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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.

Swan Chair 50th Anniversary
Arne Jacobsen’s Swan chair is no ugly duckling—especially when upholstered in swan-white leather, finished with a pearl-white...
Grete Jalk Plywood Chair
1963 was a big one for Grete Jalk.
Lavaflow Exhibit at Mollusk Surf Shop
With photos now pouring in of newly snow-covered cities across America—or perhaps exactly because of it—we have Hawaii on our...
Building Sustainable Communities Exhibit
An inquisitive exhibit recently extended through January 2009 at the Danish Architecture Center asks “What if architecture could...
Q&A: How Jens Quistgaard Expert Mark Perlson Developed a Palate for Pepper Mills
Good things come in small packages, like Danish modernism in Dansk-emblazoned boxes.
Dashboard Confessional
A major obstacle to reducing our energy consumption continues to be our general unawareness of just how much we are using.
West Coast Green
If green design were easy, everyone would be doing it. And though it makes sense in theory, actual implementation is often easier...
California Academy of Sciences Preview
The grand opening of the new California Academy of Sciences, one of the year’s most anticipated events, is taking place this...
PH Artichoke 50th Anniversary Edition
It’s known around the world as the “Artichoke” but in Denmark, where it originated, Poul Henningsen’s iconic lighting fixture is...
San Francisco Living: Home Tours, Presented by AIA SF and Dwell
Want to jump inside the pages of Dwell and into a home featured in the magazine? You’ll have the opportunity to do that, and...
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