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Project Projects | Dwell
Manhattan-based Project Projects may be a graphic design studio, but it works in all dimensions, on the page and off.
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Misewell | Dwell
“We’re not trying to follow any trends or do anything ostentatious,” says Paul Georgeson, founder of furniture company Misewell. “We want our pieces to look great in 30 years rather than turning into hideous eyesores. We want our customers to pass this stuff on to their grandkids.”
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My House: Startin’ Spartan | Dwell
When Jay Atherton and Cy Keener met in grad school at the University of California, Berkeley, they discovered in each other a rare constellation of common interests: minimalist architecture, rock climbing, and “not talking.”
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Square Meal: One to Chew On | Dwell
Inspired by the Seinfeld episode where Kramer rescues a Merv Griffin Show set from the trash, artist and professor Jon Rubin built a ’70s-style talk-show set in the back of a Pittsburg restaurant, aiming to “use waffles to lure people into public storytelling.”
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Style Map: San Francisco | T: The New York Times Style Magazine
Outer Sunset, just south of Golden Gate Park, is a quiet, atmospheric neighborhood where thick fog frequently obscures the trim pastel houses, Asian groceries, and surfers cycling down to Ocean Beach. Until recently, you'd never call it cool.
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Splendor in the Grass | T: The New York Times Style Magazine
The San Francisco Patient and Resource Center, or Sparc, is not your average pot club.
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Off The Grid: The New Pioneers | Dwell
In the land of large mountain lodge wannabes, two California natives tuck Utah’s first LEED for Homes–rated house onto the side of Emigration Canyon.
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36 Hours in Salt Lake City | The New York Times
There's a new party in Salt Lake City. Utah liquor laws were normalized in 2009 for the first time since 1935, allowing patrons simply to walk into a bar and order a drink, as if they were in any other city.
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In The Modern World: Protect and Conserve | Dwell
In construction-mad Beijing, “development happens at a crazy speed, like a tsunami,” says Matthew Xinyu Hu. The 2008 Summer Olympics bore the brunt of the bad rap, but in truth, Beijing’s historic city center had been at risk for far longer.
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Learning on the Job | SAAS in Focus
Every May, SAAS's 12th graders step beyond the classroom for their Senior Project, a month-long internship that builds on the entrepreneurial skills they've been developing throughout their education. We visit 7 project sites to learn more about the meaning and impact of this signature experience.
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Off the Beaten Path | SAAS in Focus
"We do want to embrace a healthy amount of risk," says Matt Edenfield, Outdoor Trips & Travel Director. "We strive to offer trips where students can convert danger, fear, or anxiety into achievement and mastery through skill, cooperation, and hard work. The reality is that this is where real learning happens."
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Furniture Complex | GRAY
Don't call him a designer—intrepid artist Roy McMakin is scything out his own creative path.
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Good Neighbors | GRAY
Architect George Suyama takes “not in my backyard” to its (semi)logical extreme.
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Bringing it Home | GRAY
Legendary New York City–based architect and iconoclast Steven Holl pays tribute to the Northwest, the place where his obsession with light and space first took hold.
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Finding Beauty | GRAY
Studio Gorm, a husband-and-wife creative team based in Eugene, Oregon, elevates the mundane with their quietly elegant designs.
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Architecture & Design

Hecho en Oaxaca | Dwell

An experimental shop in Oaxaca, Mexico, is resuscitating the region’s ancient crafts traditions and bringing indigenous artisans’ designs into the 21st century.

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July 19, 2011
Architecture & Design

Homegrown | Interior Design

Something fresh has sprouted amid the rolling vineyards and cow-dotted farms of Northern California’s Napa Valley. The Carneros Inn, the wine region’s first new resort in 20 years, takes its design cues from its surroundings: barns, silos, ranchers’ cottages, and orderly rows of grapevines marching across the landscape.

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February 1, 2005
Architecture & Design

Hotel Lautner | Dwell

Two Los Angeles designers resuscitate a down-at-the-heel midcentury by the legendary architect—and give fans a chance to spend the night.

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June 15, 2012
Architecture & Design

Hygge House | Dwell

A few hours into a visit with Peter Østergaard and Åsa Olofsson at their house in Vedbæk, a coastal town 12 miles north of Copenhagen, the couple is parsing the meaning of hygge.

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March 12, 2012
Art & Culture

In The Modern World: Protect and Conserve | Dwell

In construction-mad Beijing, “development happens at a crazy speed, like a tsunami,” says Matthew Xinyu Hu. The 2008 Summer Olympics bore the brunt of the bad rap, but in truth, Beijing’s historic city center had been at risk for far longer.

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June 1, 2010