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    Design and Architecture

    Kate Spade, Santa Monica’s little secret, Ruth E. Carter

    We remember fashion icon and handbag designer Kate Spade. The arrival of autonomous vehicles and online shopping has Santa Monica considering the way forward in a future disrupted by tech. Ruth E.

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    By Frances Anderton • Jun 5, 2018 • 28m Listen

    Angela Bassett in Black Panther, costume designed by Ruth E. Carter.

    In this episode

    3 stories
    1. 0:00

      Remembering Kate Spade

      Fashion designer and retail icon Kate Spade was found dead at her Manhattan apartment today. The cause of death was an apparent suicide. She was 55 years old.

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      6 min
    2. 6:48

      Even Santa Monica needs the car

      Autonomous cars will bring a utopian future: an end to car collisions, no need for parking lots, smooth-flowing less congested streets. But even as cities embrace those possibilities, they fear the loss of revenue -- from cars!

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      10 min
    3. 16:34

      Dressing Wakanda: Ruth E. Carter, fashion and black empowerment

      Ruth E. Carter has been celebrated for her bold, colorful costumes for Marvel’s blockbuster “Black Panther.”

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      11 min
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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Avishay Artsy

      Producer, DnA: Design and Architecture

      Culture

    In this episode

    3 stories
    1. 0:006 min

      Remembering Kate Spade

    2. 6:4810 min

      Even Santa Monica needs the car

    3. 16:3411 min

      Dressing Wakanda: Ruth E. Carter, fashion and black empowerment

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