Oakland, CA. Sunset magazine has influenced West Coast culture since it was founded in 1898 as a promotional pamphlet for homesteaders. When the magazine moved to Menlo Park in the 1950s, it epitomized a social shift to the suburbs. Now the population wave has rolled back to urban centers, and so has Sunset. The new offices are situated in Jack London Square Marketplace, a mixed-use food retail and office building.
RMW architecture & interiors’ design for Sunset‘s offices creates “destinations” within the 16,800-square-foot high-bay environment, each themed around quintessential western cultural interests identified by Sunset: nature, food & wine, tiny homes, and camping. A wine cellar is visible at the entry. Two professional-grade kitchens support recipe testing, and a large multipurpose room serves as an event space, demonstration area, and photo studio. Editorial workspace is primarily open plan with neighboring meeting areas and staff lounges. The design is western living—and working—at its best.
Photographs commissioned by: RMW and
Sunset Magazine
Photographer: Jasper Sanidad
Production / Camera crew: Ian Nelson, J. Matthew Rhea
Post Production: Jasper Sanidad, Whitney Sakae Beers