Design and Architecture
The Art of Manufacturing, Apple's new headquarters
What's one mile around, has a four-story glass door, and looks like a spaceship? DnA gets a tour of Apple's new headquarters in Cupertino. And we learn about Los Angeles' creative economy, and why LA is a hotbed for manufacturing.
By Frances Anderton • • 28m ListenPhoto: Apple's new Cupertino campus. (Dan Winters/WIRED)
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2 storiesCreative jobs and manufacturing in Los Angeles
Krisztina "Z" Holly, host of The Art of Manufacturing podcast Many cities have looked to the so-called "creative class" to fuel their post-industrial economy. In the Los Angeles region, 8.6 percent of workers are in creative jobs, the highest proportion in the entire country. That's the finding of this year's Otis Report on the Creative…
Read the story9 minApple pays homage to Steve Jobs with new headquarters
Steven Levy's cover story in WIRED In 2011, Steve Jobs went before the Cupertino City Council. He was in very poor health but he was animated by his next big project: a new campus that could fit 12,000 Apple employees. He presented renderings of a giant ring sitting in a tree-filled park. Six years later that building has opened to the first…
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