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…
DetailsMADWORKSHOP provided presentation support for Lightscape, a feature-length film by artist Doug Aitken, on view at the Marciano Art Foundation through May 17th, 2025. Lightscape is an immersive experience, occupying a huge indoor space lined with multiple projection screens. Driven largely by music, the film features characters interacting with one another as they move through…
DetailsIn 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…
DetailsMADWORKSHOP provided presenting support for the current exhibition Olafur Eliasson: OPEN, on display at MOCA’s Geffen Contemporary in Little Tokyo. OPEN features over a dozen pieces commissioned for MOCA and related works, all of which explore light, illusion, and perception. Many of the pieces are interactive, taking the viewer into the scene via mirror reflection, backlighting/shadow creation, and projection. Visitors…
DetailsMary 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…
DetailsMADWORKSHOP has established an annual program with ArtCenter College of Design, offering one Transportation Department faculty member an opportunity to study abroad. The eight-week Affiliated Fellow program is based at the American Academy in Rome, with tuition, travel, and living expenses furnished by the Foundation. The fellowship allows the recipient to explore intersections between transportation…
DetailsArroyo Bridge Section (4.4m x 8.5m x 3.9m) is a sculpture exhibited in Venice as part of the European Cultural Centre’s exhibition Personal Structures. Built in collaboration with Mary and David Martin’s MADWORKSHOP, the sculpture is the newest iteration of a bridge project undertaken by a 2014 architecture studio at USC run by R. Scott…
DetailsMADWORKSHOP is delighted to support MOCA’s Teen Program, a vibrant program that encourages high school juniors and seniors to engage with contemporary art and museum culture by working together on art-related projects, meeting with working artists, and being able to engage with arts professionals across multiple disciplines (curatorial, editorial, and more). The MOCA Teen Program…
DetailsWednesday, 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…
DetailsSource Témenos – from the latin ‘portion of sky’, ‘sacred enclosure’ – is a space designed to be a pause in the city, a place for every human to converge their thoughts, feelings and emotions to the highest degree through a one to one experience with art. Given the undeniable link between the individual and…
DetailsNext Generation Shows Skills at USC’s Furniture Design Class Source In 2005, renowned architect David Martin established a furniture design class at the University of Southern California’s School of Architecture in Los Angeles. Combining architecture, design, craftsmanship, and the maker movement, the class charges students with creating a chair and table. Now under the direction of R.…
DetailsSource Earlier this year, the New York based JASON WU headed to California to teach a group of fashion students at the Otis College of Art and Design, joining a string of mentors who have passed on their knowledge at the Los Angeles institution. Stewarded by MADWORKSHOP, a non-profit serving and educating young designers, the program tapped Wu –…
DetailsGiving Shelter; A conversation with Sofia Borges & R. Scott Mitchell about architecture’s potential to house us all
DetailsOur board is comprised of experts in their field, who generously lend their time and aptitude to MADWORKSHOP. Karen Hofmann, a board member since 2017, was recently named Provost of ArtCenter College of Design — the first woman to hold the position. We couldn’t be more proud of her. Here Karen shares some of the…
DetailsMADWORKSHOP recently teamed up with one of fashion’s most prodigious designers, Jason Wu, to lead a studio at Otis College of Art and Design. In the run-up to NY Fashion Week, Jason offered one particularly standout student, Oli Carillo, an internship. We caught up with them to see how working with Wu has influenced their…
DetailsWith the new academic year comes a whole host of brand-new MADWORKSHOP studios. We’re thrilled to be supporting these cutting-edge design programs — one of which is led by the ever-fascinating Ball-Nogues Studio. Working at the intersection of architecture, art and industrial design, founders Benjamin Ball and Gaston Nogues will be bringing their unique creative…
DetailsWith its precarious relationship to water and lack of disaster preparedness, Southern California is in need of innovative architectural ideas that are simple to integrate into everyday life.
DetailsSucculent Walls: Unpacking Southern California’s Fickle Relationship to Water and Disaster Preparedness with UCLA’s Heather Roberge Source: Archinect Image © Buddy Bleckley courtesy of MADWORKSHOP Southern California’s climate is a combination of dry and semi-arid with seasonal rainfall. Particularly for the Los Angeles metropolitan area, this condition results in precarious management of water, especially in…
DetailsUCLA Graduate Students And MADWORKSHOP Developed “Succulent Walls” To Ease Water Crisis Source Image: © Buddy Bleckley, courtesy of MADWORKSHOP PLANE-SITE has released a new video, exploring how scalable, easy-to-install rainwater storage could ease Southern California’s water crisis. With its precarious relationship to water and lack of disaster preparedness, Southern California is in need of innovative…
DetailsPlaying with femininity, gender and heritage, Jason Wu’s collaboration with Mary and David Martin’s MADWORKSHOP and the Otis College of Art and Design offers a new alternative to women’s uniform.
DetailsKingston Creative Exchange in Upstate New York links Pratt students with locals Source: The Architect’s Newspaper By WILLIAM MENKING • July 8, 2019 Kingston, New York, is a charming town on the Hudson River 90 miles north of New York City. It was the first capital of the state before being burned to the ground in 1777 by the British…
DetailsWhy Jason Wu Decided To Play Fashion Mentor For LA College Students Source: Haute Living For its Centennial Year, Los Angeles’ Otis College of Art and Design—which has one of the top fashion design programs in the nation (and has produced designers Claire Pettibone, Rick Owens, Red Carter, Chris Chang and Rod Beattie)—went big for its annual fashion show,…
DetailsSource: Arch Daily Succulent Walls tackle how architecture can respond to Southern California’s precarious relationship to water and lack of disaster preparedness. The work of a Master of Architecture (M.Arch.I) Research Studio taught by Heather Roberge, this collaboration between Mary and David Martin’s MADWORKSHOP and UCLA Architecture and Urban Design prototypes a series of residential water catchment systems. By…
DetailsMadworkshop and Pratt Institute Bring Pride of Place to Kingston, NY
DetailsSource LA Design Festival, ROW DTLA – Bldg 2, Suite #138767 Alameda Street, Los Angeles California, 90012When:Jun 20, 2019Time:10:00am – 10:45am 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,…
Detailsulent Walls tackle how architecture can respond to Southern California’s precarious relationship to water and lack of disaster preparedness.
DetailsThe 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…
DetailsMADWORKSHOP and Pratt Institute have come together to establish a new creative education space in Kingston, NY – the Pratt Creative Xchange
DetailsAcclaimed fashion designer Jason Wu mentors students for the Otis College of Art and Design centennial fashion show.
DetailsSucculent Walls tackle how architecture can respond to Southern California’s precarious relationship to water and lack of disaster preparedness.
DetailsSource: KCRW Jason Wu goes to school Jason Wu mentors Otis fashion students as they prepare a collection of women’s outfits inspired by uniforms of the 1950s.Photo by Avishay Artsy/KCRW Fifteen fashion design students at Otis College of Art and Design just spent nine months working with celebrity designer Jason Wu, famed for his sumptuous…
DetailsThe shore of the Kingston Point Beach is a gradient of red descending into the Hudson River. Visitors who walk on its rosy ground will notice that it is strewn with eroded chunks of bricks, many stamped “Hutton.”
DetailsJason Wu works with design students on fittings during his Madworkshop-sponsored master class at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles.
DetailsMadworkshop, a nonprofit architecture and design foundation in Los Angeles focusing on social and technological innovation, has fostered a solution for the need for emergency housing.
DetailsThe need for emergency housing isreaching epic proportions. Not just in earthquake-, fire-, and mudslide-prone California, where this project originates, but also globally.
DetailsVeteran Stylists and Designers Prep Otis College Students for Annual Fashion Show Source With a theme of “Limitless,” the program will showcase over 100 designs from junior and senior fashion students. The Otis College of Art and Design, which celebrates its centennial anniversary during this 2018-2019 academic year, has announced that its 37th annual Scholarship…
DetailsAlberto was born and raised in Temecula, California, the land of the hot air balloons. Whether building forts as a kid or creating handmade duct-tape wallets with his brother, Alberto has always been a maker and a hands-on designer. He grew up wanting to be an architect and that dream only compounded when he discovered…
DetailsMADWORKSHOP’s Kingston Creative Exchange with Pratt Institute Jon Otis and Luka Lucic of Pratt Institute and designer Carl Gustav Magnusson of Mary and David Martin’s MADWORKSHOP talk about a new design internship for Kingston High School students that supports technological craftsmanship in the arts and design: Kingston Creative Exchange. Listen Now
DetailsFashion designer Jason Wu steps behind the teacher’s desk for a new class at Otis College of Art and Design.
DetailsSource: Design Milk Sweden-born Carl Gustav Magnusson is one of the most renowned industrial designers today as he continues leaving his memorable mark on the modern design work. He studied engineering at the University of Idaho and then architecture at Chalmers Institute of Technology in Gothenburg before taking the bold step of writing to iconic greats, Ray…
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