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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.

At the Printers
Brooklyn's Flavor Paper is hauling dowdy old wallpaper into the splashy 21st century, and you get to watch.
LEGO Greenhouse in London
By now its bricks have been pulled apart, its sunflowers taken from Covent Garden's North Piazza, but from September 15 to 25,...
4 Striking Wall Shelves
Bar the bookcase and forswear the end table; a striking wall shelf may be all you need to refresh a sagging interior.
Prefab Jazz
Jazz has a history of being recorded in intimate spaces.
America's Regional Design
Sure, buying American is something to get behind—we're celebrating it all month long—but if for you buying local is about makers...
Cloth Extension Cord
This month we're beating the drum of American design, with a special emphasis on those objects you just figure are bound to be...
SF's Architecture and the City
It's September in San Francisco which means that our local chapter of the American Institute of Architects is hosting its...
AC/DC on Rochester Castle
Okay, okay, this is a pretty blatant act of movie-meets-architecture branding, but man oh man I'm a total sucker for this amazing...
The Frank Lloyd Wright Protégé Behind the Most Modern Town in Michigan
Dow Chemical put Midland on the map, architect Alden B. Dow—a local scion and former Taliesin fellow—transformed its landscape.
Meeting Dieter Rams
I had the rare pleasure Friday of meeting and interviewing German industrial design legend Dieter Rams.
Japanese Design Online
As much as we admire Japanese design here at Dwell—peep the current issue, Japan Style—we rarely get across the Pacific to visit.
Kickstart Some Design II
Around this time last year I cruised through the fundraising site Kickstarter in search of a few design-related projects that...
Noguchi and "Night Journey"
This month, we're celebrating all things Japanese and modern with our September 2011 issue, Japan Style.
City Notes: San Francisco
A very unusual guide book came across my desk last week.
Uniform Wares Watches
I've long coveted a 200 series watch from the English watchmaker Uniform Wares.
IBM Selectric Turns 50
The IBM Selectric typewriter, that splendid icon of American industrial design devised by the eminent Eliot Noyes, turns 50...
Airbnb Picks
We covered our favorite beach spots in our June 2011 issue, but as you well know, summer marches on. And plenty of us (especially...
A Piece of Home
Made of hardy Scottish materials and holding a Japanese heart, this Edinburgh house shows that two architects from disparate...
Prefab Slapstick in One Week
I was in the process of researching a big prefab round-up story this week when I came across what might be the only prefab...
Heathrow Bag by Want
Seems like there's always a new entry in the pool of men's portage, but rare is the bag that manages to hold all your gear, keep...
PAS House: Skater's Paradise
Each time I spot those small, skateboard-deterring metal bars placed several feet apart on benches and other civic areas, I...
MVRDV's Balancing Barn
The Balancing Barn by the Dutch design stars MVRDV has gotten a fair bit of play around the web, but little does it better...
Cerno at Dwell on Design
The post-Dwell on Design recaps, videos, and slideshows keep rolling in. Here's a nice video that focuses on the lighting...
Beer Craft Winners
In anticipation of the talk at Dwell on Design given by writer William Bostwick and designer Jessi Rymill of the excellent home...
Best DOD Shots
When you spill lakes of digital ink and snap loads of pictures documenting your own event (tired of Dwell on Design yet, gentle...
DESIGNINGreen at DOD
Plenty of our attendees came to Dwell on Design looking to learn more about how to green their homes.
L.A. Magazine Sunday
On Sunday, June 26th, we're partnering with our pals at Los Angeles Magazine to get the inside scoop on the latest in L.A.'s...
Marketplace Q&A
This year at Dwell on Design we're collaborating with our pals over at the excellent American Public Media radio show Marketplace.
Mohawk General Store Picks
As the first of the Dwell edit crew down in Los Angeles for Dwell on Design, I've had a chance to cruise around a bit soaking up...
Dwell Design Week
Though Dwell on Design runs June 24-26th at the LA Convention Center, Dwell Design Week kicks off tomorrow and runs ten day...
Landscape Architect Marcel Wilson
The outdoors is one of our most popular topics at Dwell on Design and this year we're very happy to have urban designer and...
Modern World Awards: Vote Now
This year at Dwell on Design we're awarding our first ever Modern World Awards to the designs that move, inspire, and elate us....
Exploring Melbourne, Australia
No opera house. No Bondi Beach. No sunning celebs. This is Melbourne, home of Australia’s most thriving design scene.
Lightning Strikes Thrice
What would Ben Franklin have made of this pair of incredible videos from Craig Shimala? Shimala set up his video camera to catch...
Matter: Logo Evolution
In our May issue I wrote about the undersung Swiss mid-century modernist Herbert Matter, a graphic designer and photographer who...
Crap = Good
This morning I came across a terrific new design blog with a clean, if quirky, aesthetic.
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