In March 2025, MADWORKSHOP co-founder David C. Martin celebrated the publication of his latest book, Legacy, with a presentation and book signing at a private club in Los Angeles. As design principal of Los Angeles-based firm AC Martin, David furthered his family’s legacy of major involvement in the civic vitality of Southern California. When David…
In October 2024, MADWORKSHOP co-founder David C. Martin celebrated the publication of his latest book, Legacy, with a book signing party on the roof deck of Wilshire Grand Center in downtown Los Angeles. It was a meaningful place to hold the event, as the Wilshire Grand was David’s final project as design principal of the…
Mary and David Martin/MADWORKSHOP recently sponsored the design of a centerpiece sculpture for this season’s Jason Wu Collection runway show, held in the public square at Manhattan’s Hudson Yards. The sculpture was a bespoke design by MADWORKSHOP fellow Elise Co, designer and technologist at Aeolab and ArtCenter College of Design, in collaboration with artist Ben…
Wednesday, February 19, 5:30pm 1300 lecture room, A+D StudiosSchool of ArchitectureUniversity of Illinois at Chicago845 W Harrison St (MC 030), Chicago, IL 60607 A+D Studios Carl Gustav Magnusson is a Swedish designer based in New York. After training as an engineer and architect and working for Charles and Ray Eames, Magnusson started his own…
The Martin Architecture and Design Workshop (MADWORKSHOP) supports students, makers, artists, and architects in the realization of socially valuable design projects. Our thriving fellowship and education programs nurture thinkers who will make radical, sustainable, and lasting contributions to the design discourse and society at large. Merging a contemporary aesthetic agenda, ambitious fabrication techniques, and the…
Succulent Walls tackle how architecture can respond to Southern California’s precarious relationship to water and lack of disaster preparedness.
New York-based fashion designer Jason Wu discusses his creations, career, and current collaboration with Otis College of Art and Design and the MADWORKSHOP Foundation with LACMA senior curator of costume and textiles Sharon Takeda.
Reinventing the Women’s Uniform: A Fashion Design Masterclass with Jason Wu, MADWORKSHOP, and LACMA SourceBy Michaela Hansen, Curatorial Assistant On the morning of September 14, a group of 15 students selected from Otis College of Art and Design arrived at LACMA to participate in the first day of a fashion design masterclass: Reinventing the Women’s Uniform…
Talk: Conversation with Jason Wu and Sharon Takeda
LA Mayor Eric Garcetti and Artist Shepard Fairey visit “Homes For Hope” and “Give Me Shelter” book signing