Design and Architecture
Art and Architecture: A 'Cosmic' Fusion?
Michael Govan, Charles Renfro and Linda Taalman riff on LA projects that fuse art and architecture. Plus, a look at why the design industry can't stop the knock-offs.
By Frances Anderton • • 28m ListenThe Broad Art Foundation is halfway done. Charles Renfro talks about turning a high-concept design into a reality, and Linda Taalman and Michael Govan discuss the fusion of conceptual art and architecture. Plus, did Restoration Hardware go too far when it knocked off Emeco's Navy Chair? Marissa Gluck explains the complexities of design copyright.
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4 storiesKnockoff Artists: How Design Copycats Flaunt Design Copyright
It's a design industry problem that was described by the New York Times as being “as irritating to furniture manufacturers as lice are to elementary school parents: a perennial problem and devilishly hard to eradicate.” The problem is knockoffs: copying a designer's product and often selling it for far less.
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A few years ago, New York’s High Line architects Diller, Scofidio + Renfro won the commission to design Eli Broad’s art foundation, located opposite MOCA on Grand Avenue.
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In Pasadena at One Colorado Court, you’ll find a “small skycraper” created by artist Chris Burden with architects Taalman Koch.
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When LACMA's Resnick Pavilion was first opened, a lucky few art insiders got to see an artwork installed there by Walter De Maria. It was a piece that LACMA director Michael Govan had imagined for that space.
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