Shades of green
For DESIGNER Kelly LaPlante, being green isn’t black or white. “I try to offer my clients materials that are organic and sustainable, but I’m not an eco-Nazi,” says the author of the newly self-published “Ecologique: The Style of Sustainable Design.” LaPlante recently teamed with interior designer James Saavedra to produce jak, a line of upholstered furniture and accent tables that merge Art Deco silhouettes with Hollywood Regency glamour. Pieces such as the Mowry dining chair (shown above, $2,438 plus fabric) are framed in responsibly forested wood and can be finished in a water-based gloss. Customers can provide their own fabric or order from the selection of organic and recycled materials available through LaPlante’s showroom, 1501 Main St., Venice. (310) 581-6450 or www.kellylaplante.com.
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TRENDSPOTTING
Threads of the Old World
With the popularity of Greek flokatis, Berber tribal graphics from Morocco and other ethnic rugs, it’s hardly surprising that Patricia Urquiola has launched her first carpet collection. The Spanish-born designer has teamed with the Italian firm Moroso to update traditional Sardinian animal and floral motifs with a contemporary punch. Hand-woven on Old World looms, the patterns are available in two color combinations in naturally dyed wool. The carpets measure 6 1/2 feet by nearly 10 feet and sell for $9,527 through Jules Seltzer Associates, 8833 Beverly Blvd., L.A. (310) 274-7243 or www.julesseltzer.com.
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SALE
Clean lines, marked down
Idea Space Design, which has created interiors for L.A. clients as diverse as football giant Keyshawn Johnson and novelist Bret Easton Ellis, is relocating its office and closing its furniture and accessories showroom in Beverly Hills. In a sale that runs through the end of the month, the firm will offer 50% to 75% reductions on its home decor. Designs emphasize clean lines and heroic proportions, exemplified by the diamond-tufted Cortisan wing chair shown above, with a 5-foot-high seat back; the piece is marked down to $2,150 from $4,300. Prices have been cut by half also for the zebrawood Roma Cube (now $1,050), whose gray vinyl top doubles as a stool and side table, and the rift-cut oak tray (now $198). Open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays at 351 S. Robertson Blvd., Beverly Hills. (310) 360-7140 or ideaspacedesign.com.
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MADE IN CALIFORNIA
The crowning touch
The Vanity Vanities are from Dilettante, a new collaboration between Southern California Institute of Architecture graduates Elena Coleman and Libby Kountzman. Their intricate crowned-glass mirrors are cut with water jets and laser-etched with quotes from Christopher Marlowe or Shakespeare. Available in two sizes ($800 and $1,200). Show, 1722 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, (323) 644-1960; and Innersection, 1111 S. Grand Ave., Unit 104, Los Angeles, (213) 763-8800. www.dilettante-ca.com.