Polan's Collection of Paper Options features twelve hand-drawn patterns, prompting new and inventive creations every time you turn the page.
The Fake-Jacket Journal, also by Russell, comes with two reversible jackets, which allow you to present four different faces to the world depending on your mood.
Linda Geary is cofounder of the Painting Expanded Symposium, a program that promotes discussions around contemporary painting. Her series of vibrant notebooks aims to continue that conversation.
The Stack Book contains 32 color swatches that formed the basis of one of Geary’s collaborative art projects and encourage you to get creative, too.
Jason Polan, known for his ambitious project to draw every person in New York City, has created a series of journals that help people take note of the world around them.
The ultra-portable Observation Notebook features eye-shaped cutouts on the back cover, making it ideal for conducting covert surveillance.
Russell's Drawn to Music notebook, which features a built-in record sleeve, encourages you to doodle while listening to your favorite tunes. A line at the bottom of each page prompts you to note what you’re listening to as you draw.
The utility and durability of the Spiral Journal, which features discarded watercolors, make it perfect for producing colorful creations of your own.
The unfinished sketches that populate the pages of Geary's Elevated Journal leave space for your own artistic expressions.
Artist and musician Nathaniel Russell posts drawings, photographs, and other musings on the mundane to his blog, Crooked Arm, and created a series of journals so that you can do the same.
Each of the three Waking Waiting Walking notebooks is bound differently to suit unique purposes, indicated by the whimsical characters embossed on their covers.
Before the 1969 Airstream was home to Local 123, it belonged to Oakland's Remedy Coffee. Hoffman and her team of helpers worked for three months to revamp the interior and bring it up to Alameda County's rigorous health code.
"We enlisted the help of our artist friend and Local 123 Gallery curator Alex Case to fix the shoddy cover-up work, build out a proper hand sink, add storage shelving and stereo cabinet areas, install aluminum cove base, clean up and seal existing wood finishes, repair plumbing lines, reroute the precariously hung electrical conduit, and rodent- and weatherproof the trailer's floor. Friends and family helped repaint, deep clean the interior and aluminum exterior, and adorn the trailer," recounts Hoffman.
Here's another view of the interior. "It's intended to catch the eye of passersby even from across the street," says Jones.
“On April 1, 2014, Peet’s will be 48 years old,” says Michael Williams, Vice President of Store Development. “Retail is an evolution and this is a new chapter in our story. Quality, craft, and passion are our core tenets and we wanted to insert that into the store environment.”
Debbie Kristofferson, Vice President of Brand and Creative Strategy for Peets, says customer feedback about the previous retail experience wasn’t on par with how they felt about the coffee. “We wanted to tell the brand’s story in a way that will be meaningful, interesting, and will connect with people,” she says.
Here's the cafe space, which is set off to the side of the building. The kiln (currently under construction) will be behind the bank of windows in the background. We love how the building hosts a multitude of uses: a social space for the neighborhood, retail, and manufacturing. It's also two local businesses supporting each other—a customer might come in for a coffee and come out with a new place setting, and vice versa.
Here's a view of the interior. Though this photo was shot in the evening, I arrived just as the lunch crowd was settling in. "We allowed the Spanish temperament to meet Scandinavian coolness to create a vivid place that…enhances the eating experience. A place for everybody to be," says Note Design Studio. Clearly their aim to create a place for "everyone to be" worked. Nearly every barstool was occupied and the place was humming with conversation.
Pedersen + Lennard’s Field Office coffee shops, including one at the Woodstock Exchange in Cape Town, were conceived as hangout spots that would double as showrooms for the duo’s furniture.
Boor Bridges Architecture has become a go-to design firm for third-wave coffee establishments in San Francisco. In addition to Sightglass 20th Street, it counts The Mill, Four Barrel Coffee, and Sightglass's first location in SOMA in its portfolio of cafes and shows no signs of slowing down. "The third wave coffee trend has allowed us to explore many of our design interests, including crafted and intricate custom details and lighting, honest and exposed materiality, adaptive reuse of existing industrial spaces, and the merging of manufacturing and retail functions in one space," Boor says.
Working with general contractor Kevin Smith of SmithBuilt and a talented group of metal workers, furniture craftsmen, lighting specialists, and more, Boor Bridges created an inviting space that includes a full-production roaster, espresso bar, pour-over station, and retail.
The city, located on the country's eastern coast, is known for its world-class surfing. Photo by Rory Gardiner.
The marble counter hots a line of single-drip coffee makers and a La Marzocco Strada espresso machine at the far end. They offer single-origin beans from Africa and South America, as well as blends.
The interior of Saint Frank Coffee, which is located at 2340 Polk street in San Francisco, features oak walls, flooring, and furniture. "There's a warmth and openness to the space," architect Ian Dunn says. "It's the product of some restraint and refinement; perhaps there's a peacefulness that comes through. You're there to enjoy a really great cup of coffee and the cafe was designed for that purpose."
Photo by Patricia Chang.
Two Black Sheds incorporates all the conventional aspects of a weekend retreat in a rather unconventional way.
Architect Chris Pardo designed the Element 1 model for prefab builder Method Homes, cladding it in Cor-Ten steel and cedar. Pardo’s design “is the definition of simple, elegant, straightforward building,” resident Karen Kiest says.
Two linked 1,000-square-foot pavilions are greater than a sum of their parts. The simply detailed, taut, flat-roofed home’s two wings form a T-shape. One wing runs north to south, parallel to a pool, and contains the open-plan living spaces. Photo by Matthew Millman.
White brick exterior of Goddard and Mandolene’s home post renovation.
The Hupert-Kinmont house lies low in a century-old apple orchard, far from neighboring houses. The spaciousness of the rural surroundings is echoed inside.
Clad in Western red cedar siding and punctuated with floor-to-ceiling windows, this minimalist two-bedroom home boasts sunrise views over the Sonoma hills.
The main living space is constructed of immense I-profiles, allowing for a full wall of glass with four large sliding doors that open to the backyard.
“There’s a lot of horse talk here, and with this place there is plenty of opportunity for
interaction. My horses can play Mister Ed and join right in,” says Kropach. Her inquisitive Andalusian steeds regularly socialize with guests via sliding windows along the house’s main north-facing elevation.
Various groupings of succulents were planted to accent and obscure the home's relationship to its surrounding environment. Photo by: Daniel Hennessy
The pathway from the pool to the house is paved with the same slate that clads the exterior walls.
The courtyard with its fire pit and infinity pond—extends the living area outdoors. The family has hosted events, weddings, and even a funeral here, and annual solstice parties are always a big hit with the neighbors.
The dining area features a distinctive cinder block fireplace. Molded plastic side chairs are arranged around a Segmented Base table, all by Charles and Ray Eames for Herman Miller. The space is illuminated by a Saucer pendant lamp by George Nelson from Modernica.
Anne Suttles waters the bamboo muhly, palo verde, strawberry tree, and magic carpet thyme thriving in their Austin yard.
For bedrooms that have windows, it can be challenging to place the bed so that it doesn't obstruct views. At this home with clerestory windows, the platform bed in the master bedroom can sit comfortably below the window while still allowing in daylight. The wood bed frame, crafted by a local woodworker, gives the illusion of a taller ceiling because it’s so low.
A wall of burnished concrete block protectively isolates their indoor and outdoor living areas from the busy road.
Still life with IKEA lampshade and ventless fireplace. The unfinished, black, welded-steel railing borders steps made of framing lumber, which emit a friendly, old-fashioned creak as Walz treads up and down.
The couple’s son Dylan and dog Petra enjoy the deck while Mary Kate and Thomas work in the kitchen below. Sliding doors open to the outdoors on both sides.
With neighboring duplexes supplying rental income, two Knoxville architects patiently—and affordably—craft their dream home. Their deck has a two-sided concrete block fireplace and antique wooden furniture.
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