"Pacific Standard Time Presents: Modern Architecture in L.A." does for architecture what the Getty did last year for art. Does LA design still represent the future?

Barbara Bestor, Sara Stein and Karen Alweil decided it was time to rethink the city souvenir. Hear about SOLA and their "So LA!" products.

This week, world building with production designer Alex McDowell and an interview with LA designer Tanya Aguiniga.

This week, an interview with fashion designer Bryan Sanderson, who moved his shop from Stuttgart to Los Angeles.

The 3D printer comes into the home. Does Makerbot make us all product designers? Or overspend on inferior products? Plus, stories from Commune and Iwan Baan.

Newly affluent Chinese would rather live in copies of the White House than buildings inspired by their own heritage. A look at the vogue for duplitecture in China.

The nation is considering how to contain gun violence, while design and innovation produce ever more deadly weapons.

Eric Alan and Rhonda Voo decided to purge their home of everything except "meaningful objects." DnA examines what makes a meaningful object.

Elon Musk and Franz Von Holzhausen talk about the Tesla Model S all-electric sedan, and the challenge of creating a California car company in an age of vast global brands.

Michael Govan, Charles Renfro and Linda Taalman riff on LA projects that fuse art and architecture. Plus, a look at why the design industry can't stop the knock-offs.