PLEASE
DO ENTER
A new kind of private space, perched on
the top floor of the PacMutual building in
the heart of historical Downtown Los Angeles, opened its doors to the vibrant
Downtown scene.
One-of-a-kind progressive people’s luxury
retail and exhibition space, Please Do Not
Enter invites a particular community to
discover an eclectic array of exclusive,
carefully selected and timeless contemporary goods. From design to art and fashion, each piece has an unheard-of story
that the founders, Nicolas Libert and Emmanuel Renoird, are longing to tell.
Please Do Not Enter is the promise of a
destination that exceeds today’s luxury
consumers’ expectations. It is a door
cracked open, daring you to let your curiosity take over a mind well too often eager to follow the herd. In the private space
- a refuge from frantic shopping for brands
and hype trends - you will discover a genuinely subjective collection, an ode to
modern life, where pleasing the eye goes
hand in hand with timeless quality and
functionality.
Leaving Paris for Los Angeles, Nicolas &
Emmanuel did not want to bring along just
a mere selection of French items. As genuine art collectors, they have been travelling for years around the world and felt
inspired by a truly international array of
artists and designers. Coming from
Japan, Hong Kong, Germany, Italy, Bel-
gium, Switzerland, Great Britain, Denmark, the United States and France (!), all
the pieces express the singularity of the
taste of their “curators” and compose,
together, an ‘aesthetic of daily life’. Beyond its formal “perfection” each piece
has its own story that discards the ‘onefits-all’ mentality.
Neither a gallery nor a traditional retail
space, Please Do Not Enter gathers artists
and designers that already met a genuine
recognition from institutions, museums
and selected buyers. Most pieces are either unique or small editions and generally
unseen in the United States.
From the very beginning, Nicolas & Emmanuel intend to build commissioned
projects and site-specific installations outside their exhibition space. One of the
reasons they decided to settle in Los Angeles is the unrivaled vitality of the Californian scene. Bringing European artists to
build on Los Angeles culture is one of the
challenging goals the couple has set for
itself in