Everything you Need to Know
Pacific Design Center’s Fall Market 2016 MINIMALIST|MAXIMALIST theme takes center stage as top A&D pros deliberate the balance between restrained serenity and layered impact, interpreting these two opposing style philosophies and their current, evolving relevance shaping today’s interiors, architecture and product design. Additional showroom programs addressing collection debuts, design inspirations, American craftsmanship, licensing collections, design/technology integration and more define the Market schedule.
Throughout Fall Market, design innovators favoring environs monastic to multi-layered include Justina Blakeney, Hagy Belzberg, Jean-Louis Deniot, Peter Dunham, Ryan Jackson, Richard Landry, James Magni, Mauricio Oberfeld, Ron Radziner, Kendall Wilkinson and Ron Woodson in conversation with editorial authorities including Hearst Design Group’s Newell Turner, Design Media Partners’ Michael Wollaeger, Interior Design’s Edie Cohen and Luxe Interiors + Design‘s Lisa Bingham Dewart.
“We occupy a moment in time where design choices and style options have never been more abundant, allowing a continuum of possibilities to define new creative standards,” said Jeff Sampson, Vice President, Director of Marketing, Pacific Design Center. “PDC’s Fall Market narrows its lens focusing on the bold, relevant aesthetics of Minimalism and Maximalism, exploring the opposite ends of the style axis, their concurrent popularity and the artful equilibrium that connects these two extremes.”
MORNING KEYNOTE - CREATING THE PERFECT BALANCE: The Art of Mixing and Layering
Presented by Veranda | 10-11 AM | Conference Center
Hearst Design Group’s Editorial Director Newell Turner dialogues with Jean-Louis Deniot revealing the world-renowned designer’s curatorial sensibility fashioning spaces that strike the elusive balance between vintage and modern, masculine and feminine, maximalism and minimalism. Reception follows at Baker Furniture, Suite B525. RSVP required.
AFTERNOON KEYNOTE - THE GREAT DESIGN DEBATE: Less is More vs. More is More
Presented by Design Media Partners | 3-4 PM | Conference Center
Minimalists Ron Radziner and Ryan Jackson square-off with Maximalists Justina Blakeney and Ron Woodson as Design Media Partners’ Michael Wollaeger moderates a lively counterpoint advancing the virtues of polar aesthetics. Reception follows at A. Rudin, Suite G172. RSVP required.
SHOWROOM HIGHLIGHTS
Throughout the day, manufacturers present 40-plus product introductions while 15 PDC showroom programs impart business-building insights, to include: Zoffany’s Amy Andrade presents new collections inspired by nature at Bausman & Company; at Crestron, A&D experts including designer Peter Dunham along with audio/video specialists discuss collaboration and the home theater environment; Quintus presents Designing Women featuring textile collections by artists Michele Dopp, Kate Miller and Bonnie Saland; the Elitis Collection is debuted by Donghia’s Olivier Thienpont; Fabricut and Luxe Interiors + Design discuss the business of licensed collections with Kendall Wilkinson, previewing her latest fabrics for the brand; 100 Years of American Craftsmanship at JANUS et Cie offers CEU credit; Reagan Hayes unveils Allan Knight Modern Classics, contemporary acrylic furnishings introduced by the brand’s namesake; Interior Design’s Edie Cohen explores minimal and maximal design with Hagy Belzberg, Richard Landry, James Magni and Maurico Oberfeld at Thomas Lavin; follow-up collections by HGTV star Candice Olson and fashion icon Lilly Pulitzer are presented at Kravet and Lee Jofa.
NEW/EXPANDED SHOWROOMS
Now open, Fall Market unveils new resources that further PDC’s positioning as an international leader for luxury goods. Holly Hunt|Phillip Jeffries (Suite B629) announce a new joint showroom partnership showcasing an expansive selection of natural, textured and specialty wallcoverings alongside luxurious, multi-line furniture offerings; Jean de Merry (Suite B653) presents French-Deco, artisanal inspired collections in a dramatic, new flagship showroom; Vondom (B114) expands their brand to the West Coast with a fresh, modern space featuring their innovative collection of indoor/outdoor furnishings. Coming soon, PDC announces the Winter 2017 opening of Loro Piana, international purveyors of luxury textiles for the home.
ADDITIONAL MARKET HAPPENINGS
DESIGNLAB | PDC Blue Lobby & 2nd Floor | Thursday, October 6 | 5:00-9:30 PM
PDC’s arts offering includes a new site-specific sculpture installation in the Blue Lobby by LA artist Brad Howe. 2nd Floor highlights include a new digital augmentation of Andy Warhol’s legendary Rain Machine (Daisy Waterfall) 1969 at Young Projects, curated by Maurice Tuchman, Senior Curator Emeritus, LACMA and the new Espace Franck Bailleul, the U.S. debut of the French artist’s collection of oil paintings depicting skies. For complete exhibition schedule log on at pacificdesigncenter.com/designlab-2.
For more info about PDC’s Fall Market schedule of events, log-on at www.pacificdesigncenter.com or view PDC’s Content Newsletter. RSVP required for all keynotes and showroom programs at pdcfallmarket2016.eventbrite.com.
Follow PDC using #PDCfallmarket and #minmax.
ABOUT CHARLES S. COHEN
Known for his skillful repositioning of commercial real estate, Charles S. Cohen (Cohen Design Centers, Cohen Brothers Realty) heads a multi-faceted real estate development company that owns and manages more than 10 million square feet of prime Manhattan, Los Angeles, Florida and Houston office and showroom space. Other design centers owned and operated by Mr. Cohen include the Decoration & Design (D&D) Building at 979 Third Avenue in Manhattan, the Decorative Center of Houston (DCH) and the Design Center of the Americas (DCOTA) in Dania Beach, FL. For more information on Mr. Cohen’s commercial real estate ventures visit www.cohenbrothersrealty.com.
ABOUT PACIFIC DESIGN CENTER
Pacific Design Center is the west coast’s leading resource for the interior design trades. With nearly 100 showrooms and 2,200 interior product lines, PDC sells to the design professional and enthusiast. PDC serves the needs of the design, entertainment and arts communities by providing public and private conference spaces for lectures, meetings, special events, screenings, exhibitions and receptions. A premier, multi-use facility, Pacific Design Center features The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA); two Wolfgang Puck restaurants; Feed All Café; Silver Screen Theater, a 388 seat state-of-the-art luxury film venue and reception facility featuring sound by Steinway Lyngdorf; and Blue Conference Center, a 200-seat facility fully equipped for lectures, conferences and public meetings. Pacific Design Center is located at 8687 Melrose Avenue in West Hollywood, CA. For more information, call 310-657-0800 or visit http://www.pacificdesigncenter.com
