How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck was making itself an iPod docking station? Answer: An entire tree, if KMKG Studio has anything to say about it. We spotted the Portugal-based design studio’s massive iTree speaker system, which is made of a whole tree trunk, at ICFF yesterday, and found it hard [...]

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To Lindsey Adelman, jumbles of wires, piles of rocks and planks of wood are all potential pieces of art. “I often combine forms to create visual tension, such as ‘Burst,’ which looks both like a flail and a vintage broach by using hand-blown glass spi…

When building a home on a beautiful desert hillside, you have some serious site planning and engineering to consider. When designing a home nestled into the side of a rocky hill outside Phoenix, architects Jon Bernhard and Mike Wetzel of Swabuck…

When you hear the term “green building,” you might first think of solar panels on the roof or compact fluorescent (CFL) bulbs. Then you might start to think of bigger concepts, like walls built with straw bales. But while CFLs definitely have their pl…

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Co-sleeping — when babies and young children share a bed with one or both of their parents — has now been linked to reduced obesity. According to a new Danish study, children who regularly co-sleep with their parents are 70-percent less likely to be overweight when compared to kids who never sleep with their parents. So what’s [...]

What it is: Minimalism translates to living with less: less color, less frippery, less visual noise, less well stuff. It isn’t about sensory deprivation or ruthlessly cleaning house; it has more to do with choosing to focus on a handful of items you…

When he’s not completing Manhattan loft spaces for Facebook and Google executives, designing the latest Coach flagship store or working on a boutique hotel in Brooklyn with walls swathed in graffiti and antiques, architect and New Zealand native David…

Susan and Andre Oliver started their home remodel with nothing more than a napkin doodle and a great idea. Inspired by a home they saw in Dwell, the couple opted to renovate their 1940s bungalow to give it a modern layout and facade. They commissioned…