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    Design and Architecture

    Whole Foods design

    If there's one grocery store that seems to have tapped into the zeitgeist -- at least of health-conscious Angelenos -- it's Whole Foods. But is it the power of the products, or the character of the stores themselves? We talk to Deborah English, an interior designer based in Pasadena who is disrupting the supermarket experience.

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    By Frances Anderton • Aug 9, 2016 • 1 min read

    If there's one grocery store that seems to have tapped into the zeitgeist -- at least of health-conscious Angelenos -- it's Whole Foods. But is it the power of the products, or the character of the stores themselves? We talk to Deborah English, an interior designer based in Pasadena who is disrupting the supermarket experience. She has spent 15 years working with Whole Foods on all aspects of store planning and design, both in Los Angeles and now nationwide.

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Avishay Artsy

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