Moments with Winka
Award-winning designer Winka Dubbeldam is the principal of leading design firm Archi-Tectonics, NYC, a Professor of Practice at...
New Furniture from Egg Collective
Though Egg Collective opened its wood shop in Brooklyn's Navy Yard in 2011, the of-the-moment design studio has been incubating...
Christien Meindertsma: Act Local
Since graduating from Design Academy Eindhoven in 2003, Rotterdam-based Christine Meinderstma has carved a niche for herself...
From Phone to Stone: Coastermatic
Instagram has created a vibrant social platform for sharing images and simply allowing millions of people to create photographs...
Remembering Elizabeth 'Lisl' Close
To many, Elizabeth "Lisl" Close seemed a force of nature.
Modular Shelving by Objects
Barcelona architect Carme Pinós just released a new furniture line called Objects, which includes shelving, wardrobes, and tables.
Material Explorations with L.A. Firm Layer
Situated at the cross-section of architecture, art, and installation, Los Angeles–based architectural practice Layer has...
Preview 'Another Side of Ibiza'
Spanish rug designer Nani Marquina's island retreat is a feature story in our July/August "Designers at Home" issue (available on...
Rural Home on a Holland Harbor
Inspired by her natural surroundings, a Dutch felt artist intuitively crafts a home on a northern Holland harbor.
The Light Fantastic: Johanna Grawunder
To Johanna Grawunder, a turned-off chandelier is “one of the saddest things in the world.” Granted, she is an avant-garde...
Best Desked
Although we shouldn’t admit it, the Dwell reception area doesn’t always resemble the best of modern design.
This L.A. House and Flower Farm Sets the Stage for the Ultimate Indoor/Outdoor Party
An L-shaped Glassell Park home brings friends, family, and a fleet of urban gardeners together for a classic West Coast gathering.
Catenary Stool by Token
Brooklyn design studio Token cites rigging equipment, bridges, and the classic director's chair as inspiration behind their new...
Friday Finds 07.20.12
A container commune, an apartment building designed to accommodate motorcycles, an archival look at San Francisco, and more in...
A Fresh Dose of Barragán-Inspired Color Livens Up This Los Angeles Midcentury
How a resident, an architect, and a landscape designer turned a dark and beleaguered 1950s house into a family home for the ages.
Five Questions for Nitin Rao
Nitin Rao, along with Kaustuv DeBiswas, is co-founder of Sunglass, a cloud-based environment that aims to democratize design and...
Top Design Boards on Pinterest
For designers, artists, and virtual hoarders, Pinterest is the perfect website for whiling away hours.
Porches Inn, North Adams, Massachusetts
In 1985, the Sprague Electric Mill in North Adams, Massachusetts, closed down.
Happy Birthday, HVAC
Here's a random fact for the day: July 17, 2012, marks the 110th anniversary of the humble air conditioner.
Natasha Jen
Pentagram’s newest partner adopts a spatial approach to graphic design and building brand identities that go way beyond logos.
Renny Ramakers
A few words with the polymath powerhouse behind Dutch industrial-design giant Droog.
Jill Lerner
Managing principal at Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, FAIA
Elisa Orlanski Ours
This fixer brings a varied background in academia, architecture, and construction to her management role at one of New York...
Susan Kare
Thirty years ago, an Apple designer helped define the future of personal computers with three iconic icons.
Yasmeen Lari
With nearly half a century of in-the-field experience, Pakistan’s first female architect leads an ambitious nonprofit, the...
Allison G. Williams
FAIA LEEDAP, design principal, and director of design at Perkins+Will
Mojgan Hariri and Gisue Hariri
The Iran-born sisters blaze a bold path for self-employed architects: Design everything in sight.
Eva Franch i Gilabert
New York’s seminal downtown architecture gallery heralds a Catalonia-born academic, firebrand, and force of nature as its...
Laurinda Spear
Cofounding principal of Arquitectonica
Sandy Chilewich
In our July/August 2012 issue, we profiled a cross-section of women working in the design field from architects to curatorial...
Strength in Numbers
Touting a model of collaborative creativity, five young Chicagoans share talent and resources to promote the work of female...
Sixagon by Misewell
We first featured Wisconsin designers and brothers Paul and Vincent Georgeson in our December/January 2011 Young Guns round up....
Friday Finds 07.13.12
This friday, we see an alternative to the 2012 Olympics logo, learn insider tips on how to best experience AT&T Park, home of the...
131-Day House
Architect Jayna Cooper had never designed a house before, much less played general contractor, when she broke ground on her new...
Preview the '131-Day House'
Our July/August issue (on newsstands now) focuses on the work of talented female architects who found creative ways to solve...
Modern Martha's Vineyard Retreat
A Martha’s Vineyard retreat surpasses the traditional boundaries of Cape Cod architecture with a contemporary design by Harvard...