new obsessions
We just got this life-sized mirrored skeleton from the French-based design collective Domestic, and I'm nuts for it. Job Smeets and Nynke Tynagel of Belgian cult duo Studio Job are behind the 5-foot-5 laser-cut Perspex wall decoration. The influential pair have worked with ceramics heritage house Royal Tichelaar Makkum and fashion avant guardians Viktor & Rolf.
Also love the "I Love Me" hearts by graphic designers Ich&Kar. The pair have given their whimsical take on fashion, food, music, design and architecture--and now these laser-cut mirrors. It's a grouping of individual mirrors that can be configured in whatever pattern you desire.
Now if I can only figure out where to stick them all in our house!

The Charming Charms are the bonafide bijoux of summer--their $22-$40 price for 3, being part of the appeal. Dutch designer Tord Boontje and L.A. studio Artecnica collaborated on this brand new collection of charms, plated in 18-karat gold or sterling silver and dangling from a black cotton cord. Loop them on hoop earrings, off a metal chain or silk ribbon, or from your purse. Each group contains 3 charms, and there are 4 different groups to choose. I love all 12 together, and knot them individually on a cord so they can be seen better.

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July 16, 2009 11:21 PM  (go back to main view)
R.I.P.: Julius Shulman
Julius Shulman photographing Case Study House No. 22 in 1960
This afternoon, word was out that Julius Shulman, among the greatest lensmen and the one most responsible for giving a visual poetry to a modern city and some of its best architecture, died last night at his home. He was 98.

Like many familiar with Mr. Shulman's work, my image of Los Angeles was forever informed by his work. In my case, however, I grew up in L.A., and knew intimately the reality in those photographs didn't exactly match up. But the promise was there. And like no other city, Los Angeles holds great promise. The hopefuls who come here to make it in entertainment and technology know this. The golden boys and girls who grow up here since birth believing anything is possible know this. And the Brooklyn-born kid who moved to Boyle Heights and started snapping pictures with a pocket-sized Kodak knew it too.
Andy, me and Mr. Shulman in 2005
Andy and I met Mr. Shulman in 2005. We were running late for a talk I was scheduled to give at his home, so we headed straight there from our long trip up from Baja. He was as engaging and beautiful as his photographs. He had that uncanny way of making you feel you had known him always, offering his warm attentiveness as if you were the only ones there. For Andy and I, it had long ago been love at first sight for his work. That afternoon, it was love at first sight for the man.
Ten months ago we lost our beloved Bill Claxton, another legend whose singular style eloquently and elegantly defined the look of two scenes, West Coast jazz and, on a more avant-garde level, fashion. If there's life after Planet Earth, then let's imagine these two are in a dark room somewhere visually articulating The Look of our next life. It's gives us hope.
Blog Comments (2):
Posted by chantal fe... on July 18, 2009 12:27 AM
just discovered your store in Venice......and i am filling my new home with touches from it.. .well done
Posted by Lisa Reyno... on July 17, 2009 3:32 PM
That was so lovely Rose.
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