Design Datebook: October 2–3

Shop: SALE

Sample Sale at LA Mart
Showrooms at the LA Mart Design Center are significantly marking down new merchandise—up to 70 percent off—for a three-day sample sale. A trade preview is happening today until 5 p.m. before the sale opens to the public Saturday and Sunday.

Get Your Zanotta at DZINE
Today kicks off discounts days on Zanotta furniture at San Francisco’s DZINE. The pieces will be available at 25 percent off until October 9 by using the promo code #z25. Shop in store or online.

See: EXHIBITS

So Crafty
From the practical (sock darning) to the puzzling (satellite headgear), all types of creative crafting will be on display at the opening of Make: Craft at the Otis Collage of Art and Design in L.A. this Saturday. The exhibition includes a series of workshops including “Sewing Rebellion: the Art of Mending 101,” and a high-tech “E-Crafting Workshop.”

Show: REAL ESTATE

Sugar and Spice in SF
If you’ve got a sweet tooth, this charming Noe Valley gingerbread Victorian built in 1900 will surely satiate. It’s got three bedrooms and three baths and was thoroughly renovated five years ago. Asking $1,795,00 and open for tastings, I mean viewings, Saturday 1–3 p.m. and Sunday 1-4 p.m.