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Can LA be greener, cleaner, slower following COVID-19? May 07, 2020

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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.

Coronavirus tests the values of global cities like LA Apr 30, 2020

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The pandemic has brought many people pain and anxiety. To Wouter Vanstiphout, a professor of “design as politics,” it has also brought clarity about the weaknesses in the “shiny global city” and its culture, economy and values. Vanstiphout asks if cities based on tourism, fossil fuels and hypercompetitiveness can survive the coronavirus.

Based on past pandemics, coronavirus will bring changes to buildings and cities Apr 23, 2020

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Pandemics can bring about innovation, especially in design and architecture. Sam Lubell talks to DnA about changes that may come to buildings and urban design in response to COVID-19.

Interior designer Kelly Wearstler can help make your home work for you Apr 15, 2020

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You are working at home. But is your home working for you? Kelly Wearstler has some tips to improve your interior, at whatever scale.

Kelly Wearstler shares tips from her interior design MasterClass Apr 09, 2020

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Kelly Wearstler has held reign in interior design since arriving in Los Angeles in the 1990s. She’s now teaching an online MasterClass. Her tips for improving one's space might be timely for people sheltering in place.

Construction continues as coronavirus grinds economy to a halt Apr 02, 2020

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LA’s construction sites are still a hotbed of activity, deemed an essential service. Could they become hotbeds for COVID-19 too?

White House urges Americans to wear face masks in public. Here’s how to make your own Apr 02, 2020

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The CDC is recommending that all Americans should wear cloth masks or other face coverings if they go out in public — amid new concerns that infected people with no symptoms can still spread COVID-19.

Long-time champion of public space reflects on impact of coronavirus on city life Mar 27, 2020

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LA was once a destination for people who wanted to get away from crowded East Coast cities. The ideal was a single home with a yard and a car in the driveway.

But over the last few decades, planners, designers and activists like Aaron Paley (co-founder of cicLAvia) have worked tirelessly to transform the Southland into a more social place, where people use mass transit and gather in streets and parks.

Do handsewn face masks protect against coronavirus? Mar 26, 2020

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As hospitals, clinics and other community organizations face a shortage of masks during the COVID-19 outbreak, homebound sewers have stepped up to help, from DIY crafters to fashion companies. Are homemade masks helpful to medical staff?

With spring design fairs and travel on hold, LA designers get creative with constraints Mar 12, 2020

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In a normal year, many Angeleno designers and showroom owners would be packing their bags soon to head to Milan for Salone del Mobile, the massive furniture fair. But now Italy is on lockdown, and the fair has been postponed, along with High Point Market in North Carolina and numerous other expos, fairs and festivals.

Salone and High Point, originally scheduled in April, have moved to June, assuming quarantines have lifted.

How are Los Angeles designers and showroom owners responding?