Draft:Gary Hutton

Gary James Hutton (born 1950) is an American interior designer based in San Francisco. In the early 1970s, he studied fine art and studio practice at the University of California, Davis under Wayne Thiebaud, Robert Arneson, Manuel Neri, and other leaders of the Bay Area Figurative Movement. Subsequently, he attended California College of the Arts for a master's degree in interior design, where he graduated with honors.

Materiality, which is central to the Bay Area's eclectic design history, is essential to Hutton’s creative process—most visibly in his furniture and personal collections. In media, Hutton is often lauded as the “Dean of West Coast Design”.

Career
Hutton's design career began in the Eleanor Forbes-led design department of Gump's San Francisco. Subsequently, he moved to the showroom side of the interior design business at House of Scalamandré and CJ Welch. Hutton joined Macy's as a design lead when the San Francisco store was a 1970s tastemaker under the stewardship of William (Bill) Whiteside.

Hutton's first national media coverage was for "Today’s", a restaurant on San Francisco's Union Square. The "Today's" project appeared in Interior Design Magazine, June 1979. In 1980 Hutton launched Gary Hutton Design, the studio where he still practices. Hutton is acclaimed for his work on homes with top art collections as recorded in books and leading publications like Architectural Digest. Gary Hutton Furniture, which is sold in to-the-trade showrooms, globally, premiered in 1986.

Personal life
Hutton is a son of California who grew up on his grandmother's apple ranch in Watsonville, California — between the Santa Cruz Mountains and the California Coast. He maintains a sculpture practice, which is visible in his furniture collections. He's a vintage car enthusiast and a passionate cook.

Publications
Art House: The Collaboration of Chara Schreyer and Gary Hutton, (with Alisa Carroll). New York: Assouline, c2016. ISBN 1614285365 ISBN 978-1614285366 The book reprinted in 2017, 2019 and 2021.

Licensed designs
Therien & Company — Stasis Collection

Collections and exhibitions

 * 2021 San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design—Encoded Holidays: Gary Hutton x Tom Bonauro
 * 2008 San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design—New West Coast Design: Contemporary Objects
 * 2006 Western Interiors—Home Show
 * 1994 Capp Street Project and Santa Monica Museum of Art—"Old Glory New Story"
 * 1985 Triton Museum of Art – "New Furnishings"

Awards

 * 2022 San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design "Art for All-Mirror Ball"—Honoree
 * 2020 San Francisco Design Center "Designers of Distinction"
 * 2019 Phaidon – "Interiors: The Greatest Rooms of the Century"
 * 2019 Luxe Magazine—Gold List
 * 2018 Luxe Magazine —Red Awards
 * 2016 Interior Design—Best of Year Awards
 * 2010 California Home + Design Award—Best Residential Interior Design
 * 2008 Independent Furniture Design—People’s Choice Award
 * 2006 Interior Design—Best of Year Awards
 * 2002 Out Magazine—Vox Style and Design Award

Boards

 * 2017–2019 San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design
 * 1999–2001 New Leaf San Francisco
 * 1987–1990 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art — Architecture and Design Acquisitions
 * 1989–1994 DIFFA San Francisco