3 posts tagged “design”
Boffi and LA Forum present a panel discussion: "DoubleVision: Identity vs. Perception" devoted to an exploration of convergent and divergent points in architectural, industrial and product design practices.
The discussion previews an exhibition entitled "Two Legends of Italian Design", which celebrates and chronicles the parallel histories of Ducati and Boffi.
Featured are new and vintage Ducati motorcycles alongside visionary Boffi kitchen and bathroom designs;
When: 6:30 - 8:00pm, Wednesday March 18.
Where: Boffi Los Angeles, 1344 4th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401
Reception to follow 8:00 - 10:00pm
Last Friday, DnA descended upon design company Artecnica, to meet managing director/design partner Enrico Bressan and see some of their wares. The reason for the visit: to interview Enrico for next Tuesday's DnA (kcrw.com/dna) in advance of the public opening of Artecnica's new showroom at their HQ at 508 S. San Vicente at La Cienega. Why does this matter? Because Artecnica is an LA-based design company known internationally for their beautiful products -- created in global collaborations with craftspeople around the world, and with such notable designers as the Netherlands' Toord Boontje and Hella Jongerius, the Brazilian Campano brothers, and more. But to date the firm, founded by Bressan and his partner and wife Tamineh Javanbakht, has kept a very low profile in LA. With the opening of their showroom, on October 10, they are opening their doors to an LA public. Boontje himself will speak at the opening. Watch this space for more details.
Seen, while driving around, this snappy complex of affordable apartments, called Tahiti Housing (in honor of the "dingbat" apartments that were on the site before), located on Centinela between Pearl and Pico.
It's designed by Daly Genik (of Art Center's South Campus and Camino Nuevo High School), for the Community Corporation of Santa Monica. Under the direction of Joan Ling, CCSM has carved out a niche for itself building low-income housing with high design values. Ling has a talent for developing projects on challenging sites, like commercial strips, and embracing unabashedly modern architecture; other CCSM projects include Colorado Place and Broadway Housing (by Pugh + Scarpa) and 26th Street (by Kanner Architects). CCSM's projects, including the soon-to-be-completed Tahiti Housing, which consists of 2 and 3-storey blocks connected by shared courtyards and flying bridges, show that it's possible to build life-enhancing housing, even on a shoe-string.
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