Holiday Decorations: West Elm and David Stark Team Up

David Stark for West Elm. Photo: West Elm

To celebrate the opening of a new store last spring, West Elm asked event designer David Stark to decorate the store using recycled West Elm packing materials. The results were nothing short of amazing. (For a peek at Stark's cardboard creations, check out this post on Design*Sponge.) These one-of-a-kind objects were then auctioned off and all of the proceeds went to benefit the Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum. At the time, I lamented that there weren't dozens of Stark designs for everyone to purchase.

Apparently I wasn't the only one who couldn't get enough of David Stark's clever designs. West Elm invited Stark to design a holiday collection. Surprisingly, this is Stark's first product line. While Stark has designed events for a litany of impressive clients and penned three books, he's apparently never dabbled in product design before.

Like the original pieces for the stores, many of items in the line are made from recycled and re-purposed materials. The recycled element is a signature Stark trick. His work often turns everyday items into out-of-the-ordinary designs, like paint chips turned into huge curtains at Tate Modern's Inaugural Artists Dinner or humble carnations transformed into huge, hanging orbs. We're thrilled to have a chance to take some of Stark's whimsical design home with us, and we're happy to see these modern and thoughtful options for holiday decorating.

David Stark Sparkly Decor Garland, $16.00. Photo: West Elm