Aimé Leon Dore for Drake's 2019 Lookbook

William Stout Architectural Books is a San Francisco institution. Founded in 1974, since 2022 its been under the stewardship of Erik Heywood, who’s been busy not changing much, just updating the store’s ethos for a new generation.

We talk ceramics with Justin Hoffman in his bucolic studio in Walnut Creek.

In the hills of Chianti, we meet Martino Rampolla, who’s slowly taking over his family’s vineyard, and adapting the ancient vines to new tastes and climates.