Mike Chino is Dwell’s senior design editor. For the past 15 years, he’s written, edited, and produced forward-looking stories that show how good design improves quality of life for individuals, communities, and the world at large.

The Dwell 24: Autumn Casey
Inspired by Tiffany lamps and Pizza Hut pendant lights, the Florida artist shapes fantastical sculptures that give the illusion...
The Dwell 24: Yann Design Studio
Chengdu designer Yann Pu’s work strikes a balance between poles like handcrafted versus factory-produced, or local scale versus...
Did You Know the Visionary Behind the “Whole Earth Catalog” Lives on a Century-Old Tugboat?
Decades after he launched the revered counterculture almanac, Stewart Brand and his wife, Ryan Phelan, turned a derelict ship...