Shonquis Moreno

2 months ago | wallpaper.com | Shonquis Moreno

At FOG Design + Art 2025 in San Francisco last weekend (23-26 January), one of the gallerists greeted visitors from the comfort of a chair designed and handcrafted not by one of his artists, but by his wife. It was difficult to miss the metaphor presented by this couple, who embodied the show's greatest virtue: FOG marries art and design instead of divorcing them. Turns out, like some couples, the two are more interesting together.

Jan 14, 2025 | wallpaper.com | Shonquis Moreno

On January 7, a small brush fire was discovered in the mountains above the wealthy Los Angeles enclave of Pacific Palisades. With the help of historic Santa Ana winds and severe drought, within 90 minutes it had consumed 200 acres off Sunset Boulevard. Even for a city rich with architectural gems, the losses may be incalculable. California, having recently bulked up its firefighting resources in the face of climate change, may have been one of the places best prepared to confront wildfire.

Sep 9, 2024 | wallpaper.com | Shonquis Moreno |Michael Reynolds

San Francisco may be famous for its painted Victorian Ladies but less ostentatious, early 20th century Edwardian architecture lives here too. This Pacific Heights residence serves as a pied à terre for a couple with three young children whose primary home is in nearby Atherton, the poshest zip code in the nation.

Jul 14, 2024 | wallpaper.com | Shonquis Moreno |Michael Reynolds |Brian Flaherty

For sculptor Ido Yoshimoto (featured in 2024’s Wallpaper* USA 400, our guide to creative America), making art is a way to figure out how things work, and how to fix what is broken. Sometimes it’s just repairing an old pepper grinder or cleaning a fish. But it’s also about living as nature, not with nature, an expression of curiosity and connection. Making art makes the world feel less mysterious because it’s tinkering in its highest form.

Mar 4, 2024 | wallpaper.com | Shonquis Moreno

The first collaboration between Cartier’s nose Mathilde Laurent, the San Francisco Symphony Music Director, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, came to fruition this weekend (1-3 March 2023); a performance of Alexander Scriabin’s 1910 symphony, Prometheus, the Poem of Fire. 20 minutes in length, their interpretation of Scriabin’s tone poem was liberating, unifying, and full of feeling. Uniting sound, scent and light to multisensory and monumental effect.