Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Interior Designer, David Hicks, from Australia, was one of the few international designers selected to be a part of the Legends of La Cienega, Windows to the World event. It's an annual design celebration where different interior designers create store front windows up and down La Cienega Blvd in the Los Angeles Design Quarter.
This year, David chose to use one of Alexandra's most popular designs, the Brilliant Console Table as part of his beautiful design located in the store window of Downtown located on 719 N. La Cienega Blvd.
Congratulations to David Hicks and his amazing creation. We were so proud to be a part of it.
Friday, March 23, 2012
The Stars of Design Awards
March 21st was one of the biggest events of the year in the L.A. design scene: The honoring of the Pacific Design Center's Annual Stars of Design and Stars on the Rise Awards. It's kind of like the Academy Awards of the design industry. The Event was part of WestWeek 2012 and some of Los Angeles' leading professionals in the design industry were honored. The Stars of design Awards honors professionals in the design field in categories including interior design, architecture, graphic design, photography and art. Alexandra Von Furstenberg was honored as a Rising Star in the field of design.
Alexandra Accepting Award
It was such an honor for Alexandra to be recognized for her work especially since Alexandra Von Furstenberg LLC recently celebrated it's fourth anniversary. Being personally selected by Mr. Charles Cohen to be recognized amongst such industry leaders as Waldo Fernandez, Luc Leestemaker and Donna Livingston made that anniversary even more special. Alexandra would like to thank everyone who was involved with the event for making it such a memorable special night.
Charles Cohen
Alexandra and Waldo Fernandez
Monday, November 28, 2011
Alexandra Von Furstenberg at the Maison 24 Grand Opening Event
To celebrate the Grand Opening of their Park Avenue Store, Maison 24 honored special guests Jimmie Martin and “Moi”! It was a very successful and exciting event, of which, I was so honored to be a part of. Especially, because Maison 24 is now the first and only store in New York to carry the AVF line of furniture in their store as well as all of my home accessories.
Alexandra Von Furstenberg & Jimmie Martin
Maison 24 is also one of my favorite stores. Brother and sister, Allison Julius and Louis Marra founded Maison 24 and opened their first stores in Bridgehampton and the Fire Island Pines with a concept of mixing traditional and trend-setting home furnishings, men’s and womens’ accessories, music, art, decorative objects, books toys and much more.
Allison Julius, Louis Marra and Alexandra Von Furstenberg
Going back to NY for me is of course, a lot like returning home as I spent a lot of my earlier days growing up in this vibrant city I once called home. So I took advantage of the opportunity to roam through MoMA on a rainy day and a stroll through Central Park to experience all of it’s glory.
Of course the highlight of my trip was being a guest of honor at Maison 24 where I had the chance to see many of my good friends and family including Diane Von Furstenberg, and artist Stephanie Hirsch, whose Von Fabulous artwork can be seen and purchased at my own flagship store in West Hollywood. You can see who else appeared at Patrick McMullan’s site.
Allison Julius, Alexandra Von Furstenberg, Diane Von Furstenberg
Thank you again to Allison and Louis at Maison 24, and of course all the Maison 24 staff. It was an incredibly Von Fabulous night!
xoxo
Monday, August 02, 2010
Last week, Alexandra went to the campus of the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising to meet with the Visual Communications students who worked on a David Hick's inspired window display and chose to use an Alexandra Von Furstenberg Acrylic table.
ALEXANDRA'S VISIT TO FIDM
Having once been a student of Fashion and Costume Design at Brown University and Parsons, Alexandra's visit to the beautiful Los Angeles Campus of FIDM was both reminiscent and inspiring for her. The Visual Communications students, under the tutelage of instructor, Ken Donham, created a David Hicks inspired window display using one of Alexandra's own designs, the M-16 Cube End Table. Alexandra met with the students who worked on the project in front of the actual window on the campus, and discussed with them, her own inspirations as well some of her experiences in the world of fashion and design.
The assignment for FIDM Visual Communication students (above), Jolene Pietsch, Stephanie Echegara, Sophie Harris, and Kayleigh Fawcett, was to create a window display with the vibe and style of designer David Hicks.
After the Q&A, Alexandra received a full tour of the Los Angeles Campus and was impressed with both the student's work as well as the beauty of the campus. After the tour, she said, "I'd love to go to school here if I were a young student. What a fabulous campus!"
Instructor Ken Dohham. Department Chair Lyn Tobman and Cynthia Patino (not pictured), show Alexandra examples of window display projects that students have worked on in minature form. Coincidentally, Alexandra also works in miniature form before going to full scale. Below are pictures of the miniature versions of the Radiant Cocktail Acrylic Table and Brilliant Console Acrylic Table.
Alexandra takes a final picture with the students in front of the window display that they created for a final assignment. Yes, they all got "A's". Congratulations and thank you to the students and faculty at FIDM.
Alexandra Von Furstenberg values the schools that train the designers of tomorrow and we look forward to working with FiDM in the years to come in hopes of being a small part of that.
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Alexandra Von Furstenberg loves to support the Arts, and this often means supporting students who are studying a field that will take them into a visually artistic field. Recently, Alexandra loaned one of her acrylic tables to the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising's students who were working on a window display project.
The assignment for FIDM Visual Communication students, Jolene Pietsch, Stephanie Echegara, Sophie Harris, and Kayleigh Fawcett, was to create a window display with the vibe and style of designer David Hicks.
They chose to use AVF's M-16 Acrylic End Table to exemplify that feeling of retro modern. Alexandra was excited to be a small part of this because David is one of her personal favorite interior designers. He is world renowned, highly published and his designs have become iconic of the classic, sophisticated and modern 1970's chic interiors that are making a huge comeback today. With graphic and geometric wallpapers and sharp clean lines, David had the foresight and ability to blend those modern elements masterfully within an antique Baroque or Neo Classical styled setting. This style is without doubt, one that has inspired many current Interior Designers who's work gravitate towards the "Hollywood Regency" aesthetic which is so popular today.
The final project that the FIDM students accomplished, under the supervision of instructor and industry professional, Ken Donham, is currently on display throughout the month of July at the FIDM Downtown Los Angeles Campus. AVF was proud to be a part of this, and so pleased with the results of their project. Their vision of a young Manhattan couple, having a cocktail at home before heading out to Studio 54 for a night of dancing in their fabulous outfits was captured perfectly.
Thank you to FIDM and all the students who worked so hard on this project. We look forward to a continued relationship with your faculty and students.
