Design and Architecture
A Field Operation in Santa Monica
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.
By Frances Anderton • • 28m ListenCan 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.
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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 Corner Field Operations helped convert into the now famous park in the sky on the Lower West Side of Manhattan. Last week he was in Santa Monica before the City Council…
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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 the next month have a special emphasis on Japanese design.
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