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San Francisco-based Design Within Reach (DWR), a retailer of well-designed furnishings and accessories commissioned longtime Airstream collaborator Chris Deam to come up with a holistic model for an Airstream that would perfectly telegraph the DWR core values of authorship and curated authority in design. The DWR Airstream travel trailer is a tribute to classic modern design, but it’s not only a potential museum piece, it’s designed to be part of your life. Hitch up and drive wherever you want to go—the middle of nowhere (Joshua Tree? Canyonlands?), or the middle of Manhattan, where you can now see a vintage Airstream in the Museum of Modern Art. Drive all night, or unhitch and linger: the DWR Airstream is designed for both. Modern American and European designers were tapped to provide the dramatic flooring, the engineered textiles for the dinette cushions and window treatments, as well as Italian laminate countertops and perforated metal accents. The interior also includes a high quality Sony sound system and flat screen TV, and optional wireless external speaker. The DWR Airstream is a mere 16 feet, 7 inches in length. Although compact, the efficiency of design is simple, yet incredibly functional. The exterior features Airstream’s famously sleek aluminum skin design and custom pull-out awning. The interior incorporates a new design sensibility, unique materials, and modern classic furnishings — Hellerware indoor/outdoor dinnerware, a Nelson Ball clock, British designer …