Design and Architecture
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From your iPod to the Freedom Chair to the Walt Disney Concert Hall, design and architecture shape our world. On DnA: Design and Architecture, host Frances Anderton talks to design world leaders about the latest in products, fashion, graphics, architecture and more, in Los Angeles and beyond.
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Selling Architecture as Art; Disney's Small World
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Richard Neutra's famed Kaufmann House in Palm Springs goes on the block in May, to be auctioned off in Christie's Fine Art sale. What does this mean? Plus, an update on a classic Disneyland ride.
Guerrilla Stores; Edible Estates
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Comme des Garçons has opened a temporary "guerrilla" store downtown. New York's Storefront for Art and Architecture is touching down on Sunset for a month. What's going on with high-style, low-impact design outlets? Plus, AD seeks new design talent, Fritz Haeg attacks the suburban front lawn, and California design goes on display.
BCAM Comes to Town
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It's by a blue-chip architect and filled with blue-chip contemporary art. So how is the new BCAM at LACMA? Find out when we talk to Renzo Piano, Michael Govan and others. Plus, where should you eat in LA if you want to be heard?
Politics Meets Design
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The message behind the architecture of America's new embassies, and the fashion industry's efforts to legislate against piracy. Plus, LA hardware stores and why women love them.
The Serious Business of Designing Toys
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Toys may be made in China but many are designed in Los Angeles. We visit the Otis College Department of toy design. Plus, a conversation with Thom Mayne and other LA architects who are "Making It Right" with Brad Pitt in New Orleans. We'll also go design shopping with "The Scout," David A. Keeps.
Romantic Spanish Meets Cool Modern
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Is your idea of California living Romantic Spanish or Cool Modern? Hear from Diane Keaton and others about the quintessential LA home. Plus, hot wheels at the LA Auto Show and hot colors at Wilshire and Vermont.
Will LA Fashion Week Make Waves This Time?
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LA loves fashion but its Fashion Week rarely makes waves. Could this be the Week it does? Also, green machines for living in, design Japan-style, great houses of LA's Gilded Age, and a tribute to Herbert Muschamp.
The Incredible Being of Lightness
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Can light be form or mass? We look at the art and architecture of light, with artist James Turrell and others. Plus, Hippy Modern Californian design, and a preservationist talks about falling in love with a building he fought against.
A School Even Teens Will Love
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Can a high school be as enticing to teens as an iPod or a shopping center? Should it? Plus, microcars and Sprinkles Cupcakes.
The Wild West Meets the Wild East
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Much of US manufacturing is being outsourced to the Chinese, but when it comes to architecture, they are hiring -- from the US and beyond. Plus, the iPhone and the Dreamliner, the Santa Monica Swim Center and remembering the late George Yu.
Only in LA! A 'Green' Gas Station and Trash-as-Animals
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An eye-catching gas station at Olympic and Robertson has been certified as "green." Plus, refuse becomes wildlife at the Skirball Cultural Center.
Architecture in the Shadow of Stalin
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The Los Angeles Philharmonic is revisiting the music of Stalin's Russia. We hear about Stalin's "Edifice Complex" and one American's experience as an architect working for the dictator. Plus, the Left Edge at New York's International Contemporary Furniture Fair.
Garden Design in an Age of Drought
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The Southwest is in a drought. What does this mean for gardens in Los Angeles? Plus, Intelligent Living, the ugliest building in Los Angeles and a very popular typeface.
Los Angeles Furniture: A 'Scout's' View
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Furniture designers are hard at work in LA, but where do you find their creations? Plus, what is enlightened development?
When Is Green Design 'Greenwashing'?
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Will bamboo floors, denim insulation and solar power really make your house kinder to the earth? Hear what's really green and what's greenwashing in the growing business of sustainable design. While we are at it, we'll hear about the new "green" parking structure in Santa Monica, and plans for un-sustainable architecture in Abu Dhabi.
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Host
Frances Anderton along with hosting DnA, is a producer for Warren Olney's Which Way, L.A.? and To the Point on KCRW. In addition, Anderton is the L.A. Editor for Dwell magazine.
Tapes & Transcripts
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DnA Calendar
Flux Screening Series
May 13, 7:30pm: This month's offering includes work by Syd Garon, Sam Spiegel, Sage
Vaughn, Barry McGee, Shepard Fairey and Marcel Dzama. Hammer Museum, Westwood
LA Defines Design/Design Defines LA
May 14, 7:30-11:30pm: AIGA's annual gala honors local graphic designers Archie Boston, Michael Hodgson and Petrula Vrontikis as Fellows. Elevate Lounge, Downtown LA
Slow It, Spread It, Sink It!
May 17, 10am-4pm: Series of hands-on workshops for
preventing storm-water pollution by Jenna Didier, Freya Bardell and
Glen Dake. $35 per seminar, register online. All Shades of Green, Silver Lake
Through May 17: Temporary storefront by the NY non-profit features a photography exhibition of Soviet architecture. 7176 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood
Daly Street Lofts tours
May 16-17 and 24-25, 12-6pm: Architect Joseph Giovannini leads tours of his artistic lofts in Lincoln Heights. 2450 Daly Street, Lincoln Heights
Bungalows & Roses
Through May 24: David Jonason's paintings of Pasadena landmarks, including many of the area's famous Craftsman houses. Hollis Gallery, South Pasadena
California Video
Through June 8: Comprehensive survey of California
video art, animation and short films from 1968 to the present. Getty
Center, Brentwood
Dwell on Design
June 5-8: Frances Anderton, the editors of Dwell and dozens of speakers in a four-day event that includes a conference, trade show and home tours. Registration required. LA Convention Center, Downtown
The Vision and Art of Shinjo Ito
Through June 29: Over one hundred pieces by the Buddhist sculptor, including engravings, calligraphy, drawings, photography, video installations and other artifacts. Westwood Art Forum, Westwood
Phalanstery Module
Through September: Installation inspired by Jimenez Lai's comic book challenges the ideals of a utopian city envisioned by Frank Lloyd
Wright. Through September. M&A, Silver Lake
Comme des Garçons Guerilla Store
Through
February 2009: First of the Japanese brand's temporary stores to
open in the US is also the first high-fashion store to open in
downtown. 125 West 4th St at Main, Downtown LA
DnA Calendar edited by Alissa Walker