Blog

  • Big Thanks to our Love Local Makers!

    We love celebrating our community each and every day and partnering with Culver City for our Love Local Makers Market was the perfect way to spend a Friday afternoon.

  • Arcana’s (cook)Book of the Month this June 2024

    Arcana: Books on the Arts monthly pick for June comes from chefs Sara Kramer and Sarah Hymanson. KISMET: Bright, Fresh, Vegetable-Loving Recipes features bold Mediterranean flavors and vegetable-centric California cuisine that unite in 100+ bright, fresh recipes for everyday meals, from the women chef-owners behind Kismet and Kismet Rotisserie in Los Angeles.

  • Arcana Books: Check out the Monthly Pick for May 2024

    Arcana: Books on the Arts monthly pick for May comes from the longtime Angeleno and celebrated photographer Tim Street-Porter.  City of Dreams: Los Angeles Interiors: Inspiring Homes of Architects, Designers, and Artists by author Annie Kelly and photographs by Tim Street-Porter, is a sweeping survey of the best of both historic and contemporary Los Angeles houses that have tremendous resonance for interior design today.

  • Immerse yourself in design at HD Buttercup!

    If you haven't wandered through HD Buttercup's showroom recently, you've been depriving yourself of a richly textured, visual treat! HD Buttercup recently undertook a store-wide renovation to highlight their many partners-in-design featured throughout their space. Here's a quick preview of their shops, but be sure to stop by the showroom and immerse yourself in design. Read on for a preview of their shops, and be sure to stop by the showroom and immerse yourself in design.

  • Cisco Home teams up with Noblessa Fine German Kitchens

    We want to thank you all for joining us on Helms Avenue and inside our showrooms, at the Design Center, and in the Washington Corridor Gallery for a very special year celebrating art and design. Our hearts are overflowing with gratitude for our partners, our retailers, our restaurants and for you, our constant supporters.

  • Culver City Art Walk Highlights

    We want to thank you all for joining us on Helms Avenue and inside our showrooms, at the Design Center, and in the Washington Corridor Gallery for a very special year celebrating art and design. Our hearts are overflowing with gratitude for our partners, our retailers, our restaurants and for you, our constant supporters.

  • Close to the Edge: The Birth of Hip-Hop Architecture

    On behalf of Helms Bakery District, SoCal NOMA and A+D Museum, we are writing to thank you for coming to see our exhibition Close to the Edge: The Birth of Hip Hop Architecture.

  • Thanks for joining us at Seeding the City

    We can’t say thank you enough to everyone who attended our campus-wide Earth Day event, Seeding the City.

  • Small Infrastructures Exhibition

    A big thank you to everyone who attended the Small Infrastructures  exhibition and panel discussion at the Helms Bakery District. The evening was filled with thought-provoking panel discussions on how building assembly can provide a strong foundation for experimentation in designing Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs).

  • Revisiting the James Hubbell Exhibition: In Harmony with Nature

    We were honored to have the opportunity to present a James Hubbell exhibition this past April through June, 2022. The Ilan Lael Foundation's team and ours collaborated quickly to highlight Hubbell's connection to nature through a curated installation of his creations inside the Helms Design Center. Angelenos were exposed to a small but impressive sampling from the Foundation's collection of poetry, paintings, sculptures, stained glass, hand-carved doors, and architectural models, highlighting Hubbell's life-long commitment and passion to community, materials, and nature.