The fabulous Dwell on Design Show in LA last weekend showcased some amazing new products and home designs, like the organic ‘Solar Ivy‘, and the Mormal Radziner Skyline Prefab Series. Even more exciting though was the little prefab that could by Reclaimed Space, which sold on Ebay for $75,000, with a portion going to Habitat For Humanity. Reclaimed Space designed and built a 400 square foot prefab cabin, trucked it to LA for the event. The home has a contemporary mix of wood and metal in its exterior, and a beautiful interior decorated by our friends at Ecofabulous, with the help of Jeffers Design Group. We’re in love with the design, space and interior — so we weren’t surprised that it was a smash hit at the show.

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Inhabitat is happy to report that Dwell on Design, the west coast’s largest modern design event, featured more smart green design than ever before this year. When we walked the floor yesterday with Dwell Publisher and President Michela O’Connor Abrams (and the carpenter and designer from HGTV’s Carter Can show), it was clear to see that the majority of the companies showcasing their products and services at the three-day festival are paying a great deal more attention to sustainability than in the past. We guestimate that about 80% of the companies there were promoting some kind of green story – in a varying shades, of course. Read on for our highlights from the show!

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Inhabitat loves shipping containers, whether from down under or the Great North. These self-contained quadrilateral wonders are the perfect modular building unit; easily transported, super durable, and, with over 700,000 containers being abandoned per year in U.S. ports, in need dire need of being re-purposed. That’s why we are happy to see IC Green, another innovator in the field of shipping container architecture. Check out their line of modest but sustainable and stylish container dwellings as they sprout up all over Southern California, including this weekend at Dwell on Design!

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pieceHomes premiered at Dwell on Design last month with seven modern prefab designs that take full green advantage of factory-built construction. Created by LA-based Davis Studio Architecture + Design, pieceHomes hold the promise of thoughtful integration of materials, technologies, and site considerations with both custom and standardized modular architecture at affordable prices.

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Dwell on Design continued today, with great design and discussion both inside the conference hall and outside, where prefab structures from kitHAUS, great green products, and sleek exterior grade furniture took center stage. Shades of Green Landscaping created the planted park appeal and softened the parking lot outside. Inhabitat featured kitHAUS in the past, but this time we were able to engage in a deeper conversation about sourcing materials, such the Brazilian Ipe wood featured in their latest designs.

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The first day’s events at Dwell on Design are coming to a close, and the star-studded line up and community-centered discussion didn’t disappoint. The morning started off with a bang with Mark Lakeman, Co-Founder of City Repair Project, who set the bar high, talking about community empowerment and grassroots organizations taking their communities into their own hands. Michelle Kaufmann, always a crowd-pleaser, spoke mid-day about her approach to prefab housing and her practice’s design strategies for greener lifestyles. Read on for more of the day’s highlights, and be sure to come by the conference Sunday at 3:30pm, when Inhabitat’s Managing Editor Emily Pilloton will be speaking about humanitarian and green design as community development tool.

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Dwell on Design is coming to San Francisco this weekend, and we can’t wait for the star-studded line-up and great discussions on the topic: “Building Community in the Modern World”. Inhabitat’s Managing Editor Emily Pilloton will be speaking as part of the Community Forum on Sunday at 3:30pm, focusing on green and humanitarian design as community development tool, so make sure to stop by and say hello! The action starts Friday with a full-day lineup, followed by a half-day conference Saturday and the Community Forum on Sunday. See you there!

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Dwell on Design is coming back to San Francisco, and we’re counting the days already. Running Friday, September 14th through Sunday, September 16th, this year’s focus looks towards “Building Community in the Modern World”. Inhabitat’s Managing Editor Emily Pilloton will be speaking as part of the Community Forum on Sunday at 3:30pm, focusing on green and humanitarian design as community development tool.

Dwell is passing along the love to all Inhabitat readers by providing discounts on the two basic registration fees: enter INBLOGP for the Passport registration and INBLOGB for Basic registration for savings. Early bird registration ends August 21st, so the sooner you reserve your spot with Dwell on Design the better.

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We love the work of Jennifer Siegal’s Office of Mobile Design, and at this past weekend’s Dwell On Design conference in Palm Springs, I had the opportunity to talk to her in person about green architecture and her prefab designs. The recent completion of her ShowHouse serves as a great example of efficiently and effectively executed prefab construction combined with a seamless integration of green materials and technologies.

Watch the video here or read on for the interview transcription.

+ Office of Mobile Design

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The Inhabitat team is on site here in Palm Springs at the Dwell On Design conference, and we’ve just wrapped up a full day of lectures from distinguished speakers on topics such as Visions of Utopia and the Future of Desert Architecture. This morning’s lineup included a panel discussion and lectures by architects, designers, critics, and historians, focusing on the legacy of mid-century modern architecture in Palm Springs.

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Just a little reminder that the Dwell on Design conference is happening December 1st-3rd in Palm Springs – that’s THIS WEEKEND, design aficionados! The conference boasts a great lineup of speakers, events, and home tours, so if you’re a design fan in the southern CA area, you shouldn’t miss it. Although it’s getting down to the wire, you can still purchase tickets online and get a $75 discount through Inhabitat if you use our special code “HABITAT”.

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Following September’s San Francisco installment , the Dwell on Design conference series continues in Palm Springs December 1st-3rd, and boasts a great lineup of speakers, events, and home tours. We are media sponsors this time around again, and the best part is that our friends at Dwell have offered a special registration discount for Inhabitat readers to attend the weekend-in-the-desert design event. Enter code HABITAT on the registration page to receive $75 off (in addition to the early bird ticket rate valid through November 15th).

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Most people associate Resolution: 4 Architecture with prefab — especially their work for Dwell’s custom prefab collection. The last time we saw RES4 was, in fact, at Dwell on Design, but what captivated us was not so much their gorgeous modern architecture as a little accent piece they created recently for a charity event: a birdhouse inspired by the classic urban tennis-shoes-over-the-telephone-wire trick.


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