Behind the Scenes: The Making of "California Coastal: Seaside Living from Sea Ranch to San Diego"
Why do architecture and design books have such enduring appeal as a source of design inspiration? How does an architecture and design book come together?
Armchair travel through select residences along the iconic landscapes of the California coast with authors Heather Sandy Hebert and Chase Reynolds Ewald, as they discuss their third book California Coastal: Seaside Living from Sea Ranch to San Diego, in conversation with Lisa Boquiren. Joined by several photographers whose work are featured in the book, the group will discuss what happens behind the scenes and how books like this come together.
HEATHER SANDY HEBERT After studying literature at the University of California at Berkeley, interior architecture at the Academy of Art, and business at the University of San Francisco, Heather spent twenty-five years in marketing for an international architecture firm before leaving to pursue her love of storytelling. She now works with creatives—from solo artists to large design firms—helping them tell their stories. Her first book, The New Architecture of Wine, was published by Gibbs Smith in 2019, followed by two collaborations with Chase Reynolds Ewald. The mother of four and a lifelong resident of the San Francisco Bay Area, Heather lives in Marin County.
CHASE REYNOLDS EWALD A longtime writer of the American West, Chase Reynolds Ewald has written close to twenty books, including Modern Americana with interior designer Max Humphrey and Cabin Style, Modern West, American Rustic, and the multi-award-winning Bison: Portrait of an Icon with Montana photographer Audrey Hall. Her books with Heather Sandy Hebert include At Home in the Wine Country and Design Mixology: The Interiors of Tineke Triggs. A graduate of Yale and U.C. Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism, Chase is a freelance writer, editor, and consultant who helps creatives craft their stories. She lives with her husband and four daughters in Tiburon.
LISA BOQUIREN A seasoned strategist and design & architecture aficionada, Lisa works with creative businesses on branding, marketing and communications. Lisa also produces and moderates convergent conversations, and has presented during San Francisco Design Week, and at AIA Los Angeles and AIA San Francisco. Recent conversations held at the Center for Architecture + Design include, Architect, Barbie: Reflections on Women in Practice; Stand Out: Storytelling at the Intersection of Brand & Business Strategy; and Leading Edge: Creative Forerunners in Design, Architecture + Technology. She currently serves as Editorial Advisor for AIA San Francisco's publication, Small Firms, Great Projects.