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LOS ANGELES, April 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Dwell on Design (www.dwellondesign.com), America's largest modern design event, returns to the Los Angeles Convention Center, June 21-23, 2013. DOD reimagines the tradeshow experience by transforming 200,000 square feet of concrete into a design incubator where prefab comes to life and design luminaires debate the issues of today. With more than 400 exhibitors, 200 speakers, 2000 products and an expected 30,000 attendees, DOD has become the...

SAN FRANCISCO, March 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- On March 7, at the 2012 Women's Leadership Conference presented by the Exceptional Woman in Publishing Group (EWIP), Michela O'Connor Abrams was honored as the 14th recipient of the Exceptional Woman in Publishing Award. Former executive editor of Newsweek and past honoree, Dorothy Kalins, presented Abrams with the award. Over 200 people were in attendance and gave Abrams a standing ovation. (Photo:...

NEW YORK, March 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Dwell Media (www.dwell.com) and Sub-Zero announce the winner of the Rethinking Preservation contest in conjunction with Dwell's February Inspired Renovation issue. The winner, the Union Depot in Keokuk, Iowa, was designed at the turn of the 20th century by renowned Chicago architectural firm Burnham and Root. The Depot is distinguished by its Romanesque Revival architecture and is on the National Register of Historic Places. (Logo:...

Live/Work Design Contest Launches Today New York, NY (PRWEB) February 22, 2012 Dwell Media (http://www.dwell.com) and Design Within Reach (http://www.dwr.com), two arbiters of modern design, today announce the launch of the Live/Work Design Contest (http://www.dwell.com/live-work), which challenges up-and-coming designers to create a workspace “classic of tomorrow” – a new home-office solution that DWR could potentially manufacture and sell. Dwell will host the DWR-sponsored contest...

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Dwell Media is proud to announce that President Michela O'Connor Abrams is this year's 2012 Exceptional Woman in Publishing Award recipient. Ms. O'Connor Abrams will be presented with the award at the fourth annual Women's Leadership Conference on March 7th in San Francisco. Exceptional Women in Publishing has bestowed this honor that recognizes publishing and media's best female leaders, since 1999. Ms. O'Connor Abrams is the fourteenth...

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Dwell Media President Michela O'Connor Abrams announced today the appointment of Amanda Dameron as Editor-in-Chief across all Dwell Media platforms, and Alejandro Chavetta as Creative Director, both effective immediately. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111222/SF26357-a) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111222/SF26357LOGO-b) "As Dwell Media continues to grow and expand its platforms there is no team...

MIAMI, Dec. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- On Friday, December 2, BMW i and Dwell Media hosted The Sustaethics Event at Art Basel Miami Beach. A celebration of sustainable design and the future of mobility by two world-class brands dedicated to innovative ideas. The event was held in the iconic parking structure designed by Swiss architecture team Herzog & de Meuron at 1111 Lincoln Road in Miami Beach. The event drew a crowd of 960 people including notable designers, collectors,...

NEW YORK, Nov. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Dwell Executive Editor Amanda Dameron appears on The Nate Berkus Show on NBC to share modern design tips with Nate's 1.8 million viewers. The show promotes Dwell's November Issue, Small Spaces. Dwell magazine, the authority on modern design, helps Nate renovate and reimagine the 200-square-foot dwelling of a young New York City transplant. The before-and-after is astonishing, validated by the young girl's ecstatic response at the unveiling....

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- On Friday, November 4, Dwell Magazine's Special Issue, Best Homes In America, hits newsstands nationwide. The magazine takes readers on a visual ride through homes that represent the very best in modern design and American ingenuity. The collectors item book takes you from the deserts of California to the gritty streets of New York to the picturesque shores of New England. Each story highlights unique design attributes that give readers great ideas...

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Dwell Media and The Junior League of San Francisco are hosting the first-ever Dwell Design Lab at Millennium Tower, San Francisco's popular modern high-rise at 301 Mission Street. Dwell has hand-selected 20 Bay Area designers and design manufacturers who have transformed the unfinished penthouse into an exhibition wonderland, bringing their most experimental inspirations and ideas to life: from hanging cloud installations, to one-of-a-kind...