California Designing Freedom

"Explores the idea that California has pioneered tools of personal liberation - from LSD to surfboards and iPhones Ambitious Californian products have influenced contemporary life across the globe to such an extent that in some ways we are all now Californians. Put simply, 'Designed in California' is the new 'Made in Italy'."—MrsD-Daily"An illustrated book that would look chic on any California coffee table, yet one that packs an impressive heft with five original essays by design scholars and practioners."—New Scientist

In 2014, he co-curated Fair Enough in the Russian pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale. In 2012 he was awarded the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale of Architecture for an exhibition he curated with Urban Think Tank. His book Radical Cities: Across Latin America in Search of a New Architecture is published by Verso.Brendan McGetrick is an independent writer, editor, and designer. In 2011, he curated Unnamed

This book examines California's enormous impact on contemporary design, from the counterculture of the 1960s to the tech culture of Silicon Valley. Californian products have influenced contemporary life across the globe to such an extent that in some ways we are all now Californians. Put simply, 'Designed in California' is the new 'Made in Italy'.. This ambitious survey brings together political posters and portable devices, but also looks beyond hardware to explore how user interface designers in the San Francisco Bay Area are shaping some of our most common daily experiences. On a more expansive level, California: Designing Freedom explores the idea that California has pioneered tools of personal liberation - from LSD to surfboards and iPhones