Across Nimah Gobir’s vibrant canvases and sculptural installations lies a deeply personal archive—an inheritance of family photographs, textiles, and lived memories. Her work begins with the quiet act of looking: sorting through snapshots of Nigerian-born parents and extended family dispersed across Nigeria, London, and the U.S. These images become the raw material for layered domestic portraits that weave together memory, migration, and identity. By integrating photo transfers, expressive brushwork, and hand-stitched embroidery, Nimah blurs the boundary between documentation and devotion, creating pieces that resonate with both specificity and emotional depth.

Jesse Schlesinger is a San Francisco-based multidisciplinary artist whose work seamlessly integrates sculpture, site-specific installations, drawing, and photography.

Chelsea Ryoko Wong is a San Francisco-based painter whose vibrant works celebrate human connection and cultural diversity. Raised in a mixed-race family with Chinese and Japanese American roots, her art reflects a deep engagement with identity and representation. Her paintings, rich in vivid colors and dynamic compositions, depict joyful scenes of communal life—friends sharing meals, families enjoying nature, and diverse groups engaged in everyday activities. Through these portrayals, Wong emphasizes that “we all deserve happiness and to be portrayed as such,” creating a world on canvas where inclusivity and harmony take center stage.

Site Visit to the Schindler House. Tucked away on a quiet street in West Hollywood, the Schindler House is a revelation—a radical experiment in modern living that still feels ahead of its time. Designed in 1922 by Austrian-born architect Rudolph Schindler, the house defies convention at every turn. There’s no formal front door, no traditional bedrooms, and barely any distinction between indoor and outdoor space. Instead, Schindler envisioned a communal live-work space that blurred boundaries, both physically and philosophically.

Site Visit to the Eames Archive. There are design legends, and then there are the Eameses – pioneers whose vision fundamentally reshaped how we think about and interact with the objects that fill our lives. Their influence has woven itself through my design journey since my college days, from countless hours studying their films to visits to the Eames House in Pacific Palisades. The 2024 opening of the Eames Archive offered an entirely new dimension to understanding their genius.

Eleanor Harwood, Eleanor Harwood Gallery. Eleanor Harwood discusses her journey from an art-curious student to becoming a prominent San Francisco gallery owner, highlighting how her experience curating at Adobe Books Backroom Gallery in the early 2000s helped shape her path in the art world.

Veronica Roberts, Director of the Cantor Art Center at Stanford University.

Sun at Six is a furniture design studio interested in how spaces affect our everyday choices and how we interact with others. They are a family run studio with a commitment to maintaining classical Chinese joinery, the fading traditional art form of constructing furniture without nails and screws. Together they hope to celebrate their heritage and the beautiful history of Chinese joinery craftsmanship.

White Dirt develops functional objects derived from unique sculptural forms. Their work is informed by storytelling and curiosity at the core of our explorations. They embrace the raw qualities of the materials we work with as we transform them. Each collection seeks to balance tradition, history, and contemporary vernacular.

Born in Milan in 1918, Anna Castelli Ferrieri was a prominent Italian architect and industrial designer who made a significant impact on post-war modern Italian design.

Maya Lin is an artist, designer, and environmentalist known for her large-scale environmental artworks, architectural works, and memorial designs.

The Long Confidence is a small design studio based in Berkeley, California, whose focus is making contemporary heirlooms driven by quality and curiosity. Their products use a mixture of traditional and contemporary construction methods designed for a lifetime of use.

Jeffrey Spahn Gallery, a specialist in ceramic art and 20th century sculpture with a focus on American, British, and Japanese studio ceramics. His Berkeley-based gallery holds one of the largest inventories of consigned pottery and ceramic sculpture by artists such as Robert Arneson, Ruth Asawa, Hans Coper, Shoji Hamada, Gertrud and Otto Natzler, Isamu Noguchi, Lucie Rie, and Peter Voulkos. With over 20 years experience in the field, Jeffrey has worked with some of the premiere museums, universities, public and private collections in the world.

SOFT STUDIO is a plant-focused landscape design practice based in Oakland, California. Founded by Clementine Jang and Jessie Booth who seek a curious, collaborative and exploratory attitude toward design.

Yvonne Mouser is an Oakland based artist, designer, and builder whose work spans furniture design, product, spaces, fine art, and events. We had the chance to visit Yvonne and chat with her about her work and inspiration.

As 2022 comes to a close and we reflect on the past couple of years, we recognize the opportunity to amplify the efforts of fellow BIPOC-founded small businesses who share similar values relating to sustainability, inclusivity, and representation in their respective industries. This year’s annual gift guide curates a short-list of gift ideas from some of our favorites.

Alpaca fabrics, synonymous with luxury, is a prized natural fiber that can be found in an array of natural shades and is utilized in numerous formats; from clothing, upholstery, and more. Alpaca fabric, often rivaling wool, is sometimes favored and viewed as superior due to a number of natural qualities inherent to the animal itself.

This month, we’re sharing the work of Parisian furniture and product designer, Maria Pergay — best known for her iconic and innovative metal furnishings.

The true embodiment of the word “multifaceted,” Lina Bo Bardi’s achievements spanned fields as: architect, designer, illustrator, furniture designer, editor, curator, educator, and activist.

As the pandemic continues into 2022, it’s more important than ever to support our local businesses and community. This year’s annual gift guide presents a shortlist of local businesses that offer a variety of gift ideas for the holiday season.