Features and newsy bits on everything from SoCal-influenced architecture in China to shrinking arts coverage in America’s newspapers

• Why Your Boss Cares If You’re Happy (Fast Company, 9/16/2013) – Feature story on the trend of companies investing in tools to measure and improve employee happiness.
• Small Firms Use Security Cameras to Boost Business (Wall Street Journal, 8/19/2013) – A look at how businesses are using surveillance systems to do market research.
• A Morning Routine Sparked a Startup (Wall Street Journal,8/19/2013) – A profile of the founders of Coffee Joulies, a startup that raised a record amount of money on Kickstarter for a product that keeps your coffee the perfect temp for hours.
• Life’s Blueprints (Good, 10/12/12) – A look at how Levi’s is incorporating the science of biomimicry into its design process.

• Chic-ing Shelter (Angeleno, 3/1/2010) – Profile of the L.A.-based starchitects behind popular design firm Standard.
• Derailed Design – (Angeleno, 7/1/2009) – A look at what’s happening to L.A.’s high-end design market during the recession.
• Aurel Schmidt (Planet Magazine, 4/14/2009) – Profile of New York-based artist Aurel Schmidt.
• Heeb 100: Jeremy Stoppelman – (Heeb, 6/1/2008) – A profile of Yelp founder Jeremy Stoppelman.
• El Perro Del Mar Leads Swedish Invasion in San Francisco (VenusZine, 5/18/2008) – Review of El Perro Del Mar concert with Lykke Li and Anna Ternheim opening.
• Jean-Luc Godard: The Last Auteur – (Planet, 3/1/2008) – A feature on Jean-Luc Godard and his influence on film.
• Designing Airports and Hotels of the Future (Executive Travel, 10/1/2008) – A look at the future of airport and hotel design with an emphasis on designs specifically geared toward business travelers.
• Record Shopping with Donita Sparks (VenusZine, 3/1/2008) – An interview with former L7 frontwoman Donita Sparks conducted while shopping for records in L.A.
• Remade in China – (Angeleno, 6/17/2008) – Feature about Chinese real estate developers hiring L.A. architects to recreate SoCal in China’s suburbs.
• How Nelly Got Her Groove Back (Karma Magazine, 10/1/2007) – Cover feature on Nelly Furtado.
• Recycling Rio – (VenusZine, 6/1/2007) – The Coopa-Roca collective is knitting its way from Rio’s slums to New York’s catwalks.
• Stop Shopping (The Fempire, 11/15/2006) – Feature covering the financial mess of young American women and the dangers of excessive consumption.
• Dressing up a Mall (Metropolis, 1/1/2005) Short piece on the renovation of a high-end mall in Seoul Korea.
• Overdesigned – (Core 77, 12/1/2004) – A comprehensive look at restaurant design in San Francisco.