We are just thrilled with these pages of coverage in ‘Sleeper’ mag — beautifully describing our ‘localist’ ethos and collaboration with The Lumiares boutique hotel in Lisbon — and especially proud to see so many of our partner makers, artists and suppliers so beautifully captured in photos and print!
*photos by Vasco Celio of Stills photography, prop styling by Chelsea Fuss
The first thing to fall in love with in Lisbon is its light. Second, its colours. Third, its zig-zag of many patterns – in streets of dizzyingly arrayed paving stones and on buildings covered with ever-amazing, omni-present ceramic tiles. Foster & Bloom had the chance to combine all three while working on the creation of The Lumiares boutique hotel, in Lisbon’s Bairro Alto — when we found the rugs and flat-weave tapestries of Ferreira de Sá. READ MORE
General Store. 4035 Judah Street, Outer Sunset, San Francisco, California, USA.
“There’s a certain person who has this desire to live near the sea,” artist and shop-owner Serena Mitnik-Miller tells me. “It’s hard to explain to people who don’t get it, but it’s important in our lives – an understanding you don’t even need to talk about.“ Serena and her husband and business partner, Mason St. Peter, make living ‘close to nature’ much more than a mantra. “Nature is powerful,” Serena observes, “we are physically part of it – to not consider that as part of your life is ignorant.” A truly holistic approach, both to making art and to the design and running of their San Francisco shop, has helped Serena and Mason create a local and global community. READ MORE
