An Art-Filled House With an Eccentric Floor Plan Sits on San Francisco Bay
A house with a pinwheel-shaped plan becomes a wide-open home for two art and design collectors.
An Architect Unites Three Brutalist Villas He Designed on Sardinia in the 1970s
Forty years after creating a cluster of utopic villas, Ferdinando Fagnola returns with a new team to create a single retreat.
The Feiz Brothers: Pursuing Clarity in Design
Two Iran-born brothers—each running multidisciplinary studios, 5,000 miles apart—discuss the similarities and differences in...
Designer Focus: Brad Ascalon
As commissions for new furniture and lighting roll in, third-generation designer Brad Ascalon carries on the family tradition.
Turkish Contemporary Design at ICFF 2013: WantedDesign
This May an exhibition of contemporary Turkish design was on display at the third installment of the Wanted Design fair, a...
Furniture Designer Spotlight: La Chance
An enterprising duo mines their respective creative and business backgrounds to create a furniture collection with French roots...
Istanbul, Turkey
Dwell traveled to Turkey’s most cosmopolitan city for the first annual Istanbul Design Biennial, discovering a modern heart...
Stoa Design
A philosophical designer based in Beyoğlu relies on handicraft, woodworking, and the universal meaning of nature.
Byzantium Boom
The former Constantinople isn’t all Ottoman-era carpets and ruins: A cutting-edge art, dining, and travel scene overlays its rich...
Veliero Shelving by Cassina
In 1940, architect Franco Albini made a single model of his ship’s rigging-like Veliero bookcase for his Milan home—where it...
Studio Gorm
John Arndt and Wonhee Jeong Arndt named their studio after the made-up word “gorm,” an invented antonym to the real word...
An Introduction to Retail Design
The ancient Greeks did it in the agora; the Romans did it in the forum; Persians did it in the bazaar (“the place of prices”);...
A Poor Fit
Even high-design dressing rooms, rare as they are, rarely function or inspire as the shop floor can. That may be changing, though.
Patent Vending
Rescued from its long tenure as the home of processed snacks, the vending machine is enjoying a moment of unprecedented glitz.
Glass Appeal
There’s a fine art to getting you to gape—one that shop-window designers of all stripes must learn.
Just Browsing
Personal devices are the new frontier for shops peddling their wares. Have a look at how your toddler will shop.
6 Illuminating Reading Lamps
If your manuscript is far from being illuminated, it’s time to drop the task at hand and find a new lamp to read by.
Kitting Out Kitchen and Bath
The most intensely used rooms in the house depend on good plumbing, ventilation, and electrical systems, and contain the highest...
Clever Details Increase Property Value
Doing something unique can increase a home’s resale value.
J. Abbott Miller and Ellen Lupton
"We thought design was this incredible discovery as a field, and yet no one was making it interesting.
The Power of Paint
Students are redesigning their environment under the guidance of Publicolor, a nonprofit organization founded in 1996 by...
Urban Vessel
"I'm used to spending time on boats," says New York based architect and interior designer Page Goolrick, who has been sailing...
Public Defender
Zoe Ryan has written art and design articles and books, helped curate shows at the MoMA and the Victoria and Albert Museum, and,...
Rest Easy: 3 Eco-friendly Mattresses
As the ill effects of many a mattress become crystal-clear, never before has the saying “You snooze, you lose” held more weight.
Marimekko Tour
Beyond a shining white foyer and a canteen infused with fragrant lunchtime aromas, Marimekko’s Helsinki headquarters hides a...
This House Tells the Time With an Oculus
In Galileo’s day, men counted their pulses to tell time.