We’ve just returned from our very first ‘Legends’ festival within the La Cienega Design Quarter of Los Angeles, where we used the event to launch our new furniture and lighting collections to the thousands of interior designs who flock to the West Hollywood boulevard every year.

Our collections were displayed across the two ground floor windows of Janet Yonaty’s Melrose Avenue showroom; one created by the Oro Bianco Interior Design team, and the other created by multi-talented West Coast designer Kimberly Colletti, with additional pieces spilling over from the window space and taking pride of place within the showroom itself.

Having landed at LAX on Friday evening, the festival, as far as we were concerned, started on Saturday morning when we wait straight to the showroom to survey the empty window spaces, check out the fantastic wall-coverings, and double-check measurements and electrical socket locations. Next, our logistics company AirSea Packing arrived with the familiar-looking crates containing the pieces.

Once the furniture was unloaded, we had the strenuous task of getting the immensely heavy pieces up the stairs and into position. The distinct lack of pictures of this stage being proof that it was all hands on deck!

With the main pieces in place, all that was left was the comparatively simply task of positioning the smaller items and accessories, plug in the lighting, and make the most of our time in Los Angeles before the LCDQ Gala and Janet Yonaty’s ‘Trunk Show’.

The first of the two events – the LCDQ opening night Gala – took place at Fig & Olive’s flagship location on Melrose Place, and allowed us to mingle with the other top designers showing at the festival over summery cocktails and prosecco.

Janet Yonaty’s Trunk Show took place the next day, and saw a steady flow of renowned editors, designers and bloggers coming through the showroom and circulating around the window displays. Inside, they were greeted with champagne, magnificent chocolates (made to resemble our OB logo, and the macassar ebony wood-grain of the pieces), and the photographers from Lux Deco Magazine.

By the end of the event we were absolutely thrilled and exhausted in equal measure! The feedback to the pieces was universally positive, with some designers already making inquiries into the ordering process.

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We are delighted to announce the next major chapter for Oro Bianco – we are opening our flagship store at 1 Sydney Place in South Kensington, London!

This fantastic building will feature a ground-level retail space, as well as provide a home for our growing office. We’ll be following in the footsteps of many other prestigious luxury brands in the same area and we couldn’t be more excited to see what happens in this new phase of our development.

Having signed the lease, we are initiating a total renovation of the property.

Formerly a bank, the building was completely gutted after the previous tenants left (however the vaults in the basement remain!) – this provides a perfect blank canvas for us to create a luxurious environment in which we can expand our team and put our magnificent designs on show for the public.

We’ve got our work cut out as you can see from the photos, but we can’t wait to move in to the amazing space early next year.

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As our grand reveal in Janet Yonaty’s Los Angeles’ showroom for this years’ LCDQ Legends festival draws closer, we thought we’d provide more insight into the event itself.

Situated in Los Angeles’s vibrant district, ‘La Cienega Design Quarter’, The Legends festival is a celebration of design, spread over three days, bringing together key figures from the worlds of interior design, art, fashion and architecture.

Events during the event include receptions, cocktail parties, book signings, personal appearances and numerous other opportunities to see and engage in a dialogue about design.

Every year has a theme which invited designers are invited to illustrate however they see fit, by way of window displays within showrooms of LCDQ partners. This year is the theme is ‘Your True Colours’, and we can’t wait to unveil our interpretation!

We’re very proud to have been chosen for a feature in the latest issue of Unique, the exclusive private jet luxury lifestyle magazine.

It’s great to see our story and our magnificent project imagery as the opening article in such a prestigious publication.

Click the thumbnails to read the full piece, or view the magazine interactively.

Earlier this week our Creative Director Luigi Esposito visited luxury-lighting manufacturer Mathieu Lustrerie, sourcing for decorative lighting for our 150,000 sq ft Mumbai residential project. As well as producing incredibly ornate chandeliers (and collecting beautiful classic Porsches), the Marseilles-based company also restores historic lighting – from Art Deco pieces to one chandelier once owned by the last Queen of France, Marie Antoinette. As you can see, some of the magnificent chandeliers are as large as they are detailed!

Earlier this month, we reported that our new collections photoshoot had finished. This week, it was time to dismantle our custom-built set for storage off site – ready for its next exciting outing!

We gave the furniture and lighting pieces one final inspection before it was all hands on deck to get the crates out of the studio and onto the truck – the first step on their journey to America. The next time we see them will be for their grand launch in Janet Yonaty’s showroom at LCDQ Festival in Los Angeles, after which we’ll be able to share pictures of the pieces!

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