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.

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.

For the final post in our Impact of Color Series, we’re putting all of the knowledge from our previous posts into practice. This is the moment when color preferences need to be taken into consideration with light sources, space opening techniques, and the particular space in question.

For our fifth post in The Impact of Color Series, we’re going to talk about how color is used in modern design. Keep reading to explore color use over the history of Modernism.

For our fourth post in The Impact of Color Series, we’re moving on to the final three colors in the visual spectrum: green, blue, and violet. Like red, orange, and yellow, these last three colors might surprise you with the contradicting emotions they inspire.

But most important is how they inspire you. Come take a look...

For the third post in our Impact of Color Series, we’re going to dive into three of the most controversial and contradictory colors: red, orange, and yellow. We’ll share these colors’ history, how they’re perceived today, and an example of each in interior design.

For the second post in The Impact of Color Series, we’re going to dive into black, white, + gray, or what are commonly known as neutrals. In interiors, you might see beiges and nudes listed as neutrals, but these are technically “tints,” colors that have white added to them.

True neutrals are defined as white, black, and the full spectrum of grays in between. Keep reading for more about all three.

For the final post in our Sustainability series, let’s talk about the human element: the people whose hands and labor go into creating the items we incorporate into our living spaces.

Our newest series is dedicated to a topic that affects every aspect of our daily lives - COLOR. Over the next several months, we’re going to talk about the history of color, the way we perceive color, how it affects us, and how it influences our interiors.