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 about the Walt Disney Concert Hall, the new cathedral and LACMA, the widespread taste for LA's mid-century Modernism and its current lifestyle, now is the time for a program on design and architecture in Los Angeles. Over the coming months, DnA host Frances Anderton will interview luminaries in the design and architecture world and look at some of our important new buildings and works of design.
DnA: Design and Architecture airs the third Tuesday of each month from 2:30 to 3:00 PM on 89.9 FM KCRW - webcast and archived online at www.KCRW.com.
From an opera designed by Frank Gehry and Rodarte to Philip Treacy's futuristic hats, a look at how some old traditions are being reconsidered for our time.
Mayor Villaraigosa on rebuilding the iconic 6th Street Bridge. Plus, lessons from a cardboard arcade, taking chairs back to the basics, and retro in the age of Instagram.
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.
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?
Chris Nichols and Christopher Hawthorne on preservation and the fight over Richard Neutra's Kronish House. Plus, Jonathan Louie and others "Rethink LA."
"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?"
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.
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?
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.
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 fall line. Also, Cathy Whitlock on the sets that tell a story and Nick Verreos on the movie costumes you can see in the flesh. And a visit with Jerome and Evelyn Ackerman, on a life of love and creativity, now on display in the Craft and Folk Art Museum's Marriage of Craft and Design.
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. Plus, science researcher Richard Seymour on the dirty story of rare earths, hidden behind our clean technologies and glistening gadgets. And Art Center's Tim Durfee on the show that explores how fantasy feeds real world design.
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. Later, design by women for women at the Downtown Women?s Center. Finally, designer Raul Rodriguez, and others discuss the collective design spirit that animates the Rose Parade.
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 aimed at getting people out of their cars. In the second half of the program, the new home of the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust in Pan Pacific Park has opened. Bobbye Tigerman recounts her grandfather?s role in founding the museum, and architect Hagy Belzberg explains how he uses design to educate young Angelenos about that atrocity.
Renzo Piano's new Resnick Pavilion opens soon at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. LACMA director Michael Govan discusses how it fits into his art and architecture vision for the campus, and architecture writer Sam Lubell explains why Piano is the go-to architect for so many art museums. Plus, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Stewart Reed and Amanda Bromberg discuss CicLAvia, biomorphic bikes and the joys and challenges of urban cycling in LA.
John Leighton Chase was a fantastic character and dear friend to many. He also worked below the radar to make a profound impact on West Hollywood, where he was urban designer. John died suddenly last week at the age of 57. Frances Anderton remembers him with Ann McIntosh of the City of West Hollywood; Richard Loring, developer; Alan Hess, architecture historian; Margaret Crawford, professor of architecture. Also, we get under the surface of Mad Men's costumes with Emmy-nominated costume designer Janie Bryant.
What's the connection between a new fan and a house in Malibu? Airplane technology. Find out when Frances Anderton talks to James Dyson about his new air multiplier, and to David Hertz about a house made of a mothballed Boeing 747. Plus, California Design and a conversation with Rose Apodaca, Alissa Walker and Stewart Reed about what you'll find at the new Biennial at the Pasadena Museum of California Art.
Los Angeles is a hot place and the sun can be dangerous, but LA has a puzzling aversion to shade. Find out why with Jane Houlihan, Emily Green, James Rojas and Lorcan O?Herlihy. Also, Christopher Hawthorne and Coralie Garandeau discuss Eli Broad?s latest project and why the French find him fascinating. And Michael Sylvester has the highlights at Dwell On Design.
Today on DnA, oil, plastic and the stuff that surrounds us. As oil spills into the gulf, we examine our dependence on products derived from petrochemicals, with Chris Lefteri, Sara Banaszak,Carla Denker and Kevin Hanley. Also, a look at an icon of the oil age: the newly renovated LAX Theme Building, with guests Scott Markle, Millard Lee and Alastair Gordon.
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