IKEA’s success, North Westlake Design District, Joel Chen

Hosted by Frances Anderton Jan. 30, 2018

Joel Chen with his daughter Bianca at their showroom on Highland Avenue. Photo by Frances Anderton.

From this Episode:

IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad dies - what’s his legacy?

You can love or hate its cheap, cheerful furnishings, but “if it wasn’t for IKEA, most people would have no access to affordable contemporary design.

7 min

Echo Park might be considered a case study in gentrification, from the renovation of its lake to third-wave coffee shops lining Sunset Boulevard.

11 min

Los Angeles is full of people buying and selling furniture and decorative arts. But one of the most respected - and incurable - is Joel Chen.

10 min

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