Garrett Nelli Assoc. AIA, LEED AP BD+C, is a designer at NAC Architecture in the process of completing licensure. His professional work includes medical facilities, K-12 educational facilities, residential and student housing. Garrett’s work focuses on articulating spaces that promote sustainability while encouraging rich community interaction. He believes architects have the potential and responsibility to…
SEATTLE, February 19, 2018—National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu has approved more than $25 million in grants as part of the NEA’s first major funding announcement for fiscal year 2018. Included in this announcement is an Art Works grant of $20,000 to Design in Public for the ninth annual Seattle Design Festival: TRUST….
Sara Zewde is a landscape designer, urbanist, and public artist. Concurrent to independent creative projects, Sara is a designer at Gustafson Guthrie Nichol, where she contributes to the development of large-scale and civic landscapes around the world. Sara also serves on the Design in Public Board of Directors as Chair of the Design Town Halls….
My professional background within the design industry has been diverse and unique. Throughout my professional career, I have had the opportunity to explore architecture, interiors, furniture, fashion, graphic design and marketing, exhibition, and aviation design projects as well as college-level teaching and outreach. My design focus in all of my professional endeavors has been to…
2017 was the year of POWER. From September 9-22, the Seattle Design Festival brought together groups, organizations, and individuals from our region and across the globe to explore the POWER of design in our changing world. Check out our new video and read more about the past year by downloading the 2017 Year…
Each year the Seattle Design Festival (SDF) proposes a theme and invites the community to respond with installations and programs that speak to the many ways design improves the quality of our lives. Among our goals as an organization is to nurture relationships among designers, citizens, city leaders, and future-thinking business innovators to enrich the dialogue. We encourage…