Ken Fulk Has Unveiled a San Francisco Shop—And AD PRO Directory Members Got a First Look Inside

Final week, AD100 designer Ken Fulk’s San Francisco headquarters lived as much as its Magic Manufacturing facility moniker, amassing greater than 175 business visitors for an evening of sips and splendor. AD West Coast editor Mayer Rus and Bay Space AD PRO Listing members had been amongst these in attendance to have fun the disclosing of the 14,000-square-foot location’s new retail house. “Ken Fulk’s studio has been the positioning of so many legendary events over time,” says Rus of the leather-based items manufacturing facility turned design studio, which additionally homes Fulk’s 90-person staff of inside designers, architects, and occasions and branding specialists.

The Magic Manufacturing facility has all the time been an entrance into the enchanting world of Ken Fulk—now it’s a shoppable one too. The brand new retail house assembles the designer’s product collaborations with The Rug Firm, Pierre Frey, and The City Electrical Co., in addition to small-maker selects throughout dwelling, gardening, jewellery, and extra. Common visiting hours are by appointment solely, which might be made at store@kenfulk.com. The studio’s newest debut, an unique perfume emitting notes of cedarwood and jasmine petal, emanated by the room in the course of the night affair.

Occasion cohosts Mayer Rus and Ken Fulk on the Magic Manufacturing facility

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The store’s new customized scent, Ken Fulk No. 176 candle

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Ken Fulk and Douglas Friedman

The San Francisco showroom marks the second retail idea for the studio in just a few quick months: Ken Fulk launched his first LA outpost in West Hollywood final fall, dreaming up wood-paneled and treillaged interiors impressed by “my fellow Virginian,” Bunny Mellon, Fulk advised AD PRO on the time. The basil inexperienced coating the property’s façade welcomes guests into the San Francisco store as properly, main into a number of vignettes grounded with classic furnishings and Ken Fulk exclusives.

Photographer Douglas Friedman and designers Tineke Triggs and Scott Formby had been among the many partygoers—as had been Fulk’s beloved canines. Company had been handled to springtime cocktails, scrumptious bites by Mill Valley chef Jennifer Carvaly, and DJ tunes. “Ken demonstrated as soon as once more why he’s the final word host,” says Rus. A confirmed purveyor of retail and a great time.