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California Academy of Sciences Preview

The grand opening of the new California Academy of Sciences, one of the year’s most anticipated events, is taking place this weekend. To help you make it through the last few days until the...

written by: Miyoko Ohtake

09.23.08
Kyocera

Kyocera Corporation, the headquarters and parent company of the global Kyocera group, was founded in 1959 in Kyoto, Japan as a start-up venture by Dr. Kazuo Inamori and seven colleagues. Kyocera...

01.28.09
Jetson Green

A broad look at green building, regularly featuring new sustainable prefab systems.

01.28.09
Parans

Parans markets and develops patented high quality products in the field of natural lighting. Our customers require high quality and healthy indoor environments in an energy efficient way....

01.29.09
Konarka

Konarka is developing and advancing nano-enabled polymer photovoltaic materials that are lightweight, flexible and more versatile than traditional solar materials....

01.31.09
Design 101

My Place in the Sun

Envious of the energy savings accrued by neighbors with solar panels on their roofs, but unsure how to go about putting up your own panels? Jennifer Roberts writes about the how, where, and why of...

written by: Jennifer Roberts

02.02.09
Design 101

Exploring the Solar Systems

For the past 30 years, we’ve been teased with the promise of plentiful solar energy. But for most of us, nerdy solar calculators and watches are as close as we get to realizing this promise....

written by: James Nestor

02.02.09
Design 101

Solar Flair

Interested in running more than just your home on the sun’s rays? Here’s a handy introduction to some of the most innovative solar goods available.

written by: Aaron Britt

02.02.09
Real Goods

In June 1978 in sleepy Willits, California, Real Goods opened its doors at the former "Far-Far West Museum," serving a clientele of back-to-the-landers who had made the urban exodus to...

02.25.09
Design 101

101 Solar

Dare we say "enlightening"? Be it passive or aggressive, find out what solar energy can do for you.

written by: James Nestor

02.25.09
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PLUG's Jungle Research Station

When veterinary doctor Taranjit Kaur, her husband and molecular biologist Dr. Jatinder Singh, and their three year old daughter Simran set out to live and do research for a year in the remote...

written by: Aaron Britt

03.09.09
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Natalie Jeremijenko's MoMA Lecture

One of the best things about the Internet is the ability to virtually attend lectures we couldn't get to in real-time. A series of lectures that took place at the MoMA's Design and the Elastic Mind...

written by: Sarah Rich

03.20.09
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Container Cinema

As part of the cultural countdown to the winter Olympics in Vancouver 2010, media art group Springboard—a trio composed of architect Robert Duke, designers Keith Doyle and Iain Sinclair, and...

written by: Ilana Diamond

03.23.09
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Project FROG's 21st Century Buildings

If FEMA didn't drum up enough of a bad reputation with its immediate response to Hurricane Katrina, the nails certainly went into the coffin as word spread of the abominable conditions inside the...

written by: Sarah Rich

04.01.09
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Sierra Club Green Home

In 1892, when John Muir founded the Sierra Club, the only "web" he knew about was the kind spun by spiders, and social networking was something people did by riding horse-drawn buggies...

written by: Sarah Rich

04.04.09
Dreams Happen

Dreams Happen is a biennial fundraising event benefiting Rebuilding Together Peninsula (RTP) and hosted by Stanford Shopping Center. The event teams local architects and builders in the...

05.18.09
Sanyo

SANYO Electric Group, by developing unique technologies and offering excellent products and sincere services, seeks to become a corporation that is loved and trusted by people around the world. The...

05.26.09
Dwell on Design

Building a Green Collar LA

Dwell in Design is a mere three weeks away and we're getting excited to welcome dozens of speakers and thousands of visitors to the LA Convention Center for the big weekend. On Friday June 26, the...

written by: Sarah Rich

06.04.09
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Forwarding Dallas

Earlier this year, Dwell editor Aaron Britt traveled down to Dallas, Texas, for a design charrette with Re:Vision Dallas. The project is a collaboration between Urban Re:Vision and the Central...

written by: Sarah Rich

12.03.09
Product of the Day

The Future of Solar?

The Brooklyn–based start-up SMIT (Sustainably Minded Interactive Technology) was formed in 2005 by the brother and sister team of Samuel and Teresita Cochran. Their goal: to invent a hybrid...

written by: Jaime Gillin

08.18.10