Lately on our travels we’ve been putting together collections of textures that jump out at us. It gets us thinking a little differently as we explore cities and places and it makes us more deliberate about where we go, what we do, and what we take photos of. On a recent trip to San Francisco we pointed our iPhones at some textures that communicated significant qualities about the place, time and conditions.


L: Inside Three Gems sculpture by James Turrell
R: Aperture of Three Gems sculpture


L: Passage to Three Gems sculpture
R: Column of Saint Mary’s Cathedral by Pier Luigi Nervi


L: Subway tiles
R: Jellyfish at the California Academy of Sciences


L: Brick wall at Vince
R: Subway floor traction mat


L: Stone at Saint Mary’s Cathedral
R: Sandals at H&M


L: Skylights at the California Academy of Sciences
R: Exterior sheet metal wall in the Hayes Valley


L&R: Copper rainscreen at the de Young


L: Green wall at the California Academy of Sciences
R: Copper rainscreen at the de Young


L: Wall climbing plants in Pacific Heights
R: Courtyard at the de Young by Andy Goldsworthy