September 23, 2022
Dwell House
Let's talk about Transformers: Rise of the Design Brands.
Furniture powerhouse RH opens its first hotel (but don’t call it a hotel). West Elm, furniture company and once-upon-a-time hotelier, furnishes the metaverse. Media platform Dwell now builds houses. ROOM expands from phone booth production to interior design.
What is instigating these (literal) out-of-the-box evolutions? Between lockdowns, shipping delays, and WFH-ers staring at their furniture all day, COVID undoubtedly took the design industry on a rollercoaster ride. Are these companies simply adapting to a new hybrid work reality?
Or is this the future of brands across the board? A constant shape-shifting evolution to the morphing lifestyle landscape? One foot in the virtual world and one foot in the physical world?
Feel free to hit respond — would love to hear what you think!
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MUST-READS
Is There Such a Thing As an Ethical Smart City? // CURBED
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Meet The Korean Apartment Rental Startup Disrupting A Red-Hot Housing Market // Forbes
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A Proposed Moon Resort in Dubai Lets You Experience Space Travel From Earth // Architectural Digest
University of Virginia 3D-prints living soil walls that sprout greenery // Dezeen
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IDEA SPOTLIGHT
Dwell House
In a clear response to the new way people are living post-COVID, Dwell has introduced a product: a one-bedroom ADU house that can be purchased out-right or rented. This ADU allows people to bring in extra income, include multigenerational family members, or have a living space far, far away where RTO can’t touch them.
In addition to being a gorgeous product at a fair (market) price, it’s fascinating to see a media platform delve into the world of construction and consumer housing.
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JOB OPENINGS & FELLOWSHIPS
Project Manager // BRE Partners // New York, NY
Director of Real Estate Development // Trust Neighborhoods // Kansas City, MO or Remote
2022 Fall Fellowship: Reconnecting Communities across the BQE: Unraveling Moses’ Legacy // Institute for Public Architecture
Senior Accountant // MAG Partners LP // New York, NY
Social Media Manager & Content Creator // LANG Studio + Brick and Wonder // New York, NY
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