Today’s design world roundup is a little less global but no less newsy. Settle in for 180 words worth of developments from the left coast:
Get ready for Google’s big fashion push. On Wednesday, the search giant will unveil a new online shopping initiative. The website and stable of online boutiques—which sounds to us like a bigger, better, branded version of Google Shopping—will allow anyone to create and share a personalized shop, according to WWD.On Thursday, the Pacific Design Center kicks off Design Loves Art, a program that provides project space for artists, curators, and galleries. Don’t miss the new, post-smock incarnation of Andrea Zittel’s artist-run enterprise, which will offer up a range of panel-based items. Come again? “These rectangular products contract and expand, morphing from single surfaces to fully functional objects,” explains Zittel. More Design Loves Art details are here.Over in Pasadena, the Art Center College of Design has appointed Fred Fehlau to the position of provost. An Art Center alum and working graphic designer, Fehlau has served as a professor and taken on a series of administrative roles, including interim chair of the graphic design department, chair of the senior education committee, and dean of academic affairs.New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.
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