Friday Finds 4.15.11
A photo-rich array of Friday Finds today. Enjoy!
Pousse Creative's Pet Houses
Designers Sebastian Haquet and Thomas Lanthier have a decidedly modern take on shelters for pets.
Q&A With Coyuchi’s Design Director Laura Jo Wegman
Though my number-one dream job remains journalist and editor (lucky me!) a close second is textile and furniture designer (third...
Building the Maxon House: Week 7
In our latest Backstory series, Seattleite Lou Maxon recounts the thrills and trials of ditching the suburbs, buying property,...
Q&A with Stephen Burks
I ventured to Stephen Burks' "Man Made" exhibit a few days after returning home to New York City from a trip to India.
Green Living in Barcelona
For some, living “green” is all about making a statement. But for Petz Scholtus, it boils down to common sense.
A Tree Grows in the Dogpatch
Located in the Dogpatch neighborhood of San Francisco, Treehouse Gallery is part of a movement of contemporary artistic practice...
Marin Home Tours 2011
Over the weekend of April 30th, join the Marin Home Tours for a chance to step into the homes featured in the pages of Dwell and...
Friday Finds 4.08.11
A reader recently wrote in and commented that in Friday Finds, "you never know what to expect." Here's to the unexpected and the...
Touring India
India is a country filled with rich colors and diverse patterns. Visual overload is precisely how many would describe the country.
Summer Squash Salad
In one of San Francisco's many multi-unit buildings from the early-1900s, Heidi Lender (with the help of John Lum Architecture...
Virgin Territory: Richard Branson
It's not everyday that you get on a plane with someone who's been to the moon, and someone who has his own spaceship, but that's...
Fresh and Baked Ricotta
In Wellman, Iowa, Joanna and Geoff Mouming concocted a fresh take on the traditional barn (making it modern with the help of...
Recipe: Pasta Carbonara
When John Spanaro and Anne Mooney built a new home for themselves and their two daughters in Utah's Emigration Canyon, they...
Recipe: Creamy Banana Jam
In Barcelona's Gracia neighborhood sits the 90-plus-year-old former residence of Art Nouveau architect Manuel Raspall, whose...
Smoked Mackerel on Toast
When Texas-born couple Hunter Hindman and Shelby Carr moved to Amsterdam an into a former artist studio, the kitchen was the...
Tomato Pork Chop Rigatoni
Andrew Mandolene and Todd Goddard's house is full of old and new.
Recipe: Gazpacho With Homemade Croutons
In 2009, just as architectural designer Chris Greenawalt and his wife, Danielle, completed remodeling their Seattle home,...
A Platform for Living
Setsumasa and Mami Kobayashi’s weekend retreat, two and a half hours northwest of Tokyo, is “an arresting concept,” photographer...
Swedish Designer Focus: Monica Förster
Monica Förster takes a hands-on approach to furniture design.
Building the Maxon House: Week 6
In our latest Backstory series, Seattleite Lou Maxon recounts the thrills and trials of ditching the suburbs, buying property,...
Hang Around and Toss Around
A year and a half ago, three Danish powerhouse designers—Lars Holme Larsen of Kilo Design, Bjarke Ingels of BIG, and Jens Martin...
Silent Disco at Sci-Arc
When talking about her new "Silent Disco" exhibition at Sci-Arc, Los Angeles—and more specifically Silver Lake—based architect...
David Byrne: Architecture in Music
This TED talk that David Byrne gave last year is such a wonderful walk through the history of music, and how the architecture in...
Friday Finds 4.01.11
In celebration of the first Friday in April, a trove of Dwell's favorite finds to usher you into the weekend.
Reissued: Jens Quistgaard Mills
While we've all heard of Dansk, far fewer of us are aware of the talented artist behind the company: Danish designer Jens Harald...
Building the Maxon House: Week 5
In our latest Backstory series, Seattleite Lou Maxon recounts the thrills and trials of ditching the suburbs, buying property,...
Ceramics by Montes Doggett
A journey through the Intertubes recently landed me at the homepage of Montes Doggett.
Graphic Design on the Radio
You may already be a fan of TV on the Radio, but how about Graphic Design on the Radio? Despite having a score of episodes under...
Modern in Tijuana
Six years ago, architect Jorge Gracia came to Dwell’s attention with a house he built for his family that was radically different...
Remembering Nick Murcutt
It is with great sadness that we recently learned of the death of the talented Australian architect Nick Murcutt of the firm...
Print Workshop
A blank canvas can really get the blood pumping. For some, the sight is a beacon. For others, it can be intimidating.
Denver’s Energy Efficient Home
John and Paige Damiano are snow worshippers.
Friday Finds 3.25.11
On the Friday Find plate today: the best damn journalism want ad ever, precocious tots tackling the most serious of nighttime...
Usefulness in Small Things
I've always been a firm believer that some of the most interesting design is found in the objects we use everyday.
Crafting a Meaningful Home
Anonymous mass production is losing its mass-market appeal, and there’s a growing movement toward owning things that have origins...