May 2011
Editor’s Note
Our May issue hones in on the arts of architecture and design—two always seen but not always appreciated applications of practical magic.
Categories: Architecture / Art / Celebrities / City Landmarks / Design / Editor's Letter
Q+LA Idris Elba
Drug dealer or cop, salesman or Nordic god, American or Frenchman, this Brit plays both sides of the line.
Categories: Celebrities / Music / Q + LA
50 Titans of Design
Works of perfection from the masters who built up Southern California with vision and style
Categories: 50
Image: The Style List
Sunglasses for the wild and the innocent, fashion on the fringe—and one seriously eye-grabbing hourglass shape.
Categories: Accessories / Beauty / Fashion / First Look / Style / The Style List
Image: AppearancesFrom Sly to Sublime
While much of the fashion industry stays in a slump, Los Angeles designer Jeremy Scott keeps things moving by refusing to be labeled.
Categories: Design / Fashion / First Look
Image: THE XY FACTOR Skin Sensation
You can’t help but notice him courtside at every Laker game. Now meet James Goldstein, the man in the python-skin duds.
Categories: Fashion / First Look
Culture(d)—May 2011
In the realm of art and ideas: an exploration of beauty, classic films in L.A.'s classic theaters...and the dark visions of Tim Burton.
Categories: Architecture / Art / culture(d) / Film / L.A. History
Garden of Delights
There’s never been a more inspiring moment for bringing life to the great outdoors, and now design muses are hearing our call.
Categories: Accessories / Creature Comforts / Design / Gardens / Living Green / Outdoors
Starship Enterprise
Windowless, wrapped in a skin of panels and holding the collection of world’s richest man Carlos Slim Helú, Soumaya Museum brings a new kind of attraction to Mexico City.
Categories: Architecture / Design / Feature Story / First Look / Photos / Pictorials
Act 2
Architect Roy McMakin and garden designer Art Luna find an owner who revels in the theory that even a landmark house needs to change with the times.
Categories: Accessories / Architecture / Art / Feature Story / Interiors+Interior Design / Photos / Pictorials
High and Mighty
The new bridge over the river Colorado wasn’t designed as a work of art, but necessity became the mother to grandeur.
Categories: Architecture / Feature Story / First Look / Local Travel / Outdoors / Photos / Pictorials / Technology
Grainy Mustard
Son of a gun—Vinny Dotolo and Jon Shook pick the quotidian spread as their condiment of choice.
Artful Dodging
For a young, wealthy museum, the Getty has a long history of dubious practices. From Chasing Aphrodite, by the L.A. Times’ Jason Felch & Ralph Frammolino.
Categories: Art / L.A. History / Risky Business
Social Studies—May 2011
by Jean-Philippe Delhomme “We hired a famous tattoo artist to decorate our surf shack, but...
Categories: Social Studies
Outlier Goddess
Kylie Minogue’s not quite superstar status here has unique benefits for her U.S. fans.
Categories: Music / Sound Check
