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When not writing, Miyoko Ohtake can be found cooking, training for her next marathon, and enjoying all that the City by the Bay and the great outdoors have to offer.

SFMoMA Expansion Predictions
This week, Snøhetta principals Craig Dykers and Kjetil Thorsen visited the City by the Bay to hint at what's in store for the San...
Dwellings Redux
In celebration of our tenth anniversary, we tracked down the residents of 15 of the 19 homes we featured in Dwell’s first year to...
How to Build an Off-the-Grid Cabin
Suzanne Shelton’s life work is making sustainable lifestyles attractive and accessible.
Architecture + the City Kicks Off
This weekend, the seventh annual Architecture + the City kicks off in San Francisco.
Flip & Tumble Produce Bags
Like many, I'm a big fan of reusable bags (Timbuk2's Hidden bags are my favorites) but am quite guilty of bringing home handfuls...
Heath Ceramics' Winter Collection
Though it's only August, holiday gear is already on its way (the New York International Gift Fair kicked off August 14).
Hobby House
Retirement often offers couples more time together, but when René Menten and Mikey Bienkens left the working world, they built a...
Café America Chair
At our San Francisco office, we've had reuse on our minds.
Events this Weekend: 7.22-7.25
This week we bring you three exhibitions to be sure to catch before they close.
Events this Weekend: 7.15-7.18
Our headquarters and our hearts are always in San Francisco.
Events this Weekend: 7.8-7.11
This week we bring you five exhibits worthy of getting you Out and About. From San Francisco to New York, we've got you covered.
Events this Weekend: 7.1-7.4
Happy Canada Day! Today marks the national celebration of our neighbors to the north (and the home country of yours truly).
Timbuk2 Hidden Series
The problem with reusable bags is actually reusing them.
Live from the Show Floor: method
“It’s crazy that a laundry detergent product is on the show floor at a design conference,” says Matthew Loyd, the vice-president...
Events: Dwell on Design
Welcome to this week's Dwell on Design edition of Out and About.
Preview: Joel Turkel, Prefab Design
Ten years ago, during the very first year of Dwell, we wrote about the promises of prefab.
Events this Weekend: 6.17-6.20
This weekend is one of gallery openings in all corners of the world, from a modern lighting show in Philadelphia to a Iannis...
Preview: Jon Wilson, Food Map Design
The urban-rural gap is quickly shrinking and interest in local, organic food is continuously increasing.
Events this Weekend: 6.10-6.13
This weekend features work on display by Dwell favorite's like Marlon Blackwell, Olson Kundig Architects, and Marcel Wanders as...
Events this Weekend: 6.3-6.6
Not a weekend goes by this time of year without a design show.
A Family Moves from Netherlands to Singapore
In December 2007, Nicolette de Waart, her husband, Joost Dop, and their four children moved from Heemstede, the Netherlands, to...
Soft by Molo
This year's showstopper at the Montreal International Interior Design Show (SIMID) was without a doubt the Soft collection by...
Events this Weekend: 5.27-5.30
This weekend boasts a host of exhibitions around the continent.
Events this Weekend: 5.20-5.23
This week we bring you a smattering of events and exhibitions opening and taking place this weekend along the West Coast.
Events this Weekend: 5.13-5.16
This weekend we bring you 11 exhibitions and events spanning London, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Kuala Lumpur.
Events this Weekend: 5.6-5.9
We're Out and About in America this weekend, with an exhibit opening in Indianapolis, a three-day design show in New York, and...
Craig Dykers of Snøhetta
Ask for Mr. Snøhetta and you'll receive a hiking stick and map to one of Norway's tallest peaks.
Events this Weekend: 4.29-5.2
From the 2010 Expo Shanghai to the 2011 Solar Decathalon, this weekend is packed with openings featuring spirited pavilions and...
Events this Weekend: 4.22-4.25
Tonight, celebrate Earth Day with a discussion of water management at the Museum of the City of New York and catch Quicktake and...
Events this Weekend: 4.15-4.18
This week, we're on the road.
Sky Small
Building a small home doesn’t equate to easy lifting.
Events this Weekend: 4.8-4.11
Clear your calendar: It's a weekend of closings in the architecture and design gallery scene.
Hide and Sleep
With the classic Murphy bed as muse, Japanese architect Toshihiko Suzuki transformed a standard Airstream into a versatile small...
Events this Weekend: 4.1-4.4
Though this weekend sees the last days of exhibits at the Museum of Arts and Design and the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design...
Illustrator Mike Perry
Mike Perry knows how to fill a page--and beginning this week, he's filling a 2,800-square-foot exhibition space at the...
Events this Weekend: 3.25-3.28
This weekend, check out the work of Dwell contributors and featured architects in exhibits around the world as well as new work...
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