Dining Within Reach in Downtown L.A.
When you're talking design, walking design, watching design, hearing design, touching design, feeling design, experiencing design all day long, one thing's bound to happen: You're gonna get hungry. But we also know you don't want to miss a minute of Dwell on Design. We present to you dining options near our venue that are both architecturally- and gastronomically-significant, and—this is key—not too far away.
Preview: Arthur Rubinfeld
As president of global development at Starbucks, architect Arthur Rubinfeld and his team are responsible for everything you love about your local Starbucks, minus the coffee: That's the design, site selection, and creative concept for over 16,000 stores in 50 countries. Seated at a table made from a recycled bowling lane at Starbucks Support Center in Seattle, the Dwell on Design speaker talked with us about the importance of Starbucks as a gathering place, its new green building initiative, and the secret to a great retail experience.
Preview: Design and the Media
Want to see your work in print—or pixels? It's all in the pitch. The Design and the Media panel at Dwell on Design, taking place on Friday June 26, will look at what it takes to craft an idea that makes the mark. As a sneak preview of next week's conversation, we asked our expert panelists to tell us the stories behind the stories of pitches they've received that worked.
Interview: Evan Kleiman on Food
The host of the public radio show Good Food, founder of Slow Food in Los Angeles, and owner of the heavenly L.A. institution Angeli Caffe, Evan Kleiman joins forces with Dwell to co-curate Square Meal Sunday at Dwell on Design.
AIA LA Restaurant Design Awards
What's the secret recipe for an unforgettable dining experience? The Restaurant Design Awards will showcase the winning combinations at Dwell on Design, thanks to a partnership with AIA Los Angeles and their architecture conference Mobius LA.
Interview: Emily Pilloton of Project H
As an architect, industrial designer and writer, Emily Pilloton realized it wasn't enough to talk about design that made a difference—she had to do it herself. The Dwell on Design speaker talks about the launch of her social design community Project H, the challenges of working both abroad and in the U.S., and she gives us the very first look at her new book, Design Revolution: 100 Products that Empower People.
DOD Home Tour: Casa Cuadrada
A modern exterior opens its lemon-yellow doors wide to reveal several generations of furnishings, rich technicolor accents, and quirky contributions from the artist and architect who live within. A sneak peek of Tom Marble and Pae White's Los Angeles house, Casa Cuadrada, one of the destinations on Dwell on Design's East Side home tour.
Interview: Filmmaker Eric Bricker
A documentary screening at Dwell on Design zooms in for a close-up on 98-year-old architectural photographer Julius Shulman and his iconic images that came to define modernism and Los Angeles with a single click of a shutter.
The W Hollywood Residences
A transit-oriented mixed-use development in image-obsessed Hollywood? You bet your Botox. This Dwell on Design partner delivers something the hood's been craving: Sustainable, high-density glitz.
Talking to DOD Keynote Dan Pink
Big-thinker Daniel H. Pink has quickly established himself as an authority on the rapidly-transforming concept of work, and along the way, become an influential design advocate as well.
