Dwell Magazine

Overall Dwell has amazing images and are always so awesome but the writing part is our least favorite, very boring. We have followed Dwell for so many years but They should hire a better writer with more skills. We have seen Luanne’s work (Luanne Bradley) and feel her work is not good enough with this magazine. Please consider hiring somebody who is new, chic from a younger generation. This magazine is not a yellow page but is high end but we feel Luanne should seek alternative options when it comes to writing articles.

Horrific experience with the subscription office. Picked up a livingsocial coupon, redeemed it, and never got a status update on my subscription. Had no trouble with other subscriptions. Tried emailing Dwell or
, and to no avail. Finally found Dwell’s number, called them up, and was told they don’t have my account or information. Tried to go online to their website
— provided by Dwell — to look up my info. Again, no subscription. Had livingsocial call them up and again, the same sorry response. «It takes 3 weeks for us to have the information of the subscriber». What kind of monkey operation is this??? No wonder the magazines are all dying. Tis a pity because I like this magazine, but after this experience, I can only say NEVER subscribe to Dwell.

I would like to give a rave review about this mag however I have yet to receive a copy. I purchased a Groupon last month and have spent nearly an hour on phones trying to contact someone at Dwell or Blue Dolphin (their subscription service?) to verify my purchase and get an ETA. Seems all I get is automated babbling for several minutes followed by hang ups. Not worth it. I’m tempted to send YOU a bill for MY time. This is a shame and I will be reversing my subscription if at all possible. Dwell, you’re customer service is a mess.

Quality in every way. Picking up Dwell is like opening a new toy from apple. The experience is sublime. From the toothy paper texture, to color scans, to typography to content, to editing; this magazine is quality defined.
Outstanding for bringing modern design to the masses in a clean and most impressive package. Kudos!

My new favorite magazine! It will be yours too if you have any interest in modern and sustainable design. I literally squeal everytime I see it in my mailbox.

Love Dwell. Just got this month’s copy in the mail yesterday. Great articles about modern stuff. Just out of curiosity, did they change up the printing? Something looks different but still a top notch mag.
One of these days, I’ll own a prefab up in the hills. Till then, I’ll stick to my rocks.

I tend to rate magazines by how much I enjoy reading them. Dwell might be worth three stars in terms of the service is provides to the target audience, but to me, it’s just two stars.

I’ve been a subscriber now for almost 5 years and I still get excited every month.
I like to read. No, really, I’m not someone who just says that… ask anyone I know and they can vouch for my bibliophiliac nature. However, oddly enough that love usually does not carry over to magazines. It is not that I turn up my nose at them but I really feel that most of the time I’m getting a USA Today-​ized version of issues or all the content is remarkably one sided to the point of turning into the «Economist» manifesto or the «Time» manifesto.
Dwell does not evoke either feeling in me. Rather, its an amorphous quality content driven magazine. It is one of the only magazines that I actually read cover to cover that will last me about a week. Funny enough many of the letters to the editor mention this very habit and the surprise associated with that.
Speaking of the letters to the editor… usually I avoid them in magazines or newspapers like you would avoid the plague. Often I am stupider as a result from reading them. Most of the time I wish I got those precious moments that I just wasted to read the rant of someone who has too much time on their hands. When I worked at the AZ State Senate we’d call these people C.A.V.E.s (Citizens against virtually everything). There are many CAVEs who write into the editors I have noticed.
This is also where Dwell differs. These letters are normal articulate people who are passionate (not to a kooky degree) about their subject. Some of which openly criticize Dwell and it gives a great open forum for future changes as well. This is refreshing and I always take the time to read them.
Its funny… Dwell is kind of like pornography. I mean… the first flip through is to look at the ads. All these wonderful airbrushed glamor shots of fixtures, appliances, and designs. Nice to fantasize about and/​or use for personal ideas. But the similarities end there as I actually read Dwell’s articles.
The knocks: It has been increasingly trending towards upscale clientle the past 5 years. Design Within Reach’s office is next to mine and I often think of the joke of, «Yeah right. Who’s reach?» They advertise heavily in Dwell so you get the idea.
And a personal knock that I wouldn’t expect them to rectify. I have a Urban Planning background mixed with Land Use Law. They used to do a section that was community directed for analysis to see how the built environment interacted with the natural along with human interaction (all w/​the prerequisite modernist undertone of Dwell). So Dwell focus primarily of the built environment for just the living/​work aspects. I think Dwell (ing) takes place in your community as well.
The subscription price is a steal. The ideas you will get will aid in your future home design as well. (Love the «Make my home your home» segments). You also have to at least mildly like modern design.
I guess I can’t really say enough about Dwell other than I love it and it will be difficult for me to give it up.

I love this magazine soo much! I already had a year subscription, and I up for another 2 years. I love the detailed information on we can become a greener community, and designer. This magazine also has wonderful information about future ways of help producing healthier low income housing that will contribute to better our community as a whole.

Gosh love Dwell too! Love the glossy photos, and the ideas that people have.
Wish I was in the construction or design business so I can one day build my own house.
Pity we don’t build more like dwell. We’re just so used to doing the same old thing, we don’t take time out to think of alternative materials
Reminds me… I need to renew my subscription.

Dwell started out as a good magazine covering modern architecture for everyday people. Over the last few years, it evolved into some kind of Vanity Fair for mod architecture. The magazine is now pretty thick, with mostly advertising and not that much interesting or informative content. I initially collected the mag, but as the ad content increased, I realized I’m filling my shelves with 80% ads. I stopped subscribing to it a year ago. Sad. It started out so well…

by chance i came across this magazine a few years ago. somehow we ended up with a years subscription in the restaurant my buddies and i opened. now, im a regular reader. i can imagine one day i want to have one of those DWELL homes for a piece of property i may eventually own somewhere in the wine country.
(Architectural Digest is so not cool anymore.)

why did they take the analogies off of the SATs? i love analogies, i almost gave an analogy as an answer to my own rhetorical question.
anyway, dwell is great. like lauren g.‘s analogy.
i am posting because now i am so biased that it’s almost insightful. i’ve been a long time-​reader, like 5 years, which means first year of its life. its existence in san francisco was part of what drew me to the town, and i think part of what makes dwell great, because it is removed from the new york terrarium of publishing, where everyone is connected in this tiny, stiffling, overcrowded, unnatural and on-​display environment! ok, well, that’s a metaphor, but you know what i mean. dwell stands on its own, like a 20 something woman who isn’t married (how i hope dwell won’t get married) and is open to the world and other people’s ideas! seriously, write one! dwell answers all reader emails.
i know because i answer them! working there is great because it was sweet relief to find all the people behind it as smart and cool as I imagined the past 5 years.

Dwell is my breath of fresh air that reminds me why I love Architecture!
Seriously, I’ve been in love with this magazine for years, and it’s so good to see it explode like it has! Dwell covers Modern Architecture as I personally believe it should be — fairly minimal, beautiful and green. [For those who are a few years behind, ‘green’ means ‘green architecture’. If you don’t know what that means, there is always wikipedia.]
One of these days I will be shameless enough to run into their office [Osgood and Broadway] and proclaim my undying devotion.
Dwell, I love you! xoxoxo

Despite what some architects think I love this magazine. And it is based here locally in Jackson Square. It was a great idea and the magazine is good at bringing modern design to a city that can become held on traditional pretty little painted lady Victorians. Don’t get me wrong, «The Full House» houses are cute but modern can be cute too. Or better than cute, grown up even, sexy even. Like a 20 something sophisticated women. I digress. Dwell is cool.