Not able to catch all of the festival partner events during the August 15-23 dates? You are in luck – these partner programs will have a life beyond the dates of the festival – make sure to check them out! And stay tuned for recorded video of the Live Partner Events that we will have…
We hope you enjoyed the festival! Even as it took on a very different form this year, we hope you found ways to plug in, celebrate design, and think critically about the roles designers can play in shaping our communities. It is About Time for real meaningful change – and we hope some discussion, event…
Sunmin Whang is a designer with LMN Architects. She has worked in New York, Boston, Chicago, and the Netherlands, and has found a home in Seattle, focusing on educational and institutional projects. She loves getting involved in the design community as part of the LMN pavilion team for the Seattle Design Festival, build days with…
Felix Chang is an Associate Strategy Director at Artefact – a sponsor of this year’s Seattle Design Festival. As a researcher, Felix describes his job as “a little bit like the Sorting Hat in Harry Potter” because he strives to understand people and systems to find the deeper themes and insights. Felix uses his research abilities…
Alex Lopez is Senior Design Manager with the AI + Research & Search Studio at Microsoft – this year’s Platinum Sponsor of Seattle Design Festival. Make sure to join Microsoft for their panel discussion in this year’s festival: What Day is It? on August 2o, 9-10am. Alex’s bio in his words: I’m currently Design Manager at Microsoft leading…
Stephanie Di Biase is a creative director at Teague, Seattle’s leading design and innovation company. Stephanie draws on her 20-year design career, starting as a graphic designer and moving into interaction design around 2007. She has led global multidisciplinary design teams from strategy through implementation on enterprise level digital products. Her clients have included Target,…