The A LIST Event
Athenaeum Music & Arts Library
June 8, 2005

They say style, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. For some it is synonymous with a pair of Manolos, for others it was captured quite eloquently at the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library on June 8th where they matched five San Diego based, young, inspired furniture designers with five San Diego based, “under the radar” artists – add five thought-provoking words around which each of the five teams will collaborate-and the result? 5: San Diego Emerging Artists Collaborate on Furniture an Art. The event was graced not only by artists but souls of style, which included the ART GIRLS Inc and Lady Borgia. Included in the exhibition are furniture designers Paul Basile, Chris Martino; Mia Hall and Marie Najera. Both gals have collaborated around the word, “domestic”. “The concept arose”, says Najera, "From the idea that a women can feel, in a marriage, as though she is walking on eggshells”. The artist designed shoes out of eggshells, while her counterpart, Hall, has a mannequin, wearing a wedding dress made of paper towels. Also of note was the Fusion: art+furniture, a unique collaboration uniting concept, creativity and functionality by boys of the hood, Paul Basile and C. Martino. Their work can be found at www.basilestudio.com and www.cmartino.com. This inaugural A LIST EVENT was photographed by Steven Churchill, and a few of his shots are viewable here: