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Articles

• Service Design Website Helps Neighbors Borrow

  Hi Dwell! I thought you may be interested in writing a story in Dwell on my website Share Some Sugar (www.ShareSomeSugar.com). It's a new online service that helps you find someone in your…

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  101 Product Design

  We’re surrounded by legions of products, most of them unremittingly lousy. What separates the good from the bad from the ugly? Take out your well-designed pencils for Product Design 101.

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  A Look Inside V&A Pattern

  London's Victoria and Albert Museum has opened up its extensive archives and published the fantastic V&A Pattern volumes. The first four hardcover editions in the series are William Morris…

Dwell Collection

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  Room & Board Finds

  Last week I took a little bus trip down to San Francisco's Design District to have a peek at what's new, and fairly new, from mod furniture purveyor Room & Board. I met up with Joe Darling who…

Videos

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  Emerging Designer: Jason Miller

  The first subject in our emerging designers series, Jason Miller draws on threadbare bits of Americana, serving up something entirely new with a sly, subversive spin.

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  Matt Locke at Dwell on Design 2009

  Designer Matt Lock presents his creations, made from found materials at his warehouse, at his booth on the floor of Dwell on Design in Los Angeles.

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  Universal Design: Public Restrooms

  In the first video of a two-part series, New York–based firm Smart Design examines the intersection between Universal Design principles and the limitations of public bathrooms.

Tip

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  How to Build a Lighting Concept

  I’m a fan of floor lighting plus a couple of small table lamps for the living room. Use ambient lighting and low-wattage warm bulbs to create a relaxed atmosphere.

Events

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  Design USA: Contemporary Innovation

  This exhibition features outstanding contemporary achievements in American architecture, landscape design, interior design, product design, communication design, corporate design, interaction…

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  Design Real

  Design Real, curated by Konstantin Grcic and designed in collaboration with Alex Rich and Jürg Lehni, is the first design-focused show to be presented at the Serpentine Gallery…

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  Design S: Swedish Design Award

  This exhibition will feature 19 shortlisted entries to Sweden’s biggest design award competition, which focuses on design for sustainability issues including climate, the environment, the…