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 06, 2009 3:51 PM  (go back to main view)
This Weekend: Getting Crafty in the Desert
Loom Hangings by Karen Kimmel
Imagine This: A weekend of arts and rafts can be yours.
We're big fans of Karen Kimmel, an artist whose forays into craft are generating engaging and distinctive works with an organic flourish--be it a colored stencil or hand-stitched embroidery of a flower or an actual bloom that is an integral element in her sculptures.
The chicest of Earth Mothers (although the mommy of two would laugh off such a description), Karen's work is no solitary indulgence. The Los Angeles artist believes in sharing. Many of her projects in recent years are collaborations--with the Creative Growth Art Center in Oakland, the Phoenix School for the Deaf, and, in a project benefiting LACMA, Fendi. At an auction supporting the Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibition space, we picked up a couple of her round Stencil Containers, made of laser-cut plexi with a wood base and, at the time, sprouting pea tendrils, orchid buds and other colorful weeds.
(Last winter, A+R was among the few sources for her ornaments, hanging discs of laser-cut wood veneer and acrylic.)
This Saturday and Sunday, children in the arts benefit from a weekend of arts and crafts in the desert, hosted by Karen and pal Apple Via. The two-day package is being offered at the Ace Hotel in Palm Springs, the latest in this new chain of boutique hotels reimagined with, in fact, a craft sensibility (we stayed at the Ace in New York in early June and I promise to post my review of the place soon).
Kids are enthusiastically welcome this weekend. Although, knowing this crowd, a kid-at-heart perspective will more than suffice.
Don't forget to mention the special code: ArtAce09.
Karen Kimmel interpreted the Fendi baguette for LACMA in 2008.
From table to wall, Karen Kimmel's decorated studio in Atwater Village.
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