Earlier this month I ventured to Los
Angeles to explore the city’s burgeoning creative scenes setting up in
neighbourhoods from East to West across the city. Contemporary art and design
activity have been attracting much attention in recent years with artists and
designers relocating to LA’s expansive environment of not only matter, but of
mind.
Before swapping London’s bitter chill for
standard Californian fare of blue skies and November highs in the sun-kissed 80s, I
made an appointment to visit a new retail destination located in the city’s
urban quarter that is Downtown.
Please Do Not Enter is a new-level concept store whose name would have
been fitting only a few years ago when little life could be found in Downtown
after working hours, let alone life-style. Riding the wave of the district’s
renaissance, French founders Nicolas Libert and Emmanuel Renoird established
their boutique-cum-gallery earlier this year and have been tempting customers
to its penthouse headquarters filled with unique and exclusive contemporary
art, design and fashion by international artisans and designers ever since.
As part of my continuing contributions of hotspots from the worlds of art and design, my visit to Please Do Not Enter is now available to discover on Melting Butter.
Look out for a more in-depth interview with Nicolas and Emmanuel who will feature on Melting Butter’s Curator’s Guide profile where they will discuss their meticulous collection and curation of art and lifestyle goods as well as their personal take on the cultural highlights of the city they now call home.
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