Design and Architecture
A New Twist on Tie Dye; Never Built
Alissa Walker talks to Jennifer Parry Dodge about tie-dyeing. Matt Holzman reports on another LA project that was Never Built: Elysian Park housing by Richard Neutra.
By Frances Anderton • • 25m ListenJennifer Parry Dodge has brought tie-dyeing into the digital age, while continuing a regional tradition of coloring with natural indigo and cochineal, a dye made from insects who feast on prickly pear fruits. Alissa Walker reports. Plus, Matt Holzman reports on the “Never Built” Elysian Park Heights housing by Richard Neutra that crumbled on red-baiting, unfamiliar accents and fears of a community being destroyed.