Dwell Magazine
Ever since my husband and I purchased our Mid-Century Modern home in the burbs of Atlanta, GA we searched for any resource we could find to educate ourselves on other similar structures and came across Dwell Magazine. Self-tagged “At Home in the Modern World” it didn’t completely fit with our new life style however, it was closer than anything else we could find outside of the traditional home magazine.
As a bit of background, Dwell is an American magazine devoted to modern architecture and design. It was launched in September 2000 by mail-order heiress Lara Hedberg Deam with architecture and design critic Karrie Jacobs as its editor-in-chief. In August 2002 Jacobs left the magazine and was replaced by senior editor Allison Arieff. Arieff subsequently resigned in August 2006, citing a “fundamental change in the magazine’s mission and philosophy” as her reason for leaving. The current editor-in-chief is Sam Grawe.
Dwell is published 10 times a year (monthly except bi-monthly in December/January and July/August) by Dwell, LLC. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, by the close of 2005 the magazine’s circulation exceeded 260,000, a 25.5 percent increase over 2004. In April 2005 Dwell received the National Magazine Award for General Excellence in the 100,000 -to-250,000 circulation category. In March 2006, then creative director Claudia Bruno and photo editor Kate Stone received the Adweek 2006 Creative Team of the Year award. Recently, president and publisher Michela O’Connor Abrams has attempted to capitalize on the magazine’s success by introducing a number of branded spin-offs, including a limited edition minimalist athletic sneaker designed by Medium Design Group and a weekly TV series on the Fine Living cable network. Dwell LLC also publishes a popular design website dwell.com and produces an annual design conference and exhibition called Dwell on Design. In addition, Dwell manufactures homes in partnership with Empyrean.
If you’re not currently subscribed, Dwell makes an excellent addition to any modern home magazine collection and we can’t recommend it enough.
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