Interview: Catherine Bailey of Heath Ceramics

The historic California pottery company showcased at The Future Perfect

Ten years ago Catherine Bailey’s interest in lending a design hand to the small but established California pottery company Heath Ceramics took a detour that resulted in Bailey and her husband serendipitously buying the Sausalito-based company. The twosome set to reviving and preserving Heath’s heritage—founded by Edith Heath in 1948—by creating a flagship store in LA and transforming their San Francisco location into fully functional …

Interview: Amanda Chantal Bacon of Moon Juice

A culinary approach to the juice phenomenon takes Venice, California by storm

Amanda Chantal Bacon’s little juice bar on Rose Avenue in Venice, California has turned into a thriving mecca for raw food. This summer will see Moon Juice expanding, with an opening in Silver Lake, and Bacon is feeling inspired. In addition to juice, her menu will soon include more yogurt, cheese and puddings that will both appeal to raw food devotees as well as anyone …

Interview: The Monocle Order

The duo behind innovative sunglasses club talks about going brick-and-mortar while staying original

Frustrated with losing their sunglasses and also spotting the same styles on faces around them in New York, Holland-born Alex van Klaveren and Washington native Zoe Nightingale took their mutual obsession with shades, entrepreneurial know-how and knack for throwing parties to launch The Monocle Order, an online eyewear club, in 2011. Departing from the usual sunglasses-of-the-month model, it exclusively carries independent designers and coveted vintage …