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Conference, June 5-6
What happens when Dwell editors drive the agenda? A roster of more than 50 incredibly talented and diverse speakers ranging from legislators to practitioners to activists, discussing everything from urban gardening to a mandated LEED program for LA. The conference follows two parallel tracks but we encourage you to veer from the linear and sign up for any panel that sparks your interest.
Speaker List
Thursday Conference Sessions
Friday Conference Sessions
Exhibition, June 6-8
Everything you ever wanted to know about modern design in one very big place: 200+ exhibitors, an entire neighborhood of full-scale pre-fab strcutures completely landscaped and furnished by Dwell. Plus you'll get hands-on, actionable advice and information from architects, designers and other trade professionals.
Exhibitor List
Home Tours, June 7-8
Get out of the ivory tower and into some real homes. We’ve set aside Saturday for single-family dwellings on the Westside and Sunday for urban dwellings downtown.
Why Attend?
- One-on-One with the most innovative minds in design.
- Meet the people who are moving and shaking the industry.
- Experience 55,000 square feet of ideas with over 200 exhibits.
- Chat up Dwell editors.
- Visit a pre-fab community complete with furniture and landscaping.
- Leave inspired and motivated to be at home in the modern world!
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Industrial magnate Andrew Carnegie probably would not have imagined his garden scattered with a patchwork of picnicking families, a jazz trio, a liquor sponsor and the cocktail-toting singletons that seem to come along with the latter. This, however, has been the fortunate case this summer on Fridays at the Cocktails@Cooper-Hewitt. Tomorrow is the last one.
Dorrie and Paul Markovits wanted to add a retreat to their Coldwater Canyon property. Taking advantage of the hillside, they created an oasis of calm, modern architecture.
The suburban Winnipeg, Manitoba neighborhood Greg Loeppky and his family live in is engulfed in natural splendor. Boreal forests, large swathes of agricultural land, and thousands of lakes dot the area. Flora, fauna, hockey, and traditional architecture abound in this beautiful corner of North America. Modern design, on the other hand, not so much.
Housing's future doesn't lie in wood or steel, young man-it's plastics. Specifically, expanded polystyrene (what some call Styrofoam).
There is a man who designs everything from environmentally-sensitive light rail systems to small bedside tables. His name is Jasper Morrison, the mind behind products by Alessi, Vitra, and Samsung. His work, from tableware to urban design, tables to elegant toilets, all are characterized by the utmost simplicity and European economy for line and space. Best yet, his tables-like his Hannover municipal rail system-are environmentally-considerate.
Philip Wood Founder and Creative Director |
Andy Lipkis Founder and President |
Sean Knibb Founder |
Don Chadwick Founder and Principal |
Freya Bardell Principal |
Enrico Bressan Principal & Co-Art Director |
Angela Brooks, AIA, LEED AP Principal |
Tristan Butterfield Creative Brand Strategist |
John Chase Urban Designer |
Mary Cordaro Healthy Sustainable Home Specialist |
Lori Dennis, ASID, LEED AP Principal Interior Designer |
Jenna Didier Founder, Materials & Applications |
Jhaelen Eli Design Consultant |
Theresa Fatino Chief Creative Officer |
Willard Ford Partner |
Monica Gilchrist Green Building Resource Center |
Steve Glenn Founder and CEO |
Fritz Haeg Principal, Fritz Haeg Studio |
Scott Johnson, FAIA Design Partner |
Christoph Kapeller, AIA Principal |
Michelle Kaufmann, AIA, LEED® AP Founder and Chairman |
Roger Kurath, Architect MA/FH/EC Founder and Principal |
Alejandra Lillo Partner |
Elena Manferdini Principal
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Sebastian Mariscal Founder and Principal |
Leo Marmol, FAIA Managing Principal |
Cara Mullio Principal |
Lorcan O'Herlihy, AIA Founder/Principal |
Rose Olson, AIA Director of Development |
Francisco "Cisco" Pinedo CEO and Founder |
Michael Pinto, AIA Principal-in-Charge |
Greg Reitz Founder and Principal |
Mark Rios, FAIA, FSLA Founding Principal |
Janet Sager Partner |
Cass Calder Smith, AIA Principal |
Paul Solomon Founder and Partner |
Katherine Spitz, AIA, ASLA Principal |
Doug Suisman, FAIA Principal |
Patrick Tighe, AIA Tighe Architecture |
Walker Wells, AICP LEED AP Director of the Resource Efficiency |
Tone Wheeler Principal Architect
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Rachel Winokur Founder and Lead Designer |
Benjamin Ball Ball-Nogues Studio |
James L. Atkins Partner |
Special Guest: Eric Garcetti Council President |
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Akeena Solar
Akeena Solar installs turnkey solar power systems for residential and small commercial businesses.
Alicia D. Keshishian Carpets of Imagination
Custom handmade carpets of contemporary & mod-trad designs with a touch of whimsy. Colors subtle to striking using vegtable or AZO-free low impact dyes. Rugmark Licensee.
Animavi
Contemporary Design for Sustainable Living® Timeless in design and durable in construction Animavi products are intended to last lifetimes. We believe Sustainable Design = Good Design.
Berkeley Mills
Berkeley Mills builds premium hardwood custom furniture designed to make every room in your home or office a peaceful and efficient backdrop to your life.
Built
Built inc. works in the tradition of modern designers, building and furnishing unique spaces -having complete control with uncompromising approach to color, quality, durability and style.
Claudia Endler Designs
Claudia Endler Designs, the premier creator of distinctive, contemporary jewelry that combines the best of graphic design, art, and architecture. The designs feature a series of stunning architectural and geometric inspired elements that create sculptural visual effects of both movement and substance.
Davis Studio Architecture + Design
pieceHomes™ by Davis Studio Architecture + Design: Modern. Sustainable. Standard + Customizable. Affordable. With our strategic partner, XtremeHomes™, we are re-thinking the way factory-built homes are created.
Monrovia
Monrovia® ... growers of the healthiest, hardiest, most beautiful plants guaranteed to make your garden thrive! Raised in exclusively formulated, nutrient rich organic soil, our plants are the strongest. With more than 2,200 varieties -- from low maintenance to high fashion -- we have something for everybody and every garden style. www.monrovia.com
EcoSmart Fire
EcoSmart Fire creates a full range of environmentally friendly open fireplaces, which require no utility connection. Fueled by a clean burning and renewable energy source.
Empyrean International, LLC
Empyrean International offers a diverse range of sustainable home building systems developed in collaboration with architectural design partnerships and in-house specialists. High quality, fully integrated, panelized post and beam homes are efficiently manufactured in our own factory controlled environment to minimize material waste, improve overall quality and streamline construction schedules. Local & Global.
Food Map
Grow your own edible garden in the modern Food Map Container. 100% post-consumer recycled HDPE. Rubber wheels for mobility.
HOM
The HOM™ product line embraces simple elegance and a clear sense of purpose. Based on sustainable materials and environmentally sound construction techniques and transportation methods, HOM™ is a one-stop resource for manufactured housing, furniture, products, and systems for living respectfully and lightly on the land.
Kirei
Modern Design, Naturally. Kirei Board, Kirei Bamboo, Kirei Wheatboard and Kirei Coco Tiles are beautiful natural materials which can help your projects qualify for LEED credit.
kitHAUS
kitHAUS. Our sleek modern modules are constructed from lightweight sustainable aluminum and can be assembled in days. Backyard or Outback architecture for the design savvy.
Laguna Bamboo
Laguna Bamboo is the leader in Bamboo Cabinetry. We are known around the world for our custom bamboo kitchens and baths.
Loewen
For luxury homeowners — and the architects, designers and custom builders that create their dreams — Loewen is the brand that delivers an unrivaled combination of experience, artisanship and environmental sensibility in an extensive line of Mahogany, Douglas Fir and FSC Douglas Fir windows and doors.
Loll Designs
Outdoor furniture for the modern lollygagger. loll creates maintenance proof furniture for improved outdoor living with sustainable style.
Marmol Radziner Prefab
Easy to customize, Green and modern. Steel frame modules built in our factory, Delivered complete. Marmol Radziner Prefab combines the efficiency of factory-built homes with the benefits of custom residential design. Our homes are not a kit of parts.
Mash Studios
MASH Studios specializes in the design and manufacturing of custom environments for commercial and residential spaces. With a team of top designers, engineers, and state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities, MASH Studios continues to redefine the office, the retail space and the home through their creative vision.
McCloud Designs
indoor/outdoor environments custom architectural water features functional and aesthetically designed elements well defined - inspiring - timeless
Modern Cabana
Modern pre-fabricated accessory structures designed around the vision that additions should be affordable, solidly built and easy to install. Green designer units range from 100-1000 square feet.
modwalls®
modwalls® “Architectural Surfaces That Inspire” offers gorgeous glass tile in a range of colors, sizes and finishes as well as stainless steel tile, porcelain penny rounds, and co-friendly cork and natural river stone. Custom glass tile blends are available in 1 week. Retail and To-The-Trade.
Neo-Metro
Neo-Metro represents contemporary style for alternative restroom spaces. As a specialized manufacturer of luxury stainless steel plumbing products, we provide the market with a wide range of bath fixtures to outfit any modern residential or commercial application.
OHIO
OHIO is committed to designing and manufacturing furniture that will last a lifetime. Elegant and refined, OHIO draws on the tradition of modernism while using the most ecologically sustainable material available today. By selling direct from our, OHIO brings the highest quality for the best price. Each piece is handmade in our workshop in San Francisco ensuring short turn around times.
Orangepiel
Technical fabrics allowing seamless printed and acoustic ceiling and wall applications for commercial, retail, and exhibition spaces. We provide the palette.
ORB Audio
Designer friendly home theatre. Big sound from a small package. Award winning sound ranked #1 small speaker. Web direct business model. Small speakers for smart people.
raumplus
raumplus provides German engineered sliding, swing doors and fixed panels made-to-measure in North America. raumplus offers a modern aesthetic with an option for every budget.
Semigood
Semigood Design is a multi-disciplinary design studio offering a broad range of expertise in hand crafted solid wood furniture, graphic design and illustration. We take our craft seriously, not ourselves.
Sidecar Furniture
Founded in 2006 by David Johnson and based in Los Angeles, Sidecar Furniture creates modern, well crafted designs for everyday living. Each piece of furniture is created by hand using traditional woodworking techniques. Sidecar Furniture specializes in using reclaimed and sustainably harvested lumber, petrochemical free finishes and nontoxic glues.
Spark Modern Fires
Established in 2005, SPARK Modern Fires is redefining the gas fireplace. Providing a long-awaited design update to a classic fixture, SPARK’s clean, elegant design is reinstating the gas fireplace as a choice for the contemporary designer.
Stepstone, Inc.
Stepstone, Inc. offers the ultimate in durable, aesthetic hardscape detailing. Since 1963, Stepstone has been manufacturing high quality precast concrete products including wall cap, pool coping, pavers and stair treads. Precast concrete guarantees a quality job every time!
STORViNO
STORViNO is the only modular and transportable wine storage system in the world. For the wines you have and the spaces you have to store them in.
The Sliding Door Company
Put your project on the right track. The Sliding Door Co. offers truly innovative products that can help turn problems into solutions into design showcases.
The Value of Architecture
The Value of Architecture is a full-service network of Architectural Realtors who specialize in properties with design integrity. We understand good design and the benefits of an aesthetic lifestyle. We get it!
Yolo Colorhouse
YOLO Colorhouse™ is a zero VOC, Green Seal certified paint in a palette inspired by nature. Learn about our new exterior collection, YOLO Colorhouse Outside.








