We love to stay in one of the cabins. Some of comes from designers you’ve heard from, some of it’s from local designers you might not have. It’s about enabling ourselves to do what we want to do.”. Seriously, that’s where we tend to meet people, power or not. It’s beautiful, a living journey into his creativity. Just the space and views are enough to bliss you out. That’s the right way to start the day. LemonTwist; a wonderful local designer Danette Scheib makes fresh, lovely clothes I love. We caught up with Bailey, who sets the direction and creative vision as Creative Director—Petravic manages all operations, manufacturing and business development as Managing Director—to share her guide to Sausalito and San Francisco. This is a project that I should jump onto. There was a fire a few years back and we were worried that this place either wouldn’t come back or would be somehow spoiled. It brings in dealers from all over the world, but what I love is the incredible range of great work from some of our favorites like the Haas Brothers and Adam Silverman. Catherine Bailey is one half of the husband-wife duo behind Heath Ceramics, based in Northern California. I read it on the trip to Alaska. ), Photo used with permission from "Tile Makes the Room," by Robin Petravic and Catherine Bailey, copyright © 2015, published by Ten Speed Press, an impr…, Haute Living 2020 - All content and source © 2019 Haute Living |, 9 Ways to Have a Spiritual Awakening at Mii amo, Haute Secrets With Kunal Mehta, CEO Of Punchey, “The Deed: Chicago” Star Sean Conlon Shares His Insider, Inside MILA Miami’s Grand Opening Fête On Lincoln, ‘Hot Priest’ Andrew Scott Is The Main Attraction At, Lacoste And The Everglades Foundation Launch, Haute Living Celebrates 50 Cent With Watches Of, Join Acqualina Resort & Residences For A Virtual, 25th, Despite Cancer + The Pandemic, Why 3 Michelin Star Chef. 112: Heath Creative Director Catherine Bailey March 31, 2020 by Rich Stroffolino in Branding , Clever , Industrial Design Industrial designer Catherine Bailey grew up playing with the old school computer punch cards that were the technological accoutrements of nearby Bell Labs. Catherine Bailey (Heath Ceramics) | creative director - HEATH ceramics Glide works with the disadvantaged in San Francisco and has a wide range of programs to serve but also bring together a real cross section of the city to support it. Neighborhood: Sausalito (home + work) and the Mission (work), Occupation: Co-owner and Creative Director, Heath Ceramics. There’s coffee from Blue Bottle, and soon there will be treats from Tartine’s Manufactory. She and her husband, Robin Petravic, were exploring their new hometown and stumbled on the 1950s building, which she describes as a “time capsule” of sorts. Favorite Restaurant: Rintaro: simply the best Japanese food – and one of the best spaces – around. If you have out of town guests, which hotel would you recommend? The whole experience of the food was inspiring, and the plates were beautiful. Avatar, Sausalito serves up an incredibly eclectic menu of Indian/Mexican food, and you can usually find me eating blackened veggies over rice, or the pumpkin enchilada. To increase margins, the couple revamped the pricing structure and focused more on direct sales to customers than on wholesale accounts. She and Petravic acquired Heath in 2003 and set into motion a “modest plan,” as she puts it. She and in-house designer Rosalie Wild came up with a Heath-worthy take: the company’s Dual Glaze Triangles, released earlier this year, layers two textures and finishes to create unique color variations and patterns. Best Lunch: Greenheart Foods, in SF. ), you can sit outside (the weather’s good in this part of the city) and you can just sit and talk and take in the world. She also served as the founding editor-in-chief of Modern Luxury Silicon Valley and co-founded the independent lifestyle magazine Anthology. Ep. Best Sushi: Sushi Ran: Who’d believe that some of the best sushi in the country’s in Marin County, so close to where we live? Favorite place to buy jewelry/watches: Heath, of course, and in particular the work of Julia Turner and Kirsten Muenster. Reaching out to shopkeepers who carried Heath, Bailey learned one reason customers hesitated to buy the Coupe dinnerware line was the size of its Studio Mug, designed by Edith Heath in the 1940s. Best Museum/Exhibit: Capp Street – David Ireland House. with avocado.) He took care of the business side, she the ceramic designs. Seeing the potential in what the Heaths had established, Bailey initially thought, “They need what I’m good at, so maybe I can help. Describe your city in three words: Eclectic, delicious, creative, foggy (yes, that’s four words. This is pure San Francisco at its best. You could really imagine it. I love The Bowl (quinoa, kale, sweet potato, etc. I need to help our creative team stay focused on choosing projects that push us forward and are honestly interesting.”. Their roles echo Brian and Edith Heath’s: Petravic is managing director and Bailey is creative director. It’s a touch of old school San Francisco charm (which you see less and less these days) in the middle of the Hayes Valley area, home of no end of great restaurants, galleries, and places to shop. “There are different ways of doing things,” she notes. Catherine Bailey Heath Clay Studio. Together, they bring their creative talents to Heath, honoring the company’s long history—Edith and her husband Brian founded the business in 1948—and unique relationship between craft and production—efforts that landed them the 2015 Cooper Hewitt National Design Award. David Ireland was an incredible conceptual artist and 500 Capp Street, in San Francisco, was his home that became one of his greatest art works. Prior to taking the reins at Heath in 2003, each honed their skills and passion for making things—Petravic in product design engineering and Bailey in industrial design. At Cathy's request, part of sales from this story will be donated to. We love Airbnb but in San Francisco friends stay in the Hayes Valley Inn. Either way it’s the result of Ben and Chris Ospital’s vision of what great, wearable design is. We love that it’s a restaurant that’s not all about growing too big and fancy, but just focused on great quality and ingredients. Best Italian: Pizzetta 211: This San Francisco restaurant is the essence of local: it’s low-key, neighborhoody, simply exquisite. We love Sylvan Brackett’s impeccable technique, the commitment to local food, and just the heart in all of it. Hands down, the best ice cream in town. Best Sunday brunch: Universal Café. We’ve been coming here for years (OK, decades), and when we’re in the City on the weekend it’s still one of our favorite places. That’s why I started inquiring.”. Although Jay Stewart, a family friend and trustee of the Heath estate, had been in contact with parties interested in purchasing the enterprise, nothing had panned out. Best Spa: Cavallo Point, located in Fort Baker at the northern end of the Golden Gate Bridge, is just so magical. “For us, it’s not all about the financials. You’re in the suburbs where the scale of everything is monotonous—no building is taller than another—but then there was this giant glass block in the middle of an incredible amount of land. After stumbling into an old Sausalito factory, they bought the company in 2003 and decided to revive the brand, which was initially started in the 1940s by another couple, Edith and Brian Heath. We live near some of the best hiking areas around…and as much as possible, we try to get to our house in Tahoe on weekends to get in some skiing. For 2020, the Chez Panisse line will be available in an expanded palette; down the road there may be new outposts of Heath Newsstand, the two-year-old magazine, snack and sundry shop adjacent to the San Francisco flagship store. CATHERINE BAILEY IS REMINISCING about the first time she set foot inside the Heath Ceramics factory and showroom in Sausalito, 17 years ago. After his death, it was painstakingly restored – or should I say preserved, and was just re-opened this year. Favorite Cultural Institution: Headlands Center for the Art. Catherine Bailey is one half of the husband-wife duo behind, As part of the Apiece Apart Woman series, a portion of sales from each story will be donated to an organization of the featured woman's choice. (Yes, we feel lucky.). Anh-Minh’s background in design writing is proving especially useful as she and her husband initiate long-procrastinated renovations. Favorite Charity Event: Glide. The launch of small-batch Heath Clay Studio for ceramics and Heath Sews Studio for soft goods “keeps the real hands-on stuff happening,” Bailey says: even if technically they don’t accelerate the company’s growth, “it makes me happy because that’s kind of the soul of Heath.” Collaborations with simpatico creators like restaurateur Alice Waters, artist Alabama Chanin and furniture-maker Artek also feel rewarding. Best Massage: I wish I had more time to get them, but my happy place would be Cavallo Point in Marin. And the way to do that was by doing books. “I have to make sure that what we’re crafting is worth crafting and worth having,” Bailey says. A complete shift in how and where she works was necessary, as it has been for many people around the world. Today, there is not just the factory but also curated showrooms in the Ferry Building, Los Angeles and a 60,000-square-foot facility in San Francisco’s northeast Mission neighborhood. Best place for a romantic date: Manka’s in Olema. “They want more coffee!” After studying all the Heath vessels without handles — “how they connected to the ground or the table” and having a good feel “when cupped in your hands” — she created a new piece that retained Heath’s clean-lined aesthetic. The most inspiring meal I’ve had recently was when we were in Stockholm, at a restaurant called Rutabaga. Best ice cream: BiRite. “It’s too small,” Bailey was told. “It had that feeling of: nobody had come in and injected any new life,” she says. This place is just so good. It’s crazy to hear his take on everything at that point in time. “It didn’t seem like it was thriving at all, but it was very interesting and beautiful in a way.”, Back then, Bailey was working as an industrial designer and Petravic as a product design engineer.