News & Events
December 21, 2009
George Nakashima: The Soul of a Tree, in Austin.
DWR Austin recently curated a very special event celebrating the master woodworking of George Nakashima and his daughter Mira Nakashima-Yarnall.…
December 2009
Architecture
December 17, 2009
Building time at MIT.
I could do my job with a typewriter and a bench (and the bench is optional), which is why I’d…
News & Events
December 11, 2009
Now in Dallas: Take a magazine, leave a magazine.
Last night saw the kick off a brand new concept at the Dallas Studio. The idea is simple: In an…
People
December 9, 2009
The longest running lounge act.
When designing their Lounge and Ottoman (1956), Charles and Ray Eames asked themselves, “How do you design a chair for…
People
December 8, 2009
By George.
I stumbled upon this vintage (circa 1958) Swag Leg Armchair at Manitoga, the Hudson River valley home and studio of…
News & Events
December 7, 2009
Herman Miller brings people (and chairs) together.
At last week’s “Herman Miller: Then and Now” event at the DWR Evanston Studio in Illinois, about 40 folks gathered…
Architecture
December 4, 2009
Anyone? Anyone?
If you saw the movie “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” you probably remember the scene when the Ferrari crashes through a…
Design
December 3, 2009
Almost toasted: how the Marshmallow Sofa was saved.
In 1956, Irving Harper was working at George Nelson’s design firm when the two of them were approached by a…