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What is Modern? and Olivetti at DAM
This weekend, a new show opened at the Denver Art Museum that celebrates the forward-looking mentality of modern design as well as the industrial works of Olivetti. What is Modern? and Olivetti:...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake11.03.10 -
The Idea House: Senior Living
With Americans living longer, there’s growing interest in the concept of aging in place—that is, staying in our own homes for as long as possible. Fortunately, we can look to the senior...
written by: Emily Youngphotos by: Peter Williams11.03.10 -
Toronto's Mini House
Squeezed into a 14-foot-wide lot along a Toronto street originally developed for worker housing in the 1880s is fingerprint technician and musician Patrick Flynn’s 566-square-foot house by...
written by: Erika Heet11.02.10 -
Flower Box
This flower shop, art gallery, and home for two looks like the simplest of cubes. Fitting it all into 1,115 square feet, however, prompted Japanese architect Makoto Tanijiri to think outside the box.
written by: Winifred Birdphotos by: Takashi Homma11.01.10 -
Free City Shop, Los Angeles
Nina Garduno recently opened her shop Free City—a mix between an actual store and a design commune–on Highland Avenue in Hollywood. She started the company in 2002, inspired by her ...
written by: Jaime Gillin11.01.10 -
Olympic Sculpture Park
One of the highlights of my trip to Seattle was taking an early morning photo jog from downtown over to—and through—the Seattle Art Museum's Olympic Sculpture Park. Designed by Weiss...
written by: Miyoko Ohtakephotos by: Miyoko Ohtake11.01.10 -
Snøhetta Curates Nordic Design
"Nordic Models + Common Ground: Art and Design Unfolded" recently opened at New York's Scandinavia House. Curated by Snøhetta, the Oslo-based architecture firm recently selected by...
written by: Jaime Gillin11.01.10 -
A Modern Mortuary in Munich
In the tenth-century district of Riem, on the far eastern edge of the city of Munich, sits the Mortuary at Munich–Riem (Friedhof-Riem). Designed by architects Andreas Meck and Stephan Koppel,...
written by: Bret Robinsphotos by: Bret Robins10.30.10 -
Seattle, Part Two
Earlier this week, I headed to Seattle to report a story for an upcoming issue and to run around town to find the best food, furnishings, and other local favorites. Part one of my trip was...
written by: Miyoko Ohtakephotos by: Miyoko Ohtake10.28.10 -
Seattle, Part One
Seattle did nothing to cast away its stereotype as the country's wettest city earlier this week. I traveled north from our Dwell headquarters in San Francisco to visit a house that will be featured...
written by: Miyoko Ohtakephotos by: Miyoko Ohtake10.27.10 -
Living in Laos
In August 2008 I moved with my family to Laos for a year. We wanted to give our children—and ourselves—a break from American, or Western culture, and experience something new and...
written by: Marc Henrichphotos by: Marc Henrich10.26.10 -
World's First Lichen Garden?
Last spring, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art unveiled its new 14,000-square foot rooftop sculpture garden, spangled with works by Ellsworth Kelly, Louise Bourgeois and Kiki Smith. To a...
written by: Jaime Gillin10.26.10 -
8 House by Bjarke Ingels Group
Good things come in threes and for Danish superstarchitect Bjarke Ingels, it’s no different. As he makes his new home in New York City, the founder of BIG (the Bjarke Ingels Group) sees the...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake10.25.10 -
Home Is Where the Art Is
In Toronto, a painter accustomed to crashing in his studio created an airy artistic haven with both working and living quarters for a more balanced and polished picture.
written by: Alex Bozikovicphotos by: Matthew Williams10.25.10 -
San Diego Cadres
In 2006, architect Nathan Lee Colkitt, whose firm has designed affordable, modern housing, a challenged athletes foundation and a conceptual Cuban immigrant museum, was in search of a live/work...
written by: Erika Heet10.22.10 -
Gusto: A Guide to Restaurant Design
Just as the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, "the essence of restaurant design cannot be found in any one element but in the unity of all ingredients working together to create a...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake10.21.10 -
Designs on Midtown Manhattan
I was back in New York last week, in part to attend the press preview lunch for I Saloni Milano in New York which is a six-week celebration of Italian design. The event is meant to comemorate the...
written by: Aaron Britt10.20.10 -
Crate and Barrel's New Shop-in-Shop
Crate and Barrel's newest addition is a shop-in-shop at their SoHo location featuring products by Finnish textile and design house Marimekko. While they have been partners since the 1960's, their...
written by: Diana Budds10.18.10 -
Sands Castle
Jeff and Larissa Sand cut their commute down to a few flights of stairs when they moved their industrial design studio, architecture office, and metalwork shop into the first two floors of their...
written by: Deborah Bishopphotos by: Justin Fantl10.18.10 -
Coop Dreams
Switching coasts from Brooklyn to Portland gave architects Mitchell Snyder and Shelley Martin a new set of unexpected clients: three young hens.
written by: Miyoko Ohtakephotos by: John Clark10.18.10 -
Undivided Intentions
The late architect David Boone was always one to take his work home with him—he just kept it in the home’s office. The new residents of his 1972 house embrace a more fluid approach to...
written by: William Bostwickphotos by: Noah Webb10.18.10 -
Photographer Iwan Baan Honored
On October 10--the 100th anniversary of legendary photographer Julius Shulman--artist Iwan Baan was honored with the inaugural Julius Shulman Institute Photography Award. Just as Shulman was the...
written by: Miyoko Ohtakephotos by: Iwan Baan10.17.10 -
LAMA’s 50th
Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA), headquartered in a 17,000-square-foot gallery in Van Nuys, California, has been steadily auctioning works by important 20th century artists, designers and...
written by: Erika Heet10.15.10 -
An Afternoon with Michael Mundy
Michael Mundy emailed me out of the blue a few weeks back. He wanted to shoot my apartment for a project he was working on called An Afternoon With. He'd seen pictures of my place via a mutual...
written by: Bradford Shellhammer10.14.10 -
The Foundry at Domus Orsoni
While in Italy checking out the latest in tiles at Cersaie in Bologna, we took a day to train over to Venice and roam the waterways and were given the opportunity to visit the only foundry in the...
written by: Jordan Kushins10.13.10
