Frances Anderton
KCRW
Santa Monica, CA, United States
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How California’s Right to Repair bill will tackle the state’s e-waste
California politicians and environmental activists are working to pass a Right to Repair bill to make it easier to fix technology and reduce the e-waste going to landfills. → Read More
This company wants to reduce construction waste with 3D printers
Several construction startups are building homes quickly and affordably while creating minimal waste, with the help of giant 3D printers. → Read More
Breaking down the plastics problem, one toy house at a time
Charlie Hodges makes toy houses out of paperboard and eco-friendly inks. → Read More
How to maintain cleaner air, live at a slower pace following COVID-19?
LA City Councilman Mitch O’Farrell talks about his plan to incentivize telecommuting after stay-at-home orders are lifted and other ideas for a greener, cleaner LA. Also, futurist Liam Young says there’s a path toward a slower pace and deeper humanity. → Read More
Merry Norris, force in Los Angeles art and architecture, dies at 80
Merry Norris, the private art consultant and longtime public advocate for art and architecture in Los Angeles, died Monday night from pneumonia at age 80. Frances Anderton pays tribute to the woman who leaves behind a city she had played a very… → Read More
Can you design your way out of smartphone addiction?
Your smartphone is addictive. Do you need to “Marie Kondo” your apps, put down the phone altogether, or use it as a “drug” dispensary? → Read More
'Loops and Lenses' concept wins La Brea Tar Pits redesign competition
One of LA’s most beloved sites is the La Brea Tar Pits, consisting of a park, pools of asphalt in which are trapped fiberglass mammoths; and the 1977 George C. Page Museum, embedded in a raised mound, or berm, that children love to roll down. → Read More
An LA design competition to light up the night
"L.A. Lights the Way" is a contest that calls for a new streetlight to replace the utilitarian standard street light pole currently installed in many areas in LA. There are about 150,000 of them, and they have not been updated since the 1950s. → Read More
Porsche goes electric with 'seductive' new Taycan
When you hear the word Porsche, the phrase that comes to mind may not be ‘eco-friendly’. But the German high performance sports car company has just released their first all-electric car. The car is called the Taycan -- its name… → Read More
Kunlé Adeyemi on lessons from Lagos
Climate change and the threat of rising sea levels may have us thinking about the future, but for many parts of the world, that future is already here. → Read More
Coliving comes to single family neighborhoods
Cohousing is a fast-growing housing type in Los Angeles, offering under one roof multiple private bedrooms and bathrooms along with common areas like a shared kitchen, dining area and living room. → Read More
Dive into the glittering swimming pools of 'Splash'
The LA-based architectural photographer Tim Street-Porter has traveled the world for decades and while on assignment would snap pictures of swimming pools. → Read More
How the Space Age influenced Southland design and architecture
Fifty years ago - on July 16, 1969 - the Apollo 11 rocket launched from Kennedy Space Center. The launch and the moon landing a few days later marked the highpoint of the Space Age. → Read More
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House is named a UNESCO World Heritage Site
On Sunday, July 7, 2019, Hollyhock House, Frank Lloyd Wright’s first house in Southern California, was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It and seven other structures were collectively inscribed as a serial nomination entitled The… → Read More
Jason Wu goes to school
Fifteen fashion design students at Otis College of Art and Design just spent nine months working with celebrity designer Jason Wu, famed for his sumptuous inaugural ball gowns for Michelle Obama. → Read More
What the housing density bill might do to historic neighborhoods
California faces a housing crisis. So a bill in the state legislature aims to get lots of housing built -- by overriding local zoning control. → Read More
From "Sun Seekers" to the Wellness industry, how SoCal birthed a global trend
In the late 19th century and early twentieth century, “nature boys” -- bearded, vegetarian men, typically from Germany -- and many people suffering from tuberculosis made their way to California. → Read More
Culver City’s high school auditorium is remade, and a design mystery is solved
The Robert Frost Memorial Auditorium at Culver City High School has long been heralded for its futuristic design. It has a dramatic concrete roof in the shape of a splayed fan evocative of the LAX Theme building or the swooping TWA terminal at JFK Airport. The 1964 building has even been featured in sci-fi films such as “Gattaca” and “Sleeper.” But there’s been a lingering question about the… → Read More
The Supreme Court Justice with a taste for mid-century Scandinavian furniture
At 85 years old, the U-S Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is an unlikely cultural icon. DnA talks to Nelson Coates, the production designer who was responsible for recreating the surroundings of her young life. Along the way he found out, Bader Ginsburg is a fan of Scandinavian design. The diminutive, opera-loving, conservatively-dressed but liberally-voting Supreme Court justice Ruth… → Read More
Design in Dubai, Mobility in LA
This week, DnA visits the UAE and finds oil. We talk to the curator of “Crude,” an art show about oil’s impact on the lives and cities of the Gulf - and the Southland. And the founder of the alternative mobility convention LA CoMotion explains why LA is the “transportation technology capital of the world.” Plus, two women creatives at Dubai Design Week talk about designing - and dressing - for… → Read More