These designs make us want to cut a rug.

These artists, makers, and small businesses are essential voices in the design community.

Today’s top black designers and architects tell us about their design philosophies—and speak about diversity in the field—for...

Devoted to creating a more sustainable, ethical, beautiful world, these entrepreneurial women are the names to know.

Artist David Hartt’s new work transforms the Beth Sholom Synagogue with tropical sights and sounds that reflect on the Jewish and...

Ancient and emerging technologies promise sustainable answers to water shortages.

In the bustling Mission District, Windy Chien’s Victorian home bursts with creative energy.

Once an engineer in South Africa’s mine, Mpho Vackier now applies her pragmatism to designing for her innovative furniture...

If not for the dawn appearance of the bear, which came loping toward Maem Slater-Enns and her then six-month-old daughter as they...

Resembling in form and function ancestors such as Jean Prouvé’s prefab Tropical House, Architect Fred Friedmeyer’s prefab...

From Mali to Morocco, ancient African designs infuse this new line of functional art.

Bitter black brew got you down? Lackluster crema floating in your cup? With the assistance of an espresso expert, Dwell evaluates...

An anti-“Cribs” before “Cribs” existed, the fascinating collection of global portraits turns the gawking of others that humans...

The Design and Innovation stage closed the day with a bang in a fast-paced Pecha Kucha-style presentation of six potentially...

This holiday season, consider treating your favorite people to gifts that come with a feel-good bonus.

A San Francisco woodworking studio for kids a both carpentry skills and an appreciation for design thinking.

The Academy Award winner drew inspiration from Mesoamerican architecture, East African fishing villages, and Zaha Hadid works to...

First, they tore down the walls of the former boarding house.

When David Carmel decided to propose to Kirsten Axelsen, he was at home in Manhattan and she was in Ethiopia, working to...