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Sparky and Me: PURE EE

nobody@vox.com(Frances Anderton) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:16:23 -0700

BMW is at work on the production of a 100% electric, zero electric MINI, and they are calling on 500 people in the LA and New York areas to field test the cars. The company says it wants to find out how well the "limited range of such a vehicle" ...

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Be DnA's Guest at Dwell on Design!

nobody@vox.com(Frances Anderton) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:04:44 -0700

We've just received word that we can take five friends with us to this weekend's Dwell on Design, which we went into plenty of detail about in yesterday's post. Be our guest for three days of panels, speakers and demonstrations, including access...

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Join DnA at Dwell on Design This Weekend!

nobody@vox.com(Frances Anderton) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:06:41 -0700

Yes, it's that time of year again, when Dwell's San Francisco-based editors make their annual pilgrimage to the frontline of progressive design, Los Angeles. Dwell on Design is this Friday, June 26 through Sunday, June 28 at the downtown L.A. Con...

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The New Public Spaces in LA: Where are They?

nobody@vox.com(Frances Anderton) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:00:20 -0700

Politics, money, ecology. . . and design -- those are just some of the complex considerations in a public park project that, says LA Times critic and DnA guest Christopher Hawthorne, make landscape design one of the most compelling design disci...

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In Memoriam: Maloof and Zimmerman; Brooke Hodge Leaves MOCA

nobody@vox.com(Frances Anderton) — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 12:41:34 -0700

Part and parcel of the privilege of hosting a show on KCRW is now maintaining a blog relating to it. If you happen to read the DnA blog you may have noticed it refreshes itself rather sporadically and that is because I confess I belong to the c...

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Art and Design this Weekend

nobody@vox.com(Frances Anderton) — Fri, 29 May 2009 16:23:32 -0700

It's an art and design weekend coming up with artwalks tomorrow in both Culver City and West Hollywood (see poster, left). Check out what's au courant, and support local designers, artists and retailers. Also, in the evening a show opens at the P...

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Waste Not, Want Not

nobody@vox.com(Frances Anderton) — Tue, 12 May 2009 06:53:51 -0700

The messy vitality of urban life, or "visual pollution?That's a question we'll ask on today's DnA when I talk with Dennis Hathaway, president of the Coalition to Ban Billboard Blight. The show airs on the day an LA City Council's landuse committe...

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Slow Food Decorating on La Cienega This Weekend

nobody@vox.com(Frances Anderton) — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:44:51 -0700

Many of the region's top furniture and decor stores serving the high-end interior design community are to be found on or near La Boulevard. This weekend they've pooled their energies to throw a three day festival: "Legends of La Cienega...

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See new Experiments in LA Residential Design

nobody@vox.com(Frances Anderton) — Fri, 01 May 2009 12:08:46 -0700

Probably LA's biggest contribution to architectural history is its residential design (think Irving Gill, Rudolf Schindler, Greene and Greene, Frank Lloyd Wright, Wallace Neff, Gerard Colcord, John Lautner, Cliff May, Frank Gehry, the list goes o...

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Catch Kit Hinrichs at Art Center This Weekend

nobody@vox.com(Frances Anderton) — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:07:21 -0700

If there were two words we'd pick to describe Kit Hinrichs, one would definitely be artist—the talented graphic designer has over 40 years of acclaimed work under his belt—and the other would certainly be storyteller—his melodic inflection and he...

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