Arthur McLaughlin has a passion for creating inviting, urbane interiors for city-dwelling clients who often escape to Sonoma. He applied this same lauded style when designing his own vacation retreat in Healdsburg.
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I had the luckiest break possible: I was hired straight out of UC Berkeley to be on the visual staff of the soon to open Esprit Superstore in West Hollywood. It was a 15 million dollar store designed by legendary Joe D’Urso, and literally every designer in the US and Europe came just to gawk at that store. From there I moved up to Visual Director of Esprit Europe. Read More...
Grand Opening Circa LightingSavannah, Georgia-born company Circa Lighting launched its first highly curated, boutique-like showroom in 1998 to simplify the process of selecting lighting for interiors. Now, the company opens the doors to its newest showroom in San Francisco.
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Join us at the Santa Monica Barker Hangar on October 18-21, 2018 at Westedge Design Fair, the West Coast’s premier modern design fair, that features a highly-curated selection of domestic and international manufacturers and independent designers and makers.
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Jay Jeffers rewrites the design story inside the home of a well-known authorThe designer created a custom dining table out of Pietra Cardosa stone that faces a grand plaster mirror by Jean de Merry and a pair of elongated star sconces by Lika Moore for Blackman Cruz.
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Massucco Warner Miller curates a vacation home in Deer Valley, Utah, to be enjoyed year-round.Armchairs from Ironies and an area rug by Woven brighten the wood-clad living room. When invisioning an idyllic escape, most people think of sandy beaches and blue water.
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San Francisco's coolest designers and creatives gathered to celebrate the debut of Jay Jeffers' second book, Be Bold: Bespoke Modern Interiors, an exquisite arrangemet of Jeffers' most vibrant interior design projects.
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Combining their eclectic backgrounds in literature and industrial design, husband and wife duo Michaele Simmering and Johann Pauwen joined professional forces in 2007 with the launch of Kalon Studios. The Los Angeles-based couple personally design each piece at home before commissioning wood production specialists in Pennsylvania to manufacture the goods. The concept behind Kalon: create simple, sustainable, elevated, everyday objects that can survive a lifetime. Learn more from Pauwen in our Q+A below:
1. How did you two meet and what inspired you to start Kalon?
We met in Providence RI through a mutual friend. My roommates and I always had a lot going on and one day Michaele showed up. That was a lucky day. 2. Your company places a big emphasis on the emotive quality of everyday objects - what does that mean to you and how do you evoke emotion through product design?Read More...
