Molecular screen for the front door.“I have never enjoyed science,” says Annie Kantor, founder of Modern Metal Designs, a decade-old Oakland-based laser-cut metal products company. “But I could like organic chemistry,” she muses. A …
Artist Andy Vogt’s magic mirror. Ever Diametric marks a striking departure from San Francisco artist Andy Vogt’s usual material of choice—wood lath—yet it stays rooted in his signature approach: two-dimensional surfaces that suggest spatial …
One printer, an artist and an industrial designer all have this in common: precision. The last textile screen-printing bastion in San Francisco is still a hidden treasure. Craftswoman Anne Kirk has been hand screen-printing textiles …
Designer Jeff Schlarb taps into Telegraph Hill lore When interior designer Jeff Schlarb’s client moved to San Francisco five years ago, he sought out a home that epitomized the City by the Bay — …
From the outside, a 1905 Victorian in Pacific Heights, recently remodeled by David Armour of Armour Architecture, deliberately appears unchanged. Painted in subtle shades of gray and accented with a minimum of gilding, it …
Noz Nozawa’s lighting fixtures are quite literally jewelry for interiors. Noz Nozawa, 38, always wanted to be a designer—“even before I knew it was a thing,” she says. But guided by her pragmatic Japanese …
While Christine Lin’s path to San Francisco and a career in interior design was not exactly straightforward, it has led to a very good place: a singular home in the city’s Potrero Hill neighborhood …
At the Harvey Milk Terminal at SFO, the Alaska Lounge, completed last summer by William Duff Architects, is a place you won’t want to leave quickly. Perhaps it’s because, as architect Jonathan Tsurui—who led …
Transportive designs that tease technology Rose Tinted Glasses – Johanna Grawunder's witty beacons San Francisco–based designer Johanna Grawunder has spent decades moving fluidly between architecture, art, and industrial design, with light as her primary medium. …
The new set of 4 nesting side tables by San Francisco’s Fyrn, use the signature silver or bronze-finish metal bracket joints for North American dark walnut chair frames that have made the company famous. …
