A third-generation aluminum fabricator reinvents itself by opening up to design.
Colin Owen rides into the world of design entrepreneurship with a new bike light.
Fantini draws upon its legacy to right a small part of the world’s water inequalities.
If eco-guilt can’t cure Americans of wantonly tossing plastic water bottles—we use more than 30 billion a year—then maybe we’ll be saved by style. And smarts. Enter the Square bottle, with its stainless steel walls, ergonomic handle, and top and bottom lids. Created by a team of former Apple and Frog Design employees led by triathlete and industrial designer David…
Artists look at how 3D printing can be used to create abstracted works of fine art.
The Los Angeles–based collaborative combines digital expertise with a real affinity for the physical tools of making.
An elegantly restored research library at UCLA brings the analog and digital worlds together.
The Smith Center offers a new civic life, and an indigenous architectural style, for Las Vegas.
His work for the homeless in Los Angeles is a new paradigm for social housing.
Incorporating wireless technology into its newest cars, Ford prepared to roll out vehicles capable of monitoring everything from pollen counts to glucose levels.
The designer Sami Hayek travels to remote villages in Mexico, engaging with local artisans to create a stunning new collection—
and help preserve a way of life.
Designer Cory Grosser finds a way to update Walt Disney’s favorite lounger.
The creator of the Googleplex in Silicon Valley and the infamous ChiatDay offices continues his radical reinvention of the global workplace.
A West Hollywood gallery is designed to capture the interest of passing drivers.
The Boy Scouts commission sustainable accommodations for a Catalina campground.
Working with a rotating group of artists and designers, the L.A.-based firm Commune relies on a gritty authenticity to create beautiful artifice.
Richärd + Bauer Architecture—Scottsdale, Arizona
It took a staggering number of animators, puppet makers, set builders, and art directors to bring the feature film Coraline to life in stop-motion. Along the way, they proved that this lo-fi approach to animation is a sophisticated feat of design.
The head of Getty’s new Department of Architecture and Design talks about the institute’s extensive collection, its future, and unrealized Southern California design.
Eli Broad wields his vast fortune like a blunt instrument—buying art, hiring architects, and shaping L.A. through a mix of civic vision and force of will.
