For fans of good design, great writing, and smart cultural objects, consider the Bük.

How do you squeeze maximum functionality out of minimal space? Rosa and Robert Garneau make it happen with multipurpose...

On a walk through Ligne Roset’s factory near Lyon, France, we track the multitude of steps, hands, and hours required to craft...

Like many white people of a certain age, I first visited Harlem by mistake.

When Svetlin Krastev and Dessi Nikolova had their second child, they saw two options: Go broke buying a bigger apartment, or...

Don’t be fooled by his mellow, self-effacing demeanor: Architect Thomas Phifer is a master of his craft, designing daylit,...

Stephen Shoup is the kind of person to see potential in things that others might miss.

Henrybuilt and Viola Park rank high on our list of great, modern kitchen systems (a list that includes the likes of Snaidero,...

Two hours later, revivified by a pair of conga players’ exuberant performance on the 2 train, I hustle out at the corner of Third...

Ceramic artist Michael Wisner learned much of his craft from Juan Quezada, the self-invented Mexican master who rediscovered...

Twenty-nine years after Robert Moses’s death, the mixed legacy of New York’s über–urban planner remains inescapable.

Among the vintage interior design trends, the mid-century modern designs of the 1950s are holding fast.

In our latest Backstory series, Seattleite Lou Maxon recounts the thrills and trials of ditching the suburbs, buying property,...

A few months into living in a new apartment, it's become clear that I'm one lamp shy of a fully-lit living room.

In its simplest version, QuaDror looks like a child's wooden puzzle.

In this exclusive series for Dwell.com, Linda Taalman of Taalman Koch Architecture tracks the hands-on renovation of her and ...

In the latest installment of Three Buildings, a semi-regular series where I ask people from all over the creative spectrum to...

If you're ever in Pittsburgh, you must swing by Conflict Kitchen for lunch—as I wrote in the December/January issue (and online...

The 84-block trip south to Times Square is surprisingly speedy.

While my appreciation of New York’s 24-7 public transit system remains immeasurable, I am pleased, as day two begins, to catch a...

Last week, I attended "Public Eateries: A Conversation on Designing Restaurants in the Era of Food," an event with a slightly...

Every Friday Dwell's editors, designers, and interns share a handful of their favorite blogs, videos, photographs, and stories...

Holly Hotchner knows New York.

If the "Introduction to Art Collecting" story in our December/January 2011 issue whet your appetite for art acquisition—or if you...

"Hedonistic Sustainability," scenes from New York Fashion Week, an homage to Gene Kelly, Magda Biernat's images of a...

After a long hiatus, we are elated to say that Friday Finds is back in action! From a jazz-soaked film soundtrack to vintage...

This weekend sees the closing of a number of exhibitions around the world.

This weekend features a whole host of openings and closings across the United States, from the first days of Detour: Architcture...

A cartoon created by the Dublin City Council aims to get kids to question and shape their environment.

I used to think that being a professional namer, you know, a guy who dreams up names for stuff like products, racehorses,...

Where can you find television show inspired memorabilia, vegetables disguised as cutlery, Orson Welles, James Turrell, and more...

Have a look at some on the most interestiing things we here at Dwell saw this week.

Kykuit, the Rockefeller estate in Pocantico Hills, New York, hearkens from the days of robber barons and captains of industry.

Studio eM Design’s rammed-earth home in Corrales, New Mexico, updates the regional adobe archetype into a hallmark of sustainable...