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I was happy to see architecture I did forty years ago rejuvenated by new blood.” Ferdinando Fagnola, architect Page 96 CONTENTS features 72 80 88 96 Swedish Bliss Making a Splash Adjusted for Italian Unification On the island of Tjörn off A couple return an Inflation Past meets present in COVER PHOTO BY the coast of Sweden, unusual Austrian home A midcentury aficionado Sardinia, as an architect, Benjamin Rasmussen a family builds a vacation by a modern architect and self-taught designer joined by a new team, retreat attuned to its to its former ’70s glory. melds three Brutalist villas ABOVE: builds a budget-conscious natural surroundings. he created decades ago One of the many outdoor TEXT dream house in Nashville. into one spectacular home. spaces at a multipart TEXT Sonia Zhuravlyova TEXT dwelling in Sardinia, Italy. Tiffany Orvet PHOTOS Ryan Burleson TEXT PHOTO BY PHOTOS Jason Larkin PHOTOS Shonquis Moreno Julian Broad Birgitta Wolfgang Pippa Drummond PHOTOS Julian Broad 11 Lighting control system by NOON Home. Love your switches as much as your lights. Modern design and precision dimming make a carefully-designed room look its best. Spider Pendant by Studio Italia Design. Register as a trade member for exclusive discounts: Lightology.com/Trade November/December 2018 44 116 CONTENTS 62 Manufactured in Minnesota, the Lollygagger bar cart from Loll Designs is made of recycled material (mostly milk jugs). For more American-made items, see p. 31. departments 15 Editor’s Letter 31 Modern World 44 Process 62 Small Spaces 18 Community Despite challenges of cost, French Paper Company in Dotted with color and enlivened supply chain, and competition, Niles, Michigan, takes us onto with art, a compact apartment a host of designers and the factory floor to see how in Brooklyn Heights is just the manufacturers old and new its “black licorice” paper is made. right size for a pair of creatives remain committed to producing TEXT BY Lindsay J. Warner and their growing family. domestically. We celebrate PHOTOS BY Jamie Chung TEXT BY Julie Lasky home-grown design with a PHOTOS BY Stephen Kent Johnson look at some of the best product introductions for 2018; 50 Conversation insights from seven companies Maia Smilow Schoenfelder, 110 Interiors 130 Sourcing that have been in business for granddaughter of midcentury Unwilling to settle for bland, a See it? Want it? Need it? Buy it! four to 155 years; and spotlights furniture designer Mel Smilow transplanted California couple on classic items (like the box and head of the company that turn to a New York design firm 132 One Last Thing cheese grater you probably bears his name, talks reissues to upgrade their Brooklyn condo. Jennifer Siegal reveals the have in your cabinet) that always and relevance. TEXT BY Tim McKeough significance of a little tin toy. have been, and continue to TEXT BY Tim McKeough PHOTOS BY Mark Wickens be, proudly made in the USA. ILLUSTRATION BY Sam Kerr TEXT BY Dora Vanette 116 My House ILLUSTRATIONS BY Peter Oumanski 56 Prefab A painter and avid postwar Nine shipping containers form furniture collector transforms the basis of a warmly industrial a 1963 Gene Leedy house in residence outside Denver that Winter Haven, Florida, into Get a full year of Dwell at welcomes friends and community. a showcase for art and design. dwell.com/subscribe TEXT BY Ray Mark Rinaldi TEXT BY Jennifer Pattison Tuohy PHOTOS BY Benjamin Rasmussen PHOTOS BY Matthew Williams 13 The style you love. The prices you want. IT’SWhen you want it. THAT SIMPLE. *Offer expires December 31, 2018. Valid on first order only. Some only. first order on Valid 31, 2018. December expires *Offer exclusions apply. Visit allmodern.com/promodetails to learn more. Visit allmodern.com/promodetails apply. exclusions Get 10% off* your order with code DWELL editor’s letter Ideally our homes should evolve in tandem with our culture. But lately they’ve been lagging behind. In a sense, we all are. Technology has us struggling to keep up as we encounter a firestorm of useful, entertaining, addictive, inspiring, and time-wasting images and messages daily. Meanwhile the continu- ing damage to our environment—something archi- tecture can and must address—puts our very future at risk. How can our homes be a place of calm and rest in a turbulent world, while still engaging us in culture and community? I believe the answer is in building for our time. Today American homes are rife with copies of what I call “grandma’s kitchens”—spaces that nod stylistically to the humble traditions of the past but fail to capture their magic. Drywall is substi- tuted for plaster, country-style cabinets are paired with yards of counter space, and crowds of dor- mers spring up in place of pitched roofs. That kind of detailing can feel inauthentic when imitated today. It’s from another time, another culture. In a way, I understand this impulse. Uncertainty pushes us to reach for the familiar. But instead of trying to replicate our grandmothers’ kitchens tile for tile, perhaps it is better to think about what feelings those spaces stirred in us. Maybe she had windows to the north, providing a gentle, cool light that you really loved. Perhaps you remember the smell of her bread baking in a generously sized oven. Or maybe you liked the layout, how people came in and out so openly. Seeking these emotional connec- tions to the past will help guide your design decisions in a way that is more meaningful than choosing a similar molding. Authenticity is a core value for so many of us, one that can be applied in the home. Whether you are working with an architect or just want to personally imbue your dwelling with more of yourself, everyone can benefit from thinking deeply about houses that have the power to both engage us intellectually and provide us with comfort. 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