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Los Angeles Designers Tackle Surf and Skate Products for A+D Museum Gala

Dwell on Design is proud to be a media sponsor for the A+D Architecture and Design Museum Los Angeles's annual gala, to be held Saturday, June 28, 2014. This year's theme is Groundswell, featuring surf- and skate-themed auction items by top Los Angeles architects and designers, including Richard Meier, Rios Clementi Hale, Minarc, Kristi Nelson, Ogassian featuring Ann Sacks, Gensler, and more. Click through the slideshow for a glimpse of the playful products. Proceeds benefit the A+D Museum.

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Architect and surfer David Hertz's Golden Means Eco-Board, with graphics taken from Le Corbusier’s Modular Man abstracted to represent the sine wave patterning of natural proportions found in the wave form.
Architect and surfer David Hertz's Golden Means Eco-Board, with graphics taken from Le Corbusier’s Modular Man abstracted to represent the sine wave patterning of natural proportions found in the wave form.
From architect and Venice resident Steven Ehrlich, the QBert Redux! skateboard.
From architect and Venice resident Steven Ehrlich, the QBert Redux! skateboard.
This "surfboard" is designed purely in 3-D CAD software, 3-D printed via Selective Laser Sintering by SciCon Technologies in Valencia, California, and assembled at Karten Design in Marina Del Rey, California.
This "surfboard" is designed purely in 3-D CAD software, 3-D printed via Selective Laser Sintering by SciCon Technologies in Valencia, California, and assembled at Karten Design in Marina Del Rey, California.
Rios Clementi Hale Studios, in collaboration with notNeutral, created a surfboard inspired by ocean swell infographics.
Rios Clementi Hale Studios, in collaboration with notNeutral, created a surfboard inspired by ocean swell infographics.
From Richard Meier and Partners, which has offices in New York and Los Angeles, a collage skateboard.
From Richard Meier and Partners, which has offices in New York and Los Angeles, a collage skateboard.
Gensler's Constellation of Fins speaks to the surfing condition on several planes: the physical aspect of how waves address the bathymetry of the Bay, a snapshot of wave-riding cultural hotspots, and the navigational equipment that is defined by them.
Gensler's Constellation of Fins speaks to the surfing condition on several planes: the physical aspect of how waves address the bathymetry of the Bay, a snapshot of wave-riding cultural hotspots, and the navigational equipment that is defined by them.