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 …
By Zahid Sardar
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 …
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. …
By Anh Minh Le
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 …
By Zahid Sardar
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 …
By Reed Wright
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 …
By Lauren Jones
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 …
By Reed Wright
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 …
By Zahid Sardar
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 …
By Zahid Sardar