Last weekend, ELLE Decor hosted an intimate dinner at Ardor at The West Hollywood EDITION in support of the LA Arts Community Fire Relief Fund. Deputy Editor Sean Santiago was on the ground alongside AGO Projects founders Rodman Primack and Rudy Weissenberg, publisher and collector Lauren Taschen, and the Visit West Hollywood team.
The event brought together friends, collaborators, and industry heavyweights including Jeremy Scott, The Future Perfect founder David Alhadeff, and ELLE Decor A-List designers Peter Dunham, Pamela Shamshiri, and Oliver Furth. Artist and activist Andrea Bowers joined Taschen and Primack in raising a toast to the donation for artists and art workers whose residences or studios were impacted by the devastating Los Angeles fires.
The dinner was hosted at Ardor at the West Hollywood EDITION.
The event was supported by Visit West Hollywood and Monacelli, off the back of Primack and Weissenberg’s Love How You Live: Adventures in Interior Design multi-city book tour. Each guest took home a copy of the book along with their own one-of-a-kind plate, hand-painted by artist Jorge Pardo. Sales of the plates, currently available by special order through the AGO Projects site, will raise money for the relief fund.
Sean Santiago is ELLE Decor’s Deputy Editor, covering news, trends and talents in interior design, hospitality and travel, culture, and luxury shopping. Since starting his career at an interior design firm in 2011, he has gone on to cover the industry for Vogue, Architectural Digest, Sight Unseen, PIN-UP and Domino. He is the author of The Lonny Home (Weldon Owens, 2018), has produced scripted social content for brands including West Elm and Streeteasy, and is sometimes recognized on the street for his Instagram Reels series, #DanceToDecor
