Innholdsfortegnelse for November/December 2019 i Dwell

When I was growing up in Allentown, Pennsylvania, the city was best known for what was no longer there. By the early 1990s, steel and other industries had mostly departed, taking with them the economic stability of a large group of people across the entire region. This now well-known narrative has played out in former manufacturing centers throughout the country. But it is important to remember that in pockets of the United States, the design industry still supports many exceptionally skilled workers. Even in Allentown, you can find a Vitra factory producing chairs by Prouvé and the Bouroullec brothers. Knoll makes Barcelona chairs not far away. And from Los Angeles to Detroit, design has become a major force for revitalizing long-neglected parts of the city. With that in mind, our…

Founder and CCO Pigeon Toe Ceramics Portland, Oregon “I got into ceramics as a way to sort of turn off my brain and make something beautiful—and hopefully to find a hobby. But like everything else I do, I found a way to turn it into a more elaborate production. In this case, a business. Today, I’m building a sconce. So, you start with cleaning the molds and deciding what color you’re going to cast in. When the clay goes into the molds, it’s a liquid. As the plaster in the mold absorbs the water in the clay, you create the shell of a ceramic piece. After the shells have finished their 36 hours of firing in the kiln, they are moved to a room where we assemble the electrical components.…

Senior Upholsterer Geiger Hildebran, North Carolina “I learned how to upholster about thirty years ago because that’s what you do here in this part of the state. This used to be the furniture capital of the world, until things happened. But if you wanted to make money, if you wanted a good solid job, you learned how to upholster, so I learned how to upholster. I love it. This chair is called the Crosshatch. You insert a small bead into the bottom of the top rail and you feed the string through that bead like you are threading a needle. As you go around the chair, you weave the strings among one another. It’s a complicated design, but it’s actually quite simple to learn. We pay a lot of attention…

At Arc’teryx, we are a group of designers, perfectionists, makers, and outdoor lovers. In a series of new stories, we sought out problem solvers who are leaning into challenges and applying design to create a greater sense of possibility. One account explores the collaboration between Japanese architects and local citizens, and architecture’s role in disaster recovery. In 2011, the tsunami that followed a 9.1-magnitude earthquake that devastated Japan’s eastern coast not only obliterated homes, it also shook a community’s sense of safety to its core. The entire nation rallied to help, including architect Toyo Ito, who had the idea to bring together fellow designers to create places for locals to gather, reconnect, and seek support. He called the organization Home For All. Up-and-coming architect Michiko Okano volunteered immediately. “Until the…

Lured to Phoenix by the promise of toasty weather and access to the great outdoors, former Montana residents Eric and Sondra McVeigh purchased a home on the outskirts of the city in 2007. “We bought the property for its proximity to hiking—there’s a trailhead two blocks away,” says Eric. On the downside, the house was small, poorly insulated, and in disrepair, so the McVeighs spent the next decade saving up for a major remodel. In 2017 they contacted architect Cavin Costello and interior designer Claire Costello of The Ranch Mine to guide their efforts. The designers suggested keeping the existing foundation but drew up plans for a new, 1,850-square-foot house. Its defining feature is a gabled volume that serves up cactus three ways. Black corrugated metal siding on three sides…

Cofounder Hennepin Made Minneapolis “I initially went to school to study ceramics at the University of Wisconsin Madison, but I discovered the glass program and was immediately hooked. Here, we’re making the Celeste, one of our new pendant designs. It consists of a fairly long blown-glass cylinder with this really beautiful, elegant fade of white to clear. I’m the gaffer, so I’m the captain of the team. My job is to direct everyone so we have consistency throughout the production session. I have a lot of trust in their skills. I want people who buy one of these to celebrate their handmade nature, knowing that each one is going to have its own aspects—you’ll see some marks of the hand and the tools. The fade is going to vary from…

Lead Fabricator Amuneal Philadelphia “I started as a sculptor, but I learned enough about craft to take on commissions and started making objects that were functional as well as aesthetic. Here, I’m working on a custom kitchen cabinet. It’s stainless steel and glass, and it has two curved doors that swing out on the sides. I’m fitting out the curved portions. I think it’s very important for people to know that there are very skilled and hardworking people who make these things come to life and look the way they do. We spend a tremendous amount of time in the shop so that you don’t see the hand in the finished piece. What you have in the end is rather slick and impressive. The fine details make it the object…

1958 POULSEN PH ARTICHOKE PENDANT The couple bought a vintage Louis Poulsen PH Artichoke pendant on eBay around the time they purchased the lot. It arrived in miserable shape and sat in their garage for years, until Sherry and John stripped its 72 petals, put in an LED light, and had the chrome ribs and top reflector refinished. HANDMADE RAILINGS To avoid welding inside the house, Sherry and John created demountable cable railings for the interior. They fashioned the railings at Sherry’s metal shop in San Francisco and then had them powder-coated. TIMBER FRAME The couple worked with fabricator Gerhard Gassner to set up the home’s timber frame. Installation took place during the season’s biggest snowstorm, but Gassner and his team completed the job quickly. “That was the coolest part…

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Nesting is often used as a metaphor for settling down, buying a house, and accumulating all of the accoutrements we assume make a comfortable life. But a bird’s nest couldn’t be further from that human conception of home. Years ago, I noticed my first nest on the ground one day after a thunderstorm. Made by a robin, it astonished me with its perfectly hemispherical form, sturdy construction, and unpretentious beauty. As I’ve continued to study nests, I’ve come to understand nesting as less about establishing a permanent home and more about the art of living lightly on the planet. Most nests are used for just a short time, but unlike bricks and mortar, their lightweight structures dissolve back into the earth, nourishing the soil when their occupants are done with…

West 26 Midwest 28 Southwest 30 South 32 Northeast 34 WHAT DOES “AMERICAN” DESIGN LOOK LIKE NOW? The United States may be too large and too diverse for a sweeping description. Different places have their own styles and sensibilities. Here, we look at objects made in the five major regions of the country, meet some of the people behind the products, and ask a few noteworthy architects to tell us what qualities define design in the areas where they live and work.…

Founder Canoe Goods Austin, Texas “I started doing leatherwork in 2009. I had been working in textiles and with wood, but I had recently moved back to Texas, and I kept coming across really beautiful tooled leather boots, saddles, and briefcases. It just kind of snowballed from there. I’m making our Sol pouf, which is based on a fractured sun design that I created. First, I stitch the individual pieces, and then it’s all put together and stuffed. Most of my design work is inspired by my personal aesthetic and my background. I’m Arab-American, and a lot of the textiles and home goods that I grew up with have very ornate, elaborate geometric patterns. I tend to take that and edit it down in my brain until I create a…

Michigan couple Liz and Kevin Hoekzema knew they wanted a home to help them connect with their lush surroundings and keep a constant eye on their four energetic kids. Located in a wooded clearing just outside Kalamazoo, the family’s Danish-style farmhouse contrasts a striking, inky exterior with a minimalist interior that easily flows to the outdoors. “We wanted to make sure we could be inside or outside all the time with open windows, open doors—all flowing out to the pool area,” says Kevin. “We also didn’t want to distract from views of the greenery” adds Liz. “We wanted natural light streaming in.” Taking experience from their design and construction company, KLH Custom Homes, the couple gave a lot of thought to the materials used and the relationship they wished to…

It’s an image out of Robert Frost. Walter Sargent would take his daughter, Katherine, hiking on the densely wooded piece of land the family owned outside Stowe, Vermont. On their many ambles, they’d pass crumbling stone walls and the foundations of centuries-old root cellars. “I’ve been coming here my whole life,” a now-adult Katherine Barr says. “We would take a turn onto an unnamed dirt road that seemed to go on forever. We’d drive past the covered bridge to the little turnoff after the old cemetery. Then we would park and go walk the land.” The untouched 40-acre property that Katherine and her father hiked until his death in 2000 is still in her family, and it now includes something new: a modern cabin built by Katherine and her husband,…

Rick Hawkins grew up on a rented farm 25 miles east of Columbus, Ohio, growing corn, wheat, and soybeans with his parents and five siblings. When the farm was put up for sale in the late 1970s, Rick, by then a successful entrepreneur, purchased it so that his elderly parents could stay on the property and the family, most of whom still lived nearby, could continue to gather there. In 2008, he did a total renovation of the farmhouse and some outbuildings, but as their grandchildren multiplied, Rick and his wife, Karen, who live in Austin most of the time, realized there was a need for more space. That’s when the idea was born to resurrect an iconic structure from Rick’s agrarian upbringing: the corn crib. The keystone corn cribs…

The neighborhood is quintessential South Philadelphia. East of the city’s Italian Market along the Delaware River, Pennsport’s streets are lined with weathered brick row houses and anchored by 19th-century school buildings and grand churches. The clubs that participate in the Mummers Parade, the colorful folk festival held on New Year’s Day every year since 1901, have their workshops along 2nd Street. The area provided the perfect canvas for artist Orna Willis and her husband, Reid, an attorney. They wanted to live in one of the city’s older neighborhoods, but they also needed an open, live-work space with a significant amount of natural light—which is not easy to find when many of the homes are more than a century old and no more than 12 to 16 feet wide. They hit…

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