Don’t miss these four exciting events at Lee Stanton Antiques during the Legends of La Cienega Design Walk.

Friday, May 8, 2009 / 10:30 A.M. – 11:30 A.M.
A Chat in the Garden on Selling Quality Design in the Age of Fast Food Junk Decorating with Designer David Phoenix and Mayer Rus, Writer for LA Times Magazine, ELLE DECOR, Dwell, and Wallpaper
Lee Stanton Antiques
769 N. La Cienega Blvd.
310.855.9800

Designer David Phoenix and critic Mayer Rus examine the dynamics of demonstrating value and creating great design in a recessionary market. Topics include the influence of mass-market design on television, the dwindling pool of high-end design magazines, and fluctuations in the market for art and antiques.

David Phoenix’s signature “California Elegance” has earned him a reputation as one of the nation’s most influential designers. An honorable appointee of the (SHRC) State Historical Resources Commission of California, Phoenix’s lifelong passion for America’s cultural and architectural heritage is clearly observed in his projects’ aesthetic.

His design talents are in-demand among the country’s highest-ranking public officials, including the Kennedy family, former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan, and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Friday, May 8, 2009 / 11:30 A.M. – 1:30 P.M.
Power Lunch sponsored by 1st Dibs
Mingle with Influential Designers and the L.A. Elite
Lee Stanton Antiques
769 N. La Cienega Blvd.
310.855.9800
Please Call Lee Stanton to RSVP

Saturday, May 9, 2009 / 12 P.M. – 1 P.M.
Glamorous Spaces Yet Intimate Places
A Conversation with Oliver Furth and Katie McGloin, Moderated by Alexandria Abramian-Mott, Editor of Angeleno Interiors
Lee Stanton Antiques
769 N. La Cienega Blvd.
310.659.8190

Saturday, May 9, 2009 / 1:30 P.M. – 2:30 P.M.
Creating a Hip Hollywood Home with Jane Hallworth, Trip Haenisch, and Ruthie Summers in a Spirited Conversation Moderated by Andrea Borda Stanford, Design & Style Editor of C Magazine
Lee Stanton Antiques
769 N. La Cienega Blvd.
310.659.8190

Young and creative Hollywood talents are enjoying a move toward personal and idiosyncratic solutions in design. This appreciation for all things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete reflects a worldview that is self-referential and intuitive. It is the appreciation of the undeclared beauty that waits to be discovered.

Unlike Modernism, which solicits the reduction of sensory information, this view thrives on the expansion of sensory information. In Modernism, people adapted to the perfection of machines. Today, people are adapting to nature or natural beauty. As our global community yearns for eco-friendly systems in all things that create our environment, there is a new understanding of the relationship between design, nature, and the passion for substance and reference in our homes.

Spotlight: Lee StantonLee Stanton, noted antiquarian, is a thirty-year collector of 17th, 18th and 19th century British and European antiques. He has become known as an arbiter of style and the premier purveyor of fine period antiques to prominent interior decorators and discriminating clients nationwide.

His shop/warehouse in San Juan Capistrano was a secret resource for many of the nations leading designers for decades. Recently, he opened a stylish, more eclectic shop located in the heart of the antique district on La Cienega Blvd. in Los Angeles. Designers frequent the showroom in Los Angeles so they do not miss out on the constantly changing inventory.