Your week in design events from DnA.
1. Driving LA
This seminal 1970 photograph by Julian Wasser of Joan Didion leaning against her white Corvette (for her book, Play It As It Lays) is among images in a show at Craig Krull Gallery, that explores how car culture shaped the built environment of L.A. from “billboards, dingbats, car washes, drive-ins, freeways and maps-to-the-stars’-homes.”
When: On view until August 23, 2014
Where: Craig Krull Gallery; 2525 Michigan Avenue, Building B-3 Santa Monica
Tickets: Free and open to the public.
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2. International Toy Sale
Don Adler has collected toys from around the world since 1973, and now he’s putting them up for sale at a fundraiser for the Craft and Folk Art Museum. Pick up something unique, and support a local arts institution!
When: July 18-20
Where: Craft and Folk Art Museum; 5814 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles
Tickets: Free and open to the public.
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3. Come in!
A+D Museum shows how young designers and architects, working in a range of scales, are being influenced by Los Angeles (and how they in turn may influence Los Angeles) in a new exhibition.
When: July 19-August 31, 2014
Where: A + D Museum; 6032 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles
Tickets: Included in admission. Click here for price info.
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4. Local Not Local
Where: Levantine Cultural Center; 5998 Pico Blvd., Los Angeles
Tickets: Free and open to the public.
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5. See Life
See Life is an exhibit on view at Hinge Parallel Gallery by Joshua Abarbanel that consists of wood sculptures that are created using laser cutters, then hand-finished, assembled and arranged and are “part of his on-going exploration of forms and patterns often found in biological, botanical and geological structures.”
When: on view until July 26, 2014
Where: Hinge Parallel Gallery; 8545 Washington Blvd., Culver City
Tickets: Free and open to the public.
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And don’t forget to listen to our most recent DnA “Reclaiming Public Space–at the Beach and at the River”