American Tapestry, a piece from Daniel Kaven’s Architecture of Normal series, is part of a group show curated by Mona Kuhn for The Billboard Creative's ninth annual exhibition taking place during 2023 Frieze Los Angeles. Check it out on the corner of Melrose Ave. and N Gramercy Pl.
This year's exhibition is titled We the People and will feature the work of 30 artists on billboards across Los Angeles. Previously featured artists include Ed Ruscha, Paul McCarthy, Ramiro Gomez, Phung Huynh, Narsiso Martinez, Marilyn Minter, Alex Prager, and Calida Rawles.
Read more about the show + access the interactive map HERE.
Honored to see Daniel Kaven’s Architecture of Normal featured in PRINT Magazine’s The Daily Heller, a design digest dubbed a “must-follow feed in the world of design” by Wired Magazine.
"Kaven has assembled an enticing visual narrative that includes extensive historical photography, architecture commentary, personal anecdote and original art. It serves as a critical travelogue of what the world accepts as the American landscape, but leaves the door open for further debate over whether it is a dream-scape or nightmare."
- Steven Heller, The Daily Heller / PRINT Magazine
A piece from Daniel Kaven’s Architecture of Normal series has been selected for The Billboard Creative’s ninth annual billboard exhibition in Los Angeles, opening February 3. Look for Daniel's billboard at the intersection of Melrose Ave. and N Gramercy Pl.
This year's exhibition, curated by Mona Kuhn, is titled We The People and will feature the work of 30 artists on billboards across Los Angeles. Previously featured artists include Ed Ruscha, Paul McCarthy, Ramiro Gomez, Phung Huynh, Narsiso Martinez, Marilyn Minter, Alex Prager, and Calida Rawles.
See below for more information and full list of 2023 artists.
MORE INFO + FULL ARTIST LIST AND INTERACTIVE MAP
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We are very proud to announce that Architecture of Normal (Birkhäuser, 2022) took the honors the other night at the 2022 GRAY Awards in the Product Design category. We had a great time accepting the award and celebrating our fellow winners at the epic GRAY Gala at Seattle’s Fairmont Olympic Hotel
The GRAY Award is a prestigious design accolade, awarded to designers in the categories of Architecture, Interiors, Landscape, and Product Design and determined by an international judging panel of design icons. This year's panel included Ini Archibong, Paul Cocksedge, Paolo Ferrari, Holly Hunt, Patrick Lam, and Mia Lehrer.
BIG NEWS! W/K partner Daniel Kaven’s book Architecture of Normal is a finalist for a 2022 GRAY Award in the Product Design category.
Now in its 6th year, GRAY Awards — a cross-disciplinary design awards program — recognizes the incredible work happening around the world.
Winners will be announced on December 5, 2022.
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Join us for the launch of Daniel Kaven's book, Architecture of Normal: The Colonization of the American Landscape (Birkhäuser, 2022), and a discussion of the history and future of design in America. Kaven's expansive literary and visual assemblage, called an "enthralling cautionary tale about the future" by Metropolis Magazine, explores how evolving transportation technologies have shaped America's built environment and examines the connection between urbanization and colonization in the American West.
September 21, 2022
7 to 9pm
SOHO Warehouse
1000 S Santa Fe Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90021
Episode 35: Architecture of Normal - William / Kaven Architecture’s Daniel Kaven with Host Daniel Safarik
W/K partner Daniel Kaven sat down with Unfrozen Podcast host Daniel Safarik (Director, Research and Thought Leadership at Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat) to talk about his new book, Architecture of Normal (Birkhäuser, 2022), along with suburbanization, flying cars, and why “Generation Z needs to get out in the streets and be really pissed off about work-from-home.”
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"Book Review: Architecture of Normal – The Colonization of the American Landscape" by Sean Ruthen
Architecture of Normal was reviewed in Toronto-based Spacing Magazine.
“Part Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, and part Learning from Las Vegas, this honest portrayal of the connection between urbanization and colonization from Portland-based artist Daniel Kaven is a cornucopia of visual imagery.”
—Sean Ruthen, Spacing Magazine
Read More“Architecture of Normal: The Colonization of the American Landscape reads like an enthralling textbook—a breezy history teeming with photography, original artwork, and timelines—even as its author offers a more cautionary take on what we have wrought.”
—Brian Libby, Metropolis
"On the Road or In the Air, Daniel Kaven Sees the Journey as Destination": Daniel Kaven sits down with Metropolis to discuss Architecture of Normal and the future of cities in America.
Read More“Architecture of Normal: The Colonization of the American Landscape reads like an enthralling textbook—a breezy history teeming with photography, original artwork, and timelines—even as its author offers a more cautionary take on what we have wrought.”
—Brian Libby, Metropolis
Richard Speer reviews Daniel Kaven’s Architecture of Normal for The Democracy Chain.
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W/K partner Daniel Kaven talks Architecture of Normal with host Brandon Gaston for Season 3, Episode 2 of GRAY Magazine’s “In the Design Lounge” interview series.
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“In his new book, Architecture of Normal (through Birkhäuser), Portland-based architect Daniel Kaven explores the contrast between the grandeur of the American landscape and the underwhelming architecture of its suburban strip malls, fast-food chains, motels, and tract housing.”
—Rachel Gallaher, GRAY MAGAZINE
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W/K partner Daniel Kaven’s debut book is hot off the press. Pink foil stamping, painted page edges, 200+ full-color images, beautiful endpapers, plus a fascinating selection of historical photos and original art — the design and print quality of Architecture of Normal make for an incredible reading experience. Order your copy here.
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