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SUMMARY:Lecture and Discussion with Christoph Kumpusch of Forward-slash / Back-splash \ ARCHITEKTUR
DESCRIPTION:Free\nOn Saturday\, June 2\, from 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Helms Bakery District and the Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design are excited to host a presentation and discussion with Christoph Kumpusch of Forward-slash / Back-splash \ ARCHITEKTUR. \n\nAbout Christoph Kumpusch of Forward-slash (/) Back-slash (\) ARCHITEKTUR \nChristoph A. Kumpusch is a New York-based architect and the Core I Coordinator at Columbia GSAPP\, where he also directs the Extraction Laboratory and teaches design and visual studies. \nKumpusch is the director of Forward-slash (/)\, a multidisciplinary practice founded in 2008\, and the head of Back-slash (\)\, the experimental arm of Forward-slash (/)\, investigating technology and material effects on form and tectonics. Kumpusch grounds his work in a concentrated research program focused on architectural details and the spawning of new buildings from the smallest parts outward. A theoretical project runs parallel to this work\, identifying historical and cultural contexts triggered by detail innovation. The office is both a design and publishing outfit — producing essays\, books\, exhibitions\, installations\, podcasts\, performances\, films\, and buildings. Forward-slash (/) strives to be intellectually rigorous\, materially sustainable\, and socially responsible. \nIn 2017\, Kumpusch founded the Extraction Laboratory\, a Columbia GSAPP research laboratory examining architecture derived from situation\, rather than place. In the summer of 2017\, the lab’s summer workshop was based at the Burning Man Festival in the Black Rock Desert\, Nevada\, where they designed and built a set of nine roof structures. The upcoming 2018 workshop\, Dry – Wet\, will travel to one of the driest landscapes on earth\, the United Arab Emirates\, then contrasted with one of the wettest\, the Republic of the Maldives. \nKumpusch was a Leonardo da Vinci Fellow\, a Rudolf M. Schindler Scholar in Residence at the MAK Center\, a USAA Scholar\, a National Collegiate Engineering Award-winner\, and a 2013 and 2015 Graham Foundation Grantee. Kumpusch is co-author of System Wien with Lebbeus Woods\, Anthony Vidler and Manuel DeLanda (Hatje Cantz\, 2005); editor of IDEA(u)topsy ( / Productions\, 2010); IDEA(L) ( / Productions\, 2011); Built Ideas (Theoharis David\, 2012); Light Pavilion (Lars Müller Publishers\, 2013); Urban Hopes – Made in China (Lars Müller Publishers\, 2014) and Detail Kultur – If Buildings Had DNA (AADCU\, 2016). \nHe has also taught at Cornell University\, Cooper Union\, MIT\, Ohio State University\, Pratt\, and SCI-Arc. Kumpusch completed his Ph.D. at the Universität für Angewandte Kunst – Wien. Recent projects include an elephant playground and water park in Patong\, Thailand; an East Village Think Tank; a co-working space in Shoreditch\, London and a feasibility study for a theater in Havana\, Cuba. Forward-slash (/) was the winner of an international competition to build a hub and theater-space for Performa 15 – a world-renowned venue for performing arts in New York’s TriBeCa. The Light Pavilion at the Sliced Porosity Block in Chengdu\, China\, one of several projects spanning a decade of collaboration with Lebbeus Woods\, was recently completed. \n\nCal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design Student Exhibition and Reception will precede Christoph Kumpusch’s lecture at the Helms District Design Center \n\nIntroduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips\, AIA\, PhD\, Principal of Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) and professor\, director\, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University\, San Luis Obispo) \nFree Parking is available at the corner of Helms Ave. and Venice Blvd. \nPhotos (top\, left to right): Christoph Kumpusch\, Burning Man; (below): Earthwave
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LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
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SUMMARY:Take 5: A Series of Creative Talks Comes to the Helms Design Center
DESCRIPTION:Free\nOn Friday\, June 1 from 6 to 9 pm\, please join us for Take 5: A Series of Creative Talks presented by our newest partner\, Use All Five.   This series of short creative presentations explores the 5 senses – sight\, sound\, taste\, smell\, and touch – in an effort to bring together creative innovators in various fields around LA\, building a community across disciplines. \nTake 5 is a platform for engagement among industry leaders\, organizations\, and businesses. \nSpeakers: \nRia Dolly Barbosa: Exec Chef of Paramount Coffee Project and Go Get Em Tiger (Taste) \nSaskia Wilson-Brown: Founder of The Institute for Art and Olfaction (Smell) \nAlex Reed: Ceramic Artist (Touch) \nLevi Brooks: Co-founder & CEO of Use All Five (Sight) \nCorey Regensburg: Musician/ Producer – AKA Moon Bounce (Sound) \n  \nThese talks are free and open to the public but please RSVP. \nSchedule:\n6:00 – 7:00: Drinks & Social (Beer & Wine)\n7:00 – 7:30: Speaker Presentations\n7:30 – 8:00: Q&A / Panel Discussion\n8:00 – 9:00: Drink & Mingle  \nThis event will be brought to life by the team at Use All Five.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/take-5-a-series-of-creative-talks/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
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SUMMARY:Lecture and Discussion with Bryan Cantley of Formu:LA
DESCRIPTION:Free\nOn Thursday\, May 31\, from 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Helms Bakery District and the Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design are excited to host a presentation and discussion with Bryan Cantley of Formu:LA\n\nAbout Bryan Cantley of Form:uLA \nForm:uLA is an experimental design practice owned by Bryan Cantley that attempts to blur the indeterminate zone between architecture and its representation. \nAn alumnus of UCLA\, Bryan has lectured at a number of architecture schools internationally\, and has taught as visiting faculty at SCI-Arc and Woodbury. \nThe San Francisco Museum of Modern Art purchased eleven of Bryan’s models and drawings in 2001 as a part of their permanent collection. He is also the recipient of a Graham Foundation Grant (2002) and has held a solo exhibition and served as the International Guest Lecturer at the Bartlett School of Architecture in 2008 and 2017. Cantley’s work has been exhibited at the SFMOMA\, UNCC\, and UCLA\, among other institutions. \nCantley’s solo exhibition “Dirty Geometries + Mechanical Imperfections” premiered at SCI-Arc in 2014\, and his work was featured in AD Magazine’s “Drawing Strength From Machinery” in 2008\, and “Drawing Architecture” in 2013. Cantley has also had drawings published in the Journal of Architectural Education and numerous other international magazines including Surrealism and Architecture (2016) and Celebrating the Marvelous: Surrealism in Architecture (2018). He is presently working on a follow-up to his first monograph\, Mechudzu (2011)\, tentatively titled “Speculative Coolness”. \n\nIntroduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips\, AIA\, PhD\, Principal of Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) and professor\, director\, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University\, San Luis Obispo) \nFree Parking is available at the corner of Helms Ave. and Venice Blvd. \nPhotos (top\, left to right): Bryan Cantley\, (untitled); (below): Taxo 3B \n \n\nUpcoming Event \nSaturday\, June 2:\nChristoph Kumpusch of Forward-slash (/) Back-slash (\) ARCHITEKTUR\nalongside Cal Poly Student Design Exhibition 
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/lecture-and-discussion-with-bryan-cantley-of-formula/
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SUMMARY:Lecture and Discussion with Maxi Spina and Jia Gu of Spinagu
DESCRIPTION:Free\nOn Thursday\, May 17\, from 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Helms Bakery District and the Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design are excited to host a presentation and discussion with Maxi Spina and Jia Gu of Spinagu. \nJIA GU\nJia Gu (b. Shanghai\, China) is an architectural designer\, educator\, and curator with a special interest in critical and conceptual practices in art and architecture. She holds a B.A in Visual Arts with Honors from UCSD and a Master of Architecture with Honors from UCLA. She is Director of Materials & Applications and Associate Director of UCLA A.UD Summer Programs. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Architecture at UCLA. She is a co-founder of Spinagu. \nMAXI SPINA\nMaxi Spina (b. Rosario\, Argentina) is the co-founder of Spinagu. He is currently Design Faculty and Applied Studies Faculty at SCI-Arc. He was previously the Maybeck Fellow at UC Berkeley\, Lecturer at CCA\, and Associate Professor at Woodbury. His work has been featured in exhibitions at A+D Museum\, SCI-Arc\, Jai & Jai\, and Wuho Gallery. He received his M.Arch from Princeton University and a B.Arch from National University of Rosario\, Argentina.\n \nSPINAGU is a practice dedicated to architecture\, curation\, and pedagogy\, formed of Jia Gu and Maxi Spina. They produce traditional architectural objects\, such as follies\, houses\, and towers\, alongside non-traditional objects\, such as chess sets\, exhibitions\, and text. Their work is invested in formal exercises as well as thought experiments. They are interested in architecture as a speculative medium through which to explore technology\, history\, materiality\, and form. They currently teach at SCI-Arc and the University of Southern California\, and Jia directs an architectural exhibition space called Materials & Applications. \n\nIntroduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips\, AIA\, PhD\, Principal of Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) and professor\, director\, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University\, San Luis Obispo) \nFree Parking is available at the corner of Helms Ave. and Venice Blvd. \nPhotos (Left to Right): Maxi Spina and Jia Gu\, Other Turns\, Thick \n\nSeries Schedule: \nThursday\, May 24: Forward-slash/Back-slash – Christoph Kumpusch \nThursday\, May 31: Form:uLA – Bryan Cantley    \n 
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/lecture-and-discussion-with-maxi-spina-and-jia-gu-of-spinagu/
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SUMMARY:Lecture and Discussion with Julia Körner of JK Design GmbH
DESCRIPTION:Free\nOn Thursday\, May 3\, from 6:30pm – 8:30pm Helms Bakery District and the Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design are excited to host a presentation and discussion with Julia Körner of JK Design GmbH. \nJulia Körner is an award-winning designer working at the convergence of architecture\, product and fashion design – specializing in additive manufacturing and robotic technology. Her work stands out\, recognized today at the top level of these disciplines\, where it has been featured in National Geographic\, at the Venice Biennale\, Paris Haute Couture and institutions such as the FRAC Centre in Orleans\, the Art Institute of Chicago\, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York to name a few. The constantly intriguing aspect of Julia’s work is the embodiment of a beautiful organic aesthetic. \nBorn in Salzburg\, Austria; Julia received master degrees in architecture from the University of Applied Arts\, Vienna (with distinction) and the Architectural Association\, London. She is currently based between Los Angeles and Salzburg and has previously practiced in London and New York. \nJulia is founder of JK Design GmbH\, specializing in digital design for 3D-Printing. Her recent collaborations involved 3D-Printed fashion pieces developed with Haute Couture Houses for Paris Fashion weeks as well as 3D printed designs for Hollywood entertainment productions. She recently collaborated with costume designer Ruth Carter on the 3D-Printed fashion designs for Marvel’s Black Panther. In 2015\, Julia launched an entirely 3D-Printed ready-to-wear collection entitled ‘sporophyte’. \nJulia is faculty at University of California Los Angeles\, Architecture and Urban Design Department since 2012; she has held previous academic appointments at the University of Applied Arts Vienna\, Lund University in Sweden\, and the Architectural Association Visiting School in France and Jordan. \n\nIntroduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips\, AIA\, PhD\, Principal of Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) and professor\, director\, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University\, San Luis Obispo) \nFree Parking is available at the corner of Helms Ave. and Venice Blvd. \nPhotos (Left to Right): Hymenium Jacken\, Speciation\, Julia Körner \n\nSeries Schedule: \nThursday May 17: Spinagu – Maxi Spina and Jia Gu   \nThursday May 24: Forward-slash/Back-slash – Christoph Kumpusch \nThursday May 31: Form:uLA – Bryan Cantley    \n 
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/lecture-and-discussion-with-julia-korner-of-jk-design-gmbh/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
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SUMMARY:Kao Pao Shu Sample Sale is Back!
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, May 3 through Saturday\, May 5 from 10am to 6pm\, Kao Pao Shu\, our favorite architecturally-inspired fashion brand\, returns to the Helms Design center for their yearly sample sale. Enjoy savings of up to 70% on purses\, backpacks\, clothing and more!
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/kao-pao-shu-sample-sale-is-back/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
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SUMMARY:Lecture and Discussion with Andrew Holder of LADG
DESCRIPTION:Free\nOn Tuesday\, May 1\, from 6:30pm – 8:30pm Helms Bakery District and the Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design are excited to host a presentation and discussion with Andrew Holder of LADG. \nAndrew Holder is co-principal of LADG (the Los Angeles Design Group) and Assistant Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. His research and design interests include the late baroque architecture of 18th-century Germany\, the English picturesque\, and the construction of architecture as an inanimate subject. Andrew’s recent work has been published in Young Architects 16\, A plus T\, Log\, Pidgin\, Project\, and RM 1000. He is a frequent lecturer and guest critic at institutions across the United States and has held teaching appointments at the University of Michigan\, the University of Queensland\, the University of California\, Los Angeles\, SCI-Arc\, and Otis College of Art and design. Andrew is a Harry S. Truman Scholar\, an Oberdick Fellow at the University of Michigan\, and a Robert B. Pamplin Jr. Fellow at Lewis & Clark College. He received a Master of Architecture with distinction from the University of California\, Los Angeles and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Lewis & Clark College. \nLADG\nEstablished in 2004\, the Los Angeles Design Group (LADG) is led by principals Claus Benjamin Freyinger and Andrew Holder. The founders see their work as contributing to a longer history of ideas\, and draw on this history to craft unexpected solutions to conventional problems in architecture and design. The firm works at all scales\, with completed projects in California\, Colorado\, Hawaii\, Minnesota\, New York\, Oregon\, and the United Kingdom. Recent work includes a free-standing indoor-outdoor restaurant in Southern California and the installation of a contemporary picturesque garden in Loeb Library at the Harvard Graduate School of design. The firm has received numerous professional honors and recognitions\, including Progressive Architecture Awards in 2017 and 2018\, the 2014 League Prize from the Architectural League of New York\, and multiple citations from the Los Angeles Chapter of the AIA. \nIntroduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips\, AIA\, PhD\, Principal of Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) and professor\, director\, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University\, San Luis Obispo) \nFree Parking is available at the corner of Helms Ave. and Venice Blvd. \nPhotos (Left to Right): Andrew Holder\, 259 Hampton\, Cast of Things \n\nSeries Schedule: \nThursday May 3: Julia Körner     \nThursday May 17: Spinagu – Maxi Spina and Jia Gu   \nThursday May 24: Forward-slash/Back-slash – Christoph Kumpusch \nThursday May 31: Form:uLA – Bryan Cantley    \n 
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/lecture-and-discussion-with-andrew-holder-of-ladg/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
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SUMMARY:An International Art Exhibition Comes to the Helms Design Center
DESCRIPTION:Free\nOn Saturday\, April 7 from 5 to 9 pm\, please join us for the opening reception of Bridges between Continents & Memories/ Passerelles entre Continents et Souvenirs\, an International exchange exhibition inside the Helms Design Center. \nBridges between Continents & Memories is a collection of works from three American and four French artists using photographic images as source to create contemporary mixed media pieces dealing with memory and modernity. \nAmerican artists worked closely with the French organization\, Les Seize Agnes\, to strengthen the artistic dialogue between International artists. This collection of work was originally exhibited in France in 2016 at the Marie de Paris 8th\, and the Mu Gallery in Paris. In 2017 Bridges between Continents was exhibited at St Glidas de Rhuys in the Mayors Gallery in Brittany\, and will be presented at Helms Bakery from April 6 – 17\, 2018 by appointment only. \nCalifornia artists include Rachel X Hobreigh\, Cris Orfescu\, and Debra Dobkin. French artists include Renée Amitai\, Jean Pierre Mosca\, Patrick Dunand\, and François De Verdière. \nFor more information about the artists and exhibition\, please contact: Rachel X Hobreigh\, 310 850-8140. \n 
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/an-international-art-exhibition-comes-to-the-helms-design-center/
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SUMMARY:Lecture and Discussion with Lawrence Scarpa of Brooks + Scarpa
DESCRIPTION:Free\nOn Thursday\, April 5\, from 6:30pm – 8:30pm Helms Bakery District and the Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design are excited to host a presentation and discussion with Lawrence Scarpa of Brooks + Scarpa. Lawrence Scarpa has garnered international acclaim for the creative use of conventional materials in unique and unexpected ways. He is also considered a pioneer and leader in the field of sustainable design. \nHe is the recipient of the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum Award in Architecture and was also awarded the State of California and National American Institute of Architects Architecture Firm Award. Over the last ten years\, Mr. Scarpa’s firm has received more than 50 major design awards\, including twenty-one National AIA Awards\, Record Houses\, Record Interiors\, the Rudy Bruner Prize\, five AIA Committee on the Environment “Top Ten Green Building” Awards and the World Habitat Award\, one of ten firms selected worldwide. He has also received the Gold Metal from the AIA Los Angeles\, the Lifetime achievement awards from Interior Design Magazine and the AIA California Council and the National AIA Collaborative Achievement Award \nMr. Scarpa’s is also the co-founder of the A+D Museum in Los Angeles\, Livable Places and the Affordable Housing Design Leadership Institute. \nHe in currently on the faculty at the University of Southern California and has taught and lectured at the university level for more than two decades.  Some of those institutions include UNC Charlotte\, Harvard University\, UCLA\, SCI-arc\, Washington University in St. Louis\, University of Florida\, University of Michigan\, University of Southern California and the University of California at Berkeley.  He is a co-founder of the Affordable Housing Design Leadership Institute Livable Places\, Inc.; a nonprofit development and public policy organization dedicated to building mixed-use housing and to help develop more sustainable and livable communities. \nbrooksscarpa.com\ncalpolylametro.com \nIntroduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips\, AIA\, PhD\, Principal of Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) and professor\, director\, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University\, San Luis Obispo) \nFree Parking is available at the corner of Helms Ave. and Venice Blvd. \nPhotos: Above: Lawrence Scarpa and AngleLake. Below: SUMA \n\nSeries Schedule: \nTuesday May 1: LADG – Andrew Holder      \nThursday May 3: Julia Körner     \nThursday May 17: Spinagu – Maxi Spina and Jia Gu   \nThursday May 24: Forward-slash/Back-slash – Christoph Kumpusch \nThursday May 31: Form:uLA – Bryan Cantley   
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SUMMARY:Join us for a Lecture and Discussion with Chris Lowe and Axel Schmitzberger of Domaen
DESCRIPTION:Free\nOn Thursday\, March 8\, from 6:30pm – 8:30pm Helms Bakery District and the Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design are excited to host a presentation and discussion with Chris Lowe and Axel Schmitzberger of Domaen. Domaen is a multidisciplinary design-build practice with its seat in Los Angeles. Domaen practices versatile\, multidisciplinary design. It is as much a field of action and thought as it is an award-winning full-service practice. The work of Domaen has been widely published and appears frequently in film and commercials. \nChris Lowe\, with years of hands-on construction industry experience and widespread recognition in the art world\, founded Domaen — the full-scale\, multidisciplinary design\, construction\, and project management company. Prior to Domaen\, Chris was a successful artist in Seattle. Having exhibited his work successfully\, he applied himself in the construction trade and extended these talents to production and set design upon moving to Southern California. His work has subsequently been showcased in notable local and international publications. \nAxel Schmitzberger is a licensed architect and partner at Domaen. He holds a tenured position as Professor at California State Polytechnic University\, Pomona with emphasis on design and digital construction methods. Having been widely published\, Axel has lectured and taught extensively in the United States\, Europe\, and Asia. With an award-winning career in architecture and graphic design spanning over two decades he has contributed and developed the architectural and visual identity of Domaen. \nIntroduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips\, AIA\, PhD\, Principal of Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) and professor\, director\, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University\, San Luis Obispo) \nFree Parking is available at the corner of Helms Ave. and Venice Blvd. \nSeries Schedule: \nThursday April 5: Brooks + Scarpa – Angela Brooks and Lawrence Scarp \nTuesday May 1: LADG – Andrew Holder      \nThursday May 3: Julia Körner     \nThursday May 17: Spinagu – Maxi Spina and Jia Gu   \nThursday May 24: Forward-slash/Back-slash\ – Christoph Kumpusch \nThursday May 31: Form:uLA – Bryan Cantley   
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/join-us-for-a-lecture-and-discussion-with-chris-lowe-and-axel-schmitzberger-of-domaen/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:Join us in Celebrating Award-Winning Journalist\, Lynell George
DESCRIPTION:Free\nHelms Bakery is excited to partner with Angel City Press in celebration of the release of a collection of essays by award-winning journalist\, Lynell George. Join us on Saturday\, March 3rd from 2:00 to 4:30 pm for a not-to-be-missed author meet & greet plus book signing of After/Image: Los Angeles Outside the Frame. \nAfter/Image: Los Angeles Outside the Frame by Lynell George is the result of her years of contemplating and writing about the arts\, culture\, and social issues of Los Angeles\, always with an emphasis on place and the identity of the people who live in — or leave — L.A. As a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times and LA Weekly\, Lynell George explored place after place that makes the city tick\, met person after person\, and encountered the cumulative heart of the city. After/Image is her collection of essays\, evocative photographs\, profiles\, and reportage focused on Los Angeles beneath-the-surface—both the past and the here-and-now. \n\nAbout the Author \nLynell George is a journalist and essayist. After/Image: Los Angeles Outside the Frame is her first book of essays and photography\, exploring the city where she grew up. She is also the author of No Crystal Stair: African Americans in the City of Angels\, a collection of features and essays drawn from her reportage. As a staff writer for both the Los Angeles Times and L.A. Weekly \, she focused on social issues\, human behavior\, and identity politics\, as well as visual arts\, music\, and literature. She taught journalism at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles\, in 2013 was named a USC Annenberg/Getty Arts Journalism Fellow\, and in 2017 received the Huntington Library’s Alan Jutzi Fellowship for her studies of California writer Octavia E. Butler. Her writings have appeared in several essay collections. A contributing arts-and-culture columnist for KCET|Artbound\, her commentary has also been featured in numerous news and feature outlets including Boom: A Journal of California\, Smithsonian\, Zócalo Public Square\, Los Angeles Review of Books\, Vibe\, Chicago Tribune\, Washington Post\, Essence\, Black Clock\, and Ms. Her liner notes for Otis Redding Live At The Whisky A Go Go: The Complete Recordings won a 2017 GRAMMY. \nPhoto by Aaron Salcido
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/join-us-in-celebrating-award-winning-journalist-lynell-george/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:Cal Poly LA Metro Program Welcomes Architect Jonathan Ward to the Helms Design Center
DESCRIPTION:Free\nOn Thursday\, February 22nd from 6:30 to 8:30 pm\, please join us for a presentation and discussion with moderator Stephen Phillips and architect\, Jonathan Ward of NBBJ\, in collaboration with the Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design. This event is free and open to the public. \nRSVP Here \nArchitect Jonathan Ward has dramatically advanced building design and the experiences they create\, leading to unique and unexpected beauty. His body of work – which includes projects for Samsung\, Tencent\, Microsoft\, Alibaba\, Reebok\, Wellcome Trust\, Telenor and UCLA — challenges client expectations and uses a combination of research and intuition to uncover compelling design solutions. \nJonathan has cultivated a learning-based design process. He views each design project as an opportunity to develop a specific idea or point of view focused on generating a true sense of community and connectivity. Since 1996\, Jonathan has worked within the framework of design practice NBBJ\, where he currently serves as global design partner. During his tenure at the firm\, Jonathan has evolved the practice into one built on a global network of experts with small creative design workshops that deliver insightful\, fresh and innovative buildings and experiences. \nFree Parking is available on the Helms Bakery campus located at Venice Boulevard and Helms Avenue.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/cal-poly-la-metro-program-welcomes-architect-jonathan-ward-to-the-helms-design-center/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
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SUMMARY:AIGA Hosts and Art Deco Lettering Workshop with Nick Misani - Afternoon Session
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, February 10th from 2:00 to 6:00 pm\, we are excited to partner with AIGA to host an Art Deco hand lettering workshop with Nick Misani. This four-hour class will quickly cover the foundations of lettering and briskly segue into dramatic uppercase letterforms\, unexpected ligatures\, geometric scripts\, and ornamentation. You will learn three Art Deco hand lettering styles to prepare you for your final project: a postcard for a 1920/30s jazz club. \nYou’ll leave the workshop with:\n–  A lettering piece that is both fresh and on-trend (while still being rooted in history) and ready for its Instagram closeup.\n–  A general knowledge of this glitzy time in design history as well as a list of resources to continue learning about Art Deco typography and design.\n–  All the skills you need to infuse the rest of your work with some Jazz-Age glamour. \nTICKET PRICING\nMembers (Sustaining & above): $140\nMembers (Contributing & Supporting): $175\nNon-Members: $200\n(Workshop is limited to 24 students.) \nPURCHASE TICKETS \nPARKING & TRANSPORATION\nPublic and street parking is available. Public transit and ride sharing are also encouraged. For public transportation visit metro.net for schedules.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/aiga-hosts-and-art-deco-lettering-workshop-with-nick-misani-copy/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:AIGA Hosts and Art Deco Lettering Workshop with Nick Misani - Morning Session
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, February 10th from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm\, we are excited to partner with AIGA to host an Art Deco hand lettering workshop with Nick Misani. This four-hour class will quickly cover the foundations of lettering and briskly segue into dramatic uppercase letterforms\, unexpected ligatures\, geometric scripts\, and ornamentation. You will learn three Art Deco hand lettering styles to prepare you for your final project: a postcard for a 1920/30s jazz club. \nYou’ll leave the workshop with:\n–  A lettering piece that is both fresh and on-trend (while still being rooted in history) and ready for its Instagram closeup.\n–  A general knowledge of this glitzy time in design history as well as a list of resources to continue learning about Art Deco typography and design.\n–  All the skills you need to infuse the rest of your work with some Jazz-Age glamour. \nTICKET PRICING\nMembers (Sustaining & above): $140\nMembers (Contributing & Supporting): $175\nNon-Members: $200\n(Workshop is limited to 24 students.) \nPURCHASE TICKETS \nPARKING & TRANSPORATION\nPublic and street parking is available. Public transit and ride sharing are also encouraged. For public transportation visit metro.net for schedules.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/aiga-hosts-and-art-deco-lettering-workshop-with-nick-misani/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:The Unmarked Door Presents "The Heart of Winter"\, an Immersive Holiday Tale
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, December 16th and Sunday December 17th\, join us in welcoming The Unmarked Door for a special presentation of The Heart of Winter\, an immersive evening created by Syrie Moskowitz (The Midnight Frolic) and Golden Globe and Emmy nominated composer\, Rolfe Kent (Dexter\, Sideways\, Legally Blonde\, Up in the Air). \nIt starts with A Winter Reunion… \nLanterns\, Polar Bears\, and Professor Gustavson from Advanced Pyrotechnics and Theoretical Lasers? Reunite with your former college classmates on a Winter Camping Adventure. Get ready for team games around the campfire\, a rousing snowball fight\, and waltzing to the backdrop of falling snow\, all while helping Sebastian figure out his love life in a Winter Wonderland. It’s “an enchanted musical tale for the holiday” -Noah Nelson\, No Proscenium \nPerformance Schedule\n Saturday\, December 16\n6:30pm and 9:00pm \nSunday\, December 17\n5:00 pm and 8:00pm \nInformation and to Purchase Tickets
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/the-unmarked-door-presents-the-heart-of-winter-an-immersive-holiday-tale/2017-12-17/2/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:The Unmarked Door Presents "The Heart of Winter"\, an Immersive Holiday Tale
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, December 16th and Sunday December 17th\, join us in welcoming The Unmarked Door for a special presentation of The Heart of Winter\, an immersive evening created by Syrie Moskowitz (The Midnight Frolic) and Golden Globe and Emmy nominated composer\, Rolfe Kent (Dexter\, Sideways\, Legally Blonde\, Up in the Air). \nIt starts with A Winter Reunion… \nLanterns\, Polar Bears\, and Professor Gustavson from Advanced Pyrotechnics and Theoretical Lasers? Reunite with your former college classmates on a Winter Camping Adventure. Get ready for team games around the campfire\, a rousing snowball fight\, and waltzing to the backdrop of falling snow\, all while helping Sebastian figure out his love life in a Winter Wonderland. It’s “an enchanted musical tale for the holiday” -Noah Nelson\, No Proscenium \nPerformance Schedule\n Saturday\, December 16\n6:30pm and 9:00pm \nSunday\, December 17\n5:00 pm and 8:00pm \nInformation and to Purchase Tickets
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/the-unmarked-door-presents-the-heart-of-winter-an-immersive-holiday-tale/2017-12-17/1/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:The Unmarked Door Presents "The Heart of Winter"\, an Immersive Holiday Tale
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, December 16th and Sunday December 17th\, join us in welcoming The Unmarked Door for a special presentation of The Heart of Winter\, an immersive evening created by Syrie Moskowitz (The Midnight Frolic) and Golden Globe and Emmy nominated composer\, Rolfe Kent (Dexter\, Sideways\, Legally Blonde\, Up in the Air). \nIt starts with A Winter Reunion… \nLanterns\, Polar Bears\, and Professor Gustavson from Advanced Pyrotechnics and Theoretical Lasers? Reunite with your former college classmates on a Winter Camping Adventure. Get ready for team games around the campfire\, a rousing snowball fight\, and waltzing to the backdrop of falling snow\, all while helping Sebastian figure out his love life in a Winter Wonderland. It’s “an enchanted musical tale for the holiday” -Noah Nelson\, No Proscenium \nPerformance Schedule\n Saturday\, December 16\n6:30pm and 9:00pm \nSunday\, December 17\n5:00 pm and 8:00pm \nInformation and to Purchase Tickets
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/the-unmarked-door-presents-the-heart-of-winter-an-immersive-holiday-tale/2017-12-16/3/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:The Unmarked Door Presents "The Heart of Winter"\, an Immersive Holiday Tale
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, December 16th and Sunday December 17th\, join us in welcoming The Unmarked Door for a special presentation of The Heart of Winter\, an immersive evening created by Syrie Moskowitz (The Midnight Frolic) and Golden Globe and Emmy nominated composer\, Rolfe Kent (Dexter\, Sideways\, Legally Blonde\, Up in the Air). \nIt starts with A Winter Reunion… \nLanterns\, Polar Bears\, and Professor Gustavson from Advanced Pyrotechnics and Theoretical Lasers? Reunite with your former college classmates on a Winter Camping Adventure. Get ready for team games around the campfire\, a rousing snowball fight\, and waltzing to the backdrop of falling snow\, all while helping Sebastian figure out his love life in a Winter Wonderland. It’s “an enchanted musical tale for the holiday” -Noah Nelson\, No Proscenium \nPerformance Schedule\n Saturday\, December 16\n6:30pm and 9:00pm \nSunday\, December 17\n5:00 pm and 8:00pm \nInformation and to Purchase Tickets
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/the-unmarked-door-presents-the-heart-of-winter-an-immersive-holiday-tale/2017-12-16/2/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:The Unmarked Door Presents "The Heart of Winter"\, an Immersive Holiday Tale
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, December 16th and Sunday December 17th\, join us in welcoming The Unmarked Door for a special presentation of The Heart of Winter\, an immersive evening created by Syrie Moskowitz (The Midnight Frolic) and Golden Globe and Emmy nominated composer\, Rolfe Kent (Dexter\, Sideways\, Legally Blonde\, Up in the Air). \nIt starts with A Winter Reunion… \nLanterns\, Polar Bears\, and Professor Gustavson from Advanced Pyrotechnics and Theoretical Lasers? Reunite with your former college classmates on a Winter Camping Adventure. Get ready for team games around the campfire\, a rousing snowball fight\, and waltzing to the backdrop of falling snow\, all while helping Sebastian figure out his love life in a Winter Wonderland. It’s “an enchanted musical tale for the holiday” -Noah Nelson\, No Proscenium \nPerformance Schedule\n Saturday\, December 16\n6:30pm and 9:00pm \nSunday\, December 17\n5:00 pm and 8:00pm \nInformation and to Purchase Tickets
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/the-unmarked-door-presents-the-heart-of-winter-an-immersive-holiday-tale/2017-12-16/1/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:Block Printing + Sewing Workshop at Helms Bakery District
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, December 2nd from 10 am to 4 pm\, please join us in welcoming Akogare Trading Co. for a one-day-only Block Printing + Sewing Workshop.  \n In the morning\, fiber artist and educator Carrie Burckle will introduce block printing techniques on unfinished textiles. Students will design and carve their own foam blocks\, then experiment with color and pattern. Come afternoon\, students will work with fashion designer and master sewer Yoshimi Radstrom of Kaban+ to transform their newly printed textile into a finished piece or pieces. Patterns will be available for an apron\, simple wrap shirts\, scarf\, or simple zippered or drawstring pouches. Students may also bring their own fabric (natural fibers only) if they’d like to experiment with overprinting. \nWe’ll supply the raw materials you’ll need\, including a selection of zippers and cording – as well as a light lunch\, beverages\, and great conversation! $50 material fee payable to instructors at the class. \nThis class is for beginning and intermediate students. Click HERE to register.  \nFee: $150 \nPLEASE READ THE DISCLAIMER HERE.  No refunds will be honored within 24 hours of the beginning of the workshop.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/block-printing-sewing-workshop-at-helms-bakery-district/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:Little Bite Gallery presents Artist Edmound Veyna
DESCRIPTION:Free\nJoin us on Saturday\, November 4th from 7 to 10 pm for the inaugural opening of Little Bite Gallery. Their first show welcomes the artwork of Edmound Veyna in his long-anticipated debut solo exhibition titled UTOPIA: A perfect paradise that doesn’t exist\, but which we all dream of anyway. \nEdmound’s paintings transport viewers to a familiar and beckoning place\, while at the same time confronting the limitations of being human. This disenchantment creates an unexpected effect; it alludes to the power of creativity humans harness to manifest vivid inner realities. His work humbles and inspires\, breaks down and builds up perception. What are viewers left with? The depth and beauty of interacting with a static and vast landscape. They are left to manifest their own desire\, awe\, and nostalgia; they are left to wonder what they might create if their inner realities were as vivid and unapologetic as Edmound’s. \nUTOPIA will be on view for the opening celebration and November 12th from 2:30 pm to 6 pm.\nALL OTHER TIMES by appointment only through November 16th at Helms Design Center.\nTo schedule a viewing\, please call or text Alyssa at (203) 900-4980.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/join-us-in-welcoming-little-bite-gallery-and-artist-edmound-veyna/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171026T180000
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SUMMARY:LA Design in the Age of GLOW: The Eighties!
DESCRIPTION:Free\nTHIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT \nJoin us on Thursday\, October 26 from 6 to 8 pm\, as we welcome Louise Sandhaus and a panel of 1980s design giants – April Greiman\, Jeri Heiden\, Jayme Odgers\, Paul Prejza\, and Peter Shire – to remind us of the iconic LA design heyday and explore the motivations and design scene of this moment. \nIn the 1980s the world’s design eye did a double-take as it swung from New York and Europe to Los Angeles and the west coast. It was bright! It was fun! It glowed! Full of swashes\, squiggles\, pixels\, and teaming with attitude and freshness\, LA was shining. April Greiman was creating a new visual language via the freshly-released Apple Mac computer; Jayme Odgers’ new wave design and experimental collage photography was making the scene; Peter Shire gave tangible ceramic form to a California vibe; Sussman/Prezja’s design for the 1984 Olympics may have garnered more global attention than the sports themselves; all of which was accompanied by the visual sound track of album cover design and art direction by Jeri Heiden. \nPlease RSVP as space is limited. \nFree Valet Parking is located inside the interior parking garage at 8711 Washington Boulevard\, next to the Room & Board showroom. \nReception: 6:00 pm | Discussion: 6:30 \n  \nAbout the Panelists: \n\nApril Greiman\nIn the ’80s I was the two inches taller\, long curly-haired director of CalArts Visual Communications Program\, with clients such as; Pacific Design Center\, Ron Rezek Lighting\, MoMA\, Fortuny Museum Venice\, Walker Art Center (Graphic Design in America exhibition branding; Design Quarterly Magazine) and Sci-Arc’s first identity branding. Additionally\, my introduction into the built environment projects began with Barton Myers Architects working on the environmental and graphics package for the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts. Working in photography\, video\, computer and hybrid processes\, a completely wacky body of work and interests helped me pioneer a career\, which\, to this day\, is hard to live down but rewarded me with inclusion in Apple’s first documentary film\, Mac@30. \n\nJeri Heiden  \nJeri Heiden started as a junior designer at Warner Bros. Records in 1982 and rose to VP\, chief art director in 1986. She designed packaging\, merchandise and advertising campaigns for artists on the WB roster\, in addition to supervising and growing the art department. a-ha\, Brian Wilson\, Chris Isaak\, k.d. lang\, Madonna\, and Van Halen are among hundreds of artists she has collaborated with. \n  \n\nJayme Odgers\nBy the 1980s\, I moved from doing graphic design (1964-1973) to becoming a photographer. Of course\, I couldn’t forget the designer in me\, so I became an unwitting photo-designer starting in the mid-1970s. My concerns were about combining graphic design’s up-down-left-right\, with photography’s foreground-middle-ground-background. \n  \n\n \nPaul Prejza\, Sussman/Prejza\nIn 1980\, Sussman/Prejza was on the threshold of momentous growth and becoming a major player in environmental graphic design. They had just landed two new clients who would provide them with a significant portion of their work over the decades – working on office buildings and retail shopping centers. Paul\, had been working full time at Deborah Sussman & Co. for six years and before that moonlighting there for three years.  The firm was incorporated and renamed Sussman/Prejza & Co in 1980.  The 80s would be the most significant decade of their careers. They created the image. They WERE the image. \n\n \nPeter Shire\nThe 1980s: 80 solo exhibitions (some very good\, and some better: completed 30 public sculptures; and collected by 40 public institutions. I am !! years old\, and I have tied my shoes 18\,528 times (more or less) since I was 5 years old. My friend Ettore Sottsass\, described my work as plainly as I see it. His work is\, “sort of a collage\, a sort of unstable collage of more or less broken geometric volumes\, more or less broken mathematical surfaces\, and then there are lines crossing everything and there are memories on top; most of the time the memories are of pale Californian colors and landscapes\, maybe of beaches\, or of sundaes\, or maybe of Sundays with candy-girls skating all around.”
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/la-design-in-the-age-of-glow-the-eighties/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
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SUMMARY:An Evening with AIGA and Artist & Designer Rebeca Méndez
DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, October 18 from 6:45 to 9 pm\, join us in welcoming AIGA Los Angeles for an evening with artist\, designer\, and UCLA professor Rebeca Méndez and enjoy live music by singer/songwriter Analiz Castillo\, who will be performing some of Méndez’s favorite songs as we kick off the night. \nRebeca Méndez will present recent projects and introduce her new initiative\, the UCLA CounterForce Lab—a research and fieldwork studio based at Design Media Arts and the School of the Arts and Architecture. The lab is dedicated to using design and art to develop creative collaborations\, new fields of study\, and methods to research\, create\, and execute projects around the social and ecological impacts of anthropocene climate change. \nMéndez’s art is driven by her interest in perception and embodied experience–exploring design and media art in public space\, critical approaches to public identities and landscape\, and artistic projects based on field investigation methods. Register now to get an inside look at the design philosophy of one of Los Angeles’ own design icons. Click here to purchase tickets. \nAGENDA\n6:45 PM: Live music by Analiz Castillo\n7:30 PM: Introductions\n7:50 PM: Rebeca Méndez\n8:30 PM: Q&A\n8:45 PM: Closing Remarks\n8:50 PM: Giveaways\n9:00 PM: After Party at Father’s Office \nTICKET PRICING\nMembers (Contributing & Supporting): $15\nMembers (Sustaining & above): Free\nNon-Members: $25
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/an-evening-with-aiga-and-artist-designer-rebeca-mendez/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:"STRANDS"\, an Art Installation + Performance with Amabelle Aguiluz\, Joy Wu and Si Jie Loo
DESCRIPTION:Free\nOn Saturday\, October 7 from 2 to 6 pm\, please join us for STRANDS\, a special presentation and performance of three artists\, Amabelle Aguiluz\, Joy Wu and Si Jie Loo\, in partnership with the Culver City Arts District. \nAmabelle is a fiber artist and sculptor with extensive background in clothing design\, Joy is a masterful Chinese dulcimer player trained in China Central Academy Of Fine Arts who also plays the electric bass\, and Si Jie is an ink painter who dives into the spirit of ancient China to contemplate modernity. All of them work in mediums that are traditionally passed down from generation to generation but yearn to grow and innovate in this ever changing world as citizens of today. \nThe performance piece is a visualization & reenactment of how  ‘strands’ is perceived by three female Asian artists: Amabelle Aguiluz\, Joy Wu and Si Jie Loo. These artists are using traditional tools to give voice to contemporary issues\, using lines from textile\, brush strokes and instruments to connect us\, bind us\, and hopefully de-tangle all the knots of illusions that are detracting us from the ‘truth’. Two 15-minute performances are scheduled at 3 pm and 4 pm. \n“Strands” draws from these artists’ unique mediums and perspective to demonstrate a common contemplation of the past and future\, traditions and modernity\, eastern and western art practices\, and the struggle to juggle multiple identities\, such as women and artist\, ALL at once within one given time and space. \nAmabelle Aguiluz has joined Helms as an artist in residence from September 21 thru October 8. You may visit her in the studio on Tuesdays from 11:00 am to 3 pm. \nAbout the Artists \nAmabelle Aguiluz is a fiber artist living in Los Angeles. She expresses the flow of life as an infinite web of interconnections using the medium of fiber as a symbolic map; linking us to the past\, revealing stories about culture\, and connecting us together. Her preference for using found materials allows her time to explore the process of transformation while collecting and analyzing the materials of her production. Amabelle uses her art as a means to connect with history\, nature\, and her surroundings. Her practice incorporates clothing\, textile\, sculpture\, and installation processes that are presented as free form sculptures and are often incorporated into live performance\, video\, and photographs. She studied at Politecnico di Milano\, Italy and graduated in 2011 from the Fashion Institute of Technology\, New York BFA in Fashion Design. Aguiluz’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally including the La Triennale Internationale des Arts Textiles in Outaouais\, Canada. \nSi Jie Loo is a multi-disciplinary artist who is interested in capturing the spirit of humanity\, primarily with Chinese Ink. She received her BA from Dartmouth College with an honors in Studio Art and has since exhibited in both US and Malaysia. As an artist in the diaspora\, she is constantly on the move between places\, cultures\, music genres and languages. One of Si Jie’s creative processes involves tapping into the spirit of Ancient China by embarking on an annual art pilgrimage through various region in China. She inks down captivating people\, musicians\, dancers and nature on the road to further inspire her studio work. Most recently\, she traveled to the Tibetan plateau and the Silk Route in Northeast China. Since returning from her art residency in Malaysia last December\, Si Jie has been working from her home studio in Santa Barbara\, occasionally spotted taking pottery classes\, dancing\, drumming and practicing Taichi in her community. \nJoy Wu is a musician and a lover of culture\, music\, film and art. She started her music journey at the age of four\, influenced by her dear grandmother. Trained in classical music\, she went to Central Conservatory of Music\, in Beijing\, China\, for her traditional Chinese instrument Yangqin. Joy is a member of China Nationalities Orchestra Society\, CNOS. To follow her love for American culture\, she moved to California and received her BA from UC Santa Barbara. Joy is currently based in Los Angeles. \nAbout Yangqin: Yangqin is also called “Chinese dulcimer”. Similar hammered dulcimers are played in Eastern Europe\, the Middle East\, Portugal\, Italy\, India\, Iran and Pakistan. The origin of Yangqin is still a mystery to us today. Many historians say it is originally from Persia\, now modern Iran\, during the Ming Dynasty (late 14th c. to 15th c.) through the Silk Road. Others say it is introduced by sea through the port of Canton during the 16th century when the Portuguese and Italian traders performed for locals. It has been in China for hundreds of years. The construction of Yangqin has a considerable resemblance to Iran’s Santur. It has five bridges\, up to 140 more strings\, and to play with a pair of hammers made with bamboo.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/strands-a-special-art-installation-performance-with-amabelle-aguiluz-joy-wu-and-si-jie-loo/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:Join us for "PLACE"\, an Art Installation + Reception Featuring Four Artists
DESCRIPTION:Free\nJoin us on Sunday\, October 1 from 3 to 7 pm for an artist reception and special installation of PLACE: Works by Renée Amitai\, Kim Abeles\, Rachel X Hobreigh\, and Debra Dobkin.  The exhibition will be on display from September 28 through October 7. \nPLACE refers simultaneously to a location and the action for going there. In this way\, we can remember the places of our past\, and imagine others through a sense of longing. The four artists in the exhibition make use of painting\, drawing\, photography\, printmaking\, and sculpture to define the dream that is PLACE. \nRenée Amitai’s gates imply passage\, and as we move from one place to another\, a threshold of the journey is defined. Kim Abeles considers place as the desire to physically engage with the urban environment. Rachel X Hobreigh’s work reflects the human impact on the sacred feminine ocean\, where the power of water gives life ten-thousand-fold and asks for nothing in return. Debra Dobkin defines a sense of place by combining the dynamics of real and imagined environments in relation to the people who move through them. \nWe are living in a time when our individual relationships with the world are shifting and the tangible blends with the ethereal. The mixed media artworks in this exhibition use the metaphor of PLACE and move through its multiple meanings. \nHours: Thursdays and Fridays 11 am to 2 pm\, or by appointment. \nAbout the Artists \nRenee Amitai graduated from l’Ecole des Beaux Arts de Paris\, France and gained professional experiences in Fine Art and architecture in France\, Israel\, Italy and America. Her artistic interest evolved from printmaking to painting to sculpture. She moved to the United States in 1984\, where she taught printmaking\, painting and architecture in San Antonio Texas and in Los Angeles California. She currently resides in Los Angeles\, CA and Paris\, France. Her work is exhibited in California\, France\, China\, Japan\, Korea and around the globe. \n  \nKim Abeles is a Los Angeles-based artist whose installations and community projects cross disciplines and media to explore biography\, geography and environment. She has created projects with the California Science Center\, air pollution control agencies\, health clinics and mental health departments\, and natural history museums. Abeles received fellowships from John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation\, J. Paul Getty Trust Fund for the Visual Arts\, California Community Foundation\, and Pollock-Krasner Foundation. Her work is in public collections including MOCA\, LACMA\, Berkeley Art Museum\, California African American Museum\, and National Geospatial Intelligence Agency. Abeles’ journals\, books\, and process documents are archived at the Center for Art + Environment\, Nevada Museum of Art. \nDebra Dobkin was born in Chicago and started painting at an early age at the Art Institute of Chicago children’s program. In addition to pursuing a life in the visual arts\, she is an accomplished percussionist/drummer. While traveling and playing music professionally around the world\, she has continued to study\, draw\, photograph and paint. Her work now holds the richness of those experiences.  Dobkin has exhibited in Los Angeles\, around the U.S.\, and internationally. These mixed media pieces are inspired by her original photos taken on her travels. They evolve through a combination of painting\, collage\, and photo transfer to convey a captured moment in time. \n  \nRachel X Hobreigh’s work focuses on the environment and the divine feminine. She uses painting\, performance art\, photography and sculpture to reflect a visual history of moments in her life and her great love and respect for nature. Hobreigh has shown work internationally\, most recently at Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys\, the Marie de Paris 8 Gallery and the Mu Gallery in Paris\, France as well as the FH Gallery in Jena\, Germany. Her US shows include: A solo show at Gallery 417 Los Angeles\, CA 2017; The Museum Contempo in Olympia\, Washington\, Building Bridges Art Exchange at the Bergamot Station in Santa Monica and the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles as well as the SOMArts Cultural Center in San Francisco. She has a Masters Degree in Public Art from California State University Northridge\, where they also retain a permanent public installation of her work.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/join-us-for-place-a-special-art-installation-reception-featuring-four-artists/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
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SUMMARY:Join us for a Special Screening of "Landfill Harmonic"
DESCRIPTION:Free\nOn Saturday\, July 15th from 5 to 7:30pm\, please join us in welcoming The Possibility Project and Mending as Metaphor for a reception and special film screening of Landfill Harmonic\, immediately followed by a Q+A with The Possibility Project‘s founders\, Kim Pearce and Kath Davis. Also featured is a clothing pop-up from the slumwear108 line\, with proceeds supporting the social justice work of Pearce and Davis. \nAbout Landfill Harmonic \n‘The world sends us garbage\, we send back music’ \nWe live in an unprecedented time of social and environmental upheaval\, so what might the possibilities look like when there is harmony between the two?  Landfill Harmonic is a feature length documentary that follows the journey of a Paraguayan Youth Orchestra that makes its instruments entirely out of waste. The film masterfully demonstrates how ordinary people can make extraordinary choices to rise above conflict and create so much hope in the process. \nThe Possibility Project is an Australian based social enterprise\, that collaborates with slum communities in India to create a slow clothing label called slumwear108. The founders will share their insights on how people around the world are collaborating to enact peaceful\, social\, and environmental cohesion. \nSpace is limited. Please RSVP to ruthkatzensteinsouza@gmail.com.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/the-possibility-project-and-mending-as-metaphor-host-a-special-screening-of-landfill-harmonic/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:Cal Poly LA Metro Program Hosts West of West at the Helms Design Center
DESCRIPTION:Free\nOn Thursday\, May 4th from 6:30 – 8:30 pm\, Helms Bakery District is pleased to present a reception\, lecture\, and discussion with JAI KUMARAN & CLAYTON TAYLOR of WEST OF WEST\, in collaboration with the Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design. The evening will be introduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips\, AIA\, PhD\, Principal of Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) and professor\, director\, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University\, San Luis Obispo). \nThe event is FREE and Open to the Public. Please RSVP to calpolylametro@gmail.com. \nFree self-parking is available in the lots on Helms Avenue and Venice Boulevard.\n\n\nAbout the Architects: \nWest of West \nWest of West is an architecture and design studio founded by Jai Kumaran and Clayton Taylor in 2012\, formed in California and currently headquartered in Portland\, Oregon. Inspired by the explorative spirit of the American West\, the studio engages architecture and design to activate new frontiers of viewing\, framing\, and occupying the landscape. Each project is an opportunity to build a new reality by creating progressive spaces and shaping new experiences. West of West is dedicated to collaboration. With an emphasis on open dialogue\, we work alongside our clients to develop and realize projects while balancing the specific social\, economic\, and environmental conditions of every project with function\, beauty\, and opportunity. Since its inception\, the studio has completed multiple projects ranging from commercial and cultural to residential and product design in cities across the United States. \nJai Kumaran\, Associate AIA \nJai is a founding partner of W/W. He holds a Master of Architecture degree from the University of California\, Los Angeles\, and a Bachelor of Architecture degree from California Polytechnic State University\, San Luis Obispo. He has worked for multiple internationally recognized design firms\, most recently Morphosis Architects (Los Angeles). There\, he was a design leader on large scale urban developments including the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Chengdu Financial Center\, among many others. He also was a member of the construction administration team for Emerson College\, Los Angeles\, a project which brought together student housing\, administrative offices\, and educational facilities on a dense urban site. The project has since won multiple design awards both nationally and internationally. Jai’s longstanding dedication to the craft and detail of architecture allows W/W to consistently execute the highest level of work possible. \nClayton Taylor\, AIA \nClayton is a founding partner of W/W. He holds a Master of Architecture degree from the University of California\, Los Angeles\, and a Bachelor of Architecture degree from California Polytechnic State University\, San Luis Obispo. Clayton has worked at a series of well-recognized Architectural Design firms including Coop Himmelblau in Vienna\, as a Project Designer at Morphosis Architects (Los Angeles)\, and most recently
as an Associate at Rios Clementi Hale Studios in Hollywood. At RCHS\, Clayton led design efforts on many creative office and multi-family developments in the Los Angeles area including\, Columbia Square\, Crossroads of the World\, The Telephone Building\, and Flight at Tustin Legacy. He also completed many competitive design proposals for RCHS like the Rancho Cienega Sports Complex and the Southwest School of Art\, which won the AIA Next LA Honor Award in 2013. Clayton is a NCARB certified
architect and licensed to practice in California and Oregon. \nPhotos (Left to Right):  Jai Kumaran & Clayton Taylor; Roadside Hotel; GLCO New York
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/cal-poly-la-metro-program-hosts-west-of-west-at-the-helms-design-center/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:Cal Poly LA Metro Program Hosts Heather Roberge at the Helms Design Center
DESCRIPTION:Free\nOn Tuesday\, April 20 from 6:30 – 8:30 pm\, Helms Bakery District is pleased to present a reception\, lecture\, and discussion with HEATHER ROBERGE of MURMUR\, in collaboration with the Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design. The evening will be introduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips\, AIA\, PhD\, Principal of Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) and professor\, director\, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University\, San Luis Obispo). \nThe event is FREE and Open to the Public. Please RSVP to calpolylametro@gmail.com. \nFree self-parking is available in the lots on Helms Avenue and Venice Boulevard.\n\n\n\nAbout the Architect: \nHeather Roberge is an LA-based designer and educator. She is the founder and principal of Murmur: Architecture and Environments and is associate professor in the Department of Architecture and Urban Design at UCLA where she currently serves as Vice Chair. Ms. Roberge’s research and professional work investigates the spatial\, structural and atmospheric potential of digital technologies on the theory and practice of building. In graduate level courses in design and technology\, her teaching emphasizes innovative approaches to material\, computation\, and manufacturing as opportunities to expand the formal vocabulary and spatial implications of building envelopes and assemblies. In recognition of her distinctive work\, she was selected for the prestigious 2016 Emerging Voices Program by the Architectural League of New York. In 2015 her installation for the SCI-Arc Gallery\, En Pointe\, was awarded an AIA design merit award. In 2011 Murmur’s proposal for the Succulent House received an AIA Next LA design merit award. Her work has been published in A+U\, Praxis\, Metropolis\, I.D.\, Wallpaper\, Architectural Record\, Log\, 306090\, Form Magazine\, The New York Times\, and The Los Angeles Times and exhibited in group shows in the U.S. and abroad. \nPhotos (Left to Right):  Heather Roberge; Succulent House; En Pointe at SCI-Arc Gallery
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/cal-poly-la-metro-program-hosts-heather-roberge-at-the-helms-design-center/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
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SUMMARY:Unmentionables: LA's 1st Interior Architecture Symposium
DESCRIPTION:Over the past two decades\, Chu+Gooding have been honing their craft toward the mastery of the interior architectural experience. They have recommitted to their roots to create thoughtful and lasting architecture for those who dwell within it. A significant milestone in this twenty-year endeavor is the Unmentionables Symposium\, an inaugural 2-day event hosted by Woodbury University’s Interior Architecture Department\, where founding principal Annie Chu has taught for the past six years. \nUnmentionables is aimed at exploring new narratives for interior architecture and establishing a precedent for welcoming previously unmentioned ideas in spatial practice and theory. The symposium will serve as a provocation for marginalia\, taboos\, illicit ideas\, and undertheorized issues such as critical interiority and physical and virtual constructed environments. \nUnmentionables brings together a range of notable thinkers and designers drawn from literature\, architecture\, film\, art\, philosophy\, and interior design. Over the 2-day period\, the symposium will feature persistently critical voices from around the country. \nMore info\, full schedule\, and tickets available at UnmentionablesSymposium.com
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/unmentionables/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:Cal Poly LA Metro Program Hosts B+U Architecture at the Helms Design Center
DESCRIPTION:Free\nOn Tuesday\, April 4 from 6:30 – 8:30 pm\, Helms Bakery District is pleased to present a reception\, lecture\, and discussion with HERWIG BAUMGARTNER & SCOTT URIU of B+U ARCHITECTURE\, in collaboration with the Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design. The evening will be introduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips\, AIA\, PhD\, Principal of Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) and professor\, director\, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University\, San Luis Obispo). \nThe event is FREE and Open to the Public. Please RSVP to calpolylametro@gmail.com. \nFree self-parking is available in the lots on Helms Avenue and Venice Boulevard.\n\n\nUPCOMING SCHEDULE:\nThursday\, April 20th: Heather Roberge of Murmur \n\nAbout the Architects: \nBaumgartner+Uriu Architecture\n \nHeadquartered in Los Angeles\, California and established in 2000 by architects Herwig Baumgartner and Scott Uriu\, Baumgartner+Uriu (B+U) are an internationally recognized design duo operating at the forefront of contemporary design. Their design process can be described as driven by digital techniques and advanced computation that utilizes new technologies and material resources. Baumgartner+Uriu’s work consistently pushes theboundaries of architecture and urban design by experimenting with new spatial concepts\, intesnfiying existing urban landscapes in pursuit of a visionary aesthetic that encompasses all fields of design. The architects’ work has comprised cultural locations (including museums\, concert halls and exhibition spaces)\, educational and transportation facilities\, master planning and urban design\, offices and mixed-use developments\, restaurants\, and residential work.\n \nBaumgartner+Uriu’s work was recently exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles\, California; the FRAC center in Orleans\, France; the Centre Pompidou in Paris\, France; the 12th Architecture Biennale in Venice Italy\, the Architecture and Design Museum (A+D) in Los Angeles; the SCI-Arc gallery in Los Angeles\, California; SITE gallery and David Richard Gallery in Santa Fe\, New Mexico; INSITE gallery\, Bangalore\, india; the 2011 AIA Emerging Professional exhibition in Washington D.C.; the Stadtkrone 2030 Exhibition in Milan\, Italy; the University of Applied Arts in Vienna\, Austria; at the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc); and the Los Angeles Form for Architecture and Urban Design in Hollywood\, California.\n \nBaumgartner + Uriu recently have been named the world’’s top 50 innovators in the field of architecture and design by the publication 50 under 50. Two Monographs have been published on Baumgartner + Uriu’s work. The most recnet one\, B+U- Designpeak 12\, was published by Equalbooks and part of its monograph series. Their work has also been widely published and discussed in books magazines and newspapers such as Architectural Record\, Architectural Digest\, The Los Angeles Times\, Los Angeles Magazine\, Azure\, FORM\, Mark magazine; as well as on television and radio.\n \nBaumgartner+Uriu is an award winning firm and has received the Maxine Frankel Award for design research (2010)\, the AIA national award for emerging professionals (2011)\, the A+Award for Sustainability (2012)\, the Graham Grant for advanced studies in the fine arts (2014)\, the COLA fellowship for 2015 from the City of Los Angeles- Department of Cultural Affairs and their Aperture project won the Best Design Innovation Project in the 2016 Blueprint Awards. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHerwig Baumgartner\n \nHerwig Baumgartner\, an Austrian native\, is a licensed architect and principal/co-founder of Los Angeles based Architecture firm Baumgartner+Uriu (B+U). He received his diploma in Muisc and New Media from the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna and his Master’s degree in Architecture from the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. Baumgartner has lectured and conducted workshops nationally and internationally and is a professor teaching design and applied studies in the graduate and undergraduate programs at the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc). Most recently\, he represented SCI-Arc at one of the leading symposiums on recent developments in architectural geometry and computation at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Prior to founding B+U Baumgartner worked as a senior associate and project architect at Gehry Partners and also collaborated with artist Richard Serra.  \n\n\n\nScott Uriu \n\nScott Uriu is a licensed architect and principal of B+U\, which he co-founded. He was born in Davis\, California\, and was initially an undergraduate mathematics major at the university of California\, Davis. He then received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from California State Polytechnic Pomona and studied at the Architectural Association in London\, Diploma Unit 7. Uriu has lectured and conducted workshops nationally and internationally and is a professor and teaches design studio and applied studies at the University of Southern California (USC) and the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc). He was previously part of the design faculty at Woodbury University. Prior to founding B+U\, Uriu worked as an architect at Gehry Partners.
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LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
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