This weekend is the extraordinarily long-anticipated unveiling of my second book, Fred Hayman: The Extraordinary Difference at The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at the USC campus. Free entry to the two-day event this Saturday and Sunday, but best to drop by on the early side if you want to score an actual copy of this seven-pound tome. […]
How to score sport-inspired design? That's the play the May issue of Details Magazine strategizes with a modernist spin on masculine, athletic-style furnishings. Among the nine beautiful pieces editor Monica Khemsurov selected for this clever feature is this striking Clothes Hanger created by Milan-based Donata Paruccini for the Paris design collective ENO (click through to #9). […]
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Time is on our side. Uniform Wares, the London-based timepiece collection that A+R helped launch to the North American market, has topped our hot list in the store and online since we added them to the mix last year. […]
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Fuseproject's Yves Béhar, A+R's Rose Apodaca and Andy Griffith and Jimmyjane's Ethan Imboden
Still all warm and fuzzy from the glow of our jam-packed evening a week ago today at A+R Abbot Kinney featuring industrial designer and fuseproject founder Yves Béhar and Jimmyjane founder and creative director Ethan Imboden. […]
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Make no mistake: We are under attack.
And by this, I don't mean we, as in those who love and live by the arts. I mean all of us as a nation that upholds ideals of education, accessiblity, freedom and democracy. […]
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"We are the world’s best imitators and that is how we evolved into humans. We understand the world because we imitate it," Vivienne Westwood tells a tiny audience that includes rapper Lupe Fiasco, designers Raven Kauffman and Magda Berliner (beautifully clad in a Lanvin for H&M dress she further altered into something else) and me. […]
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