Helms Design District

Helms Avenue Sidewalk Sale this Saturday
2024-01-13 12:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Helms Walk, 3270 Helms Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90034
On Saturday, January 13th from 12:00 to 5:00 PM, please visit our retailers during a special Helms Avenue Sidewalk Sale, with incredible savings featured at this pop up event on our pedestrian plaza, with additional in-store, online and special-order items available. Additional sales and promotions are located inside our Helms Bakery showrooms. Please see retailers for more details.
HD Buttercup | Coco Republic not only completed a BIG showroom redesign, is hosting their famous Half Yearly Sale, but will pop up outside on Helms Avenue for one day only with not-to-be-missed items for your home. You’ll have to venture inside their showroom to see the rest of the sale, which is literally everything!
Featured items from HD Buttercup include the Montauk Dining Armchair and the Tribeca Emerald Side Table.
The Rug Warehouse has many rugs being deeply discounted during their Semi-Annual Sale, including a late 19th century antique Lavar Kerman carpet. See the rug experts for additional items on sale in-store.
Rejuvenation is making way for new 2024 designs inside their showroom so their tent will be chock full of sale items to select from, including a Monrowe Chair in luscious brown leather, tables, mirrors and more!
Harbour Outdoor has a big online sale in full swing, but they are offering special discount orders on their Loop Sun Lounge, $2295 and on sale for $1606, their Pacific Dining Chair, $750, on sale for $524, and their Pacific Angled Sun Lounge, $1795 on sale for $1256. Don’t miss out on this one-day-only offer.

Book Signing with Todd Hido + Mark Steinmetz
2024-01-20 16:00 - 18:00 | Arcana: Books on the Arts, 8675 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA, 90232
Join us on Saturday, January 20th, from 4:00-6:00 pm as Arcana: Books on the Arts starts 2024 off in style by presenting a special dual book signing with longtime favorites – and pals – Todd Hido and Mark Steinmetz.
Each has a lovely hot off the Nazraeli Press offering in The End Sends Advance Warning and France 1987, and they both will be at the shop for the afternoon!
If you cannot attend and would like to order a signed copy of Todd Hido’s The End Sends Advance Warning, Mark Steinmetz’s France 1987, or both, to have shipped or to pick up at the shop, please place your order here.
This event is free and open to the public.

Todd Hido
“For over 25 years, Todd Hido has crafted narratives through loose and mysterious suburban scenes, desolate landscapes, and cinematic portraits. Irrespective of its title, this is a book about hope and beauty and why we seek it so desperately at this time. For his latest images he has roamed as far as the Hawaiian Islands and their meteorological opposites; the shores of the Bering Sea, and Nordic fjords above the Arctic Circle. Even with such geographic diversity, Hido captures places that feel at once familiar and unknown; welcoming and unsettling. With this stunning new monograph, Hido picks up where his previous title Bright Black World left off, presenting some eighty new and previously unpublished landscape photographs. The End Sends Advance Warning is beautifully printed on heavyweight art paper and bound in offset printed linen. The book also includes nine tipped-in photographs printed on Kasadaka art paper, as well as tipped-in and laid-in booklets. A masterpiece of an artist’s book, and a must for the serious contemporary art library.”

Mark Steinmetz
“In the summer of 1987, I was 26 years old, a couple years out of graduate school, and living in a derelict apartment outside of Boston. I had received an artist’s residency in the South of France, and so, in August, I flew to Paris. I stayed a few weeks with close family friends in a top floor apartment on the Avenue de Wagram. My friends were working in fashion and film, and I was told my bed had once belonged to Jane Fonda before she became Barbarella. The weather was getting colder, and they gave me a brown corduroy jacket to wear that Jean Seberg (Godard’s Breathless, Preminger’s Bonjour Tristesse) had cried on. I would eat some breakfast and run around Paris photographing all day—hardly eating because I had no money—returning to their apartment for dinner and a glass of champagne.
“Later in the year, I went to the South to begin my artist’s residency at the Camargo Foundation, in Cassis, a town on the sea not far from Marseille. The writer Virginia Woolf, the pointillist Paul Signac, the fauvists André Derain and Raoul Dufy, and the Provençal poet Frédéric Mistral, had spent extended periods of time in Cassis. I took day trips from Cassis to Arles, Aix, Marseille, and Nice, and could process my film in the simple darkroom that was supplied to me.
“In 1987, there were no cell phones or digital cameras. To meet up with someone you had to set a time and a place and each of you had to stick to the plan. The seasons seemed to linger around more, and in general, everyone seemed to have more time. The parks, museums, and subways were less crowded. The rhythm of daily life was more relaxed. People were worried in 1987, but not as worried as we are now.” – From the Introduction by Mark Steinmetz
This wonderful collection of previously unpublished photographs by Mark Steinmetz, made some thirty-five years ago during an extended stay in the South of France, provides welcome insight into his earliest years as a working artist. It comprises over sixty photographs beautifully printed in duotone on Japanese Kasadaka art paper, and bound in Burgundy linen. Limited to only one thousand case-bound copies, France 1987 will sell out quickly.

Fresh Perks: Helms Instagram Giveaway for February
2024-01-26 09:00 - 2024-01-28 17:00 | Online, CA
We had such a blast sharing our #love for all of you during last December’s Giftable Giveaways on Instagram, that we’ve decided to give away something every month of the year!
That’s right. We are officially calling 2024 the year of Fresh Perks as a way to show our thanks and gratitude. We appreciate you for choosing Helms Bakery District as your go-to design hub, your shopping destination, and a favorite spot to dine. Thanks for spending time with us throughout the entire year and thank you for always showing up. We love seeing you!
Be sure to follow us on Instagram @helmsbakerydistrict to see what we’re giving away and to be eligible to participate. The Giveaway begins on Friday, January 26th at 9 am and ends on Sunday, January 28th at 5 pm.
To enter is Simple:
(1) you must Follow us on Instagram,
(2) Tag 2 friends in your comment so they can follow us and enter too, and
(3) Tell us why you love Pasta!
Sign up for our newsletter to find out when the next Helms Fresh Perk drops.
Good luck!
Rules & Regs
(4) No purchase is required to enter.
(5) Winners will be selected randomly, contacted after each giveaway closes, and announced in our comments on Instagram.
(6) Open to US residents only, 18 years and older. By entering, entrants confirm they are at least 18+ years of age.
(7) This is a “GIVEAWAY” and is not eligible for return, refund, or exchange at any of our showrooms or restaurants.
(8) The “Helms Perks” giveaway is not sponsored, endorsed, administered by or associated with Instagram. Entrants release Instagram and all brands of all responsibility and agree to Instagram’s terms of use.
(9) One entry per Instagram user. Duplicate entries will not be considered.
(10) This giveaway is open to residents of Los Angeles County.

Arcana Book Signing + Discussion for WINOGRAND COLOR
2024-02-03 16:00 - 18:00 | Arcana: Books on the Arts, 8675 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA, 90232
Free
On Saturday, February 3rd from 4:00 to 6:00 pm, please join Arcana: Books on the Arts for a discussion about the fabulous new Twin Palms book WINOGRAND COLOR with the book’s editor Michael Almereyda and Geoff Dyer. The discussion will begin at 4:15 followed by a book signing with Mr. Almereyda.
If you can’t make it, you can order a copy of WINOGRAND COLOR signed by Michael Almereyda here.
Garry Winogrand is known primarily for his spontaneous and energetic street photography in black-and-white. What is lesser known is that Winogrand also shot more than 45,000 color slides between the early 1950s and late 1960s. These photographs were often taken between assignments, when the photographer, working on his own, developed and refined an approach to his medium that was increasingly open, independent, and radical. He routinely photographed with two cameras strapped around his neck, one loaded with color film, the other with black and white.
“Winogrand Color” presents one hundred and fifty photographs selected from the archives at the Center for Creative Photography by the American film director, Michael Almereyda and former Museum of Modern Art curator, Susan Kismaric. It is the first monograph dedicated to the artist’s rarely seen color work.

Arcana Book Signing + Discussion with Mary Virginia Swanson for Publish Your Photography Book
2024-02-10 16:00 - 18:00 | Arcana: Books on the Arts, 8675 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA, 90232
Free
On Saturday, February 10th from 4:00 to 6:00 pm, please join Arcana: Books on the Arts for a book signing with the iconic Mary Virginia Swanson to celebrate the publication of the newly updated edition of the ever-popular Publish Your Photography Book! Ms. Swanson will be signing and taking your questions in a discussion moderated by Radius Books’ Isabella Beroutsos.
If you cannot attend and would like to order a signed copy of Publish Your Photography Book to have shipped or to pick up at Arcana, please place your order here.

The first book to demystify the process of producing and publishing a book of photographs, Publish Your Photography Book was first released in 2011 and subsequently sold out two editions. This highly anticipated third edition guides photo-based artists through the steps involved in publishing a book of their work. Industry insiders Darius D. Himes and Mary Virginia Swanson survey the current landscape of photography-book publishing and point out the many avenues to pursue and pitfalls to avoid. This updated, expert guide covers: a history of the photobook; an overview of the publishing industry; the process of bringing your project to book form (with both traditional publishing and self-publishing options); how to market a photography book (including a dialogue with collectors on the limited edition and artist-made books); case studies with published photographers; and valuable resources on production materials, publishing and marketing timelines.
Filled with educational wisdom, the book features interviews and contributions from artists, agents, editors, designers, printers, publishers, distributors, booksellers, curators and librarians who share their experiences and provide advice about each step on the path to publication and placement. A removable workbook helps readers address book preparation, draft submission guidelines, production timelines and marketing plans. With over 50 years of combined industry experience and insights, the authors also provide both historical context and contemporary expertise about the international photobook scene, including awards, fairs and grants.
The contributors include: Regina Maria Anzenberger, Bob Aufuldish, Julia Borissova, Barbara Bosworth, Frish Brandt, Sonel Breslav, Joan Brookbank, Jane Brown, Jason Burstein, David Campany, Alejandro Cartagena, Bruno Ceschel, Nelson Chan, Lewis Chaplin, Clément Cheroux, David Chickey, Joshua Chuang, Mary DelMonico, Sarah Espenon, Jon Evans, Chloe Ferres, Tricia Gabriel, Susan kae Grant, Kris Graves, Hans Gremmen, Nathalie Herschdorfer, Todd Hido, Deborah Hollis, Tiffany Jones, Christina Labey, Joan Liftin, Michael Lundgren, Lesley A. Martin, Christopher McCall, Lisa McCarty, Clifton Meador, Dan Milnor, Arezoo Moseni, Colleen Mullins, Azu Nwagbogu, Martin Parr, Cecile Poimboeuf-Koizumi, Alan Rapp, Rixon Reed, Ruth R. Rogers, Laura Russell, Markus Schaden, Mike Slack, Søren Solkær, David Solo, Gerhard Steidl, Alan Thomas, Ian van Coller, Anne Wilkes Tucker, Amy Wilkins, Deborah Willis, Denise Wolff, Nancy E. Wolff, Carl Wooley, Sophie Wright and Philip Zimmermann.

Arcana x Burntsienna Artbook Review
2024-02-17 11:00 - 13:00 | Arcana: Books on the Arts, 8675 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA, 90232
Saturday, February 17, 11:00 am to 1:00 pm
8675 Washington Boulevard, Culver City
Join Arcana: Books on the Arts for an artbook review with Jason E.C. Wright, Director of Burntsienna Research Society.
This installation focuses on Architecture, Fashion, or Product Design (special artbooks or periodicals), a programme for artbook collectors and creative professionals to engage with collected artbooks and each other. Guests are invited to bring up to two (2) artbooks, design books, or periodicals from their own collections to share on Arcana’s long display tables.
Each programme begins with a formal review of two (2) books from the Burntsienna Research Library – moderated by Jason E.C. Wright – followed by each guest sharing a bit about what they’ve brought, and how each title offers special reference or inspiration for their practice. For the remaining time you’re invited to flip through the books on display, to read quietly, to make notes or take reference photos, and to personally engage with creative professionals of different disciplines.
We look forward to welcoming you at Arcana Books and Helms Bakery District.
This is a ticketed event: $25, limited to 18 spaces.
BOOK TICKETS HERE
Guest passes for design students available; request HERE.
Ticket proceeds benefit the Burntsienna Research Library and Collections.

Arcana Book Signing with Yelena Yemchuk for Malanka
2024-02-17 16:00 - 18:00 | Arcana: Books on the Arts, 8675 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA, 90232
Free
On Saturday, February 17th from 4:00 to 6:00 pm, please join Arcana: Books on the Arts for a book signing with Yelena Yemchuk to celebrate the publication of Malanka.
If you cannot attend and would like to order a signed copy to have shipped or to pick up at Arcana, please place your order here.

“Ukrainian-born, Brooklyn-based photographer and painter Yelena Yemchuk is most commonly known for her fashion and portrait photographs, which have appeared in Italian and Japanese Vogue, V, the New Yorker and The New York Times. Yemchuk makes images that teeter on the threshold between her Eastern European heritage and her daily life in New York; between fiction and reality; between the grand beauty of 1960s cinema and the social and built environments of post-Soviet realms. As with all of her work, Malanka is a personal, feminine, surrealist and magical project. The eponymous tradition is a pre-Christian folklore ritual driving out winter and welcoming spring, an ancient custom reminiscent of Persephone’s return in Greek mythology. It is celebrated on January 14th, the old New Year in the Julian calendar, by ethnic Romanians in western Ukraine. In 2019 and 2020, Yemchuk traveled to Crasna (Krasnoilsk in Ukrainian) to document the night-long festival. Accompanying Yemchuk’s striking photographic documentation is a poetic essay by Romanian cultural journalist Ioana Pelehatai.”

Fresh Perks: February Instagram Giveaway
2024-02-23 09:00 - 2024-02-25 17:00 | Online, CA
It’s February and time for the second installation of our Fresh Perks giveaway on Instagram, a little social fun each and every month of the year. Grab a Father’s Office freebie when you Enter-to-Win!
We are officially calling 2024 the year of Fresh Perks as a way to show our thanks and gratitude. We appreciate you for choosing Helms Bakery District as your go-to design hub, your shopping destination, and a favorite spot to dine. Thanks for spending time with us throughout the entire year and thank you for always showing up. We love seeing you!
Be sure to follow us on Instagram @helmsbakerydistrict to see what we’re giving away and to be eligible to participate. The Giveaway begins on Friday, February 23rd at 9 am and ends on Sunday, February 25th at 5 pm.
To enter is Simple:
(1) you must Follow us on Instagram,
(2) Tag 2 friends in your comment so they can follow us and enter too, and
(3) Post a Story and Tag us. We love seeing your creative self!
Sign up for our newsletter to find out when the next Helms Fresh Perk drops.
Good luck!
Rules & Regs
(4) No purchase is required to enter.
(5) Winners will be selected randomly, contacted after each giveaway closes, and announced in our comments on Instagram.
(6) Open to US residents only, 18 years and older. By entering, entrants confirm they are at least 18+ years of age.
(7) This is a “GIVEAWAY” and is not eligible for return, refund, or exchange at any of our showrooms or restaurants.
(8) The “Helms Perks” giveaway is not sponsored, endorsed, administered by or associated with Instagram. Entrants release Instagram and all brands of all responsibility and agree to Instagram’s terms of use.
(9) One entry per Instagram user. Duplicate entries will not be considered.
(10) This giveaway is open to residents of Los Angeles County.

Arcana Book Signing with Dawoud Bey for Elegy
2024-03-02 16:00 - 18:00 | Arcana: Books on the Arts, 8675 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA, 90232
Free
On Saturday, March 2nd from 4:00 to 6:00 pm, please join Arcana: Books on the Arts for a book signing with Dawoud Bey to celebrate the publication of Elegy
If you cannot attend and would like to order a signed copy to have shipped or to pick up at Arcana, please place your order here.

Renowned for his Harlem street scenes and expressive portraits, Dawoud Bey continues his ongoing series on African American history focusing on the landscape to create a portrait of the early African American presence in the United States. Elegy brings together Bey’s three landscape series to date – “Night Coming Tenderly, Black (2017)”, “In This Here Place (2021)”, and “Stoney the Road (2023)” – elucidating the deep historical memory still embedded in the geography of the United States. Bey takes viewers to the historic Richmond Slave Trail in Virginia, where Africans were marched onto auction blocks; to the plantations of Louisiana, where they labored; and along the last stages of the Underground Railroad in Ohio, where fugitives sought self-emancipation. Essays by the exhibition’s curator, Valerie Cassel Oliver, and scholars LeRonn P. Brooks, Imani Perry, and Christina Sharpe illuminate the work. By interweaving these bodies of work into an elegy in three movements, Bey doesn’t merely evoke history, he retells it through historically grounded images that challenge viewers to go beyond seeing and imagine lived experiences.
A brand new example additionally SIGNED by photographer Dawoud Bey.

Cover Image: Untitled (James River) from the series Stony the Road, 2023, Dawoud Bey (American, born 1953), gelatin silver print. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Gift of Mrs. Alfred duPont, by exchange. Image © Dawoud Bey. Photograph of Dawoud Bey © Frank Ashman.

Book a 20-Minute Design Consultation with a KOHLER Expert!
2024-03-15 10:00 - 2024-03-16 18:00 | Kohler Signature Store, 3250 Helms Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90034
KOHLER Signature Store offers daily customer service and advice about the latest and greatest products in bathroom design. On Friday, March 15th and Saturday, March 16th, you’re invited to book a complimentary 20-minute bathroom design consultation with KOHLER’S expert designers in-store for a limited time only.
Appointment required, limited availability.
BOOK AN APPOINTMENT
WHAT TO EXPECT
You will receive a complimentary 20-minute speed design session with a KOHLER Bathroom Design expert. During the consultation, our designer could offer recommendations such as floorplan changes, or product or design considerations. If you’re interested in a full design solution, we will be extending a special offer in store on our KOHLER Bathroom Design Services-starting at $299.
We encourage you to bring inspiration, measurements, questions, or photos of your current bathroom to the consultation (not required).
ABOUT KOHLER SIGNATURE STORE
Discover the latest KOHLER products and unparalleled service at the KOHLER Signature Store in Culver City, CA. The KOHLER Signature Store offers a unique and comprehensive shopping experience that is distinguished by a modern, innovative store and a merchandise mix that completely indulges you as you experience the KOHLER brand. KOHLER project consultants with expertise in bath design, offer design development and project assistance. Additionally, the store features functioning products from KOHLER, Kallista, Robern, KOHLER Surfaces tile and stone and KOHLER Custom Vanities.

Arcana x Burntsienna Artbook Review
2024-03-16 11:00 - 13:00, 2024-04-13 11:00 - 13:00 | Arcana: Books on the Arts, 8675 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA, 90232
Join Arcana: Books on the Arts for an artbook review with Jason E.C. Wright, Director of Burntsienna Research Society.
This installation focuses on Architecture, Fashion, or Product Design (special artbooks or periodicals), a programme for artbook collectors and creative professionals to engage with collected artbooks and each other. Guests are invited to bring up to two (2) artbooks, design books, or periodicals from their own collections to share on Arcana’s long display tables.
Each programme begins with a formal review of two (2) books from the Burntsienna Research Library – moderated by Jason E.C. Wright – followed by each guest sharing a bit about what they’ve brought, and how each title offers special reference or inspiration for their practice. For the remaining time you’re invited to flip through the books on display, to read quietly, to make notes or take reference photos, and to personally engage with creative professionals of different disciplines.
We look forward to welcoming you at Arcana Books and Helms Bakery District.
This is a ticketed event: $25, limited to 18 spaces.
TICKETS
Guest passes for design students available; request HERE.
Ticket proceeds benefit the Burntsienna Research Library and Collections.

Thresholds 2024: Photography and Urban Architecture
2024-03-18 08:00 - 2024-03-19 00:00 | Online, CA
We are always on the lookout for new art, architecture and design community partnerships. We are super excited to announce an upcoming event with our friends at Los Angeles Center for Photography.
Thresholds 2024: Photography and Urban Architecture: Open internationally for image-based artists, this call invites submissions for photographic works from across the world that considers the relationship between photography, urban architecture, and their viewers/users.
Taking street photography as its opening point, Thresholds 2024 will consider our connections with and the ways in which urban architecture informs our presence in the world. From expansive skyscrapers to minute ornate details, from periodic styles to historic monuments, from the mundane to the iconic, photography of urban architecture investigates the elements that define our public spaces and engagement, capturing the aesthetics of the ever-changing global cityscapes.
Deadline for submissions is Tuesday, March 19th at midnight PST.
SUBMISSION INFORMATION HERE
Exhibition opens May 4th at the Helms Design Center.
Photo by Joshua Tann, Honorable Mention, Personal Territory: Annual Members Exhibition 2023

Friend or Foe: How Will AI Affect Urban Development in LA?
2024-03-21 07:30 - 09:30 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
In 2024, we find ourselves suddenly navigating the dynamics brought about by the swift proliferation of applied artificial intelligence. It has changed the conversation around inspired creativity, technical prowess, and even experience itself – nothing seems to be immune to the reach of AI-powered techniques.
At the same time, our most urgent societal challenge is ensuring shelter for our unsheltered and housing insecure neighbors. Could AI technologies help us to accelerate development of housing for Los Angeles? Does AI help us to make better informed choices in urban planning? Is a rapid visualization of design concepts building a stronger community engagement? What are the opportunities that AI technologies offer – and what are the potential risks?
Join Westside Urban Forum on March 21 as our panelists bring diverse perspectives on the issue through their work in government, public policy, venture capital, startups, housing development, and urban design. Our question to them was this: Does Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning offer us a path to improve urban development? Come find out what the leading minds have to say.
RSVP Required
MEMBER TICKETS
NONMEMBER TICKETS
Registration Fees
$50 Members
$65 Non-Members
$10 Student Members & Retired Members
$15 Student Non-Members & Retired Non-Members
Pre-registration closes on Wednesday, March 20th. After Wednesday, March 20th, onsite registration will be available at the cost of an additional $10. No refunds or credits will be provided after this day.
Event Time
7:45 am – 9:30 am
7:45 am – Registration & Light Breakfast
8:15 am – Panel Discussion
Contact
Suzi Paine · info@westsideurbanforum.com · 310-283-2423

Fresh Perks: March Instagram Giveaway
2024-03-29 09:00 - 2024-03-31 17:00 | Online, CA
It’s March and time for our Fresh Perks giveaway on Instagram, a little social fun each and every month of the year. This month, enter-to win an Arcana: Book on the Arts freebie! One lucky winner will be contacted after the end of the giveaway.
We are officially calling 2024 the year of Fresh Perks as a way to show our thanks and gratitude. We appreciate you for choosing Helms Bakery District as your go-to design hub, your shopping destination, and a favorite spot to dine. Thanks for spending time with us throughout the entire year and thank you for always showing up. We love seeing you!
Be sure to follow us on Instagram @helmsbakerydistrict to see what we’re giving away and to be eligible to participate. The Giveaway begins on Friday, March 29th at 9 am and ends on Sunday, March 31st at 5 pm.
To enter is Simple:
(1) you must Follow us on Instagram,
(2) Tag 2 friends in your comment so they can follow us and enter too, and
(3) Tell us the title of your favorite book!
Sign up for our newsletter and automatically be entered for a second chance to win.
Plus, you’ll find out when the next Helms Fresh Perk drops. Good luck!
Rules & Regs
(4) No purchase is required to enter.
(5) Winners will be selected randomly, contacted after each giveaway closes, and announced in our comments on Instagram.
(6) Open to US residents only, 18 years and older. By entering, entrants confirm they are at least 18+ years of age.
(7) This is a “GIVEAWAY” and is not eligible for return, refund, or exchange at any of our showrooms or restaurants.
(8) The “Helms Perks” giveaway is not sponsored, endorsed, administered by or associated with Instagram. Entrants release Instagram and all brands of all responsibility and agree to Instagram’s terms of use.
(9) One entry per Instagram user. Duplicate entries will not be considered.
(10) This giveaway is open to residents of Los Angeles County.

Golden Egg Hunt at Room & Board
2024-03-30 11:00 - 19:00 | Room&Board, 3231 Helms Avenue, Culver City, CA, 90034
What’s more fun than an Egg Hunt? An Egg Hunt with toy-filled goodies! Bring the kiddos to Room & Board this Saturday, March 30th, for an afternoon exploring their 2024 Collection and enjoying a full day of treasure-hunting family fun.
Room & Board
Toy-Filled Golden Egg Hunt (for Kids)
Saturday, March 30th
11AM – 7PM
*While supplies last

Arcana Book Signing with Thom Browne
2024-04-06 16:00 - 18:00 | Arcana: Books on the Arts, 8675 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA, 90232
Free

Join Arcana: Books on the Arts on Saturday, April 6th, between 4:00 and 6:00 PM for a book signing to celebrate the publication of the massive new Phaidon monograph Thom Browne, with a glass of champagne and the esteemed designer himself.
If you cannot attend and would like to order a signed copy to have shipped or to pick up at the shop, please place your order here.
We look forward to seeing you!

“With a vast celebrity clientele, Thom Browne is widely recognized for modernizing today’s professional uniform: the suit. As the company’s twentieth anniversary nears, Thom Browne. celebrates the legacy of the house. The book features an introduction and texts by Andrew Bolton, the Wendy Yu curator in charge of The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, and specially commissioned photography by Johnny Dufort presenting more than two hundred looks from past seasons. It concludes with a tableau of show installations that further illustrate the house’s design philosophy and evolution. Published as a hardback enclosed in a clamshell box, the book includes four, six, and eight-page gatefolds along with more than forty translucent vellum pages featuring the brand’s signature four stripes. It also includes a Thom Browne-designed grosgrain ribbon.”
Thom Browne is an American fashion designer and the founder/creative director of Thom Browne, a luxury fashion house based in New York. Initially celebrated for his distinctive approach to men’s tailoring in 2003, Browne has since expanded the collections to include womenswear, childrenswear and accessories. He has also become known for his highly conceptual runway presentations which have gained global attention for their thought-provoking themes and dramatic settings. In 2023 he became chairman of the CFDA.

A reception, lecture, and discussion with Neal Schwartz, FAIA
2024-04-11 18:30 - 20:30 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
Please join us on Thursday, April 11, 6:30-8:30 pm, for a reception, lecture, and discussion with Neal J. Z. Schwartz.
“Onomatopoeic Space: I Make My Own Name”
In collaboration with the Helms Bakery District and the Cal Poly SLO LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design
Helms Design Center
8745 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232
Free Parking is available at the corner of Helms Ave. and Venice Blvd.
Lecture is Free and Open to the Public
RSVP

Neal Schwartz, FAIA
Neal J. Z. Schwartz established the modern design studio, S^A | Schwartz and Architecture, in 1997. Recent recognition for the firm’s design work includes several Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Honor Awards, the James Beard Foundation Award for Excellence in Restaurant Design, the International Trends Home of the Year Award, an Architizer A+ Award, and multiple RADA and Residential Design Awards. In addition, their work has consistently been honored by the AIA California Council, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Redwood Empire, and Boston chapters. S^A is also committed to significant pro-bono work with non-profits, including La Cocina, The Children’s Creativity Museum, Larkin Street Youth Services, Public Architecture, and the National AIDS Memorial Grove.
The firm’s work has been profiled broadly, including features in Architectural Record, The New York Times, Dwell, Architect, Metropolis, and Residential Architect, among others. Recent book publications include the New View California collection of 20 of the region’s best residential firms and Influencers Architecture’s review of 37 international design leaders.
Neal has been actively involved in teaching for over 25 years, most recently as a full Professor of Architecture at the California College of the Arts (CCA). He was the founding chair of the AIASF Public Policy & Advocacy Committee (PPAC) advocating for improvements to SF Planning’s residential design review policies and procedures. Recognition of this work has included an AIACC Presidential Citation and two AIASF Community Alliance Awards.
Neal completed dual master’s degrees in architecture and public policy at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design and the Kennedy School of Government, respectively. He graduated with Distinction in Architecture, received the Thayer Award for Meritorious Scholarship, the Sheldon Traveling Fellowship, and national awards from the Urban Land Institute and American Planning Association.

Introduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips, FAIA, PhD, Principal of Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) and professor, director, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo).

Photos: Interior image of Modal Home (photo by Bruce Damonte) and image of CCBT Scout (photo by Bruce Damonte), and Neal Schwartz.

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Washington Corridor Gallery Exhibits AVPA Student Art
2024-04-13 10:00 - 19:00 | Washington Corridor Gallery, 8723 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232, United States
Join us this weekend as we welcome Culver City’s student artists for their opening exhibition inside Helms Bakery District’s Washington Corridor Gallery. For their final year of AVPA, the Visual Art Seniors wanted to exhibit inside a gallery space and we are excited to partner with them to bring their vision to life.
AVPA students have been working together on this project since September 2023 and are so excited to present it to the world. Everyone has contributed pieces in their own unique art style, and it is a celebration of their individual artistic visions. There will be everything from digital prints to oil paintings to graphite drawings.
GALLERY HOURS:
Saturday, April 13th from 10 am to 7 pm
Reception & Awards Ceremony from 5 to 7 pm
Sunday, April 14th, from 12 to 5 pm
ARTISTS:
Lola Alonso, Etienne Birchfield, Queequeg Boosinger, Soli Butts, Samantha Culajay, Kamalika De, Vi Garcia, Madelyn Intrieri, Jasmine Liu, Claudia Lowey, Haifa Maung, Lily Maxson, Makenzie McCullen, Emayi Monroy, Jolene Prevenas, Lucia Rauser, Benjamin Scully, Bhupa Sriwattananon, Cortney Valencia, Andrew Ward

Arcana Book Signing with Magdalena Wosinska + Special Guest Tobin Yelland
2024-04-13 16:00 - 18:00 | Arcana: Books on the Arts, 8675 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA, 90232
Free

Join Arcana: Books on the Arts on Saturday, April 13th, between 4:00 and 6:00 PM to celebrate the publication of the Magdalena Wosinska’s amazing survey of her skateboarding photographs, Fulfill The Dream. In addition to signing the first copies in the States of this hot-off-the-press import, Ms. Wosinska will be engaging in a discussion with renowned cinematographer and photographer Tobin Yelland comparing their shared yet very different experiences in the heady world of the skate culture of the 1990s and beyond.
If you cannot attend and would like to order a signed copy to have shipped or to pick up at the shop, please place your order here!
We look forward to seeing you!

“Fulfill the Dream is a documentary photobook by Polish-born, Los Angeles-based photographer Magdalena Wosinska that captures the American skate culture of the 1990s through color and black-and-white snapshots. The scene’s energy, creativity, and rebellious spirit influenced fashion, music, and artistic expression, shaping a generation of American underground youth. The book features Chad Muska, Austyn Gillette, Jim Greco, Harold Hunter, Ed Templeton, Eric Ellington, Ali Boulala, and numerous other influential skaters. Beyond the book’s broader examination of American skate subculture, Wosinska’s project is a deeply personal journey through her teenage years and an exploration of what it means to be a misfit in a world of misfits. Her visual diary captures the duality that has shaped her life: the joy and exhilaration of skateboarding alongside meaningful human connection and the adrenaline-fueled world of drugs, a first love, prejudice, a deep need to find a place of belonging and struggles with mental health. Shortly after immigrating to the U.S. from communist Poland in 1991, Wosinska’s coping mechanism for culture shock was her camera. It became her passport to a world ruled by boys, and a language for fitting in and forming heartfelt friendships in the skate community. Through raw, visceral portraits and self-portraits created in juxtaposition to the male-dominated scene, she captured the now-famous teen spirit of the ‘90s, reflecting the ever-shifting balance between the highs and lows of belonging and the essence of years of making dreams come true as a skate photographer through perseverance, diligence, and hard work. Alongside the teenage angst of the era, the project explores themes of resilience, female empowerment, and the relentless pursuit of goals.”

A reception, lecture, discussion and book launch with Cathy Simon, FAIA
2024-04-18 18:30 - 20:30 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
Please join us on Thursday, April 18, 6:30-8:30 pm, for a reception, lecture, discussion, and book launch with Cathy Simon, FAIA.
“Occupation: Boundary, Art, Architecture, and Culture at the Water”
In collaboration with the Helms Bakery District and the Cal Poly SLO LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design
Helms Design Center
8745 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232
Free Parking is available at the corner of Helms Ave. and Venice Blvd.
Lecture is Free and Open to the Public
RSVP

Cathy Simon
Cathy Simon’s five-decade long career has focused on transformative design at all scales. Her award-winning work comprises design for higher and secondary education, civic and commercial buildings, reinvention of historic structures, waterfront projects and urban design of numerous postindustrial Bay Area waterfront sites including the renovation of Pier 1, the Ferry Building and the masterplan for Treasure Island. Academic master plans include Harvard Futures, a study of Harvard in Allston, Brown in the Jewelry District, NYU Plans 2031, Stanford in Redwood City, and 2008 and 2017 Master Plans for Bard College, where she has also designed four buildings. In 1986 she was elevated to Fellow of the American Institute of Architects for her work in Design. Educated at Wellesley College and Harvard Graduate School of Design, she was the William A. Bernoudy Architect in Residence at the American Academy in Rome in 2015 and taught architecture at both Stanford and UC Berkeley where in 1996 she was the Howard Friedman Distinguished Professor of Architecture in Practice. From 1985-2008, Simon founded and led SMWM, a celebrated women-owned architecture and urban design practice with offices in San Francisco and New York. In 1999 SMWM won the AIACC Firm Award, the youngest firm to be so awarded. In 2008, SMWM joined Perkins + Will and from October 2015-January 2018, she served as a Senior Consulting Design Principal.
A speaker, design juror and critic, Simon is a member of the University of Washington Architectural Commission and the University of California Berkeley Design Review Committee. In 2016 she was the Board Chair of the Dutch organization OrangeGoesGreen, and in 2017-2018 served as a Research Advisor for the Bay Area Resilient by Design Challenge. From 1993-1997, she was President of the GSD Alumni Council and served several terms on the GSD Visiting Committee. She also served for 12 years as a Trustee of the Golden Gate Parks Conservancy from 1992 to 2005.
Cathy’s design philosophy and expertise have made her a natural spokesperson for the burgeoning revitalization and resiliency of post-industrial waterfronts worldwide and she was recently an urban design and architecture consultant to a multi-firm engineering team developing the Port of San Francisco’s Waterfront Resiliency Program. Her book about design and the waterfront, Occupation: Boundary, Art, Architecture and Culture at the Water was published in 2022 by ORO Editions. In 2023 she received the Harvard Graduate School of Design Distinguished Alumni Award. Cathy’s and SMWM’s papers, drawings and models are collected in the Environmental Design Archives at UC Berkeley, where last fall they were shown at the College of Environmental Design in an exhibit entitled, “Giving Voice to Values.”

Follow link to purchase: Occupation: Boundary, Art, Architecture, and Culture at the Water – SIGNED BY AUTHOR CATHY SIMON | ORO EDITIONS

Introduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips, FAIA, PhD, Principal of Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) and professor, director, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo).

Photos: Image of Pier 1, The Ferry Building Renovation (SMWM), and image of Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant (SMWM), and Cathy Simon (SMWM/Perkins+Will).

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Celebrate Earth Day with Cisco Home
2024-04-20 11:00 - 17:00 | Cisco Home, 8705 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232, United States
On Saturday, April 20th from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, please join Cisco Home for an Open House and Earth Day celebration. Enjoy a mini eucalyptus wreath making workshop in partnership with Olivia’s Floreria.
This event is ticketed. Sign up for a time slot between 12:00 – 4:00 pm.
TICKETS
While you’re there, gather up some information about Cisco’s Inside Green program and preview their April Fresh Perks Instagram giveaway. Be sure to sign up for the Helms Bakery newsletter any time during the month of April and you will automatically be entered to win a Cruz Ottoman
About Cisco’s Inside Green
Inside Green is the ultimate choice for natural healthy furniture. It is a uniquely smart, healthy, responsible, alternative method of building furniture made entirely from FSC woods, natural latex, jute, hemp, wool, goose feathers and down. These natural materials are not only superior in terms of comfort and lifespan, but are inherently flame retardant without the use of chemicals. Every product in the Cisco line can be ordered with the Inside Green option.

Join HD Buttercup and Plantita LA in an Earth Day Workshop
2024-04-20 11:00 - 17:00 | H.D. Buttercup | Coco Republic, 3225 Helms Avenue, Los Angeles,, CA, 90034, United States
On Saturday, April 20th from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm, HD Buttercup brings back the ever-popular Plantita LA for a plant arrangement workshop that will leave your friends green with envy when you bring home your creation. Plantita LA believes that plants have the power to enhance your quality of life and well-being and we agree. Come celebrate!

Room & Board is Celebrating Earth Day with a Giveaway!
2024-04-20 11:00 - 19:00 | Room&Board, 3231 Helms Avenue, Culver City, CA, 90034
On Saturday, April 20th from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm, head over to the Room & Board Los Angeles showroom for a special Earth Day giveaway. Room and Board is giving away not one, but two Terrace Tabletop Planters, lushly filled with water-wise succulents.
These planters are artisan crafted by Bell Manufacturing, a Minneapolis workshop steeped in a family tradition of superior steel craftsmanship. Stop by for design inspiration, expert styling, and to enter-to-win one of these springtime planters. Happy Earth Day and good luck!

Join Rejuvenation for a Conversation with Designer Anita Yokota
2024-04-20 13:00 - 15:00 | Rejuvenation, 8780 Venice Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 90034, United States
On Saturday, April 20th from 1:00 to 3:00 pm, Rejuvenation welcomes Anita Yokota, author of the acclaimed book Home Therapy for a conversation with practical tips on refreshing your home effortlessly. From optimizing lighting to choosing the right cabinet hardware, Anita will delve into the transformative power of fresh air, mirrors, and decor. Stick around for a Q&A session that is sure to help you achieve your home refresh goals. Anita’s book will be available for purchase during the event. What a great way to enjoy a little Earth Day fun!
ABOUT ANITA
Anita Yokota, author of the acclaimed book “Home Therapy,” infuses vibrant energy into her designs, employing intentional color schemes and thoughtful layouts. Her signature style seamlessly blends high-end and budget-friendly design solutions, offering a refreshing take on timeless aesthetics. A master at layering textiles, Anita skillfully integrates patterns and textures to infuse depth and harmony into every home.
Since the inception of her blog in 2016, Anita has garnered a dedicated following drawn to her relatable, positive demeanor and innate design sensibilities, evident across Instagram, Pinterest, and her website. Through numerous DIY projects and successful renovations, this former therapist turned designer has developed a methodology that prioritizes the relationships at the core of each home, a focal point explored in her book, “Home Therapy!”
Additionally, Anita hosts the popular podcast “Home Therapy, with Anita Yokota” where she shares insightful tips and interviews experts in the field of design, home organization, mental health and more!
Anita, a Southern California resident, shares her vibrant home with her three lively daughters—Rachel, Emily, and Natalie. Alongside Travis, aka “Mr. Meticulous,” her DIY/GC husband, Anita continuously explores innovative techniques for creating a more organized and intentional at-home experience.

Arcana Book Signing with Tim Street-Porter and Annie Kelly for City of Dreams: Los Angeles Interiors
2024-04-20 16:00 - 18:00 | Arcana: Books on the Arts, 8675 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA, 90232
Free

Join Arcana: Books on the Arts on Saturday, April 20th, between 4:00 and 6:00 PM for a book signing with Annie Kelly and Tim Street-Porter to celebrate the publication of their latest sumptuous architecture and design survey, City of Dreams: Los Angeles Interiors.
If you cannot attend and would like to order a signed copy to have shipped or to pick up at Arcana, please place your order here!
We look forward to seeing you!

“Los Angeles’ Tim Street-Porter has been chronicling this metropolis’ architecture and interiors for over twenty-five years. This stunning collection of inspiring homes begins with a look back, which includes examples of iconic houses inspired by Hollywood film fantasies, Modernist residences by such luminaries as John Lautner, and Frank Gehry’s Deconstructivism-style home. The heart of the book features today’s forward-looking homes, divided into two sections: Living with Art and Design and Los Angeles Modern. Antiquarian Joel Chen artfully blends an eye-catching collection of period furniture and Chinese objets while interior designer Jean-Louis Denoit’s house sparkles with a Tony Duquette gilded mirror and an abalone shell chandelier. Another trend is the renovation of modernist houses with a personal touch. Artist Mary Weatherford’s reworking of her A. Quincy Jones–designed home, in collaboration with designer Oliver Furth, has a striking orange bedroom. Illuminating Los Angeles’s dramatic indoor-outdoor living spaces, this tome is a must-have for architecture and design enthusiasts.”
Tim Street-Porter is the renowned Los Angeles-based architecture and design photographer that has produced numerous books, including L.A. Modern, Palm Springs: Modernist Paradise, Splash: The Art of the Swimming Pool, and Casa Mexico.
Writer and designer Annie Kelly is the author of the successful Rooms to Inspire series, as well as Living in Paradise, Splash: The Art of the Swimming Pool, and Casa Mexico. She writes about lifestyle for such publications as Belle and The Los Angeles Times.

Fresh Perks: April Instagram Giveaway
2024-04-26 09:00 - 2024-04-28 17:00 | Online, CA
April is the month we celebrate Earth Day, but also it’s our Fresh Perks giveaway on Instagram, a little social fun each and every month of the year. This month, enter-to win a Cisco Home freebie! One lucky winner will be contacted after the end of the giveaway.
We are officially calling 2024 the year of Fresh Perks as a way to show our thanks and gratitude. We appreciate you for choosing Helms Bakery District as your go-to design hub, your shopping destination, and a favorite spot to dine. Thanks for spending time with us throughout the entire year and thank you for always showing up. We love seeing you!
Be sure to follow us on Instagram @helmsbakerydistrict to see what we’re giving away and to be eligible to participate. The Giveaway begins on Friday, April 26th at 1 pm and ends on Sunday, April 28th at 10 pm.
To enter is Simple:
(1) you must Follow us on Instagram,
(2) Tag 2 friends in your comment so they can follow us and enter too,
(3) and we would love to hear about the coziest spot in your home, but this one isn’t mandatory.
Sign up for our newsletter and automatically be entered for a second chance to win.
Plus, you’ll find out when the next Helms Fresh Perk drops. Good luck!
Rules & Regs
(4) No purchase is required to enter.
(5) Winners will be selected randomly, contacted after each giveaway closes, and announced in our comments on Instagram.
(6) Open to US residents only, 18 years and older. By entering, entrants confirm they are at least 18+ years of age.
(7) This is a “GIVEAWAY” and is not eligible for return, refund, or exchange at any of our showrooms or restaurants.
(8) The “Helms Perks” giveaway is not sponsored, endorsed, administered by or associated with Instagram. Entrants release Instagram and all brands of all responsibility and agree to Instagram’s terms of use.
(9) One entry per Instagram user. Duplicate entries will not be considered.
(10) This giveaway is open to residents of Los Angeles County.

Arcana Book Signing with Jim Ganzer: Life Lived
2024-04-27 16:00 - 18:00 | Arcana: Books on the Arts, 8675 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA, 90232
Free
Join Arcana: Books on the Arts on Saturday, April 27th, between 4:00 and 6:00 PM for a book signing with OG coastal cultural icon Jim Ganzer to celebrate the publication of his brand new, limited edition photographic memoir from the creative folks at Indoek: Life Lived.
If you cannot attend and would like to order a signed copy to have shipped or to pick up at Arcana, please place your order here.
We look forward to seeing you!

“Jim Ganzer is widely known as a Malibu surf legend and an underground L.A. icon. He and his group of surf friends inspired the 1978 film, Big Wednesday, written and directed by John Milius. When the Coen brothers were developing The Big Lebowski, Milius introduced them to Ganzer, who influenced Jeff Bridges’ famous character, The Dude. A graduate of Chouinard Art Institute, Jim Ganzer emerged as an artist when the surf and skate culture-inspired world was not yet a billion-dollar industry, but an afterthought in a mostly hardware-focused segment. He became the voice of the subculture in the ’80s for inventing innovative garments combining form with function for his surf and skatewear brand, Jimmy’Z. Ganzer collaborated with Ed Ruscha on several works, such as ‘Brave Men Run in My Family’ and ‘Sea of Desire’ and also starred in Ruscha’s film, Miracle. He has shown his art in many esteemed group and solo exhibits in California and all over the world since 1971.”
Images courtesy of Indoek

Celebrate Earth Day with Poster Territory
2024-04-27 19:00 - 2024-04-28 19:00 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
In this age of uncertainty, we are encouraged to rethink the present and future of our planet. Perhaps this is the time to reimagine our humanity, our relationship with the world, and each other.
In recognition of Earth Day, PosterTerritory, together with Helms Bakery District, presents a new virtual initiative that will showcase a poster selection from The 4th Block Triennial 2024 from April 19th through April 27th. Posters from 20+ countries will explore social and environmental topics REIMAGE THE FUTURE and REIMAGE HUMANITY’S PLACE IN THE GLOBAL ECOSYSTEM.
The exhibition will be projected each evening at sunset on the entrance of the Helms Design Center at 8745 Washington Boulevard for street-side viewing.
ABOUT POSTER TERRITORY
We build our platform on the belief that art and creativity have the power to save the world. But in order for that to happen the artworks need to be seen. That is why we try to launch as many events as possible – in showrooms across the country as well as online to try and reach every corner of the world. If you are planning a concert, a conference, or any other social event – we can help you make it a truly unique experience!
You can always share your ideas and projects with us: posterterritory@gmail.com or info@posterterritory.com.

Thresholds 2024: Photography and Urban Architecture Opening Reception
2024-05-04 18:30 - 20:30 | Helms Design Center, 8745 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA, 90232
We are excited to partner with Los Angeles Center of Photography for the opening of Thresholds 2024: Photography and Urban Architecture on Saturday, May 4th. Thresholds 2024 considers the relationship between photography, urban architecture, and their viewers/users.
Taking street photography as its opening point, Thresholds 2024 considers our connections with and the ways in which urban architecture informs our presence in the world. From expansive skyscrapers to minute ornate details, from periodic styles to historic monuments, from the mundane to the iconic, photography of urban architecture investigates the elements that define our public spaces and engagement capturing the aesthetics of the ever-changing global cityscapes.
Offering an expanded view of the world and street photography as a practice, this juried annual open call brings together sights and visions for a virtual and digital exhibition at the Helms Design Center in Culver City.
Admission is FREE to the opening reception, with RSVP. Donations to LACP are much appreciated.
FREE Valet Parking is located at 8711 Washington Boulevard, just east of the Helms Design Center.
The street-side projection exhibition runs through May 31st.
Prize Winners
First Place: Eric Smith
Second Place: Leanne Trivett S.
Third Place: Jessica Stephens
Honorable Mentions
Jordin Althaus, Eric Anderson, Karen Baker, Trey Burnette, Richard S. Chow, Patrick Corrigan, Dave Drage, Kay Erickson, Louie Escobar, George Feucht, Richard Hay Jr, Douglas Hill, Kenneth Hines Jr, Mark Indig, Jim Kerns, Paul Kessel, Rebecca Li, Clay Lipsky, Zak Long, Rita Nannini, Sai Narayan, Chad Nelson, Paul O’Malley, Jeff Pressman, Camilo Ramirez, Ted Rigoni, Christopher Rodriguez, Karen Safer, Jessica Stephens, Barbara Strigel, Joshua Tann, Jason Tannen, and Chengbin Zhang
Juror & Curator
Crista Dix, Executive Director, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, Massachusetts.
© Photo by Leanne Trivett S., Second Place Winner
