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Restoration Hardware's conccastc chief once channeled Auguste Rovlin, eroaimerone Cover peroanam orice reves1g strnmcieco This issue, our editors offer insights into some of the Bay Area’s most interesting design ideas. PRESIDENTS NOTE {As the poet famously sad, “In the spring a young man's fancy ighy tars to though of seb ‘OK, maybe Lord Fanny actly sud th yong mais thoughts are of lo, hut 8 r ead ofthis column there ae ay) ko; ane of ty great lores has long been the Gian ‘Last year' triumph was a fantasy come tue er the whole Bay Arca—aid I think we ae ll ready t.consint the ram right where ek of ater the parade last November The race to repeat as ch and the home openers Friday, April 8 agains the Cardinals ‘Spring also bring to mind thoughts of enna atl roth For many of our readers, that earns plan to een thee homes, A pons starts i L.A on Match asouneing 38 perce of them aus they tuvertook a home rermodating jb ast year, a ve antiipate an exen larger nutaber be sini Fay active the mana abe. “This sue, ou ets offer us their insights inno some ofthe area ot interesting design eas, They give ws a stcak preview of Drew Schoo extraordinary “ving wall (ink: Academy of Sciences ving root warned vertical, ‘ercated by the intervational las star Patrick Blane and certain to become one of the most aired sich works in the United Sates. We als gta rare view inside the homes of our ofthe regions mos infact furmitare anndat cllectors, whose living spaces point the vay toa reer new future for itvior decorating Aan we learn how Gary Fridman, the abxesive anu lian mine eh the reinveotion of Restoration (Tarde, not only has open his first ofa kind “desig gallery” inthe most ‘pone locaton ponble—ertas from the Sn rapeisco Design Cenet—but i hting his bust ras on ei able to sll ghd reprodic ions of ring pieces he’ clsconere dang, ing se bis travels, Callectng a a big part of our apring event schedule aswell. On Apri 6 SEMOMA bold is ‘ianomal art auction, Attendee will get an ‘unprecedented charce to adi ‘ou—80 pieces of extraordinary art that have hoon donate! for this parpos othe mast It your budget does quite allen fora Richard Serra cra Chuck Clots, then jin us nett tooth at artMRKT, the international at fair athe SE (Concaurse, where more rca an fa il he igh tore accu prices What kindof art do ¥ collect? Hanging on my ‘ice wall isa print by Mark Ulritset formerly an itector of San nea as fa precursor of this magazine and nove best known fr is many reat New rer covers My prize ited fst print my boyhood hero, Willie Mays, taking The Catch against Vie Wet ‘eof the 1954 World Series, the last tne that the Gants then of New York) were word pions Ulrksen created this inage or foal ‘master Andrew Hoyem of Arion Pres to lis trate Heyes fine pres etn ofA Daye he laces, Arold Hance acount ofthat gune at the Polo Grounds, An entire Book about one day ssatching the Giants play baschal: Noe thats my idea of a young mats fae. Se yn at thelr 1a 50 galeries from ing grea works aa QE A RETAIL PIECES OF HIS MIND4. racic SITTING ON THE BELGIAN CLASSIC Hl Arm Sipcovered Sofa in the grand enty roo of his new Henry Adan Stet sore, Gary Frida, co GEO and chaitman of Restoration Hardware, occasion P ght to greet cso Fri speaks with the unbridled, rape ent om ofa lear determined io inpire, so keeping up With hin ike trying to atah 2 pedometer to gall ing ractiore,Sylh charity Gature Summer Tempkins ‘Walker, in designs lac, enters the store with a fen The interview stp "We were justin Foie Reach playing gol tay, ‘ays Tomphine Waler who designs casonvenbroidered think would be shopping furnishings actos the street witha decoratr, atthe iy Design Center: Ite, Tenpkins Walker deribes how she dragged her fre into the store urging her tod ware “Iooks great Tompkins Waer gushes. As the women depart, Friedman saes up the encounter a is [previous breakneck pace: “She like the sor, tha’ good Her husbands Brooks Wither ehectssroune, He ther coouried Esprit nd er her howe in Restoration Had tom, the other colbunde, is Susie Tompkins Buel—a ig pantropist in San Franco, Tennphkins Walker's endorsement in cr clearly meats something to Frei tmarkcter on the leu for sigis tha wt many ofare obmesive design cogoscenti have called his inane gamble at Res {oration Hardvare might us turn out tobe a huge win ely feloving the big clsser since the Great Depression, leat wat be need to ave his ang cmpany—was 8 te ype of nur Curie. He had already trae formed Restor o Hardware once, frm a ll me ‘hander of tons, gulls, a toys ito a more ypcae [purveyor of items forthe home, Hut hist, he woul ‘allenge the very notion of how home hiss ae sade ane sek Tod sir of high-enl fasion abl, ike Hert, Friends to forgo a ction head handcraftnanship. 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Sees eee ‘900 Neuth Pont Street at Bach & Larkin Streets | Phone 418.775.5500 (Onsite validated parking |. 2 blocks West of Powel / Hyde Coble Car ‘ALReso, Friedman oversecs the slightest deals of every Piece of firnture he sells down to the with an nish ofa tmetal band on the wooden trunk where his eather brie ‘ease nove reas (he says he spends only five minutes a month at his des, Ase sey: Reso il ine or deo Frieda drive ane eye, and The hos i “Whats so great about than! why Uve had ‘more ft than eves because, forthe fit tne by ‘ater, [was able to make a basins 100 percent personal” the explains. “What you sce at Restoration Havdare fat expresion of wat Iblis, what ie, and what Unk eroling as ei, he has card the right to have his areal way wo fine” FRIEDMAN'S LAUNCH OF HIS RECONFIGURED STORE LAST September was a potent sya ofthe brand’ reinvention — anil the event of the season fr a design conmnanty ill in the post 2008 dlr unas nea of chosing Corie Madera, where Reto steady ts store and is headquarter, Fridman decided in the 5, 000-sjare-foot, Palladian syle building in A San Francisco that housed antique king Ed Hardy's bases for 16 years. The space, dscrectly st back From the street behind a crushed granite courtyard guarded by H-ooc-high wooden gates, hal served YY aan anchor tothe design tise anl Hardy ha ten mus for the lavish themed panties he hosted he there. ie during the oniturn, he'd decided cerned thal some ofthe design locals would greet the new Resto wth a there goes the neighbortocd” atid But instead, his Sep tember 22 opening bh drew S00 pecple—ara a ine that serapped aronod the blk fr cohostd by Arhitetwat Digg’ ew editor in clic, Mang et Ruslan it was atten! bya heaine-worhy ni of sociales, ncaing former Gap chai Bab Fer ai ic vile, Randi Fisher: the ageless Denise Hale nel Harper’ Beseer conto and Sorokko, plus bola interior designers ike Pal Wiseman, Ker Fal, and Jfiry Weisman—all former fixtures of Ha dys extravaganas “T want the pty to eeat hid of apiatona plat form” Fredinan say, “to signal othe designers and secs that this isa very eiereim Restoration Hardware” It sect to have worked. “The new store has ben impeccably don,” says Gabriela Sarl, whose own showroom is dow space x phenomena, and heyve really cap te couture coecor Tatiana gg sttrmcico 10COLDWELL BANKER SAN FRANCISCO LOMBARD Lio Thmeco eV EAL) TOP PRODUCERSi : 3 i i 8 detergent on is cover, bt the ig mane came in 2008 ncugh, right aller President George W. Bush gave his pec watt ing of economic calamity: The next day, Res sas dropped 80 pe ent, a dhe future a yas in jeopardy, but the ou hig Piedra il fea iit bs Atroppang his prives and compromising on quality. He figured there ‘were till enough people at the higher end ofthe market who werent cl that the tart ding to do ‘eis io create a brann-ew market niche, “People thought Iwas ra 13" Friedman says, “bt there was ell no premiam fury brat tha adieu home design together ith etl view mpetirs by serious trouble, so he de DEFINING ONESELF AS A “CURATOR” RATHER THAN A rear one's stores a “galerie,” and one's catalogs as “publications” may sem ike piting on is, yet there's substance bchind Rests ta ‘morphosi Frida his ppd a team of profesional that ince ole-world arti ai antiquatians and even Fel Hardy himself, who now consuls on a partie his Resto sl ells fi tar offerings sch bath Gxtures ad Kalan being, bt the ‘phase son the reprodiced antique faritre. For example, at Ma(wonty: the Napa shop owned by one of his het frien, Mictal Plenske ida buslap chat for $7.00, copied tan now sells ifr $1,205. You cai tll the difference, except as worn.” he say) Sat Mateo, he aay the aap it found an elegant pa of ISth centr tbls for $3,000 that became Rea’ Liens Head Si ables. ‘The smaller one sl for $7 the lange one, for 95, The ea of repreductions may son Alas, bt the techni tee cone along way sce ‘wher historical model were ote tepreciced on, Revive huss, 50 popu it cary 3th centr, ere oe filled Wi Jesigied pices The backlbegt when sederaiss did! that ‘nas prsdutin could bea noble meara of spreading good design, Why would someone want a copy ofa sie ow a bygone era when more relevant, high-concepe design was ava at a affor ale price? Fricdinanisappecach is somes hybrid, embraing the artis snl the democratic Some pees are Freda or another design rs) take on an orginal design, bur most are more oF less ext rep- Tes ofthe real antique, The challenge, he sys ito capture the ‘essence of an original without making it look ake “Eventhough many ofthese pies were pase down through multiple genera ins ne lt inthe bat, a the rain got doxgh the rot and washed off he Gish, the design, the proportions, and the beau pina ste all here,” Frida explains. “They live a fe ad have 2 on, which ety Te helped by a wi the lobe—in Bejing. Vim, Post, Hay, and Turkey. Rests May Ini Steamee Trunk, for example, are crafted inthe Chinese werk shops of Timothy Oulton. Londo reproductions. Each of the trunks takes thrce days to compte at features sch haa finshed! deta 63,00 hanamcre base ai heads The price frm S145 to S28K5. days ofthe indatalrevlution, ius dale an Koret Designs. 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