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KCRW's Design and Architecture To some Los Angeles spells freeways and sprawl; to others it's a unique city whose climate, proximity to nature and liberating spirit have inspired the design of furniture, fashion, cars and architects from Greene and Greene to Frank Gehry. With the buzz
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Metropolis II: The City in Art Updated: 2012-01-17 22:45:37 Description: An LA where cars self-drive at over 200 miles an hour. Also, Chinese-American postwar architects in Los Angeles and the Temporary Insanity of installation design. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Holidays 2011: Keeping it Simple After a Turbulent Year Updated: 2011-12-21 20:14:39 Description: It?s been a tumultuous year. We turn to several mavens of good living for tips on how to celebrate in style. Plus, the architecture of protest. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Building Their Dream: The Chinese Car Industry Updated: 2011-11-15 23:12:38 Description: The biggest hybrid and electric car company you've never heard of has put down a beachhead in Los Angeles. Plus, are you ready to have your car parked by a robot? ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD From Calligraphy Buff to Design Guru: Steve Jobs Remembered Updated: 2011-10-18 22:14:38 Description: We honor Steve Jobs with a look at how the Apple Mac changed lettering, and hear what "design" meant to him and his chief collaborator, Jonathan Ive. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Back to the Future: Design in Pacific Standard Time Updated: 2011-09-20 21:40:58 Description: When experimental art was "happening" in post-war LA, so too was design, craft and architecture. Pacific Standard Time is showcasing it all.... ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Preserving the Past without Losing the Future Updated: 2011-08-16 22:31:53 Description: Chris Nichols and Christopher Hawthorne on preservation and the fight over Richard Neutra's Kronish House. Plus, Jonathan Louie and others "Rethink LA." ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Battle for the Bottom: TOTO, Kohler and the Luxury Toilet Updated: 2011-07-19 22:27:07 Description: "Is the world ready for a toilet with its own foot warmer, heated seat, bidet washlet and built-in music system, all controlled by a touch-screen remote?" ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Field Operation in Santa Monica Updated: 2011-06-21 23:11:52 Description: Can you design a great park by committee? Also, Japanese design, on display at Dwell on Design and Little Tokyo Design Week. Plus, the new Los Angeles Design Festival. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD L.A. Noire: The Game Updated: 2011-05-17 21:30:00 Description: Rockstar's newest video game turns the gamer into a methodical detective in a hyper-realistic recreation of L.A. in 1947. How did they do it and will they please fans? ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Art in the Streets, In and Out of the Art World Updated: 2011-04-19 23:53:49 Description: Street art gets the spotlight in a huge MOCA show. Also, Artecnica-Homeboy Industries' "quote" bag collaboration to give a voice to the graffiti work of ex-gang members. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Architecture and the BIG Idea Updated: 2011-03-15 21:30:00 Description: A wow factor without waste, SF MOMA's How Wine Became Modern, Facebook's design "hackathon," and engineering to withstand catastrophe. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Art of Rodarte: Black Swan and Design for the Movies Updated: 2011-02-15 21:31:41 Description: What?s in a frock? Schlock, horror, and much more, when it?s designed by the Mulleavy Sisters of Rodarte. Join Kate and Laura Mulleavy as they discuss creating the ballet costumes for Oscar-nominated Black Swan, their upcoming MOCA show and their fal...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Grand Visions, Rare Earths and Design's Fictions Updated: 2011-01-18 21:48:09 Description: High Line designers Diller Scofidio Renfro have unveiled their "veiled" new Broad Museum for Grand Avenue. But can architecture alone fix what ails Grand Avenue? Find out from architect Elizabeth Diller, critic Sam Lubell and Councilwoman Jan Perry...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD It Wasn't All Bad: Bright Spots in LA in 2010 Updated: 2010-12-21 21:30:00 Description: 2010 was hard on the design and construction industry in LA. But at the end of a difficult year, DnA looks at the upside and finds the place with "no there there" uniting around a quest for community. LA design experts share their favorite projects. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Cadillac Reconsidered; LAMOTH Re-rooted, Permanently Updated: 2010-11-16 23:10:18 Description: The quintessential American car is large and luxurious, but one Detroit giant hopes to change that perception. GM designer Niki Smart talks about rethinking the Cadillac for urban centers. Then, LA Metro?s Paul Taylor discusses an LA-Beijing alliance...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD When Is a Logo a No-Go? Updated: 2010-10-19 21:47:49 Description: After a lengthy and costly redesign process, Gap unveiled a new logo, to outrage from customers. So they went back to the old one. Frances Anderton talks with branding consultant Sasha Strauss and graphic designer Michael Hodgson about logos. Also, i...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD |
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