08.12.2024

LIVE

White U by Toyo Ito. Tokyo, 1976. Ito designed this extraordinary concrete U-shaped house for his sister and her two young daughters. After her husband’s unexpected death, she expressed a desire to be closer to the ground.

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LOOK

I’m hypnotized by the late Korean artist Kim Tschang-Yeu’s placid paintings that feature hyper-realistic drops of water. I stumbled upon a book of his color-plates in a used bookstore, drawn to his ability to render the clarity, clearness, nothingness, and everythingness a drop of water holds.

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READ

from The Beauty of Everyday Things by Soetsu Yanagi

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CHEERS

I’m crowning a new best martini in Los Angeles: the Decibel Martini from Camelia DTLA, composed of Daiyame 25 Shochu, Suntory Haku Vodka, French Vermouths, Umeshu, Lychee, Maraschino, Absinthe & Orange Bitters. It’s so well balanced while being layered and complex, and tastes like something completely new while hitting all the ‘martini’ musts. AND IT COMES WITH THE CHICEST SIDECAR. DETAILS MATTER

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BUY

I love these studs sold as singles - like something you could find on the beach. By Wwake, sold at Vestige.

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BROWSE

Erria (pronounced like “area”) is a new directory platform for emerging designers. Searchable by location and discipline, it’s already stacked with an incredible roster of independent artists and was bookmarked immediately for future sourcing needs :)

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