Getting Closer. #prototyping #tomtomjewelry (Taken with instagram)
Hi, my name is Elena. I am the designer of TOMTOM Jewelry.
This blog is a random collection of fashion//art//architecture that inspires both my life and designs. It is also a place to share my jewelry both finished and in-process.
tomtomjewelry.com TOMTOM JEWELRY
This blog is a random collection of fashion//art//architecture that inspires both my life and designs. It is also a place to share my jewelry both finished and in-process.
tomtomjewelry.com TOMTOM JEWELRY
RENOVATION. #stairwaytoheaven
Map studio — Progetto di recupero della Torre di Porta Nuova. - Arsenale di Venezia
Can’t wait to see this…
Living in a Modern Way
A new exhibit at LACMA and it’s called California Design 1930–1965: “Living in a Modern Way“.
One of my favorites…
still love those dumb boxes.
sejima.
whiteconcrete:ABC Museum, Illustration and Design Center by Aranguren & Gallegos Architects
Of a Kind: Elena’s L.A. Mid-Century Tour
Her jewelry line and The Big Lebowski have more in common than you’d guess.
Beore Elena Coleman Howell started making clean-lined jewelry under the name TOMTOM, she was all about creating buildings, working as an architect for the firm Marmol Radziner and Associates. “They were the architects famous for restoring such mid-century gems as Richard Neutra’s Kaufmann House in Palm Springs and another Neutra home in the Hollywood Hills belonging to this guy Tom Ford,” she notes. Her own affection for the mid-century look came from her hometown—and a movie you probably didn’t pay money to see. “Although I grew up in Los Angeles, the epicenter of mid-century modern architecture, my obsession with the style didn’t begin until 2001 when I saw the film The Anniversary Party. The movie is about actors playing actors, on ecstasy, with Jennifer Jason Leigh crying a lot,” the (straight-up hilarious) designer explains. “But what really captured my attention was this beautiful, light-filled home in the Hollywood Hills where all of the drama unfolded—a mid-century modern home by Neutra.” Here, the local places she suggests you hit up for inspiration and era-appropriate furnishings.
Sheats-Goldstein Residence
Check Out These Homes:
Schindler House and Eames House: “Most of the mid-century homes in L.A. are lived-in, making them impossible to tour. These two are open to the public and worth checking out.”
Sheats-Goldstein Residence: “In grad school, a few friends and I somehow finagled a private tour of John Lautner’s property, which has made appearances in such films as The Big Lebowski. This house is amazing. I try to make my jewelry look like it. If you can’t get a tour, this video is a close second.”Architecture and fashion, sittin’ in a tree. And check out more of that firm’s work here.
