A city with a design point of view entirely unique (and refreshingly antithetical to that of New York), Los Angeles is one of a kind. In the wake of the ongoing wildfire devastation, our West coast design community is weighing heavily on our mind.
We are grieving for all those who have lost so much and are thinking about our colleagues and friends who call Los Angeles home. Alongside the work of LA-based ceramics studio BZIPPY, we wanted to share some quintessentially LA homes which Jean and Brooke were lucky to capture with the talented designers who brought them to life.
In the hopes of encouraging help from the East coast, we've compiled a list of donation links below:
Displaced Black Families Directory
Displaced Families Directory by Neighborhood
Incarcerated Firefighters
Anti-recidivism Coalition is setting up a scholarship for incarcerated firefighters. Donate at the link above and note "firefighter fund" on your donation.
National Day Laborer Organizing Network
Support immigrant workers impacted by the Los Angeles fires.
LA Fire Rebuilding - Architect, Engineer, Contractor Masterlist
Add yourself to this masterlist if you are in a position to donate valuable time and resources.
"And what of this house? You see, Allyson, a consumer-trend forecaster, and Julius, a director and cinematographer, own a house designed by preeminent modernist architect Richard Neutra—an architect's architect whose works are on historic-preservation lists, celebrated as Southern Californian icons...
"We are so, so lucky," says Julius of how they came to own a piece of architectural history."
—Excerpt from What We Keep, Jean Lin
Proem is a Los Angeles-based interior design studio founded in 2017 by Ashley Drost and Marie Trohman. They approach all projects as the beginning of a new story for each client, the proem of a book, the introduction to a new chapter. Pictured here is the entryway of co-founder Marie Trohman's classic 1929 Spanish style colonial in the hills of Los Feliz.
LAUN is a Los Angeles-based design firm focused on enriching the built environment through architecture, furniture and creative collaborations founded in 2018 by friends Rachel Bullock and Molly Purnell. Alongside their architecture practice, LAUN's object-line harnesses the unique talents of Los Angeles-based manufacturers to craft timeless, heirloom quality furniture. This shot is of the studio's Cool Ranch project, a conversion of a 1930's home in the hills of Silver Lake.
Founded in 2008 by artist Bari Ziperstein, BZIPPY is known for their experimentation and innovation with ceramics. Bari's Sun Valley studio and community have been greatly affected by the Eaton fire. She's been extremely active on instagram with helpful ways to get involved. Like all small business affected by the fire, one of the most direct ways to assist is to continue working with them. You can shop their collection here.
LALA Reimagined was conceived in Los Angeles when Azar Fattahi met Lia McNairy in iconic Laurel Canyon. Both women champion design as a lifestyle art, being heavily influenced by their European upbringing while fearlessly pushing boundaries and defying norms. The duo's La Granada project features the homeowner's whimsical collection of monkeys.
A magical capture from an intimate Los Angeles evening hosted by chef, author and friend Camilla Marcus at her Brentwood home to celebrate What We Keep with good friends and collaborators. Camilla's home represents the iconic indoor/outdoor living that we love so much about LA.
