LA confidential: Phillip Lim’s inaugural concept store is a triumphant homecoming

Phillip Lim boutique interior view
Phillip Lim has opened his first concept boutique in the Arts District of Los Angeles
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‘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.

Artwork on white wall

3.1 Phillip Lim's LA boutique showcases a rotating series of artworks

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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.

Artworks in store

The new store will showcase artworks and product by a series of like-minded creatives

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Phillip Lim boutique interior view

Lim worked with New York-based retail designer Kate McCullough and the architecture firm MR Architecture + Decor for the project

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furniture and artwork view

The space includes furniture and objects from New York-based Patrick Parrish Gallery among others

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Phillip Lim boutique interior view

The 5,000 sq ft industrial space features neutral finishes, including polished concrete, cream-coloured carpet and plastic curtains

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INFORMATION
For more information, visit the 3.1 Phillip Lim website

ADDRESS

734 East 3rd Street
Los Angeles CA 90013

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Ali Morris is a UK-based editor, writer and creative consultant specialising in design, interiors and architecture. In her 16 years as a design writer, Ali has travelled the world, crafting articles about creative projects, products, places and people for titles such as Dezeen, Wallpaper* and Kinfolk.