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Una Malan Expands to Second Showroom; Stunning New Furniture and Lighting Collections on Display
In 2017, Una Malan proudly moved her fledgling showroom to the La Cienega Design Quarter, into a charming John Elgin Woolf designed building off of one of the few remaining original courtyards on La Cienega Boulevard. Just shy of LEGENDS 2019, held May 7 to 9, she opened a second…
LEGENDS 2019 is Iconic Living Legends Bunny Williams and Suzanne Rheinstein are Honored; Artist Peter Shire Adds Local Color to First Shop the Quarter Day
Designers who traveled from around the U.S. and the world to the La Cienega Design Quarter for LEGENDS 2019 – three days of immersion into the rarified world of high-end design on the theme of Legendary: Icons of Design – experienced an unprecedented number of firsts this year. The most…
Catherine Austin Window Honoring Alberto Pinto Voted Favorite at LEGENDS 2019
Each year LEGENDS embraces an overarching theme that is expressed in the windows of the member LCDQ shops and showrooms. The theme for LEGENDS 2019 is “Legendary: Icons of Design,” and 43 designers from around the world were invited to create window displays in honor of their favorite design icon.…
Design Life: Timothy Corrigan On the eve of accepting an honor from the ICAA, the prolific designer shares his thoughts on classicism, who inspires him and what the future holds.
Timothy Corrigan has been a fixture on the architecture and design scene since he established his eponymous design firm in 1998, after a successful career in advertising. Now twenty years later, he is being honored by the Southern California Institute of Classical Architecture & Art (ICAA) this month for his…
Overheard at LEGENDS X – Part II
It’s always a challenge, albeit a fun one, to catch all of the design talk, opening parties, book signings and soirées in and around LEGENDS each year. That’s why we decided to gather some of our favorite moments and share them here. In our second installment, read on to see…
Designers Take Over Barakat Gallery to Show How to Live with Antiquities
For the first time ever, the Barakat Gallery is staging a display of seven designers’ visions of living with antiques. Appropriately named “Living with Antiquities,” the showcase at Barakat is intended to inspire people to explore the incorporation of ancient art and artifacts in design today. The opening party for…
Rear Window Didn’t catch all of the amazing LEGENDS X windows? We’ve got the ultimate round-up.
With the dizzying, delightful pace that is LEGENDS each year, we often hear a common refrain in the the days and weeks after… “I wish I had seen that window.” So we are taking a little rearview mirror look-back… gathering some here so you can spend a lazy summer afternoon…
FORM Design Studio Launches Rugs with Mehraban
Mehraban has launched an ensemble of rugs called The Bisous Collection in collaboration with designers and founding partners of FORM Design Studio, Joshua Rose and Rafael Kalichstein, who designed the rug showroom’s window for the La Cienega Design Quarter’s annual LEGENDS X event. The eight carpets in the Bisous collection…
Overheard at LEGENDS X This year was a feast for the ears as well as the eyes.
It’s always a challenge, albeit a fun one, to catch all of the design talk, openings, book signings and soirées in and around LEGENDS each year. That’s why we decided to gather some of our favorite moments and share them here. In the first of a series, read on to…
ALT for Living Heads West, to the LCDQ
ALT for Living, a boutique style interior design showroom that is popular among Manhattan’s top designers, has opened their third location, ALT LA, on La Cienega. The showroom, which specializes in luxury handmade textiles, carpets, and home furnishings, already collaborates with West Coast designers, such as Waldo, Atelier AM, and…
Design Dynasties, Pictures the Tabloids Would Like to Get And More on LEGENDS TLC Forums Agenda
Some of the hottest topics on design are on the agenda at LEGENDS X, one of the most highly acclaimed design extravaganzas in America taking place this year on May 8 to 10 in the La Cienega Design Quarter. This year, LEGENDS again offers TLC Forums, a series of programming…
Legendary Gracie Hand-painted Wallpaper Firm Opens Showroom in LCDQ
Gracie, the venerable New York company that has been producing handprinted scenic wall coverings since 1898, inaugurates its first West Coast showroom with a 3-day open house from Monday, November 6, to Wednesday, November 8. To celebrate the occasion, third-generation Chairman Brian Gracie and fourth-generation Creative Director Jenn Gracie and…
Galerie Carole Decombe Transforms into a Proustian Chamber
At the start of Swann’s Way (Du côté de chez Swann), Proust writes: “For a long time, I went to bed early.” The most famous phrase of French literature is, in itself, a journey back in time, and it inspired Carole Decombe to launch a presentation of “Proustian” decor in…
Ferrick Mason “Painterly” Fabrics and Wallpapers Now at Harbinger
Harbinger welcomes the boutique Ferrick Mason printed fabrics and wallpaper line to their LCDQ showroom on La Cienega Boulevard. Harbinger is known for showcasing trend-resistant and traditional finds while mixing in edgier pieces. Fine artist Alex Mason has created each of Ferrick Mason’s popular patterns and colorways by drawing straight…
