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10/19/2011

It all started back in 1971, when the famous French songwriter Maxime Le Forestier, inspired by the blue Victorian at 3841 18th Street, composed the song “San Francisco.” A hippie anthem to the city, it’s about... Read More»

4/18/2012

Imagine you’re a novelist, a poet, a playwright, a composer. You’ve been handpicked by a jury of culture aficionados to leave behind the white noise of... Read More»

2/16/2012

“People against dirty” is the official slogan of San Francisco’s green-cleaning-products company Method, but it could just as well be “What goes around comes around.” Both Eric Ryan and Adam Lowry, the... Read More»

2/6/2012

 Strange but true: At the same time that many smaller, cash-strapped museums have been forced to close, major arts institutions seem to be in the middle of a building boomlet. Apparently, the “1 percent” really... Read More»

1/20/2012

Woodcuts, ink drawings, and collages become patterns on textiles in the hands of Laura Lienhard, a former studio artist who now creates fabrics that can turn fur­niture into works of art. Trained at the Rhode Island School of... Read More»

12/28/2011

If the latest offering from contemporary-furniture showroom Dzine is any indication, your living room walls may soon resemble a high-concept art installation. The store recently opened a new shop-within-a-shop... Read More»

12/28/2011

Have you noticed that patterns have nudged their way onto kitchen appliances? Or that your relationship with your car has gotten, well, more intimate? Berkeley-based design consultant Laura Guido-Clark has. She... Read More»

12/16/2011

In August San Francisco featured a magnificent rendering, of what is essentially a floating island dedicated to “experimenting with alternative social systems... Read More»

12/14/2011

Leave it to a company whose motto is “People against dirty” to be the first to find a way to recycle the millions of pounds of plastic trash that swirl in the currents of the North Pacific Gyre.... Read More»