Olivia is the Managing Editor @archpaper and former Managing Editor of Dwell.

The Durable Yet Comfortable Cabin in the Woods
A steeply sloped site in the Wisconsin forest, plus an equally steep budget, led architect Brian Johnsen to reinvent the...
Designer Spotlight: Black Creek Mercantile & Trading Co.
Dwell chats with Joshua Vogel, the carpenter-craftsman behind the lovely, hand-turned kitchenware and sculptural pieces from...
5 Ways to Like Eich
In light of the Eichler-inspired prefab house from our Dec/Jan Issue, we found five different ways to celebrate, purchase, or...
Middle Ground
Adding less than $100,000 of improvements to an off-the-shelf prefab model resulted in a clean-cut structure at the eastern base...
10 Design Tumblrs We Love
Spend blissful hours recharging your creative battery with these ten Tumblrs we've put together to make you feel inspired, keep...
Fade Away
This past August, Scottish native, designer Catherine Aitken, won the 2012 Time to Design award, sponsored by Normann Copenhagen,...
Nasir Kassamali: Design Lives
In 1979, Nasir Kassamali, co-founder of furniture showroom Luminaire, started a talk series with designers as a way to eliminate...
Railroad Revival
It isn't often that your eight-year-old son helps you decide on an architect, but that is how homeowners Connie DeWitt and Kam...
Modern Monster Mash
For the year's spookiest night, Dwell tracked down some scarily awesome products for a hip Halloween party.
Kachelöfen Coming Up
It sounds like a sneeze, but a kachelöfen—a clay, highly-efficient, wood-burning stove used in Germany for hundreds of years—is a...
The Modern Baby: Part Two
For even more nifty nursery ideas, we checked in with the owner of online children's emporium fawn&forest and modern parent,...
Hotel Demetria, Guadalajara
“There is a saying that if you can make a business successful in Guadalajara, you can make it successful anywhere,” says Hotel...
The Modern Baby: Part One
Babies happen. They can even happen in a modern home.
A Look at Living Machine Systems
Recently, Dwell had the opportunity to tour the San Francisco’s Public Utilities Commission headquarters, which seemed...
Commune Design Loves Japan
Commune has good ideas. Opening Ceremony’s shop in Los Angeles? Good idea. Partnering with Heath Ceramics? Really good idea.
Best Desked
Although we shouldn’t admit it, the Dwell reception area doesn’t always resemble the best of modern design.
Top Design Boards on Pinterest
For designers, artists, and virtual hoarders, Pinterest is the perfect website for whiling away hours.
British Brand Mulberry Opens S.F. Outpost
British clothing company Mulberry opened their first West Coast boutique in San Francisco this past week.
Designer Spotlight: Charlotte Perriand
While working on the July/August issue (hitting newsstands July 3rd), which highlights women in design, I kept coming back to...
The First Apartment Book: Cool Designs for Small Spaces
After reading Aaron Britt’s interview with Kyle Schuneman on masculine design for our June Interior Design issue (on newsstands...
Coffee Break: San Francisco's The Mill
Although we usually focus on completed projects, it is equally interesting to check in during construction to see how a space...
Snow in Bear Valley
I snuck over to Bear Valley this weekend for some late-season skiing.
Propeller Island Hotel, Berlin
In 1997, musician Lars Storschen started renting out rooms in his house to supplement his income.