Yolk is owned by Maria Neuman, a Swede who moved to Los Angeles in 2000. After fifteen years of working as a style and culture journalist covering everything from lipstick trends to alternative dance troops she decided to do a complete 180 on the career path of life and took over Yolk in Silverlake at the beginning of 2007.
Why? Well her design obsession started early (at age six) when her mom let her pick out her own wallpaper (giant yellow flowers) for her bedroom. Throw in a mild obsession with Shrinky Dinks, a genetic predisposition for assembling IKEA-like furniture and the idea of owning a design store just seemed perfect.
Inside Yolk you'll find all the classic Scandinavian styles like Marimekko, iittala and the genius Stokke kids furniture. Of course since our tagline is Free Range Design we also love to travel the world and seek out stuff from every corner of the globe like hand-embroidered blankets from India, hooded kids sweatshirts from New Zealand and dining tables from Portugal. However, lots of favorite stuff comes straight from our own backyard, handmade by talented guys and girls in Silverlake and Echo Park.
So we hope you love everything we find as much as we do. If you're ever in the neighborhood, drop in and say hi (we love any excuse to stop working and chat).
Maria
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