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Consortium for California Architecture & Design renewed in 2012-2013

The California Architecture & Design Multicampus Research Group has been renewed for another year by the UC Humanities Network. In the coming year, we plan to workshop entries for the Society of Architectural Historian Archipedia project and host an event on the Reign of Terroir on regionalism in design.

Publication on California Design Edited by MRG members

Boom: A Journal of California published special issue on design in California in 2012. This issue includes pieces from both industry professionals and academics. Key pieces include commentary on the role of design in disability rights activism in Berkeley and how urban design impacts sustainable transportation.

Icon and Anonymity: What is Californian Architectural History?

This conference will reconsider the boundaries of California architecture and challenge participants to take on new objects of study and methodologies. Two MRG members will host this exciting event in May 2012 at UC Santa Barbara.

“California Design after 1965” conference features MRG members

Two MRG members hosted a session on “California Design after 1965” at the College Art Association meeting in Los Angeles in February 2012. Details are below:

Design, from “California Dreamin'” to “Designed in California,” ca. 1965-2012
Chairs: James Housefield, University of California, Davis; Stuart Kendall, California College of the Arts
Papers:
  • “Simulating Spatial Experience in the People’s Berkeley: The Urban Design Experiments of Donald Appleyard and Kenneth Craik” Anthony Raynsford, San Jose State University
  • “April Greiman and California’s Technology of Enchantment” Elizabeth Guffey, Purchase College, State University of New York
  • “Steve Jobs, Architect” Simon Sadler, University of California, Davis
  • “California Design: What Are We Talking About?” Bobbye Tigerman, Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Pacific Standard Time

As part of the Pacific Standard Time initiative, a handful of exhibits in southern California museums and galleries are currently reconsidering the history of art, architecture, and design in California

The LACMA is hosting an exhibit titled, California Design 1930-1965: “Living in a Modern Way”. This exhibition is the first major exhibition of midcentury California design.