Announcing the 2026 Funding Awardees!

This year, Seattle Design Festival is investing over $8,000 back into our community by way of funding awards and waived submission fees.

We are thrilled to announce the 24 outstanding funding recipients for the 2026 Seattle Design Festival! These partners demonstrated a strong need for support and aligned with our mission to create an inclusive, innovative, and community-focused event.

We look forward to seeing the incredible contributions from our funded partners and how they will help make the 2026 Seattle Design Festival a memorable and transformative event. Stay tuned for more updates and details on their exciting projects!

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SDF 2026 Funding Awardees

Furniture Repair Bank
Project (Un)Build
Goutham Thirumalesh
Creative Center for Adaptive Praxis
CLOUD LABORATORY, NP PS
VOICE (Visual Outputs for Inclusive Change and Environments)
Lacy K Campbell
Jarin Tasnim Khan, Jolin Tran
Studio Deng
Artistry Edge
Studio Trip | Pimchid Chariyacharoen, Anjiang Xu, Tian Xu, Iris You
Skeleton House | Lisa Al-Hakim and Hexe Fey
Alex G, Ayesha R, Dustin Low, Hank Duhaime, Hanna Meyer, Lilia Deering
Angela Goldberg and Lilia Deering
frontmatter / Praveen Menon
WSU, School of Design and Construction, Material Design Studio
Sandra Luks
Cam Smith
Peixuan Wu, Yufeng Tu, Jiayu Zhu
Sanand Maddipati
Ruby Chen
Merate Barakat (Architecture) & Miray Boğa (Industrial Design), College of Design, Iowa State University
Effy Lan
Palak Banthia

Special consideration was given to proposals that stood out in the following areas:

First-Time Applicants
Co-Designed Proposals
Accessible Experiences
Participatory Experiences
Use of Repurposed Materials
Thought-Provoking and Innovative Design
Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration