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Le Rêve, our Latest Capsule

Rain waters a field and makes it fertile. The field bears fruit. The fruit is harvested. The farmer is sustained. And then the cycle begins again.

For us, the rain is our inspiration, and the fruits are the pieces we create. But we hope that for you, the pieces we create are the rain, and the spaces they help inspire you to create are the fruit you harvest and are sustained by.

Which is why we are thrilled announce the release of our latest capsule, Le Rêve. This new collection takes its inspiration from dreams in all their forms. The dreams of the day, full optimism and hope for a bright tomorrow, and the dreams that come at night, where your subconscious inverts your ideas and presents them back to you in ways that you could never have imagined in the light of day.

In this capsule, we have re-engaged and re-imagined some of our most beloved design themes, breathing new life, function, color, and texture into pieces that we hope feel slightly familiar, but entirely new (and perhaps even a bit dreamy).

As Annie Lennox, in her early Eurythmic days, once said:

"Here comes the rain again."

Enter Le Rêve.

FEATURED PIECE: THE CIGAR REVOLVE

Did you know that "No More I Love You's" was a cover song? It turns out that the whole Medusa album was. Who knew? It just goes to show, sometimes the remake can really elevate the original. One of the pieces from Le Rêve of which we are most proud is our new Cigar Revolve. Long time clients may know that the original Cigar Armchair predates even this publication, but in this imagining we've refined the lines, added a swivel and in so doing, completely altered the look, feel, and where in a room it can be placed.

And spinning around in it has us feeling like: "Dib ba dib ba dib dib dib- Ahhhh"

THE DENIS: WHAT WE LOVED THIS YEAR

If this year's Oscar nominations had you feeling like you were walking on broken glass, or at the very least, turning a whiter shade of pale, you are not alone. Ken is nominated but not Barbie? Anatomy of a Fall is nominated for Best Picture but not for best International Film? Did they even watch these movies?

Not to worry, here at Kimberly DENMAN Inc, we've taken matters into own hands and created the Denis (pronounced duh·nee, as in Denis Villeneuve might win one of these next year if Dune 2 is anywhere as good as the trailer makes it out to be). Here's our take on the best of the best in the arts this year in all the categories you care about, and none of the ones you don't, and why. The only criteria for entry is that we saw it (or read it) in the last year.

BEST DOCUMENTARY: AMERICAN SYMPHONY (NOT NOMINATED for an OSCAR)

Narrowly edging out the WHAM doc for us, American Symphony's portrayal of Jon Baptiste and Suleka Jaouad year of creative highs and personal nightmares filled us with hope and anxiety, joy and devastation. Beautifully shot, tenderly captured, exquisitely timed. That the Academy didn't nominate it either is the highest compliment they could pay to Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie.

BEST NON FICTION: UNMASKED by Andrew Lloyd Webber

Andrew Lloyd Webber's utterly charming auto biography wasn't released this year, but we read it the wake of the Phantom of Opera's Broadway closing and loved it. Full of backstage anecdotes, the inner thoughts of one of the most successful artists of the last century, and a full throated defense of CATS, Unmasked is witty, self effacing, insightful, and inspiring. Simply a delightful read for any lover of the theatre, or music, or both.

BEST NOVEL: THE CANDY HOUSE by Jennifer Egan

Books like this do not come along every year. One chapter is a field manual for spies, another is a series of email correspondences organizing an aging rocker's publicity stunt, and another tells of a transcendent afternoon of teenage biking riding, yet we feel so much, and find ourselves turning each page still in search of book's oft absent (but oh so present) central character, Sasha. If you read it back when we first recommended it, our strong recommendation is to read it, and its companion piece, A Visit from the Goon Squad, again.

BEST FILM: A HAUNTING IN VENICE (NOT NOMINATED for an OSCAR)

And the Deni for Best Picture goes to...the only film this year that managed to be a murder mystery, a haunted house jump-fest, a moody and atmospheric travelogue, and very veryfunny, all at once, you guessed it, Kenneth Branagh's A Haunting in Venice. This is everything a film should be and more. Hardly anyone saw it, despite a wide release, and a deeply enthusiastic write up in this very publication.

Ms. Lennox might ask, "Whyyyyyy yyyyyyy yyyy." A mystery even Poirot could not solve.

FEATURED ART: Justin Ware

What do you get when you mix and engineer, a fabricator, a photographer, and designer with a love of brutalism? If you lucky, you get Los Angeles based Artist Justin Ware. His work transcends the boundaries between form, function, and fixture.

Justin creates stunning furniture and lighting fixtures, but also outdoor sculptures and over sized plushes. The scope of his talent and creativity is not communicable in just these few paragraphs.

Treat yourself, and head over to creativeware.la and spend some time there (even the name of the site is so inventive!). You'll be amazed.

Would we lie to you?

A closing to thought to carry with you:

"Sweet dreams are made of this."

-Annie Lennox, possibly preternaturally referring to our new capsule 41 years before its release.

Stay Chic,

KD + LR

Vol. 32 - Eurythmic Dreamscapes