Temple Dreams: The Rise of Greek Revival Architecture in England and America
Matt Graham
Estimated Read Time: 7 mins | June 19, 2025
The Greek Revival style, which emerged in the early 19th century, was more than just an aes...
Matt Graham
Volume: The Third Dimension Designers Sculpt
Matt Graham
Estimated Reading Time: 5 mins | June 14, 2025
Floor plans are flat promises. Real design happens when those lines rise to enclose volu...
Tadao Ando: Crafting Silence with Concrete and Light
Matt Graham
Concrete Poetics | June 13, 2025
Bare concrete, quiet light, elemental form—Ando’s spaces are meditations in stone.
Design DNA
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Plywood Veneer Matching: Turning Wall Panels into Art
Matt Graham
Estimated Read Time: 5 mins | June 13, 2025
Transform plain plywood into a statement surface—learn how cuts and matching patterns unloc...
The Rise of the Bungalow: America’s Craftsman-Driven Design Icon
Matt Graham
Estimated Read Time: 5 mins | June 8, 2025
How the humble bungalow came to define American domestic architecture—blending Arts and Craf...
The Vienna Secession: Austria’s Geometric Path to Modernism
Matt Graham
Estimated Read Time: 6 mins | June 6, 2025
Distinct from botanical Art Nouveau, the Vienna Secession fused geometric rigor, clarity, an...
The Craftsman Movement: America’s Answer to Arts and Crafts
Matt Graham
Estimated Read Time: 8 mins | June 5, 2025
How Gustav Stickley, Greene & Greene, and a new American spirit of simplicity reshaped a...
Gustav Stickley and the Rise of the American Craftsman Movement
Matt Graham
Estimated Read Time: 6 mins | June 4, 2025
How one man transformed American taste—bringing Arts and Crafts ideals to life through furnit...
Elsie de Wolfe: The Woman Who Invented Interior Decorating
Matt Graham
Estimated Read Time: 5 mins | June 4, 2025
How a bold tastemaker turned interior decorating into a profession and changed the way Ameri...