Design and Architecture
2014 in Tech, Style and Architecture
DnA looks back at 2014 through the lens of tech, style and architecture.
By Frances Anderton • • 36m ListenPhoto: Simon Doonan, photo by Greg Endries
In this episode
3 storiesTech in 2014: Apple, Oculus Rift and Digital Disillusionment
Was this the year of digital disillusionment? Bianca Bosker is the former executive tech editor of the Huffington Post, now on book leave. She explains why she has taken a detour from tech, and breaks down the year’s big stories, from Oculus Rift and Apple to Flappy Bird.
Read the story10 minSimon Doonan on Aging Flamboyantly, Normcore and Comedic Architecture
Your glasses should get bigger with age, normcore matters and architects are the “new comedians.” Those are among the reflections of Simon Doonan , creative ambassador-at-large for Barney’s New York, Slate columnist and author of several books including most recently Asylum: A Collage of Couture Reminiscences and Hysteria .
Read the story11 minL.A. Builds: From Chinese Mega Mansions to the Da Vinci Fire
Mega mansions with “distinctly Chinese” features , “the new L.A.” in Koreatown , and the takeaway from the Da Vinci fire. All this and what we should look for in 2015 from Christopher Hawthorne , architecture critic for the Los Angeles Times.
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