Host Frances Anderton looks at design and architecture from a Los Angeles perspective.
Aside from water, the L.A. River and Malibu’s beaches at first glance don’t have much in common. But look closer, and you’ll find they are two of L.A.’s most underutilized public spaces. We explore both places and how Angelenos are reclaiming them via recreation.
Apple has bought Beats for three billion dollars. What did they buy exactly? A lot of style for starters. We'll hear from the designers behind the image.
LA is looking for new ways to keep moving; Marlyn Musicant talks about Union Station and Avishay Artsy explores the centennial of a socialist utopia in So-Cal.
DnA explores the art of ritual in a season of festivals from Coachella, Passover and an abandoned Schindler church in South L.A.
Tech titans in suburban Silicon Valley are trading in their regular office buildings for starchitect-designed campuses.
Design in – and At – the movies. Simon Doonan on dreary Oscar gowns; Geoff McFetridge on Her dreamy subway map; Kyle Bergman screens films about design and architecture.
Jerry Anderson talks about working with Russians on the design of Sochi Olympic Park. K.K. Barrett and Andy Nicholson discuss their production work, on Her and Gravity.
Can the Southland grow if drought is the new normal? Hadley Arnold says yes, with architecture that acts as a sponge. Plus, Dave Hickey, Maura Lucking and Gideon Brower.
Angelenos fight to save an ice rink, and Planet Granite responds. LA natives and urban critics debate the emerging LA of Her.
A parking structure pedestrians can love; Ace Hotel opens in L.A.
DnA celebrates the holidays with the “truth” behind Frozen, why parents love Minecraft; plus, Los Angeles welcomes Midwestern “ugly sweaters” and Japanese style.
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.
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.
A different kind of density: Las Casitas brings crowds and joy to the suburbs. Alissa Walker meets Bari Ziperstein; Edward Dimendberg explains Diller, Scofidio + Renfro.
Healthcare.gov has highlighted the challenges of web site design. David and Tom Kelley and other guests talk about creating an effective “user experience.”
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.
Carren Jao reports on Art Center’s effort to turn its students into entrepreneurs. Plus, Matt Holzman reports on another LA project that was Never Built: DisneySea.
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.
Postmodernism was a colorful reaction to Modernism's high seriousness. Hear from Maura Lucking and Matthew Sullivan why a new generation is going PoMo.
The Petersen 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.
Raphael Sperry calls on architects to ban the design of cells for solitary confinement? Terry Karges explains why the Petersen Automotive Museum is changing gear.
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.
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.
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.
Betsy Moyer and Bianca Bosker 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?
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.
On today’s DnA, photography that’s meant to last in the age of Instagram and Snapchat. Plus, gay marriage and the restyling of an institution.
After a fight to get Denise Scott Brown co-credit for a Pritzker Prize, Scott Brown talks about being female in an unequal profession. Plus, designing duo Scout Regalia .
A look at “sculptural” architecture now in full flower – at MOCA, and LACMA. Plus, changing the image of guns, and design for the disabled by a disabled designer.
