Q & A with Jeremy Levine
Jeremy Levine, whose house is featured in the current issue of Dwell, took to my little Q and A with gusto, musing on physics, cinema and the merits of a warm, comfy dog. In addition to helming Jeremy Levine Design, he'll be taking some time out of his work as one of LA's most exciting residential architects to come chat with me and Christopher Puzio on Dwell on Design's My House panel this Friday at 10:00 at the LA Convention Center.
Ideal working environment
Hammock and a sketchbook.
Lucky break
I was working as a set designer for the legendary 'b' movie king, Roger Corman, when a producer asked me if I was interested in an adventure. A week later I was in Romania designing an enormous back lot for American production companies to film overseas. I spent the next three years bouncing around Easter Europe art directing films for American production companies. It was like going to war, except my only weapon was a sketchbook.
Dream commission
A public school in an inner city.
Lamest buzzword
Green. When oil companies tell you they are "green" then you know the word has become almost meaningless.
Highest Compliment
Being entrusted with someone's architectural project- often the biggest investment of their lives- is a pretty big compliment all by itself.
A Book
"The Age of Entanglement: When quantum physics was reborn." by Luisa Gilder. An intellectual odyssey into the eerie structure of reality. Its even odder than you can imagine.
A Film
Funny: The Royal Tannenbaums.
Scary: The Japanese film, "The Woman in the Dunes" (Suna no Onna)
(1964) Directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara.
An Album
"Juan Manuel" by Plastilina Mosh
Eureka moment
The first time I took off the training wheels from my bike. I tasted pure freedom for ten wonderful seconds before I crashed into a tree. It was worth every second. But that feeling of excitement that comes from taking a risk never left me.
Worst idea
Leftover sushi.
Best advice
Everything takes twice as long as you think.
When not designing
I somehow still end up designing. If its not a building, then its a graphic poster, a piece of furniture, a garden, whatever. I'd rather make something then buy something.
Best seat in the house
Whatever seat has a dog curled underneath it, is always the best seat in our house.
I wish I had
A keyboard that is impervious to hot coffee. Or a pair of retractable wings.
Looking forward to
The completion of the Large Hadron Collider. Either it will provide the deepest glimpse yet into the fundamental nature of reality or it will create a black hole that destroys us all.
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I have walked through the timeless space captured by architect and part time quantum physicist Jeremy Levine. Although I was not transported physically to an alternative reality I was move by Levine's design. If you ever get a chance to walk through an environment created by Levine you'll know what it's like to be inside a living, functional piece of art. I liken it to permanent installation art some lucky person calls home.
I think Jeremy Levine is brilliant!!!!
I saw his lecture and left wanting to hear more. That's rare, because usually these lectures can be painful to listen to, but his was terrific and funny.
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