A built-in closet and chalkboard surface in the entry keeps things tidy and the couple's to-do list in order.

do it: the compendium, Independent Curators International (ICI), New York and D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc., May 2013, 448 pages. ISBN: 978-1-938922-01-5. Foreword and acknowledgements by Kate Fowle and Frances Wu Giarratano. Introduction by Hans Ulrich Obrist. Essays by Bruce Altshuler, Hu Fang, Virginia Perez-Ratton, and Elizabeth Presa. Available to purchase at Curators International.

The house has the feel of a refined barn: The kitchen flows into the dining area, then into a den. The two PISE “chimneys” serve to demarcate the transitions and visually unite the space.

De Waart added a chalkboard to the kitchen for writing memos and for drawing, as Tammo does here.

The kitchen is perfect both for eating and for doing projects.

Born 1968 in Zurich, Switzerland, Obrist currently lives and works in London, where he is co-director of exhibitions and programs as well as director of international projects at the Serpentine Gallery. Obrist’s prolific career has included such accomplishments as curator of the Museum in Progress, Vienna (1993-2000), curator at the Musée d’Art Moderne (2000-today), and curator and co-curator for more than 200 solo and group exhibitions and biennials internationally since 1991. Obrist’s other accomplishments also include the New York Prize Senior Fellowship for 2007-08 from the Van Alen Institute, and roles as a contributing editor for Abitare, Artforum, and Paradis Magazine.

As part of Sculpture for Strolling (2005), Pistoletto advises participants: "After reading the daily newspaper, immerse it in water then form a small sphere by compressing the wet newspaper with one's hands. Enlarge the sphere by adding new daily newspapers soaked in water. Continue this procedure until the sphere is a meter in diameter. When well dried out, roll the newspaper sphere outside in the streets and the squares as a "sculpture for strolling."

Berkeley, CA based artist Lutz Bacher provides a much needed dose of reality for her do it instructions. Instructions for do it, 2012, Courtesy of artist.

Though we’ve yet to try it for accuracy, artist Alexandre Singh demonstrates how to turn wine into Pepsi. Alexandre Singh, Instructions for do it, 2012, Courtesy of artist,

For his contribution to do it, Thai artist Rikrit Tiravanija includes a recipe for a spicy paste. The above image and demonstration come from the vast archives maintained by ICI.

Though not included in the book, Claire Fontaine’s piece is poignantly minimalist, and majorly straight to the point. Claire Fontaine, Instructions for do it, 2012, Courtesy of artist.

Oscillating from the light-hearted to the profound, some of the most intriguing instructions are also the simplest. Jérôme Bel Shirtology, 2012 © Tate, 2012; Photo: Tate Photography, Gabrielle Fonseca Johnson

No stranger to taking on multiple projects across disciplines, a playful David Lynch demonstrated how to make a ricky board. David Lynch, Do It: How To Make A Ricky Board, 2012, Courtesy of artist.

According to ICI: “Featured in at least 50 different locations worldwide, including Australia, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Mexico, Costa Rica, Slovenia and Uruguay… The driving force behind the exhibition is aptly summarized in the words of Marcel Duchamp, who states that ‘art is a game between all people of all periods.’ He is only one of several predecessors to have shaped the modus operandi of [do it], which also draws from…art of the 1960s and 1970s as well as Fluxus practices.” Called a “middle finger to Art” by some, this project deliberately tries to hone the anything goes attitude which has fueled revelatory movements ranging from Conceptual and Minimalism to punk rock.

Making a splashy entrance at this year’s NADA Art Fair, do it’s booth created a wall-to-wall forest of orange tomes and installations for visitors to peak at.

The house’s small square footage also necessitated that the bathroom do double duty as the laundry room.

Original elements such as the curved glass windows, added in the 1930s, remain, as does the original parquet floor.

When open, the garage enables the owners to work on their vehicles while visiting with neighbors who do the same.

Do North Water Bottle, $28 at askovfinlayson.com For the eco-conscious traveler, there's this stainless steel 27 oz. design from Askov Finlayson. With each purchase of this bottle (or other The North products available from Askov Finlayson), the Minneapolis-based company makes a donation to the organization Climate Generation: A Will Steger Legacy, which is dedicated to fighting climate change. The bottles' inteirors are electropolished to not retain or impart flavors; they come in black, blue, and green.

The 510 Cabin is one of Leggitt's designs, executed with the help of student apprentices.

If you frequently entertain guests in your home, or love holding long leisurely dinner parties on the weekends, it’s a good idea to keep these points in mind when designing or remodeling your kitchen. Here are some tips on how to turn this functional area into a space that's fit and fun for gatherings.

"It's used 100 percent of the time, by the entire city," Dyrdek says of the Kettering Skate Plaza. "It's not even as exclusive as a tennis court."

The Plus House—named for the perpendicular trajectories of light and air that pass through on the top and bottom floors—is one in a series of architect-designed homes commissioned by Arkitekthus, a development company founded five years ago with a pledge to improve the quality of prefab architecture. The spruce panels that coat the second-floor exterior will fade in tandem with the zinc-coated steel that rims the glazed windows and doors. "They will go gray like we do," says architect Claesson Koivisto Rune.

Even a drainage cap does not get forgotten in Vincent's world.

Biblioteca do Palácio e Convento de Mafra I (2006) An exhibition of Candida Höfer’s renowned architectural photography is on display at Fondazione Bisazza in Vincenza, Italy, through July 27. Photo by Candida Höfer

In the light-flooded living room, Hernandez does a little work on a 1976 Italian-made Harley-Davidson SXT125.

The cover of Murakami Versailles.

Furniture designer Percival Lafer at his country home in Campos do Jordão, Brazil, in 2011.

Though she's yet to properly design a building, Velma's small office has her set up to do big things.

A handful of objects that no self-respecting cheese shop could do without.

“The owners wanted to use the site to its fullest potential, preserving and experiencing the existing oak trees to the west, the glimpses of the city skyline, and the relationship to the neighborhood,” Dwyer said. White oak was a particularly integral material in the home’s interior design, and was used throughout.

For those situations in which nothing but a good old-fashioned light bulb will do, this LED Nostalgic Clear Type lamp from Panasonic should do the trick. The bulb scatters light in all directions and gives off a warm glow, just like those energy-sucking incandescent bulbs we grew up with. It won a 2011 Good Design Award and has place of honor through November 13th at the Good Design Exhibition in the Design Hub gallery at Tokyo Midtown Tower. Don't miss a word of Dwell! Download our FREE app from iTunes, friend us on Facebook, or follow us on Twitter!

Here's Thiel standing outside of his pise workshop. The structure itself is made of mud and straw and is astoundingly cool in the hot sun. Thiel has lived in Marrakech for decades.

Pendant by Matthew Fairbank Design.

Clock by Ding3000 for Discipline.

The structure of the coop was inspired by the new bus shelters and newsstands in New York City.