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Q&A with Adam Kalkin
In the In the Modern World section of our June 2009 issue, I reviewed artist-architect Adam Kalkin’s new monograph, Quik Build: Adam Kalkin's ABC of Container Architecture. The book is a...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake05.15.09 -
Asylum by Christopher Payne
I got an advanced proof of Asylum: Inside the Closed World of State Mental Hospitals by architect and photographer Christopher Payne some time ago. But not until I really glimpsed...
written by: Aaron Britt10.01.09 -
Viction:ary Roundup
There's nothing like a good read to escape the blustery blows of winter. This holiday season, here are three enticing graphic design titles from Viction:ary to get you through the cold.
written by: Miyoko Ohtake12.21.09 -
Emigre No. 70
From 1984 through 2005, Emigre magazine was to graphic designers what L'Espirit Nouveau was to architects in the early 1920s. This year, Gingko Press has published Emigre No. 70: The Look Back...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake12.26.09 -
Miami Modern Metropolis
Aaron Britt: Having been to Miami several times now, most recently for Design Miami and Art Basel Miami Beach just last month, I've grown increasingly fond of the place. Equal parts pleasure center...
written by: Aaron Britt01.14.10 -
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,...
written by: Jordan Kushins01.30.10 -
Stephan Jaklitsch
Oro Editions's Stephan Jaklitsch: Habits, Patterns, Algorithms 1998-2008 is a massive tome chronicling the last ten years' work of architect and interior designer Stephan Jaklitsch. Jaklitsch has...
written by: Aaron Britt02.05.10 -
Design Hotels Book: 2010 Edition
The best part of traveling is rarely the hotel. Sure, you'll suffer a tatty travelers flop if it means an extra day wandering the streets of Seoul, but in the main, hotel stays, and hotel decor,...
written by: Aaron Britt02.11.10 -
I Swear to Good You are God at This
Finding design inspiration online is as easy as pointing and clicking but there's something special about the feel of bound paper. Design and creative consulting company Holiday Matinee founder...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake02.17.10 -
American Trademarks
Eric Baker and Tyler Blik are a pair of noted graphic and identity designers, though perhaps their greatest legacy in American design will come not from their work as designers, but as design...
written by: Aaron Britt03.02.10 -
Ramayana by Sanjay Patel
My favorite book as a kid was unquestionably D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths. I took it out of every branch of the Sacramento library, renewed it a hundred times and basically absorbed every...
written by: Aaron Britt03.09.10 -
Landscape of Infrastructure
Though museums and skyscrapers are often the comissions that catapult contemporary architects into the design stratosphere, increasingly we're seeing what was once the demesne of engineers (bridges...
written by: Aaron Britt03.22.10 -
Graphic Europe
"We are designers. We notice things in a different way to other people." That's roughly the ethos that defines the Detour section of Dwell, and the expressed driving force behind the new...
written by: Aaron Britt04.13.10 -
V&A Pattern Series II
Last year, the Victoria and Albert Museum dug into its archives of decorative textile patterns and published its first set of pattern books. Next week, the London museum will release the second set...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake05.25.10 -
The Small Stakes: Music Posters
Graphic design rarely gets better than when it's put to music and put through a screen. And few create concert posters better than Jason Munn. In a new release published this year by Chronicle...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake06.07.10 -
Illustration Play 2
Berkeley–based publisher Gingko Press's latest offering is a whimsical celebration of illustrations that literally jump off the page using traditional crafts like quilling and papercutting....
written by: Miyoko Ohtake08.30.10 -
Re:Crafted, by Marc Kristal
I finally got my hands on a copy of contributing editor Marc Kristal's lush new book, Re:Crafted: Interpretations of Craft in Contemporary Architecture and Interiors, which was published by the...
written by: Jaime Gillin09.02.10 -
John Pawson: Plain Space
"John Pawson Plain Space," a retrospective of British architect John Pawson's work, is on view at London's Design Museum until January 2011. Coinciding with the exhibition, Phaidon Press...
written by: Jaime Gillin09.30.10 -
Beauty in Decay
In the beginning of Beauty in Decay: The Art of Urban Exploration, collaborators Jeremy Gibbs ("RomanyWG") and Patrick Potter posit that "the strange thing is not that Urban...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake11.09.10 -
And the Pursuit of Happiness
Not so long ago I had a chance to talk with illustrator Maira Kalman when she came to San Francisco for the launch of a retrospective of her work at the Contemporary Jewish Museum. Though we...
written by: Aaron Britt11.15.10 -
Windows at Bergdorf Goodman
"To window-shop," we learned in our November 2010 issue's Introduction to Retail Design, dates back to 1922—but it wasn't until the 1930s that shops spiced up their...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake11.18.10 -
Outside the Box: Cardboard Design
Cardboard has fully wiggled out of its boxy stereotype (Frank Gehry's 1971 Wiggle Chair is early evidence) and today plays a role in everything from packaging and product design to furniture and...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake11.25.10 -
Designs on Film by Cathy Whitlock
Newly released by Harper Collins, Designs on Film: A Century of Hollywod Art Direction is a compendium of images celebrating iconic interiors and architecture. Interior designer and...
written by: Amanda Dameron12.13.10 -
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 -
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
