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StackMob's Sunny San Francisco Office is Just Like Home

StackMob Office

Originally published on CaliforniaHomeDesign.com

In mid-2011 with $7.5 million in venture capital in the bank, the rapidly growing StackMob team began shopping around for a bigger office in San Francisco.

rePACK Kickstarter: Custom Bags Made From Recycled Car Upholstery

rePACK bags

Originally published on CaliforniaHomeDesign.com

An automotive wrecking yard isn’t the first place you would think of looking for a designer bag, but rePACK founder David Miller-Hershon is literally banking on recycling discarded car interior bits into fashion accessories. With just six days left on his fledgling business’ Kickstarter, he has a couple grand to raise to take his idea from the wrecker to the streets of San Francisco.

Inside The Playful Klutz Idea Factory in Palo Alto

Klutz Factory

Originally published on CaliforniaHomeDesign.com

It seems appropriate that the Klutz Press building in Palo Alto was originally home to a Coca-Cola bottling plant. The 43 people who work here today make something that kids love just as much as soda: A special line of creative children’s books that have sold 45 million copies worldwide and counting. Come along with us on a special tour of Klutz’s idea factory.

I Could Live Here: San Francisco Ritz-Carlton Penthouse

Ritz-Carlton Penthouse

Originally published on CaliforniaHomeDesign.com

I know, writing about how I could live in an $8 million dollar penthouse equipped with an at-my-beckon-call concierge seems like a throwaway. Like I'm cheating at my own imagination exercise. But please, bear with me on this one.

Designers, Submit Your Creations to California Home & Design's CH+D Awards!

Our sister company California Home & Design invites all California-based design professionals to submit their most recent innovative projects for consideration in their annual California Home+Design Awards!

A Sneak Peek at the New SFJAZZ Center in Hayes Valley

SFJazz Center

Originally published on CaliforniaHomeDesign.com

All reports to the contrary, jazz is alive and thriving in San Francisco.

I Could Live Here: 1970s Redwood Tower House in Bolinas

Redwood House

Originally published on CaliforniaHomeDesign.com

I've always considered myself a city girl, through and through, but as my days get busier, and I get, well, let's face it, older, the slow life of the country gets more and more appealing. But before you get any funny ideas, let me clarify: I mean this strictly in a "weekend house" kind of way, which is pure fantasy at this point. But I can dream…

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