Weekly Design Dispatch: Fanciful Florals, Concerts on Wheels, and Our Bay Area Gardening Bible

Illustrated by Rachel Hillberg

Welcome to the weekly Design Dispatch. This week we're talking a fanciful floral display, socially distanced concerts on wheels, and how to get home cooking from the pros.

DESIGN NEWS:

The De Young museum just wrapped the virtual version of its exhibit Bouquets to Art. Last year's show featured a fanciful floral sculpture weighing 1,200 pounds, which you can view in action here. If you're interested in seeing what this year's florists cooked up head over to their website where you can also find coloring pages for the kids and, of course, exit through the gift shop.

High-end interior shelter magazines are beginning to pivot towards the DIY home improvement space, fueled in part, undoubtedly by the current state of events with many creative homeowners making up for what they might currently lack in other resources with time at home. Domino quietly launched Renovator's Notebook / @reno_notebook on IG, and Dwell is now dipping a toe in with it's newly launched series Dwell on This, aimed at helping readers make aspirational home improvements.

Caitlin Wilson has just announced the launch of Cait Kids, a children's collection the brings their signature style to the pint-sized set with motifs from sailboats and horses adorning wallpaper to a sweet bunny and floral print pillows.

LOCAL INTEREST:

While restaurants are closing or laying off workers, some local chefs are pivoting to cook (and bake) up goodies from their homes. From fanciful cakes to savory Arepas, Hoodline has the scoop on a few of the best.

While we won't be attending a traditional concert anytime soon, Curbside Concerts are bringing them to you by connecting local talent with fans for socially distant live performances. If you've got a driveway, you can find a local musician to come out and play- all while you and your neighbors enjoy the show from a respectful distance.

READ:

As summer slowly starts to wind down, I'm looking ahead to what I'll be planting in my garden for fall and reaching once again for the book that is arguably the essential tool for dealing with the Bay Area's diverse microclimates. While Golden Gate Gardening packs a lot of information between the covers, the most valuable portion of the book is the simply laid out cheat sheets as to what to plant when depending on where you find yourself beneath the fog belt.

That concludes our weekly Design Dispatch. If there is anything you would like to add to the list, feel free to leave a comment below, and if you have a tip for a future column, feel free to drop us a line.

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