Latest in: Issue 8
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Design Spot – Japan

Within the past year, SHLTR has been on the move. In Japan and Egypt, immutable treasures prompted unexpected shifts in our design perspective and reaffirmed a familiar axiom: the old nearly always informs the new. In …
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May 5, 2026
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Just Carry On – Objects

The Classic Messenger bag from Timbuk2 — the 1989 company founded by bike messenger Roy Honeycutt — echoes San Francisco’s pre dot-com-era culture — with an updated weatherproof exterior, moisture resistant liner and aluminum …
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May 5, 2026
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Mexico Redux

From her first visit at age 16, Faith Wheeler was captivated by San Francisco. “I took one look at the sky and said, ‘Why doesn’t everyone live here?’” she recalls. “I was that smitten. …
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May 5, 2026
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Observer – Laura Pacchini’s Glowing Universe

Laura Pacchini’s path to painting looped through cities, disciplines, and decades before stretching into the practice she maintains today in San Francisco.  Trained in graphic design and art direction, with some formative roles at Williams Sonoma …
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May 5, 2026
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One Good Idea – Lift Off!

From the moment you arrive at an airport, travel is facilitated by coding. Digital coding is deployed for some important aspects such as security gates, baggage destinations, and for seating. But, at San Francisco …
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May 5, 2026
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Hawaii Off-Grid

Craig Steely’s crater-like courtyard design helps keep the wind out On the Hāmākua Coast, the northeast side of Kona, uncultivated acreage, windswept residences, and a greener, more rugged Hawaii can be found. Here, you …
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May 5, 2026
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Flying Colors

San Francisco interior designer Alicia Cheung approached the redesign of a Bombardier Global 6000 as an exercise in restraint, but her choice of an electric blue exterior with ombré gradients and a tailfin decorated …
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May 5, 2026
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On the High Seas

Set against the restless horizon of The World—the largest private residential yacht on Earth—this interiors project began with a paradox.  Nora Lacey, a pioneering biotech entrepreneur and devoted matriarch, was ready to leave behind …
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May 5, 2026
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Air Waves

Set between phases of a long-running Pacific Heights renovation, the redesign of a Gulfstream G-550 became an unexpected extension of a familiar brief: translate a richly layered home into a calmer, more distilled experience …
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May 5, 2026

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