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Design and Architecture
Design and Architecture

All You Need Is Zip Ties; Talking Product Design

Hosted by Frances Anderton Apr. 30, 2013
Jae Won Cho moved around so much he created furniture to fit his lifestyle. Meanwhile, Dieter Rams' products remain universal. A talk with two product designers.

Jae Won Cho moved around so much he designed furniture to fit his nomadic lifestyle; meanwhile the influence of Dieter Rams lives on in the industrial design classics of our time. A talk about product design, with Jae Won Cho and Dieter Rams. Plus, a "big nerd" visits an anti-"Iconic" building on Wilshire Boulevard; with Dave Bullock and Edward Lifson.

Banner image: Dieter Rams (R) with a student at Art Center College of Design

From this Episode:

Dieter Rams

Before Jony Ive there was Dieter Rams, creating hundreds of pristine and accessible products for German electronics and appliance company Braun A.G. His influence lives on...

8 min

Jae Won Cho

Jae Won Cho moved around so much he decided to create furniture he could remake anywhere -- wherever you could find zip ties. Our focus on independent LA designers continues...

4 min

One Wilshire

In the third "Iconic Wilshire Boulevard" story for cicLAvia and Pacific Time Standard Presents: Modern Architecture in LA, a "big nerd" visits an anti-"Iconic" building,...

7 min

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Host:
Frances Anderton

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