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My Favorite Thing: Aaron's Senegalese Statue
In this installment of My Favorite Thing, editor Aaron Britt shares a gift given to him by some students, and contemplates its power to influence his future.
written by: Jordan Kushins02.20.09 -
Ace Sustainable Symposium: Talking About Green
Last week I attended a sustainability symposium focused on furthering the dialog about living "green." It's a ubiquitous term these days that has become as much a marketing tool as an...
written by: Jordan Kushins02.20.09 -
Heath Ceramics Modern Basics Tile Line
Often times, more money goes into finishing bathrooms and kitchens than any other room in a home, and California based Heath Ceramics is a top choice for tile when architects start selecting these...
02.20.09 -
Compostmodern 2009: This weekend!
This coming Saturday, February 21, the second Compostmodern conference will take place at the Herbst Theatre in San Francisco. If it's anything like the inaugural event last year, it promises to be...
written by: Sarah Rich02.19.09 -
Sale: William Stout Architectural Books
Our friends around the block at William Stout Architectural Books are having a big sale today through Saturday, offering 25 percent off all in-print titles in the store and online.
written by: Miyoko Ohtake02.19.09 -
Lecture: Cold War Modern—Design 1945–1970
Dr. Pavitt will demonstrate how these aspects of Cold War modernity were manifested through objects, stressing the utopian nature of design practice in the period on both sides of the Iron Curtain....
02.19.09 -
Palm Springs Modern: Wexler Steel Houses
Architect Donald Wexler was thinking prefab long before prefab was popular. One of Palm Springs's "big five" modernists—along with being William F. Cody, Albert Frey, William Krisel...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake02.19.09 -
All You Need Is LV
In the most unlikely of places—rural Missouri—Rocio Romero has designed and built a prefab empire.
written by: Donovan Finnphotos by: Dean Kaufman02.19.09 -
Portland's 11xDesign Home Tour
It’s not every local homes tour that merits attention beyond a city’s borders. But the 11xDesign tour, scheduled for February 21, featuring some of Portland’s most inspired...
written by: Brian Libby02.19.09 -
101 Office
Buried in TPS reports? Somebody take your red stapler? Don't let The Man get you down--our inclusive review of office environments and accessories will have you whistling while you work.
written by: Sarah Rich02.18.09 -
Pendleton's Yakima Blanket with Carrier
Camping, picnics, hell, your hardwood floor. Any and all would be improved by the vaguely Southwestern geometry of Pendleton Mills' Yakima Camp Blanket.
written by: Aaron Britt02.18.09 -
Pattern Recognition in Review
Pattern Recognition is the debut monograph from New York based architecture practice Leven Betts. Not to be confused with the William Gibson novel of the same name, this Pattern Recognition opens...
02.18.09 -
Palm Springs Modern: Uptown Shopping District
For the past three years, thousands of architecture and design enthusiasts from around the world have flocked to Palm Springs for its annual Modernism Week. Running now through February 21, the...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake02.18.09 -
Ice and Snow Furniture
There's an old saying: When life gives you blizzards, make snow furniture. We're paraphrasing, but the sentiment holds true. Hongtao Zhou, a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, made the...
written by: Sarah Rich02.17.09 -
New Marimekko Spring Line
The famed Finnish textile brand Marimekko, renowned for simple, bright prints (and owing their original popularity in the US to Jackie Kennedy's Marimekko shift dresses in the 60's) has released...
written by: Laure Joliet02.17.09 -
Alessi's Annual Sale
Last week Jordan posted on a big sale Kartell is running, so let me join the fray by telling dwell.com readers that Alessi is also offering some serious discounts online as well as at their shops...
written by: Aaron Britt02.17.09 -
My Favorite Thing Series and Giveaway
Ideally, our homes would be outfitted entirely with pieces that delight us each time we look at them—the type that bear storied origins or simply represent a fond memory. Realistically, our...
written by: Jordan Kushins02.17.09 -
Cast a Vote in the Greener Gadgets Competition
Later this month, the second annual Greener Gadgets Conference will take place in New York City, promising as always to convene innovative design thinkers around solutions for more sustainable...
written by: Sarah Rich02.17.09 -
Hand-Me-Down Design for Long Life
In a world of planned obsolescence, it's hard to convince people to buy a product that can never be one-upped by the shinier, newer version of itself. But British apparel company, howies, believes...
written by: Sarah Rich02.16.09 -
Video: Emerging Designer: Louise Campbell
The Danish designer Louise Campbell has animated Royal Copenhagen and other traditional brands with a playful, experimental spirit.
02.15.09 -
New Amsterdam Plein & Pavilion
This year marks the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's arrival in the New York Harbor, and while it may not strike everyone as an all-important historical event, it is the impetus for another...
written by: Sarah Rich02.15.09 -
Updike on Modern Skyscrapers
John Updike, the expert critic and novelist, only occasionally took up architecture and design as the sole subject of his prodigious powers of description. Though in sketching the rural barns of...
written by: Aaron Britt02.14.09 -
SunRun Solar Stimulus Package
This week's news was riddled with updates on the slow passage of President Obama's stimulus package through Congress. As the administration takes aim at Americans' energy bills by ramping up clean...
written by: Sarah Rich02.13.09
