Design Innovation Stage, Sunday 26 June, 2011
We have a schedule of 11 sessions programmed from 11:00am until 5:00pm on the Design Innovation Stage on Sunday. Watch out for more details as we post some great panel topics. Here are just a few examples.
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11:30 - 12:00
The Business Behind Indie Design
As consumers turn their attention from the mass-produced goods towards thoughtful, small-batch products, the time is right for independent designers to share their wares. We talk to shop owners and designers who reveal their insights on breaking into the wide world of retail.
12:00 - 12:30
Home Work: How-to Printmaking
Printmaking is, quite possibly, the perfect DIY project: easy to learn, and imperfections only make your work more interesting and unique. Christine Schmidt, the creative force behind Yellow Owl Workshop, teaches us the tricks of her trade with a very special half-hour how-to. Read more...
12:30 - 1:25
Los Angeles Magazine Presents: Meet the Future of Modern Cuisine
| Three enormously talented teen chefs, recently profiled in Los Angeles
magazine, will discuss how they barged their way into the kitchens of
the city''s best restaurants; how they mastered French traditionalism
and culinary modernism; and how they recently pulled off a completely
original multi-course dinner for a tableful of L.A.'s top chefs. The
boys will also talk about a collective approach to fine cuisine that is
inseparable from fine design, conceiving and plating dishes an eye for
color and form that mirrors the aesthetic of much of contemporary
architecture. The discussion will be moderated by journalist Ed Leibowitz, who wrote the feature article about the teen chefs for June 2011 issue of Los Angeles magazine. It will be accompanied by photos of elegantly plated and visually imaginative dishes prepared by the boys, who call their culinary collective "Samacon." |
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1:30 - 2:30
Los Angeles Magazine Presents: Pop Surf Culture
| Chris Nichols interviews Domenic Priore on the origins of pop surf culture and it’s connection to architecture and design, as well as music, art, film and fashion. Priore will present a slide show following the evolution of surf style from native surfers in Waikiki to the Beach Boys and through the psychedelic era. | Sponsored by |
2:30 - 2:55
Los Angeles Magazine Presents: East Meets West: Happenings in America's Asian Cuisines
Author and Chinese food expert Carl Chu joins LA Times writer Linda Burum, blogger Tony Chen of Sinosoul, and award-winning chef Robert Danhi in discussing the changes with Asian cuisines in America over the past 30 years -- from pho to pad thai to charsui pork buns. Moderator: Carl Chu |
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3:00 - 3:30
Los Angeles Magazine Presents: Thirty Years of the Santa Monica Farmers’ Market
| Since it began in 1981, the weekly Saturday farmers market in Santa Monica has set the standard for markets nationwide. It has grown to become one of the largest, most influential markets in the country. Market manager Laura Avery joins cookbook author and market enthusiast Amelia Saltsman and some longtime farmers to discuss the evolution of one of the city’s greatest culinary treasures. | Sponsored by |
3:30 - 3:55
Los Angeles Magazine Presents: Test Kitchen and the Pop-Up Phenomenon
Bill Chait
Managing Partner
Sprout LA-Rivera,Playa, Sotto, Picca, Short Order Restaurants
Los Angeles
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| 2010 was the year of the pop-up restaurant, and no single operation made
quite as much nosie as Test Kitchen. Occupying a small, underground
space on Pico Boulevard, the restaurant hosted a different featured chef
every night. Test Kitchen became a laboratory for the city’s best chefs
to experiment with new dishes and entire new restaurant concepts. Here, co-founder Bill Chait and Test Kitchen alumni chefs Walter Manzke, Neal Fraser, Dan Moody, and Ani Phyo gather to reminisce and discuss the future of the pop-up trend. |
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Moderator: Los Angeles Magazine Dine Editor Lesley Bargar Suter
Bill Chait
Managing Partner
Sprout LA-Rivera,Playa, Sotto, Picca, Short Order Restaurants
Los Angeles
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