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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.

Interior Designer Peter Bentel Reviews 5 Barstools
Frontways, sideways, backward, or leaning against the back. Breakfast, beers, or bitters.
New School Architecture
The American Institute of Architects San Francisco chapter has a fascinating exhibition in their gallery right now that asks how...
Debra Prinzing Reviews 4 Prefab Outbuildings
From city slickers to country bumpkins, homeowners have always longed for a special place from which to escape the toils of...
Palm Springs Modern: Wexler Steel Houses
The celebrated midcentury-modern architect’s idea was that steel was the best material for building in a desert.
Palm Springs Modern: Uptown Shopping District
For the past three years, thousands of architecture and design enthusiasts from around the world have flocked to Palm Springs for...
LD Design: Botanical Design in an Austin Airstream
In 2007, Lauren Dolinsky left her marketing position at LePorte Modern Doors to focus full-time on her true passion: botanical...
Q&A: blankblank
In 2004, Jon Dennis and Rob Zinn co-founded blankblank, a modern design and manufacturing company in Sacramento, California.
LiTraCon: Light-Transmitting Concrete
While researching innovative ways in which to use concrete, Hungarian architect Aron Losonczi’s light-transmitting concrete...
Extended Interview with Gary Hustwit
Gary Hustwit’s new film Objectified isn’t about women or using sex to sell goods and services, though he’s been asked that...
Spruce: Eco-Modernism in the Big Easy
After Nomita Joshi-Gupta’s home in New Orleans was damaged in Hurricane Katrina, she set out looking for eco-friendly products...
Designers in Dialogue
Derek Chen likens his job as founder of Council Design to that of a matchmaker.
The Thousand Watch Project
Due to the advent of the cell phone, wristwatches are dying a slow death, surmises Keith Moskow, principle of Moskow Linn...
Home Stickers
In San Francisco we’re frequently confronted with barren bedroom walls—since hanging anything that can fall in an earthquake is...
A Bolder Key Holder
We recently received a letter from Dwell reader Paula Pollachek asking for suggestions for a container in which to “collect all...
Modern Wall Clocks
We’ve started a new year and entered a new era of strained economics, so now more than ever is the time to be on top of...
Chilean Wine Barrel Breezeway
In Talca, Chile, over 50 wine barrels started a second life in 2006—though neither as planters nor avatars.
Luminhaus Lantern Shed
How do you create a tool shed to match the modern lines of a Rocio Romero LV prefab house? If you’re Barry Bless and Jennifer...
Dormitory Climbing Wall
Here at Dwell, we’re big fans of multi-purpose places: live-work spaces, home-art galleries, and products like Murphy beds that...
Modern Tractor
Over the holidays, Dwell reader Steve Rankin sent us photos from his October 2008 visit to the North Carolina State Fair...
Piece of Cake
For some, the holidays are about indulgence while for others, it’s a tricky balancing act of holiday desserts and a healthy diet.
Eco-Me Home Kit
When Robin Kay Levin’s then 36-year-old sister was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005—without any family history of the...
My Paradise: A Hundred Years of Finnish Architects’ Summer Homes Exhibit at AIA San Francisco gallery
Summer houses have always held a special place in Finnish culture—and in the careers of its architects, who have used them not...
Modern House Numbers
During this past week, I’ve stumbled upon quite a number of great modern house numbers, from the classic Neutra numbers to my...
Infusion Lounge
San Francisco is where west first met east so it makes sense that Hong Kong designer Kinney Chan’s first US project, here in the...
Perillo Chair
German designer Martin Ballendat’s Perillo lounge chair for Zuco won the people’s choice award at the Orgatec trade show in...
Craig Steely Light Wall
The owners of a 10th floor apartment in San Francisco’s Russian Hill neighborhood have what few others can boast: unobstructed...
Little Urbanites
Modernism is for moms, says Kim Sibley, and just as importantly, their wee ones too.
Billes Product Design Competition
Last weekend I headed down to the Big Easy as a judge for the first annual Billes Product Design Competition, where nine...
Prospect.1
New Orleans is known for its sultry jazz and tasty po-boys, but it’s also developing a reputation as a center for modern and...
Sacco, 40th Anniversary
A chair by any other name is still a chair but what about a chair with no legs, no arms, and no permanent seat or backrest?
Q & A: Leanne Marshall
In Season 5 of Bravo’s Project Runway, fashion designer Leanne Marshall earned the winning nod from the judges for her...
Eames Art on Etsy
Just because you can’t afford a vintage Eames chair doesn’t mean you can’t have a little Eames in your life.
Marc Tetro
Not only was MOS Archtiects’ Floating House (featured on the cover of our November 2008 issue) a big hit, so was the art hung on...
Systematic Landscapes exhibit at the de Young Museum
Maya Lin’s newly opened exhibition at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, titled Systematic Landscapes, depicts a stunning...
Blu Dot Store Opening
Minneapolis-based furniture company Blu Dot is setting up a flagship shop in Soho.
Home Certification Programs
Michele Kaufman's MK Lotus house at West Coast...
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