when everything clicks

Silicon Valley’s favorite interior designer curates a starter home with serious

staying power for an upwardly mobile bachelor

Photography by

Aubrie Pick Writte n by

Leilani Marie Labong

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When everything clicks

HOLDING COURT IN THE LIVING ROOM IS TECTONIC I BY NOÉMIE GOUDAL OVER A NEOWALL MODULAR SOFA FROM LIVING DIVANI THAT SITS NEXT TO A HANS WEGNER SHELL CHAIR. THE RUG IS FROM DESIGNERS’ CARPET SHOWROOM AND THE WINE RACK AND BAR CART ARE VINTAGE.

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MATTEO LINENS COVER THE CUSTOM BED IN THE MASTER UNDERNEATH SEA OF JAPAN II

BY JOSEF HOFLEHNER. ON THE SIDE WALL HANGS THE COALESCE WALL MIRROR BY STEVEN HAULENBEEK.

Feature (tbd) For better or worse, bachelorhood in the land of technology is often a very spartan existence, given the inconstancy of the industry—minimal possessions are ideal for startup hoppers who don’t know how long they’re going to be in a place. For one such 27-year-old San Francisco single, a bicycle and computer were virtually the sum of his worldly effects, making the flat in The Mission he moved into last year the very definition of a blank canvas—complete with a Scandinavian feel thanks to its natural light, exposed ceiling rafters and distinctive bluegray plank floor. “He didn’t even own a chair,” says Emeryville-based designer Lauren Geremia, who specializes in creating sophisticated spaces for the tech world, including HQs for Dropbox and Lumosity.

“He didn’t have any stylistic direction, but he really wanted to learn about design.”

Keeping in mind the client’s nomadic nature, Geremia curated a tight collection of beautiful and timeless investment pieces in a neutral palette of black, gray and camel. In the living room, a 1963-designed Hans Wegner Shell chair, one of the Danish designer’s few forays into the world of bent ply, is a strong and quiet

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Noémie Goudal’s Tectonic I hangs in the living room and depicts a shrouded mountain

summit. “It’s

like a reminder of places yet to reach.”

IN THE HOME OFFICE, A PIETÂ HEIN EEK OAK DISPLAY CABINET IS LAYERED WITH MEMENTOS AND FAVORITE BOOKS, WHILE THE WINDOW SEAT BOASTS A HAND-KNIT WOOL BLANKET.

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counterpoint to the otherwise sprawling NeoWall modular sofa by Living Divani. Nearby, a stained-ash De La Espada dining table and its stackable seats by Simon James for Resident echo the Shell chair’s carbon coloring; against the stark white walls, these pieces are both anchoring and gracious—that is, they don’t vie for attention, but are touchstones nonetheless. A richly tanned leather Shine by S.H.O chaise in the upstairs master suite is another example; it elegantly floats in the room, making the seemingly ordinary pieces orbiting around it—an oval mirror, a rustic wooden stool, a bank of cabinets—elegant by association.

In a home like this, where austerity—luxe as it is—“can feel a little cold,” says Geremia, art is the emotional source. Here, the designer tapped into her client’s love of nature to select such collectible pieces as Josef Hoflehner’s Sea of Japan II photograph in the master suite, which conjures beachy reveries for the resident amateur surfer. Noémie Goudal’s Tectonic I hangs in the living room and depicts a shrouded mountain summit. “It’s like a reminder of places yet to reach,” says Geremia. •

Feature (tbd) Clockwise from above: A SHINE BY S.H.O SANDRINE CHAISE WITH A BOLÉ ROAD TEXTILES THROW IN THE MASTER. THE SOLO DINING TABLE BY DE LA ESPADA IS SURROUNDED BY STACKING CHAIRS BY SIMON JAMES FOR RESIDENT. THE BIKE HANGS ON AN ARTIFOX BIKE RACK AND THE BENCH IS BY TIM WEBBER DESIGN OF NEW ZEALAND.

A bicycle and computer were virtually the sum of his worldly effects, making the flat in The Mission he moved into last year the very

definition of a blank canvas.

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From above: SKARGAARDEN H55 LOUNGE CHAIRS FACE THE VIEW. AVOCET STOOLS

BY ALICE TACHENY AND ENAMEL KETTLE

BY KAICO, READ INSTEAD PRINT IS FROM BOOK/SHOP.