Writing Archive

Project Projects | Dwell
Manhattan-based Project Projects may be a graphic design studio, but it works in all dimensions, on the page and off.
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.”
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.”
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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."
Furniture Complex | GRAY
Don't call him a designer—intrepid artist Roy McMakin is scything out his own creative path.
Good Neighbors | GRAY
Architect George Suyama takes “not in my backyard” to its (semi)logical extreme.
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.
Finding Beauty | GRAY
Studio Gorm, a husband-and-wife creative team based in Eugene, Oregon, elevates the mundane with their quietly elegant designs.
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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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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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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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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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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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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