Spaces , the San Francisco Bay Area shelter magazine, is returning to print for the first time in six years. The revamped title will hit newsstands in January 2026 with a new look, under the leadership of publisher Nikki N. Wood and editor Lotus Abrams. Their goal is to hit a sweet spot: the depth of a local title with the aesthetic ambitions of a national magazine—and to do it in a region sometimes overlooked by the New York/Los Angeles–centric design media.

“The Bay Area is so unique. Between the mountains, the wine country, the city, it’s so vibrant, and I think sometimes the design scene gets missed [by magazines] with a national scope,” says Michele Kuhns, the title’s head of brand strategy and business development. “ Spaces aims to fill a void.”

The magazine was launched in 2016

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