In June 2019, we teamed up with the LA Design Festival, Domino, and ROW DTLA to host a Los Angeles breakfast all about design.
Women from across Los Angeles and from a range of industries - from fashion to journalism to design to public policy to culinary arts - joined us for a morning of celebration - celebration of women and design across Los Angeles. We gathered at The Manufactory, a collaboration between James Beard Award-winning chefs Elizabeth Prueitt and Chad Robertson of San Francisco’s iconic Tartine Bakery, and Chris Bianco of Phoenix’s legendary Pizzeria Bianco. The Manufactory is located in the ROW DTLA, a historic district in Downtown LA that's reimagining spaces for creativity, retail, and art.
We hosted the breakfast with The Manufactory's Pastry Chef Leah Chin-Katz and Chefs Katie Hagan-Whelchel and Alyssa Lisle.
They treated us to a menu of:
Croissants, Pain au Chambon, Pain au Chocolate, Bacon & Chive Scones, Seasonal Jam Buns, Chocolate Tea Cakes, Fruit Spread, Cheese Spread, Smoked Salmon Tartine, Egg & Bacon Sandwiches, Egg & Spinach Sandwiches, Greek Yogurt Parfaits, Coffee, and freshly squeezed orange juice.
After learning about the inspiration for their dishes, we dove into a breakfast conversation about design with our partners, ROW DTLA, Domino, a resource devoted to decorating, entertaining, and gardening in the home, the LA Design Festival, a festival honoring LA's rich design culture, and our speakers! Jessica Romm Perez, Editor in Chief of Domino, moderated the panel with women in the design industry, learning about the inspiration for their work and discussing the intersection of design and impact.
LA Design Festival Founder, Haily Zaki
A special thank you to our speakers and moderator:
Shelley Armistead is Partner and COO at The Gjelina Group, including Gjelina, GTA, Gjusta, Gjusta Goods, and MTN. Previously, she was at Soho House and The River Café in London.
Angie Myung, Chief Creative Officer, founded Poketo in 2013 with her husband, Ted Vadakan. Poketo is a lifestyle brand that creates beautiful and functional items for your every day as well as a retailer with 4 locations throughout Los Angeles, including the one at the ROW DTLA. She oversees all design, marketing, curation, and the workshop program. She's also the co-author of Poketo's first book published by Chronicle due to launch August of 2019, called Creative Spaces, People, Homes, and Studios to Inspire. The book features 23 of their friends and collaborators who are artists, designers, architects, cooks and more, talking about their creative journeys from the point of view of their studios and homes.
Chelsea Neman Nassib launched her business in 2012 with a unique vision: to connect leading emerging artists to new and seasoned collectors across the world, whilst supporting artists to fully explore and evolve their practice. In essence, to bring art back into common conversation, not only by selling art in a new way, but by creating a new paradigm for art patronage in the modern world. After completing her BFA at the University of Michigan, Neman quickly realized there was a gaping hole in the traditional art world for emerging artists. Frustrated by the lack of support post-graduation, her peers were thrust into the world with no infrastructure to assist them to build networks and develop their work outside of their immediate personal circles. It was at this time she realized that an online space didn’t exist and could revolutionize the game. She used her authentic relationships built through her BFA program and artist friends, to create a strong roster of artists and pioneer the act of collecting art through a digital platform. From there Tappan was born with the primary goal to change the relationship between collectors, artists and their work. The initial curated online platform has expanded to incorporate e-commerce, unique editorial content, physical exhibitions, brand partnerships and ongoing artist residencies across the world. This approach allows artists to tell their stories in a three-dimensional way that encourages more exploration by the collector than a traditional gallery space.
BOSCO is one of the most influential artists - singer, songwriter and visual artist - to come out of Atlanta in recent time by continuously pushing the boundaries of Atlanta culture and music. “She is crucial to the musical arc of Atlanta and the evolution of black music” said Pitchfork about her recent effort, b., which features her signature blend of R&B, psych rock, pop, old Atlanta and afro-future. Currently signed to the tastemaker NY label, Fool’s Gold, she’s garnered large critical acclaim from New York Times, NPR, Pitchfork, Vogue, FADER, Billboard, Women’s Wear Daily Complex, PAPER, MTV, Nylon, Teen Vogue and many more. She holds an education in fashion and design which has quickly positioned her as a major powerhouse with her new creative agency, SLUG, that targets millennials of color and recently featured on Fast Company. She began singing at the age of four in church and now she’s a striking polymath whose distinct vision always cuts through like nothing else. Her designs explore freedom, self-discovery, and relationships.
Jessica Romm Perez is the editor in chief of Domino Magazine. Jessica is a style expert with a career working for prominent media properties and brands identifying and driving trends in design, home decor, fashion and style. Jessica has written and edited for many publications including GQ, Elle Decor, Elle, Conde Nast Traveler, Martha Stewart Living, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal.
A special thank you to Lo & Sons whose smart designs make traveling easier for everyone. And to Buffy, The Sill and Saint Olio for treating us to their designs and sharing how they are designing with impact in mind
FUTURE OF WOMEN is a unifying platform that creates original multimedia content and programming by, for, and about women around the world to openly look at the pursuit of being a modern woman. In 2018, we began collaborating with award-winning female chefs worldwide, from Los Angeles to Mexico City to Tel Aviv to Tokyo, to host a monthly women's breakfast series featuring game-changing women such as Olympic athletes, Emmy-winning producers, top Billboard musicians, and New York Times journalists on topics including architecture, sports, art, music, journalism, and human rights.
A Special Thank You To Our Partners
and the The Manufactory and their Pastry Chef Leah Chin-Katz and Chefs Katie Hagan-Whelchel and Alyssa Lisle for a delicious breakfast, and our photographer Katie Ruther at Scott Clark Photo for these beautiful photographs.
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