Being Your Own Boss
James Vincent with his Great Dane, Ajax, in his office, which has a Valerie Pasquiou ‘’Louis’’ colored laminate and chrome desk, Italian glass and iron desk lamp, Murano glass and paduc floor lamp, vintage Vieter Rams leather chairs, English artist (and Vincent’s sister) Faith Vincent’s felt art and a vintage Herman Miller chair. “Knowledge-based workers will be working increasingly from home or anywhere they have a laptop,” says Vincent. (LISA ROMEREIN / For The Times)
How Eight Angelenos Punch the Clock
Dawn Haynes sits in an ergonomically correct chair at her bleached maple and chrome desk and console. The paintings are by Cuban artist Tom Sierra. “I find his portraits of the women he paints-Vanessa Williams, Celia Cruz, Naomi Campbell-inspirational.” (LISA ROMEREIN / For The Times)
Michael Riva prefers to stand while working, and so designed his own 40-inch-high library/table desk. A tropical island mural he did for ‘’Six Days Seven Nights’’ has a pin board backing for tacking up photos and plans. Rattan Hawaiian chairs and console complete the island look. (LISA ROMEREIN / For The Times)
Larry Levin reads scripts while sitting in a vintage ‘60s chair complemented by a Heywood Wakefield vanity stool. A 10-drawer 1940s Scottish haberdashery case stores his videotapes, CDs and old LPs. (LISA ROMEREIN / For The Times)
The master bedroom suite, designed by Santa Monica architect Hagy Belzberg, also serves as a home office for Lauren Steiner. A built-in rough-sawn maple desk has shelves on one side, a headboard and night tables on the other. (LISA ROMEREIN / For The Times)
Julius Shulman sits at his custom-built 1950s walnut desk. A Shulman photograph of Richard Neutra’s Barker House (circa 1955) hangs on the wall next to the fireplace. (LISA ROMEREIN / For The Times)
Linda Brettler designed her acid-etched glass, steel and ash conference table. Her home office also boasts vintage Herman Miller chairs and an Eames drafting stool, a stained cork floor and ash cabinets. (LISA ROMEREIN / For The Times)
Dana Hollister’s home office has an American Victorian desk, a 1920s Chinese screen upholstered with dragon damask, an early 20th century Buddha swathed in a 19th century sari skirt, hand-dyed slip velvet drapery, 19th century Tibetan and Art Deco Chinese rugs and a 20th century embroidered silk sofa throw. (LISA ROMEREIN / For The Times)