neighbor and all around good guy, San Francisco–based designer Peter Stathis. In...
written by: Sam Grawe05.16.10 -
Lightforms, Digitally Fabricated
Known to many architects as that translucent film paper on which archaic hand drawings become worthy of pin-up, mylar is making an illuminating entrance into the realm of the three-dimensional. ...
written by: Tiffany Chu05.11.10 -
Revival of the Fittest
Located at the ever-shifting intersection of design, fine art, and craft, R 20th Century has come a long way from its humble beginnings as a small vintage boutique in Brooklyn over a decade ago....
written by: Jordan Kushinsphotos by: Martien Mulder04.17.10 -
Milan, 2010: Day Two
On our second day in Milan, we gathered our wits and plunged headfirst into Salone Internazionale del Mobile—the largest furniture fair in the world. Held at the Fiera Milano, the fair is...
written by: Amanda Dameronphotos by: Amanda Dameron04.15.10 -
Milan, 2010: Day One
We three weary travelers (Dwell's editor-in-chief, Sam Grawe, assistant editor Jordan Kushins, and I) have landed in Milan and are ready to begin reporting on the sights and scene at the 2010...
written by: Amanda Dameronphotos by: Amanda Dameron04.14.10 -
Omer Arbel
Omer Arbel is a Vancouver–based architect and designer who creates spaces and objects in equal measure. Most recently he designed both the the medals for the 2010 Winter Olympics and and the...
written by: Bradford Shellhammer03.31.10 -
LivingColors Lamps by Philips
Editor-in-chief Sam Grawe offers his San Francisco apartment as a staging ground for a couple LivingColors lamps, and we asked associate photo editor Alexis Tjian to set up a few color-saturated...
written by: Amanda Dameronphotos by: Alexis Tjian03.15.10 -
Young Turks
Istanbul modern? In a word, it’s Autoban. With their east-meets-west twist on mid-century classics, this young duo has jump-started their hometown’s design scene.
written by: Virginia Gardiner03.04.10 -
Tucker Lamp by Tucker Waugh
I was perusing the perpetually well done output of Working Class Studio, a division of the Savannah College of Art and Design, the other day and came across a lovely lamp by furniture designer...
written by: Aaron Britt03.04.10
