Nicole Hollis Launches a 160-Piece Home Collection of Artisan-Made Treasures 

In a Presidio Heights dining room, Nicole Hollis once clad almost every surface—walls, fireplace, and furnishings—in richly textured bronze by Ingrid Donat, letting a single material carry the room’s subtle intensity. At Kona Village, a picturesque Rosewood Resort in Hawaii, the Galerie Creative Mind interior designer punctuated palapa-style bungalows with handmade ceramics and woven textiles by local artists, allowing the landscape and craft to harmonize without interference. That quiet rigor pulses through every piece in the newly launched NicoleHollis Collection, a limited-edition line of artist- and artisan-made objects that translates the San Francisco trailblazer’s vision into tangible, collectible form.

The debut comprises more than 160 meticulously crafted objects: cedar canisters, fluted brass coffee grinders, hand-stitched leather pillows, and celestial backgammon boards. Conceived in collaboration with a global network of artisanal talents, many of whom Hollis has championed over the years for helping her highly tailored interiors achieve their distinctive poise, each piece reflects the raw character of its material and the sensibility of its maker. “The collection came together organically through a lens of materiality and texture,” says Hollis, who describes the offering as “rooted in mindfulness” and carefully pared-down for cohesion. “Each piece has been built slowly, the culmination of over 25 years working with some of the most gifted designers, artists, and craftspeople that I’ve been fortunate enough to know.” 

The palette is subdued—bone, charcoal, taupe—but the textures crackle with energy. “The most beautiful dishware highlights the food, but doesn’t compete with it,” Hollis tells Galerie. That philosophy carries not only through matte stoneware plates by Samuel Sparrow, but lava-glazed ceramics by Caroline Blackburn, tightly woven horsehair pillows by Alexandra Kohl, and weighty brass candleholders by David/Nicolas. Many began as bespoke commissions for clients; others were developed specifically for the launch. “I’ve always gravitated to objects that are pure in their materiality, whether it’s a precision design in brass or a hand-carved sculpture in wood,” she continues. “It’s all about touch, feeling the works, and seeing traces of the designers’ craft.”  

That craft is often labor-intensive. The delicate folds in vessels by San Francisco–based ceramicist Sasinun Kladpetch belie a volatile firing process where even one misstep can ruin hours of work. Years of dinner conversations with Michael Anastassiades informed the elegant shapes of his sleek brass coffee grinders and pepper mills. Sean Dougall and Andrew Paulson finished their intricate pillows in the wake of Hurricane Helene, salvaging little more than their loom and their dogs from their destroyed North Carolina studio. “Each artist had so many obstacles to perfect their work,” Hollis says. “The dedication to craft is breathtaking.”  

Though trained in interior design, Hollis spent her early career working inside architecture firms, which shaped her approach to mass and proportion. That foundation reverberates throughout the collection, which favors sculptural expression and material clarity over ornament. Hollis acts as a conduit, foregrounding her trusted craftspeople while resisting the urge to overstate her hand. “The mission is to bring the best of what these artists do, shaped into a collection through my lens,” she says. “Each has quantifiable production limits to keep the quality threshold as high as we all expect. There’s no blurring that line.”  

The collection opens up a world that had long remained private—objects once designed for clients, now made available to the public for the first time. And this is just the beginning. “We’re eager to see what our clients and customers gravitate towards,” she says. “We have many more ideas and are already thinking about future iterations to complement the collection.”