is the collaboration of the practices of Tim Durfee and Iris Anna Regn. Durfee and Regn work in areas where architecture overlaps with other fields of design and art: in the creation of award-winning exhibitions and installations; in buildings, interiors, and furniture; and in conceptualizing urban networks and communication systems.
They often work with cultural institutions and demonstrate an ongoing commitment to the relationship between architecture, art, and graphic design, where each project is framed conceptually, defined through a process of inquiry and brainstorming and realized through innovative methods of fabrication. Durfee and Regn also collaborate with other designers and artists on complex, multi-year projects, bringing multiple layers of expertise to a diverse portfolio; among these are Louise Sandhaus, Juliette Bellocq, Joe Prichard, Brian Roettinger, Rick Valicenti, and Lorraine Wild.
Current and recent work includes projects for the Banning Museum, The Community Redevelopment Agency of Los Angeles, LACMA, Hammer Museum, The Huntington, Indianapolis Museum of Art, The International Center of Photography, Los Angeles Metro, UCLA Design|Media Arts, Target Corporation, and various private residences.
Tim Durfee is on the core faculty and Director of Like Now at the graduate Media Design Program at Art Center College of Design. Previously, he taught architectural design at SCI-Arc, where he was Director of Visual Studies. His work engages a range of subjects and media – including buildings, constructed objects and spaces, video, interfaces, maps, and writing – and has been published and exhibited widely. Durfee is a member of the sound ensemble Health and Beauty. He has a Master of Architecture degree from Yale.
Iris Anna Regn worked in several major architecture offices in Los Angeles before starting her own cross-disciplinary, collaborative design practice. She cocurated Sundown Salon #28 with Fritz Haeg and Joyce Campbell, and cofounded the ongoing art and design project BROODWORK: Creative Practice and Family Life with artist Rebecca Niederlander. Regn is also a contributing writer for Herman Miller Lifework. She is a Family and Practice Advisor for the A+D Museum an advisor for Big City Forum, and a board member of the LA Forum for Architecture and Urban Design. She holds a BA in French Literature from Smith College and an MArch from SCI-Arc.
Present and Past Contributors
Haila Adamo
Joanne Angeles
Arthur Badalian
Cecilia Brock
Taylor Cunningham
Rob Decosmo
Ellen Donnely
Barbara Ellis
Kyla Farrell
Jeff Haber
Zachary Hoevet
Teira Johnson
Geoffrey Johnston
Sarhad Ghevandian
Justin Gier
Ara Hovsepyan
Roy Craig Katz
Takeshi Kobayashi
Katherine Lally
Heather McGinn
Jen McKnight
Chris McMillan
Petra Michel
Midori Mizuhara
Richard Molina
Felix Monasakanian
Sebastian Munoz
Fredrik Nilsen
Francisco Osorio
Michelle Park
T Rives Rash
Rebecca Rudolph
Tricia Sanedrin
George Sinas
Colin Thompson
Chris Turner
Jackson Wang
Yuen Yuen
Rahi Zaland