LA Art Show is the largest, longest running, most comprehensive art experience on the West Coast. It runs today and tomorrow at The Los Angeles Convention Center.
I have posted many of my highlights of the show on Design*ByProxy Instagram. Be sure to check it out…in person or online.
For more information and event info, please check out their website here.
Commune was established in Los Angeles in 2004 by four like-minded souls—Roman Alonso, Steven Johanknecht, Pamela Shamshiri, and Ramin Shamshiri— with a common mission: to enhance life through design and to blur the lines between disciplines, eras, and styles. California is for those who refuse to conform and who live for freedom of expression, indoor/outdoor living, and that golden sunshine glinting off the waves of the Pacific.
Commune perfectly captures this spirit and embodies a new California style that freely mixes old and new in its layered, highly personal interiors that embrace color, pattern, and texture. This book is the first monograph of Commune’s work, featuring its designs for private residences, hotels, commercial spaces, and restaurants, as well as the works they specially commission from virtually everyone in the artisan craftsman movement in California today.~ abramsbooks.com
Check out this interview with Roman Alonso, one of the founders of Commune featured in T magazine here.
With spring upon us and summer just around the corner it’s time to get on the good foot and get your outdoor space in order. Who better to get some fabulous ideas than from landscape designer Judy Kameon and her new book Gardens are for Living. Her Los Angeles based firm Elysian Landscapes, has designed many incredible outdoor spaces including, The Parker Hotel Palm Springs and many homes in and around Los Angeles that really help her clients relate to the areas around their homes. She takes interior design outside, creating inviting spaces for entertaining and relaxing.
Not only does she have a great eye, but she also has a line of outdoor furniture called Plain Air inspired by mid century modern design. I encourage you to check out this book or even check into The Parker to see what I mean.
Parachute Market Seasonal Design Fair is happening again this weekend in Downtown LA. Come experience the community of artists and designers celebrating the arrival of Spring – “the season of light”.
I haven’t missed one yet.
More info here.
Design*ByProxy’s top picks for Modern Art & Design Auction, held at LAMA on February 23, 2014. 1. Alvar Aalto – Paimio Chair 2. George Nelson – Clock 3. Alexander Calder – The Black Crow 4. Ed Ruscha – Group of Books 5. Sally Sirkin – Console 6. Malcolm Leland – Hanging Lantern 7. Jenny Holzer – Inflammatory Essays
View additional lots here.
If you have an interest in Mid Century modern design and architecture, you should head down to Palm Springs this weekend for Modernism Week. Most events are sold out now, but there a still several FREE events to attend like LAB ART. To find out more, visit the LA Times highlights here and Modernism Week website here.
On Saturday I took my little guy to a super fun book launch party at MOCA | The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. He got to color on a huge wall of images from the book with a bunch of arty kids while OBEY artist, Shepard Fairey spun records.
Outside the Lines Coloring Book, a very cool collection of illustrations from more than 100 creative masterminds, including animators, cartoonists, fine artists, graphic artists, illustrators, musicians, outsider artists, photographers, street artists, and video game artists, curated by Souris Hong-Porretta. Tons of the artists were present at the event to sign copies of the book.
The only bummer was that the book SOLD OUT at the MOCA Store before I was able to buy one for my guy and needless to say that led to a major meltdown temper tantrum. I tried to explain to him I would get the book online and did once I got home. I bought several copies because this would make a killer gift for a little person. They haven’t arrived yet, but I’m thinking I should probably keep one for myself as well.
This 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.
