Design Datebook: August 7–8

Shop: SALE

Shop for Good at CB2
The grand opening of CB2 in Santa Monica is this weekend, and the to celebrate the company is donating 5 percent of the new location’s opening weekend sales to Los Angeles Regional Foodbank.

See: EXHIBITS

Make Art at MOCFA
This Saturday bring the whole family to the Museum of Craft and Folk Art in San Francisco, where you can check out Clare Rojas’s large-scale installation of colorful wall panels in “We They, We They,” then, if you’re feeling inspired, create your own masterpiece with acrylic paint on wood to take home.

Modern Ideas at Pacific Asia
The exhibition “China Modern: Designing Popular Culture 1910–1970” opens this weekend at the Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena.  More than 100 items, including vintage advertisements, housewares and fashion will demonstrate how political ideologies and cultural values are transmitted through everyday objects.

Show: REAL ESTATE

Zen in Noe Valley
With the charm of a cottage and the square-footage of something a bit more luxurious, this 4-bedroom, 3.5-bath home in San Francisco’s Noe Valley dates back to 1910, but was drastically overhauled in 1991 to express a Japanese aesthetic. The master suite features a tatami room and the spacious deck overlooks Japanese gardens. Asking $2, 195,000 and open this Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m.