NUVO Magazine - “Los Angeles Design Weekend Is the Newest Design Festival on the West Coast”

The design scene in Los Angeles is known for being freewheeling and unabashedly adventurous. But its sprawling nature is similar to the city itself, making it notoriously hard to penetrate. Especially for out-of-towners, it can be difficult to know where to start to get a finger on the pulse of contemporary L.A. design. This year, a new design event is looking to change that.

Los Angeles Design Weekend kicks off its inaugural year with three packed days of design events planned across the city. Until June 23, visitors can learn about the present and future of design in Los Angeles with a series of exhibitions, studio tours, activations, and of course, parties.

Aiming to give a diverse cross section of the city’s creative identity, the weekend is the result of a grassroots effort by a group of young designers and makers who felt their city was missing a proper opportunity to be in the spotlight. “As Angelenos, we travel to New York City, Milan, London, and more to attend design weeks,” says Holland Denvir, one of the co-organizers of LADW. “So far, design is not what brings most travellers to our city. We hope to be part of that change.”