March 16, 2026 • Posted by Mariya S
This event is a part of Design Bay Area: year of Design celebrations.
Saturday, April 18 · 1–5 pm · San Francisco Two studios. Thirty participants. One extraordinary afternoon.
Aidlin Darling Design — founded in SAN FRANCISCO 1998 when Joshua Aidlin and David Darling began crafting furniture together in a San Francisco woodshop. Theirs is an architecture of restraint — client and site specific, collaborative at every stage. “The way something feels, smells and sounds is as important as how it looks.”
Walker Warner — founded in SAN FRANCISCO in 1989, a full-service firm whose custom residential and hospitality work begins not with form but with listening: to the land, the climate, the culture, the client. Led by partners Greg Warner, Kathy Scott, Mike McCabe, and Greg Mottola. “We start by listening — to the landscape and the climate, to the history and the culture, and to our client’s values and vision.”
Hosted by Diane Dorrans Saeks @dianedorranssaeks — bestselling author of 26 books on design including Jean-Louis Deniot Interiors and Parisian by Design, both published by Rizzoli. Design Editor at PAPERCITY and one of the most respected voices in American design journalism.
The afternoon closes with a private reception — sips, light refreshments, and conversation with the architects and their colleagues.
Tickets: $60 · 30 seats only · No waitlist Address provided at time of ticket purchase. Participants travel between studios by car share or Waymo.
About Diane Dorrans Saeks:
Diane Dorrans Saeks is the bestselling author of 26 books on design, architecture, travel, and interiors, including Jean-Louis Deniot Interiors and Parisian by Design, both published by Rizzoli. She is Design Editor at PAPERCITY magazine, and a longtime editor of C magazine. She has written for the New York Times and Veranda. The former West Coast correspondent for WWD, Diane is co-founding editor of C Magazine California Style and Metropolitan Home.
Diane has presented her acclaimed Dynamic Minds, Brilliant Inspiration seminar series for Design Bay Area and San Francisco Design Week for many years, offering participants rare access to the studios, minds, and creative processes of the city’s most distinguished architects and designers.
Photo Credit: Matthew Millman, Courtesy of Walker Warner
Main Photo: Courtesy of Aidlin Darling Design.