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Long Island Found | Dwell
In the summer of 2007, Charlie and Rebecca Fisher noticed something odd about their weekend house, a boxy 1960s cottage in Amagansett, Long Island: “When the washer was on the spin cycle, the whole place would shake."
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Family Patterns | Martha Stewart Living
A California clan takes a spirited approach to decorating its home, boldly combining colors and print.
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Model Behavior | Dwell
Monica Förster takes a hands-on approach to furniture design. In her Stockholm studio, she whips up a flurry of tiny paper models—“3-D sketches”—that rival their full-scale progeny for beauty and craftsmanship.
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A Platform for Living | Dwell
Setsumasa and Mami Kobayashi’s weekend retreat, two and a half hours northwest of Tokyo, is “an arresting concept,” photographer Dean Kaufman says, who documented the singular refuge in the Chichibu mountain range.
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The Cheap Seats | Dwell
There are lots of handsome chairs out there, but sitting beauties that cost $250 or less are a rarer breed.
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Light on the Subject | Dwell
Don’t be fooled by his mellow, self-effacing demeanor: Architect Thomas Phifer is a master of his craft, designing daylit, minimalist buildings that meld the ideals of classic modernism with 21st-century innovations.
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All Together Now | Dwell
When Svetlin Krastev and Dessi Nikolova had their second child, they saw two options: Go broke buying a bigger apartment, or renovate their existing 620-square-foot home.
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Consumer Retorts | Dwell
“I’ve told customers, ‘Maybe you don’t need another chair,’” Chris Houston says. “Even though I sell things, I do like to remind people that you don’t need to own it to appreciate it.”
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Old Ways, New Path | Afar
In rural China, a treasured heritage makes peace with the future. “We’re trying to find opportunities for the Dong to improve their livelihood without completely altering their way of life,” says Wai Kit Lee, a professor of ethnic-minority culture. “I want to show that a village can be rich in other ways—in community, in self-reliance, in lack of anxiety.”
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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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Art & Culture

36 Hours in Austin, Texas | The New York Times

The city’s unofficial motto, “Keep Austin Weird,” blares from bumper stickers on BMWs and jalopies alike, on T-shirts worn by joggers along Lady Bird Lake and in the windows of independently owned shops and restaurants. It’s an exhortation for a city that clings to eccentricity, even in the face of rapid development.

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November 29, 2009
Food & Wine

36 Hours in Carmel-by-the-Sea | The New York Times

With its architectural mishmash of storybook English cottages and Swiss Alpine chalets, the small town of Carmel-by-the-Sea in Northern California resembles a Disneyland version of Europe. But walk a few blocks to Carmel’s steep, sandy beach and the view is pure California: a rugged Pacific coastline spangled with rocky outcroppings and ghostly cypress trees.

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January 25, 2009
Architecture & Design

A Lot in a Lot | Dwell

A Bay Area landscape designer works her yard like a jigsaw puzzle, packing a bevy of distinctive destinations into a steep and diminutive plot.

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September 1, 2013
Architecture & Design

A Platform for Living | Dwell

Setsumasa and Mami Kobayashi’s weekend retreat, two and a half hours northwest of Tokyo, is “an arresting concept,” photographer Dean Kaufman says, who documented the singular refuge in the Chichibu mountain range.

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April 15, 2011
Architecture & Design

A Simple Plan | Dwell

A Marmol Radziner–designed prefab house, trucked onto a remote Northern California site, takes the pain out of the construction process.

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January 1, 2012
Architecture & Design

A World Apart | Dwell

Inspired by her natural surroundings, a Dutch felt artist intuitively crafts a home on a northern Holland harbor.

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July 12, 2012