Collaborations between artists and designers and a show celebrating local chair makers were part of Los Angeles Design Weekend, which organisers said was successful due to its localised "progression of events".
Last month, dozens of designers, architects and organisations came together to highlight makers and showrooms across the city, a feat that is usually hindered and avoided because of the urban layout of Los Angeles ? notorious for its sprawl, super highways and traffic jams.
The inaugural Los Angeles Design Weekend took place last month
"LA is a hard city to activate due to its sprawling and car-focused nature. When programming the weekend, I planned the weekend I personally would want to have ? one where I can scoot and walk more than drive ? while seeing beautiful work and mingling with my community," Los Angeles Design Weekend (LADW) founder Holland Denvir told Dezeen. "All weekend long folks were coming up to me, expressing their love of the map and the progression of events. Enabling walking from event to event increased the social nature of the weekend. I'm honestly blown away that it worked so well. It was a hypothesis I had, and this was a successful experiment."
It consisted of group shows, open studios and social events, such as a party at the headquarters of Rad Furniture. Top photo of Open House by Madeline Tolle
The fair was broken down into neighbourhoods, mostly in East Los Angeles and Downtown LA, taking advantage of expan...