Creative Spaces

(Hardback)

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Since opening its doors in 2003, Poketo has grown beyond a retail destination into a national lifestyle brand. Collaborating with more than 200 artists, husband-and-wife team Ted Vadakan and Angie Myung have tapped into the design community to create affordable diffusion lines ranging from housewares to stationary to apparel that bring art into the everyday.

Creative Spacesis an interior design book profiling the Poketo community of creative entrepreneurs, designers, and artists in the spaces that inspire them. From Adam J. Kurtzstiny, colourful desk to ceramist Helen Levis sprawling Red Hook studio, the book features interior and atmospheric photography from 22 contributors. Minimalist apartments, historic homes, cool studios, cabins, and more fill the pages, with quirky takeaways (miscellany ranging from a textile guide to Jaipur to Japanese design philosophy). Packaged in Poketos colourful style, this book will embolden dreamers and thinkers into doers and makers.

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With this book, Poketo is painting a full-spectrum picture of these creative individuals, so as you're reading this right now, you can hold a little part of their creativity, and humanity, in your hands.--Jaime Derringer of Design Milk

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Founded in 2003 by husband-and-wife team Ted Vadakan and Angie Myung, Poketo is a Los Angelesbased lifestyle brand with an eye for modern design and artful wares, including home, apparel, electronics, office goods, accessories, and more. Founded with the mission of bringing art into the everyday, Poketo bridges the gap between high design and accessibility. Over the years, the brand has grown from an online destination to four prominent retail locations in Los Angeles, including locations at the Line Hotel and Platform, along with pop-ups in Little Tokyo and MOCA and over 2,500 retail partnerships worldwide. Poketo has worked with brands and companies like Nike, MTV, SFMOMA, the de Young Museum, Disney, Target, and Nordstrom and has collaborated with over 200 international artists, creating exclusive products that reflect its philosophy of Art for Your Everyday.