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Design and Architecture

A Field Operation in Santa Monica

Hosted by Frances Anderton Jun. 21, 2011
Can you design a great park by committee? Also, Japanese design, on display at Dwell on Design and Little Tokyo Design Week. Plus, the new Los Angeles Design Festival.

Can you design a great park by committee? Hear from High Line designer James Corner Field Operations and the citizens of Santa Monica about how they created a singular vision out of a collective process. Also, Michael Sylvester and Hitoshi Abe tell us about Japanese design -- on display at Dwell on Design and Little Tokyo Design Week. And we'll get an update on the new Los Angeles Design Festival.

From this Episode:

Japanese Design in Los Angeles

With the devastating Japanese earthquake and tsunami still less than four months ago, Japanese culture remains at the forefront of Angelenos's minds. Two events coming up in...

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Design by Committee

Two weeks ago, landscape architect James Corner attended the splashy opening of Phase II of The High Line , the disused elevated rail-line that he and his firm James...

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Frances Anderton

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