Design, Bitches3218 Atwater Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90039
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September 2015
Design, Bitches
April 2015
Office profiled in Japanese magazine, California Style
“Their concept is “a place where one wants to return to”, achieved through unexpected combinations of scale and colors. They say in unison: ‘inspiration comes from the everyday life.’ “ (Translated)
CALIFORNIA STYLE MAGAZINE
March 2015
Interview with Design, Bitches
“Rudolph and Johnson are redefining SoCal dining style and, in doing so, showing us what it truly is — a mash-up of carefree beach vibe, cozy suburbia, taco stand culture and hipster cred, with a thoughtful nod to neighborhood traditions.”
LOS ANGELES TIMES IMAGE MAGAZINE
March 2015
The Springs featured in the Scene Stealers column, as “Making It on the Great Raw Way”
“‘A crisp, bright pause amidst the industrial exhaust’ is how Design, Bitches, an architectural firm, describes the look it greated for the Springs: raw and blue-stained plywood, cement floors, roll-up garage doors and globular paper lanterns. There are also cinder-block planters filled with fig trees and palms.”
THE NEW YORK TIMES SUNDAY STYLES
Design, Bitches
March 2015
The Springs is published in Gestalten’s Let’s Go Out Again!, featuring fantastic dining establishments around the world.
“As the studio name suggests, and under the infl uence of LA’s cultural fusions and undersung architectural experimentation, Catherine Johnson and Rebecca Rudolph, who are Design, Bitches, think design should be expressive and pop.”
LET’S GO OUT AGAIN!
January 2015
The Springs is written up in “Sustainable Development”
“Design, Bitches spearheaded The Springs’ minimalist design, citing a combination of Palm Springs and Wes Anderson fi lms by way of inspiration. The result? Clean lines and sophisticated architectural elements--all imbued with a playful touch.”
LA CANVAS
THE GUARDIAN ONLINE
March 2015
British news service The Guardian includes The Springs on it’s list of “10 of the World’s Coolest Restaurants”
Design, Bitches
September 2014 Company profi le in “Design, Bitches: Meet the Architects Shaping LA’s Sprawling Food Scene”
“What sets Design, Bitches apart is the way they use the whole of L.A. culture as their palette—movies, everyday materials, art, food, fashion. Their approach refl ects the casual mixing-and-matching of cultures that has helped transform L.A. from a “culinary backwater,” to quote the Daily Beast’s Andrew Romano, into one of the most exciting restaurant scenes in the U.S.”
October 2014
The Springs featured on the T Magazine online blog and New York Times Arena column “In Downtown Los Angeles, a Vast, New Healing Center and Cafe is a Harbinger of change”
FASTCOMPANY CO.DESIGN
NEW YORK TIMES
ANGELENO
January 2015
The Springs arrival in Downtown LA praised in Angeleno Magazine in “Springs Forward”
“Here, refi nement can be found in an uncompromising attention to quality and detail, from the water fi ltration system to the rigorous guidelines for the organic ingredients to its owners source.”
Design, Bitches
March 2013
Firm profiled in “@DomusWeb: Design, Bitches Studio Visit #Catherine Johnson #Rebecca Rudolph”
“Design, Bitches’ work is rich with references, but it’s not postmodern in a sense that hinges on historic or symbolic tropes, instead their output is closer to what Charles Jencks calls an “ersatz eclecticism.” They willfully sample across time and culture.”
DOMUS
February 2014
Firm featured in “It’s Not Derogatory” in the Arts section
“They earned an honorable mention, and although it was never intended as a name, Design, Bitches stuck. It has turned out to be a mission statement in two words. It encompasses Rudolph and Johnson’s honest, no-fuss approach to work. It punctuates their brushing off of the architecture world’s old-school patriarchy. And, most significantly, it hints at the pop sensibility and realness that inhabits their spaces.”
LA WEEKLY
June 2014 The Oinkster hollywood featured in “Open > Restaurant”
ARCHITECT’S NEWSPAPER
Design, Bitches
October 2012
Superba Snack bar featured in “Pespective Sketchbook” column
“Their design directive translated to an ecelectic mash-up of materials all successfully co-existing in the restaurant’s tight quarters.”
HOSPITALITY DESIGN MAGAZINE
October 2013
Design, Bitches office profile featured in this Spanish-language magazine
“Their projects, which cover a broad spectrum such as interiors, performance, temporary installations or commercial spaces, reveal their universae as full of color, details, and ooze with pop culture references from every pore.” (Translated)
PLOT
June 2013
Firm profile in perspective news column, as “Newsmakers: Design, Bitches”
ARCHITECTURAL RECORD
Design, Bitches
November/December 2013
Design, Bitches office profile in article entitled “Dynamic Duo”
“Their collaboration continues to explore alternative approaches to design while also using the communities around them as a source of inspiration.”
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