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Explore - Design
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Lighting
Lisa Heschong, a California architect with the Heschong Mahone Group, which specializes in research on building performance, doesn’t think much of firelight: “The use of fire for...
written by: Patrick Di Justophotos by: Jonathon Kambouris04.11.12 -
Fire in the Home 101
Taming fire was humankind’s first and most critical step toward its mastery of the material world. About 400,000 years ago, our ancestors learned to harness the flame, setting us on the...
written by: Patrick Di Justophotos by: Jonathon Kambouris04.11.12 -
101 Renting
The American Dream, some say, is all about owning a home. Here's how you can live the dream without the picket fence or the mortgage.
written by: Heather Wagner11.16.11 -
An Introduction to Renting
The American Dream, some say, is all about owning a home. Here’s how you can live the dream without the picket fence or the mortgage.
written by: Heather Wagner11.16.11 -
An Introduction to Building Codes
Fuss all you like about sprinklers and guardrails, we need building codes. Here's how to get your architect to play along.
written by: Dan Maginn09.29.11 -
Words You Should Know: Building Codes
Arm yourself with the vocabulary needed to navigate the world of building codes.
written by: Dan Maginn09.29.11 -
An Introduction to Restaurant Design
Eating has always been a sociable event, from primitive campfire cooking to reclining on lectuli at lavish Greek and Roman banquets. However, although taverns and inns had always existed, the...
written by: Bethan Ryder07.19.11 -
Italian Design: La Mappa
You know where your Parmesan cheese comes from: Parma. But which region offers the best chairs? We've mapped it out for you.
written by: Virginia Gardiner06.17.11 -
Italian Design: Il Futuro
As impressive as Italy’s design legacy is, it’s the future that moves this lot. Get the inside track on what’s next.
written by: Virginia Gardiner06.17.11 -
Italian Design: Passato al Presente
A look at the greats of Italian design, from past untill present.
written by: Virginia Gardiner06.15.11 -
Un'Introduzione al Disegno Italiano
From Marble to mobili, Italy has been a, if not the, design mecca for the last century. Here's why.
written by: Virginia Gardiner06.15.11 -
Curator: Zoe Ryan
Call her the wild card (or the green card) in this U.S.–focused roundup, but London-born Zoë Ryan has graced our shores for the past 14 years and in the process has brought a sharp...
written by: Aaron Brittphotos by: David Robert Elliot12.15.10 -
Young Designers
Branching out and doing your own thing is a brave and bold move at any time and any age. That said, the 21 visionaries we profile here—–designers of interiors, graphics, architecture,...
written by: Dwell Staff12.15.10 -
An Introduction to Retail Design
The ancient Greeks did it in the agora; the Romans did it in the forum; Persians did it in the bazaar (“the place of prices”); and Arabs and Berbers did it in the labyrinthine souk....
written by: Shonquis Moreno11.06.10 -
An Introduction to Architects
Aside from that mischievous caveperson in France who used a piece of charcoal to draw a line around some stick figures that suggested some kind of manmade shelter, it is generally acknowledged that...
written by: Dan Maginn10.12.10 -
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 -
Linear City
Designers everywhere are eyeing the Interstate Highway system's bounteous and boundless real estate with ideas from tiny turbines to maglev rail lines. Mid-century urban idealism may not be dead...
written by: Karrie Jacobs06.10.10 -
Shine and Rise
The catalog of smart textiles for the future is teeming with cognitive intelligence—fabrics that serve as interactive surfaces or are embedded with sheets of tiny microprocessors, little solar...
04.27.10 -
The Wrong Impression
Going for the hand touch isn’t exactly foolproof. An easy way to miss: embossed wall coverings. Lincrusta was originally invented in 1877 as a kind of textile-linoleum hybrid by linoleum...
04.27.10
