2018 was a year of TRUST and EXPANSION Highlights Include: The 2018 Seattle Design Festival gathered 21,000+ attendees, 145 partners, 90+ programs and installations, and 20+ design disciplines that explored design and TRUST. Imagine Africatown: Central District Design Weekend gathered designers, planners, developers, and community members of all ages to vision and design a future…
I’m a design student from Mexico City. Just a few years ago I was far away from my graduation and really close to dropping out, and the only choice I had was to reexamine my roll as a student, and the roll of the designer as a representative of change. I decided to focus in…
Support Design in the Public Realm We believe that design is for everyone. We believe that design generates creative solutions to pressing issues that affect all of us. We believe that inclusive co-design practices are essential to shaping an equitable Seattle. Design in Public is a platform for bold design conversations. Our 2018 programs…
I am a college student who has spent the last four years learning from excellent educational designers and experimenting through school projects to understand the scope of the discipline to impact the lives of communities in different situations of vulnerability. Among these projects I have developed product proposals to apply physiotherapy in juvenile chronic arthritis,…
Exhibit runs December 6, 2018 – February 23, 2019 Our world is witnessing a time of record migration and displacement. According to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, there are now more than 60 million forcibly displaced people worldwide, the result of persecution, conflict, violence or human rights violations. Cities are on the…
Carrie Griffin Basas is the Director of the Governor’s Office of the Education Ombuds, a small state agency that brings families, students, and schools together for creative and collaborative problem-solving that tackles opportunity gaps. Before this position, she was a civil rights lawyer and law professor, focusing on disability, labor, and health justice. She taught…