Tag Archives: CCA
Under the Radar: Jenny Hacker

By Regina Connell. It was designer Steven Miller—no slouch in the taste department—who first showed me the work of Jenny Hacker, a San Francisco-based textile artist. It was a blanket—black on black—with two different textiles fused together, one side organic cotton and the … Continue reading
Posted in ART+INSTALLATIONS, Box 1, CLOTHING + ACCESSORIES, DESIGN, HOME, TEXTILES+PAPER, THE GOODS
Tagged California College of the Arts, CCA, comme des garçons, Excelsior, Felt, Hacker, Herman Miller, manga, nuno, Rei Kawakubo, San Francisco, textile
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Profile: Donald Fortescue
A year. That’s how long it took to finally meet Donald Fortescue: artist, designer and teacher. But then again, he was never exactly off my radar during that year. Lawrence LaBianca, (who had first mentioned him to me) would, from time … Continue reading
Posted in ART+INSTALLATIONS, FURNITURE+LIGHTING, THE CREATORS, WOOD
Tagged benches, CCA, craft, furniture, Sculpture, sustainable, wood
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Profile: Liz Dunning

Liz Dunning is a DesignCrafter on the rise: a woodworker with a fabulous eye, a meticulous technique, and a wide-open, optimistic, humble, can-do, enthusiastic, bubbly energy that’s utterly infectious. Spending time with Liz in her studio (at Alameda Point) or … Continue reading
Posted in FURNITURE+LIGHTING, HOME, THE CREATORS, THE GOODS, WOOD
Tagged Alameda Point, cabinetry, CCA, Elle Decoration, furniture, kitchens, modern
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Profile: Christopher Loomis
We love finding and interviewing Bay Area DesignCrafters but let’s be real: we adore seeing the amazing, completely random, and unexpected places in which people work. In the brief life of our blog, we’ve been to renovated stores and factories, workshops … Continue reading
Posted in FURNITURE+LIGHTING, HOME, THE CREATORS, THE GOODS, WOOD
Tagged Alameda Point, Alameda Point Studios, CCA, Christopher Loomis, DesignCraft, San Francisco Bay Area, Sculpture
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