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The Architect of Hollywood
Episode 255
Los Angeles is rich with architectural diversity. On the same block, you could find a retro-futuristic Googie diner next to a Spanish-style mansion, …
9 years, 3 months ago
Containers
Episode 254
We’re based in beautiful downtown Oakland, CA which is a port city in the San Francisco Bay. Massive container ships travel across the Pacific and en…
9 years, 3 months ago
Manzanar
Episode 253
When Warren Furutani was growing up in Los Angeles in the 1950s, he sometimes heard his parents refer to a place where they once spent time — a place…
9 years, 3 months ago
The Falling of the Lenins
Episode 252
On the night of December 8, 2013, a huge crowd gathered on a tree-lined boulevard in downtown Kiev, Ukraine. The crowd was there to watch as a statue…
9 years, 3 months ago
Negative Space: Logo Design with Michael Bierut
Episode 251
Logos used to be a thing people didn’t really give much thought to. But over the last decade, the volume and intensity of arguments about logos have …
9 years, 4 months ago
State (Sanctuary, Part 2)
Episode 250
In the 1980s, the United States experienced a refugee crisis. Thousands of Central Americans were fleeing civil wars in El Salvador and Guatemala, tr…
9 years, 4 months ago
Church (Sanctuary, Part 1)
Episode 249
In the 1980s, Rev. John Fife and his congregation at Southside Presbyterian Church began to help Central American migrants fleeing persecution from U…
9 years, 4 months ago
Atom in the Garden of Eden
Episode 248
As the world entered the Atomic Age, humankind faced a new fear that permeated just about every aspect of daily life: the threat of nuclear war. And …
9 years, 4 months ago
Usonia the Beautiful
Episode 247
Frank Lloyd Wright believed that the buildings we live in shape the kinds of people we become. His aim was nothing short of rebuilding the entire cul…
9 years, 5 months ago
Usonia 1
Episode 246
Frank Lloyd Wright was a bombastic character that ultimately changed the field of architecture, and not just through his big, famous buildings. Befor…
9 years, 5 months ago