Design

Getty's Pacific Standard Time Series on L.A. Architecture: A Preview

See also: *Thom Mayne, Frank Gehry & the L.A. Architects Who Changed Everything *Schindler House's Exhibit About How We Travel *Moby: L.A. Architecture's New Mascot Neutra, Gehry, Schindler, Eames -- they're all included in the Getty Institute's initiative Pacific Standard Time Presents: Modern Arc ... More >>

A park like no other

See also: *Thom Mayne, Frank Gehry & the L.A. Architects Who Changed Everything *Schindler House's Exhibit About How We Travel *Moby: L.A. Architecture's New Mascot Neutra, Gehry, Schindler, Eames -- they're all included in the Getty Institute's initiative Pacific Standard Time Presents: Modern Arc ... More >>

Hammer Museum Examines the Evolution of Graphic Design

Graphic design isn't just about a poster with pretty colors. In today's world of visual media, it affects way we choose our clothes and what food we eat. The Hammer brings out everything from modern gadgets (lots of Mac products) to old-school methods (markers!) in its new exhibit "Graphic Design: ... More >>

Design Loves Art

Graphic design isn't just about a poster with pretty colors. In today's world of visual media, it affects way we choose our clothes and what food we eat. The Hammer brings out everything from modern gadgets (lots of Mac products) to old-school methods (markers!) in its new exhibit "Graphic Design: ... More >>

Cooper Black: The Story Behind Louie's Typeface

An overweight balding man exits a subway station and, as he walks, up pops his name in bold, cartoonish, drop-shadowed white letters: Louie. He stands alone in the doorway of a pizza parlor inhaling a slice, his eyes searching and expressionless, watching people pass by as people watch him, an urban ... More >>

Art Students Blow Up the Blue Whale

An overweight balding man exits a subway station and, as he walks, up pops his name in bold, cartoonish, drop-shadowed white letters: Louie. He stands alone in the doorway of a pizza parlor inhaling a slice, his eyes searching and expressionless, watching people pass by as people watch him, an urban ... More >>

People Who Live in Paper Houses...

An overweight balding man exits a subway station and, as he walks, up pops his name in bold, cartoonish, drop-shadowed white letters: Louie. He stands alone in the doorway of a pizza parlor inhaling a slice, his eyes searching and expressionless, watching people pass by as people watch him, an urban ... More >>

Lost in the Blue Whale

An overweight balding man exits a subway station and, as he walks, up pops his name in bold, cartoonish, drop-shadowed white letters: Louie. He stands alone in the doorway of a pizza parlor inhaling a slice, his eyes searching and expressionless, watching people pass by as people watch him, an urban ... More >>

Los Angeles Modern Auctions: 5 Iconic Works of California Design on Sale Sunday

Courtesy of Los Angeles Modern AuctionsRichard Neutra's VDL House in Silver Lake, photographed by Julius Shulman in 1966. A print of this image, and some of the furniture photographed, are up for auction this weekend. Life in sepia remains unavailable.​In the material world, the past is never ... More >>

Cirque Du Soleil Costumes

Courtesy of Los Angeles Modern AuctionsRichard Neutra's VDL House in Silver Lake, photographed by Julius Shulman in 1966. A print of this image, and some of the furniture photographed, are up for auction this weekend. Life in sepia remains unavailable.​In the material world, the past is never ... More >>

Jonathan Gold Reviews Ray's at LACMA

Courtesy of Los Angeles Modern AuctionsRichard Neutra's VDL House in Silver Lake, photographed by Julius Shulman in 1966. A print of this image, and some of the furniture photographed, are up for auction this weekend. Life in sepia remains unavailable.​In the material world, the past is never ... More >>

Graffiti Crossword: Eine Paints LA Weekly Building

Shannon Cottrell​ The street artist Eine, in town for MOCA's "Art in the Streets" show, was looking for a place to paint, and, well, LA Weekly answered the call. The piece, which occupies the outside of our Sepulveda Blvd.-facing wall, took almost a week to complete, as challenges included pai ... More >>

Helvetica Tramp Stamps, Cookies & Baby Onesies: 9 Unexpected Uses For A Typeface

Helvetica is the font--excuse me, typeface--that won't quit. We see it everywhere (remember Gary Hustwit's documentary film Helvetica?). Here, in order of ascending awesomeness, are nine excellent and hilarious takes on the typeface to rule all typefaces. 9. Metallica Helvetica I'd like to see th ... More >>

Scenic View Ahead: The Westways Cover Art Program, 1928-1981

Helvetica is the font--excuse me, typeface--that won't quit. We see it everywhere (remember Gary Hustwit's documentary film Helvetica?). Here, in order of ascending awesomeness, are nine excellent and hilarious takes on the typeface to rule all typefaces. 9. Metallica Helvetica I'd like to see th ... More >>

Severed Limbs, The Font: Mimi Traillette's Twisted Typeface

​ Mimi Traillette, 29, is an artist living in Montreal, Canada. She made this font, inspired by severed limbs. It was for a design contest at DesignSponge. She did not win. Why aren't the limbs dripping blood? Did you think about blood at all?

Suzanne Rheinstein

​ Mimi Traillette, 29, is an artist living in Montreal, Canada. She made this font, inspired by severed limbs. It was for a design contest at DesignSponge. She did not win. Why aren't the limbs dripping blood? Did you think about blood at all?

The 1000 Journals Project

​ Mimi Traillette, 29, is an artist living in Montreal, Canada. She made this font, inspired by severed limbs. It was for a design contest at DesignSponge. She did not win. Why aren't the limbs dripping blood? Did you think about blood at all?

Deliscript: A Font Inspired by Canter's Deli

Michael Doret​ In 2008, Michael Doret drove past Canter's Deli, but instead of lox and bagel chips, the ambitious designer found the long-awaited inspiration for his latest font: Deliscript. "Perhaps it was that mid century marquee vibe that called out to me," he explains, "but at any rate I ... More >>

Cart For a Cause Truck at Pacific Design Center Today, with Il Grano Chef Salvatore Marino

N. GalutenCart For a Cause is at the Pacific Design Center today​ Today you get another chance to have lunch cooked by a top level L.A. chef at a very reasonable discount, with the additional bonus that all proceeds go to charity. The Cart For a Cause truck is parking outside the Pacific Desi ... More >>

Screening and Q&A with Atom Egoyan

N. GalutenCart For a Cause is at the Pacific Design Center today​ Today you get another chance to have lunch cooked by a top level L.A. chef at a very reasonable discount, with the additional bonus that all proceeds go to charity. The Cart For a Cause truck is parking outside the Pacific Desi ... More >>

Mad Men Discussion and Fashion Show

N. GalutenCart For a Cause is at the Pacific Design Center today​ Today you get another chance to have lunch cooked by a top level L.A. chef at a very reasonable discount, with the additional bonus that all proceeds go to charity. The Cart For a Cause truck is parking outside the Pacific Desi ... More >>

First Fridays

N. GalutenCart For a Cause is at the Pacific Design Center today​ Today you get another chance to have lunch cooked by a top level L.A. chef at a very reasonable discount, with the additional bonus that all proceeds go to charity. The Cart For a Cause truck is parking outside the Pacific Desi ... More >>

FRANK TALK ABOUT MUSIC

N. GalutenCart For a Cause is at the Pacific Design Center today​ Today you get another chance to have lunch cooked by a top level L.A. chef at a very reasonable discount, with the additional bonus that all proceeds go to charity. The Cart For a Cause truck is parking outside the Pacific Desi ... More >>

Film Costumes

N. GalutenCart For a Cause is at the Pacific Design Center today​ Today you get another chance to have lunch cooked by a top level L.A. chef at a very reasonable discount, with the additional bonus that all proceeds go to charity. The Cart For a Cause truck is parking outside the Pacific Desi ... More >>

Photography Exhibit

N. GalutenCart For a Cause is at the Pacific Design Center today​ Today you get another chance to have lunch cooked by a top level L.A. chef at a very reasonable discount, with the additional bonus that all proceeds go to charity. The Cart For a Cause truck is parking outside the Pacific Desi ... More >>

Architecture Exhibit

N. GalutenCart For a Cause is at the Pacific Design Center today​ Today you get another chance to have lunch cooked by a top level L.A. chef at a very reasonable discount, with the additional bonus that all proceeds go to charity. The Cart For a Cause truck is parking outside the Pacific Desi ... More >>

Photographer: Julius Shulman 1910 - 2009

Function and Imagination at Human Scale

TV Costume Exhibit

Function and Imagination at Human Scale

LET'S BE FRANK

Function and Imagination at Human Scale

Red Ink Dept.: L.A. Times to Drop Letter "A" in Headlines

In a move widely seen as an attempt to save on ink and paper costs, the L.A. Times has begun to eliminate the letter "A" from its print-edition headlines, replacing it with "O." The change will apparently be phased in gradually and today took the form of South Bay Congresswoman Jane Harman's last na ... More >>

L.A. -- It's Just Like New York!

In a move widely seen as an attempt to save on ink and paper costs, the L.A. Times has begun to eliminate the letter "A" from its print-edition headlines, replacing it with "O." The change will apparently be phased in gradually and today took the form of South Bay Congresswoman Jane Harman's last na ... More >>

Monsters at 3 a.m.: From Stefan Bucher's Ink Puddles, a World of Exhilarating, Well-Heeled Creatures

His Daily Monster Web site features 200 videos that track him as he draws

LACMA Free Community Weekend

His Daily Monster Web site features 200 videos that track him as he draws

2007 in the Rearview Mirror

Whoops, there goes another theater year

LEEDing the Pack

Why our green standards might not be green enough

EDUCATION RESOURCE GUIDE

Kyoto Decadence

When it opens this weekend, Rob Marshall's adaptation of Memoirs of a Geisha will already be trailing a long stream of scandal: the Japanese community is up in arms because the three female leads are played by Chinese actresses (admittedly a bit perplexing), and a certain faction of militant Chinese ... More >>

No Finer Place for Sure

Everything’s waiting for you downtown

Architecture As a Contact Sport

L.A.’s Thom Mayne wins Pritzker Prize

The City in Motion

L.A.’s hyperactive graphics scene

WeHo Voices

L.A.’s hyperactive graphics scene

Bunkum Hill

Over the past 50 years, the city has tried repeatedly to turn Grand Avenue into the living, breathing heart of downtown, and has failed miserably. Now, a public-private group led by Eli Broad is trying again — with the emphasis on private

Makeover 2

Photos by Larry Hirshowitz

Makeover 3

Photos by Jack Gould

Full Mental Jacket

Photos by Jack Gould

Light and Open

The Schindler House searches for a perfect neighbor

This Year's Modern

The Schindler House searches for a perfect neighbor

Inside/Outside

The Architecture of R.M. Schindler and Shaping the Great City

Monsters Galore

The 19th Annual LA Weekly Theater Awards