Design and Architecture
Back to the Future: Design in Pacific Standard Time
When experimental art was "happening" in post-war LA, so too was design, craft and architecture. Pacific Standard Time is showcasing it all....
By Frances Anderton • • 29m ListenWhen experimental art was "happening" in post-war Los Angeles, so too was design, craft and architecture. From indoor-outdoor living to radical ceramicists and lifestyle lessons from Barbie, Pacific Standard Time is showcasing it all. Hear about Living in a Modern Way, and much, much, more from Gloria Gerace, Wendy Kaplan, Bobbye Tigerman, Craig Hodgetts, Ming Fung, Deborah Sussman and Andy Wolf.
Banner image: Recreation pavilion, Mirman House, Arcadia, 1958 by Buff, Straub & Hensman (architect). Photo by Julius Shulman, 1959. © J. Paul Getty Trust. Used with permission. Julius Shulman Photography Archive, Research Library at the Getty Research Institute
In this episode
3 storiesA Pacific Standard Time Preview
The big self-love fest that is Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A., 1945-1980 is about to launch with many exhibits across Southern California.
Read the story21 minListening to the Eames
If LACMA’s exhibit is the “granddaddy” of Pacific Standard Time design shows, the young upstart is a show called Eames Words, celebrating Charles and Ray Eames little-known observations about the often humble things that inspired them. It also opens October 1, at the A+D Museum , on the other side of Wilshire Boulevard.
Read the story6 minA New Library for West Hollywood
A contemporary blast of California design and architecture is opening to the public on October 1: The new library and city hall for the City of West Hollywood .
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