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2024 CAPITALS

1. SAN DIEGO & TIJUANA

World Design Capital 2024

Cross-border collaboration is the theme here, as these two cities, just 20 miles apart, share the World Design Organization’s biennial designation. That translates to a series of events in both places. , an exhibition focused on jewelry design, will take place January 27 toshowcase of design, will appear at multiple venues in San Diego. Additional travel-worthy art and architecture await: In San Diego, seek out the Salk Institute, a landmark of modern concrete buildings, or the University of California San Diego’s geometric Geisel Library (named for Dr. Seuss); in Tijuana, visit CECUT (above) for its dramatic dome and garden full of replica Mesoamerican sculptures.

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