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While visiting and writing about small homes for our June 2009 “Think Smaller” issue, it quickly became clear that when space is...

Even though Dwell's crew has been jaunting all over the country as of late, rest assured they are still down to stock the larder...

A transit-oriented mixed-use development in image-obsessed Hollywood? You bet your Botox.

Big-thinker Daniel H. Pink has quickly established himself as an authority on the rapidly-transforming concept of work, and along...

In my endless trawling for new projects that meld food and design, I came across the Yellow Treehouse Restaurant—an...

Two brothers from just south of Milwaukee are making waves in New York as the Editors’ Choice pick for New Design at ICFF.

Calling all designers, inventors, and people who are tired of wrestling with unwieldy ironing boards! Just nine days remain to...

Things are fairly quiet in the west coast design world this week, as all the activity is concentrated in New York for the annual...

Our friends at Inhabitat just released a great 5-minute video from their walking tour of the green goods at BKLYN Designs.

Within blocks of the infamous Cabrini-Green complex, the Schiff Residences have become a model for bringing dignity and green...

Our homes generally celebrate design you can see, but throw open the closet doors and behold a new frontier.

After buying a modest Cliff May home in Beverly Glen, the architect residents purchased the neighboring cottage by Case Study...

Living small is par for the course in New York City, but accommodating a family of four in under 700 square feet rarely looks...

As Jarmund/Vigsnæs’s growing crop of small, smart houses have garnered increasing attention, their equally prolific civic works...

By creatively manipulating the angles and levels of exterior surfaces on this modest Polish country house, architect Peter Kuczia...

In Oakland, California, two designers transformed a 100-year-old barn into a (very) cozy home of their own by redefining the...

Great Britain has never had a reputation for great food—it is, after all, the nation where a dish called mushy peas is...

While the Western world forgets its waste with a flush, 2.6 billion people don’t even have toilets.

A century ago giant airships—–blimps and zeppelins and such—–were considered the future of air transport, but with their safety...

The challenge for airport designers is to consider the complex function of an airport and then cap it off with some truly...

Effective airport designs are often underappreciated, as it is easy to take them for granted when things go smoothly.

As anyone who has been to Peru, or Bali, or Timbuktu can tell you, travel is not merely the experience of going somewhere.

When it comes to real estate, the trailer park gets a bad rap.

Tiptoeing into the Los Angeles showroom of TOUCH, it's difficult not to obey the storefront's signage.

Sustainability doesn’t have to mean monasticism and darkness—with this zone-by-zone guide to the domestic world you know best,...

Artist Chris Jordan has become something of a cult figure for the green set, with his growing portfolio of mind-bending...

Mark Johnson started daydreaming last year about how residential architecture in his native Houston would be improved if...

I alluded to it in an earlier post on my trip to Switzerland, but one of the highlights of the whole affair was an impromptu stop...

Producing power by harnessing kinetic energy from human and animal movement is a great idea but one with few good results.

Now that we've been doing these weekly round-ups for a while, it's fun to watch the links pour in from the Dwell editors and...

Dwell's June 2009 issue just landed on our desks and it looks great! We're excited for it to hit your mailboxes and newsstands in...

South Asia is a region known for producing beautiful handmade rugs which are sold all over the world.

I alluded to it in an earlier post, but one of the highlights of my first day in Zurich was a tour through the exhibit Good...

Having children often inspires and motivates people to make changes in their lives or execute projects that have long been...

Listening to your favorite music—–from that “Blame It on the Rain” cassingle to an 8-track of Tusk—–used to be a pretty...

Tonight I’ll be hosting the next Dwell Conversation, Designing Diplomacy, a panel discussion on the intersection of design and...