Sam Grawe: Dwell Appoints New Editor-in-Chief

Michela O'Connor Abrams, President and Publisher of Dwell LLC, has announced the appointment of Sam Grawe to the position of Editor-in-Chief of Dwell. Mr. Grawe, 29, who has been with the media company since October of 2000, will assume the post effective today.

"There is no more natural a fit than Sam Grawe for the position of Editor-in-Chief," says O'Connor Abrams. "As one of our founding voices, Sam has an inherent understanding of the Dwell mission, the vitality of our brand platforms, and our goals going forward. He is a bright, thoughtful, and creative editor whose instincts and insights will be fundamental in taking Dwell forward."

Mr. Grawe joined Dwell in October of 2000 as Editorial Assistant and quickly rose through the ranks to become Executive Editor in August of this year. Prior to Dwell, he worked for The Burdick Group where he researched and wrote the museography for Churchill Downs' Kentucky Derby Museum. He has also written for Wired and Nylon magazines, co-taught a design workshop with Erwan Bouroullec at The University of Art and Design in Helsinki, and is one half of the electronic music group Windsurf (Sentrall Records).

"Working at Dwell has been the most exciting, compelling, and fulfilling job
I can imagine," says Mr. Grawe, "I am thrilled at the prospect of continuing my work here as Editor-in-Chief, leading our extremely talented creative team, and furthering Dwell's ongoing exploration of the vital issues facing modern architecture and design."

The appointment of a new Editor-in-Chief at Dwell comes during the height of the media company's most successful year to date. Revenue is up 70% across all brand platforms for 2006 over 2005. Advertising pages through October of this year, as measured by PIB, were at 1,005.56 over 811.72 pages for the same period in 2005 - an increase of 23.9%. The magazine will increase from nine to ten issues in 2007, with an eighth consecutive rate base increase to 300,000 from 275,000 taking effect with the February 2007 issue.

Dwell has received a number of accolades in its six-year history, including the National Magazine Award for General Excellence in 2005. In 2006 alone, the magazine has been named to the Adweek Hot List, Cappell's Circulation Report Best Performers, Chicago Tribune's Fifty Best Magazines, and most recently, to the Advertising Age A-list.

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