Design and Architecture
Celebrating LA’s “crazy, weird” design community
Starting Thursday, LA’s design community will congregate at the four-day Los Angeles Design Festival (LADF), an annual celebration that celebrates our city’s rich design culture.
By Frances Anderton • • 4m ListenWhy does LA need a design festival? There are so many creative communities and different kinds of disciplines that happen here in L.A. and they tend to get siloed, according to festival director Haily Zaki. The festival concentrates everything into a small amount of time and space, centered on ROW DTLA in downtown L.A. The festival was founded eight years ago. In that time the city’s profile as a design capital has continued to grow and has gained the attention of design lovers from around the world.
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ROW DTLA, with the downtown LA skyline behind it. Photo courtesy Los Angeles Design Festival.
