Japan Style: A Modern Take on East Meets West

Writer Lisa Katayama sees innovation triumphing over tragedy in Japan in the wake of the Sendai earthquake.

A 400-year-old icon of Japanese design inspires generations of modern architects.

A Brooklyn architect shows what a little elbow grease, a healthy dose of naïveté, and a decade can accomplish.

The right workspace can transform your creative life. Dwell puts six desks to the test.

In Amsterdam, architect Pieter Weijnen demonstrates the exponential rate at which green design is advancing.

Step inside Marimekko’s printing factory for a look at how its iconic textiles come to life.

If good fences make good neighbors, then Shino and Ken Mori are the best neighbors ever. They invite us past the charred cedar facade of their Southern California home.

Made of hardy Scottish materials and holding a Japanese heart, this Edinburgh house shows that two architects from disparate cultures can design a home that bridges the gap.

Inspired by tansu chests and raw materials that show patina, a pair of Sydney-based architects renovated their own home—slowly.

This Canadian duo searches out top Scandinavian and Japanese designs and brings their best finds back to this Toronto shop.

Tatsuro Kiuchi finds beauty in the banal, even in a fleeting look at his homeland through the window of a bullet train.