Design and Architecture

<div>DnA celebrates the holidays with the “truth” behind Frozen, why parents love Minecraft; plus, Los Angeles welcomes Midwestern “ugly sweaters” and Japanese style.</div>

<p class="p1">Medical Device makers are complaining about Obamacare but Stuart Karten says the ACA is heralding a golden era for the design of health care products.</p>

<p class="p1">The L.A. Auto Show heralds a look at the changing shape of transportation: from hydrogen fuel cell and autonomous cars to the Hyperloop, and an argument between bicycles.</p>

<p class="p1">A different kind of density: <em>Las Casitas</em> brings crowds and joy to the suburbs. Alissa Walker meets Bari Ziperstein; Edward Dimendberg explains Diller, Scofidio + Renfro.</p> <p class="p1"> </p> <p class="p2"> </p>

<p>Healthcare.gov has highlighted the challenges of web site design. David and Tom Kelley and other guests talk about creating an effective “user experience.”</p>

<p class="p1">Simon Doonan talks about the connection between madness and fashion. Plus, a look at the future of solar in California; and bantering appliances in Everything Talks.</p>

<p class="p1"><strong>Carren Jao </strong>reports on Art Center’s effort to turn its students into entrepreneurs. Plus, <strong>Matt Holzman</strong> reports on another LA project that was Never Built: DisneySea.</p>

<p>From "hipster" logos to "LA Midnight" uniforms, a look at identity changes, good and bad. Plus, a Le Corbusier sofa and an Eames chair trade insults in Everything Talks.</p>

<p>Postmodernism was a colorful reaction to Modernism's high seriousness. Hear from Maura Lucking and Matthew Sullivan why a new generation is going PoMo.</p>

<p class="p1">The Petersen<strong> </strong>Automotive Museum changes gear amidst reports of secretive sales of classic cars. Santa Monica’s anti-nuclear Chain Reaction needs funds to avoid a meltdown.</p>

<p class="p1"><strong>Raphael Sperry </strong>calls on architects<strong> </strong>to ban the design of cells for solitary confinement? <strong>Terry Karges</strong> explains why the Petersen Automotive Museum is changing gear.</p>

<p>William Pereirabuilt much of Los Angeles. Carolina Miranda talks about growing up in Pereira’s mind. Alan Hess talks about why he matters to the LACMA site.</p>

Alissa Walker talks to Jennifer Parry Dodge about tie-dyeing. Matt Holzman reports on another LA project that was Never Built: Elysian Park housing by Richard Neutra.  

Counterculture LA and New York: A new detective novel inhabits the Soho art scene in the late 60s; Sylvia Lavin talks about “Loose” artists and architects in 1970s LA.

<p class="p1">Detroit shaped America and is now on its knees. Andrew Zago considers what comes next. Matt Holzman reports on the neverbuilt visions of Frank Lloyd Wright and son Lloyd.</p>

<p class="p1"><strong>Betsy Moyer</strong> and <strong>Bianca Bosker </strong>try out Google Glass and share the experience. Is Glass a window into our Cyborgian future? Or a gizmo in search of a reason to exist?</p>

<p class="p1">On today’s DnA, Neil Denari talks about his futuristic architecture and the music that inspires it, and David Weinberg revisits Wallace Neff’s bubble house dream.</p>

<p class="p1">On today’s DnA, photography that’s meant to last in the age of Instagram and Snapchat. Plus, gay marriage and the <em>restyling</em> of an institution.</p>

<p class="p1">After a fight to get<strong> Denise Scott Brown </strong>co-credit for a Pritzker Prize, Scott Brown talks about being female in an unequal profession. Plus,<strong> </strong>designing duo<strong> Scout Regalia</strong>.</p>

<p class="p1">A look at “sculptural” architecture now in full flower – at MOCA, and LACMA. Plus, changing the <em>image</em> of guns, and design for the disabled by a disabled designer.</p>

<p class="p1">Michael Schmidt has made dresses from Legos and razor blades. Now he is testing 3-D printed plastic. Rose Apodaca talks to the designer about his amazing costumes.</p>

<p class="p1">Design school grads face an obstacle to starting their careers: huge debt. <strong>Alissa Walker </strong>reports from Calarts. And <strong>Greg Lindsay</strong> talks about “engineering serendipity.”</p>

With shows in LA, NY and Houston, light and space artist James Turrell is in the spotlight. We hear about how he shapes reality with light, and helps design a gallery.

<p class="p1">MOCA’s "A New Sculpturalism" show stalls and restarts amidst a dispute over its curatorial direction. It also promises an exciting taste of the  architecture of tomorrow.</p>

<p class="p1">Speciality fabricator<strong> Smilee Barnacle</strong> talks about “making” in the digital age. <strong>Bobbye Tigerman</strong> looks back at yesterday’s community of makers and designers.</p>

<p>Dan Protess and Geoffrey Baer tell us how they chose ten buildings that changed America? Brendan Ravenhill talks to Alissa Walker about keeping things made in LA.</p>

<p>Jae Won Cho moved around so much he created furniture to fit his lifestyle. Meanwhile, Dieter Rams' products remain universal. A talk with two product designers.</p>

<p>Mallery Roberts Morgan talks to Stefan Bishop about transforming wood, and his life. Doug Suisman riffs on the transformation taking place on Wilshire Boulevard.</p>

<p>"Pacific Standard Time Presents: Modern Architecture in L.A." does for architecture what the Getty did last year for art. Does LA design still represent the future?</p>

<p>Barbara Bestor, Sara Stein and Karen Alweil decided it was time to rethink the city souvenir. Hear about SOLA and their "So LA!" products.</p>

<p>This week, world building with production designer Alex McDowell and an interview with LA designer Tanya Aguiniga.</p>

<p>This week, an interview with fashion designer Bryan Sanderson, who moved his shop from Stuttgart to Los Angeles.</p>

<p>The 3D printer comes into the home. Does Makerbot make us all product designers? Or overspend on inferior products? Plus, stories from Commune and Iwan Baan.</p>

<p>Newly affluent Chinese would rather live in copies of the White House than buildings inspired by their own heritage. A look at the vogue for duplitecture in China.</p>

<p>The nation is considering how to contain gun violence, while design and innovation produce ever more deadly weapons.</p>

<p>Eric Alan and Rhonda Voo decided to purge their home of everything except "meaningful objects." DnA examines what makes a meaningful object.</p>

<p>Elon Musk and Franz Von Holzhausen talk about the Tesla Model S all-electric sedan, and the challenge of creating a California car company in an age of vast global brands.</p>

<p>Michael Govan, Charles Renfro and Linda Taalman riff on LA projects that fuse art and architecture. Plus, a look at why the design industry can't stop the knock-offs.</p>

<p>Three teams think big for a replacement 6th Street Viaduct; and independent gaming designers show how small can be beautiful at IndieCade Festival.</p>

<p>La Burbuja has landed! Hugo Martinez, Christin To and team explain how a cool idea became a hot pink place where people want to confide their stories.</p>

<p>The design story at the London 2012 Olympics is modesty over monumentality. We will hear about the results, from branding confusion to inspiring "legacy" planning.</p>

<p>Last month we launched a design competition for a Sound Booth. Today we announce the winner. Also, Union Station, the Internet and the design of infrastructure.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>Moby on his passion for LA architecture and the photo blog he's writing about it. Also, the rise, fall and reinvention of the former Arco Plaza.</p>

<p>We explore the evolution of body culture in post-war LA, through the radical designs of Rudi Gernreich, and the rise of the suburban swimming pool.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p>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?</p>

<p>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.</p>