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Would you choose a wilderness adventure? Or chic, luxury accommodations? Happily, you can have both at AutoCamp Yosemite in Mariposa, an outdoor hotel experience offering stylish tents and cabins as well as customized Airstreams with spa-inspired bathrooms, all in a picturesque setting just outside Yosemite National Park. Guests can lounge in the 4,000-square-foot, multilevel clubhouse and enjoy a meal at the communal table or sit fireside and sip a craft beer or cold-brew coffee. After a long day of hiking, unwind in the heated swimming pool or gather around one of the fire pits to make s’mores. Santa Barbara-based architecture firm Anacapa led the design of the property, which features bold architectural forms and a “primal material palette” of regional pine, concrete, steel and glass. Lauren Geremia of Geremia Design in San Francisco spearheaded the interior design, which includes bespoke outdoor seating by Amigo Modern and accommodations outfitted with Coyuchi blankets and handmade Chilean textiles. autocamp.com

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Years ago, artist and designer Romy Randev tagged along when his wife took a fused-glass class, not quite sure what fused glass was. Today, he runs Looma Studios in Lafayette, creating his signature interactive LED light panels as well as head-turning glass panels and custom glass tables. Luxe chatted with Randev about his current work and what he has coming up. loomastudios.com

You’re launching a new generation of interactive wall panels. What’s different about these pieces? The first one is made out of bamboo plywood and had just one large pane of glass. I was experimenting with the handmade, the machine-made and electronics—putting it all into one piece. That piece ended up going to the Bellevue Arts Museum. The next one had a bunch of small tiles. This third version will be made of metal, the glass will be frosted and the color palette of the glass can be customized.

Tell us about your new table designs. I was initially doing a lot of striped designs. Lately, I’ve been experimenting with more organic compositions, collaborating with a woodworker in Ottawa, Christopher Solar, who’s making the bases.

How did you begin making pieces for the government of your native Canada? There’s a team of interior designers who are refreshing embassies, consulates and ambassadors’ residences all over the world, and Christopher makes furniture for them. He shared a photo of my work on Instagram and it evolved from there. They’ve been placing orders for custom pieces—mostly tables and some wall panels.

On the horizon: I really like combining the handcrafted aspect with some of these digital tools. For my next project, I want to experiment with combining water jet-cutting metal with water jet-cutting glass and then setting both together to create a whole new way of doing stained glass.

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Running December 7 and 8, Norton Factory Studios’ open house event will give visitors an inside look at artists’ workspaces, along with the chance to chat with those creatives about their process and purchase pieces—including works on paper and canvas, ceramics and glass. Located in the Fruitvale neighborhood of Oakland, Norton Factory Studios is home to two dozen local artists and makers representing a cross-section of technical expertise, creative expression and media. Many will open their doors for this exciting biannual event and some, like glass artist Jess Wainer, will offer special holiday offerings for sale. nortonfactorystudios.com

OPEN HOUSEHERMÈS

Fans of Hermès are bound to have an extra-happy holiday season, as the French luxury house has refreshed its San Francisco boutique. The Union Square store now comprises more than 22,000 square feet of shopping bliss, including a second level and an expanded Maison section showcasing larger-scale furniture pieces. French architecture firm RDAI, which designs all of Hermès’ global boutiques, spearheaded the renovations, balancing classic Hermès style elements, such as the mosaic tiles found in the original Faubourg location, with newer, Northern California design influences. In celebration of the boutique’s November 15 opening, Hermès released several specially created objects, including a version of the Kelly bag and new colorations of their scarves and the Apple Watch Hermès. hermes.com

COLLABORATIONNICOLE HOLLIS X MCGUIRE

San Francisco-based interior designer Nicole Hollis has joined forces with luxury furniture brand McGuire to turn out a striking 27-piece collection that evokes the tailored California lifestyle. “Inspired by couture fashions and iconic works by Carlo Scarpa, I designed a collection centered around natural materials and sumptuous textiles,” Hollis says. “With the use of bold combinations of Danish cord, woven leather and honed marble, we came up with a line

that offers artisanal luxury and timeless designs.” Fabrics shown on fashion runways, for example, inspired the intricate rawhide weave of the rattan-framed Exalt Host Chair. The Moledro Spot Table, made of honed marble, evokes piles of stones ancient European cultures used as burial monuments and landmarks. Accessories include the decidedly tropical Hoku Mirror, made from woven lampakanay. mcguirefurniture.com

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9 a.m. I’d start my day at The Mill (top, right), a local coffee shop and bakery. They have fabulous coffee and some of the best sourdough bread in San Francisco. The baker is a guy named Josey Baker. I’d have coffee and toast, get a loaf of bread to go, and enjoy either sitting in the café or out on the street and watching people come and go.

10 a.m. I would take a trip to my local Sunday farmer’s market at Grove and Divisadero, in the NoPa neighborhood. It’s filled with the bounty of California—fresh fruits and vegetables, bread, smoothies and flowers.

11 a.m. Within that neighborhood, along Divisadero, there’s a bunch of small, local boutique-type stores, which are always interesting to poke through. There’s The Perish Trust, which has vintage items and cards and books. Also, I like Rare Device, which sells ceramics, jewelry and kids’ toys. If you

ever need a birthday gift or a gift for a host who’s inviting you for dinner, it’s the place to go. There’s also Tanner Goods, which has great bags, leather stuff and beautifully made clothing. Then there are two smaller clothing stores—Onyx and Topo Designs—and it’s always fun to poke in and see what interesting stuff they have.

1 p.m. I like to have lunch at A Mano in Hayes Valley (bottom), which serves fabulous Italian food. You can sit outside, watch the crowds, have a glass of Frascati or some other wonderful Italian white wine, have a plate of pasta, split a salad with a friend.

4 p.m. Then, I would stop by my favorite building in the city, the San Francisco Art Institute on Russian Hill (center). It’s composed of an original building built in the 1920s that’s poured-in-place concrete, clay tile roofs, metal windows and Spanish colonial-style architecture. You walk

into a fabulous courtyard with an arcade around it, and there’s a tile fountain and trees in the middle—it takes you to another place. Within this original building, there’s a fabulous gallery space that is the quintessential architecture of that period with a wood-beamed ceiling. There’s a beautiful Diego Rivera mural there—such a treat—and that gallery space is usually showing student artists’ work. And then there’s a part of the building that was built in the ’60s that’s also concrete, but much more in a Brutalist, modernist vocabulary.

DATE BOOKANDREW MANNAs a kid, Andrew Mann spent hours imagining house designs and sketching floor plans. That passion never wavered, and today, the San Francisco architect is sought after by clients for his clean, elegant design aesthetic and careful attention to scale, proportion and natural light. Influenced by luminaries like Bernard Maybeck, Julia Morgan and William Wurster, as well as William Turnbull—with whom he worked for a decade—Mann’s designs build on the tradition of Bay Area style, refreshing it for modern life. He also serves on the design committee at The Sea Ranch, Northern California’s iconic community of modernist residences designed to live in harmony with their natural surroundings. Mann—who appreciates quality craftsmanship, whether in a beautifully made home or a tasty artisanal bread—takes Luxe along on his ideal Sunday in San Francisco. andrewmannarchitecture.com

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