To pin or not to pin. That was the question of the day when antiquarian Lee Stanton and C Magazine gathered a panel of creatives on Friday, May 9, in the courtyard of his eponymous West Hollywood shop during this year’s La Cienega Design Quarter Legends event series. Fittingly, the group included interior designer and author Todd Nickey of Nickey Kehoe, interior designer and author of the blog Youhavebeenheresometime David John Dick of DISC Interiors, and Shiva Rose who pens the blog The Local Rose as well as C Magazine’s Alison Clare Steingold. As the morning discussion began, Steingold addressed audience members. Rather than asking guests to turn off “all those buzzing, dinging, ringing machines we all have,” Steingold said she encouraged everyone to “check their phones, their feeds, and take a photo” as she and the panelists discussed the impact of social media and image sites like Instagram and Pinterest on interior design and how it’s documented. Even after fire marshalls closed the doors to the shop during the sold out event, digital devotees gathered on the sidewalk to listen and document their location. “Guests hashtagging the event and then liking the posts and following each other became a mini community building activity in itself,” said Steingold. “That was kind of the point that David, Todd, and Shiva reached during the discussion. The design community thrives on the accessibility of the people and the aesthetics presented in platforms like Pinterest and Instagram,” she added. Clearly, this group seemed to unanimously agree that ’tis nobler to utilize the new digital tools to share mood boards, ideas, and trends than to bemoan the prevalence of such apps and sever online ties.

Pictured: A guest at the La Cienega Design Quarter panel discussion on social media and design held at Lee Stanton Antiques documents her visit with an Instagram photo.
Photo by JL Photographers

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