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Articles

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  Small Houses in Prague

  As we finish planning our Small Spaces issue for next year, I was interested to find coverage [via Dezeen] of an exhibition called Small Houses, which ran last month during the Czech design…

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  Modest Modern Shopping List

  Next month, Chad Ludeman, president of the firm PostGreen, will move into the first completed 100K House, an infill development he and his team built in the New Kensington neighborhood of…

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  Let's Get Small

  This week I'm staying in Sebastopol, California, home of the Tiny Tumbleweed House Co, recently featured in a New York Times article about the new "trend" of tiny houses. (Meaning less…

Products

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  Low Chair

  Inspiration is unpredictable: Thankfully, the muse for Jasper Morrison’s leisurely curled and wooden-slatted Low chair was a found wine crate and not a discarded box of Franzia.

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  Low Table

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  Small Work

  Petite and powerful LEDs have eliminated the need to build fixtures around bulky bulbs. Small Work integrates the diminutive diodes directly into a geometric tripod that will brighten your desk…

Dwell Collections

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  Bold Color, Small Space

  From private residences to commercial spaces, there are myriad ways to harness the power of the palette. In this video series, Dwell delves into creative ways in which color can play an…

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  Small Time: Pieces That Do Double Duty

  What’s the best way to deal with limited space? Find furniture that does double duty—–whether it’s a rolling cart that becomes a prep station and then a makeshift dining…

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  Storage Solutions

  Our September 2009 Apartments issue featured petite places that pack a whole lot of design ingenuity into very few square feet. We went through our archives to find similarly clever space-saving…

Videos

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  Bold Color, Small Space: The Min Loft

  Craig and Jean Min, owners of LA Mill coffee boutique in Los Angeles, share their story of using a vibrant palette to enliven their temporary home—a 950-square-foot downtown loft apartment…

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  Ecofabulous and Reclaimed Space at Dwell on Design 2009

  Reclaimed Space, an Austin–based company that manufactures portable, sustainable living spaces, and Ecofabulous.com collaborate on the design for a 400-square-foot structure set up on the floor of…

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  Bold Color, Small Space: The Black Apartment

  Frequent TED speaker and international advertising consultant Cindy Gallop opens the doors to her unusual apartment in Manhattan, an all-black space filled to the brim with curios and novel objets…

Tips

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  Stainless-Steel Kitchen Islands: Ideal for Small Kitchens

  When the Stonorovs set out to design their 400-square-foot house in Oakland for themselves and their young toddler, the kitchen required particular attention. They found a kitchen…

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  Maximize Space in a Tiny Bathroom

  We have remodeled a tiny half bath under the stairs. To make the most of what little space we have we decided to use the stud spaces for as much storage as possible. A recessed medicine cabinet…

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  Find Furniture that's Easy to Conceal

  For a 500-square-foot loft in downtown Los Angeles, Tag Front designed a rectangular mahogany table with four ottomans that nestle underneath, creating a simple brown block when not in use. When…

Event

• The National Organization of Minority Architects 2010 Conference: Reinvent, Rebuild, Reconnect: Innovation Can Happen Through Turbulent Times

  The National Organization of Minority Architects is pleased to announce that the 38th Annual International Conference and Exposition (NOMA 2010) will be held in Boston, MA on October 7-9, 2010 at the…