After 15 years as the La Cienega Design Quarter (LCDQ), Los Angeles' renowned design district has embraced an ambitious transformation, rebranding as Design Los Angeles. This
evolution reflects the city’s dynamic growth as a global hub for art, design, and creativity, expanding its reach to include showrooms, galleries, and studios across LA’s
diverse
neighborhoods.
Design Los Angeles will produce Legends, the annual design festival that has become a cornerstone of the industry. Marking its 15th year in 2025, the event is a 4-day
celebration of Los Angeles’ creative spirit.
This year, Design Los Angeles will partner with sponsors and brands to support rebuilding efforts for homes, businesses, and communities affected by the devastating wildfires.
We’ll celebrate design’s ability to inspire and heal with a renewed focus on giving back to the people of Los Angeles.
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 see some of our favorite quotes, quips and musings from the always engaging forums and keynotes at LEGENDS X.
Keynote: Collections from the Past with an Eye on the Future
The mighty design foursome revealing what a collection can bring to a home.
“In Los Angeles, you can be interested in anything and be taken seriously.”
— Designer Thomas Jayne
“Family photos are not art…”
— Designer Jamie Drake
“Our client said, ‘We’d like to have a mobile over our bed using our sex toys.’”
— Designer Timothy Corrigan
“I grew up in ‘80s Los Angeles. There was a lot of white on white on beige.”
— Designer Oliver Furth
“Auction catalogs are the new sleep drug.”
— Designer Oliver Furth
Keynote: Secret Spaces in Private Places
Linda O’Keeffe pressing our design panel to reveal their innermost design secrets.
Linda O’Keeffe led a behind-the- scenes look at beautiful spaces with designers Cliff Fong, Jamie Drake and Lauren Kruegel Siroky as they shared interesting stories of personal spaces that you will not see on the pages of your favorite shelter magazines.
“Ellen (DeGeneres) lives in her vault where she gets to enjoy these things.”
— Designer and Galerie Half Owner Cliff Fong
“There was an island in the pond. It needed something. It looked lonely.”
— Designer Jamie Drake (talking about designing a folly on a client’s property)
Love It or Hate It with Chairish and actress Sophia Bush
Nothing but love here as the design panel weighs in on a love or hate question from actress Sophia Bush.
“Sometimes we are not showing the people that live there but the designers are… “
— Ellen McGauley, Coastal Living Editor
“I like a collected look, not a decorated look.”
— Designer Leslie Hunt
“It’s our job to help them look sexier than they are, look richer than they are, even look thinner than they are.”
— Designer/Hollywood at Home owner Peter Dunham
“With a Picasso over the mantel, who is going to notice the husband’s toupee?”
— Designer/Hollywood at Home owner Peter Dunham
Henri Samuel: Master of the French Interior
Designer and author in a tête-à-tête about this long overlooked master of design, Henri Samuel.
Author and journalist David Netto engaged in a lively, illustrated conversation with Emily Evans Eerdmans, author of Henri Samuel: Master of the French Interior, noted design expert and teacher at the New York School of Interior Design.
“You’re stealing my slides. I’m a Virgo. I’m very rigid.”
— Author Emily Evans Eerdmans
“Even Valentino had to be shaken down to pay bills.”
