‘This is where it all started for me,’ says Phillip Lim of the Los Angeles Arts District, ‘The simple pleasures of being young, sexy, free.’
It was here that a young Lim opened his first design studio at the beginning of his career in the early noughties. Returning now, over ten years later to open his eponymous studio’s first retail concept store, much has changed for Lim. The Arts District, however, has retained the vibrancy and energy that he originally fell in love with.
3.1 Phillip Lim's LA boutique showcases a rotating series of artworks
Part art gallery, part showroom, the 3.1 Phillip Lim concept store is housed in a 5,000 sq ft industrial space has been designed in collaboration with MR Architecture + Decor and retail designer Kate McCullough, both based in New York. Underneath the building’s timber vaulted ceiling, surfaces have been kept pared back and neutral with whitewashed brick walls, polished concrete and cream-coloured carpet. Clear plastic curtains are used to divide the space, while rails are fashioned from copper piping and rough blocks of stone are used as display plinths.
In keeping with the neighbourhood’s spirit of conversation, community, and collaboration, the new store will showcase artworks and product by a series of like-minded creatives. Displayed alongside the studio’s latest collections, shoppers will find lighting by design studio Apparatus, furniture and objects from Patrick Parrish Gallery, general store M Crow & Co, and design studio Li Inc among others.
The new store will showcase artworks and product by a series of like-minded creatives
Lim worked with New York-based retail designer Kate McCullough and the architecture firm MR Architecture + Decor for the project
The space includes furniture and objects from New York-based Patrick Parrish Gallery among others
The 5,000 sq ft industrial space features neutral finishes, including polished concrete, cream-coloured carpet and plastic curtains
INFORMATION
For more information, visit the 3.1 Phillip Lim website
ADDRESS
734 East 3rd Street
Los Angeles CA 90013
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