PROFILES
Pushing the Boundaries - For artist Samantha McCurdy, thinking outside the box garners big results (CA Home + Design)
Hands on - Interior designer Emily Thurman releases the first piece of her handcrafted furniture collection (CA Home + Design)
A considered, timeless, irreverent and joyful approach to interiors earns Oliver M. Furth CHD's 2024 Icon Award at the age of 43! (CA Home + Design)
Family Affair - Chef Peter de Jong brings an old-world tradition to residential kitchen design (CA Home + Design)
Queer Eye's Bobby Berk shares his favorite spots in Palm Springs (The Hollywood Reporter)
Love is a Battlefield - Artist Alexandra Grant was born to paint -- and color the world with love ("Mantra" catalog, Positive Art Center, Korea)
2021 Builder of the Year: Jeff King (CA Home + Design)
For the Love of Design - The design industry plays Cupid to rug designer Erik Lindstrom and Kneedler Fauchere’s president, Gina DeWitt (CA Home + Design)
Renaissance Man - San Francisco-based interior designer Jonathan Rachman shares the items that inspire him (Interiors CA)
Zoom Room: Jake Arnold partners with tech expert Leo Seigal to launch The Expert, a platform that connects interior designers with clients (The Hollywood Reporter)
Happily Evars After - Interior designer Nancy Evars puts her experience to work with Evars Collective, an experiential furniture and lifestyle store in San Carlos (Interiors CA)
The Changemaker - Demar Matthew's designs for a series of case study homes built in Black neighborhoods celebrates Black culture (CA Home + Design)
What’s In A Name? - Peter Dunham has big plans for 2020, including a new indoor furniture collection. The first step in setting it all up? A name change (Business of Home)
Dream Works - An artist's Glassell Park workshop is a wonderland of ideas and inspiration (Design LA)
California Home + Design’s 2020 Icon Award Winner goes to fine furniture purveyor and collector Jean de Merry (CA Home + Design)
How Hammer and Spear expanded beyond their downtown LA comfort zone (Business of Home)
Designer co-working is alive and well in Orange County (Business of Home)
L.A. Angels - With Saving Iconic Architecture, a dynamic design duo takes on the city’s legacy of destroying its past (Design LA)
Real Life / Reel Life - 'Glee' producer Alexis Martin-Woodall moonlights as a member of the indie rock band Kissing Cousins (The Hollywood Reporter)
Divine Design: With the launch of their new store, Mat Sanders & Brandon Quattrone of Consort Design are just one step closer to redesigning the world (Coldwell Banker View)
Change of Art - MOCA’s new director, Philippe Vergne, is poised to bring the museum into the future while perpetuating LA’s status as a premier cultural center (Angeleno)
Model Actress - From shorts to the silver screen, actress Nichole Galacia is a star on the rise (Angeleno)
Overseas Change - Sculptor Joel Morrison works hard to keep his feet on the ground as his pieces take flight abroad (Angeleno)
Answered Cries - With Baby2Baby, Kelly Patricof & Norah Weinstein are on a mission to distribute baby gear and clothing to Los Angeles' less fortunate families (Angeleno)
Power Player - Rob Light focuses his fundraising efforts on City of Hope, a CA-based nonprofit cancer research and treatment center (Angeleno)
Down to Earth - Suzy Amis Cameron brings her passion for sustainability to the founding of Muse, a progressive, vegan school in Topanga (Angeleno
Lady of the Manners - Lisa Gache champions etiquette as the GPS for navigating modern life (Angeleno)
Haute Heritage - Heiress Arianna Rockefeller’s new clothing line is aimed at ladies who launch (Angeleno)
Real Life/Reel Life: MGM Exec Cassidy Lange's Line of California Cool Handbags (The Hollywood Reporter)
Occupy Wall Space - Black Crow Studios founder Tracy Hiner’s jaw-dropping removable wallpaper thinks big (Interiors California)
Sea Change: Australian surfer Stephanie Gilmore is poised to ride into her fifth world championship (Angeleno)
La Vie Ludo - French chef Ludo Lefebvre conquered Los Angeles, now he’s gearing up to take on America with a new tv show (Rue)
Art Her Up - Bettina Korek brings her reputation for unraveling the complexities of the art scene to bear on Frieze’s Los Angeles debut (Angeleno)
Well Forged - Since picking up a welding torch, former model Meyghan Hill has fired up a new career as one of the city’s most in-demand furniture makers (DTLA Book)
Kohler Street Collective - Meyghan Hill and Uri Davillier represent the new creative community that is transforming downtown (Design LA)
The L.A. Design Festival presents The Icon Award to two-time Oscar-nominated costume designer Ruth E. Carter for her incredible work on over 40 films (LA Design Festival)
Agency of Change - Design duo Klein Agency are poised to take on the world with their streamlined vision (Interiors CA)
Inside Hillary Swank’s Home in Paris - Actress and entrepreneur Hilary Swank's Left Bank home, designed by Axel Huynh, blends traditional Parisian charm and contemporary design (Architectural Digest)
A Labor of Love - Celebrity wedding planner Stefanie Cove offers a look at the hot trends and the one thing we shouldn’t overlook (Weddings CA)
The Dapper - The home of Ron Woodson, one half of dynamic design duo Woodson Rummerfeld, sings of greatness (CA Home + Design)
The Dame - The home of Jaime Rummerfeld, one half of dynamic design duo Woodson Rummerfeld, provides a dramatic backdrop for her elegant style (CA Home + Design)