Now in its 11th year, LCDQ’s Legends draws design industry luminaries for 3 days of fun in the sun in Los Angeles. As design events go, I look forward to this design marathon all year long. The can’t miss gathering of like-minded design denizens occurs May 7-9th, and promotes community, inspiration, and creativity with a wide range of keynote panels, conversations, product introductions, book signings and parties, lots of parties. Want to see that creativity in action? 40 designers are invited to create window vignettes in 50 participating showrooms and galleries along the design quarter centered around La Cienega Boulevard in West Hollywood. This year’s theme is a nod to nostalgia, as designers pay homage to an influential designer from the past. Luckily there are so many good design books that provide a view into legendary designers work to dig into for inspiration. Who will they choose? Will it be Tony Duquette? Albert Hadley? Elsie de Wolfe? Billy Baldwin? Or, someone else? You will have to wait for the big reveal to see and stroll the boulevard at night, the best time to take in all the elaborate design details.

A few new additions this spring include honoring esteemed designers Bunny Williams and Suzanne Rheinstein, two of my all time favorites. And since it’s important to preserve the past with care, a disco party to benefit SIA Projects, the organization started by LA design duo Jaime Rummerfield and Ron Woodson, with a mission of preserving unique LA architecture, will take place Wednesday evening.

Chairish is a participating sponsor and I will be there with the team, so be sure to say hello!

Ahead, the list of 2019 LCDQ window designers and their chosen icons:

Alex Papachristidis Interiors, Jonas
Geoffrey Bennison

Bridgid Coulter Designs, Una Malan
Zaha Hadid

Brooke Wagner Designs, Serena & Lily
Dorothy Draper

Brooke & Steve Giannetti, Giannetti Home, Compas
Bunny Mellon

Catherine  M. Austin Interior Design, Janet Yonaty
Alberto Pinto

Chad Dorsey Design, Mehraban-North Window
Eileen Gray

Colette van den Thillart  Interior Design, Marc Phillips Decorative Rugs
Cedric Gibbons

Dan Mazzarini, BHDM, Arteriors
Cedric Gibbons

Drew McGukin Interiors, Alt for Living/Remains
Karl Lagerfeld, Lee Radziwill and Mario Buatta

Edel Legaspi & Christopher Courts, Legaspi Courts Design, Waterworks
Michael Taylor

Elizabeth Barondes & Kelly Morris, Barondes Morris Design, West Hollywood Fireside BBQ & Appliances

Emily Summers Design Associates,  McKinnon & Harris
T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings

Gary Hutton Design, Mehraban – South Window 
Verner Panton

Jake Arnold Interior Design, Hollywood at Home
Rose Cumming

Jeff Andrews Design, Dragonette Ltd.
Billy Haines

Julia Wong Designs, Cache
Alberto Pinto

Kari Arendsen, Intimate Living Interiors, House of Fine Arts
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Kathryn M. Ireland, Nicky Rising
Nancy Lancaster

Kelly Schandel, thinkpure, Marc Phillips Decorative Rugs
Elsie de Wolfe

Kenna Mazaros, Studio Kenna, Hollywood Sierra Kitchen
Arthur Elrod

Kevin Isbell Interiors, Gracie
Albert Hadley

Klein Agency, Hammer & Spear
Eileen Gray

Kristi Nelson, KMNelson Design, LLC, Cache
Renzo Mongiardino

Laura Umansky, Laura U Interior Design, Janet Yonaty
Kalef Alaton

Mary Ann Schicketanz, Studio Schicketanz, Mansour
Josef Hoffmann

Martyn Lawrence Bullard, Martyn Lawrence Bullard
Tony Duquette

Massucco Warner Miller, Hollywood at Home
Sister Parish

Max Humphrey Interior Design, Tufenkian Artisan Carpets
Luis Barragan

Maximilian Sinsteden and Catherine Olaskey, Olaskey & Sinsteden, Mecox
John Fowler

Neal Beckstedt Studio, Woven
Pierre Jeanneret

Nicole Fuller Interiors, Galerie Carole Decombe
Henri Samuel

Nicole Gordon Studio, Tabarka Studio
Syrie Maugham

Ohara Davies-Gaetano Interiors, Barakat Gallery
Francois Catroux

Patrick Sutton Design Studio, Jamal’s Rug Collection
Billy Baldwin

Penny Drue Baird, Dessins LLC, Dragonette Ltd.
Mario Buatta

Peti Lau Inc., Harbinger
David Hicks

Philip Nimmo Design, Mansour
Tony Duquette

Sasha Bikoff Interior Design, Marc Phillips Decorative Rugs
Madeleine Castaing

Scott Schrader, Schrader Design, Richard Shapiro Studiolo
David Hicks

Sheldon Harte, Harte Brownlee & Associates, Paul Ferrante
Jean Michel Frank

Tammy Connor Interior Design, Harbinger
Albert Hadley

Tim Barber LTD, Renaissance Design Studio
Timothy Pflueger

Tom Stringer Design Partners, Harbinger
Billy Baldwin