LEGENDS 2019 Programming

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Here is the latest programming at LEGENDS 2019. We will send periodic e-blasts with programming updates and urge you to check this page periodically for updates.

Please note that all LEGENDS 2019 programming is subject to change.

What the Schedule for
3 Legendary Days Looks Like (to date):

TUESDAY, MAY 7

Breakfast in Bed

Design Dash with Sotheby’s Home
An all-day event with prizes

Shop the Quarter
Romp around the LCDQ or hitch a ride on our Design-Icon mobiles to discover the uniqueness of The Quarter

LEGENDS Opening Party at Fig & Olive

After Party at Marc Philips Decorative Rugs

WEDNESDAY, MAY 8

Hollywood at Home Breakfast / Open House
8:30 AM – 10:30 AM

Keynote – Legendary Art and the Designers Who Love It
with Jacqueline Terrebonne, Editor in Chief, Galerie magazine
9:30 AM

1stdibs Dialogues Clutter Can Be Cool
10:00 AM

In Conversation with a Living Legend – Bunny Williams
with Whitney Robinson, Editor in Chief, Elle Decor
11:00 AM

Lunch with Legends
with Bunny Williams and Suzanne Rheinstein
at the Legendary Green Room

Working Lunch – Tools of the Trade
Presented by 1stdibs

Group Book signing Part I
Hammer & Spear

Keynote – Rules are Meant to be Broken
with Jo Saltz, Editor in Chief, House Beautiful magazine
1:30 PM

Keynote – The Return of Maximalism
with Pamela Jaccarino, Editor in Chief, Luxe Interiors + Design
3:00 PM

Love it or Hate It
Produced by Chairish with a star-studded design cast at Marc Phillips
4:00 PM

Block Party on Melrose
5:00 PM

And numerous discussions and cocktail parties throughout the day and evening

Also, purchase your ticket to Save Iconic Architecture’s Legends Disco Party on La Cienega Boulevard

Click here for information and tickets

THURSDAY, MAY 9

Wake-Up Call Breakfast

Keynote- Looking to the Past to Design for the Future
with Parker Larson, Market Editor, Elle Decor
9:30 AM

1stdibs Why It’s Worth It
10:00 AM

Keynote – In Conversation with a Living Legend: Suzanne Rheinstein
with Jill Waage, Editor in Chief, Traditional Home
11:00 AM

LEGENDARY Lunch with Luxe Interiors + Design
at Paul Ferrante

Working Lunch – Designing Your Digital Brand
Presented by 1stdibs

Keynote – How Legendary Travel Destinations Inspire Our Work Today
with Steele Marcoux, Editor in Chief, Veranda
1:30 PM

Group Book Signing Part II at Mecox
2:30 PM – 4:30 PM

Design Dating Game
Presented by Alt for Living/Remains Lighting
4:00 PM

Cocktail Parties on La Cienega and Melrose Avenue
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

“It’s a Wrap” Party at Dragonette Ltd.
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

And numerous discussions and cocktail parties throughout the day and evening

An Opportunity to Meet Living Legends

Bunny Williams, interviewed by the youngest editor in chief on the block – Whitney Robinson of Elle Decor

Suzanne Rheinstein, interviewed by a veteran shelter magazine editor in chief – Jill Waage of Traditional Home

VIP registrants will also have the chance to meet Bunny Williams and Suzanne Rheinstein at the Lunch with Legends on Wednesday.

Keynotes and 1stdibs Dialogues:

Led by editors from Elle Decor, House Beautiful, Galerie, Luxe Interiors + Design, Traditional Home andVeranda.

The Return of Maximalism

Clutter is Cool

Rules are Meant to be Broken

Legendary Art and the Designers Who Love It

Looking to the Past to Design for the Future

How Legendary Travel Destinations Inspire Our Work Today

Why It’s Worth It

Back by Popular Demand

Love It or Hate It, produced by Chairish

Design Dating Game, brought to you by Alt for Living and Remains

LCDQ Showroom Happenings:

California Homes Editor in Chief Susan McFadden leads a discussion with architects on Kitchen Couture – at Renaissance Hardware

Veere Grenney, Dara Caponigro, Maximilian Sinsteden and Catherine Olaskey discuss Looking Forward to the Past – at Mecox

Michael Boodro of Dering Hall in conversation with 3 publicists on the subject of hiring a publicist

Sabine Rothman engages a group of design experts on how design icons would use color and wallpaper – at Harbinger

The Institute of Classical Architecture & Art leads a discussion on The Legendary Houses of LA with Jaime Rummerfield, Paul Williger and Bret Parsons – at Janet Yonaty

Lisa Bingham Dewart of Luxe Interiors + Design leads a conversation on modern icons with Melissa Warner Rothblum, Gary Hutton and Thomas Lavin – at Mehraban Rugs.

Stephan Jones, protégé of Bruce Gregga, and Mark Boone of Mimi London in conversation about being taught by the best – at Paul Ferrante

Inspired Design: Around the World with Peter Dunham and Tom Scheerer in conversation with Stephen Drucker – at Hollywood at Home

Celebrating Authors

Book signings and Cocktails for:
– Lee Ledbetter, The Art of Place: Architecture and Interiors, edited by Mayer Rus, at Galerie Carole Decombe
– Firooz Zahedi, City Lights, at Cache
– Fawn Galli, Magical Rooms: Elements of Interior Design, at Alt for Living
– Mark Epstein, Mark Epstein Designs, at Mansour
– Scott Shrader, The Art of Outdoor Living: Gardens for Entertaining Family and Friends, at Richard Shapiro
– Wendy Moonan, New York Splendor, at Jonas

Group Book Signings

Hammer and Spear presents the following authors:
– Adele Cygelman, author of Arthur Elrod: Desert Modern Design
– Penny Baird, author of On Interior Design
– Patrick Sutton, author of Storied Interiors
– Richard Landry, author of Modern to Classic II: Residential Estates by Landry Design Group
– Steven Ehrlich and Takashi Yanai, authors of Ehrlich Yanai Outside-In

Mecox presents the following authors
– Jeff Andrews, author of The New Glamour: Interiors with Star Quality
– Kerry Joyce, author of Kerry Joyce: The Intangible
– Margot Shaw EIC of Flower Magazine, author of Living Floral
– Suzanne Kasler and Judith Nasitir, authors of Suzanne Kasler: Sophisticated Simplicity
– Veere Greeney, author of Veere Grenney: A Point of View: On Decorating