Summer San Francisco

The influential Dutch designer and artist Maarten Baas works at the intersection of art and design. Known for his rebellious, intellectual style, his oeuvre spans conceptual art, craft, installation, public space and performance.

Born in Kansas in 1932, Wendell Castle received two degrees from the University of Kansas, one in industrial design in 1958 and the other in sculpture in 1961. He moved to Rochester, New York to teach at the School for American Crafts and established a permanent studio in the area that is still in operation today. He reinvented himself for nearly six decades.