Design, Bitches3218 Atwater Avenue

Los Angeles, CA 90039

Press Packet

Press InquiriesMeara Daly meara@nelsondaly.com

Catherine Johnsoncathy@designbitches.com(323) 717-3536

ContactRebecca Rudolphrebecca@designbitches.com(323) 855-6866

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”

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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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