Amplified Lifestyles is excited about the return of The San Francisco Fall Show after its absence during the Pandemic. What does electronics integration have to do with art and antiques? Amplified’s Senior Technology Advisor, Robert Gilligan, worked on the 2014 show, “The Rush of Gold: Precious Metals in Art & Antiques.” For the Opening Night Gala, the Grand Entry Hall at Fort Mason’s Festival Pavillon deftly juxtaposed the city’s past Gold Fever with its current digital gold rush.

Tom Klingerman of the New York and San Francisco Bay Area architectural firm Ike Kligerman Barkley designed a larger-than-life immersive spectacle. Six monumental 20-foot-high projection screens splashing videos of gold nuggets, gold watches, giant goldfish, and champagne bubbles greeted gala attendees. The architects and general contractors utilized existing metal towers combined with black drapes suspended from battens. The wood frame and shiplap panels were painted high gloss black with International Orange metal frames to match the Golden Gate Bridge. Robert was the man behind the curtain, or in this case, up in the rafters supervising the projectors. The event, which attracted 60 plus world-class antique dealers, sold various gilded art, antiques, and objects, including a six-pound gold nugget for $400,000.

This year marks the show’s 40th year and it runs October 13-16, 2022. The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco is the new beneficiary for the opening night gala on October 12th. While we do not know the design of the Ruby Red themed Grand Entry yet we have the names of the four designers selected for Designer Vignettes: David Oldroyd,ODADA; Emma Burns and Philip Hooper – Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler; Cathy Kincaid – Cathy Kincaid Interiors; Alex Papachristidis – Alex Papachristidis Interiors. We look forward to seeing the visions they create incorporating unique pieces from the show floor and elsewhere.

Amplified is always searching for the latest technological innovations for our clients and their homes. One of these is Ketra. The Austen-based firm, founded in 2009, delivers high-quality light that is flexible and adjustable, allowing for bespoke settings that gradually shift in color, temperature, and intensity to mimic the sun, making interiors feel seamlessly bathed in natural light. Lutron acquired the company in 2018, combining cutting-edge technology with painterly lighting. Ketra’s infinite High Def Palette of 16.7 million colors includes pastels, saturated hues, and high CRI whites spanning from 1,400K to 10,000K.

When Palm Desert’s historic mid-century Wave House needed restoration, Ketra provided the perfect lighting solutions. Designed by iconic Modernist architect Walter S. White, the residence showcases a futuristic undulating roof. The home suffered water damage and unfortunate past remodels, but Stayner Architects reinstated its 1950’s ambiance. They replicated the quality of light in the space through archival research discovering White’s vision of an internal glow for the house. Ketra technology was vital in matching the color temperature of the tungsten-based incandescent bulbs and the much cooler fluorescents available in 1955.

In addition to Ketra’s aesthetic attributes, because it can mimic sunshine, firelight, and moonbeams, it also has health benefits. Technology that emulates natural light helps regulate our body’s internal clock and circadian rhythm, boosting our immune system and sense of well-being. As we have spent more time indoors, especially during Lockdown, Ketra provides the full range of sunlight—crisp and bright during the day for working and soft and warm at night for relaxing.

Are you looking to improve your life quality or perhaps blur the boundaries between indoors and outdoors, day and night? Amplified Lifestyles has two Ketra experts on staff: Jessie Brady, Lighting Specialist, and Robert Gilligan, Senior Technology Advisor. For more information please contact Robert at robert.gilligan@amplifiedlifestyles.com.