Profiles

The trio behind the thoughtfully updated colonial-style Mae House in Athens, New York, discuss transforming the 173-year-old property into a part-time rental designed with people...

Chelsea Minola, founder of design studio Grain, keeps the remnants as a reminder of time spent with her family and the future she and her husband can help create for them.

Highly anticipated annual forecasts like Pantone’s Color of the Year and Pinterest Predicts write the blueprint for which styles will take over.

Her recent series includes a brioche sectional and strawberry shortcake sofa that brings new meaning to the phrase “sweet...

David Kelley, founder of Ideo and the d.school at Stanford University, uses a rudimentary measuring device to empower his students—and make friends.

Landscape designers and eco-hydrology specialists at EcoSense utilized a passive rainwater harvesting design and underground clay vessels to allow water to percolate slowly.

Master gardener Steve Turnipseed turned to untraditional ground coverings while incorporating over 100 native Floridian plant species into his design.

The surrounding wetlands inspired a low-maintenance yard complemented by native plants and a surprising lawn.

Homeowner and landscape designer Benjamin Vogt is slowly helping to re-prairie suburbia through his activism and horticulture business.

Hear expert advice for seeking out a variety of drought-tolerant plants that can thrive while welcoming butterflies and hummingbirds into your garden.

A Bay Area landscape designer brings this philosophy to life in the hills of drought- and fire-plagued California.

The Alusta Pavilion gives birds, bees, and plants a lush habitat—and human visitors a renewed outlook on the natural world.

Chuch Estudio plays with color and form to create furnishings and spaces that are seriously fun.

After discovering the sustainable art of kokeshi, Kazuki Guzmán worked it into his own design practice—and began sharing it with others.

Dwell’s 2022 list of emerging talent features meeting-the-moment furniture, lighting, and more objects for your home.

During the pandemic, Sara Simoska realized that what she loves more than anything are books—so she created Movable Furniture, a collection of oblique wooden shelving units that...

Noémie Vanoli and Karima Weber's shared Italian roots inspired their first collection of sculptural, earthy candles.

Based in Hudson, New York, Jennifer June, the designer behind Loose Parts, is committed to reducing waste by sustainably sourcing and fabricating adaptable furniture that people...

Architect Aranza García and her friends Lorena Madahuar and Natalia Ramirez launched Chuch, a design studio with a playful vibe that honors Mexican culture and everyday life.

Former patent lawyer Benjamin Gillespie channels his youthful enthusiasm for deconstructing yard-sale lamps into creating sophisticated LED-based fixtures for his studio, Ovuud.

Argentinian architects and designers Marcos Altgelt and Tasio Picollo aim for their work to not only support local manufacturers at risk of dying out in the face of globalization...

Made with polyester or traditional Japanese materials like washi, silk, and cotton and ranging from pale and semitransparent to color-saturated, Mona Matsui’s ethereal, light...

Cape Town designer Mlondolozi Hempe interweaves the folklore of his native South Africa for his furniture brand, Umongo.

For Zhekai Zhang and Keren Wang, the pair behind Studio Kae, imperfection is often the desired outcome.

Coming from a long line of Diné potters, Jared Tso crafts his vessels primarily by hand but resists conceptions of “authenticity as relying on some re-creation of the...

Irene Purasachit uses flowers and other biodegradable materials and strives for her designs to contribute positively to the environment.

Whether designers Nada Borgi and Etienne Bastormagi are working on public projects or producing furniture on a smaller scale, the urban condition of Beirut is at the heart of...

With studios in Buenos Aires and Milan, artist and industrial designer Cristián Mohaded works closely with artisans across Argentina to produce a diverse output, ranging from...

Tiarra Bell of Bellafonté Studio uses her craft to “translate biblical stories, words, and ideologies into something...

With her organic glass vessels tinged with Mediterranean motifs, Arbib is sharing a story that spans generations, with the hope that these works will become part of others’...