For fans of sleek modern design, Modernica has for ages been a beautifully curated one-stop shop. We love them not only for their ethos but because we’re neighbors in downtown LA and...
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60 Seconds on Sixth Street from dick thompson on Vimeo.
Changing out the work on the 6th Street Mural at The Standard, Downtown LA, is always a bit of an emotional roller coaster. It’s sad...
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For LA-based artist and musician Aska Matsumiya, rainbows are magical - no matter where in the world we may be, the beautiful phenoms bring us joy. To share this joy was partially the...
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The Schwarzenegger Trilogy from Brainbow on Vimeo.
It’s not every day that someone creates art to specifically debut at The Standard, Downtown LA, but this past Tuesday we were lucky...
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Okay, okay, we realize that Stan D’Arde - in typical Stan behavior - might have spilled the beans a bit, but here you have the official announcement: the third edition of...
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Don’t be the last in line when the doors open at Pacific Fest this Saturday in Orange County! Hosted at beautiful Oak Canyon Ranch, the gates will open at 10 AM with music kicking off at...
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Let’s be serious. If you’re like us, you don’t really need an excuse to shop but let’s pretend you’re having a mid-summer style slump. Have we got just the thing -...
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Ever since our super talented Chef Micah Fields joined us, The Restaurant has been graced with a special new menu addition - the Burger of the Week! Served for lunch seven days a week, some...
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We have our very own Instagram! We know all the cool kids are doing it (and by kids, we obviously mean Justin Bieber), so we decided to rally our amateur photographers at each Standard hotel...
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For me, weekends are the greatest days of the week. Actually, my entire week is really like a seven day weekend, but I like to focus on Saturday and Sunday because that’s when my...
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Last month we happily announced that one of New York’s favs, Papaya King, had just opened up shop in Hollywood. Angelenos are going nuts for those delicious dogs and fruit juices but the...
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If you live in Culver City (lucky you), there’s so much to walk to this weekend! Break out those studded combat boots and head over to Honor Fraser on Saturday for a joint opening of the...
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As anyone who lives within a 100 mile radius of Los Angeles hopefully knows by now, 11 miles of the 405 Freeway, the major North/South thoroughfare through West LA, will be closed down completely...
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The name Skullphone is basically eponymous with LA street art. And while he’s best known for the now iconic image of a skeleton on a cell phone we love the evolving direction of...
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Artist Chris Dorland is a self-proclaimed image scavenger. If you’re familiar with his work, you’ll know what he means. Dorland creates amazing works framing found images in a new...
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It’s not like us to brag (usually) but we’re having such fun at Cine-Shorts it feels like a disservice to keep it to ourselves. This week we hosted epic music video and commercial...
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KCRW, the recognized tastemaker for music in Los Angeles, has decided to make the summer just that much better with their Summer Nights series. They’ve pretty much got the city covered in...
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After a long weekend of debauchery (ahem, Stan, we’re looking at you) we thought it would be a good idea to redeem ourselves and give our brains a boost.
As a result, we’re thrilled...
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For our second installment of Cine-Shorts, we were thrilled to screen the dynamic films of LA-based director Albert Reed. If Albert’s mug looks a bit familiar to you, it’s because...
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We are very excited to announce that summer at The Standard, Downtown LA will have a distinctively Parisian twist! The Shop in our lobby is one of few merchants in the States to present Sophia...
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For fans of design in LA, it’s not news that Dwell on Design is taking over downtown this weekend, but we wanted to let you in on a little secret. If you are a guest at The Standard,...
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