Michael Taylor
The California Look pioneer
Mid-Century · 1956–1986 · San Francisco, CA
Signature styles
- California Look
- Wicker
- Oversized Natural Forms
Profile
Michael Taylor invented the California Look in the 1960s and ‘70s — overscale natural materials, wicker, coral, twig furniture, and sun-bleached neutrals. His rooms read as Big Sur made habitable, anchoring San Francisco and Pacific-coast houses through the 1980s.
Visual language
Wicker, twig, coral, oversize seating, Heritage stone, sun-bleached cotton, bone-white walls.
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