070210Spiekermann.jpgDwell spotlights the Berlin home of German typographer and designer, Erik Spiekermann', a modern seven-story house (!) filled with keen details like zip open cloth panels for access to electrical outlets, a geothermal heating system in the basement, and most impressively, a remote-controlled mountaineer’s harness to access their tomes from a 2-story bookshelf! Check out the slideshow and complete Dwell feature, A Rational Approach.

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[Photo by: Pia Ulin]