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Pratt Institute at 125
Last week marked the opening of a new Pratt Institute exhibition celebrating 125 iconic works of art and design made by the school's alumni and faculty over the last 125 years. At turns...
written by: Kelsey Keith12.03.12 -
Finn Juhl Centennial at Designmuseum Danmark
This fall we had the opportunity to pay a visit to Copenhagen, Denmark, where design buffs and locals alike are honoring what would have been the 100th birthday of one of the most influential (and...
written by: Kelsey Keith11.27.12 -
Spanish Design in "Bravos"
We're thrilled to announce a recent addition to the Dwell on Design lineup: BRAVOS, an exhibition featuring emerging design talent from Spain. Meredith MacKenzie covered the exhibition back in...
written by: Diana Budds06.20.11 -
The Nightstand, Reinvented
An exhibition in New York last month, organized by PIN-UP Magazine and held at Phillips de Pury & Company, explored the nightstand, that humble catch-all by the side of your bed. PIN-UP invited...
written by: Jaime Gillin06.10.11 -
LACMA: California Design
As you might imagine, we inveterate modernists up here at Dwell are very, very excited for what will be one of the fall's best forays into modern design. On October 1, the Los Angeles County Museum...
written by: Aaron Britt06.09.11 -
Nathan Vincent's Locker Room
Artist Nathan Vincent, will be showing his new work at the Bellevue Arts Museum through June 26th. Vincent's work utilizes crochet and yarn to recreate many masculine objects in a new softer form....
written by: Bradford Shellhammer04.29.11 -
Spanish Design in "Bravos"
BRAVOS: Groundbreaking Spanish Design will debut at the American University Museum, Katzen Arts Center in Washington, DC on April 2nd and will remain on view until May 15th. Thanks to BRAVOS,...
written by: Meredith MacKenzie03.18.11 -
Hyundai Ride and Drive
Recently Dwell partnered with the Hyundai Sonata Uncensored campaign, an interactive, traveling exhibit designed to welcome visitors to a unique space where they could learn more about the Hyundai...
written by: Hanni Chehak11.18.10 -
The Art of Structure
Last weekend, The Art of Structure opened at the Carnegie Museum of Art Heinz Architectural Center. Dedicated to feats of modern engineering, the exhibition features 20 scale models of bridges and...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake09.27.10 -
New Topographics at the SFMoMA
On Saturday, July 17, New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape opens at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The exhibit is a restaging of the 1975 show New Topographics, which...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake07.16.10 -
Espasso at Steven Alan
Beginning with an all-day kickoff party on Saturday, May 29, from 10 am to 7 pm, Steven Alan in East Hampton will feature an installation of handmade furniture and accessories by Brazilian artisans...
written by: Erika Heet05.27.10 -
Britain's Mid-Century Female Designers
Of the iconic women designers working in the mid-20th century, the two most often recognized—and adored—are Ray Eames and Lucienne Day (the female halves of two of the best-known...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake05.14.10 -
Envelopes: Pratt Manhattan Gallery
A building envelop is to a structure as our skin is to our bodies. But whereas our protective outer layers are responsive to the environment (both inside and outside ourselves), the walls that wrap...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake04.29.10 -
Sunny Memories
Gathering solar energy doesn't need to be a process sequestered to the roof. To demonstrate the varied uses of a new dye solar cell invented at the University of Art and Design Lausanne (EPFL) in...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake04.17.10 -
Other Space Odysseys
Last week, Other Space Odysseys: Greg Lynn, Michael Maltzan, Alessandro Poli opened at the Canadian Center for Architecture in Montreal, Quebec. The exhibition explores solutions for space travel...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake04.16.10 -
Landscapes of Quarantine
In the fall and winter of 2009/2010, Future Plural (the combined forces for former Dwell senior editor and BLDGBLOG author Geoff Manaugh and Edible Geography author Nicola Twilley) held a...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake03.17.10 -
Palladio and His Legacy
Next month the Morgan Library and Museum presents a rare opportunity to see original drawings from one of the most influential classical architects in history, Andrea Palladio. Principles of...
written by: Breanne Bumanlag03.11.10 -
Imagining Home
What is a home? There's the obvious answer of a place of residence or--at an even more elementary level--a structure that provides shelter. But "home" carries a bigger meaning than just...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake03.09.10 -
Take Note at the CCA
The 1960s was a prolific era of writing in architecture as masters penned their frustrations with the field and pushed it to become an element of pop culture while also increasing its intellectual...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake02.17.10 -
The Guggenheim Fills the Void
Since it opened in New York City in 1959, Frank Lloyd Wright's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum has captivated the world--and its imagination. To celebrate the building's 50th anniversary, the museum...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake02.12.10 -
SFMoMA 75th Anniversary Show
Though the iconic Mario Botta building that houses the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has only graced the city's South of Market neighborhood since 1995, the museum itself has brought modern...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake02.08.10 -
Events this Weekend: 2.4-2.7
This week's Out and About column features three new show openings and one closing. Can't make it to the exhibits? View our slideshow of selected images from the shows and read more below.
written by: Miyoko Ohtake02.04.10 -
Events this Weekend: 1.28-1.31
This week we're adding a new feature to our weekly Out and About articles: slideshows featuring images from each of the weekend's highlighted exhibitions. Just because you can't make it to all the...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake01.28.10 -
Final Weekend: Bauhaus at MoMA
This weekend marks the final days of the Museum of Modern Art's homage to the Bauhaus, the early-20th-century German school and movement that fostered and supported early modernism leaders like...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake01.20.10 -
Live From Helsinki: EcoDesign
At the entrance of Habitare, Finland's largest furniture and interiors expo, designer Yrjö Kukkapuro has curated an exhibition of ecologically-minded chairs. One of Finland's elder statesmen...
written by: Sam Grawe09.10.09
