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Back to the Future: Interior Design Trends for 2021
COUPAR gazed into our crystal ball to forecast what will be the trends for interior design in 2021. With the pandemic still raging outside, the home reigns supreme.
A Designer and a Gentleman: John Wheatman
Interior designer, educator, author, and gentleman, John Wheatman, passed away at 94 on September 26. Living on the ground floor of 2500 Steiner Street, the elegant Art Deco tower soaring over Pacific Heights, Wheatman created edited interiors, restrained yet poetic.
Kesha Franklin of Halden Interiors’ Effortlessly Elegant Spaces
New York, full-service design firm, Halden Interiors is attracting well-deserved attention from all corners of the design industry. Founded and led by talented principal designer, Kesha Franklin, Halden is transforming a wide array of commercial and residential spaces on both coasts.
Form + Field Designs Retail Spaces for Ayesha Curry
The talented Ayesha Curry, actress, cooking television personality and cookbook author wanted to relaunch her Homemade lifestyle brand with a curated pop-up shop. Curry collaborated with San Francisco Interior Design firm, Form + Field, to bring this vision to fruition opening for a month in 2019.
Aperture Cellars: Wine, Art, and Architecture
COUPAR'S client Grassi & Associates recently completed construction on Aperture Cellars situated in Healdsburg, California. The brainchild of youthful, wine professional, Jesse Katz, the compound provides a unique visual experience.
How Designers & Creatives Help During the Pandemic: Face Masks
As COVID continues to persist and face coverings remain a constant in our everyday lives, why not make them a fashion statement? While COUPAR diligently follows proper precautions, Krista Coupar, our CEO, and Founder, wanted to ensure that each of her employees stays safe and stylish by sending everyone a variety of bespoke masks.
Designer Phillip Silver: A Sense Of Timelessness
Interior designer Phillip Silver reflects on his nearly four-decade career "In all my work, I try to achieve a sense of timelessness, I'm not a great follower of instant trends."
COUPAR Classic: 2020 San Francisco Decorator Showcase Marketing
The vetting process for the 2020 San Francisco Decorator Showcase is right around the corner. For the esteemed design professionals selected for one of the 29 spaces in the West Clay Park estate, we recommend our COUPAR Classic Showcase Marketing Package.
Classic Blue: A Timeless Hue Heralds The New Year
What color will shape the design world in 2020? Pantone announces their Color of the Year Classic Blue. The decorative arts have favored this celestial and spiritual shade throughout the centuries.
Quality of Craft: Sister Parish Design’s Vreeland
Sister Parish Design prides itself on hand, silk-screening their textiles and wall coverings in the United States. The work of the hand and quality of craft is apparent in every yard produced.
Classic and Contemporary: Sister Parish Design
Sister Parish Design takes Albert Hadley and Sister Parish's favorite fabric and wall covering designs and translates them for today's interiors. Recolored and redesigned the patterns and colorways combine classic with contemporary.
Green Investments: Sustainable Design
The importance of understanding the value in sustainable, ethical design and why it’s not only recommended but, vital for improving the future state of our environment.
In Memoriam: Kirk Phillips
On May 22, the San Francisco Design Center honored the memory of Kirk Phillips with a celebration of his life in the atrium of the Galleria.