Please join us for a cross-disciplinary conversation exploring how the natural world inspires architecture, food, and art at the beautiful Little Saint venue, designed by Ken Fulk.
Designing with Nature explores how the natural world can be a collaborator, guide, and inspiration across disciplines. From architecture and food to fine art, this panel brings together three thought leaders who integrate nature into their creative processes — not just as backdrop or material, but as philosophy and partner.
Hosted by CMA Development and centered on the Sonoma Glass House (a modern case study of site-sensitive design), the conversation will explore how each panelist brings nature into their work with intention, respect, and imagination.
By inviting voices from three distinct yet complementary disciplines — architecture, culinary arts, and visual art — the panel offers a layered, compelling dialogue that reflects the ethos of Design Healdsburg: creative, cross-disciplinary, rooted in place, and deeply human.
PANELISTS:
Haejin Chun | Chef & Founder, Big Bad Wolf
Haejin is the chef and creative force behind Big Bad Wolf, an immersive culinary experience where ancestral cooking, plant medicine, and storytelling converge. Her events are designed as rituals that reconnect guests to land, lineage, and each other through seasonal ingredients. She has collaborated with Sonoma Hills Farm, incorporating their produce and cannabis into her dinners, and recently hosted a private dinner in Healdsburg on a vineyard estate. Featured in Forbes, SF Chronicle, and Edible SF, she’s an inspiring advocate for food as culture, ceremony, and community.
Haejin has been featured in Forbes, SF Chronicle, Eater SF, Edible SF, and Cannabis Now and is the Author of The Official Hightimes Cookbook
Dev Heyrana | Multidisciplinary Artist & Educator
Dev is a multidisciplinary artist whose work spans painting, clay, and botanical dyes, often using pigments she makes by hand from natural materials. Her artistic journey has deep roots in Sonoma County, where she rented her first studio surrounded by the region’s rolling hills and vineyards. The landscape and community inspired her to begin painting again and led to her first local commissions. Recognized by institutions from SFMOMA to the California State Senate, she brings a deeply personal, community-centered perspective to how art can reconnect us with nature.
Charles Ma | Founder & Principal, CMA Development
Charles is the visionary behind the Sonoma Glass House, a modern case study in site-sensitive design located in Sonoma County. With a background bridging architecture and construction, he leads CMA Development, a San Francisco–based design-build practice known for creating homes that honor their landscapes. His connection to Sonoma is designing and building the Glass House from the ground up in collaboration with local building teams, making him a powerful voice for how we can design in harmony with nature.
MODERATOR:
Cecilia Caparas Apelin, Co-Founder and CEO of Ciel Creative Space
Why Little Saint?
Little Saint’s mission to celebrate community, collaborate with changemakers, and create with the bounty of nature makes our partnership a natural fit.
- Community & Changemakers: Panelists are leaders who use creativity to spark dialogue and connection.
- Respect for Nature: From building, to cooking, to creating, each practice honors nature as collaborator and guide.
- Celebration of Place: Sonoma’s farms, landscapes, and creative spirit are at the heart of both Little Saint and Design Healdsburg.