Ted Wells

Ted Wells is an author, designer, and historian and curates museum exhibitions and education programs.

His latest books are Bohemian Bridges: California as a Superstructure for Social and Cultural Change; Bohemian Highways: Art & Culture Abide Then Divide Along the California Coast; Bohemian Crossroads: Art & Culture Collide Then Subside on the Monterey Peninsula; Casting Shadows: Auguste Rodin, published by Guardian Stewardship Editions; Eva Zeisel: Life, Design, and Beauty, published by Chronicle Books.

In January 2018, Arcadia Publishing released Images of America: Laguna Niguel, a book on the history of the early master-planned community in the USA. His upcoming books are Romantic Modern: The California Architecture of Harwell Hamilton Harris; Horizon Homes: Living a Concrete Dream; Future Perfect: A History of the University of Southern California School of Architecture, published by USC Guild Press; Alpha Dog Exhaustion, co-authored with UCLA professor Dr. Michael Prelip; and the children's books: Tons and Tons of Tansus; Sillas Chairs/ See Ya Chairs; and Nofearatutu.

Wells presents lectures in the U.S. and internationally. He is the host of podcasts at iTunes and Public Radio Exchange: Ted Wells Living Simple Arts & Architecture; Simple Rediscovery; The Middle Edges; and the upcoming A Quiet Style, and Tyrannosaurus Wrecks.