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Design and Architecture

Building homes near freeways, 'Rick Owens: Furniture'

Hosted by Frances Anderton Mar. 21, 2017
The White House wants to roll back fuel economy standards. Could that mean more air pollutants coming out of car tailpipes -- just as LA is seeing a surge of home construction along freeways? And a fashion world provocateur, Rick Owens, talks about designing furniture inspired by land art and brutalist architecture, and raising existential questions on the runway.

Photo: A typical LA traffic jam. (Prayitno)

From this Episode:

Building homes near freeways

The 110 and 105 interchange in Los Angeles Photo courtesy of Rémi Jouan President Trump has proposed rolling back CAFE standards, the gas mileage levels set for cars...

11 min

Fashion provocateur Rick Owens

Installation view of "Rick Owens: Furniture" at MOCA Pacific Design Center Photo courtesy of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.

16 min

Credits

Host:

Frances Anderton

Producers:

Frances Anderton, Avishay Artsy

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