Parachute Market | ELEMENTAL

parachuteThis weekend brings another event from Parachute Market : : ELEMENTAL 

E L E M E N T A L will provide a special opportunity for patrons to experience design through a theme that explores both the physical and ethereal origins of the design process. The participating designers are invited to represent their finished work, while including in their exhibit some nod to how the elements play into creative process. Some artists might exhibit their processes externally on the surface of their goods, while others could invite more conceptual inquiry about the influences that lead to the finished product. The objective is to communicate the value of the process while also presenting a final product for sale. In an era of behind the scenes and curated reality of the insta-community, this is an opportunity to editorialize one’s personal design with authenticity and freedom of interpretation.

At this weekend’s event you will find installations from vintage object/furniture store The Window,  LAs Joel Chen of JF Chen and artist Clare Graham of Mor York. Along with booths from Reform Gallery, A Current Affair, Twenty Two Hours to just name a few.

Parachute Market : : ELEMENTAL starts this Saturday and is located at 405 Mateo St. Downtown Los Angeles.  Please visit their Facebook page and web site for more information.

 

Shop the Store : : Pigeon

With 18 years of restaurateuring in Los Angeles, most notably Cobras and Matadors, Church and State, Potato Chip, and Escuela,  Steven Arroyo turns his hat to one of his long time passions; Design, into a new business venture.

His newly opened Pigeon on Beverly Blvd,  carries his hand picked vintage home furnishings, found curio, and even his own custom designed pieces.  In the few short weeks of being open, the store has already been getting noticed by Design magazines, people who want to collaborate with him, and the many who are intrigued by the diagonal blue and white stipe sign out front who have to stop and find out what’s inside.

I asked Steven to answer a few questions:

What tunes are you listening to right now?

Anything played on 91.5 KUSC.  I’m finding classical music to be the most gangster and rock n roll right now.

What things do you like to collect?

I’ve been collecting books, and old bistro chairs since the turn of the century. That’s about it.  I’ve been selling the chair collection, but I would never sell a book I only have two of.

How do you describe your style?

 ill 🙂

What is your most treasured possession?

I have a few pieces of art, and a few pair of boots I really treasure. But the thing I would  part with last are photos of my children growing up and my parents growing old.

 Pigeon is located at 7613 W. Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036  thepigeongalleryla@gmail.com

Maria Pergay: Place des Vosges

From a 17th-century perch on the re-glamorized Place des Vosges in Paris, hip-again furniture designer Maria Pergay briefs filmmaker Pamela Hanson on why her seductive 70s metal minimalism feels so at home on the parquet. Pergay, who occupies a rarefied niche between interiors and contemporary art, began as a window dresser for couturiers and has designed limited-edition furniture and commissioned decor since the 60s. Both her new and early pieces remain in demand, and she is being recognized this year with a Légion d’honneur. To celebrate the 55th anniversary of her career, Pergay co-organized a retrospective in the French capital with galleries Demisch Danant (New York) and JGM (Paris), where she arranged a sampling of work from the past five decades into one living environment. The sculptural cabinets, seats and side tables reveal the designer’s ability to revitalize traditional boiserie with highly polished metalwork that folds back like the exquisite leaves of a “jardin sécret.” Turning her camera towards the decorative details of the showroom, Hanson flips us through a catalog of Pergay’s most recent collection, while the artist shares what inspires her with gallerist Suzanne Demisch.~nowness

~Nowness.com

Maxfield Gallery : : Mayer Rus

SERGE MOUILLE LIGHT, CHARLOTTE PERRIAND COFFE TABLE, JEAN PROUVE COUCH

BORIS LACROIX CHROME LIGHTS, PIERRE PAULIN CHAIR

CHARLOTTE PERRIAND STOOLS

OSVALDO BOSANI SOFA, SERGE MOUILLE LIGHT, ROBSJOHN GIBBINGS TABLE

JEAN PROUVE BENCH, JEAN ROYERE COFFEE TABLE, 50’S ASHTRAY

CHARLOTTE PERRIAND FORME LIBRE TABLE, FRANK LLYOD WRIGHT SECTIONAL

JEAN PROUVE GUERIDON, FRENCH FIBERGLASS CHAIRS

Last week I had the pleasure to attend a fête in honor of Mayer Rus’ new postion as the West Coast Editor for Architectural Digest at the oh, so stunning Maxfield Gallery in West Hollywood.   The most fabulous time was had drinking champagne along side Art Luna, Tim Clarke, Commune’s Lisa Eisner, David McCauley, Trina Turk and of course Mayer himself amongst the gorgeous selection of vintage furniture housed in the gallery.

~thanks lena

ATOMIC SUMMER

 

Atomic Summer is CURIO Studio & Collection’s newest exhibition, inspired by the hot summer nights of retro California. For this exhibition, the gallery will be transformed to showcase a unique and historically significant collection of  Mid-Century Modern furniture, décor and original art, guest curated by Brandon Vega, an  enigmatic, young collector-on-the-rise, based in San Diego, CA. Hosted by CURIO Studio & Collection, Anne Faith Nicholls, Hpnotiq Vodka & Prometheus Springs, art & design lovers are welcome to lounge, sip an “Atomic Cocktail”, and purchase these unique pieces at the exhibition’s public opening Saturday August 4th, 2012, 7-11pm. Atomic Summer is a special, limited time engagement, on display through August 25th, 2012.

CURIO Studio & Collection is located at 324 Sunset Ave. in Venice, CA.

More info. here.