Make an Impact
This magazine’s point is not to fetishize design, but to explore how and why it works. When one learns to spot these things, it’s easier to understand how good design thinking is possible on any scale, on any budget, in any circumstance. Most people don’t get the chance to walk a factory floor to see how an object is made. They don’t see iterations born from relentless research and development, versions pushed and pulled to find the elusive bridge between quality and cost. Very few do. This is the purpose of Dwell—to show the “try” behind the “do.” Take, for instance, the young couple who decided to leave Brooklyn after eight years of trying, and succeeding, to build careers in the design industry. Garnering bigger and bigger commissions and partnerships,…
