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.)

Anglepoise’s Original 1227 was launched in 1934, and is considered the archetypal lamp from the British company. The lamp took off where other contemporary task lamps left off, using a newly developed constant spring technology to create a lamp that was extremely flexible and adjustable, while also maintaining a consistent balance and stability.

During the 2004 renovation the Wilsons replaced the plywood siding with cedar, and used reclaimed brick to maintain the home’s classic appearance.

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.

Desk and table lamps typically provide light in a downward direction, illuminating the surface directly below it rather than providing a general glow, which prevents them from often being used as ambient lights.

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.

Classic mid-century furniture like the Eames lounge chair in Cohen’s bedroom populate the home, a nod to his long life in architecture.

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.

The newly released Original 1227 Brass Desk Lamp in Dusty Blue is both cheerful and sophisticated.

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

A new office sits at the front of the house, and its moody walls and bookshelves contrast the other rooms' mostly light and neutral palette.

Chickens foraging in an enclosed garden with vertical planters.

Completed in May 2018, the Crossfield Street House is the residence of architect Jonathan Pile, his wife Katherine, and their five-year-old son.

In this updated 1950s Portland home, a light gray Neo sofa by Bensen harmonizes with warm wooden walls, ceilings, and floors, as well as a red-and-mustard-yellow vintage rug.

The box-shaped extension plays off the familiar farmhouse typology, creating a series of intriguing contrasts.

A painting by Ginger’s grandmother hangs above a midcentury dining set Ginger found on Craigslist.

A modular shelf system by Alu provides a more sculptural take on the classic bathroom vanity in this Toronto home.

The light-filled foyer was part of Goodman’s original design for Unit House No. 6, upon which the Wilson’s model is based.

With four children under the age of six, the Ruells have learned not to be overprotective of their collection of contemporary and vintage furniture. In the living room, an Eames lounge chair and ottoman sit on a Moroccan rug from M.Montague, while the family’s eldest child, Mirene, surveys the indoor/outdoor view. Throughout the house, Kolbe windows and fixed glass (in existing jambs) were added to increase energy efficiency.

Linda Taalman and Alan Koch, of Taalman Koch Architects, completed work on their glass iT House, a lovely, minimal home that tests the limits of living lightly on the land in the desert near Joshua Tree National Park. The bath and basin in the bathroom are by Duravit, and the orange wall is by Three Form.