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Jordan Kushins is happiest when crafting but also enjoys drinking tea, swimming in outdoor pools, and Singin' in the Rain, and once baked a very large cake that was shaped like a hamburger.

Braided Rag Vessels
Ever since I got my hands on a copy of Meg Mateo Ilasco's latest book, Crafting a Meaningful Home, I've been flipping through...
New Media: Sight Unseen
Jill Singer and Monica Khemsurov met as editors at the venerable I.D. in 2005 and both developed a passion for peeking behind the...
Industrial Design: Atelier Takagi
After graduating from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2002 with a degree in furniture design, Jonah Takagi traveled the...
Subports: A Text-to-Buy Business
Will Robison and Jacob Krupnick believe that transforming basic transactions into “retail experiments” will change the rapport we...
Matali Crasset
Design iconoclast Matali Crasset—notably bespectacled and bowl-cutted—spent her youth in the French countryside before finding...
Pouffe! There It Is
Versatile like an accent pillow or throw, a pouffe need not match your living-room set to settle in and look right at home.
3D Typography
Does the alphabet take on more meaning when it’s freed from the confines of cast-in-lead movable type, pen and paper, and the...
Reflects Well
“The first floor was about making something warm and woody that would blend into the natural environment,” architect Stephen...
14 Modern Pendant Lights
Flying high in the air with the greatest of ease or low over a table to accent your meal, a pendant illuminates the room like no...
Live from the Floor: Touch and Inhabitat
There's an epic amount to be browsed through on the Dwell on Design show floor this year, and we're all having a blast checking...
Met Life
Climate-controlled high-rises make sense when the changing seasons bring extreme temperature shifts, but in Bangkok, year-round...
Storefront Newsprints
Few forms of reading leave a physical reminder of the act itself, but to page through the two volumes of collected newsprints...
Uncomfortable Conversations
Picture this: You’re standing on the subway.
Milan 2010 in Color
If Milan 2010 were introduced as a new Crayola color, some might argue that "Ash Cloud Grey" would be the most appropriate shade.
First Works
Chronicling the eponymous exhibition from earlier this year at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London,...
Definitive Collections
We all know not to judge a book by its cover, or people by the company they keep.
From Frankfurt: Heimtextil
January in Frankfurt is pretty darn cold, so it feels fitting to be here at Heimtextil browsing all the lush materials that are...
Stephen Burks
For years there’s been a divide between manufactured first-world luxury items and handmade third-world crafts, but industrial...
Jaime Salm Reviews 15 Energy-efficient LED Lights
Forever replacing bulbs might fast become an act of the past as long-lasting, energy-efficient light-emitting diodes (LEDs) make...
Design Activism: Public Domain
Though it’s quite popular to proclaim that design can change the world, even the best-laid plans aren’t enough to make a...
First-Class Cabins
From the familiar log model to Swiss chalets and Swedish friggebods, cabins are the simplest of structures, made from local...
Exploring the Plastiki
Plastic waste is a huge problem.
The Norsk Face
Marianne Lien and Lasse Altern Halvorsen opened Pur Norsk in Oslo in 2006 to seek out and promote the finest in Norweigan design.
Alessi's Fall/Winter Collection
The business of product design is a family affair for Matteo Alessi, Director of Trade Marketing and International Development at...
Ford + Ching Comes to Oakland
It’s been a busy few months for Willard Ford and Andrea Ching.
Wright at Home: 1930-1965
While airport terminals aren't necessarily known as venues for stellar art exhibits, it's always a nice surprise to find some...
Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan Reviews 5 Sleeper Sofas
From sitting and sleeping to lolling and loitering, these new sleeper sofas are workaholics of relaxation—on either the day or...
Viola Park Kitchens
Viola Park, a new company owned and operated by handcrafted cabinet brand Henrybuilt, offers the opportunity to revamp your...
Alexander Girard at Urban Outfitters
Alexander Girard has certainly been spreading the love lately.
From ICFF: MIsewell
Two brothers from just south of Milwaukee are making waves in New York as the Editors’ Choice pick for New Design at ICFF.
From Milan: Everyday Life Shop
Despite the fact that the small corner storefront was a bit off the beaten path for foot traffic, not listed in the Interni...
From Milan: Q&A with Inga Sempe
Moustache is a new French company debuting their contemporary home furnishings at Salone this year.
From Milan: Q&A with Jason Bruges
Jason Bruges is showing in Milan for the first time with Established & Sons.
Don Norman Reviews 7 Modern Faucets
Far from fickle, faucets function best when they’re running hot and cold.
Tino Schaedler at DoD 2009
We're thrilled to announce that Tino Schaedler, from the Art Directors’ Guild, will be a speaker at Dwell on Design 09 in Los...
Q&A With Faythe Levine
After a sold-out, standing-room only viewing of the new Handmade Nation movie in San Francisco, I got in touch with director...
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