We are celebrating the tenth year of the Seattle Design Festival, and for ten years the Festival Planning Committee, a group of volunteers, has worked to build a platform intended to both celebrate design and empower design professionals to work towards creating more equitable, resilient, and thriving communities. 2020 in particular seems to ache for…
Sharpen your skills and expand your thinking by engaging in our weekly virtual design challenge THINKERCYZE is a weekly virtual design challenge from some of our favorite designers that anyone can do – brought to you weekly this summer by the Seattle Design Festival Committee with support by Microsoft. Every challenge has been crafted…
Indeed it will look different this year, but the festival does go on… virtually! 60+ submissions are in and we are working on getting the festival line up ‘live’ on the website in the next few weeks. Along with the weekly virtual design challenge, THINKERCYZE, there will be discussions, interactive workshops, collective virtual art creation…
We want to thank you for your patience and continued support as the team worked to re-imagine this year’s Festival, in light of the current circumstances. The Seattle Design Festival is still taking place August 15-23, 2020. While the traditional physical experiences – including the Block Party and Neighborhood Spotlights – have been canceled, the festival will…
Design in Public will be closed on Friday, June 12, 2020 in solidarity with Black Lives Matter Seattle-King County’s call for a general strike and Statewide Silent March. Design in Public joins the many community voices raised to condemn the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and the many other Black lives cut short by the systems of racism…
Thank you for your participation in our annual Benefit Breakfast! We are amazed at the generosity of our community and are honored to receive your support. We’ve raised $24,998 so far – your generous gift is a huge vote of confidence in our mission. While coming together via computer pixels is not what we had…