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ISSUE 13 | 2021

SURREAL ST YLE The art of ethereal design, seeing architecture’s silent spaces, auctioning Ansel Adams, and the artist who sees heroes everywhere.

INTERIOR MONOLOGUES Extraordinary estates of the global elite, at home with Bassman Blaine, and avant-garde art collecting in midcentury California.

PROPERT Y REPORTS A lesson in outdoor living, luxury condos at Uptown Newport, and memorable moments with Blue Door Magazine members.

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CONTENTS

MAGA ZINE

20 The Buzz Real estate news, including luxury condos coming to Uptown Newport and OC’s hospital building boom.

26 Property Play For some, buying California real estate is already like playing with Monopoly money. Now, everyone can pass go.

28 OC Scene Parties, galas, and nonprofit events, including Laguna Food Pantry, National Philanthropy Day, and Rivals Golf Tournament.

34 ABT in OC American Ballet Theatre choreographers in residence at Segerstrom Center for the Arts. Plus, al fresco events at Argyros Plaza.

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36 America’s Heroes Artist American Martin celebrates legends of the past and present.

38 The Black Index UCI’s University Art Gallery offers an exhibition building upon traditions of Black self-representation.

40 Genius in Black & White Ansel Adams prints break records at Sotheby’s auction.

44 Montage Moments Brett Hillyard gets cool and creative with the art of photomontage.

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MAGA ZINE

54 The Lives of Others Spectacular interior design from around the world, as captured by photographer Simon Watson.

64 Hollywood Arensberg Louise and Walter Arensberg were perhaps the most important 20th-century art collectors ever in the Western United States.

74 In the Kitchen with Moya

A VIP visit with Moya O’Neill of Moya Living.

82 Passions and Places

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Blue Door Magazine members offer insights from along the OC coast.

88 Real Estate Gallery contents

Exclusive OC real estate listings from Blue Door Magazine members.

110 Design Matters Tips, trends, and aesthetic advice from design insiders and interior experts.

112 Home Run

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Bassman Blaine Home takes home design to a new level.

122 The Great Outdoors A beautiful outdoor kitchen at Anne Michaelsen’s Newport Beach home.

128 The Silence of

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Sacred Space

Jacques Garnier’s photography series at Laguna Art Museum.

146 Inspired Design

from Inside Out An al fresco furniture show with an ethereal virtual vision.

158 Contact Orange County Meeting up with artist Alrik Yuill. 10

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CONTRIBUTORS FOUNDING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Kedric Francis

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Brett Hillyard

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Alexandria Abramian is a writer and magazine editor covering home design, architecture, and real estate. She has written for OC Register, Los Angeles Times, Elle Décor online, Veranda, Sunset, The Financial Times, The Hollywood Reporter, and was a columnist for House Beautiful. Alex also provides strategic PR coaching for interior designers, real estate developers, and real estate agents.

Annette Reeves of PIRCH has 30 years of experience in the construction industry, including everything from windows and doors to plumbing, appliances, and outdoor. Her knowledge spans all elements of the design and build process, giving her the edge it takes to assist and coordinate every type of project. Reeves is dedicated to the needs of the client and the design community, and is excited to extend that connection as a contributor to Blue Door Magazine.

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Brett Hillyard (aka “Hilly”) is a Southern California native with a Fine Arts degree from USC. Hilly is a freelance documentary and advertising photographer known for capturing black and white candid photographs. He shoots and processes his own film and finds a genuine richness in the analog process. Hilly resides in Laguna Beach, where the ocean plays a big role in his life, both as a surfer and an open-water swimmer. If you would like to learn more, please visit HillyCollective.com.

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ISSUE 13 | 2021

SURREAL ST YLE The art of ethereal design, seeing architecture’s silent spaces, auctioning Ansel Adams, and the artist who sees heroes everywhere.

INTERIOR MONOLOGUES Extraordinary estates of the global elite, at home with Bassman Blaine, and avant-garde art collecting in midcentury California.

PROPERT Y REPORTS A lesson in outdoor living, luxury condos at Uptown Newport, and memorable moments with Blue Door Magazine members.

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ON THE COVER

The image on the cover is actually a photomontage of several different images taken by Brett Hillyard, who also created the montage. His focus was the great outdoors in Orange County. “The most obvious element is the ocean,” Hilly says. “We are blessed with the best beaches in the world.” The photo of a beautiful and bucolic forested meadow was taken at The Ranch at Laguna Beach. “The Ranch is the most beautiful spot to make memories, and laugh about previous ones,” he says, while going on to regale the listener with tales of barefooted, three-club golf adventures at the resort. Finally, the model floating ethereally above it all is Michelle Host. “She’s not to scale,” Hilly adds helpfully. HillyCollective.com

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PUBLISHER’S NOTE from Maria Barnes

True grief is an emotion new to me. I have known heartache, but losing someone close to me is a grief like no other. I lost my father to COVID-19 last month and I now understand what a grieving person goes through in a way I was never able to before. My dad was a hero, a war veteran with a special spirit and a twinkle in his eye. He never met a stranger. My heart goes out to anyone sharing this space with me.

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Finding ways to escape the tears has been crucial. One way I have done this is by playing my favorite sport with friends and my boys—pickleball. If you have not played yet, then you must. You learn the game in two minutes and the laughter and giggles are infectious. It’s all the rage. The tennis club in Newport Beach had to put a hold on memberships because the sport has caused a huge increase in new members. Big Canyon also has beautiful courts (thank you Linda Obradovich and Katie Larson for inviting me to play there), and there are public courts all over Orange County. I have been lucky enough to play with a group of gals in San Juan Capistrano at Di Connely’s house. Di bought lines and a net and transformed her tennis court. It is a Bob White-designed home, and one of my favorites in Orange County. When I drive through the local neighborhoods, I am amazed at the number of courts on driveways and in streets throughout the OC. Pickleball is the fastest growing sport in America, and grew 21.3 percent in 2020. It’s been my respite during difficult days. As has been our wonderful weather. How lucky are we to be in this climate, and not part of the polar vortex? The cover of this issue, a photomontage by our photographer Brett Hillyard, is a tribute to the climate, beauty, and creative spirit of Orange County. The meadow in the collage is from a photo taken at The Ranch at Laguna Beach, which has become one of my favorite places to hang outside over these last months. The outside seating area is so tranquil, and on Friday nights they have live music that is perfectly folksy. So, what has the combination of our perfect climate, beautiful beaches, and ease of living done for our real estate market over the last 12 months? I heard one of the top producing agents in OC refer to this buying frenzy as The Great Migration. Big-city folks have discovered Orange County, and it has lifted this market to new heights during these unprecedented times. Home sales in Laguna Beach in 2020 were up 16 percent year-over-year, and it wasn’t limited to any certain price range. One agent told me that she believes pockets of Orange County, like Emerald Bay, are undervalued when you compare to other coastal communities. I have to agree when you consider the amenities. As always, please feel free to reach out to me with any story ideas, suggestions, and comments or advertising needs. Thank you for reading Blue Door Magazine, and thank you for your friendship and support. Cheers to you, Maria Barnes, Publisher, 949.436.1590 maria@bluedoormagazine.com 16

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EDITOR’S NOTE

editor’s note

from Kedric Francis

Things are looking up, don’t you think? I agree with those who are looking toward summer, and especially a healthy fourth quarter as folks let off some pent-up purchasing, dining, and traveling steam.

at UC Berkeley, and founder/creative director of the architecture and design firm PAU. Google his name and read his essays about the staying power of cities following historic pandemics. It’s fascinating.

That will be the dawn of whatever the new normal becomes. So, what have we learned in the past year that we can carry forward? I believe we should welcome a transformative new era of sustainability, growth, wellness, and renewal to our communities. Some changes are simple: folks like to be outside. Prior to the pandemic, chefs and restaurateurs say that their patios and plazas were not preferred seating. That changed, as outdoor dining was all that was allowed. But many believe there’s also been a societal shift that will make the al fresco preference permanent, even as indoor dining is reopened.

Still, there is little doubt that the desire to live in a quieter, cleaner, less chaotic place, closer to nature and away from big-city life is real. And the pandemic has made that kind of move more practical for a lot of people. As offices have closed, many have realized that they can do their jobs just as well remotely. While some are choosing small towns far away from busy cities to move to, anecdotal evidence and real estate sales growth reveals that many others are choosing, well, us.

We should make it easier by making the car-free zones established in places like downtown Laguna Beach, the City of Orange, and other places permanent. We should also help our restaurants and retailers recover and plan for the future by making it simpler to create outdoor spaces on streets, rooftops, parking lots, alleys, and on surplus public land. In the longer term, cities should plan for more walkable, outdoor areas by reducing parking space requirements where it makes sense. How much change is coming is open to debate. Are big cities doomed? I’ve been fortunate to be on Zoom meetings with visionary planner Vishaan Chakrabarti, the dean of the school of architecture 18

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The impact on our office towers and cores of commercial real estate will be intriguing. I believe that face-to-face work is crucial for most creative and collaborative industries, though the days of open floor plans and folks working elbow to elbow may be over. So won’t that drive the need for more space, not less? Either way, our economic downtowns in Costa Mesa, Newport Beach, and Irvine need to stay competitive in the face of changes. One way to do that is to increase the quality of life for creative workers who can and do choose to live almost anywhere. It’s clear from any number of studies that the next generation of creative millennials, young tech visionaries, and global entrepreneurs want to live differently. They like walkable, culturally rich areas where they can live, work, and play without total reliance on cars. Too many of our best and brightest flee Orange County as they graduate from our local high PHOTO BY BRETT HILLYARD

schools and colleges, moving to “cooler” cities, and now more affordable ones as well. It’s a youthful brain and talent drain that OC cannot afford. It will take leadership and vision to allow the evolution of parts of our cities to compete and succeed as a place where people want to live and work, while maintaining the quality of life we already enjoy in our existing villages and neighborhoods. We need more compact and connected housing in mixed-use and walkable communities. We need housing that provides affordable quality of life for at-risk children, seniors, essential workers, and veterans. I understand why those who live in lovely neighborhoods are not interested in seeing new growth nearby, especially in compact and connected communities. The key to protecting those neighborhoods and home values is being open to growth elsewhere in our cities, and working together to decide where mixed-use, multifamily, and affordable housing should go. Cities no longer have a choice. I have collaborated and consulted on a number of visionary community-building projects, and in so doing have become familiar with state laws and housing mandates such as RHNA, the Surplus Land Act, and AB-1486. The state-mandated housing allotments our cities face are daunting: Newport Beach must include zoning for 4,800 new homes in its 2021-2029 housing element, the Laguna Beach allotment is 390, Irvine’s is 23,554 new housing units, and Tustin must zone for 6,765 units. Cities appeal; most have lost. The

penalties for not satisfying RHNA allotments are severe, including automatic approval of 20 percent below market rate housing projects of any scale, on any site, in any neighborhood. Thankfully, solutions to our need for more connected communities are well known, including concentrating growth around existing downtowns and transit, such as the train stations in Anaheim, Tustin, and Irvine. Much is already underway, with major developments from the owners of the Ducks and the Angels near the ARTIC station, and the City of Hope and other visionary new developments from FivePoint and the city of Irvine planned and ongoing in and around the Irvine station and the OC Great Park. Other less recognized areas of growth are at the borders between cities. In this issue, we have pieces on new luxury condos at Uptown Newport and new hospitals at UCI, both on the border between Newport Beach and Irvine. Intriguing new visions are also being offered for Greater Tustin Legacy, including the Barranca and Red Hill Edges of the former MCAS Tustin base where Irvine, Tustin, and Santa Ana meet. OK, so this note took a wonky and possibly boring turn. Clearly, I’ve spent too much time at home, and on Zoom, and not enough out and about at art openings, museum galas, charitable fundraisers, world premiere ballets, and parties celebrating the debuts of new restaurants, bars and boutiques. Here’s hoping the coming months allow us all to see much, much more of each other! Until then, stay safe, be kind, and take care of one other, please. kedric@bluedoormagazine.com BlueDoorMagazine.com

COASTAL-CHIC CONDOS COMING TO UPTOWN NEWPORT Bill Shopoff is bullish about Parkhouse Residences, the 30 new luxury condos he’s building as part of his $1.25 billion development.

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DEALS AND DEVELOPMENTS

Parkhouuse Residences will feature 30 luxury condominiums in five buildings, including halffloor flats and two-story penthouses.

Bill Shopoff, president and CEO of Irvine-based Shopoff Realty Investments, unveils plans for a $90 million luxury condominium community coming to Newport Beach, the newest element of his $1.25 billion masterplanned development Uptown Newport. Comprised of five distinct buildings designed by WHA Architects, Parkhouse Residences will feature a combination of half-floor flats and two-story penthouses priced from approximately $1.9 million.

“Parkhouse Residences will be the only opportunity to own a brandnew luxury condominium in Newport Beach with a curated, resortstyle amenity offering and direct access to a highly connected area of the city that is seeing exciting growth,” Shopoff says. “We tested a lot of concepts and configurations before choosing this,” Shopoff says during a site tour with Blue Door Magazine. “What makes this unique is that buyers will live in a private luxury community of 30 families, with six condominiums in each of the five buildings, two units per floor. Every unit is privately garaged, and has direct elevator access.” The penthouse units are on level four, and they pop up to level five with decks and room for private spas and big outdoor kitchens. “The penthouses are 3,000 square feet, plus

or minus, so they are perfect for someone who wants to downsize out of a pretty big house, but still wants some elbow room,” he explains. “Parkhouse is uniquely personal to me and my wife Cindy,” Shopoff says. “We’ve designed it to align with a lifestyle that matches how we want to live. No detail has been overlooked within these sophisticated, understated luxury homes.” When fully completed, Uptown Newport will feature 1,244 luxury homes and apartments. There will be two one-acre parks (one is completed and open to the public), and up to 11,500 square feet of retail and restaurants, including a two-story restaurant with adjacent coffee shop to be built facing Jamboree Boulevard. “We were ready to break ground on the restaurant when COVID-19 hit,” Shopoff says, while also noting “the world-class UCI hospital” that will be built nearby. It’s not surprising that interest in Parkhouse Residences is already keen, with more than 300 joining the online interest list. 4201 Jamboree Road Newport Beach parkhouseresidences.com

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MEDICAL CENTERS Orange County is on the cusp of a hospital building boom, with three major medical centers from City of Hope, Hoag, and UC Irvine in the design, development, and entitlement stages.

Residents of Coastal Orange County seeking cutting-edge, research-driven medical care will no longer have to travel to the City of Orange, or even Duarte, in coming years as new hospitals are built closer to home. City of Hope will invest more than $1 billion to develop and support a comprehensive cancer campus next to the Orange County Great Park that is envisioned as evolving into a regional wellness campus in the heart of Irvine. The comprehensive cancer campus will include an outpatient center, a clinical research center with access to about 500 clinical trials, and will be the only specialty hospital in Orange County that will focus exclusively on treating and curing cancer, says Annette M. Walker, president of City of Hope, Orange County. City of Hope also debuted a 12,500-square-foot treatment center in Newport Beach in early 2020. Above: Artist rendering of UCI Medical Center Irvine-Newport. 22

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The Great Park cancer center, along with a future acute care cancer hospital to be built on the same site, will anchor what FivePoint and City of Hope believe will one day become a regional hub for a larger wellness campus in the heart of Irvine. City of Hope purchased 11 acres of land, including a 190,000-square-foot building, from FivePoint in a transaction valued at $108 million. The conversion of the Gensler-designed building originally slated as part of a Broadcom campus is underway. A few miles away, Hoag is planning an expansion of its Irvine hospital at Sand Canyon and Alton that will more than double the number of beds (166 to 391). The project, designed by LPA, will add 436,740 square feet of hospital services in nine buildings, including an auditorium/conference center, cafe and other amenities. Finally, UCI plans to build a world-class, acute care hospital near the Irvine/Newport Beach border. The University of California Board of Regents granted approval for the project’s 144-bed acute care facility, ambulatory care center, and cancer center. The hospital joins the previously approved UCI Health Center for Advanced Care to create the new UCI Medical Center Irvine-Newport, a full-service academic health complex that will bring a broad spectrum of the CONTINUED

Artist renderings of UCI Medical Center Irvine-Newport.

location, and proximity to research and innovation will benefit the residents of coastal and southern Orange County. “No other health system in the county is powered by one of the world’s finest academic research institutions: the University of California,” he says. “Our goal is to make this expertise easily available to everyone in Orange County.”

most advanced healthcare services to coastal and southern Orange County, including access to the hundreds of clinical trials underway at UCI Health. The hospital and the UCI Health Center for Advanced Care– together spanning nearly 800,000 gross square feet–will be the centerpiece of the proposed UCI Presidential Gateway, a 202-acre collection of healing gardens, naturescapes, and a research preserve within the San Joaquin Marsh Reserve. Situated at the intersection of Jamboree Road and Campus Drive, the gateway will honor the site where President Lyndon B. Johnson arrived by helicopter for UCI’s official dedication ceremony on June 20, 1964. Chad Lefteris, CEO of UCI Health, says that the combination of exceptional patient care, the most advanced technology, an accessible 24

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The hospital will focus on key clinical programs such as oncology, neurology, neurosurgery, orthopedics, and digestive health, and will include a 24-hour emergency department. Construction is expected to begin later this year for the UCI Health Center for Advanced Care, a multicare facility that will house the Center for Children’s Health, medical offices, and an urgent care operation. The medical center will connect with the UCI Health primary care network throughout OC, including its newest clinic in Newport Beach, creating the region’s only health system supported by a premier academic research institution. The first patients at UCI Health Center for Advanced Care are expected in late 2022, pending legal and regulatory approvals, and the hospital is set for completion in 2025. Costs for the complete project are expected to exceed $1 billion, funded by philanthropic donations, retained earnings, and revenue from UCI Health. The expanded Hoag and the new UCI and City of Hope campuses should attract high-paying jobs, medical-related businesses, and research facilities to the area, while also benefitting residents with access to state-of-the-art health care.

There is no detail too small and no request too big when it comes to my clients and their projects. Weaving together the desires of a client and the visions of a designer is what creates exquisite projects like this master bath designed by the talented Erica Bryen. It is my personal honor each time I begin and complete a project with my clients as I love seeing how color, fixtures, light, surfaces and textures transform a house into a home. To learn more about HOMEbyAR and my team at PIRCH, please schedule a meeting. 949-212-9101 or annette.reeves@pirch.com.

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NEWS AND NOTES

PROPERTY PLAY

For some, buying California real estate is already like playing with Monopoly money. Now, everyone can pass go. A good part of our collective stay-at-home experience has centered around playing board games and buying, selling, and improving real estate. So why not combine the two with a new, limited-edition, “California Dreaming” version of Monopoly?

WS Games and Hasbro called on Malibu artist Kathleen Keifer to create original art that beautifully depicts a property purchasing and improving journey throughout the state. Game tokens include a custom Woodie with a surfboard. Airports replace railroads. A Tip Jar replaces Community Chest. What about Boardwalk and Park Place, you ask? They are now The Beverly Hills Hotel and the Hotel Del Coronado.

“Creating a California-themed Monopoly game has really been a career highlight for me,” Keifer says. “To capture the Golden State’s diversity of architecture and lifestyles, on a Monopoly board? Dude.” The first edition sold out, though some are still available online. The second edition will be released in Spring 2020. Priced from $200 at kathleenkeifer.com, goop.com, and amazon.com.

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STOCK THE LAGUNA FOOD PANTRY FUNDRAISER SPONSORED BY MIKE JOHNSON GROUP

In the last 31 days of a very tough year, the residents of Laguna Beach came together and raised more than $65,000 for the Laguna Food Pantry through the “Stock the Pantry” fundraiser sponsored by the Mike Johnson Group of Compass. The Laguna Food Pantry and the Mike Johnson Group would like to thank ALL of the donors to this fundraiser, with special thanks for the abundant generosity of the William, Jeff, and Jennifer Gross Family Foundation and the Black Family Foundation. Although due to COVID-19 we were unable to host our annual Kitchen Tours to Stock the Laguna Food Pantry, the alternative opportunity drawing raised awareness and an incredible 28

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amount of needed funds for a critical part of the Laguna Beach community—the Laguna Food Pantry. “It warmed our hearts to witness our community come together and support the Pantry,” says Sylvia Ames of the Mike Johnson Group. “We love our giving community and the work of the Laguna Food Pantry. A thank you and a big hug is not nearly enough for all of the donors, but please know that your donation made an impact.” Generous retailers created gift baskets to be given away to donors in an opportunity drawing and were the catalyst to this fundraiser’s success, including Brass Tack, Vertigo Home, Another Kind Restaurant, Laguna

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1. From left to right: Anne Belyea (Director of the Laguna Food Pantry), Lynnea Rodriguez (Winner of Vertigo Home Gift Basket), Karen McCulley (Winner of The Hive Gift Basket), Mike Johnson, Susan Thomas (Laguna Food Pantry Board Chair) 2. From left to right: Susan Thomas (Laguna Food Pantry Board Chair), Sylvia Ames, Joan Gladstone (Winner of Laguna Supply GIft Basket), Anne Belyea (Director of the Laguna Food Pantry)

Beach Beer Company, Laguna Supply, Studio Taka, and Laguna Candles. Congratulations to the gift basket winners: Laguna Supply Gift Basket Winner: Joan Gladstone Vertigo Home Gift Basket Winner: Lynea Rodriguez Studio Taka Gift Basket Winner: Erin Berryman Brass Tack Gift Basket Winner: Jim Ardery The Hive Gift Basket Winner: Karen McCulley The Laguna Food Pantry offers free, fresh, nutritious groceries to families and individuals in need who live, work, and attend school in or around Laguna Beach. Their facility on Laguna Canyon Road serves

about 500 families each week (though upwards of 170 families a day recently) and they collect and give away about 4,000 pounds of food every weekday. The Laguna Food Pantry has an incredibly dedicated and passionate group of friendly volunteers who welcome shoppers as they arrive to select their choice of foods once a week in their retailstyle setting that has had to pivot to adapt to COVID-safe procedures. The food items that are offered are purchased from regional food banks and donated by local markets and private donors, and they are fully funded by generous donors, corporate and private foundation grants, churches, schools, and local government. lagunafoodpantry.org BlueDoorMagazine.com

USC AND UCLA RIVALS TEE IT UP AT PELICAN HILL GOLF CLUB TO SUPPORT KURE IT CANCER RESEARCH By Kedric Francis

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2 1. Rivals Cup Chair Burton Young, President, Sperry Equities (course sponsor), Bill Peters, Client Development Director, Lugano Diamonds (reception sponsor), Rand Sperry, CEO, Sperry Equities. 2. Olga Richardson, Kelly Ly, winner of Women’s Longest Drive at 225 yards.

Alums from SoCal rivals USC and UCLA were among those gathered for Kure It Cancer Research’s Third Annual Rivals Golf Tournament at Pelican Hill Golf Club. The tournament sold out, with a 144-player roster. Because of COVID-19 concerns, tee times were staggered, with every golfer receiving their own cart... and their own cooler.

The winning foursome included Anaheim Ducks star Ryan Getzlaf, retired professional hockey player Scottie Upshall, PJ McKaig, and Hossein Karmini. A live-streaming wrap-up party was held at one of the Pelican Hill Resort villas, sponsored by Lugano Diamonds, thanks to CEO Moti Ferder. Long-time supporter Burton Young chaired the event.

There was an online silent auction, and hole-in-one prizes were offered at several different holes, including an Aston Martin from Aston Martin Newport Beach and a Rolex Explorer timepiece from Bob’s Watches. Alas, there were no aces, but Aston Martin raffled off a weekend in an Aston Martin, which was won by Tim Johnston and Brian LaLonde.

Board Chair Todd Perry explained that the funds raised through Kure It (a gross of $10 million to date) directly support groundbreaking research at leading cancer centers, and serve as seed money for underfunded and rare cancers. The goal is that early research results will draw much greater levels of institutional funding. KureIt.org

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5 3. Mitchel Boswell, winner of Men’s Longest Drive at 334 yards. 4. Models wearing Lugano Diamonds jewelry at awards reception. 5. Kure It Board Chair Todd Perry, CFO, Brigg’s Electric; Linda Young, President, Elite OC Productions; Moti Ferder, Founder and CEO, Lugano Diamonds. 6. Former NFL star and Kure It Board Member Paul McDonald and former MLB star Bobby Grich. 7. Kure It tournament First Place Winners Anaheim Ducks star Ryan Getzlaf, Hossein Karimi, PJ McKaig, and Scottie Upshall. BlueDoorMagazine.com

NATIONAL PHILANTHROPY DAY CELEBRATES 35 YEARS OF OC GIVING

By James Reed

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1. Honorary Chairs and 2019 Legacy Award honorees Ralph and Sue Stern, center, with Co-Chairs Joan McBride, left, and Elizabeth Kurila, right. 2. City of Hope Orange County President Annette Walker; Emile Haddad, CEO of FivePoint Holdings, Outstanding Mid-Size Business honoree.

It was a virtual celebration of 35 years of generous giving as National Philanthropy Day honored founder Doug Freeman, among many others. Freeman brainstormed the idea of a day to recognize giving, lobbied the U.S. Congress for five years for a bill, which President Reagan signed in 1986. “I am gratified that we’re doing what we set out to do, to say ‘thank you,’” Freeman said upon receiving the 35th Anniversary Founders Award. Today, more than 130 Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) chapters honor the philanthropic efforts of individuals, businesses and groups. Charlie Zhang, this year’s 35th Anniversary Sponsor, presented the award to Freeman, and Michael Drake, former UCI Chancellor and newly-appointed UC President, spoke glowingly of Freeman, calling him “an inspiration to me and to countless others.” This year’s Orange County event was a hybrid, with honorees taped in studio, at FivePoint in Irvine, or at the home of Honorary Chairs Sue and Ralph Stern. “For the first time in our history we are not serving chicken 32

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for lunch,” joked Elizabeth Kurila, who was Co-Chair of the event along with Joan McBride. The honorees and presenters were masked and socially distanced, except for photos and segment taping. Philanthropic honorees included FivePoint and CEO Emile Haddad for Outstanding Mid-Size Business; Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser Ilona Martin; Outstanding Philanthropist Nella Webster O’Grady; Outstanding Founder Laurie Zagon of Art & Creativity for Healing; and Outstanding Youth Karina Tarsadia, age 16, who was honored for distributing 20,000 backpacks to students in need as part of Karina’s Backpack Project. Additional honorees included Outstanding Philanthropic Group, OC Cares; Outstanding Small Business, Advance Beauty College; and Outstanding Large Business, loanDepot. Artist and conservationist Wyland was the event’s special guest. He summed up his philanthropic philosophy simply: “Giving is the best thing on the planet!” npdoc.org

BLUE DOOR SCENE 3. National Philanthropy Day Founder Doug Freeman accepting the 35th Anniversary Founders Award from 35th Anniversary Sponsor Charlie Zhang. 4. Outstanding Founder Laurie Zagon for Art & Creativity for Healing. 5. AFP-OC President Elect Michele Bignardi, presenter to Outstanding Youth Karina Tarsadia.

6. Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser Ilona Martin with PBS So-Cal Executive Producer and event host Maria Hall-Brown. 7. Brian Hervey, UCI Vice Chancellor for University Advancement and Alumni Relations, presenting award to Outstanding Philanthropic Group Founder/Board Chair Katherine Ahn Wallace. 8. Outstanding Small Business honoree Advance Beauty College, represented by President Tam Nguyen with Outstanding Philanthropist Nella Webster-O’Grady.

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ABT IN OC, AGAIN! American Ballet Theatre choreographers in residence at Segerstrom Center for the Arts. Plus, al fresco events at Argyros Plaza.

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It’s been a barren year for those who love attending live art and culture events. Anticipation is bubbling over for the return of dance, theater, and all forms of music to Segerstrom Center for the Arts.

The greatest ballet companies and the world’s most celebrated dancers have appeared over the 30-year history of Segerstrom Hall, including some 36 commissioned works and world premieres at Segerstrom Center for the Arts. American Ballet Theatre’s OC world premieres include The Sleeping Beauty, Whipped Cream, and most recently, Love and Rage in early March 2020, the last live dance performed on the Segerstrom stage prior to the pandemic. ABT will be in back in Orange County for a five-week residency beginning March 22 to complete and unveil a new program of works in Segerstrom Hall. The pieces are by three innovative choreographers, each with a unique vision for the future of ballet: Jessica Lang (Let Me Sing Forevermore), Lauren Lovette (La Folia Variations), and Darrell Grand Moultrie (Indestructible Light). The program will also include the Black Swan pas de deux from Tchaikovsky’s classic Swan Lake with choreography by Marius Petipa.

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The choreographers, dancers, and ABT artistic staff will create their own bubble, isolating themselves at the Avenue of the Arts Hotel except for rehearsals and performances. Two full runthroughs will be recorded and edited and made available on a platform and date to be determined. Eventually, the pieces will be part of the ABT repertory and return to be performed before a live audience. In the meantime, there is in-person art and culture scheduled for Argyros Plaza at the Center. Broadway’s Lauren Lim Jackson holds Tuesday Night Dance Classes on March 9, 16, 23, and 30, and check out Movie Nights on March 5 (Hidden Figures), March 6 (The LEGO Movie), March 12 (Roman Holiday), and March 13 (Hello Dolly!). Masks are required. Movie Night tickets are $20 to reserve a pod for 1-3 people, $30 for pods up to 4 people, and $40 for pods up to 6 people.

“If we have confirmed one thing during this terrible time of COVID-19, it is the resilience and dedication of the arts and artists. There are countless stories of artists taking to the streets, drive-ins, the balconies of their apartments, and live-streaming and recording performances for their websites— all to share their music, voices and dancing with others in safe and respectful ways.” —Casey Reitz, President, Segerstrom Center for the Arts

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AMERICA’S HEROES

Seeing America by America Martin is an exhibition at JoAnne Artman Gallery in Laguna Beach. Featuring her ongoing series, “I See Heroes Everywhere,” the works explore portraiture and the enduring narratives of influential leaders. Martin’s imagery is allegorical, familiar, and above all, hopeful.

America Martin examines the impact of activism and heroism in her featured “I See Heroes Everywhere” series. In a bold statement that champions everyday kindnesses and small, sustained steps toward change, the series includes legends of the past and present, as well as unsung figures. Rendered in streamlined ink drawings, each portrait is emblematic of both passion and action. Pairing a quote with each likeness, Martin implores visitors to consider the core values of leadership embodied in the series—justice, integrity, empathy, and a call to action. Through March 31, 2021 JoAnne Artman Gallery 346 North Coast Highway Laguna Beach 949.510.5481 joanneartmangallery.com

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THE BLACK INDEX

UC Irvine’s University Art Gallery presents The Black Index, a group exhibition featuring the work of Dennis Delgado, Alicia Henry, Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle, Titus Kaphar, Whitfield Lovell, and Lava Thomas.

The artists featured in The Black Index—Dennis Delgado, Alicia Henry, Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle, Titus Kaphar, Whitfield Lovell, and Lava Thomas—build upon the tradition of Black self-representation. Using drawing, performance, printmaking, sculpture, and digital technology to transform the recorded image, these artists question the reliance on photography as a privileged source for documentary objectivity and understanding. Their works offer a Black Index as an alternative to the images that associate Black people and bodies with violence. Through March 20, 2021 University Art Gallery/CAC Gallery Temporarily closed to the public due to COVID-19 712 Arts Plaza UCI, Irvine uag.arts.uci.edu/exhibit/black-index Above: Analogous III, 2020, by Alicia Henry. Courtesy of the artist. Opposite: Mugshot Portraits: Women of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Alberta J. James, 2018. By Lava Thomas. Collection of Doree Friedman.

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Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite National Park, California. Printed in the mid-1950s or early 1960s. Sold at auction for $327,600.

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GENIUS IN BLACK & WHITE

Ansel Adams was one of California’s most impactful citizens, inspiring generations to love and protect the state’s and the country’s sacred outdoor spaces. In late 2020, Sotheby’s offered nearly seven decades of his photographs at auction in “A Grand Vision: The David H. Arrington Collection of Ansel Adams Masterworks.”

Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico. Printed in late 1941 or early 1942. Sold at auction for $685,500.

The auction saw 123 lots go under the hammer, achieving $6.4 million in total sales. Nearly half of the offered works achieved prices above their estimates, helping push the auction to the highest total for a Sotheby’s photograph sale since 2014. A large-scale print of The Grand Tetons and the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming (1942) sold for $988,000, a new auction record for an Adams print, according to Sotheby’s. “The spectacular results from the sale not only affirmed Ansel Adams as one of the most important artists of the 20th century, but also that his subject matter is as relevant today as when it was created over half a century ago,” says Emily Bierman, head of Sotheby’s Photographs Department in New York. BlueDoorMagazine.com

Grand Tetons and The Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. Mural-sized gelatin silver print. Sold at auction for $988,000.

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Aspens, Northern New Mexico. Mural-sized gelatin silver print, printed circa 1968.

A Grand Vision: The David H. Arrington Collection of Ansel Adams Masterworks Sotheby’s New York

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MONTAGE MOMENTS

These photomontages are from a new project by Brett Hillyard. The images are all shot on film, and then creatively and collectively arranged with Hilly’s trademark humor and curiosity—and a touch of the unexpected.

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THE LIVES OF OTHERS The art of the interior by photographer Simon Watson

Berlin-based architect Arno Brandlhuber’s home in Potsdam was originally a lingerie factory. Named Antivilla, it resembles a vast concrete block placed among the bourgeois houses nestled along a lake. The living room includes a crude and irregular window created by breaking through the concrete wall with sledgehammers so as to provide a view of the lake.

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Simon Watson, one of the most sought-after contemporary photographers of portraits and interiors, presents 20 of the most extraordinary private residences he has had the pleasure of capturing in a new book, The Lives of Others: Sublime Interiors of Extraordinary People. Homes included in the beautiful volume from Rizzoli include shoe designer Christian Louboutin’s fanciful Parisian apartment; the Duchess of Alba’s Palacio Liria in Madrid, filled with 16th- and 17thCentury masterpieces; the Renaissance Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne in Rome, designed by Baldassarre Peruzzi in the 16th century; and many other glorious places around the world.

The uncovering of human emotions, past and present, is at the core of Simon Watson’s work. Layered in chiaroscuros and saturated like paintings by Balthus, his photographs are a celebration of the passing of time. The interiors that move him most are those where one can almost hear the whisper of some long-forgotten story. PORT R A IT BY DAV ID FERNA NDE Z

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“Photographing houses is not just the documenting of space; it is the process of opening an aperture, a window, so the viewer might have a better understanding of the inhabitant; it is the act of creating an intimate portrait. A house reveals much about its owner.” —Simon Watson

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Above and right: Architect Roberto Baciocchi lives and works in a large 16th-century house attached to a tall medieval tower in his home town of Arezzo, Italy. Baciocchi is responsible for the store designs of such fashion empires as Prada and La Perla, including boutiques at South Coast Plaza.

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A house has a life of its own, and Watson prefers those that have been lived in—where the owners love and care for it but allow it to fade and crack and shift and breathe. Pictures of rooms are really portraits of the people who live in them, often more revealing than meeting the inhabitants themselves. One learns how to present oneself to the world to some degree, but in our homes, our most private spaces, we always leave traces of our true selves. The ease with which Watson shoots is reflected in the photographs themselves. They never look forced or contrived; his sense of composition and light is innate, or at the very least, Left and above: Castello Gardena, the mountain retreat of the Franchetti family, was built in 1616. Bedrooms in the castle feature antique beds and brightly-colored tiled stoves. Simon Watson says that the Franchettis have “maintained this dramatic alpine abode in what can only be described as a glorious state of romantic disrepair.” BlueDoorMagazine.com

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Opposite: The home of Nicola Del Roscio in Gaeta, Italy, features ornate walls and ceilings decorated during the 18th century, along with sofas from Andy Warhol’s Factory and paintings by 20th-century artist Cy Twombly. Del Roscia is a writer, curator, and director of the Cy Twombly Foundation.

Above: In 2006, Simon Watson had 60 seconds to photograph the Duchess of Alba at her Palacio de Liria in Madrid. Luckily, he had longer to shoot the 200-room royal residence, the walls of which feature art by Titian, Velázquez, El Greco, Goya, and Rembrandt. It’s one of six Spanish palaces the Duchess owned. At the time of her death in 2014, her net worth was estimated to be $5 billion.

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after 30 years, second nature. He quickly moves through a space, effortlessly capturing the most compelling images and muttering an occasional “that’s fabulous” to no one in particular. He almost never uses strobes or softboxes or any number of tricks and tools other photographers employ, but knows how to manipulate even the smallest amount of daylight to great effect. Shutters are his tool of choice, canted at seemingly random angles to transform spaces into something dramatically beautiful. Watson’s photographs are infused with a joyous sense of wonderment and even, at times, a surprised delight at the unstoppable resilience of human imagination. —From forwards and essays by Marella Caracciolo Chia, Tom Delavan, and James Reginato.

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Opposite: The 900-year-old Hollenegg Castle in Austria is the ancestral home of the Liechtensteins. The current owners, Alfred and Alice, invite young designers to add their work to the furnishings of the castle as part of an annual exhibition. The contemporary work amplifies the antique, including the bedroom opposite, with 19th-century velvet brocade on the walls above a 17th-century four-poster bed. Above left: Shoe designer Christian Louboutin lives on the top two floors of a charming 18th-century building in Paris, on a small street just off the Rue des Capucines. In his apartment, Louboutin has a collection of art, furniture, sculpture, fabrics, and anthropological objects from around the world. Seventeenth-century European paintings hang beside tigers and monkeys in taxidermy. South American tribal masks mingle with French avant-garde paintings. Early 20th-century Jean Royère armchairs sit alongside midcentury kitsch sofas from Egypt. Above: Simon Watson met and photographed Lindy Guinness, the Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava, at her 2,000-acre estate Clandeboye in County Down, Northern Ireland. The present house on the estate dates from 1801, and is filled with items collected by ancestral owners ranging from monumental Egyptian granite sculptures and colorful Burmese wood carvings to heavy armor, stuffed grizzly bears, and rhinoceros heads.

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HOLLYWOOD ARENSBERG:

AVANT-GARDE COLLECTING IN MIDCENTURY L.A. The art collection of Louise and Walter Arensberg has been described as one of the most extraordinary installations of art ever assembled, particularly in the way it was idiosyncratically displayed throughout their outwardly unassuming Mediterranean Revival– style Hollywood Hills home. They were so influential, legendary California-based curator Walter Hopps once called them the “most important collectors ever in the Western United States.”

By the time Louise and Walter died—in 1953 and 1954, respectively—they had collected nearly 1,000 works of art, including world-class specimens of Cubism, Surrealism, and Primitivism by Constantine Brancusi, Man Ray, Giorgio de Chirico, Salvador Dalí, Joan Miró, and other modern artists, the bulk of Marcel Duchamp’s oeuvre, and hundreds of pre-Columbian objects. Plus, the world’s largest private library of works by and about the philosopher Sir Francis Bacon. These exceptional works filled nearly all available space in every room of their house—including the bathrooms. The Getty Publications remarkably researched and designed book, Hollywood Arensberg: Avant-Garde Collecting in Midcentury L.A., is a comprehensive reconstruction and interpretation of the couple’s collection of modern and pre-Columbian art, taking readers room by room, wall by wall, object by object through the home in which the collection was displayed. When Aline Louchheim Saarinen, critic for The New York Times, visited the home, she described the scene: “Paintings were jammed and crowded on every available space from floor to ceiling. They filled the porch, trembled on the backs of doors, and lined the bathrooms.” Opposite: Foyer, after September 25 but before October 12, 1948. Photography by Floyd Faxon. Constantin Brancusi, Arch, ca. 1914-16, and Princess X, 1915-16: © Succession Brancusi – All rights reserved (ARS) 2020. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library and Archives, Arensberg Archives.

Louise Arensberg, Walter Arensberg, and Marcel Duchamp in the garden at 7065 Hillside Avenue, Los Angeles, 17 August 1936. Photo by Beatrice Wood. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library and Archives, Alexina and Marcel Duchamp Papers. Gift of Jacqueline, Paul, and Peter Matisse in memory of their mother, Alexina Duchamp. Reproduced courtesy of Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts / Happy Valley Foundation.

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Stairway, Viewed from the Second Floor, ca. 1944 (no later than January 1949). Photograph by Fred R. Dapprich. Georges Braque, Violin and Newspaper, 1912–13: © 2020 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris. Max Ernst, Garden Plane Trap, 1934–35: © 2020 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris. Lyonel Feininger, Umpferstedt II, 1914: © 2020 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn. Carlos Mérida, The Window, 1933: © 2020 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SOMAAP, Mexico City. Jean Metzinger, The Bathers, 1913: © 2020 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris. Diego Rivera, The Flowered Canoe, 1931: © 2020 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library and Archives, Arensberg Archives.

That display included intentionally thought-provoking juxtapositions of ancient, historical, and modern art, and was further enlivened by the many friends they entertained there, including Marcel Duchamp. During the early decades of the 20th century, the Arensbergs had amassed one of the world’s largest single collections of art by Duchamp, including his masterpiece Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2. It is now in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Walter first saw the abstraction of a female figure in motion at the Armory Show in 1913. The Armory Show in New York City is best known for introducing the American public to European avant-garde paintings and sculpture, with 66

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Sitting Room, ca. January 1951. Photograph by Floyd Faxon.

works by Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Marcel Duchamp, Paul Gauguin, Paul Cézanne, and Vincent Van Gogh, all together for the very first time. Walter regretted not buying Duchamp’s Nude Descending at The Armory Show, but acquired it for $1,000 a few years later. The artist would become a regular in their New York City apartment, and would continue to visit once the couple moved to Los Angeles in 1927. At the outset of World War II, they aided Duchamp’s immigration to the United States from his native France.

Constantin Brancusi, White Negress [I], 1923, and Prometheus, 1911: © Succession Brancusi – All rights reserved (ARS) 2020. Marcel Duchamp, Portrait of Chess Players, 1911: © Association Marcel Duchamp / ADAGP, Paris / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York 2020. Francis Picabia, Dances at the Spring, 1912: © 2020 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris. Pablo Picasso, Still Life: The Table, 1921: © 2020 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library and Archives, Arensberg Archives.

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Above: Living Room, with Views into the Dining Room through the North and South Archways, ca. January 1951. Photograph by Floyd Faxon. Right: Living Room, with Views into the Dining Room through the North and South Archways, ca. April 1945. Photograph by Corporal F. W. Lumbord. Art seen in both photographs: Constantin Brancusi, Prodigal Son, 1914-15, and Three Penguins, 1911-12: © Succession Brancusi – All rights reserved (ARS) 2020. Georges Braque, Still Life (Violin), 1913, and Still Life (with the Word VIN), 1912-13: © 2020 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris. Marcel Duchamp, The King and Queen Surrounded by Swift Nudes, 1912, and Yvonne and Magdeleine Torn in Tatters, 1911: © Association Marcel Duchamp / ADAGP, Paris / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York 2020. Paul Klee, Village Carnival, 1926: © 2020 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Pablo Picasso, Old Woman (Woman with Gloves), 1901, and Head, 1906: © 2020 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library and Archives, Arensberg Archives.

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Living room of Louise and Walter Arensberg’s house, 7065 Hillside Avenue, Los Angeles, October, 1939 (detail). Photograph by Charles Sheeler. Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Lane Collection. Photograph ©2020, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Henri Matisse, Madame Yvonne Landsberg, 1914: © 2020 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Picasso, Still Life with a Violin and a Guitar, 1912-13: © 2020 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

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Dining Room, with a View into the Living Room through the North Archway, ca. 1944. Photograph by Fred R. Dapprich. Paul Klee, Animal Terror, 1926, Jörg, 1924 and Prestidigitator (Conjuring Trick), 1927: © 2020 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Fernand Léger, Contrast of Forms, 1913–14: © 2020 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris. André Masson, Animal Caught in a Trap, 1929: © 2020 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library and Archives, Arensberg Archives.

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Living Room and Foyer, Viewed from the Dining Room, ca. 1944. Photograph by Fred R. Dapprich. Giorgio de Chirico, The Soothsayer’s Recompense, 1913: © 2020 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SIAE, Rome. Marcel Duchamp, The King and Queen Traversed by Swift Nudes at High Speed, 1912: © Association Marcel Duchamp / ADAGP, Paris / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York 2020. Jean Metzinger, Landscape with Roofs, 1914: © 2020 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris. Pablo Picasso, Female Nude, 1910: © 2020 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library and Archives, Arensberg Archives.

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Moya O’Neill took her family-owned company’s specialized steel laboratory cabinets, added some color and creativity, and voila! Custom kitchen design will never be the same.

IN THE KITCHEN WITH MOYA By Annette Reeves

The Moya Living Fountain Valley Showroom offers guests a beautiful showcase of Moya’s cabinetry design, color options, storage detail, and layout choices.

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The ability of people to express their personalities and inner thoughts through the look and feel of their homes and businesses is such a beautiful and individual statement. From traditional to modern, soft lines to sharp curves, delicate pastels to bold tones, a designer and client can transform a blank page and empty room into a completely new world.

Moya O’Neill, of Moya Living, has set a course for dynamic creation and bold design above all else. Her confidence in using color and her true fascination and passion for stepping outside the box is what has catapulted her into her position as one of the most successful female entrepreneurs in Orange County. It’s not fancy, nor is it located in a high-profile location, but the factory of Genie Scientific and Moya Living, nestled in a corner of Fountain Valley,

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Below: The Moya Living factory in Fountain Valley. Right: Moya says she’s having the time of her life building the company and taking cabinetry to a whole different level in the residential industry. Opposite: No detail to great or too small is the motto at Moya Living. Combining color with function is an art that Moya and her team love to create in their cabinetry design.

down the street from Costco, and minutes away from South Coast Plaza, is the hub for a factory that produces some of the most creative and meticulously built furniture you’ll ever find.

“I would always try to convince my clients to bring color into their labs, step outside the box, be different.” —Moya O’Neill

Moya, along with her nephew Garrett LeVan, President of Genie Scientific, are part of three generations that have been serving the laboratory industry for over 30 years. Genie began in 1976 with patriarch Jack LeVan, finding a niche selling reconditioned analytical instrumentation nationwide to manufacturers like Perkin Elmer and Beckman. Moya and her husband Wynn O’Neill are a successful team, making up a unique business and culture employing 26 people, many of whom have been with the company for well over 30 years. And don’t forget the loyal company mascot Darby, a Portuguese Water Dog who dutifully patrols the 30,000-square-foot Fountain Valley factory. While from the outside, it may appear to be just like any other factory with giant steel fabrication machines and powder coat painting closets, this company is a completely different blend of creative souls, managerial geniuses, and compassionate employers who deeply care for their factory family. Moya, who has always loved color, convinced her brother and partner, Mel LeVan, when she joined the company in the early 1980s,

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that the industry needed change and that change was color. Together, they ventured down the road convincing clients that the traditional stainless steel lab cabinetry colors were passe and that color brought personality. Moya recalls that when she joined Genie Scientific, she painted every single cabinet in the factory and corporate offices a different color. “It was pretty cool. I’ve always been drawn to color. In disco days it was maroon and gray. With makeup labs it was soft pink, rich red, and blacks.” Disco is a perfect word for Moya who cheerfully dances to her own drum beat, is a keen and trailblazing salesperson, and who sees opportunity everywhere. As a young adult, Moya sold Yellow Pages door to door, then transitioned to Pitney Bowes as a senior account sales rep. Faced with the opportunity to join the family business, Moya showed off her prowess by selling a unique technology that the business offered: airborne particle analyzers (say that three times fast). Moya sold them all out in one month. But her creativity had no bounds and she was determined to use her design education from Woodbury University and include it in the products she was selling. “I would always try to convince my clients to bring color into their labs, step outside the box, be different,” Moya says. Her charming

personality and sales proficiency often swayed stodgy lab owners to dip their toes into adding a touch of color, but for the most part, their goals and budgets led them back to sterile stainless lab cabinets. As Moya and the team watched the industry change, with budgets getting slimmer and corporate policies getting stricter, they gathered their thoughts and focused on their talents. Moya, taking the wheel on this new venture, knew that Genie currently developed some of the industry’s highest-end lab cabinetry and equipment. She believed there was another segment that would truly appreciate and desire that level of quality, design, and beauty—residential homeowners. Enter Moya Living. By simply elevating the quality of the cabinets to fit a higher-end and more assuming clientele, offering 18 standard colors in a material that typically is seen as a drab medium, Moya developed a line of residential cabinetry that could be customized to any project’s vision. You name it—kitchen, bath, outdoor, laundry, garage—there is no limit. Converting an unused space of the facility into a working, living showroom for Moya Living, the team constructed a space with every color of the rainbow in steel cabinets, functional storage space for kitchen tools, and working appliances that allow for team and public events only steps away from the factory floor where each cabinet body, door, and drawer is fabricated. BlueDoorMagazine.com

Stainless Steel Cabinetry by Moya Living provides clients with a piece of furniture that clients can enjoy for years to come with long term performance and resilience unmatched in the industry.

Outdoor cabinetry is a piece of cake for Moya Living offering the versatility of color but the lifetime resilience that can withstand all harsh elements.

Kim Holliday, general and operations manager, has been with Genie for 33 years. The team jokes that she actually came with the building. She did, in fact…the building was formerly owned by high school friends and when Genie Scientific bought it, Holliday was part of the package. Holliday said it was the best decision ever. “I love metal,” she says. “I really do!” Supporting the entire business in estimating, sales, accounting, and production, Holliday has seen it all and loves where the company is headed. “It all starts with Moya, her amazing skills and design. She can arrange flowers in a vase and make it look tremendous. She does that with everything, she’s brilliant.” Holliday loves this new segment and believes it gives their employees something to look forward to, something to be proud of, and a sense of responsibility and ownership in a new chapter of the company. “The employees were so used to a specific quality. This new phase has allowed them to hone their skills, be a part of a higher quality product, a beautiful piece of furniture, something you can hand down for generations to your family.”

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Expanding their stainless steel lab business of Genie Scientific, Moya and her team took the quality of their work and the creativity of color to a whole different level in the residential industry.

Holliday believes that the success of Genie and Moya Living is due to the approach and care that Moya and Garrett take with their employees. “They’ve been very successful with letting the employees understand ‘we’re growing and we want you to grow with us.’” Garrett wholeheartedly agrees as he also finds himself learning more, growing more with Moya Living, and being pushed outside his comfort zone. “We have shop employees who have been with us for more than 20 years. Change is difficult when you’ve been building the same thing for that long. But we’re finding that the more we get them involved, the more responsibility they have, the more options and places they have for input, and they really enjoy it.” As Moya Living, collectively with Genie Scientific, produces and delivers thousands of furniture and cabinet orders all over the nation, they are thrilled to see what the future holds. While they have a stronghold on their traditional business model and maintain a solid relationship through Garrett and his direction with the core business, Moya loves introducing this new venture to old and new clients. She is fully committed to networking and she and Wynn are always searching the horizon for collaborative businesses that appreciate their quality of work and endless depths of creative design. Recently introduced to PIRCH, a plumbing, appliance, and outdoor retailer with soon to be six stores in the LA and Orange County areas, Moya and Wynn, who worked closely with CEO

Steve Smith and management members of GE Monogram, developed multiple vignettes in PIRCH retail locations to showcase the Monogram appliance portfolio. Left to wave her magic wand, Moya designed black and brass cabinetry vignettes with bold Diana Garreau wallpaper, eye-catching plumbing fixtures, and unique cabinetry hardware. Couple that with the extensive design, build, and architectural trade that PIRCH supports, and Moya and Wynn now have their hands full meeting and greeting new contacts and quoting dozens of potential projects. As we sit socially distanced with a glass of wine in her backyard, taking in the sunset and staring at the California coastline, Moya eyes light up as she reflects on where she’s been and the excitement of what the future holds. This adventure feeds her passion for success and her true love for all forms of design. Moya believes that everyone is drawn to their ultimate path. “Life leads you where you want to go, and I believe you’re drawn to what you’re drawn to,” Moya says. “I’ve loved design my whole life; I know how to make stuff, sew, create, and build things.” But people are also naturally drawn to Moya and she loves the relationships she has established over the years. She has a unique ability to draw out each person’s sense of style, combined with the ability to embrace timeless elegance with baked-on powder coated colors, bursting with originality and creativity, whether it be a bathroom vanity, outdoor grill space, or an entire kitchen. BlueDoorMagazine.com

Garrett LeVan, President of Genie Scientific, loves how the employees are pushing their skills and creativity to produce bold new designs in the industry. Below: Recently completed Moya Living kitchen vignette at PIRCH in Costa Mesa features Monogram appliances and beautiful black and white cabinetry with brass accents.

“I really love relationship sales; I just want to hone my relationships with the trades and have solid partnerships that go above and beyond,” says Moya. Her own partnership with Garrett emulates this appreciation for relationships. As a family member, she loves growing this third-generation company with him and believes that Jack is looking down from above, thrilled with the company’s evolution. She’s proud of Garrett’s passion for Genie Scientific and his own personal sales success within the company. Moya believes that she has the best job in the world. She can exercise her creative license and build something that she’ll eventually leave to Garrett and future family members. “It’s been a journey; all my friends are retired, and we are working our asses off. I’m building something I love. This is my passion, this is my conviction, and I’m having the time of my life.” 17430 Mt. Cliffwood Circle Fountain Valley 800.545.8816 moyaliving.com 80

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JASON BRADSHAW AND DARREN SMITH We have a simple business model: We get clients a great buy (especially on the ugliest of houses), then work with our design and construction teams to deliver instant equity via a designerperfect dream home for them. Our niche in today’s competitive marketplace is to provide a concierge type of service that adds real value and returns for our clients. Bradshaw Group Residential Darren Smith 949.887.0643 Jason C. Bradshaw 949.433.3001 BradshawResidentialGroup.com/Remodel

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MAURA SHORT Twenty years ago, my husband Steve asked me, ‘If we could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?’ I told him Emerald Bay or Rancho Santa Fe. He decided that we should check out Emerald Bay first, as he is a lover of the ocean. We moved to Emerald Bay for the amenities for our children and have fallen in love with it because of our neighbors and sense of community. There is no place like home…. Maura Short maura@compass.com 949.233.7949

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1227 SURFLINE Corona del Mar 1227Surfline.com $4,695,000

Completely rebuilt, remodeled and reconfigured single level home with expansive water views throughout the main living spaces and exterior entertaining areas. With high-end fixtures and finishes, walls of glass and soaring ceilings highlighting every room, the open floor plan supplies 3 bedrooms and 2.5 baths.

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dining room adjoins a gorgeous chef-inspired kitchen

959 La Mirada Street

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cooler, walk-in pantry and an ocean-view BBQ deck.

evening-light and shoreline views stretch to Long Beach

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Fullen, who incorporated Brazilian cherry wood floors,

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with timeless Dutch door and a curving staircase leads

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to a main open-style living area that seamlessly blends

decking, a custom wall fountain and professional lighting

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create a welcoming vibe.

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235 Calliope Laguna Beach 2 Bed | 2.5 Bath | 1,450 Sq Ft

SOLD Nestled within a private gated community just one block from the beach in the heart of the HIP District of Laguna, this wonderfully updated home gives you easy access to the beach, restaurants, galleries and shops. Features include two bedrooms, two and a half bathrooms, living room with ﬁreplace, updated bathrooms and kitchen. In the master bedroom enjoy views of trees and foliage from the private balcony, walk-in closet and calming ensuite bathroom make this a splendid retreat. Additional amenities include two reserved parking spots with elevator access, in-house laundry and a spacious private courtyard perfect for relaxing after a long day at the beach. Whether looking for a full-time residence or vacation home this tranquil abode checks many must haves. Contemporary, updated and close to the beach with all that Laguna has to offer.

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1179 Katella Street | Laguna Beach Pool Home With Panoramic Ocean Views New Price l $3,995,000 Huge price reduction! Front row with mesmerizing and unobstructed views that cannot be described,

Street to Street Lot With Peekaboo Ocean Views

New Price $2,995,000

Experience the harmonious blend of the peace and tranquility of nature in the environment presented by this wonderful property.

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81 EMERALD BAY | LAGUNA BEACH 4 BEDROOMS 5.5 BATHROOMS 2 OFFICES | GYM 6,492 SQUARE FEET

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416 Pointsettia Avenue Unit A CO RO N A DE L M AR In Escrow | Accepting Backup Offers

An elegant soft contemporary residence perfectly located in the heart of Corona del Mar village and just two and a half blocks to the famed Little Corona Beach. With just under 2,000 Sq Ft of living area and walls of glass leading to both front and back patios, this gorgeous home offers the perfect flow of indoor/outdoor living. Features include Lutron shades throughout, a stunning chef’s kitchen with granite counter tops, Thermador appliances and concrete floors with radiant heating. Three spacious bedrooms and two and a half bathrooms are all beautifully appointed including skylights with automatic shades and designer finishes throughout. Just a short stroll to award winning restaurants, shopping, hiking trails, and the Farmer’s Market, this home is a must see.

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Stunning new construction with a Mid-Century vibe located in Irvine Terrace. An open floor plan with walls of glass leading to an outdoor paradise offer a seamless flow of indoor-outdoor living.

This property boasts 113 linear feet of unobstructed views of the beautiful California coastline, from the Newport Beach Harbor and Balboa Pavilion all the way to Catalina Island.

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JON FLAGG’S 2021 SALES

124 VIA HAVRE Lido Isle | Sold for $6,000,000 4 bed | 5.5 bath | 4,300 approx. sq. ft.

117-127 VIA ANTIBES Lido Isle | Oﬀered at $6,995,000 6 Condo Investment Property

601 LIDO PARK DRIVE #3B Lido Isle | Oﬀered at $2,295,000 2 bed | 2.5 bath | 1,804 approx. sq. ft.

1510 SANDCASTLE DRIVE Corona del Mar | Oﬀered at $2,350,000 3 bed | 2 bath | 2,190 approx. sq. ft.

116 VIA GENOA Lido Isle 3 bed | 2 bath | 1,850 approx. sq. ft.

110 VIA GENOA Lido Isle | Sold oﬀ-market Represented Buyer and Seller

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845 VIA LIDO NORD Lido Isle | Offered at $4,795,000 A magnificent Lido Isle residence poised on an oversized (nearly double), prime corner lot at the coveted eastern tip of Lido Isle. With approximately 4,200 sq. ft. of elegantly casual living space, soaring ceilings, 4 bedrooms and 4.5 baths, this home offers a rare opportunity to live the coastal lifestyle in an impeccable property crafted with the fi nest of quality and detail. A grand entry introduces the fi ne art of living on this famed island as two fl oors of gracious interiors fuse perfectly with an abundance of private outdoor space. Impressive throughout, high ceilings frame a fl owing, open fl oorplan as the custom residence reveals a traditional layout with formal living/dining areas, upper and lower family rooms, an amazing gourmet kitchen with walk-in pantry, large island, dual sinks and every imaginable premium amenity; beautiful indoor/outdoor patio for entertaining or relaxing plus an incredible master suite with fi replace, balcony, sumptuous, spa bath featuring his/her closets, dual vanities, walk-in shower and therapy tub. Every room of this showpiece is perfectly scaled and accented with modern conveniences. Four fi replaces, custom storage, furniture grade cabinetry, skylights, natural stone counters, stone and hardwood fl ooring, large laundry room and a 3-car garage are just a few of the appealing appointments. Community amenities include tennis, beaches, the Lido Isle Yacht Club, BBQs, parks and an easy stroll to shopping and dining just over the island bridge.

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203 VIA ITHACA Lido Isle | Offered at $4,749,000 Presenting 203 Via Ithaca on magical Lido Isle a grand, two-story residence on a sunny, south facing corner lot bordering tranquil Piazza Lido. This decorator-perfect home offers fi ve bedrooms and fi ve-and-a-half baths on an oversized 50-equivalent lot and was created with special touches at every turn, from high ceilings and crown molding to tumbled marble and polished cherry fl oors. On either side of the soaring front entry youll fi nd an inviting formal living room with lovely fi replace and a formal dining room surrounded by picture windows. The Butlers pantry with wine fridge leads to the custom kitchen, which features Sub Zero and Wolf appliances, plenty of countertop space and a casual dining nook bathed in natural light. The cozy great room provides access to the sheltered patio with fi re pit. A guest suite/office, charming powder room and laundry room complete the fi rst fl oor. The winding staircase takes you to the impressive second story, where a tucked-away family room provides the ideal spot for enjoying movies or game night. Four en suite bedrooms incorporate thoughtful elements such as walk-in closets and custom-tile full baths. The airy Master Suite envelops you in luxury with its own fi replace, walk-in closet, spa-like Master bath and private balcony. A rooftop deck offers picturesque, 360-degree views. With an easy stroll to local restaurants and shops, this beautifully executed home in the heart of charming Lido Isle is not to be missed.

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25 & 26 BAY ISLAND | NEW LISTING Newport Beach | $15,995,000 | 25and26BayIsland.com

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Design Matters Blue Door Magazine asks design insiders and clients what trends, brands, and looks they’re loving right now.

How to have more with less? Brizo perfects the art of an indulgent shower experience that consumes less water. ®

In today’s world, how can you enjoy the perfect shower and conserve water at the same time? All showerheads in California must flow at 1.8gpm or below. So Brizo, the luxury fittings brand, found the solution by inventing H2Okinetic technology that provides a great experience while also conserving water. The Brizo brand’s patented H2Okinetic® Technology is the study of water in motion. By controlling water’s shape, velocity, and thermal dynamics, they’ve reinvented how you shower—creating a warmer, more luxurious spray that gives the feeling of a high-flow shower with a fraction of the water. This unique shower experience is created by harnessing the natural energy of water and directing it through specially engineered chambers in the showerhead. Each channel is designed to create a vortex that oscillates and sculpts water as it exits, creating a wave pattern that provides a dense, concentrated spray. Combined with larger water droplets—designed to replicate those found in a tropical rainforest—the result is a warmer, more indulgent shower, even when the water pressure is as low as 20PSI.

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Essential™ Shower Series Linear Square in Matte Black

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Mediterranean/Coastal contemporary in Crystal cove, Newport Coast.

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The sheer number of interior design projects by Bassman Blaine Home is impressive enough. At last count, the Orange County-based design firm founded by Ken Bassman and Bill Blaine had completed 750 homes. Delve a little deeper, and the numbers become more impressive. Since its founding in 2007, Bassman Blaine Home has been tapped to design numerous residences in coastal Orange County and beyond. All told, their work can be found in eight countries and 18 states, including compounds in Deer Valley, Park City, Los Cabos, Discovery Land Company, and other high-end resort communities. On Maui, at Montage Kapalua Bay alone, there are a total of 40 Bassman Blainedesigned Grand Residences, almost half of all residences.

Despite the magnitude of its scope, Bassman Blaine’s beginnings were far from grand. After interviewing many other designers and firms, a friend needed help designing her Maui home and reached out to Bassman. That project provided the genesis for a business creating turn-key residences that reflect the specific design DNA of each client. “This has always been about us finding out what you like best,” says Bassman. “We don’t wake up in your home. You do. Our goal is to be a total chameleon and completely client focused. You want modern, straight-line clean style? We can do that. You bought a traditional home in Pasadena? We have that as well.” The Maui project soon flourished into an explosion of island clients seeking their services. Soon, the designers were regular commuters across the Pacific, while also juggling a growing number of projects on the mainland. BlueDoorMagazine.com

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Success, however, was far from accidental. Instead, Bassman Blaine’s entire approach to home design — from initial concept to final execution — is rooted in decades of home industry experience. In 1984, the two founded the wholesale furniture business Bassman Blaine, which currently operates an international sales force as well as trade showrooms representing many of the world’s best vendors. Clients include thousands of top interior designers across the country. For most, a $70 million a year enterprise would be enough to stay fully occupied, but after years of observing the design industry, Bassman and Blaine had gained their own approach to home creation. Putting that philosophy into play was a natural progression. “We have familiarity with thousands of vendors,” says Bassman. “So if a client loves a $20,000 dining table, we immediately can source other, equally stunning options at a fraction of that cost. Ninety percent of the time we know of a line or a product that is going to come in at a price that is substantially less,” says Bassman, adding, “I don’t mind spending money, I just don’t like wasting it.” It is with this same empathetic and value-oriented approach that they work with their clients. Those years at the helm of a successful wholesale enterprise informed their vision as they expanded into interior design, says Bassman. “We put tremendous focus on creating an exceptional client journey. We are spreadsheet- and client-centered in an industry that is typically not,” says Bassman. BlueDoorMagazine.com

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Above: A stylish modern oasis conversion in Eastbluff, Newport Beach. Right: A new home office for him and her in Crystal Cove, Newport Coast.

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It’s an approach baked into the infrastructure as well: Projects are kickstarted with in-depth client questionnaires, while budget and schedules are honored with near-religious fervor. And while Bassman Blaine Home juggles projects across the globe, much of its attention is turned to its own backyard. “Here in Newport Beach, we live in one of the most affluent Gold Coast places in the world,” says Bassman, who routinely collaborates with top architects, real estate professionals, and local developers. As Teri Bassman, Chief Culture Officer at Bassman Blaine, emphasizes, “Our exceptional service ensures that the experience of creating beautiful spaces is filled with joy, pride, and appreciation.” Bassman Blaine Home 2485 McCabe Way Irvine 714.315.5520 | 949.210.3441 hello@bassmanblainehome.com bassmanblainehome.com RIGHT PHOTO BY BRETT HILLYARD

Above: Ken and Teri Bassman in their Newport Beach home.

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THE GREAT OUTDOORS By Annette Reeves

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Anne Michaelsen Design, PIRCH, and the Urban Bonfire design team create a functional and beautiful outdoor space at Michaelsen’s Newport Beach home. Sitting in my living room today with the doors wide open, my dog to the left gnawing on her bone, and birds flittering about outside, I am struck by how grateful I am for the great outdoors, the warm sunshine, and the blessings we have around us.

As 2020 shaped many of us in ways we never dreamed of, I found myself often frustrated by the lack of control, as COVID-19 was keeping my children home from their friends and my own personal life was placed on an undetermined recess. But in the depths of this strange world, we were forced to endure, and many good things evolved from that, including the love for one’s home and the desire to make it more livable, functional, and a true embodiment of our lifestyle. This realization created a boom in the building industry that was completely unexpected. Appointment after appointment at PIRCH proved that people were stuck in their homes and they BlueDoorMagazine.com

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Urban Bonfire outdoor kitchen at the home of designer Anne Michaelsen.

wanted to invest in them, immediately. Bathroom remodels, kitchen revamps, and outdoor kitchens. In March 2020, as we followed stay- at-home orders, set up home classrooms, and hoped for the curve to drop, we discovered the outdoors to be our haven. While students were inside Zooming and spouses were taking over the dining room for virtual meetings, many wondered, where can I go? Well, the outdoors, of course. Which came first, the barbecue or the kitchen? Well today, that is an interesting question amongst designers who traditionally focused on kitchen, family, and bath areas first with outdoor taking a back seat in the overall picture. But as outdoors becomes indoors and indoors becomes outdoors, it certainly begs the question...what, in fact, does come first? In his many years of outdoor-focused sales, Ryan Bloom, co-founder and president of Urban Bonfire, is excited about the shift that outdoor design is taking in the industry. 124

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“Designers had a less than passionate view for the outdoor in the past,” Bloom explains. As the layout of homes has progressed with bypass and bi-folding doors engineered into the floor plans from day one, the indoor and outdoor has seen a dramatic transformation. And with that transformation comes the evolution of the designer’s role, according to Bloom. “A lot of designers are dropping the ‘interior’ design in their title. They are embracing their role to take the inside, outdoors. They are saying, ‘My job is from the front door all the way to the back gate,’ and they are diving in!” Bloom and co-founder Stefan Marchant, Chief Design Officer, have had an affinity and passion for the great outdoors for many years. While selling major outdoor appliance brands like Kalamazoo and Lynx in Canada, they realized a major gap in the industry was outdoor cabinetry. As a result, in 2013, the team

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launched Montreal-based Urban Bonfire, focused on cabinetry specifically designed for functional and beautiful outdoor use. Bloom sees a couple shifts in the overall industry change. First, most landscape designers were tied to stone, stucco, and traditional stainless cabinet doors with limited functionality. But as technology has expanded with improved outdoor appliances and engineered window and door walls that literally open up the house, the differentiation between the inside and the outside is less and less. Landscapers, designers, and architects are collaborating on a whole different level and the homeowner is benefiting from the dramatic design benefits. “Designers have much more control of the project and each trade can now work in the way that makes sense by tying in space, functionality, and design. As a cohesive team, design professionals who used to say, ‘I don’t do the outdoors,’ can now put their stamp on the entire project.”

Top: Urban Bonfire outdoor kitchen at home of Anne Michaelsen. Above: PICH Corporate Chef Kimberly Ayala cooks for the design team on the Anne Michaelsen outdoor kitchen project.

With a tremendous list of award-winning indoor and outdoor design projects under her belt, Anne Michaelsen Yahn of Anne Michaelsen Design has long been a fan of creating functional and beautiful outdoor spaces. And this year, with family members who unexpectedly moved in during COVID-19, Michaelsen found the need to redesign her outdoor space to a fully-equipped outdoor kitchen to be first and foremost on her project list. Anne started by talking to Bloom and BlueDoorMagazine.com

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Marchant, describing her concept of an expanded outdoor kitchen and was focused on using the Urban Bonfire product because she was intrigued by the concept of outdoor cabinetry and the ability to bring color into the space along with functional cabinets and fully enclosed storage. Having designed many traditional outdoor spaces in the past, the idea of an area that worked with the look and feel of her indoor rooms, was exactly what Anne desired. Bloom says that many consumers, much like Michaelsen only a few months prior, still don’t realize that the concept of outdoor cabinetry exists and was excited to work with Michaelsen so she could bring the concept to fully functioning fruition. Embarking on her project, Michaelsen, PIRCH, and the Urban Bonfire design team developed her concept into an Onyx-colored, L-shaped kitchen complete with full storage drawers, open shelving

for plates, glasses, and cutlery, and fully sealed recycle and trash cabinets, all made from powder-coated thick, marine-grade aluminum. For appliances, Anne’s excitement grew as she chose to collaborate with Alfresco Grills and selected a kitchen fit for a king and queen. The space includes an Artisan pizza oven, Alfresco VersaPower Cooker, 42” professional grill, and Perlick ice maker. Michaelsen loved how seamless the installation was. PIRCH installed the cabinets, Siematic fabricated the countertops, and PIRCH returned shortly after to install the appliances. No muss, no fuss. “I love the fact that because it’s a complete cabinet system we can store anything outside safely...we literally have everything we need outdoors,” raves Anne. Upon completion, Anne welcomed the entire design team into her new “outdoor home” where Corporate Chef Kimberly Ayala of PIRCH cooked up a delightful feast and the group put the kitchen to its biggest test. With the holidays following shortly after, Michaelsen was thrilled with the results. “We did a 19pound brisket in the smoker, started the potatoes indoors, and then transferred them to the fryer. We charred the vegetables and did a Texas-style BBQ dinner with chilis and tomatoes that I personally charred on the grill.” Michaelsen loved how her indoor kitchen served as a conduit to the outdoors and how the two combined created the ultimate recipe for perfect entertaining. This is what Bloom and Michaelsen agree is the key ingredient in the evolution of space design. Michaelsen sees the outdoors as the focus of healthy living for people now. She says, “The outdoors gives us an overall sense of health and wellness; people feel the need now to go outside to feel refreshed. I don’t think that what we experienced last year is going to go away overnight. It’s become part of our psyche, in a very positive way.” Bloom agrees, adding, “COVID-19 accelerated our views of how we operate and function in the outdoor space. What was once before just a space, homeowners now consider an extension to the home, an additional room and a safe place to congregate with family and friends.” Precisely like Anne’s project. And so how does this play into the process of design? Bloom believes that instead of looking at just the kitchen, designers, architects, and landscapers will team up to look at the overall package and determine the space in a combined methodology, not separated as years of design have typically shown. “In kitchen design,” Bloom describes, “often the designer starts with the range and builds around that. But with outdoor kitchen creation, it’s almost the exact opposite.” He adds, “Homeowners and their design teams look at the overall space and how it will flow, where people will sit, where cocktails

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Designer Anne Michaelsen in her new outdoor kitchen.

will be served, and how the area will play out to cook most anything.” While Bloom agrees the grill is an important factor, with the creation of affordable pizza ovens, power cookers, versatile undercounter refrigeration and outdoor-safe dishwashers and audio technology, Blooms believes the only limitation is how much space the client actually has. “We are seeing designers getting much more excited about the category, they are paying more attention to detail, they are bringing color into the design, function into the space. They are treating it like the indoor kitchen but with completely different enthusiasm than before.” Michaelsen fully agrees. “By adding the bifold doors and Sunbrella fabrics that are safe indoors and outdoors, it made my indoor space flow to the outdoor so much more seamlessly. I’ve already started showing off my kitchen to clients, friends and neighbors. They

love the open concept and the ability to activate both spaces.” Asked what surprised her about the project, Michaelsen said while working at her indoor sink, she always focused on her garden space. But with the addition of her outdoor kitchen, she finds her attention drawn to her new area, the space, the beauty and the openness. “We didn’t really use that space in our home. Sure, we had a barbecue, but it was just a barbecue, not a place we gathered. Now it is an outdoor room, a place where we join together, laugh and make memories.” Michaelsen hopes her experience in designing this space will help others realize their dreams. “I have a feeling a lot of people don’t really ‘use’ their homes. It’s different today, definitely changed. We will never look at the outdoors the same and that, my friends, is a wonderful thing.” BlueDoorMagazine.com

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THE SILENCE OF SACRED SPACE Jacques Garnier’s photography series Hymns to the Silence celebrates architecture and the art of emptiness.

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Ripples 2019 Geisel Building La Jolla

Jacques Garnier’s works are carefully composed, sparse images that evoke the feeling of abandonment of architectural structures, yet within the compositions he creates totally new spaces. In the last several years, the Laguna Beach artist has focused more closely on the details of the structures that he records, dissecting them into distinct and independent parts of the original.

In Hymns to the Silence at Laguna Art Museum, Garnier’s high-contrast, black and white photographs are carefully composed, detailed images of parts of architectural structures in Southern California. By finely focusing on the details, and with an eye to graphic composition and the use of negative space, he has created new images for the viewer to contemplate. The negative space is Ma, a Japanese word meaning “gap,” “space,” or “pause.” In a work of art, Ma exists as an emptiness yet to be filled, a silence “between the notes which make the music.” The negative spaces in these new works are indeed a hymn to the silence. For Garnier’s Hymns to the Silence, the idea of Ma is embedded in the very title of the collection itself. Hymns to the Silence will be on view at Laguna Art Museum from February 28 to May 31, 2021. The exhibition is curated by Janet Blake, who recently retired from the museum, and it is accompanied by a book with essays by Douglas McCulloh, Marrie Stone, and Clayton Spada.

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“A building cannot exist without the space around it. Emptiness itself gives the structure meaning. Our eyes are trained to filter out the negative space—to see only objects, people, buildings. The eye rarely rests on emptiness. It seeks out a subject for the brain to consume, digest, interpret, and manipulate. Jacques Garnier’s work asks viewers to set aside their predisposition for consumption and simply... rest. In a world of increasing noise, Garnier’s collection reminds us that beauty is found in the silent pauses between sounds and in the empty spaces between the monuments men create.” —Marrie Stone

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Ascension 2020 Walt Disney Concert Hall Los Angeles

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Above: Pointing Towards Eternity 2019 Geisel Library, UCSD La Jolla

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Un monde à l’envers 2019 Saddleback Valley Insurance Center Mission Viejo

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Hymns to the Silence Through May 31, 2021 Laguna Art Museum 307 Cliff Drive Laguna Beach lagunaartmuseum.org jacques-garnier.com

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INSPIRED DESIGN FROM INSIDE OUT

An al fresco furniture show pivots with a new virtual vision.

Left to right: Sarah Sears / Zay Michele Studios (front) / Creteur / The Urban Conga

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Inside~Out, the second annual exhibition of outdoor design curated by Kin & Company, premieres 40plus new works from emerging and established independent designers. Originally conceived as an interactive design show highlighting social engagement, the 2020-2021 works are instead presented virtually within otherworldly landscapes created by the artist Duyi Han.

Left to right: Kickie Chudikova / Naomi Clark / Teruko Kushi / Charles Osawa / Slash Objects

The virtual works of Inside~Out, ranging from functional to conceptual, are placed in small groups within Han’s nine ethereal landscapes. The ambiguous spaces, suggesting other planets and times, leave ample room for the viewer to create their own narratives. The inaugural edition of Inside~Out, launched in 2019, focused on bringing the exciting work of the burgeoning American design scene to the outdoor space. The outdoor furniture market had been largely overlooked by the independent design community and many designers jumped at the opportunity to fill the BlueDoorMagazine.com

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void by participating in the first and only NYCxDESIGN show to feature exclusively outdoor work. Located at Vale Park, the idiosyncratic elevated green space adjacent to Brooklyn’s William Vale hotel, Inside~Out created an opportunity for visitors to interact with contemporary design in a personal and casual setting. For the newest edition of the show, Kin & Company planned to delve deeper into the vision of an interactive outdoor design show, focusing on exhibiting new designs that create opportunities for social engagement and discovery. The exhibition was slated to include completed, in situ works of furniture and art that engage a wide and diverse public audience and highlight how interactive design can enrich everyday experiences. With the design fair’s postponement and the hotel (the planned venue for Inside~Out) temporarily closing down, Kin & Company began to envision new opportunities for design in our collective new normal.

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“We are living through the most vivid connecting of dots between objects, spaces, and people. With limited connectivity to friends and family, the relationship shared with the home becomes more important and the objects it holds become the carriers of stories, histories, culture, and feeling. This perspective now informs and molds our design practice.” —soft-geometry

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“My interest in reconnecting humanity with a nature that we too often live apart from has always been present in my work. The current chaos only makes the urgency more apparent.” —Designer J McDonald

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As the world moved into a virtual landscape of Zoom calls and Instagram lives, the need to continue to find spaces for creativity became a driving force. Inside~Out was reconceptualized as a self-produced, virtual show, and Kin & Company solicited the help of the local creative community as well as the participating designers. In spite of the separation from one another, sharing our current experiences—through visual expressions—is an essential part of processing and understanding our complex world. While these pieces, and functional art in general, are normally produced with the express purpose of being used, we are now seeing work through a new lens, creating shifted meaning. The pandemic has isolated us from each other, asking us to reconsider the meaning of connection and community, and forcing us all to re-envision the role of design today, and tomorrow. To learn more and to view the entire show, go to insideout.show. Curated and produced by Kin & Company Landscapes and rendering by Duyi Han Graphic design by Our Studio Contributing editor Emily R. Pellerin Additional modeling by soft-geometry, Maryam Turkey, George Ziegler, Preston Welker (Creteur), Sebastian Arroyo-Hoebens, Ravi Raj, and Kin & Company.

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CONTACT ORANGE COUNTY BY HILLY

ALRIK YUILL

“I met Alrik Yuill in junior high school, I was a year or two older, but always had much respect for him. At an early age, I saw Alrik surfing the Wedge at about the biggest I’ve ever seen it. He’s always been someone with amazing talent and an enormous amount of humility.” — Brett Hillyard Alrik Yuill is an artist based in Costa Mesa. His mediums include sculpture, painting, drawing, and mixed media print making. His style and technique range from classical to modern, from deconstruction to reconstruction, abstract to representational. Throughout these oppositions arises a meditative quality that can beckon a dialogue within oneself and art history as a whole. Whether experiencing the abstract nature of a painting or a more literal translation of a day near the sea in a print, it is clear that the ocean is a direct source of inspiration for Yuill’s work. Ashlyn Pai alrikyuill.com

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SPRING FORWARD

As the winter of our communal discontent comes to a close, we anticipate a new season. One day soon, museums will reopen, as music, dance, and theater return to OC stages. Restaurants will recover, though many of us will still request tables on the patio. And kids will be back in classrooms, running together on playgrounds, and even leaping for joy at iconic OC art installations. “It is spring again. The Earth is like a child that knows poems.” – Rainer Maria Rilke

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Photo by Elaina Francis. California Scenario, by Isamu Noguchi, Costa Mesa.

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