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Keegan Fong: Quit marketing for a noodle shop
Starting out as a noodle cart and family passion project, the culinary endeavor soon developed into the renowned restaurant it...
FF Mixtape #170: Arman Naféei
“From your local baker to the pope, if you like music or not—you have a soundtrack.” “We go into unnatural...
How Noel Hennessy and Thomas Renaud are shaping a new future for handmade ceramics
It’s supposed to rain—pour, actually—the day Noel Hennessy and Thomas Renaud give us a tour of their Northeast Los Angeles...
Upending cultural norms with menswear label Goodfight
Upending cultural norms with menswear label Goodfight During the twelve years he’s spent working in fashion, Caleb Lin has made...
In the Laurel Canyon with Iranian-born, Los Angeles-based stylist Maryam Malakpour
Malakpour, who is a fashion stylist and creative director, says the car is perfect for Sunday drives around Mulholland’s winding...
Sick and tired of not being able to grasp anything real these days? American musician Weyes Blood is here to help.
Los Angeles-based Natalie Mering is recording under the name Weyes Blood, and her last two releases, Front Row Seat to...
For her debut album, the only person Sasami needs to please is herself
The self-titled debut of Los Angeles-based Sasami is the latest invitation to temporarily switch off the noise your left brain...
Keegan Fong: Quit Marketing for a noodle shop
In a Nutshell: Keegan Fong on the five flavors at the heart of his Chinese restaurant “The menu is entirely...
Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles traces the contours of a thriving art scene
It was the year that saw the opening of The Broad, a private contemporary art collection housed in a specially-designed...
Andrea Lenardin: The shifting meaning of things
At least Andrea Lenardin likes to think so—despite the attribution of a different value throughout time—“the things are also always...
Leslie Williamson captures homes as physical manifestations of people’s lives
To Williamson, everything starts with the person and their work. “There is a thorough line with everything these people do,...
Creating an illusion of space, Urban Cabins reshape the city dwelling for this year’s L.A. Design Festival
When thinking about residential life in Los Angeles, the mind often conjures images of canyon cabins, beach bungalows, and mid-century...
Artist Norberto Rodriguez helps shine a light on the cultural initiative, Inner-City Arts
Norberto—it sounds grandiose. At the suggestion he seems like some great magician he’s delighted, but this isn’t the reason behind...
Cody James photographs the architecture of The Getty Center, offering a new perspective on the endless L.A. sun
James was born in a small town outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His photography has taken him all over the world—“Alaska,...
To challenge our perceptions of queer relationships, artist Paul Mpagi Sepuya depicts intimate fragments of reality
The art of Paul Mpagi Sepuya is personal; shifting between portraiture and self-portraiture, it is about his life, and the...
Media proprietor Eric Kuhn explains why we should “never use technology for technology’s sake” and how to build bridges with social media
Kuhn was Hollywood’s first social media talent agent, and he knew exactly what he wanted to do in that position....
Caren Motika and Adam McPherson bring healing arts to the LA community with the space, Window of the Sky
Their humble residence was originally conceived as a test model: Built by a man who made a successful career as...
Hannah Henderson & John Moore
In another, two women, each with a barefoot child, halt a friendly conversation to wave; further down, a man paints...
Parton Brothers: Creating a Global Community
Taking after their father Lindsay Parton, a key figure a in the highly competitive real estate market, the brothers are...
How Hayden Cox’s high-tech surfboards are shaking up the industry
“Oh!” we all exclaim, as he trips and tumbles into whitewash, his surfboard ejected rudely from under him. Hayden turns...