 KCRW's Design and Architecture From your iPod to the Freedom Chair to the Walt Disney Concert Hall, design and architecture shape our world. On DnA: Design and Architecture host Frances Anderton talks to design world leaders about the latest in products fashion graphics architecture and more in Los Angeles and beyond. by podmaster@kcrw.org (Frances Anderton) 16 Feb 2010 at 5:59pm Ebooks may transmit words but can they furnish a room? We hear from Taschen's Josh Baker and Nook designer Robert Brunner about ebooks, the iPad and whether they can upstage the coffee table book. Plus, Rose Apodaca remembers fashion designer Alexander McQueen, and Kimberli Meyer explains how artists are re-conceptualizing some LA billboards. Listen by podmaster@kcrw.org (Frances Anderton) 19 Jan 2010 at 7:48pm Haiti's catastrophe has killed thousands and destroyed Port-au-Prince, once a jewel in the Caribbean. We look at the architecture past, present and -- possibly -- future in Haiti's heart. Is there a design solution to the desperate need for low-cost housing in overpopulated cities? Can good design trump political mayhem? We hear from experts here and from Haiti: historian Patrick Sylvain, Architecture for Humanity's founder Cameron Sinclair, Global Green's Ted Bardacke, Alejandra Lillo, co-creator of Make It Right, and others. Listen by podmaster@kcrw.org (Frances Anderton) 23 Dec 2009 at 7:03pm A decade of design and architecture is drawing to a close. How did we do? Hear from Dan Neil on the everyday object that trumps Twitter, Dakota Smith on how LA's ugliest structure made a Best Buildings list, Otis president Sammy Hoi on the state of LA's "creative economy" and Alissa Walker with some design and architecture books that capture the moment. Listen by podmaster@kcrw.org (Frances Anderton) 17 Nov 2009 at 5:52pm Can architecture change the perception, and practice, of policing? We learn about the fancy new precinct stations in LA. Plus Keenen Wayans and his 16,000 square feet "sustainable" house, and City Councilman Kevin McKeown makes the case for an Eli Broad art museum in Santa Monica. Listen by podmaster@kcrw.org (Frances Anderton) 20 Oct 2009 at 6:29pm You don't hear much about design in the healthcare reform debate, but the way a hospital is planned may affect the way you heal. We hear about the "hospital of the future," under construction in the Southland. Plus, advice on scarifying creations for Halloween from Where the Wild Things Are and from two Los Angeles window dressers. Listen by podmaster@kcrw.org (Frances Anderton) 15 Sep 2009 at 6:32pm The LAUSD's new flagship arts high school opened last week. Will this icon for the underserved enable creativity? We hear about it from architect Wolf Prix, Rex Patton, some students and others. Also, we hear about the real (M)ad Men, from filmmaker Doug Pray. Plus, Ken Bernstein tells us why the city is surveying every single building in LA. Listen |