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contents 8. hello In praise of constraints.

SCENE

17. news A preview of photographer Edward Burtynsky’s new survey show—plus the must-attend events, exhibitions, and activities of the season.

22. next Three rising-star designers launch a brand, and premiere their next- generation LED lights.

24. in season The allure of local flowers.

28. process Chinese designer Bing Bing Deng updates the art of cloisonné.

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33. elements New furnishings and products inspired by the natural world.

44. made here A Ketchum, Idaho, woodworker and musician launches a new series of custom-built electric guitars.

46. origin Seattle artist Louie Gong draws on his Native American heritage to design custom shoes and products.

48. interiors Interior designer Robert Bailey creates a contemporary mountain haven for an art dealer and her son.

52. sourced Take a ride on one of these magic carpets—bright colors and patterns to enliven your home.

54. outdoor A steep Seattle lot is transformed into a playful landscape that’s equally appealing for kids and adults.

58. sourced Patio party! We’ve got the outdoor picks to prep your deck for spring.

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On the CoverAn off-the-grid home

nestled amid the trees and cliffs on Gambier Island,

British Columbia.

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LinDseY M. ROBeRTsPhotographed by JP DeLAGe/OMB

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60. on the rocks Faced with a difficult cliffside site, a Vancouver–based architecture studio tackles the challenge of designing a modern house on the edge of Gambier Island.

66. domestic kinetics Designed by Skylab Architecture, Portland’s Skyline Residence epitomizes the firm’s signature angular aesthetic—and the residents’ bold, colorful style.

74. home at last After construction on their house stalled, a couple in Anchorage, Alaska, called on Seattle architect Steve Bull to redesign the interiors within the constraints of the existing steel frame.

BACK OF BOOK

81. insight What’s the secret to successful collaboration? We poll six creative Pacific Northwest couples who live, work, and design together.

94. resources Your guide to the designers, shops, furnishings, craftsmen, and suppliers featured in this issue.

98. my northwest What inspires the founders of Cause+Affect, a Vancouver branding agency? Their evolving city; the future; and Bestie, a new sausage- and-fries restaurant.

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In Praise of Constraints

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A few years ago I met an architect who was working on two very different projects at the same time. The first was a small home for clients with a tight budget and a challenging, steep lot. The second was a $10 million mansion. Due to the clients’ deep pockets and uncomplicated site, almost anything was possible. Sounds like a dream project, right? Not according to the architect. Without constraints he felt lost; he was more excited to talk about the small gem of a home he’d created for the first clients, whose budget and site pushed him to innovate and create something original from humble materials.

Design is a problem-solving practice; often, the most compelling projects are interesting solutions to interesting problems.

The Seattle-based architect Steve Bull knows a thing or two about constraints—and he welcomes them in his projects. “The more pieces of the puzzle you’re trying to fit together, the more interesting things can get,” he told me recently. He hit the jackpot, then, with a home he recently completed in Anchorage, Alaska, which he had to design to fit within the confines of a preexisting steel frame (pg 74).

Other projects have fewer bounds—they’re mansions on flat lots, or, as Bull put it, “small things in big fields.” Bull was speaking literally, about a cabin he designed for his family on a 12-acre lot. With no outside pressures dictating the structure’s form or location, Bull decided to site it on the border of two ecosystems, as a way to have something to respond to archi-tecturally. But “small things in big fields” is an apt metaphor for challenges in other creative disciplines as well. For example, putting together a design magazine.

There is an endless array of strong work to cover in the Pacific Northwest. How to corral it, and create a magazine whose content feels rich, focused, and cohesive? Like architects do on those rare wide-open, sky’s-the-limit projects, editors at GRAY devise a self-imposed framework. We invent themes, loose organizing principles that shape our approach to each issue.

We call this one our Elements issue, but we went wide. In the pages that follow, you’ll find houses with sensitive, nuanced relationships with their sites; a product roundup inspired by the concept of Wu Xing, or the five elements in Chinese philosophy; and stories about landscape architecture, local flowers, and outdoor furnishings. With each issue we relearn how inspiring— and even freeing—constraints can be. No pressure, no diamonds, as the saying goes. We’re excited to share the gems of our discoveries with you.

“CONSTRAINTS EqUAL OppORTUNITIES IN mY BOOK. I LIKE TO vIEw ThEm mORE LIKE ThE EdgES OF A CANvAS RAThER ThAN AS OBSTACLES TO OvERCOmE.” —STEvE mCFARLANE, ARChITECT (pg 60)


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Through May 26This spring, the vancouver art gallery is playing host to Edward burtynsky, one of Canada’s most lauded photographers. Showcasing 44 photographs from the museum’s permanent collection (34 are new acquisitions), the exhibit spans three decades of work, from burtynsky’s early documentation of homesteads and rail lines in british Columbia to more-recent investigations into water’s monumental effects around the globe. vanartgallery.bc.ca

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LECTURESApril 8–10, 15–17Is it “less is more,” or “less is a bore”? The alaska Design Forum is knee-deep in its search for the answer to this question through its lecture series, Bling. Touching down for one night each at venues in Juneau, Fairbanks, and Anchorage, internationally renowned designers explore how material choices can bring beauty to objects and buildings. Up next are lectures by Bangkok multidis-ciplinary design studio Super-machine, and New York–based, idea-driven architecture firm Solid Objectives.

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April 24, May 15 portland State University’s School of Architecture is wrapping up its Unclad lecture series with talksbytwoinfluentialdesigners:the wildly innovative Tokyo-based architect Sou Fujimoto on April 24, and Austin, Texas–based environ-mental architect David Heymann (perhaps best known for designing a passive solar vacation home for George W. Bush) on May 15. pdx.edu/the-arts

TOP: This May, the fourth edition of WantedDesign takes over the Terminal Stores building on 11th Avenue in New york City, featuring seven studios from Seattle. ABOVE: House N in Oita, Japan, exemplifies Sou Fujimoto’s innovative approach to architecture—a subject he’ll discuss at portland State University on April 24.

COMPETITIONDue May 15How can we reintegrate aging populations into active community settings? Portland State University’s Center for Public Interest Design competition challenges you to come up with fresh models for intergenerational housing. cpidcompetitions.org

TOURApril 26After years of ridicule, Vancouver Specials—boxy, affordably built houses from the ‘60s and ‘70s—are seeing a revival of sorts, and the Vancouver Heritage Foundation has set up a tour to win you over. In its sixth year running, this self-guided tour features five renovated homes that showcase just how adaptable these floor plans can be with a dose of creativity. vancouverheritage foundation.org

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April 1 – 6The University of Oregon’s student-run HOPES (Holistic Options for Planet Earth Sustain-ability) Conference, held in Eugene, is celebrating its 20th anniversary. This year’s theme, “Inevitability,” challenges students, faculty, community members, and visiting luminaries—past speakers include Shigeru Ban, Samuel Mockbee, and Neri Oxman—to address how design can embrace the dynamics of nature and changing climates. hopes.uoregon.edu

May 16–19Sponsored by GRAY, seven Seattle-based design studios will present their work at the 2014 wanteddesign show in New York City May 16–19, one of the liveliest events during the citywide NYCxDESIGN festival. Joining forces to share exhibition space are 16th Workshop, Chadhaus, Fruitsuper, Seattle Design Bureau, Piano Nobile, Urbancase, and Standard Socket. The goal? To “highlight the individual talents of each studio and bring awareness to the Seattle design scene as a whole—and its spirit of cooperation,” says designer Darin Montgomery.

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EXHIBITSThrough April 27 The biennial Portland2014, presented by Disjecta Contem-porary art Center, celebrates artists who are pushing boundaries within contemporary art. The work ranges from visual art to film to performance-based installations, all on view in galleries, kiosks, and on billboards throughout Portland. biennial.disjecta.org

May 1–4Rub shoulders with some of the most prestigious decorative paint-ers from around the globe at the 19th annual Salon of Decorative artists—an international event hosted this year in Seattle (previous cities include Tokyo and Versailles). Sound Transit’s Union Station Great Hall will be transformed with live painting demonstrations, lectures, and the creation of a mural that will be donated to the City of Seattle. salonseattle2014.com

Through June 15 The whimsical sculptures of Seattle artist Dan Webb elicit a double-take; yes, that crumpled pil-low and rippling drop of water are actually intricately carved chunks of wood, seemingly brought to life via Webb’s skillful chisel. Don’t miss the artist’s first-ever solo show,“FragileFortress:TheArtofDan Webb,” at the Bellevue arts Museum through June 15. bellevuearts.org

Through July 27 The remote Maryhill Museum, located in a grand Beaux Arts man-sion on the Columbia River Gorge, is well worth a day trip for its new exhibit featuring bronze sculptures and study models by renowned Battleground, Washington–based sculptor James Lee Hansen. Pack a picnic; the views from the grounds are spectacular. maryhillmuseum.org

Through August 23 “PortlandCollects:BritishCeramics”at the Museum of Contemporary Craft offers a rare glimpse into locals’ collections of mid-century to contemporary ceramics, in the process highlighting the lineage and influence of British craftsman-ship in the United States. Even more uniquely, this exhibit will examine the relationship between object and collector, gathering the stories behind each piece. mocc.pnca.edu

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And Lighting, the brainchild of three Vancouver–based designers—Matt Davis, Caine Heintzman, and Lukas Peet—will launch its first products, a quartet of lightingcollections,thissummer.Thenascentcompany’smission:“Tomakedecorative lights that are beautiful, functional, and progressive,” Peet says. That translates to high-wattage LED fixtures that balance sustainability (one bulb, 50,000 hours of illumination!) with style and practicality. Is this the future of LEDs? We’ve seen the light. h

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Slab, a 9mm-thick acrylic sheet cocooned in felt, is a rare intersection of beauty and

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1. pipeline, designed by Caine Heintzman (the rest of the fixtures were designed by Lukas Peet), is a copper-capped aluminum tube that comes in both straight and snaked versions. 2. Spotlights, available in nine shapes and a variety of milky hues, can be hung solo or grouped in tandem, as shown here. Installed, the fixtures seem to float, thanks to an almost-invisible aircraft cable that supports their weight, while their darker, fabric-covered electrical cords arc daintily through the air. 3. Button is a slim disk that gives off an even, diffused light; it’s dimmable, tiltable, reversible (so it can direct illumi-nation up or down) and available up to four feet in diameter.

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local floraWritten by DeBRA PRinzinG : Photographed by ALeX hAYDen

Kelly Sullivan, Botanique, SeattleFor this arrangement, Sullivan plucked apricot

peony-flowering tulips from her own Seattle cutting garden to pair with sultry purple hellebores and delicate stems

of white bleeding hearts, both grown at Jello Mold Farm in Mount Vernon, Washington. “These spring flowers are so

ephemeral and the pastels contrast beautifully against the moody purple flowers,” she says.

You’ve heard of Slow Food. Meet Slow Flowers—a renaissance taking shape as floral designers seek botanical inspiration closer to home. Like its culinary predecessor, this movement reflects a cultural shift, a desire to support regional farms and to reduce our negative impact on the earth.

A vast majority of the cut flowers we buy today in America—approx-imately 80 percent—are imported. Domestic production fell off a cliff after the 1991 Andean Trade Preference Agreement, which incentivized South America to shift from producing drugs to growing roses, carnations, and other varieties. America’s cottage industry of family- owned flower farms had trouble competing and began to disappear.

But it’s comeback time. Some of the most creative florists working today are devoted to local, seasonal blooms. Freshness and quality—not to mention ephemeral beauty and sensory delight—are at the heart of this story. There’s height-ened pleasure in knowing who grew your flowers, and how they got to your table.

To celebrate the arrival of spring, we asked three area designers to create arrangements with exclu-sively local flora sourced from the three-year-old Seattle Wholesale Growers Market, a farmer-to-florist cooperative in Georgetown.


Anne Bradfield Floressence, Seattlebradfield was smitten by these pink-flowering dogwood, harvested in Tillamook, Oregon, by Oregon Coastal Flowers. “Usually there is one thing that grabs my attention and inspires me,” she says. “Only in spring can you find local flowering branches—and they are so awesome for creating elegant drama.” bradfield combined the dogwood with orange Icelandic poppies (from Jello Mold Farm), plum tulips (from Ojeda Farms in Ethel, Washington), and dark purple anemones (from Everyday Flowers in Stanwood, Washington), all wrapped with a sheet of Oregon moss. »


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eisurely strolling through the old city of Shanghai three years ago, Daniela Ang had a transformative experience. “While my husband Leandro [who had a trading company in the city] and I were living in Shanghai, I always tried to go to the old city and places

where I knew I could find treasures from China,” Ang says. “On one of my trips I found this shop called Piling Palang and I fell in love with their products the minute I saw them.”

A few years later, the Angs settled in Vancouver, and decided to parlay their passion for design and hand-made goods into a career shift. In 2013, they opened Inglenuk Design—and are now the exclusive distributors of Piling Palang’s distinctive, modern cloisonné in North America.

Cloisonné is an ancient technique of decorating metalwork where thin strips of copper or bronze are soldered into elaborate designs, followed by the application of colored enamel within the resulting compartments (cloisons in French). Bing Bing Deng, a renowned Chinese industrial designer and the owner of the Piling Palang boutique, brought innovation to the art of traditional cloisonné by forgoing the usual ancient designs in favor of more contemporary patterns and shapes.

“When he [Deng] decided to modernize it, he used patterns like circles, ovals and lines,” Ang says. “You’re no longer going to see a bunch of intricately detailed flowers with leaves, a bird, and clouds.”

lA partnership between a Vancouver shop and a Shanghai industrial designer helps breathe new life into an ancient Chinese craft.

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An Ancient Craft, UpdatedThe Piling Palang line of modern cloisonné was conceived by Chinese industrial designer Bing Bing Deng and is handmade by artisans in a workshop in the city of Tianjin, China. The larger pieces take between 12 and 15 days to complete.

6. Workers smooth the piece’s edges and polish the enamel.

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4. The first layer of enamel has been applied to this piece; it is about to be fired in the kiln.

5. The kiln’s high temperatures (typically around 1,500 degrees F) cause the soldered wire to shrink and the enamel to crack. So artisans must repeatedly apply layers of enamel to close the gaps.

3. Enamel made from vitreous paste—finely crushed glass mixed with pigment— is applied in the gaps between the soldered wire.

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Edited by JAsMine VAuGhAn Written by sTAcY KenDALL and nicOLe MunsOn

5 E L E M E N T S O F S T Y L E

wood. earth. fire. metal. water.

Spring is the time for rebirth and revival, and for that we necessarily strip away excess and pare down to the essentials. The five elements as a force, or Wu Xing, was identified early on in Chinese philosophy.Wood, earth, fire, metal, and water embody phases and processes in

perpetual flux, interactions that occur with the changing seasons and the passing of time. As we present the five elements through objects,

we are reminded that, in spite of the mercurial side of style and trends, we still hold fast to the enduring truths of nature’s beauty.

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1. Shale 2 drawer / 2 door dresser by Blu Dot, $2,299 at Designhouse, Vancouver, designhouse.ca. 2. gamla Floor Lamp by Gamla, $1,800, Vancou-ver, gamla.ca. 3. Monet table by Boca do Lobo, from $25,380 at Spencer Interiors, Vancouver, spencerinteriors.ca. 4. Vigo coffee table by Ironies, available to the trade at Michael Folks, Seattle, michaelfolks.com.

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The New Jersey–based wallcoverings company phillip Jeffries recently introduced its handcrafted Enchanted Woods Collection, an ethereal wallpaper that elevates cork, one of our favorite renewable resources, to a whole new level. Metallic gold shimmers through a textured cork skin, as if revealing a glimmering source of light behind your walls. It’s available in 10 finishes, but we’re partial to the high-contrast Navy Fantasy, shown here.

enchanted woods wallpaper, phillip Jeffries, to the trade at Jennifer West Showroom, Seattle, jwshowroom.com

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Meaning “soft” in Norwegian, the Myk coffee table is the latest furniture design from Finne Architects in Seattle. Though called a coffee table, it easily doubles as a seat with its steel base and soft leather wrap. Its forms were inspired by terrain morphology; look at it long enough and you may spot craggy rocks, volcanic islands, or even cloud formations.

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Victoria, british Columbia–based photographer Troy Moth is fascinated by the aftermath of fire. His Burnt series is an ode to the often disregarded relics of campfires and other blazing mediums. “When I return to the charred remains of what had previously been a bright and welcoming light, that’s what I’m most curious about. To me, the pieces lying there, burnt and alone and dead on the ground, hold stories—each piece with its own unique and tiny narrative.” Moth’s Burnt series will be on view in Vancouver at the Address interior design show from May 23 to June 4 (kateduncan.ca/address).

Burnt 03 by Troy Moth, from $200 at Mammoth & Co., Victoria, B.C., mammoth.co

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1. 57 pendant light by Omer Arbel for Bocci, from $595 each, Vancouver, bocci.ca. 2. Wax Collector by Esque Studio, $300, Portland, esque-studio.com. 3. Toklas Console by Jonathan Adler, $2,500, Portland and Seattle, jonathanadler.com.

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1. Fading arrow necklace by Sahlia Jewelry Design, $156, Portland, sahliajewelry.com. 2. Rose Double Deer antler necklace by Justine Brooks Design, $190, Vancouver, justinebrooks.com. 3. Nefer earrings by Nikki Jacoby, $150, Seattle, nikkijacoby.com. 4. Black Crystal Cluster earrings by Marisa Messick, $80, Eugene, OR, marisamessick.com. 5. Bedrock Bangle by Thorn&Wynn, $34, Portland, thor-nandwynn.com. 6. aten Reversible Cuff Ring by Acanthus Jewelry, $165, Portland, acanthusjewelry.com.

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“The River Collection takes its name from ‘rivers’ of inlaid blue glass that meander through live edge wood tabletops. I’m inspired by the world right outside my door—the Nooksack River runs past my studio and gives life to many of the discarded trees that I use in my tables.” —gREg KLASSEN, FURNITURE dESIgNER

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RECLAIMED

Wes Walsworth’s guitars make recycled wood sing.

The grape-stained curves of wine casks were Wes Walsworth’s first muse—he started his furniture-making career in 2009, transforming reclaimed wood from the wine industry into benches and chairs. But these days, his inspiration is decidedly more rock and roll. The 34-year-old Ketchum, Idaho–based woodworker is hard at work on a new series of custom-built electric guitars.

Walsworth, a professional guitarist and songwriter, used to work as a luthier at Taylor Guitars in California, building acoustic guitar bodies. “When you make acoustic guitars you have to be careful about what kind of wood you use,” he says. But working on electric guitars frees him up to experiment. “Here, the sound is mostly all created by the pickup system inside, so you can really turn to reclaimed materials to make each one unique.” So far he’s built a guitar body from a piece of oak from an early 1900s mushroom-drying basket, and plans to build the next one from a redwood burl. The antiqued colors and grooved textures of his new designs look nothing like the polished wood of a contem-porary electric guitar, and that’s fine with Walsworth. “I guess being a guitar player and a furniture maker, I have my own ideas of what I think is a cool-looking guitar,” he says. “The aged woods have such a worn-in, unique look that I just fell in love.” h

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Wes Walsworth works on a new series of custom electric guitars. BELOW LEFT AND RIGHT: His first, a commission from a Los Angeles–based country musician, is made from quilted maple, ipe, and 100-year-old oak, and has a rattlesnake rattle inlaid into the headstock.


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DRAWING from Heritage

Unlike many artists, Louie Gong came to his craft later in life. The 39-year-old Seattleite and founder of Eighth Generation—a company that produces products that mix traditional Native American art with icons from popular culture—was a child-and-family therapist and an activist and lecturer focusing on mixed-race experiences before he discovered a talent for drawing in 2007.

“I was working at the Muckleshoot Tribal College when it was their turn to host the Canoe Journey,” Gong says, referring to an annual event that brings together coastal tribes to celebrate their heritage. The Muck-leshoot tribe made drums to give to participants, and Gong embellished his with traditional Coast Salish patterns and drawings.

Some time later, Gong, who was born in Mission, British Columbia, and raised in the Nooksack tribe in Everson, Washington, wanted to buy a pair of Vans tennis shoes—but couldn’t find any that resonated with his identity. So he doodled on a plain gray pair with a Sharpie, creating two eagle claws in a style influenced by both contemporary Coast Salish art and graffiti. He wore them to work, and a cult following soon grew. In 2009, he launched Eighth Generation. Today, products range from Gong’s custom ink-embellished shoes to mass-produced skateboard decks to pillows and blan-kets made in collaboration with Paul Frank.

This past February, Gong launched the Inspired Natives Project, which aims to support Native American artists and entrepreneurs through product design collaboration and mentorship. His first artist is Michelle Lowden, who has created an iPhone case featuring her Acoma Pueblo art.

Gong established the project to help counteract an insidiouspatternheidentifiedinthemarket:“Nearly100 percent of Native art sold in major stores is actually Native-inspired, shamefully derivative of traditional artworks, and Native communities are purposefully left out of the profit loop.” With their authentic designs and licensing agreements that share profits with the artists, the products sold through the project, Gong hopes, will help “establish a new standard for how companies can align with Native themes, art, and culture in a way that is both profitable and provides capacity-building opportunities for Native artists.” h

Written by RAcheL GALLAheR : Photographed by sARAh MiLes

TOP TO BOTTOM: In his studio, Louie Gong, founder of Eighth Generation, holds one of his Mockups, a miniature vinyl sneaker that people can customize. Laser-etched cedar phone cases include a clever raven— when you take a photo, the flash appears within the bird’s beak. Gong’s one-off sneakers are emblazoned with graffiti-influenced Coast Salish art.

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Fresh CanvasA New York art dealer’s mountain getaway may be designed as a study in neutrals, but it still pops with inspiration.

Written by RAcheL GALLAheR : Photographed by JOsh DunFORD

“Susan is exposed to a rarified world of modern art. I wanted to create a place that would embrace that and have a casual easy elegance.” —ROBERT BAILEY, INTERIOR dESIgNER

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Like the interior of a gallery, the neutral palette of this art dealer’s Whistler, b.C., townhouse lets the furniture and art take center stage. In the main living area, a Fritz Hansen Swan chair by Arne Jacobsen, two Flos lamps, and a cashmere-upholstered Edward sofa from bensen complement the gray tone of the fireplace. A bang & Olufsen Cabin Series TV hangs above the fireplace; to the left is a round bang & Olufsen speaker. “I love the elegant simplicity of it,” the client says. “It looks like art but it is really just a speaker!”

dESIgN TEAminterior design: Robert Bailey Interiorsmillwork: Radius architectural Millwork


The dining room’s porro table doubles as a craft area for Susan and her son Sebastian. bailey paired it with six Wishbone chairs from Carl Hansen & Søn and a Moooi Random Light—a cheeky, snowball-inspired reference to the elements outside. A suite of Albert Oehlen collages adds texture to the solid-white wall.

You might expect the home of a hard-working art dealer and collector to be bedecked in flashy, attention-getting pieces. But Susan, who splits her time between Manhattan and Whistler, British Columbia, prefers a minimal environment. “I’m around art all the time, so having bare walls is a refuge for me,” she says.

Last spring, Susan, who grew up in Vancouver, bought a 1,500-square-foot townhouse above Whistler’s Creekside Village for her and her three-and-a-half-year-old son, Sebastian. Then she hired Vancouver–based interior designer Robert Bailey.

When Bailey arrived, the house “was a very typical Whistler residence,” he recalls. “There were snowshoes on the wall, lots of molding, and a knotty pine floor.” His first move was to install white oak floors as a base for the townhouse’s clean, bright in-teriors. In the living area, Bailey painted the log mantle on an existing bluestone fireplace white. An adjacent dining space features a lacquered metal Ferro table by Porro that has already

had two previous lives—it served as a desk in State, Susan’s former gallery in Vancouver, and as a book display in her home office. “It’s full of scratches, which I love,” she says, “and it could tell some great stories about love, life, and business deals.” Now, it also serves as a craft table for Sebastian, and is often covered in glitter and glue.

As for the art, Susan chose pieces she feels personally con-nected to. These tend to be more minimal and abstract. “It’s about lightness and quiet,” she says. “I have lived with a lot of art over the years to figure this out.” Generally, she likes sculpture and works on paper, including drawings by artist Christopher Wool, noting that they have a “more casual, relaxed element to them.” The sentiment echoes her interior designer’s take on the projectoverall:“Susanisexposedtoararifiedworldofmodernart. I wanted to create a place that would embrace that and have a casual easy elegance, much like our client herself.” h

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CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE LEFT: The bathroom has deep Ceramica Flaminia sinks and floating oak vanities designed by Robert bailey Interiors and fabricated by Radius Architectural Millwork. The light fixtures are by prandina, available through Livingspace. Given the minimal palette, color-ful pieces such as a neon-accented stacking wood vase from Adónde and a Christopher Wool artwork have even greater effect. Rope-bound Knotty bubble Sconces from New york–based designer Lindsey Adelman hang in the hallway. The master bedroom continues the oak-and-white palette.

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Whether you’re looking for a splash of color or a soft accent in an area rug, we’ve got you and your floor well covered.

Janka Splashed Dark Brown, From Russia with Love Collection by Jan Kath, price upon request at Colin Campbell, Vancouver, colin-campbell.ca

Miri Sunrise, from $375 at Tufenkian Artisan Carpets, Portland, tufenkiancarpets.com

Kia Sar by Warp & Weft, from $3,300 at Andonian Rugs, Seattle and Bellevue, WA, andonianrugs.com

Ivory/Multi, Studio Leather Collection by Safavieh, from $300 at NW Rugs, multiple locations, nwrugs.com

pelage, $9,440 at Atelier Lapchi, Portland, lapchi.com

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Tiger Rug, $4,800 at Kush Handmade Rugs, Portland, kushrugs.com h

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Intelligent design solutions transform a steep lot into a playground for kids and adults alike.Written by DeBRA PRinzinG : Photographed by JOhn GRAnen

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OPPOSITE: Ipe decking from Crosscut Hardwoods creates a level outdoor area for dining and play. The table and chairs are from Terris Draheim. BELOW LEFT: Twin planters from Aw pottery flank a doorway. BELOW RIGHT: A small lounging deck gains privacy from a stand of tall bamboo, just a few steps above the lawn.

The three-story contemporary house in Seattle’s Mount Baker neighborhood had great views of Lake Washington and the Cascade Mountains. But when the owners first contem-plated buying it, they balked at the super-steep lot, which lacked kid-friendly play spaces—a critical problem, since their four kids were all under age eight.

They purchased the house, but quickly enlisted Dar Webb, principal of Issaquah, Washington–based Darwin Webb Landscape Architects, P.S., to make over the outdoor spaces. Themission:tocreatelevelareassurroundingthehome,in-cluding an extensive play lawn. Webb envisioned a series of multifunctional outdoor spaces where children could explore with abandon and adults could relax nearby. Knowing that there would be engineering challenges, since the lot sloped a full 45 degrees, he tapped landscape contractor Dale Nuss-baum of the Nussbaum Group for help early in the process.

“We wanted to make a garden that responded to the needs of a family with kids, but also reinforced the contemporary architecture,” Webb says. The resulting landscape features

a sophisticated palette of materials—stone, wood, and steel—and a lush planting scheme. For the children, it’s a bamboo forest with rope swings, monkey bars, a ship’s lad-der, a runnel-inspired water feature, a secret tunnel made of a 48-inch diameter plastic culvert pipe, and a 16-by-30-foot lawn where they can kick a soccer ball around. Yet many of the spaces, including two new decks of sustainable ipe wood, are multifunctional, meaning that adults don’t feel like they’re sitting in the middle of a playground.

Tiered so that each level of the house corresponds to a dis-tinct outdoor space, the design begins at the upper driveway, with its elegant gabion feature filled with river rocks. Masses of billowy fountain grass soften the wall’s strong lines.

A series of steps descend from the driveway, one level to the next, ultimately reaching the lawn, which hovers 20 feet above the street. A steel-clad structural concrete wall extends along the edge of the grass. “It looks like you have this plane of lawn floating above the hillside,” Nussbaum says. “Now the lot is completely functional, even though it’s still steep.” »


“We wanted zones and spaces where specific activities could take place,” says the homeowner. “That sense of mystery and discovery is so apparent—so much better than having a jungle gym in the backyard.” CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: A play lawn seemingly floats 20 feet above street level; the children’s playground features a bamboo forest, a tunnel made from a plastic culvert pipe, and an interactive water feature; a ship’s ladder ascends a gabion retain-ing wall; and the driveway is enclosed by a gabion feature that’s part structural, part privacy screen. h

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PARADISE FOUND

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Sun-lit days loom on the horizon. Make the most of every moment with outdoor eye-catchers that will please your plein air aesthetic.

1. Flango Hover Dish by Pot Inc., $110, Vancouver, potinc.ca. 2. Nautica hanging chair by Alberto Sanchez for Expormim, $3,490 at Tint Design Resource, Seattle, tintdesignresource.com. 3. Jack planter by Steel Life, $225 at Modern, Eugene, OR, modern-store.com. 4. partition 36 planter by Object Outdoors, $810, Vancouver, objectoutdoors .com. 5. egg Lime green, $260 at Ragen & Associates, Seattle, ragenassociates.com. 6. Daytona Square Dining Set, $1,438 at Moe’s Home Collection, Vancouver, moeshome.com. 7. Finn Chaise by Norm Architects, $1,865 at Design Within Reach, multiple locations, dwr.com. 8. The Cube outdoor fireplace, $5,900 at Spark Modern Fires, sparkfires.com. h

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dESIgN TEAmarchitect: McFarlane green Biggar architecture + Design (prior to March 2012); Office of McFarlane Biggar architects + Designers (March 2012–completion)general contractors: Somerset Homes, West Coast Turn Key

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This compact home on Gambier Island, british Columbia (this page and previous), is predominately made of wood—sustainable because it’s “essentially the only structural material that’s grown by the sun,” architect Steve McFarlane explains. The guest bed, seen in the room to the left, is the peg Leg from Cb2; the master bed, to the right, is bensen’s Frame Hi from Inform Interiors. The rooftop dining table in the foreground is from Crate and barrel; the chairs are by Ratana from Crystalview pool & Spa.


When the surrounding environment is so breathtaking, it seems only respectful to let it stay the center of attention. Floor-to-ceiling windows in the main living area ensure the scenery envelops the residents from dawn to dusk. TOP: The kitchen table and chairs are by Gus Modern from Stylegarage; the Le Klint pendant is from yLighting. ABOVE LEFT AND RIGHT: A Holden sectional from Spencer Interiors offers a place to perch and take it all in.


ith a 7.4-acre lot, there was room enough for the getaway house that the clients desired on Gambier Island, British Colum-bia, half a nautical mile from their full-time home in Vancouver. Complicating

matters,though,wasatrioofarchitecturalminefields:thesheer cliff on one side of the steep property; the protected watershed on the other side; and the required 50-foot setback from the high-tide mark.

No matter, says Steve McFarlane, principal architect of Office of McFarlane Biggar Architects + Designers (OMB). “I always see the constraints as opportunities,” McFarlane says. “Between those three hard boundaries, that’s where we found an opportunity to nestle the house in.”

For the architects and their clients, the virtually virgin land was a secret, soggy Eden. A lumber company, which

used the shoreline to raft its log booms for years, was the only owner before the lot was subdivided. “It’s sort of like the archetypal Northwest coast forest,” McFarlane says, “with a mix of coniferous and deciduous trees and this softly lit understory of lichens, cones, leaves, ferns, and the soft pad of the forest floor. It’s super rich and lush.” When you look up from the temperate rainforest, there’s a private cove off Brigade Bay and a stunning view of the iconic mountain peaks, the Lions.

In such a setting, the only thing that would do was a house that lives light on the land structurally as well as aesthetically—because you can’t top nature.

After countless drawings, models, and back-and-forths with the clients (“Every time we got a new drawing from them it was incredibly exciting because it was so much better than last time,” the husband says) the architects

wGenerous roof decks expand the size of the island retreat, providing the family with even more living space in warmer weather. The lounge chairs are from Restoration Hardware. Glass railings by Miracle Glass Works ensure nothing blocks the epic views. The decking is from Kayu Canada and was installed by West Coast Turn Key.


proposed two rectilinear forms, one atop the other, clad in fiber cement panels and cedar. Three bedrooms and two bathrooms are spread out over 1,700 square feet, all set on minimal concrete footings sunk into the bedrock to prevent the house from disrupting the watershed. Large windows are oriented to maximize the daylight that filters in between the trees. To address the challenging site logistics, the architects set the house as close as possible to the cliff—and within inches of both the protected wa-tershed and the high-tide setback, so the homeowners could be as close to the water as possible.

The entire process, from conception to construction to move-in, took more than six years—a testimony to the

patient architect–client collaboration, as well as to the site constraints. Construction crews, who often came over on barges with construction materials and even slept on site, could only work on the house during the summer. The project was finally completed in spring 2013.

Although other houses are now being built on the surrounding lots, the closest neighbors are still out of view, giving the clients and their two daughters a proper respite from their hectic city lives. From the rooftop deck, you’dthinkyouhadtheislandtoyourself:“It’sanincred-ible view,” the husband says, “looking out over Howe Sound and being completely surrounded by the trees, rocks, sky, and mountains.” h

ABOVE LEFT AND RIGHT: The challenge in determining a daylighting strategy, according to McFarlane, was, “How could we insert a modest little house into this restrained footprint and configure it in such a way that you enjoy those sunny moments that populate the spaces?” The solution, he says, was “concentrating the glazing on the open waterfront side and keeping it relatively closed off to the cliff face.” OPPOSITE: Minimal footings prevent the house from disrupting the watershed, and reduce the building’s impact on the surrounding landscape. There’s no road to the house, so the owners commute by private boat.

“wE LIKE A TRUE mOdERNIST AppROACh TO BUILdINg—LETTINg ThE SITE ANd ThE pROgRAm ANd ThE CLImATE BE ThE pRImARY dRIvERS AS OppOSEd TO SOmE ABSTRACT FORmAL IdEA.” —STEvE mCFARLANE, ARChITECT


“IT’S NOT A BUILdINg YOU CAN ImAgINE ON ANY OThER SITE. ThIS ONE IS REALLY LOCKEd INTO ITS SpECIFIC SETTINg ANd ThAT’S SOmEThINg ThAT hAppENS RELATIvELY RARELY.”

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The Skyline Residence offers a view over the treetops from its sunken living room, which includes a Fabrica shag carpet, a Molded plastic Rocker by Charles and Ray Eames for Herman Miller, and a custom sofa by InHouse pDX. OPPOSITE: Homeowner Andrea Corradini beside a stairway mural by brazilian artist Felipe Motta.


Domestic Kinetics

A Portland hillside residence speaks Skylab Architecture’s unique language of angles and motion.

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“ThE IdEA wAS pRETTY SImpLE: LET’S mAKE A REALLY INTERESTINg pORCh. ThE ARChITECTURE REALLY STARTEd ThERE.’’ —JEFF KOvEL, ARChITECT



t’s an overcast morning at the Skyline Residence in Portland’s West Hills, the latest from acclaimed local firm Skylab Architecture, but illumination is pouring in from seemingly every direction. Near the entrance, a mas-sive skylight over the stairway illuminates translucent 3form Chroma treads while highlighting a distinctive three-story mural. To the south and west, the view from the sunken living room extends over the treetops for

miles, as it also does upstairs from the master bedroom and bath. “I wanted as much light and openness as possible, and to be as environmentally sustainable as we could,” recalls homeowner Andrea Corradini. “But the rest, I said, ‘Push it as far as you want to push it.’”

Corradini and her husband, David Brown, both work for Nike and were fans of Skylab’s Hoke Residence, which was designed

for one of their co-workers but gained widespread notoriety after it appeared in one of the Twilight movies. “I said, ‘That’s it!’” Corradini says of seeing the Hoke.

The couple’s 4,300-square-foot, three-bedroom house—where they live with their two children—exemplifies Skylab’s signature visual language of angular geometry and kinetics. “Something I’ve been exploring for a long time is how to activate form to bring movement and energy and rhythm,” says Skylab founder Jeff Kovel.

The basic form of the Skyline Residence consists of three rectangular, almost shoebox-like forms (a nod to the clients’ day jobs?) stacked perpendicularly, with public areas on the ground floor and the bedrooms above. One upstairs bedroom thereby cantilevers over the ground-floor entrance to form a covered front porch, while on the other side, the master »

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OPPOSITE: The house includes a generously sized covered front porch made by a cantilevered upstairs bedroom. BELOW LEFT AND RIGHT: Skylab’s design consists of three perpendicularly stacked boxes that give the upstairs spaces the feeling of floating over the valley below. A wooden swing provides a playful perch by the front door.



ABOVE: The kitchen canopy, built by Ghilarducci Studios, resembles a reclaimed-maple Möbius strip stretching up the sides and over a pair of cooking islands. FAR RIGHT: A bookshelf in the great room shows off Skylab Architecture’s signature seven-degree angles, which are repeated throughout the house. NEAR RIGHT AND OPPOSITE: Calligaris Ice chairs from Hip surround a dining table made with wood salvaged from a basketball court by local designer Carl blakeslee. Designer Ruthi Auda created the custom light fixture out of a block of wood, oversized bulbs, and climbing rope. The wallpaper is Elysian Fields by Flavor paper, favored by the residents for its unconventional pattern featuring bats and carnivorous plants. »


bedroom appears to float out over the trees. Yet this is far from a boxyhouse:it’sfullofSkylab’ssignatureseven-degreeangles,which form everything from windows to wall shelves to the shape of the fireplace. Black metal awnings with similarly angu-lar shapes extend over the wood-clad boxes almost like a cape. Hence Corradini’s nickname for the house, “The Batcave,” although “Batwing” may be more appropriate given how it soars over the hillside. (Her gleaming black 1988 Porsche 911 Turbo serves as the Batmobile.)

Inside, particularly in the great room, Skylab crafted a deft balance between openness and defined spaces. The kitchen, for example, is defined by one continuous strip of wood that

extends from the floor to form the side of a kitchen island and then rises upward and over to become a kind of sculptural, Möbius-strip-like canopy. Corradini and Browns’ athletic-yet-artistic personalities equally come through. The dining table was made by Portland Product Werks from reclaimed basket-ball court flooring with its painted lines left intact. The stair-way mural, featuring a cartoon of the family waving as they surround a leafy aspen tree, is by Felipe Motta, aka Mottilaa, a Brazilian graphic artist that Corradini met on a business trip in Rio de Janeiro and brought to Portland for the commission. “When I’m stressed I just look at it and exhale,” she says. “We just look happy and goofy. That’s sort of how we are.” h

THIS PAGE: Flavor paper’s beggar’s banquet wallpaper enlivens a wall in the master bedroom. “I picked it because I thrive on light and I loved the idea that the pattern was a digital reinterpretation of stained glass,” Corradini says. “From a color perspective, I felt the purple–gold palette would reflect the sunset coming through our bedroom windows perfectly.” The bed and nightstands are by Made. OPPOSITE: Transluscent 3form Chroma stair treads glow beneath a large skylight, as does the mural depicting the family beneath an aspen tree. The bold color array continues in daughter Savannah’s bedroom with Small Flowers wallpaper, part of the Flavor paper X Warhol collaboration, and a piece of art Savannah created by gluing crayons to a canvas and melting them with a hair dryer.


“I wANTEd AS mUCh LIghT ANd OpENNESS AS pOSSIBLE, ANd TO BE AS ENvIRONmENTALLY SUSTAINABLE AS wE COULd. BUT ThE REST, I SAId, ‘pUSh IT AS FAR AS YOU wANT TO pUSh IT.’”—ANdREA CORRAdINI, hOmEOwNER


The deck along the north side of this steel-frame house in Anchorage, Alaska, offers expansive views of the surrounding trees, mountains, and the constantly changing northern skies. “The exterior siding is a wood-resin panel chosen to blend in with the natural setting,” says homeowner Trish Cheng. “It gives the house a natural finish with practically zero maintenance.”

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lot can happen in eight years. When Alex and Trish Cheng, an anesthesiologist and a former nurse, started building a house in Anchorage, Alaska, in 2005, they had no idea it would take until 2013 to com-plete. In addition to the difficulty of get-

ting construction resources to the state of Alaska—the Last Frontier—the project stalled two years in, with only the steel frame and the roof of the 5,200-square-foot house erected. The structure went untouched, exposed to the elements, un-til 2010, when the Chengs were ready for a fresh perspective

on the design. On the recommendation of a friend, they called architect Steve Bull of Seattle-based Workshop AD.

“When they contacted us, they were just ready to get the project done and move into their home,” Bull says. “During the time when the house sat, Trish and Alex had adopted twin girls, toddlers at the time, so all of the sudden their family needs were different.”

The foundation and steel frame were already in place, and the unique engineering of the elevated upper level made it im-possible for Bull and his team to change the structure. So Bull worked within the steel frame, focusing on the interiors,

BELOW: A large Dellarobia sofa gives the family plenty of room to sprawl out in the living room, and a Spark Modern Fires fireplace built into the tall stone wall adds extra warmth. OPPOSITE: Alex is passionate about cooking, and the industrial-grade kitchen, with appliances by Sub-Zero, blue-Star, and Miele, allows him to prepare meals while the girls do homework at the angular basalt-topped island, on stools from boConcept. Architect Steve bull chose walnut for the interior walls and ceiling “because it has a nice deep tone to it and looks very sophisticated,” he says. “Using the same material [in both places] creates a much more enveloping experience.”

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“wE wANTEd TO KEEp AS mANY hEmLOCKS ANd OThER hEALThY TREES INTACT AS pOSSIBLE ON ThE SITE. ThE hOUSE wAS wOvEN ThROUgh ThEm. IT FEELS LIKE LIvINg IN A TREE hOUSE.” —TRISh ChENg, CLIENT

A deck on the western end of the house has painted steel railings. The canted trim is metal flashing (used for waterproofing) that matches the prefinished metal roofing. Throughout the house, Marvin windows allow a flood of natural light.

which the clients wanted to keep “clean, streamlined, and contemporary,” he says. Plus, there was the addition of the twins to consider.

“We basically started from scratch,” Bull explains. “There were some spaces that are generally in the same location, like the kitchen and the living room, but the rest of the spaces were completely reconfigured. It was a bit of a jigsaw puzzle as the edge of the structure defined the limits of the space.”

The Chengs had originally planned to install a lap pool running through the upper level, but with the arrival of the girls, who are now 10, they decided they wanted more func-tional footage for the growing family. Bull integrated a portion of the pool space into the study and a new project room for the girls. The rest went into a deck off the dining room. Bull also reconfigured the lower level to add another bedroom.

With its open kitchen, dining area, and living room—and seductive views across the tree canopy—the upper floor’s central area is the most-trafficked hub of the house. Polished concrete floors run throughout and complement the warmth of the walnut walls and woodwork, a pairing brainstormed by Bull and interior designer Christiane Pein of Seattle’s Lair Design, who helped with the furnishings.

Every room in the house offers an expansive view of the natural surroundings—including Cook Inlet, Mount Susitna to the northwest, and Denali Mountain to the north—a daily re-minder of why the Chengs, who moved from Seattle, chose Alaska as their home. “We moved to Anchorage [in 1996] think-ing we would stay for just a few years,” Cheng says. But, “we fell in love with Alaska and here we still are 17 years later. The beauty of the mountain ranges still inspires us each day.” h


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“I SAw KRICKEN ON ThE FIRST dAY OF ORIENTATION [IN COLLEgE]—ShE wAS AT ThE FRONT OF ThE CLASS, ANd I wAS IN ThE BACK. I ASKEd mY FRIENd whO ShE wAS. ALThOUgh I COULdN’T pRONOUNCE hER NAmE, I hAd A pRETTY gOOd SENSE ThAT I wAS LOOKINg AT mY FUTURE wIFE. ” —JAmES YAKER

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WHO:VanillawoodWHaT: A full-service design–build firm located in Portland

James and Kricken Yaker, the husband-and-wife team behind Portland’s full-service design–build firm Vanillawood, have been creating design magic for eight years, ever since renovating their first house together in Venice Beach, California. “We loved the experience so much—it seemed to fulfill so many of our creative tendencies and passions, and we realized that we worked incredibly well with each other,” Kricken says. Together for 21 years—they met in college while study-ing abroad in Florence, Italy—the pair make working in tandem seem like a breeze. “It’s so much easier because you don’t need to dance around each other’s feelings,” James says. “There is no need for bullshit. We can be direct with how we feel about something because we want the project to be the best that it can.”

It helps that their personal and professional aspira-tions are in perfect alignment. Though they’re both lead designers, James serves as general contractor and oversees all construction, while Kricken heads up the interior design department and runs the Vanillawood retail shop. “One of the greatest parts of working with my husband is that at the end of the day, we are working toward the same goal—our family’s future,” Kricken says. “There is no ego involved. We both are each other’s biggest fans. And that’s a great feeling to have that kind of support in business. I trust no one more than my husband and I know he always has my back, as I do his.”

Vanillawood handles all aspects of design, from full-house renovations (top right), to custom interior design services (top left and bottom right).

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After separate successful design careers, this duo, known for turning out award-winning and stunningly modern hotels and restaurants in the Vancouver area, joined forces when they found themselves competing for the same projects. “I started a solo practice,” Cynthia Penner says, “and Jay was the entire commercial design team at an esteemed residential firm. Eventually we wanted the same jobs, so it just made sense to try to get them together.” They founded Box in 2002, and won their first award that year, an award of excellence from the Interior Designers Institute of British Columbia (IDIBC). They have since won 15 others.

The two work well as partners. Jay Brooks brings business acumen and artistic talent (he does drawings for every project by hand), while Penner contributes conceptual ideas, in-depth color and texture palettes, and handles the firm’s marketing and communications. “Since we know each other so well and have been to-gether for so long—25 years!—it is easy to collaborate,” Penner says. “It is normal for us to finish the others’ thoughts and sentences. When you feel safe and com-fortable, it is easy to be free in your imagination with another person.” The biggest challenge, as you might expect,isbalancinghomeandworklife.SaysBrooks:“We have a rule that we can talk about creative ideas after work, but not about affairs of the office.”

“Being a designer is not a profession as much as it is who we are, so we are grateful for each opportunity to be allowed to imagine and create for our clients.”—CYNThIA pENNER

Cynthia penner and Jay brooks excel at high-end restaurant design. Their work in Vancouver includes black + blue (top left); Market by Jean-Georges in the Shangri-La Hotel (bottom left); and the Fish Shack (bottom right).

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WHO: Big Wood SkiWHaT: Handcrafted, custom wood skis produced in Sun Valley, Idaho

After working in ski shops for 28 years, Caleb Baukol launched Big Wood Ski last spring with his partner Bex Wilkinson. “It wasn’t really a decision; it just sort of happened,” Wilkinson says. “Caleb was building skis and he asked me to help him out a few hours a week. Before I knew it, I was handling pretty much everything else that didn’t include making the skis themselves.”

While Wilkinson has experience in start-up com-panies, Baukol’s skills are on the engineering and technical side. Not just a matter of sport, the skis are a true art form, each custom-designed for the individual. Baukol starts all skis with a FSC Pure Bamboo core, then adds layers of fiberglass, carbon fiber, and Kevlar, varying the applications to suit each distinct rider. The finished product is laminated and sealed with plant-based resins, and each customer can choose from four differentfinishes:cherry,maple,Africanbubinga,andzebra wood.

Big Wood Ski is also big about giving back. A per-centage of each of its sales goes directly to nonprofit organizations, and the workshop participates in Idaho’s Green Power Program, offsetting 100 percent of its carbon footprint with energy created by wind power.

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WHO: Piano NobileWHaT: A design studio and fabrication workshop located in Seattle

Based in an old warehouse in Ballard, Piano Nobile, owned by Nickolas Robertson and Isabelle Grizzard Robertson, is the design studio that creative dreams are made of. He is an architect, she, an artist. They have combined their creative powers to produce work at every scale, from architecture to furniture to hand-print-ed textiles, all under one roof. “We built our workshop to accommodate the differences between our disciplines, and as a way to facilitate surprising moments of in-spiration,”Isabellesays.“It’slikesharinganumbrella:sometimes we are both under it, strolling together; sometimes only one uses it. Sometimes we fold it up and put it away to duck into a coffee shop for a date.”

Their shared inspiration has recently led to a new textile and home-goods line, which debuted in February. As for how they work so well together, Isabelle thinks that it’s all about communication—and courage. “We honor each other’s ideas and distinct vocabulary at the same time that we construct new technical approach-es for each project. The artist Giorgio Morandi would say a single word to his printmaking students a mo-ment before they plunged their copper etching plates intovatsofacid:coraggio, or courage. We say that to each other each time we encounter a tough decision—we remind each other to be brave.”

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“Shortly after we became a couple, we decided we needed to plan a trip, and we decided on Cuba,” says Robert Quinnell, half of the curatorial genius behind Vancouver’s Provide Home store. “We thought we mostly wanted to hang out at the beach, but after taking a tour of Havana and its amazing architecture, we knew the design world was destined for us.”

After opening up shop, Quinnell and his partner David Keeler quickly discovered the true benefits of collaboration. “We love spending time together and we love what we do, so it’s a win–win situation,” Keeler says. “Having Provide allows us to share our passion for de-sign and fulfill our desire to travel—and who better to share those experiences with than the one you love?”

The pair balance out each other’s tastes when stock-ing the floor of their shop, carrying upscale collections including Missoni, Rina Menardi, and Heath Ceramics. “Our tastes vary,” Quinnell says. “Sometimes I can be more modest—because of my wholesale fashion back-ground, I’m constantly looking for the best price and the best deals. David’s taste tends to be richer than mine, so if we can meet in the middle, we know we are on the right track.”

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Inseparable since the first week of college, Brian and Melody Emerick first began to incubate their joint career in the vigorous architectural program at the Uni-versity of Oregon. “I think getting married young [at 21] and attending architecture school together allowed us to develop a solid working relationship early on,” Melody says. “We got to see how each other handled stress, multitasking, and sleep deprivation.” After that early trial by fire, they started their own firm, Emerick Architects, in 1999. The two now have a breadth of projects under their belt, ranging from highly detailed Craftsman houses to a sleek and modern penthouse to the flagship store of Northwest-based Grand Central Baking Company. The couple’s own house was the first LEED Gold–certified house in Oregon. “We divided up the design pretty evenly—he did site work, exterior elevations and details, I did floor plans, interior elevations, and materials. Because we have a pretty smooth working relationship it all came together easily,” Melody says. They realize that working together for most couples isn’t always as easy. “Find the way you work together best,” Melody advises. “I have had clients that enjoy making every decision together. Others divvy up the tasks. And lastly, some couples put one person totally in charge while the other one is fairly removed. Every-body has a different balance.” As for the future of their firm, the Emericks hope to push their creative limits further. “With our daughters heading to college in the next few years we can feel a shift coming up,” Melody says. “We plan to dig even deeper and explore even more opportunities.” h

TOP TO BOTTOM: Nearly every material used in the architects’ penthouse project was handmade locally in portland. The couple’s own home was the first stand-alone residence in Oregon to receive LEED Gold status.

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28. pROCeSS Inglenuk DesignVancouveringlenuk.com

KoboSeattlekoboseattle.com

piling palangpilingpalang.com

33. eLeMeNTS acanthus JewelryPortlandacanthusjewelry.com

ali gradischerPortlandaligradischer.com

anneStarrVancouverannestarr.ca

BocciVancouverbocci.ca

Design HouseVancouverdesignhouse.ca

eskayeleskayel.com

esque StudioPortlandesque-studio.com

gamlaVancouvergamla.ca

Jennifer West ShowroomSeattlejwshowroom.com

Jonathan adlerPortland and Seattlejonathanadler.com

Justine Brooks DesignVancouverjustinebrooks.com

Linde Ltd.Portlandlindeltd.com

LivingspaceVancouverlivingspace.com

Marisa MessickEugene, ORmarisamessick

Michael Folks ShowroomSeattlemichaelfolks.com

Nikki Jacoby Jewelry Seattlenikkijacoby.com

Sahlia JewelryPortlandsahliajewelry.com

Spencer InteriorsVancouverspencerinteriors.ca

The Cross Décor & Design Vancouverthecrossdesign.com

Thorn&WynnPortlandthornandwynn.com

Troy MothVictoria, B.C.troymoth.com

Uptowne papersPortlanduptownepapers.com

VictoryPortland victorypdx.com

West elmMultiple locationswestelm.com

44. MaDe HeRe Wes Walsworth, Walsworth FurnishingsKetchum, IDwalsworthfurnishings.com

46. ORIgIN eighth generationSeattleeighthgeneration.com

MockupsSeattlegetmockups.com

48. INTeRIORS Robert Bailey InteriorsVancouverrobertbaileyinteriors.ca

albert OehlenAvailable through: Saatchi gallerysaatchigallery.com

Bang & OlufsenMultiple locationsbang-olufsen.com

BensenVancouverbensen.ca

Ceramica Flaminiaceramicaflaminia.it

Christopher Woolwool735.com

Inform InteriorsSeattle and Vancouverinforminteriors.com

Lindsey adelmanlindseyadelman.com

LivingspaceVancouvershop.livingspace.com

porroporro.com

Radius architectural MillworkBurnaby, B.C.radiuswood.com

52. SOURCeD: RUgS andonian RugsSeattle and Bellevue, WAandonianrugs.com

atelier LapchiPortlandlapchi.com

Beyond BeigeVancouverbeyondbeige.com

Chandra Rugsshopchandra.com

Colin CampbellVancouvercolin-campbell.ca

IkeaMultiple locationsikea.com

Jan Kathjan-kath.de

Kush Handmade RugsPortlandkushrugs.com

NW RugsMultiple locationsnwrugs.com

Safaviehsafavieh.com

Thomas paulthomaspaul.com

Tufenkian artisan CarpetsPortlandtufenkiancarpets.com

Warp & Weftwarpandweft.com

54. OUTDOOR Darwin Webb Landscape architects, p.S.Issaquah, WAdarwinwebb.com

Nussbaum groupSeattlenussbaum-group.com

aw pottery NorthwestLynnwood, WAawpottery.com

Crosscut HardwoodsSeattlecrosscuthardwoods.com

Terris DraheimSeattleterrisdraheim.com

58. SOURCeD: OUTDOOR pot Inc.Vancouverpotinc.ca

Tint Design ResourceSeattletintdesignresource.com

ModernEugene, ORmodern-store.com

Moe’s Home CollectionMultiple locationsmoeshome.ca


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Carbon & Sand

Garden GatesNew to the Northwest: unique and creative garden gate designs by Carbon and Sand. All our gates are custom-designed and detailed to each of our clients’ specifications. These custom gates will bring you enjoyment for generations.

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Archilume

Archilume’s unassuming simplicity masks a visionary design that transforms energy-efficient LED lighting into beautiful accent luminaires. The clear cylindrical lens features a conical diffuser that emits an elegant glow without the glare of a visible light source. Suited for ultra-modern to heritage-style interiors, the transparency of this design is its trademark aesthetic feature. Available in two gentle light effects: one evokes ripples on water, the other provides diffuse, even illumination. These dimmable luminaires are intended for illumination at counter and bar areas, in clustered formations as chandeliers in entrances, lounges and dining areas, or anywhere people want beautiful lighting accents.

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Seattle Stair & Design

Design • Fabrication • Installation Rail Systems • Parts Packages • Residential • Commercial

Design: It all starts with design. You and your family are not just like everyone else. Whether we are making you a signature shop–built stair for your waterfront home or a DIY installed DesignLine™ rail system, we believe that personalized design can change your world.

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not2big®

React. Reduce. Rethink. Recycle. Relax. At not2big, we build modern, artisan furniture one piece at a time. Handcrafted and individually numbered, no two pieces are exactly alike. Our designs combine the warmth of wood with a creative mix of other materials to produce timeless furniture that is functional and beautiful. Whether you choose an in-house design or a custom piece, it will be a true original. Our goal is to inspire, delight, and surprise, bringing our clients a personalized experience and providing them with a unique product not available anywhere else. Rethinking how furniture is made. We are not2big!

www.not2big.com(425)503-0710

Sara Wise Design The Sara Wise Design Collection merges a rich array of materials to create sustainably produced contemporary furnishings of unparalleled quality and finish. Unique compositional elements and unexpected details are the signatures of our collection. Infinite options including exterior finishes are offered for customization. Available at the Terris Draheim showroom in Seattle.

sarawise.com(206) 283-1411


resources


Object OutdoorsVancouverobjectoutdoors.com

Ragen & associatesSeattleragenassociates.com

Design Within ReachMultiple locationsdwr.com

Spark Modern Firessparkfires.com

60. ON THe ROCKS Office of McFarlane Biggar architects + DesignersNorth Vancouverofficemb.ca

CB2Vancouvercb2.com

Crate and BarrelMultiple locationscrateandbarrel.com

Crystalview pool, Spa & patioNorth Vancouvercrystalview.ca

Inform InteriorsSeattle and Vancouverinforminteriors.com

Kayu Canadakayu.ca

Miracle glass WorksHope, B.C.604-869-9559

Restoration HardwareMultiple locationsrestorationhardware.com

Somerset HomesWest Vancouversomersetcustomhomes.ca

Spencer InteriorsVancouverspencerinteriors.ca

StylegarageVancouverstylegarage.com

West Coast Turn KeyWest Vancouverwestcoastturnkey.com

YLightingylighting.com

66. DOMeSTIC KINeTICS Skylab architecturePortlandskylabarchitecture.com

3form3-form.com

expankoAvailable through: architectural Directionsarchitecturaldirections.com

Fabricafabrica.com

Felipe Motta, petit pois Studio petitpoisstudio.com.br

Flavor paperflavorpaper.com

Froelich engineersPortlandfroelich-engineers.com

ghilarducci Studios Portland503-757-8245

Heath Ceramicsheathceramics.com

Herman Millerhermanmiller.com

HipPortlandubhip.com

Luxrailcooperindustries.com

Made Portlandmade-studio.com

Mcgee SalvagePortlandmcgeesalvage.com

portland product WerksPortlandportlandproductwerks.com

Ruthi auda ruthiauda.com

United TilePortland and Renton, WAunitedtile.com

Wolfsubzero-wolf.com

74. HOMe aT LaST Workshop aDSeattleworkshopad.com

Lair DesignSeattlelairdesign.net

BlueStarbluestarcooking.com

BoConceptMultiple locationsboconcept.com

Hawkinson Construction Anchorage, AKhawkinsonak.net

Jon’s WoodworkingWasilla, AKjonswoodworking.com

Juno Lighting groupjunolightinggroup.com

Marvin Windows and Doorsmarvin.com

Mielemieleusa.com

Sub-Zero & Wolf appliancessubzero-wolf.com

81. INSIgHT Big Wood SkiSun Valley, IDbigwoodski.com

BOX Interior Design Vancouverboxinteriordesign.com

emerick architectsPortlandemerick-architects.com

piano NobileSeattlestudiopianonobile.com

provideVancouverprovidehome.com

VanillawoodPortlandvanillawood.com

98. MY NORTHWeST BestieVancouverbestie.ca

Cause+affectVancouvercauseandaffect.com

aD INDeX 2. HivePortlandhivemodern.com

4. The NinesPortlandthenines.com

5. Marvin Windows & DoorsMultiple locationsmarvin.com/shades

9. Room & BoardSeattleroomandboard.com10. The Modern Fan Co.modernfan.com

11. B & B ItaliaSeattlebebitalia.comdivafurniture.com

12. Chown HardwarePortland and Bellevue, WAchown.com

13. Hammer & HandSeattle and Portlandhammerandhand.com

16. Kush Handmade RugsPortlandkushrugs.com

17. Interior Design Show WestVancouveridswest.com

21. Design Lecture SeriesSeattledesignlectur.es

23. gelotte HommasBellevue, WAgelottehommas.com

27. Yves DelormeSeattle and Bellevue, WAyvesdelormeparis.com

29. Mitchell gold + Bob Williams Portlandmgbwhome.com

31. TufenkianPortlandtufenkianportland.com

32. all+Modern, wayfair.com, Dwell Studiowayfair.com/designer

41. hipPortlandubhip.com

43. Spark Modern Firessparkfires.com

45. Moe’s Home CollectionMultiple locationsmoeshome.ca

47. Keller SupplyMultiple locationswww.kellersupply.com

53. OpUS VancouverVancouvervancouver.opushotel.com

57. Loewenloewen.comAvailable through:Sound glassTacomasoundglass.comWindows Doors & MoreSeattlewindowshowroom.com

59. Inglenuk DesignVancouveringlenuk.com

79. Maison Inc.Portlandmaisoninc.com

79. David papazian photographyPortlandpapazianphoto.com

80. garrison HullingerPortlandgarrisonhullinger.com

80. Ragen & associatesSeattleragenassociates.com

83. alchemy CollectionsSeattlealchemycollections.comcamerichseattle.com

83. Design StageSeattledesign-stage.com

85. eWF ModernPortlandewfmodern.com

85. Nussbaum groupSeattlenussbaum-group.com

87. DigsSeattledigsshowroom.com

87. Kim e. RooneyLandscape architectsSeattlekimerooney.com

87. Masins Fine Furnishings & Interior DesignBellevue, WAmasins.com

89. 360° ModernSeattle360modern.com

89. Coates Design architectsBainbridge Island, WAcoatesdesign.com

89. erik Bishoff photographyEugene, ORerikbishoff.com

89. VanillawoodPortlandvanillawood.com

91. The Fashion group International of SeattleSeattleseattle.fgi.org

Back Cover: The Fixture galleryMultiple locationsthefixturegallery.com


Chadhaus

Chadhaus is an American furniture and design studio rooted in the belief that objects can be beautiful, handcrafted, and made to last. Based in Seattle, WA, Chadhaus is a small company led by husband-and-wife team Emily and Chad Robertson. Chadhaus pieces feature sustainably harvested Pacific Northwest woods and recycled steel manufactured in Seattle.

chadhaus.com (206) 782-4287

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16th workshop

16th workshop designs and builds hand-made modern furniture of heirloom quality. Our work offers function, quiet line and balanced composition, while using impeccably hand-crafted, time-tested joinery. In so doing, it brings together the finest qualities of each, allowing our work a stunning presence in any environ.

16thworkshop.com (206) 905-8662

Seattle Design Bureau

Seattle Design Bureau is pleased to make its debut at WantedDesign 2014 in New York City. We invite you to join us as we embark on our journey to share with the world our love of design and our nod toward simple yet beautiful objects.

seattledesignbureau.com

urbancase

We believe in designing objects that contribute to a simpler, pared-back lifestyle with an emphasis on functionality. Our furniture and products are designed in Seattle and built domestically by our manufacturing partners in Oregon and Vermont. We believe in living well with less.

urbancase.com(206) 289-0451

fruitsuper design, LLC

We create products that tell your story. Products designed in Seattle and made in the USA that balance both fun and function. Designed to be used, loved, and lived with.

fruitsuperdesign.com

Standard Socket

Founded in 2012 in Seattle, WA, Standard Socket is a contempo-rary lighting company featuring designs from studios in the Pacific Northwest, New York, and Norway. Our philosophy is simple: Connect - Design - Make.

standardsocket.com1-800-447-2046

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Piano Nobile

Piano Nobile is a design studio and workshop in Seattle. Their work combines structure and surface design, fine art and fine craft. The design studio creates architectural systems for homes, commercial spaces, and industry. The workshop produces organic linens and home goods. Piano Nobile products can be found in stores throughout the US and Japan, and in their online shop.

studiopianonobile.com

WantedDesign (May 16-19) is a premier creative destination for the international design community during NYCxDESIGN in May. The event will offer a 360-degree experience with innovative installations, memorable products, a pop-up store, interactive experiences, convivial lounges, thought-provoking student work-shops, engaging discourse and more. 269 11th Avenue (between 27th and 28th St), New York

wanteddesignnyc.com


Photographed by JeReMY JuDe Lee

my northwestSHORTLY AFTER moving to Vancouver in 2004 and founding the branding agency Cause+Affect, Jane and Steven Cox noticed a dearth of opportunities for local creatives to network. “We felt like people didn’t have enough awareness of what was going on that was interesting, even within the design com-munity,” Jane says. So the duo stepped in to help—to “raise awareness and raise the bar.” Over the past 10 years they’ve launched a series of wildly popular events, including Fuse, a recurring party held at the Vancouver Art Gal-lery, and PechaKucha Night Vancouver. Come May 29, they’ll premiere FUEL, an ambitious conference and forum exploring the “Future of Urbanity, the Environment and our Lifestyle.” Two blocks from the Coxes’ office, another innovative concept has sprouted, though at a smaller scale. Bestie, a streamlined restaurant specializing in sausages and fries, is an un-expected discovery in gritty Chinatown. The Coxes are fans. After all, whether dining out or organizing a global conference, they’re driven by thesamepassion:“We’realwayssearchingforthe new, and we like to reward people who take risks and push the city forward,” Steven says. h

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jane and steven coxFounders of Cause+affect

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