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  1. Chicago's Green Mile
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    Chicago's Green Mile

    Chicago bills a one-and-a-half-mile-long stretch of Cermak Road as "the greenest street in America," a surprising characterization considering it was once one of the grittiest industrial...

    written by: Diana Budds
    04.24.13

  2. Q&A with Architectural Designer and Artist Maya Lin
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    Q&A with Architectural Designer and Artist Maya Lin

    The artist, designer, and architect takes us through her formative years as a maker, her dedication to environmental art, and the joys of furniture design.

    written by: Amanda Dameron
    photos by: Michael Lewis
    03.18.13

  3. Talking Products: 5 Interviews with Design Luminaries
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    Talking Products: 5 Interviews with Design Luminaries

    From flatware to furniture, the products we interact with every day have an impact on our lives. We think about them every day as we scour the globe for the objects and ideas that move the design...

    written by: Aaron Britt
    03.13.13

  4. Q & A With Christopher Farr
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    Q & A With Christopher Farr

    Modern-rug purveyor and witty Brit Christopher Farr chats with Dwell about 25 years in the business and doles out advice for every type of carpet buyer.

    02.22.13

  5. A Chat with Designer Liora Manné
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    A Chat with Designer Liora Manné

    Liora Manné is a textile designer who created the patented Lamontage process. The designer incorporates her 3D interlocking fabrication technology into everything from custom wall treatments to...

    written by: Sara Ost
    02.19.13

  6. Designer Spotlight: Sebastian Herkner
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    Designer Spotlight: Sebastian Herkner

    German designer Sebastian Herkner has collaborated with many of the top international furniture brands including Moroso, Classicon, and Pulpo—a remarkable feat considering his small studio consists...

    written by: Diana Budds
    02.06.13

  7. Designer Spotlight: Black Creek Mercantile & Trading Co.
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    Designer Spotlight: Black Creek Mercantile & Trading Co.

    Dwell chats with Joshua Vogel, the carpenter-craftsman behind the lovely, hand-turned kitchenware and sculptural pieces from Black Creek Mercantile & Trading Co. in Kingston, New York, and his...

    written by: Olivia Martin
    01.23.13

  8. Enoc Perez: The Andy Warhol of Architecture
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    Enoc Perez: The Andy Warhol of Architecture

    Painter Enoc Perez grew up in Puerto Rico, a place rich with modernist buildings in places like La Concha and the Hix Island House. His move to New York amplified an admiration for the style. There...

    written by: Mark Byrnes
    01.16.13

  9. Design Army, Washington, D.C.
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    Design Army, Washington, D.C.

    For co-founders Jake and Pum Lefebure of Design Army, family and business work well together. The married graphic designers have created a design firm with a distinct point of view and for that,...

    written by: Lara Caldwell
    12.07.12

  10. Linked In
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    Linked In

    Jared Levy of Connect:Homes wants to streamline the construction process down to the very seams, while making it affordable for all.

    written by: Erika Heet
    12.03.12

  11. The Wearable Architecture of Karen Konzuk
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    The Wearable Architecture of Karen Konzuk

    We recently caught up with designer Karen Konzuk, founder of Konzuk Jewelry, to talk about the process and inspiration behind her architectural concrete and stainless steel creations.

    written by: Sara Ost
    11.28.12

  12. Dan Pink: Three Ideas Changing Design
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    Dan Pink: Three Ideas Changing Design

    In our October story "A New Beginning," we toured the home of speechwriter, author, and former Dwell on Design keynote speaker Daniel Pink. Pink is a "Big Idea" kind of guy...

    written by: Aaron Britt
    photos by: Eli Meir Kaplan
    09.19.12

  13. Architect Marcel Beaudin
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    Architect Marcel Beaudin

    Vermont-born architect Marcel Beaudin never planned to design buildings. Trained as a draftsman for the monuments his family’s granite-quarrying business produced, Beaudin was working as a...

    written by: Lindsay J. Westley
    09.17.12

  14. 10 Minutes with Marc Newson
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    10 Minutes with Marc Newson

    Throughout his decades-long career, Australian industrial designer Marc Newson has produced prolifically. His diverse body of work includes furniture, jewelry, fashion, a boat for Riva, a concept...

    written by: Erika Heet
    09.13.12

  15. Why You Should Send a Thank You Card
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    Why You Should Send a Thank You Card

    In the story "To the Letter" in our September 2012 issue, we visited Chandra Greer at Greer, her Chicago shop dedicated to all things paper. A purveyor of stationery, pens, pencils,...

    written by: Aaron Britt
    photos by: Nathan Kirkman
    09.07.12

  16. On Your Mark, Get Sett
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    On Your Mark, Get Sett

    Austin-based modern prefab designer Kimber Reed wants you to space out.

    08.15.12

  17. Mud Mavens: Mud Girls Founder Jen Gobby
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    Mud Mavens: Mud Girls Founder Jen Gobby

    Just off Canada's west coast near Vancouver is a paradise for self-sufficiency seekers. Approximately five miles wide and thirteen-and-a-half miles long, Lasqueti Island is home to poets, artists,...

    written by: Carren Jao
    08.15.12

  18. In the Material World: Susan Weber
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    In the Material World: Susan Weber

    Long before Peggy Guggenheim bought her first Jackson Pollock, the Wittlesbach Dukes of Bavaria were snapping up antiquities. Before Philip Johnson’s Glass House or even modernism, the...

    written by: Joanne Furio
    08.06.12

  19. 7 Questions for Cecilie Manz
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    7 Questions for Cecilie Manz

    Republic of Fritz Hansen launched Danish designer Cecilie Manz’s chair and table at this year’s Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan. Inspired by the rounded shape of a stone on...

    written by: Olivia Martin
    08.06.12

  20. Moments with Winka
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    Moments with Winka

    Award-winning designer Winka Dubbeldam is the principal of leading design firm Archi-Tectonics, NYC, a Professor of Practice at the University of Pennsylvania, and—while widely considered...

    written by: Sara Ost
    08.03.12

  21. Christien Meindertsma: Act Local
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    Christien Meindertsma: Act Local

    Since graduating from Design Academy Eindhoven in 2003, Rotterdam-based Christine Meinderstma has carved a niche for herself exploring the stories of ordinary objects. Take her book PIG (2007),...

    written by: Jane Szita
    08.02.12

  22. Material Explorations with L.A. Firm Layer
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    Material Explorations with L.A. Firm Layer

    Situated at the cross-section of architecture, art, and installation, Los Angeles–based architectural practice Layer has consistently managed to delight and surprise. Complex yet not...

    written by: Carren Jao
    07.31.12

  23. Five Questions for Nitin Rao
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    Five Questions for Nitin Rao

    Nitin Rao, along with Kaustuv DeBiswas, is co-founder of Sunglass, a cloud-based environment that aims to democratize design and provide an easy, user-friendly way to collaborate on 3D content...

    written by: Jordan Plaut
    07.19.12

  24. Sandy Chilewich
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    Sandy Chilewich

    In our July/August 2012 issue, we profiled a cross-section of women working in the design field from architects to curatorial theorists and a handful of professions between. One prominent figure in...

    written by: Diana Budds
    07.16.12

  25. Corporate Wisdom: Laurinda Spear
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    Corporate Wisdom: Laurinda Spear

    In our July/August issue, we take a look at 15 women leading the design world, one of whom is Laurinda Spear, cofounder of the Miami firm Arquitectonica. We spoke with her and three other women who...

    written by: Aaron Britt
    07.06.12

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