Category Archives: Design
DesignCraft Hero: Basil Racuk
If I had to pick someone to be Handful of Salt’s resident philosopher, it would have to be Basil Racuk. He’s known for his custom handcrafted leather accessories, yes, but he’s also a damned incisive thinker about that thing called … Continue reading
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DesignCraft Heroes: Lundberg Design
We took it as a good sign….an architect’s website that starts out, “Architectural design is an inherently arrogant act.” That takes guts. It’s pretty bold, you might even say arrogant, but it’s also very funny. And knowing. But then this … Continue reading
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DesignCraft Heroes: McEwen Lighting
Ask anyone who’s ever gone into a restaurant with me. The first thing I’ll remark on is the lighting (and this was before I started worrying about lighting being flattering–just imagine it now). If it’s good, I’ll relax, linger, eat … Continue reading
Filed under Design, Furniture + Lighting, Glass, Heroes and Heroines, SF Bay Area
Cisco Home
Looking to buy furniture in the SF Bay Area? It’s just not that easy, is it? (And that’s even if you’re working with a designer). There are the stores that do traditional, vintage, antique and all the wannabes in that … Continue reading
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DesignCraft Heroes: Zack | DeVito
One of my favorite stories in designlore is that of famed Swiss architect LeCorbusier (Corbu to you insiders) and his design of La Villa Savoye, outside of Paris. Corbu took it upon himself to design a “machine for living,” a … Continue reading
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DesignCraft Hero: Josh Jakus
Some creative people just seem to have the knack, don’t they? They look at some plain material, play around with it, squint at it, play a little more, and hey, presto!, a fabulous product is born. Not just another thing, … Continue reading
Filed under Accessories, Design, Heroes and Heroines, SF Bay Area, Textiles + Paper
DesignCraft Hero: Matt Bear
People are always asking us how we find the people we profile…Lots of different ways, from Plain Jane reading to talking to retailers to talking to people whose taste we trust. But one of the best ways has been talking … Continue reading
Filed under Design, Furniture + Lighting, Heroes and Heroines, SF Bay Area, Wood
DesignCraft Heroes: Geremia Design
You’ve been to those restaurants, you know you have. Rapturous reviews, good location, great food, pleasant enough wait staff, a slick design that’s been written up in all those design blogs you read….but….you’re just not that anxious to go back. … Continue reading
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DesignCraft Hero: Otto Williams
For most of us, work is life, life is work (or at least a very large portion of it). Here’s the problem, though: for most of us, our work spaces don’t work. We work at the dining room table or … Continue reading
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