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Design and Architecture

Back to the Future: Design in Pacific Standard Time

When experimental art was "happening" in post-war LA, so too was design, craft and architecture. Pacific Standard Time is showcasing it all....

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By Frances Anderton • Sep 20, 2011 • 29m Listen

When experimental art was "happening" in post-war Los Angeles, so too was design, craft and architecture. From indoor-outdoor living to radical ceramicists and lifestyle lessons from Barbie, Pacific Standard Time is showcasing it all. Hear about Living in a Modern Way, and much, much, more from Gloria Gerace, Wendy Kaplan, Bobbye Tigerman, Craig Hodgetts, Ming Fung, Deborah Sussman and Andy Wolf.

Banner image: Recreation pavilion, Mirman House, Arcadia, 1958 by Buff, Straub & Hensman (architect). Photo by Julius Shulman, 1959. © J. Paul Getty Trust. Used with permission. Julius Shulman Photography Archive, Research Library at the Getty Research Institute


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    Frances Anderton

    architecture critic and author

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