There are a thousand stories in the naked city, as they say, and when it comes to design in LA, many of them are good. So it’s always hard to determine what to make the focus of the once-monthly DnA. But this January, it just seemed like a natural to ruminate on a newly unveiled design/artwork that is about the big city; namely,  Chris Burden’s new installation at LACMA, Metropolis II (right).
 Known among art cognoscenti for his madcap — and at times masochistic – performance art of the early 1970s, Burden has emerged, with Urban …

Silverlake-based Materials and Applications (M&A) is going offsite this weekend for a collaborative design and build project at the Barnsdall Art Park in Los Feliz/East Hollywood — and you are invited to bring your ideas and join in.
Here’s the deets from M&A (whose most recent installation, Back to Basics, is shown in the image, left):
We will spend both Saturday and Sunday (01/10 & 01/11) developing an installation for the outdoor entryway to the gallery. The goal for our first meeting will be to brainstorm possible designs for the structure …