The Ghost Project

Clare Vivier is a Los Angeles based fashion designer behind the gorgeous line of bags and accessories bearing her own name – Clare Vivier. Her collection of bags embody timeless style over trend, quality over hype, and progress over abstraction. The line is manufactured in Los Angeles, and proudly bears the moniker “locally made” and Clare’s signature style of classic necessity with a nod to timeless French designers. She also writes the popular blog known as See Vivier. You can follow Clare on Twitter and check out her line at SeeVivier.com. From now until Friday, March 18th, receive 10% off any Ghost product from Kartell Los Angeles using promo code VIVIER.

Gregory Han is the Managing Editor of Apartment Therapy’s Unplggd. Unplggd is a site dedicated to the equilibrium of home technology with home design. Gregory’s gorgeous apartment is full of beautiful furniture, lighting and design accents. It was interesting to see how the Ghost chair worked and blended into his space. You can follow Gregory and Unplggd on Twitter. From now until Wednesday, March 9th, receive 10% off any Ghost product from Kartell Los Angeles using promo code UNPLGGD. (we are aware of some audio issues with this piece – apologies).

Jessica Fleischmann is a talented graphic designer who runs the small studio known as Still Room. Jessica specializes in book design mainly for artists, cultural clients and restaurants.  She lives in one of the most beautiful and charming homes in Echo Park. Her home is so beautiful and charming it was used as “Paul’s house” in the feature film “The Kids Are Allright” – read about that here. You can read another feature on Jessica’s home right here. From now until Sunday February 27th, receive 10% off any Ghost product from Kartell Los Angeles using promo code STILLROOM.

Casey Caplowe is one of the founders and the Creative Director at GOOD. GOOD, based in Los Angeles, currently produces a website, videos, live events, and a print magazine. They’ve recently started an agency called GOOD Projects focused on helping businesses and organizations do well by doing good. Casey, who lives in Echo Park,  took the Ghost Chair on a journey with him from work to home to an art studio and beyond.  For more information about Casey you can follow him on Twitter and also watch a talk he gave at TED. From now until Wednesday February 16th, receive 10% off any Ghost product from Kartell Los Angeles using promo code CASEY.

Bumble Ward is the Los Angeles based writer and blogger behind MissWhistle.com. She writes, walks, photographs, cooks, eats, rides, listens and reads all over Los Angeles, the UK, Norway and beyond. However, most of the time you can find her and her two adorable pooches (the lesser & greater spotteds) tucked away in her dreamy studio within the wilds of Laurel Canyon. She’s a great one to follow on Twitter (she’s even up for a Shorty Award!) and she’s a proud member of the Tongue In Groove writers group based in Santa Monica.  From now until Sunday February 6th, receive 10% off any Ghost product from Kartell Los Angeles using promo code BUMBLE.

Bobby Solomon is a Los Angeles based designer who runs The Fox Is Black, a culture blog that dabbles in art, design, food & fashion. Since it’s inception in 2007 Bobby has created severable notable projects such as The Desktop Wallpaper Project, which features the best contemporary artists and designers from around the world, creating wallpapers to liven up people’s computer desktops. From now until Sunday January 30th, receive 10% off any Ghost product from Kartell Los Angeles using promo code BLACKFOX.

Nathan Ryan is the Co-Founder of Proxart – a non-profit arts group that publishes a quarterly magazine about design, arts and culture focused on American suburbs. In addition to the quarterly magazine, Proxart curates a blog (which is updated daily) at proxart.org. Both the magazine and blog are designed and written from a converted garage in the suburbs outside of Los Angeles. Nathan is also a designer and musician, you can follow Proxart on twitter @proxart. He lives and works in the beautiful suburbs of Santa Clarita, California. From now until Sunday January 23rd, receive 10% off any Ghost product from Kartell Los Angeles using promo code NATHAN.

Alissa Walker & Keith Scharwath are a supremely creative and talented duo who live in the hills of Silverlake in Los Angeles. Alissa is a renowned writer who writes for GOOD, Dwell and Fast Company to name a few. She writes about design, technology, transportation and gelato. Her fabulous blog, Gelatobaby.com, is full of beautiful photos and stories from Los Angeles and beyond. Keith Scharwath is an artist, illustrator and art director who has done work for clients like Nike and Sony. His work has been exhibited around the World and he was responsible for the iconic poster for the film Beautiful Losers. His portfolio and blog can be found at Scharwath.com. You can follow Alissa on Twitter @gelatobaby and you can follow Keith @scharwath. Many thanks for Alissa and Keith for being our first contributors to The Ghost Project. From now until Friday 01/14/11 you can use the code ALISSAKEITH to get 10% any Ghost product from Kartell Los Angeles.

Combining technical innovation with classical style, Phillipe Starck’s Ghost Chair, has become more than just a piece of furniture. It has become an icon of simple and beautiful design. It’s a product that is, as the name suggested, almost invisible yet it remains a powerful and unique piece that can transform any room.

Kartell Los Angeles wanted to know how The Ghost Chair effects the people and the spaces it inhabits. So, we decided to ask. We’ve selected an eclectic group of interesting, talented and creative people in here in Los Angeles and we’re giving them a few days to spend with the Louis Ghost Chair.

Each contributor will provide a photograph of themselves in the chair, a photograph of the chair in their space as well as various photos of their space (either a studio, home or home/studio). They’ll each answer the same three questions about their thoughts on the design of chair and how it lives withing their space. After three days, we’ll pick up the chair and take it to the next contributor and so on.

Please check back next Monday for the first installment of The Ghost Project.