“Chroma” refers to the purity and intensity of color. Vibrant, textured, and intelligently layered, the work gives habitable expression to clients’ joys and aspirations.
Art and design are usually kept apart, separated by medium, by function, by where each is permitted to appear. In a room, those separations don’t hold. A painting hangs above a table. A sculpture shares a wall with a sconce. The relationships that form between them are intuitive, personal, atmospheric, and they are what a person actually feels upon walking in.
Our medium is atmosphere. We conceive the character of a place, make the drawings and documents that let it be built, commission the artists, artisans, and specialists whose hands do the work, and stay with it until someone walks through the door.
About
People
The Partners
Alexis Tompkins
Creative Partner
Tompkins’s appreciation of the romance and responsibilities of home has deep roots. She is fascinated by the architectural intimacy and humanity of houses. A curious mind and open-hearted listener, she relishes customization and is attuned to each client’s tastes and personalities. Tompkins is a scholar of art history and a design connoisseur, having studied thousands of artists, movements, and masterworks. A sensitive eye for color (including the nuances of neutrals) and an aptitude for crafting serene complexity from raw space are assurances of clients’ profound and engaging experience with Chroma.
Leann Conquer
Managing Partner
Conquer moves at the vanguard of Chroma’s creative engine, leading the firm’s growth with clarity, discernment, and a signature warmth. With a background in design and a sharp instinct for systems thinking, she orchestrates the firm’s strategic direction. Guiding client experience, operational excellence, and long-range planning with equal parts vision and precision as a trusted advisor to homeowners and collaborators alike. Conquer opens doors to ideas, to partnerships, and to possibilities. Elevating the potential of capacity building, she refines the parameters in which Chroma’s work and people thrive.
The Team
Claire Chadwick
Director of Design
Jenni Heffernan Brown
Director of Design Operations
Jennifer Newbury
Finance Manager
Wallis Manning
Procurement Manager
Marta Pou
Senior Designer
Bradford Nichols
Senior Designer, Architecture
Hannah Pedersen
Studio Assistant
Careers
Chroma is always looking for driven and passionate designers to join the team. If you would like to learn more about the team and future positions or would simply like to connect, please send your resume and cover letter to careers@chromasf.com.