As a fan of modern design, we don't want our house to look like it's been pulled striaght out of Ikea, but we also find Design Within Reach, well, out of our financial reach. And we're too damn lazy to do a ReadyMade project every time we have a hankerin' for a new coffee table. That's where San Francisco company Design Public's sample sale, which is running the entire month of July, comes in. Just......

Tonight: at 6:30 there's the reception for the San Jose State University Junior and Senior Industrial Design Show, at the Santana Row Design Within Reach. "The presentation will feature concept projects ranging from product design to interaction design that explore the wide range of possibilities in materials and manufacturing, user analysis, and form development." Saturday; We're singing our little hearts out with the San Francisco Symphony, at one of their sing-along events this weekend.......

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