Design & Architecture on KCRW.com Vox 2008-10-10T23:46:24Z Frances Anderton http://designandarchitectureonkcrw.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00fa96792b050002/ A thoughtful look at architecture and design in the modern age. Art and Design For Change tag:vox.com,2008-10-10:asset-6a00fa96792b0500020100a802281e000e 2008-10-10T23:46:24Z 2008-10-10T23:46:24Z Frances Anderton http://designandarchitectureonkcrw.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Obama_hope

I just got back from interviewing graphic designer and street artist Shepard Fairey, who'll be my guest, along with fellow agit-pop artist and mentor, Robbie Conal, on DnA, on October 21 (http://www.kcrw.com/dna). Of course we talked about the de...

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]]> Join Frances at Ecoluxury on Saturday tag:vox.com,2008-10-10:asset-6a00fa96792b05000200fa96a107ca0002 2008-10-10T15:58:04Z 2008-10-10T15:58:04Z Frances Anderton http://designandarchitectureonkcrw.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Ecoluxury this Saturday

Join Frances this Saturday at the new residential high-rise EVO downtown for Ecoluxury, an event sponsored by Dwell and FordBrady. EVO is the newest tower in the first (and only) sustainable residential community in Los Angeles. Frances will be ...

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]]> Tord Boontje to Speak at Artecnica Party Friday tag:vox.com,2008-10-08:asset-6a00fa96792b05000200fae8e528a4000b 2008-10-08T20:19:38Z 2008-10-09T05:56:47Z Frances Anderton http://designandarchitectureonkcrw.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Poster for Artecnica Showroom Opening, designed by Default

I call their work digital-age-art-nouveau; my husband, Bennett Stein, refers to it, in a word, as "Swank-future-tech-hippie-bachelor-luxury-goods-research-lab." Whatever it is, design LA design company Artecnica http://...

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]]> The Meltdown and Green Virtue tag:vox.com,2008-10-02:asset-6a00fa96792b05000200fa969f06280002 2008-10-02T23:01:17Z 2008-10-02T23:09:02Z Frances Anderton http://designandarchitectureonkcrw.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I ran into my friend Walker Wells of Global Green yesterday (a great guest on a DnA show last year about to distinguish authentically sustainable products, and greenwashing http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/de/de070220when_is_green_design. We got ...

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]]> Easy (on the environment) Riders at the Altcar Expo tag:vox.com,2008-10-01:asset-6a00fa96792b05000200fad6b0be270005 2008-10-01T00:12:26Z 2008-10-02T21:20:18Z Frances Anderton http://designandarchitectureonkcrw.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Jules on his eponymous electric scooter Jules' scooter and the Greenbike moped Gina Keith, Jack, Summer and Graham model the trioBike Buggy of the triobike Triac Electric car

Earlier this year DnA aired a segment on scooters and motorbikes (http://ww.kcrw.com/etc/programs/de/de080617one-seaters_two-whee). On the show we reported that while terrific on gas mileage and for shimmying through congested traffic, motorized b...

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]]> Big "Green" Blue Bus of the Future tag:vox.com,2008-09-24:asset-6a00fa96792b05000200fae8e18129000b 2008-09-24T22:28:13Z 2008-09-25T21:36:32Z Frances Anderton http://designandarchitectureonkcrw.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Icon Bus, by Gabriel Wartofsky Clear Volume, by Mike Peterson Rendering of Cougar, by Giuseppe Filippone

High gas prices, congestion and global warming are three reasons for considering alternative transportation -- from two wheeled vehicles (bicycles, scooters, etc.) to public transit. So Art Center transportation design students have spent sever...

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]]> Today on DnA. . . tag:vox.com,2008-09-23:asset-6a00fa96792b0500020100a7fdab83000e 2008-09-23T21:55:29Z 2008-09-24T15:47:12Z Frances Anderton http://designandarchitectureonkcrw.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Guerilla Gardeners Greenhouse and Roly Poly celebrate their work Guerilla Gardener Bulbil 321 AKA Scott in action

Hear from Mr. Stamens, Bulbil 321, Jay Griffith, Lilia and Salvador Sotero about taking urban beautification into their own hands. Shown are pics, by Roly Poly, of some of the "guerrilla gardeners" hard at work to garden a strip of land at Wi...

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]]> Parks Take Over Parking Spaces, Guerilla Gardeners Beautify LA tag:vox.com,2008-09-17:asset-6a00fa96792b05000200fa969b86f30003 2008-09-17T18:49:32Z 2008-12-18T02:10:13Z Frances Anderton http://designandarchitectureonkcrw.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Guerilla Gardeners at work Wilton and Sunset, before Wilton and Sunset, after

It started out in San Francisco, now it's an annual event in LA: Park(ing) Day LA, happening this Friday, September 19, when hundreds of designers and activists will fan out across the city and transform parking spaces into mini-parks (yes, they ...

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]]> Artecnica Opens Its Doors in LA tag:vox.com,2008-09-16:asset-6a00fa96792b0500020100a7fbad3d000e 2008-09-16T23:30:37Z 2008-09-24T04:15:25Z Frances Anderton http://designandarchitectureonkcrw.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Tord Boontje's Garland Light, photo by Michael Shaw

In other words: no two Garland light 'hanging's are alike....

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]]> at Artecnica's studio; they open their door to the public in October tag:vox.com,2008-09-16:asset-6a00fa96792b05000200fae8df3ff1000b 2008-09-16T23:24:02Z 2008-09-24T21:14:29Z Frances Anderton http://designandarchitectureonkcrw.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Artecnica's invaluable Gabriela models the Wizards' apron and glove; photo by Michael Shaw

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