The Fabricator That Serves Manufacturing Needs of Behar and Newsom
A third-generation aluminum fabricator reinvents itself by opening up to design.
Jade Chang
LED Bike Light Lights The Way for Design Start-Up Sparse
Colin Owen rides into the world of design entrepreneurship with a new bike light.
Hope Flows
Fantini draws upon its legacy to right a small part of the world’s water inequalities.
Form is Function
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…
Q&A: Artist David Schafer on The Analog-Digital Divide
Artists look at how 3D printing can be used to create abstracted works of fine art.
For This LA Duo, Design and Fabrication Go Hand in Hand
The Los Angeles–based collaborative combines digital expertise with a real affinity for the physical tools of making.
Dual Mode
An elegantly restored research library at UCLA brings the analog and digital worlds together.
Beyond Sin City
The Smith Center offers a new civic life, and an indigenous architectural style, for Las Vegas.
Michael Maltzan Puts His "Urban Mind" to Housing LA's Homeless
His work for the homeless in Los Angeles is a new paradigm for social housing.
Highway to Health: Ford's Future Cars Put Wellness First
Incorporating wireless technology into its newest cars, Ford prepared to roll out vehicles capable of monitoring everything from pollen counts to glucose levels.
Goodwill Mission
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.
The Animator’s Chair
Designer Cory Grosser finds a way to update Walt Disney’s favorite lounger.
The Fifth-Annual Smart Environments Awards: Macquarie Bank
The creator of the Googleplex in Silicon Valley and the infamous ChiatDay offices continues his radical reinvention of the global workplace.
The View from There
A West Hollywood gallery is designed to capture the interest of passing drivers.
Cabin Upgrade
The Boy Scouts commission sustainable accommodations for a Catalina campground.
Mixing It Up
Working with a rotating group of artists and designers, the L.A.-based firm Commune relies on a gritty authenticity to create beautiful artifice.
Arabian Library
Richärd + Bauer Architecture—Scottsdale, Arizona
Behind the Scenery
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.
Bringing Design to the Getty
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.
Ultimate Collector
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.
A Table to Go
Last year, when Heath Ceramics owners Cathy Bailey and Robin Petravic took the train from New York to California with their three-year-old baby, they brought along two of the enduring Sausalito company’s plates and a bowl. “It’s so much nicer…
Organically Grown
MIT grads generate a jewelry collection using algorithms lifted from nature.
Greening the Edges
Fritz Haeg’s joyful assault on the front lawn aims to put nature back into our denuded landscapes.
On the Bus With Banham
A tour of unseen LA—in the spirit of Reyner Banham—rambles through the city
Custom Cuts
Rudy’s Barbershop–a West Coast mini-chain with national aspirations–may have a formula for growth that satisfies a new generation’s thirst for authenticity.
Completely Grounded
A landscape architect helps unearth the details of a new California park.
Made to Last: The Chair by Hans Wegner
Hans Wegner’s midcentury classic suggests that quality craftsmanship may be the ultimate green strategy.
Up, Up, and Away
The author rides a balloon over the nascent Orange County Great Park with Ken Smith.
Ex-Fast Food Station
Inventive restaurant design takes the place of its cookie-cutter predecessor.
Coming Together
The team of designers behind a Noah’s ark gallery in Los Angeles reflects the values of the Old Testament story.
Model Timeline
At Gehry Partners model making is a kinetic process. “When Frank and I work together,” Craig Webb explains, “he’ll do a sketch, I’ll do a model, he’ll do a sketch, I’ll do a model.” For IAC the process began with…
WeSeeYou@ICFF—Stephanie Forsythe
Stephanie Forsythe/molo, 36, designer/maker/architect What are you doing here at ICFF? We’re here for the 4th time. We’ve kind of grown up here. The first show we came to, our first year, we only had a teapot. This year it’s…
WeSeeYou@ICFF—Kathrin Eirich + Arne Zimmermann
Kathrin Eirich/Eirich and Friends, 30, Interior Architect Arne Zimmermann/Pablo’s Birthday, 39, Gallery Owner What are you doing here at ICFF? KE - …looking at furniture! AZ – I’m her assistant. She looks at furniture and I write down what she…
WeSeeYou@ICFF—Genevieve Grenier
Genevieve Grenier/Age Design, 30, Industrial Designer What are you doing here at ICFF? We’re launching our first project, it’s a high chair. We had a baby, and we had one of those big chairs, we called them SUV chairs. They’re…
WeSeeYou@ICFF—Tom Dixon
Tom Dixon, 47, Designer What are you doing here at ICFF? It’s time to take America seriously. It’s always been strangely remote for me, but it feels like a good moment now—maybe people are getting tired of Italian design and…
WeSeeYou@ICFF— Maloos Anvarian
Maloos Anvarian, 48, Interior Designer What are you doing here at ICFF? I’m looking at products just to see what’s new. And I’m looking for some things for our showroom in San Francisco. Have you seen anything that you love?…
WeSeeYou@ICFF—Jay Urban
Jay Urban, 24, Industrial Designer What are you doing here at ICFF? Presenting with Rick Lee. It’s our first time here – we’re based in San Francisco – and I actually just started working with the company. What was your…
WeSeeYou@ICFF—Yves Behar
Yves Béhar, 40, Designer What are you doing here at ICFF? I’m launching a bench with Bernhardt, we have a booth for the CCA students, and there’s a chair for Design Within Reach. Have you seen anything that you love?…
WeSeeYou@ICFF—Tahmineh Javanbakht + Enrico Bressan of Artenica
Tahmineh Javanbakht, 44, Co-Art Director of Artenica Enrico Bressan, 47, Co-Art Director of Artenica and Company CEO What are you doing here at ICFF? EB – We’re here to exhibit and to illustrate the Artenica concept of design with conscience.…
WeSeeYou@ICFF—Liz Kinmark + Kegan Fisher
Liz Kinmark, 21, Independent Designer + Kegan Fisher, 21 Independent Designer What are you doing here at ICFF? LK – We’re hoping to get feedback on our stuff, and hopefully some stores will pick it up. KF – Our line…
‘X’ Marks LA’s New Hot Spot
Gensler transforms a hotel bar into a must-see and be-seen destination.
The Craft Master
The houses of Sam Maloof are testaments to the furniture maker’s illustrious half-century-long career.
A Conversation about Skin + Bones
An architect and a fashion designer discuss career commonalities at an exhibit at MOCA.
Let There Be Light
Capitalizing on advances in technology and materials, five emerging designers remake the illuminated world.
Local Color
Rios Clementi Hale Studios creates an L.A.-centric headquarters for a California nonprofit.
How Does a Museum Become a Performance?
An experimental artist transports viewers to an institution of curious relics and artifacts.
Red Carpet Treatment
Architect Matthew Baird gives rug manufacturer Tai Ping four new showrooms that embody the luxury brand.
Paying Proper Homage
A Modern preservationist and the original architect of his 1950s house collaborate on a new landscape that honors the spirit of the past without slavishly reproducing it.
Behind the Glass Curtain: The Design Process for Google's New HQ
Google’s new headquarters balances its utopian desire for transparency with its very real need for privacy.
A Piecemeal Pursuit
Rowena Dring renders large-scale landscapes one stitch at a time.
