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Aaron writes the men’s style column “The Pocket Square” for the San Francisco Chronicle and has written for the New York Times, the Times Magazine, Newsweek, National Geographic and others.

Master Architects Lecture Series in San Diego to Honor Louis Kahn
I posted recently about a great looking spring lecture series at SCI-Arc in Los Angeles.
Let the Sun Shine In
Although the University of Colorado Buffaloes football team fell short during bowl season, another dynasty is afoot at the...
The Country's Best Yurt
Lakes of ink have been spilled over a peculiarly American wanderlust, whether it’s our ancestors’ push westward or our current...
From the Annals of Incredibly Specialized Furniture
I was corresponding with Dwell contributor Sally McGrane a few days ago when she sent this unusual little table my way.
A Proper Primer on Modernism
The historicization of modern architecture is quick to lionize Mies, Gropius, Wright and others, but too often treats them as...
Postcards from the Edge of Design
An email is nice and a letter is better, but for those whose epistolary habits begin and end with the postcard, an overlooked...
Great Speeches in Architectural History: The Floo Floo Bird
President Obama's inaugural address yesterday sent me running for William Safire's splendid compendium of great speeches (he used...
Double the Pleasure
These twin sun-drenched San Diego abodes prove that two decks are better than one.
WestEnders
One of Portland, Oregon’s, up-and-coming neighborhoods can thank a modern reinterpretation of a previously decrepit building for...
Giant Ferris Wheel, All Aboard. Bilbao Effect, Everybody Off!
Well, the London Eye has done it: Singapore has its own giant Ferris wheel, as does Nanchang and as of December 20th of last year...
Minneapolis, MN
Linden Hills, a leafy neighborhood in southwest Minneapolis abutting recreational Lake Calhoun, is a spot where few fences divide...
Blue in the Facade
Canada's Magdalen Islands offer a seaside retreat to landlocked Quebecers, two of whom have turned the local vernacular on its...
Modern Victorian House Preservation in Oakland
Mike McDonald, an Oakland, California–based builder, faced a common problem for Bay Area homeowners: an aesthetically pleasing,...
Celebrity matchmaker Patti Stanger reviews 5 love seats
No piece of furniture has more aptly paved the way to connubial bliss than the love seat.
The Bushes' "Modest" Dallas Manse
A story I heard this morning on Morning Edition on NPR reminded me yet again of Americans' outlandish sense of what makes for a...
Water Rower Makes a Splash
Household exercise machines are typically a dismal affair: bulky treadmills and unsightly elliptical machines relegated to back...
Architecture Critics Worth Your Time
As more and more of the design press moves to the web, I'd like to take a moment to remind you blog-hungry architecture fiends...
Best Architecture of 2008?
Just a couple days ago the Los Angeles Times posted a slideshow of their picks for the Best Architecture: 2008, complete with...
Ant Farm Documentary at SF MoMA
Documentarians Elizabeth Federic and Laura Harrison's 2008 video about Ant Farm, the merry band of architects, video artists,...
Eutopia! I’ve Found it!
While the rest of my Design Miami/Art Basel cohorts were traipsing around in a sea of expensive gear, white pants, and more...
Wanders’ Walls: Miami Beach’s Newest Hotel is the Mondrian South Beach
The Mondrian South Beach, a new luxury boutique hotel designed by Dutch design star Marcel Wanders, is much like Wanders himself:...
Re:Vision Dallas Design Charrette
On Friday of last week I attended the Re:Vision Dallas design charrette, one that hopes to remake a blighted city block of...
Wim Crouwel—Miami’s Graphic Designer du Jour
Though the Campana brothers carried the day at Design Miami, and Art Basel housed more Jean Dubuffet than you’d care to buy, or...
Manufractured Takes a Look at Post-Consumer Creativity
Design aficionados and dumpster divers alike will relish the well-laid-out and surprising new book Manufractured: The Conspicuous...
Good Design Lecture at Bulthaup Miami
I’ll be giving a talk on Wednesday, December 3rd, at the Bulthaup showroom in Miami as part of a Dwell event amidst all the...
Hlaska Evergreen Briefcase
Having toted this slim, Italian leather valise across the Pacific, across the States and across town, I can say that Hlaska’s...
Tour the Salk with Ellen
This past Friday I was down in San Diego touring the city with architect Aaron Anderson of Studio Anderson.
The Making of a Modern Sustainable Boutique
Streetwear blogs have been keeping tabs on developments with the new sustainably sourced and delightfully wooden Stussy shop in...
Six Questions for William Stout
One of the many joys of the very small San Francisco neighborhood of Jackson Square—home of Dwell HQ—is the top-drawer William...
How to Wrap Five Eggs Reissued
How to Wrap Five Eggs, a mid-60s classic of Japanese design, came back into print in the US last month from Shambhala...
Three Starchitects for the Price of One at the Leeum
The rather poorly named Leeum Samsung Museum of Art (an unfortunate collision of “Lee”, surname of the Samsung family who...
American Bill Price Makes a Stir in Seoul
Perhaps I’m displaying my own design ignorance here, but I had never heard of American architect, inventor and professor of...
Seven Questions for H-Sang Seung
On a trip to Seoul last week, I met an architect who my guides called “the most famous architect in Korea.”
A Greener Version of Clorox Cleans Up
Clorox launched an eco-friendly line of cleansers earlier this year and has seen its Green Works line leap to the head of the...
Big Savings at San Francisco, Boston, LA Kartell Showrooms
I happened past the San Francisco Kartell showroom getting an afternoon coffee today and saw a very serious sale in progress.
Adjaye Tapped for Two DC Branch Libraries
This weekend I met up with a friend who lives in Washington DC and was in San Francisco for a visit.
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