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Nate Berkus's One Two Punch
Nate Berkus fans will have plenty to take in this month as the designer just released a book and a Target collaboration, both in stores now. ...
written by: Sara Carpenter10.24.12 -
Made in Japan: 100 New Products
Dwell contributor Naomi Pollock, who wrote "All Wrapped Up" in our Small World issue now on newsstands, recently came out with her fourth book, Made in Japan: 100 New Products from Merrell...
written by: Olivia Martin10.23.12 -
Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec: Works
Design fans, get ready to add a hot new monograph to the bookshelf—Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec: Works by Anniia Koivu is out from Phaidon Press this month. A handsome, large-format tome,...
written by: Aaron Britt05.10.12 -
Houses of the Sundown Sea
Way back in our Dec/Jan issue that kicked off 2008, we told the story of the super groovy, surf bum-cum-architectural genius Harry Gesner. The man was a true California original, one who found a...
written by: Aaron Britt04.02.12 -
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...
written by: Aaron Britt01.06.12 -
The Story of De Stijl
The threads of turn-of-the-20th century radicalism in the arts and design have by now pretty much been woven into one broad yarn: capital-M Modernism. But the new book The Story of De Stijl:...
written by: Aaron Britt11.22.11 -
DIY Furniture
I'm quite excited to share a new book from Laurence King Publishing called DIY Furniture: A Step-by-Step Guide by Christopher Stuart of Luur Design. The real coup in this book, however, is not...
written by: Aaron Britt10.18.11 -
Movie Posters of Soy Cuba
If movie posters are essentially advertisements to get you into the theater, the Hollywood versions splashed with matinee-idol close-ups and 100-point typefaces, then the moody, highly graphic...
written by: Aaron Britt10.06.11 -
Future Beauty
Because the September 2011 issue is dedicated to the influence of Japanese design (architecture, craft, and industrial design primarily), we'd be utterly remiss if we didn't give a nod to the...
written by: Aaron Britt08.03.11 -
More Favorite Play! Spaces
Our September 2011 issue is about to hit newsstands, but we're not finished celebrating play (the theme of our July/August 2011 issue). Earlier this week we featured five fantastic projects from...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake08.01.11 -
Favorite Play! Spaces
We love to play and love places that celebrate our inner, creative, kidlike selves—we dedicated our July/August 2011 issue to the subjects of families, kids, and play after all. The editors...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake07.28.11 -
Nature Framed
A recently released book from the Monacelli Press celebrates the connection between indoor and outdoor space in residential architecture. In Nature Framed: At Home in the Landscape, author Eva...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake06.15.11 -
Love Earth: Eco Ideas and Designs
Victionary's new book, Love Earth, is an ode to green design—the cover is even made from the recycled scraps from the bookmaking process. Inside its cover, the volume starts with a mini-book...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake06.03.11 -
Beer Craft: A Guide to Homebrew
William Bostwick and Jessi Rymill's new book Beer Craft: A Simple Guide to Making Great Beer is like Mark Bittman's How to Cook Everything—just for homebrew hobbyists. In the book, the writer...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake05.19.11 -
Cityscapes: SF's Buildings
The San Francisco Chronicle boasts one of our nation's best architecture critics in John King. We happy citizens of the City by the Bay look out for his column in each Tuesday's paper, though his...
written by: Aaron Britt05.12.11 -
Artists' Handmade Houses
Ever wonder what an artist's home would look like if he or she were the mind behind it? This month, Abrams has published a stunning new coffee table book that peeks inside the abodes of 13 well...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake05.05.11 -
Pulled by Mike Perry
Illustrator Mike Perry has long been a favorite at Dwell (just take a glance at his long list of contributions to the magazine). In his new book, Pulled: A Catalog of Screen Printing, Perry opens...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake04.26.11 -
The Century of Modern Design
Of the myriad books on modernism—some more enlightening than others—The Century of Modern Design (Flammarion) will likely prove to be an important one. Culled from the Liliane and David...
written by: Erika Heet04.13.11 -
Reveal: Studio Gang Architects
At Dwell we've long been fans of the Chicago architecture firm Studio Gang Architects. Headed up by the nation's fastest rising female architect Jeanne Gang, the company is responsible not just for...
written by: Aaron Britt03.31.11 -
A Collection A Day
From delightfully mismatched buttons to colorful spools of thread to vintage typewriter ribbon, a variety of small, unexpected collections can be found in charming little tins. Thanks to artist...
written by: Stephanie Orma03.28.11 -
A New View on the Glass House
We've all seen images of the Glass House, the iconic architectural landmark that Philip Johnson built in New Canaan, Connecticut in 1949. Breaking from the traditional view on the property,...
written by: Jaime Gillin03.14.11 -
An Architect's Pop-Up Book
One of the perks of being a Dwell editor are the various fun surprises that appear in the mail—newly published books, the occasional small product, even the random staple gun (yes, really)....
written by: Jaime Gillin02.15.11 -
Wonderwall Archives 01
Back in 2009 we ran a conversation with Masamichi Katayama about the incredible Japanese retail design outfit Wonderwall. We only showed a handful of photos to go with it, but now with the...
written by: Aaron Britt02.02.11 -
Beer: The Designs of Drinking
Wine labels have recently received acclaim for their more astute designs so its high time beer branders were awarded the same salute. A new coffee table-topper from Chronicle Books, Beer: A Genuine...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake01.20.11 -
Piero Lissoni: Recent Architecture
Though the book Piero Lissoni: Recent Work came out from the German house Hatje Cantz last year, it just came across my desk yesterday. Though he's known perhaps firstly as an industrial designer,...
written by: Aaron Britt01.10.11
