Elle Decor China / Featured Work: Mirage Shelves.
Featured Work: Superior Server.
Featured Work: Cylinder Brass Shaker.
AD Architectural Digest / France / Featured Work: Alpha Brass Side Table.
We're just a day away from tomorrow's Reclaim NYC x 2 opening party! But check out the online pre-sale first and to get first dibs!
We couldn't be happier with the result of these wind chimes in collaboration with Nicholas Nyland! Nicholas made some really special ceramic chime pieces with various shapes, textures, and glazes. So every chime is one-of-a-kind!
Below are some of process late night shots and the finished chimes!
We'll also have a whole array of chimes for sale at Noho Next in these 3 styles amongst our Aura lights! The chime ranges from $95-$175
We will eventually put them on our website for sale, but for now, you'll have to come see/shop them in person...and come say hello!
L&G is proud to introduce two entirely new collections debuting at the upcoming NYC x Design week starting May 17-20th.
MIRAGE- A collection of optic-bending furniture from shelves to tables.
MARU- A collection of lighting and accessories that explores the functional and aesthetic versatility of mix materials in all types of circular forms.
Check out the collection HERE.
For the past month, we've been practically running on non-stop adrenaline straddling between excitement, caffeine, and sleep deprivation while gearing up to launch 2 collections, 7 new products, at 5 venues during NYC x Design 2013!
For the past month, we've been practically running on non-stop adrenaline straddling between excitement, caffeine, and sleep deprivation while gearing up to launch 2 collections, 7 new products, at 5 venues during NYC x Design 2013!
Here are the list of events that we'll be part of!
1. NOHO NEXT 2013 (we will be there, so come say hello!) @ Subculture, 45 Bleecker Street; May 17–20, 12pm to 7pm. Dylan & I will be there in person while exhibiting our brand new collections Mirage & Maru- a series of work from furniture, lighting, to small home accessories.
2. AmDC’s TROPHY @ Underground at The Standard, East Village Hotel, 25 Cooper Square; May 17–20 / 12pm to 7pm. We'll be exhibiting our special mirage shelves.
3. RECLAIM x 2 @ 446 Broadway, 3rd Floor; Thursday, May 16, 2013 / 7pm- 11pm. We've donated special one-off editions of L&G wind chimes made in collaboration with artist Nicholas Nyland for Reclaim's second charity sale.
4. STDARD SOCKET @ Wanted Design- 269 11th Avenue; May 18th-20th / 10am-7pm. Our ‘Full Turn’ lighting will be displayed as part of Standard Socket’s inaugural lighting collection.
5. STORY @ 144 10th Ave; May 1st-May 30th / 11-7pm. We're part of STORY's ever changing retail concept store offering some small gift & home goods at their current [DESIGN] theme popup shop.
Featured Work: Bloc Necklace.
Featured Work: Aura Wind Chimes
Vase by Nicholas Nyland
We're really excited to be working with our dear friend/artist, Nicholas Nyland in creating a whole collection of wind chimes which we'll launch in mid-May!
We've been posting some process shots on our EXPLORATION page and we'll be sharing them next week and will be exhibiting them at New York Designweek along with other new works from MAY 17-20 at Reclaim NYC and Noho Design District. (Details TBA)
We've been a long-time fan of Nicholas' work and been wanting to work with him for years now! We love his fun & uninhibited way wanting to work with him for years now! We love his uninhibited ceramic pieces and his use of fun colors and textures.
Needless to say it's going to be an exciting collaboration and we think it'll yield a really interesting result contrasted with our simple forms and material pallet!
Here are some photos from our brainstorming session with Nicholas and at his lovely home!
Finally! We made a special leather version of the Ovis Lounge Chair in untanned leather version for Tenoversix's new Dallas shop about a month ago and is really loving the look!
The best thing about the untanned leather is that it will get darker & shinier with use and I can only imagine the whole chair will age beautifully over time. We also made a new pillow with industrial wool felt with some added little details.
Here are some photos below.
We shall soon add this to our Ovis line soon as well as a macramé sling version, oh my!
Check out these great photos from AmDC's exhibit in a beautiful old Italian courtyard. Talk about a dramatic setting!
Featured Work: Aura Light.
We're more the elated when we saw a recent post of our Brass & White Perimeter trays not only mentioned but also used in one of Emily Henderson's home makeovers.
You'd think I'm joking if I said this in person, BUT I have the link to prove it, and honest to god this is a quote from Em Hen herself....
"...the tray is from Ladies and Gentlemen Studio and it’s probably the best tray that has ever been made."
We couldn't believe it ourselves either and had to go "WHAAAA??? for reals?! no way!!" But it really didn't take long for us to snap into reality and accept the truth on this one..... ;)
This is happening... AmDC's will be showing in Milan at Most Salone from April 9th-14th. Although we can't physically be there to join all the fun, we're still excited to have some of our works be shown under AmDC during that time!
Every small step is still a step closer to our dream, right?!
You may or may not know that Dylan & I live and share a duplex with our good friends, Jared & Chika, and baby Lisle! We were lucky enough to be chosen by Andie Powers ( co-owns Assemble ) to have both of our place featured on Aparment Therapy recently.
We share a 1960's duplex in Ballard, Seattle. Under this one roof, there are two units, two couples (Chika & Jared on the left, Jean & Dylan on the right) , two studios (
Ladies & Gentlemen Studio and R&L goods), and two babies ( C&J's precious baby name Lisle and J&D's whiny cat, Pudding).
Here's Jared, Chika & Lisle's colorful inviting home. We admire their brave use of bright fun colors throughout their space. They also have the best collection of coveted artworks, heirloom items and furniture.
Check out the rest of their lovely abode on AT, HERE!
Our side on the other hand is all about floating open shelves...It's not entirely untrue to say that we just don't know how to edit down. For us, the shelves really functions as our 3 dimensional inspiration board where we can be reminded of all the things that inspires us whether it be things that our friends make, vintage treasures we found or material swatches.
You can see the rest of the home tour with some of our trade secrets on AT, HERE!
AD Architectural Digest Germany / Featured Work: Aura Light.
Featured Work: Cylinder Shaker
We've been hoping to get our products in Anthropologie for awhile now...but so far we've only had some loose email correspondence that've yet mound to anything....
But this last winter out of the blue, one of the the buyers from Terrain (with great home & garden goods) contacted us about making custom servers for them!
Then a month later, another buyer from BHLDN (with beautiful wedding things of all sorts) contacted us about making more custom cake servers, too!
Not only are both of these shops great, they're also under the same umbrella of Anthro & Urban Outfitters!
We feel like we're just one step away from getting something in Anthropologie! Let's hope that next step will happen in the near future!
Every year, we tell ourselves that we need to prepare early since this is always our busiest time of the year. But of course, no matter how much we think we prepared ourselves....we still end up working late hours and feeling sleep deprived for the majority of the time.
....And this holiday especially seemed extra actioned packed.
We're totally stoked to get orders from some of our favorite shops from all over!
The Cool Hunter's pop-up in Australia / Douglas + Bec in New Zealand / Makers & Brothers in Ireland / April & May in The Netherlands / Le Kiosk in Sweden / Die Sellerie in Austria / The Drake General Store in Toronto / Nineteenten in Vancouver / The Future Perfect , Sight Unseen, and American Design Club in New York / Unison Home in Chicago / Terrain in Philadelphia / Propeller in San Francisco / Woonwinkel in Portland / Frye Art Museum Shop in Seattle!
We did a Himmeli ornament workshop at the Meet The Makers event at the Frye.
We designed and made our own special L&G letterhead that folds into an envelope!
And finally, we organized and put together The BLAK design popup the last weekend before Christmas at Caffe Vita!
There's still so much I need to blog about, but needless to say, we're just happy that we made it through the holidays!
Now it's time to unwindulax!
It was brought to our sad sad attention that an Etsy (of course!) seller has been blatantly copying our Superior Servers......down to the T....copying our product, process, verbiage, AND even the way the products are styled in the photos!!
I know they exist everywhere and anywhere...but this is beyond just "oh it's inspired by or it just looks similar" type of scenario. These people have consciously copied EVERY part of our products and details. As Tiny Fay, Amy Poehler and Seth Meyers would be happy to back me up and say...."Really? REALLY!?!"
And this is what we imagined they'd say.....
Tina: REALLY?...Did you actually make a check list of all the things that were in L&G's photos and went down the grocery store aisles going...."ok...let's see here....I need... 7 cherry tomatoes cut in half while leaving on on the table, check. Couple sprig of rosemary, check. Round plate to place on the upper right corner, check. Some fresh parsley leaves on table, check. Whole Roasted chicken with the part of it sliced, check"....and then did you print L&G's image in real size to lay everything out on top so its almost identical even in how the things were arranged? COME ON! This is like when kids use tracing paper to copy cartoon characters before they learned that not all mice HAVE to look like Mickey Mouse!! REALLY.
Seth: And COME ON!....did you EVEN TRY to spend some time to AT LEAST think of doing something different or did you think about it for less than a second and then went"....oh, never mind, that's too much work...I should simply do EXACTLY what they did, because why would I want to spend/waste more time to do something different OR unique OR have to use any of my creativity when I can be MAKING MONEY from another person's idea!"....REALLY!?!
Amy: and REALLY...were you absent to class everyday in school when they taught that PLAGIARISM is inexcusable AND unacceptable and that you automatically get a big FATF on your grades?! Well....guess what? That rule STILL applies even if you're an adult... you'll still get a big FAT F...U know what.
Just read the comparison of the text below....
L&G's PRODUCT TEXT: A versatile set of serving utensils with colorful dipped handles. The trio consisting of a stainless steel spoon, carving fork, and perforated spoon is ideal for serving baked dishes, salads, roasts and more. The festive colors make them perfect accessories for weddings, holiday parties, dinner parties, and more. Mix and match your favorite colors separately or pick the versatile 4 piece gift set.
Each is piece is constructed of solid stainless steel with a durable food safe dipped handle.
CAVALCADE ETSY COPYCAT'S TEXT: This set is ideal for serving baked dishes, salads, roasts and more. The festive colors make them perfect for weddings, holiday parties, dinner parties, and more. Pick your favorite colors to make a one of kind gift.
Each is piece is constructed of solid stainless steel with a durable food and dishwasher safe colored handle.
COME ON PEOPLE!!! REALLY?!?!?!