“I listen like a slave to intuition. I train it like an athlete, thank it like an individual, and now I’ve come to believe that it’s not even my intuition—it’s the way the human body is linked to a bigger experience and context.”—Li Edelkoort

Portrait illustration for Dwell by Tina Berning of design trend forecaster Li Edelkoort

Exterior

Claudy Jongstra kneels with a family cat in the yard behind her office and home, which she shares with her partner, Claudia Busson, and their two sons, Eabal and Jesk. Behind her is a small dinghy that the family uses to navigate the numerous irrigation canals that traverse the farmlands throughout Friesland. Despite its modest scale, Jongstra’s studio has worked on major collaborations with Hella Jongerius,Tord Boontje, Steven Holl, andRem Koolhaas, in addition tofashion design for Alexander van Slobbe and costume work for Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.

The family shares a meal at the counter in the kitchen.

The owners wanted to have a clear distinction between the more public areas of the home and the more private ones. In the master bathroom, which is on the lower floor, tiles were used from the Italian company Trend.

Trend forecaster Li Edelkoort is organizing an exhibition called La Manufacture: A Labour of Love, looking at new ways of making objects that blend handcraft and technology.

Homeowner Nancy Church wanted a steel staircase inspired by a Jean Nouvel design. Her architect and contractor collaborated on an economical version that is used both inside and out.

The curved blue kitchen larder has a projecting “nose” that illuminates the worktop and a mirrored eye that “winks” each time the door is opened.

In Kathryn Tyler’s finished home, a palette of wood, concrete, and painted brick forms a neutral backdrop for vintage treasures, including a $30 dining table, $3 poster, and a set of 1950s Carl Jacobs Jason chairs she snagged on eBay for $400.

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You can see Chilean architect Smiljan Radic's finished 2014 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in London from June 26 to October 14. Photo by Hisao Suzuki.

This "local prefab" home on the Isle of Skye is made mostly from materials sourced in northern Scotland. The timber-framed model, meant to evoke the simple agrarian barns of the area, can be constructed on-site in as little as a day and is designed for affordability.

The landscape designer Garrett Eckbo created this garden in his backyard at the behest of the Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA). Eckbo used large quanitites of aluminum—in screens, trellises, and a centerpiece fountain—and ALCOA's advertising agency used photos of the "ALCOA Forecast Garden" to promote peacetime uses for the material. Photo courtesy of the Julius Sherman Photography Archive, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles.

This portrait of furniture maker Sophia Lithell's Malmö studio captures a work in progress, the Näver stool, which is a piece created with birch bark using traditional weaving techniques.

Maja's room is filled with toys and includes a little desk area for drawing and writing.

Black and white kitchen cabinets painted with a triangular pattern add a whimsical touch to this funky kitchen.

In her spacious kitchen, Mahnaz Fashandi prepares for Persian New Year with her brother Mohsen and her parents Mohammad and Azam.

The Pite House takes advantage of its stunning cliffside location, blending into the setting with large windows, open floor plans, and cantilevered pool which reaches towards the water below. Photo by Cristobal Palma.

The side walls have been treated as vertical extension of the horizontal surface of the garden, and are used for growing climbers such as jasmine, grapes, honeysuckle, raspberries, beans, peas, and even a climbing fig. Colorful bird’s houses and bug hotels are also mounted on the walls.

Designed for an artist and entrepreneur client, this guest house features lots of light, access to the outdoors, and an industrial vibe.

The view of the main residence from the edge of the walkway showcasing the home's extensive glazing and loft-like spaces.

When Abbie and Bill Burton hired Marmol Radziner to design their prefab weekend home, their two requests were “simple-simple, replaceable materials,” says Abbie—such as concrete floors (poured offsite in Marmol Radziner's factory) and metal panel siding—and “the ability to be indoors or outdoors with ease.” Deep overhangs provide shade and protection from rain, so the Burtons can leave their doors open year-round and hang out on their 70-foot-long deck even in inclement weather. They visit the house once a month, usually for a week at a time, with Vinnie and Stella, their rescue Bernese Mountain dogs. Their two adult children occasionally join them. The couple hopes to one day retire here.

In the kids’ room, Seamus climbs the bunk beds he shares with his siblings.

View of chalet from entry drive.

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Since the home is something of a pied-à-terre for the clients, its design is geared more toward short-term stays than full-time living. That means spaces like the kitchen are set up for entertaining. Notice the curve on the cabinetry, counter, and backsplash, which is Calacatta Macchia Vecchia marble. All of the appliances are from Fisher & Paykel, and the wall sconce is a Gabriel Scott single Welles pendant in smoked glass and brushed brass.

A single bowl sink is self-explanatory: it consists of a sink that is not divided up into separate areas.

A painting by Yael hangs near the Murphy bed in the make-shift guest sleeping quarters.

The home features silent and cozy radiant floor heating—a very forward-thinking feature—and there is not a single heating vent or visible outlet in sight.

Inside houses a cafe and multi purpose social space, which will also host special events throughout the summer. The pavilion’s dynamic shape invites visitors to move through the space, revealing its changing form. Image courtesy of Smiljan Radic Studio.

Radic’s pavilion will grace the lawn of the Serpentine Gallery from late June until October; its form resembles an orb balanced on a quarry of stones, giving the structure the appearance of a giant weightless volume. Image courtesy of Smiljan Radic Studio

The spaces are harmoniously linked by color and material palette. In the dining area, the round travertine table mirrors the paper lanterns by Isamu Noguchi suspended above, and vintage cane Cesca Chairs by Marcel Breuer completes the warm tableau.

From the Intuition trend at Heimtextil.

From the Futuristic trend at Heimtextil.

From the Hypernature trend at Heimtextil.