Dwell Kindle Edition

I'm an architect and love the houses, but mostly I find myself staring at the owners and their pets. Smug, smiling, pretending to read books or pretending to work on laptops. Pretending to garden. I love it. Have been a subscriber for at least 15 years. Can't get enough!

Dwell is probably my favorite go-to for contemporary interior design inspiration. I'm the principle for a floor covering wholesaler/designer/manufacturing company and Dwell has been a wonderful inspiration for our design department. As one could imagine, Dwell is visually captivating with beautiful full spread pictures with thoughtful editorial. One thing that I particularly love about Dwell is that the writers really dig deep into the decision-making processes of the homes they cover. They discuss the needs of the homeowners and why certain stylistic or structural decisions were made and how those decisions reflect the backgrounds and lifestyles of the homeowners. As other reviewers have echoed, unlike similar publications, Dwell puts the focus on livability. After all, a central facet of a great home is not only the aesthetics but also how the people living within the home feel and live.I guess my only reservation for recommending this publication is that the budget-conscious should be wary before using the magazine as a design bible. A lot of the products and ideas they present are beautiful but extremely costly. Of course, like everything else in life, to a certain extent you get what you pay for. Nonetheless, the photography and editorial can be a spring board for ones own more budget conscious style.

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This is one of those great magazines that pack a lot of ideas and information into each issue. I love the innovative photography, the fresh ideas, and the range of dwellings (apartments to mansions) they cover.I'm really pleased that Amazon suggested this magazine to me, and -- as usual -- offered it at a great price. If I use even one idea from each issue (and I'm likely to use at least a dozen), our home will be more comfortable, attractive and efficient each month.Sure, I get starry-eyed over the color schemes and frou-frou ideas in magazines such as Country Living and House Beautiful. However, Dwell is the one that gets me out of my reading chair and actually making positive changes, right away.

Some of the houses are really stunning. A part of the problem is that many of the houses they feature are built as modern homes. In a recent issue they showed some old homes that were converted over. What I would like to see is them taking a colonial home and converting it. That being said its a very good magazine for people that like modern homes. There is appropriate advertising that can help you outfit your home. Most of the home items shown are not top dollar, but they show you where to get things that look top dollar but are cheap. Overall its a pretty good magazine, if your into modern homes you should get it.

I've been subscribed to Dwell for a few years now and love this magazine. It always has a few wonderful feature articles and great photos. Dwell has a good balance between content and ads, but the ads they do have also highlight great design and are interesting in themselves. I am a former architecture student, but I do think that anyone who has an affinity for architecture, interior design, or furniture would thoroughly enjoy this one. I also like that the spaces they feature have a wide range of styles, sizes, and locations. In various issues I've seen all types of styles including: contemporary, mid-century, coastal, eclectic, lofts, pre-fab design, and renovations. But for the most part one thing they all have in common is good design. I'd highly recommend this one and don't see myself unsubscribing anytime soon!

I like the concept of Dwell Magazine as I am very interested in prefab/modular homes. And it is the only magazine of this kind (to my knowledge) out on the book stands. In the northeast, it was more difficult to find but thanks to Amazon.com I was able to get a subscription to this relatively new magazine. However, their pictorial shots and presentation didn't excite me in wanting to find out more about their product(s). Their editorial was at times more technical than it needed to be for the average person. Their editorial team could have done a better job in presenting more useful information pertinent to regional building requirements (pros/cons), etc. in the U.S. In fact, their advertisers were a times more exciting to peruse. I did not renew as I think they need to better understand the needs of their market.

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