“We continue to imagine what this community can, and will, be”—K. Wyking Garrett Thank you friends and donors for passionately believing in our work and giving generously. Together we raised $27,000 to elevate Design in Public’s mission to celebrate all the ways that design makes life better for Seattle. Special thanks to Wyking Garrett of…
Exactly how authentic do we want our outdoor experience to be, and how far do we have to go to find it? How can we protect our natural treasures in the midst of explosive regional population growth? Can we mitigate that human pressure on these environments by leveraging urban wilderness? Presented by Seattle Architecture Foundation,…
Aaron Asis is a conceptual artist and activist focused on promoting physical access, spatial awareness, and general appreciation in an urban context. His work explores creative opportunities as a means to inspire public engagement and share ideas related to the significance of under-appreciated environments. Aaron has spent the past two decades exploring and documenting inaccessible…
2018 is the year of TRUST. From September 6 – 21, the Seattle Design Festival (SDF) will connect designers, community members and civic leaders to explore how we design for TRUST. SDF is the largest design-related event in the Pacific Northwest, gathering over 30,300 attendees for 80+ Festival events and installations hosted by 120+ partners in 2017. We…
Sarah is an architect interested in designing and advocating for a socially and culturally conscious built environment. A generalist and a strategist, Sarah believes the best designs come from deeply engaging with the users and context of the projects’ communities and environment. Her current work falls under the umbrella of community-based design, with clients such…
This exhibit is created by Garrett Nelli Assoc. AIA, the 2017 recipient of AIA Seattle’s Emerging Professionals Travel Scholarship, and presented by AIA Seattle. Public interest design is re-positioning the architectural profession to address the social, political, and environmental issues of the 21st century through community-engaged design. This shift in practice advances the notion that…