Episode 77: Cape to California

“Cities are great places in which to experiment and to try to use design to affect human life — it’s the right kind of scale,” Michael says in a conversation about Cape Town, where Jessica traveled with students to study the severe water shortage, and Los Angeles, which named L.A. Times architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne as its first chief design officer.

Also mentioned this week:

• Hawthorne, Why I’m Leaving the LA Times for City Hall
• Hawthorne interviews with Curbed, City Lab
• Lubalin 100
• Water Dorwin Teague, Design This Day

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