Parsing Paris

Articles

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  The Design of the Paris Metro

  The Paris metro was born with the same furor as the Eiffel Tower, right on time for the World Expo at the turn of the 20th century. Over the past few months, I've spent nearly an hour everyday…

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  The Red House, Paris

  Ten years ago, there was a petite house in the Bastille area of Paris that sat tucked away behind the boulevard, surrounded on all four sides by a deserted factory. Today, that little house still…

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  Paris Versus New York

  It's rare that a series of visual puns has much of a shelf life, but Paris Versus New York, a punchy book of illustrations comparing and contrasting the two cities from Vahram Muratyan merits…

Products

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  France Cheeseboard

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  Travel Bottles

  Now here's a bright idea: breeze through the queue at the airport with these silicone carry-on travel bottles. At two ounces, they're small enough to join you on the plane, large enough to hold your…

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  Travel Alarm Clock

Dwell Collections

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  Travel Accessories

  Associate Editor Miyoko Ohtake: For the past few months, I’ve been in a Japan state of mind. This December, my sister and I are heading to the archipelago of our ancestors—our…

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  For the Traveler

  Each month I visit the lovely folks in Minnesota to oversee printing and ensure that our magazine reaches you in the most perfect state possible. And I like to travel overseas in my off time. With…

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  Our Favorite French Design

  For the past decade we at Dwell have been ferreting out the best modern design wherever we can find it. And it should come as little surprise that we keep returning to a nation with a…

Events

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  Joseph Hart / Out of Moments

  Brooklyn-based artist Joseph Hart will be displaying his latest suite of works at this exhibition in Paris. For more on Hart's work, please visit his website.

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  Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris

  The de Young is playing host to an exhibition of more than 100 masterpieces by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) from the permanent collection of Paris’s world-renowned…

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  "Artifacts" at Surface to Air

  Illustrator Steven Harrington (who contributed to the Dwell & Arkitip print series) and Danish furniture designer Gesa Hansen have teamed up in "Artifacts" at Surface to Air's…