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Dwell on Design Defines “Bein’ Green”
As Kermit the Frog croons, “it’s not easy bein’ green.” In a time when the buzz of being green has become a bewildering noise, redefining sustainability is paramount. Besides tossing the empty bottles in the blue trashcan, driving a Prius instead of a SUV and buying designer chemical-free dish soap, what does it mean to be green in 2011?
Dwell on Design, the largest design event of the West Coast, once again brings together the latest innovations and leaders in sustainable design, architecture and products to answer this question.
Aaron Britt, Senior Editor of Dwell Magazine, explains the eco-conscious emphasis, “Sustainable design has been in Dwell’s DNA since the beginning. In bringing the pages of Dwell to life at Dwell on Design, there is no reason for that focus to change. We’ve got an entire stage dedicated to green design – the Sustainability Stage – and there you’ll hear from architects, designers, gardeners, and energy mavens.”
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Electroland is known for innovative high-tech projects like Metallotus, completed in Los Angeles, 2010. The design team will create a site-specific work at the A+D Museum as part of Come In! 2. Courtesy of Electroland.
Los Angeles has long been a breeding ground of design innovation, with the likes of Rudolph Schindler, Richard Neutra, and John [...]
WORDS LANEE NEIL
IMAGES ART SEEN GALLERY AND BITTONIDESIGNSTUDIO
I Become What I Already Am - Todd Williamson, 36” x 48”, Oil
Is there a difference between art and design? Art has traditionally been viewed as a non-functional accessory and design distinguishes itself ardently from art in its functionality and purpose. Donald Judd confirmed this notion, “Design has [...]
WORDS LANEE NEIL
IMAGES COURTESY OF THE PHOTOGRAPHERS
Ithaka 27 - Alex Hedison
In the fame-obsessed city of Los Angeles, with so many women vying to be seen, these seers prefer to see. Throughout photography’s brief history, women have enlarged the scope of the medium by extricating images from the camera that nurture many conflicting desires of the [...]
Arizona © Marc Valesella (2010)
Two fascinating and complementary portraits of the same phenomenon, “Two years after…” is a disturbing trip into the dark sides of the American Dream. Last summer, Angelino photographers Marc Valesella and Lena Herzog took the road towards opposite directions: Herzog went to Washington DC to document the Restore Honor Rally, while [...]