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The thought of stripping down for a communal skinny dip in a salty strait might make Americans a bit squeamish, but in Denmark,...

Want to see your work in print—or pixels? It's all in the pitch.

In the 1940s, the Mutual Housing Association created California’s only successful postwar cooperative community.

A couple of months ago when I judged a furniture competition sponsored by Design Within Reach, I was lured by a chair design from...

For homemade ice cream! Whether you favor Kumquat-Poppy Seed or plain Vanilla, a home ice-cream maker lets you effortlessly craft...

I met graphic designer Mick Hodgson of Santa Monica design office Ph.D at a party in San Francisco some months back.

For their family home in Mount Washington, Alice Fung and Michael Blatt steer clear of anarchy with a little democratic design.

Leaving the bustle of Washington, D.C., architect Joe Day and his wife return to California and discover that life in a...

The host of the public radio show Good Food, founder of Slow Food in Los Angeles, and owner of the heavenly L.A. institution...

San Francisco is a hotbed for design, spanning the disciplines of art, architecture, graphic design, illustration, and more.

What sort of house might a man with the title “recycling coordinator” live in?

The Smithsonian's Kogod Courtyard, built in 2007 as a modern complement to the nineteenth-century museum's Greek Revival–style...

With Dwell on Design just two weeks away, I've been keeping busy keeping in touch with panelists.

I like my pendant lamps grouped together or in a bundle, which is why I'm excited about the recent reissue of a trio of George...

Hey Dwell readers: Remember Coolhaus? They're the new architect-owned ice cream truck that's been driving around LA from sweet...

The Spain-USA Foundation is organizing cultural events in Washington, DC all summer.

Amidst much anticipated celebration, the High Line on the west side of Manhattan has finally opened.

Brad Cloepfil of Allied Works Architecture of Portland, Oregon, has become the go-to man for museum design these days.

Design for a Living World is a new "green" exhibition at the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York City.

Though I’m moderating loads of panels at this year’s Dwell on Design, and anticipating them all quite hotly, one that stands out...

What's the secret recipe for an unforgettable dining experience? The Restaurant Design Awards will showcase the winning...

One of the newest additions to Dwell's regular sections, the Square Meal column features new ideas, businesses and products that...

With plans to turn a massive downtown Dallas parking lot into an exemplar of green design, Re:Vision Dallas announced last week...

Viola Park, a new company owned and operated by handcrafted cabinet brand Henrybuilt, offers the opportunity to revamp your...

This week in the editors' jaunts around the World Wide Web shared in international flavor (perhaps it's a summer travel bug).

Frederick Law Olmsted brought nature to New York in his carefully controlled design of Central Park.

At ICFF last month, jGoodDesign debuted several new products from their collection of hand-blown glass lighting.

Dwell in Design is a mere three weeks away and we're getting excited to welcome dozens of speakers and thousands of visitors to...

Live/work is a centuries-old practice turned overused architectural trend.

In the perfect vision of a sustainable future, products will be designed and produced based on cradle-to-cradle principles,...

While in New York last week I made a stop into the Morgan Library to see the new show Creating the Modern Stage: Designs for...

At work, you don’t usually get to choose where you sit, but at home it’s a different story.

I'll be down in Los Angeles on Thursday to speak at the bulthaup showroom and wanted to alert all our Southern California readers...

As an architect, industrial designer and writer, Emily Pilloton realized it wasn't enough to talk about design that made a...

In Salt Lake City, a place not renowned for progressive architecture, Brent Jespersen built a luminous canyon retreat—using his...