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SDF 2018 Sneak Peek

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SDF 2018 Sneak Peek

8.21

6:00PM-8:00PM

The public and the press are invited to join us for the public unveiling of the 2018 Seattle Design Festival: TRUST. Festival staff and organizers will provide an overview of this...

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SDF 2018 Sneak Peek

Aug 21, 6:00PM-8:00PM

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1010 Western Avenue,
Seattle WA 98104

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SDF 2018: TRUST

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SDF 2018: TRUST

9.6-21

12:00AM-11:59PM

The Seattle Design Festival features citywide tours, exhibits, outdoor installations, activities, interactive workshops and more from September 6-21, 2018. This year’s Festival...

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SDF 2018: TRUST

Sep 6-21, 12:00AM-11:59PM

The Seattle Design Festival features citywide tours, exhibits, outdoor installations, activities, interactive workshops and more f...

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Various Locations,
Seattle WA 98104

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SDF 2018 Block Party

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SDF 2018 Block Party

9.8-9

10:00AM-5:00PM

The Seattle Design Festival Block Party is a two-day street fair celebrating the powerful ways design affects our lives. This fun outdoor event is an opportunity for the design...

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SDF 2018 Block Party

Sep 8-9, 10:00AM-5:00PM

The Seattle Design Festival Block Party is a two-day street fair celebrating the powerful ways design affects our lives. This fun ...

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117 S Washington St,
Seattle 98104

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Design for Belonging – A Design Discussion

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Design for Belonging – A Design Discussion

9.11

6:00PM-8:00PM

Design for Belonging gathers city builders, community organizers, artists, and a diverse public to explore what it takes to create culturally responsive, thriving, resilient, and...

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Design for Belonging – A Design Discussion

Sep 11, 6:00PM-8:00PM

Design for Belonging gathers city builders, community organizers, artists, and a diverse public to explore what it takes to creat...

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51 University St #600,
Seattle WA 98101

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AI and Creativity – A Design Discussion Presented by Microsoft

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AI and Creativity – A Design Discussion Presented by Microsoft

9.20

5:30PM-7:30PM

Microsoft Presents: On Artificial Intelligence, Creativity, and Trust: An Interactive Discussion and Gallery Event. Thought leaders from Seattle’s global design community will...

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AI and Creativity – A Design Discussion Presented by Microsoft

Sep 20, 5:30PM-7:30PM

Microsoft Presents: On Artificial Intelligence, Creativity, and Trust: An Interactive Discussion and Gallery Event. Thought leader...

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1000 4th Ave,
Seattle WA 98104

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Presentation

SDF 2018 Sneak Peek

8.21

6:00PM-8:00PM

The public and the press are invited to join us for the public unveiling of the 2018 Seattle Design Festival: TRUST. Festival staff and organizers will provide an overview of this...

Exhibit / Installation

21st Annual Architectural Model Exhibit: Transparency

8.30-11.24

12:00AM-11:59PM

For over two decades the Seattle Architecture Foundation has hosted the Architectural Model Exhibit, an opportunity for local architects and designers to connect and share their...

Activity

SDF 2018: TRUST

9.6-21

12:00AM-11:59PM

The Seattle Design Festival features citywide tours, exhibits, outdoor installations, activities, interactive workshops and more from September 6-21, 2018. This year’s Festival...

Exhibit / Installation

We The Future

9.6-21

12:00AM-11:59PM

We The Future are youth leaders, at the forefront of change, who are building organizations and movements all across the country. They carry the energy of countless communities...

Party

SDF 2018 Opening Party

9.6

7:00PM-10:00PM

SDF’s Opening Night Soiree will be held from 7-10 pm at The Collective, Seattle’s newest urban basecamp. Launch Party sponsored by GRAY Magazine. $25 suggested donation...

Workshops

TEAGUE Hangover Brunch

9.7

9:00AM-12:00PM

What better way to bounce back from the Seattle Design Festival Opening Party than with delicious brunch food, great design conversations, and perhaps a little hair of the dog?...

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Touch @ the Block Party

9.8-9

12:00AM-11:59PM

Would you place trust in a stranger when speech and visual recognition are unavailable? Body language is a fundamentally powerful way of communicating, but is overlooked in our...

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Public Reflections @ the Block Party

9.8-9

12:00AM-11:59PM

Public Reflections is an exhibit designed to provoke private self-reflection. As a participant takes their place on the lone chair, a message is revealed on the mirror. Each...

Exhibit / Installation

Building Trust with Building Blocks @ the Block Party

9.8-9

12:00AM-11:59PM

Come build with us! Use your creativity and our blocks to create something amazing! Keep an eye out for ways to collaborate, build together, or engage with your fellow builders....

Activity

Building Trust @ the Block Party

9.8-9

12:00AM-11:59PM

AIA Seattle Women in Design and Diversity Round Table present a collaborative activity that encourages our community to build trust in others and in themselves. Participants will...

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Perceived Edges Centerpiece @ the Block Party

9.8-9

12:00AM-11:59PM

Sight provides an initial understanding of our surroundings and we trust our perception based on the entirety of our spatial experiences in time. We assume our built environment...

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Love Seat I in Red @ the Block Party

9.8-9

12:00AM-11:59PM

LOVE SEAT I is a red chair made for two. The proper way to engage with this object is for two people to sit with their back to the chair arms and place legs through the central...

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BLOX @ the Block Party

9.8-9

12:00AM-11:59PM

Trust is one of the fundamental building blocks to a healthy community. BLOX provides opportunities for people to engage and collectively create. What does trust mean to you?...

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SPIRES @ the Block Party

9.8-9

12:00AM-11:59PM

SPIRES venerates the participation of the participant, while subversively integrating their viewing into the expression of the installation itself. The three spires are media...

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Blind Trust @ the Block Party

9.8-9

12:00AM-11:59PM

Blind Trust challenges visitors to use touch, rather than sight, as their primary means of navigation and interaction with the installation. Visitors will be able to move through...

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Do You See What I See? @ the Block Party

9.8-9

12:00AM-11:59PM

Do You See What I See? prompts a dialogue about the proxies we use to make sense of our situation and surroundings. We explore how our experiences and contexts create a unique...

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SEA-SAW @ the Block Party

9.8-9

12:00AM-11:59PM

The SEA-SAW is a dynamic installation that is simultaneously a beautiful, original piece of outdoor furniture as well as a playful interactive sculpture inviting users to reflect...

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Game Changer @ the Block Party

9.8-9

12:00AM-11:59PM

Trust is a byproduct of a willingness to be vulnerable. Translating trust into vulnerable expression is what we call a game changer. The four sides of the work marry trust with...

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Identity Bridge @ the Block Party

9.8-9

12:00AM-11:59PM

The focus of our installation is to ask participants about how they see themselves and how they present themselves to others in the workplace. It also questions whether or not...

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Talk to a Stranger @ the Block Party

9.8-9

12:00AM-11:59PM

Forget what you learned in Kindergarten and challenge your established notions of stranger-danger. Take a seat in our hand-crafted, tête-à-tête Adirondack chair, opposite a...

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WeMeograph @ the Block Party

9.8-9

12:00AM-11:59PM

As a non-profit focused on collaboration, we believe trust can come by creating together. By working in tandem with a stranger, each participant will trace a portion of an...

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Mapping Trust @ the Block Party

9.8-9

12:00AM-11:59PM

Students from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Discovery Center’s youth programs, with guidance from UW students, explore design’s role in promoting healthy communities...

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Spherically Enlightened @ the Block Party

9.8-9

12:00AM-11:59PM

There is vulnerability through trust. There is confidence in an expected or perceived outcome, but also vulnerability in the chance of the unexpected which may challenge that...

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Transparent Trust @ the Block Party

9.8-9

12:00AM-11:59PM

What is public trust? How does society shape it? Transparent Trust, attempts to explore the idea of trust through a simple yet visceral idea: Do people trust one another to donate...

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ARTIFACT: A Game of Trust and Balance @ the Block Party

9.8-9

12:00AM-11:59PM

The act of design is a game of trust and balance. As players in this game, we are trusted (and trust others) to make decisions and participate in a way that achieves a common...

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They Trust You and I @ the Block Party

9.8-9

12:00AM-11:59PM

How do you trust a description to explain a varied experience? To be engaged in this project, the artist continually determines the form of final descriptions. Each viewing will...

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SpaceBox @ the Block Party

9.8-9

12:00AM-11:59PM

SpaceBox is a sensory deprivation/infinity illusion experience in which users surrender their usual barriers to immersion, and discover an interactive world that can only be...

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Sea+CDMX @ the Block Party

9.8-9

12:00AM-11:59PM

The Sea+CDMX installation encompasses a small structure representing two landmarks of both Seattle and Mexico City. Visitors will be able to hear the sounds of Mexico City and...

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What Makes a Neighborhood? @ the Block Party

9.8-9

12:00AM-11:59PM

Using data and facts to provide context and myth-bust some of the challenges Seattle currently faces, visitors are asked to participate in designing a neighborhood that is...

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The Trust Maze @ the Block Party

9.8-9

12:00AM-11:59PM

Trust is rarely a concept that occupies our minds until we are given a reason to question it. After the suspicion of validity is introduced, we are flooded with constant...

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“to House” @ the Block Party

9.8-9

12:00AM-11:59PM

The number of individuals experiencing homelessness is rising and we see the results of this crisis almost every day. Visit "to House" to learn facts about homelessness and hear...

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Sticks and Strings @ the Block Party

9.8-9

12:00AM-11:59PM

Sticks and Strings consists of a collection of organically structured frames that support balancing hammocks. Stability of the hammocks relies on vulnerability, openness, and...

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SEEING IS BELIEVING @ the Block Party

9.8-9

12:00AM-11:59PM

The burden of maintaining social connections has shifted to applications and algorithms. But there is another side to this, where we voyeuristically observe friends and family...

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Secret Sounds Centerpiece @ the Block Party

9.8-9

12:00AM-11:59PM

We all use (and trust) our senses daily in order to navigate, respond to and survive in our environments. The senses provide the data from which we process and form our...

Activity

I Trust You @ the Block Party

9.8

12:00AM-11:59PM

The Evergrey is out to connect locals with our city and each other. Take a photo with us and shout out someone you trust—and what you trust them...

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OPENhouse @ the Block Party

9.8-9

12:00AM-11:59PM

OPENhouse highlights false privacy we can feel in modern society by giving transparency to an intimate space. This is achieved by utilizing the form of a traditional house, which...

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Material Transparency is TRUST @ the Block Party

9.8-9

12:00AM-11:59PM

Material Transparency is TRUST explores the theme of material ingredient transparency as it relates to human and environmental health. It takes the shape of an interactive journey...

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Navigating Trust @ the Block Party

9.8-9

12:00AM-11:59PM

Trust is an essential component of successful collaboration. Navigating Trust challenges participants to work together to navigate representational Seattle streets. Pairs begin by...

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Seismic Cultures: Imagining Alternatives @ the Block Party

9.8-9

12:00AM-11:59PM

Seattle’s high seismic risk is known by scientists and reported on by media. But more deliberately designed engagement is needed to nurture prominent and positive seismic...

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Trust The Movement @ the Block Party

9.8-9

12:00AM-11:59PM

All people seek trust in one another it’s about giving up control and letting someone else take responsibility, trusting them to do right by you. We designed a shifting gravity...

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Blind Trust @ the Block Party

9.8-9

12:00AM-11:59PM

Blind Trust encourages people to share physical space and ideas, and to approach each with honesty and vulnerability. The user will tear a piece of paper off a surrounding wall...

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Power of Trust @ the Block Party

9.8-9

12:00AM-11:59PM

The intent of our installation is to put forward a powerful experience that demands an audience engrossed with instilling unified proactive thinking. We present the nuclear fan...

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Leave Your Mark on Seattle @ the Block Party

9.8-9

12:00AM-11:59PM

The Office of Planning and Community Development has a comprehensive plan to map Seattle’s next 20 years of growth. At the heart of this plan are four core values that act as a...

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Shared Structure: A Bench & Interactive Canopy @ the Block Party

9.8-9

12:00AM-11:59PM

A two-sided, bench + canopy structure, built from a donated stock of (40) 2x4 and (40) 2x6 from the North Cascades foresters. An interactive structure, the double-sided bench has...

Activity

SDF 2018 Block Party

9.8-9

10:00AM-5:00PM

The Seattle Design Festival Block Party is a two-day street fair celebrating the powerful ways design affects our lives. This fun outdoor event is an opportunity for the design...

Tour

Walking Tour: Places for People in Othello

9.8

10:00AM-11:00AM

Bus, bike, walk, or ride Light Rail to Othello Station for a tour of new interactive installations. From benches to kaleidoscopes, these additions encourage play, conversation,...

Tour

ARTS @ King Street Station: Construction Site Tours

9.8

11:00AM-12:00PM

Join the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture for a construction tour of ARTS @ King Street Station. Experience over 17,000 square feet of new cultural space before it opens for...

Presentation

Exploring Universal Design

9.8

11:00AM-1:30PM

Universal Design involves principles that create accessible environments. It aims to allow a wide range of individuals the ability to use spaces independently and intuitively. The...

Tour

ARTS @ King Street Station: Construction Site Tours

9.8

1:00PM-2:00PM

Join the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture for a construction tour of ARTS @ King Street Station. Experience over 17,000 square feet of new cultural space before it opens for...

Tour

Walking Tour: Places for People in Othello

9.8

2:00PM-3:00PM

Bus, bike, walk, or ride Light Rail to Othello Station for a tour of new interactive installations. From benches to kaleidoscopes, these additions encourage play, conversation,...

Tour

ARTS @ King Street Station: Construction Site Tours

9.9

11:00AM-12:00PM

Join the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture for a construction tour of ARTS @ King Street Station. Experience over 17,000 square feet of new cultural space before it opens for...

Tour

ARTS @ King Street Station: Construction Site Tours

9.9

1:00PM-2:00PM

Join the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture for a construction tour of ARTS @ King Street Station. Experience over 17,000 square feet of new cultural space before it opens for...

Activity

The Chromatic Dinner

9.9

7:00PM-10:00PM

In Roman times, the art of dining incorporated all the known senses to create a total gastronomic experience. In accordance with the ancient experience of dining, the Futurist...

Workshops

Future Founders Fellowship (F3) – Building Symbiotic Trust through XR Solutions

9.10

10:00AM-12:00PM

Future Founders Fellowship (F3) by SIXR is an internship program in collaboration with City of Seattle Office of Economics Development (OED) and Rainier Beach Action Coalition...

Presentation

An Alliance of Trust: Shift Zero and the Collective Push for Real Climate Action in Architecture

9.10

12:00PM-1:00PM

To transform buildings from climate problem to climate solution, diverse communities must align efforts around authentic change. This panel discussion will explore a local model...

Tour

CoMotion MakerSpace Tour

9.10

2:00PM-4:00PM

Innovation can come from anywhere. At the CoMotion MakerSpace, students, staff, and faculty from the University of Washington find the tools and resources they need to build and...

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Sea+CDMX: Design Playground Exhibit & Panel

9.10

6:00PM-8:00PM

The Sea+CDMX: Design Playground brings 5 student projects from UAM Mexico City design students. These projects will showcase the different challenges both cities and their...

Presentation

CSR 2.0 Panel Discussion: Designing the New Standard of Responsibility

9.10

6:30PM-9:00PM

Gone are the days when you could just donate some money and announce a goal to reduce your carbon footprint to earn the right to call yourself a “responsible company.” Now,...

Workshops

Equitable Development mini-conference

9.11

1:00PM-6:00PM

The Equitable Development mini-conference will be a shared learning opportunity for diverse community members to learn about Seattle’s Equitable Development Initiative and...

Tour

Georgetown Design Tour (self-guided)

9.11

2:00PM-8:00PM

Georgetown Design Tour is a self-guided tour highlighting the talented designers and makers of the Georgetown area in PNW Design. Gray Magazine, Equinox Studios, Seattle Design...

Workshops

Transforming a Low Income Neighborhood into a Climate Resilient Neighborhood

9.11

2:00PM-3:30PM

This project demonstrates that green infrastructure is a powerful tool in landscape design to solve community's environmental and social problems such as flooding, infrastructure...

Activity

Dynamics of Trust in Freeway Park: Exploring, Observing, Sketching

9.11

4:00PM-6:00PM

Freeway Park is Seattle’s largest downtown public park and a dynamic, often misunderstood place. In partnership with landscape architect and UW lecturer, Julie Parrett, the...

Tour

The Power of Trust: Building Community through Art and Design

9.11

6:00PM-9:00PM

Collaborative Companies and renowned sculptor Louise Durocher invite you to their neighboring studios—the former home of iconic Seattle furniture brand Gulassa &...

Presentation

Design for Belonging – A Design Discussion

9.11

6:00PM-8:00PM

Design for Belonging gathers city builders, community organizers, artists, and a diverse public to explore what it takes to create culturally responsive, thriving, resilient, and...

Workshops

From the Margins: Embracing Difference by Design

9.11

6:30PM-8:15PM

What would it mean to design from the margins? Design—even in its inclusive forms—tends to treat difference as something to be accommodated rather than something at design’s...

Activity

Dance Church

9.11

8:00PM-9:30PM

Dance Church™ is an all-abilities movement class that offers a fun, nonexclusive approach to dancing. Designed for people of all shapes, sizes, backgrounds, and identities,...

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Landscape Architects Out-in-Front Public Exhibit + Happy Hour

9.12

5:00PM-8:30PM

The Out-in-Front exhibit will feature the landscape architecture profession by displaying a large selection of project boards. Please join us for an evening of transparent...

Party

ARCADE Issue 36.2 Launch Party + Community Celebration

9.12

5:30PM-7:30PM

Join ARCADE to celebrate release of the fall 2018 edition, ARCADE Issue 36.2, Seattle’s Ethos: Changes in Our Common Space with feature editor Nick Licata. A $20 suggested...

Presentation

Designing Equity and Trust

9.12

5:30PM-6:30PM

When we buy a product, service, or, admission into an experience we trust that it will work for us. We often assume ease of access and equity. But what happens when experiences...

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Tackling the Unintended Consequences of Technology

9.12

6:00PM-8:00PM

The world has been jarred awake by tech gone wrong. We are realizing that the effects of our products are not always positive, and that asking whether we should, is just as...

Presentation

Building Trust through Community Planning: Discussion of HALA/ MHA Process & Initiatives

9.13

5:00PM-7:00PM

We have entrusted our public officials to establish development guidelines that match our values and reflect the needs of our communities. This program is intended to be a report...

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Opening Celebration: “Design with the 90%”

9.13

5:00PM-8:00PM

Celebrate the opening of Design with the 90%, a special exhibition featuring 26 innovative projects that showcase designs solutions toward a more equitable world by increasing...

Exhibit / Installation

On the Battery Call for Ideas & Community Event

9.13

6:00PM-8:00PM

Recharge the Battery invites Seattle residents to help re-imagine the future of the Battery Street Corridor, in the heart of Belltown. As part of the Recharge the Battery...

Presentation

In Autonomy We (Don’t Quite Yet) Trust

9.13

6:00PM-9:00PM

Growing up, we were continuously warned by our parents to beware of strangers, both on the internet, and luring us into their cars. Today, we routinely use the internet to summon...

Presentation

Just Trust Me: The Difference Between Owed & Earned Trust

9.13

6:00PM-8:00PM

A lot of our ability to get things done as designers directly relates to the amount of trust we have with our teams and clients. But there’s a difference between the trust we...

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Urban+: Adding Density While Retaining Character

9.13

6:00PM-8:00PM

Join b9 architects for a panel discussion exploring alternative development strategies to preserve Seattle’s existing physical and cultural character while meeting the city’s...

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Building Trust with Diverse Project Communities

9.13

6:30PM-8:30PM

Join Architects Without Borders - Seattle project leaders for a discussion of diverse topics on navigating relationships between an AWB volunteer project lead and a...

Presentation

Envision a contemporary Latinx arts & culture hub in Seattle

9.13

6:30PM-8:30PM

Come envision a contemporary Latinx arts & culture hub in Seattle! This will be your space! There currently isn't home for contemporary Latinx artists anywhere in King...

Activity

The Chromatic Dinner

9.13

7:00PM-10:00PM

In Roman times, the art of dining incorporated all the known senses to create a total gastronomic experience. In accordance with the ancient experience of dining, the Futurist...

Party

Rainier and Jackson Complex Annual Block Party

9.14

5:30PM-10:30PM

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the unique community of multidisciplinary designers at the Rainier Oven Building Complex. Join the studios in Little Saigon for their...

Presentation

How does design and the built environment impact global education?

9.14

5:30PM-8:00PM

Practitioners in the fields of architecture, design, non profits, and the University of Washington will join together in a panel that explores the intersections of international...

Activity

The Chromatic Dinner

9.14

7:00PM-10:00PM

In Roman times, the art of dining incorporated all the known senses to create a total gastronomic experience. In accordance with the ancient experience of dining, the Futurist...

Party

Battery Block Party

9.15-16

12:00PM-6:00PM

Recharge the Battery invites Seattle residents to help re-imagine the future of one of Seattle’s most under-appreciated corridors, in the heart of Belltown. As part of the...

Workshops

Wearable EMF-Sensing Workshop

9.16

11:00AM-3:00PM

This workshop encompasses the idea of intersecting science and art through the lens of electronic textiles and wearable technology. During four hours of e-textile prototyping,...

Workshops

Interdisciplinary Activities to Build Trust + Collaborative Solutions

9.16

4:00PM-6:00PM

What are our tools for building trust across difference? We will experience collaborative activities from dance and design that help build trust among teams by activating...

Presentation

Community Speakers: Building Trust Through Design

9.17

5:30PM-7:30PM

Interaction Design Association (IxDA) Seattle presents an evening of lightning talks (<10 min each) from local designers and technologists. Presenters will share their...

Workshops

Design for Dystopia

9.18

5:30PM-9:30PM

Join IxDA Seattle for a dystopian design jam exploring the impact of trust when everything falls apart. After a small amount of networking, attendees will break into teams to...

Workshops

Empathy Building for Innovation

9.18

5:30PM-7:30PM

How can diversity act as a source of innovation and disruption? Can design be both universal and personal? Humans have been at the center of design practices for a long time....

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Using Innovation and Design to Build a Risk-Tolerant, Future-Focused World

9.18

6:00PM-8:00PM

World-changing innovation lies at the intersection of design and sustainability. Increasingly diverse audiences, interconnected systems, and rapid technological change make social...

Presentation

Displaced: Design for Inclusive Cities – Winners Celebration

9.18

6:00PM-8:00PM

Join Design in Public and the Discovery Center at the awards celebration of Displaced: Design for Inclusive Cities—an international design ideas competition that solicited...

Activity

Pursuing Platinum Performance Begins with a Culture of Trust

9.19

1:00PM-2:30PM

We share in the moral responsibility to deliver well-designed buildings that reduce operating expenses, increase opportunities for commerce, and contribute to the health and...

Presentation

Autonomous Seattle: The Robot Car in the Emerald City

9.19

5:30PM-7:30PM

The initial rollout of autonomous vehicles (AV) is predicted to begin around 2025, gaining public acceptance by 2030 & largely replacing non-autonomous vehicles by...

Workshops

Beyond the Umwelt: Bringing Communities Together Through Participatory Design

9.19

6:00PM-8:00PM

Biologist Jakob von Uexküll introduced the concept of the “umwelt” in 1909 as different species living in the same ecosystem that pick up on different environmental signals....

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Trusting the Public(s): Using Design Thinking & Co-Design to Improve State Government

9.20

11:45AM-1:15PM

What does it mean for government to be by the people, shaped by their visions and even their experiences of marginalization? Outdated approaches to public service make...

Presentation

AI and Creativity – A Design Discussion Presented by Microsoft

9.20

5:30PM-7:30PM

Microsoft Presents: On Artificial Intelligence, Creativity, and Trust: An Interactive Discussion and Gallery Event. Thought leaders from Seattle’s global design community will...

Workshops

Mission-Centric Design Workshop: Building Trust Through CSR & Holistic Branding

9.20

5:30PM-9:00PM

Brand management has always been a difficult task, but today’s non-stop news cycle and hyper-connected culture make it so that a company’s reputation, both among employees and...

Presentation

Ubuntu: I am because we are

9.20

6:00PM-8:00PM

Ubuntu is a South African philosophy that declares our own well-being is tied to the well-being of others and the shared responsibility of our community is what binds us together...

Presentation

The Driverless Data Conundrum

9.20

6:00PM-9:00PM

As transportation services expand and begin to utilize autonomous cars, trucks, and even drones, the consumer data they collect (and questions we should be asking) grow: How much...

Exhibit / Installation

PARK(ing) Day Create Your Own Pop-Up Park

9.21

9:00AM-7:00PM

PARK(ing) Day is an annual global placemaking event in which community members lead the temporary transformation of parking spaces into people spaces. Taking place every third...

Presentation

Design Lecture Series with Bonnie Siegler

9.21

7:00PM-9:00PM

Bonnie Siegler founded and runs the award-winning design studio Eight and a Half. She is best known for her design work for Saturday Night Live, the Criterion Collection, HBO, and...

Presentation

Ask An Architect: Navigating Your Building Project

9.22

9:00AM-11:00AM

Trust is an integral part of the design process. Dreaming about a home design project and not sure where to start? Wondering how to make the most of your budget? Curious about...

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Sanctuary Cities Exhibit

12.6

12:00AM-11:59PM

Stay tuned! More info coming...

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