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Collection by Erika Heet

Rethinking the Streets of Los Angeles

Joining us this May at Dwell on Design Los Angeles are two industry leaders—Elizabeth Timme and Seleta Reynolds—who are working with the community to redesign what mayor Eric Garcetti calls “our largest public asset, forming and reflecting the character of our neighborhoods, our people, and our city.”

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LA-Más is a nonprofit that performs design-based experiments with the city as their lab. As a means of facilitation through storytelling, LA-Más held a block party in Elysian Valley in which they partnered with the Elysian Valley Neighborhood Watch to have a temporary street closure across the street from the Yardin del Rio. As an added layer, they also constructed bulletin boards that attached to city signage (stop, school, yield signs, etc.) and a crosswalk done with construction marking paint to leave infrastructure after the event for the community. Elizabeth Timme is co-founder and leads the LA-Más office, working on projects that seek to establish the potential for design-based outcomes in community health. Timme will join Seleta Reynolds onstage at Dwell on Design Los Angeles to discuss these street-specific projects.
LA-Más is a nonprofit that performs design-based experiments with the city as their lab. As a means of facilitation through storytelling, LA-Más held a block party in Elysian Valley in which they partnered with the Elysian Valley Neighborhood Watch to have a temporary street closure across the street from the Yardin del Rio. As an added layer, they also constructed bulletin boards that attached to city signage (stop, school, yield signs, etc.) and a crosswalk done with construction marking paint to leave infrastructure after the event for the community. Elizabeth Timme is co-founder and leads the LA-Más office, working on projects that seek to establish the potential for design-based outcomes in community health. Timme will join Seleta Reynolds onstage at Dwell on Design Los Angeles to discuss these street-specific projects.
LA-Más was awarded an LA 2050 Listening grant from the Goldhirst Foundation to get community feedback on the LA 2050 goals. The Frogtown Artwalk is a community-organized event that highlights the neighborhood’s artists, creators, and designers.
LA-Más was awarded an LA 2050 Listening grant from the Goldhirst Foundation to get community feedback on the LA 2050 goals. The Frogtown Artwalk is a community-organized event that highlights the neighborhood’s artists, creators, and designers.