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10.3.13  Shop for Good  Pivot Project, started by Nikki Jason, is an offshoot of Back on My Feet, an organization that helps the homeless find projects to get them ready to reenter the workforce. Visit paddle8 to bid on a piece of your own, now through Monday, or visit the showroom, From the Source, where you can see the pieces for yourself.  MORE  ›  Renovation Basics  Archtober, a monthlong celebration of architecture and design in New York, is officially under way. One of the more practical programs, “What to Expect When You’re Renovating,” is taking place October 8 at 6 p.m., at the Center for Architecture/AIANY.MORE  ›  Water World  Become an expert on the Brooklyn waterfront with Brooklyn Brainery’s upcoming class on the borough’s ever-changing waterway. At 8:30 p.m. on October 9, urban historian and planner Inna Guzenfeld will lead a discussion of the waterfront’s transformation. MORE  › SPACE OF THE WEEK A 48-Hour Office Makeover Designer Mischa Lampert had one weekend to transform Katharina Plath’s midtown office. SEE MORE  › Plath asked Lampert to do a transformation over the course of a weekend. “The original blinds are still there, but they’re covered with larger ones.” The wall is covered in chevron paper and the shelving is from Ikea. The Best Bet S7 Floor Lamp French designer Nicolas Pichelin's protean S7 floor lamp, rendered from a patented, paradoxically steely yet flexible composite material, shape-shifts to stand mast-pole straight in a corner or hover figure-eight-like over your desk.MORE  › FIRST LOOK Get Inspired Watch Wendy Goodman, along with Jon Call, David Rockwell, Ghislaine Viñas, andDwell’s Alex Polier, previewing the upcoming City Modern festival on LXTV’s Open House. VIDEO  › Tips on all things decorative, design chats with Wendy Goodman, and photographs from the latest design hunting discoveries in NYC.facebook.com/DesignHunting Moment-to-moment updates on design news and trend-spotting, as well as live-tweeting from insider events and parties (with a few contests thrown in for good measure). @DesignHunting