SHUN CLASSIC CHEF’S KNIFE, 6" $157 Shun Classic’s tasteful and contemporary design features a beautiful Damascus-clad blade and D-shaped ebony pakkawood handle. Behind the knife’s beauty is function: a razor-sharp blade offering precision performance.

Eric Ripert invited Dwell into his personal kitchen he co-designed with Poggenpohl and made us the perfect cod basquaise.

Designed for cooks who appreciate quality tools, Stelton’s Pure Black Knives are a cutting-edge kitchen essential. Each knife is forged from a single piece of stainless steel, so the handles morph into the blades without the interruption of a different material and color.

Chambray and wax cotton chef’s apron, $80, from Tilit. Made in New York, Tilit's aprons are wax coated and hardier than most, resisting all manner of cooking messes.

Assembling the seafood tower, courtesy Giorgione restaurant.

Chef's Towel from Snowe, $25 at snowehome.com As handy for wiping up spills as tying around the waist as a half apron, this machine washable towel, spun from Belgian linen in Italy, will be a cook's best friend.

Samsung developed its Club des Chefs line of kitchen appliances with input from Michelin star-rated chefs.

Check out the guides for 2012 and 2013, and stay tuned from now through mid-December for more great gifts for 2014.

The chef's table offers an intimate area to enjoy the cuisine of rising culinary star Josefina López Méndez against a dramatic backdrop of zigzagging black-and-white tiles.

These gold plated steel cheese knives from Anthropologie will add a modern Midas touch to any cheese board.

Maple Spread Knife, $100. Photo by Nikole Herriott

Wasabi Knife, Spoon, and Fork by Sohdo, $16 to $18 each. (Hint: For more cutlery, skip over to a recent Dwell.com post on new modern flatware designs.)

Designed by FX Balléry and available through A+R, the Pik's three connected vases perform an understated balancing act, while cheery accent colors and pale wood nod to Nordic design.

"I wanted the bones of the house to be bold, strong and simple,

The architects incorporated sustainably sourced parota wood into the living room’s sunken seating area. The Turn Tall side table is from Blu Dot, and the pillows are from West Elm.

A young Finnish designer bypasses building permits by creating an affordable tiny home under 100 square feet.

The journey through the dark tunnel to the new, light-filled addition is both a texturally interesting and atmospheric experience, where the contrast between old and new, dark and light, can be felt.

When unfolded, the WorldBed measures 25-inches wide by 75-inches long by three-inches thick.

When compressed, a WorldBed measures 25-inches wide by 25-inches long by one-inch thick.

Bialetti's new Aeternum saute pans come in eight-inch, 10.25-inch, and 12-inch diameters. The 12-inch version comes with a lid.

SQ Trivet by David Okum for Field, $90 at Field Online Using simple manufacturing processes (bended steel with a ceramic coating), Okum's American-made trivet brings minimalism to the countertop. Watch the fabrication in action at Field.

This dorcas knife holder from Lostine is double sheath for kitchen knives—stitched leather attaches nicely with with copper nails for use with butcher block tables

Some of the promising young chefs recently profiled in Los Angeles magazine.

Seated on a George Nelson bench, feline resident Miu Miu gazes through the east picture window at the ongoing construction. Sharing the bench is a quarter-inch-to-one-inch-scale model of the house and addition.

This Finnish bread knife from the 1950s is fearsome indeed. It was manufactured by Jernbolaget.

If $138 (or $78 for a paring knife) isn’t ideal, you can just as easily spend far less on a solid 8-inch chef’s knife—Victorinox’s Fibrox is a steal at $40. Less expensive models, however, are bound to have a shorter lifespan.

A couple enlist Butler Armsden Architects and Leverone Design to reimagine their home as a multigenerational meeting point. In 1963, landscape designer Lawrence Halprin devised a master plan for a community that would live in harmony with the natural environment. The resulting Sea Ranch, which stretches 10 miles along the Pacific coastline in Sonoma County, California, is characterized by timber-frame, wood-clad structures that are in dialogue with the local climate and terrain. Sited on a bluff within this pioneering community is the vacation home of a lawyer couple. After purchasing the residence in 2007, they lived in the home as it was for four years, even keeping the previous owners’ furniture. Envisioning a retreat that would accommodate their extended family and guests, they then recruited Butler Armsden Architects and Leverone Design to help guide the project.

Lisbet measures in at four-and-a-half inches in height and three inches in diameter.

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The blades on the Furtif Evercut series are made from titanium-carbide that’s been laser-bonded. It will last “300 times longer than standard steel and five times longer than ceramic,” according to the manufacturer TB Groupe.