Seattle Design Festival
The 6th annual Seattle Design Festival is two-weeks of celebrating Seattle's diverse design design community through events, exhibits, a block party and more.
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BLOCK PARTY: DESIGN CHANGE
Occidental Park 149 S Main St, Seattle, WA, United StatesThe SDF2106 Block Party will present design demonstrations, activities, workshops, exhibits, tours and more! This year the Block Party will feature installations from the SDF Rumble, designed and built by teams of local designers, community groups and contractors. Families welcome and encouraged. Programs: Gasoline in Transition, presented by Coltura Map the Square, presented by AIA...
PARK(ing) Day Plus+
Each year in September, people, businesses, and organizations across Seattle participate in the international PARK(ing) Day event. This event is an opportunity to rethink how streets can be used with temporary parks in on-street parking spaces. The program has been so successful in Seattle that this year, we’re expanding it into PARK(ing) Day Plus+! PARK(ing)...
CONFERENCE: Design Change
Seattle Central Library 1000 4th Ave, Seattle, WA, United StatesPrograms: Dream, Design, Build, Repeat, presented by Sawhorse Revolution Designing Pricing Systems for Economic Equity, presented by Hello Velocity Funktioning Full Force With Nothing but “Funktional Design,” presented by Xenobia Bailey Visualizing Relational Poverty Knowledge, presented by Relational Poverty Network Access to Technology, presented by Taskar Center for Accessible Technology Can Virtual Reality Make Better...
Seattle Design Festival After-Party
MAKERS 92 Lenora St, Seattle, WACelebrate the conclusion of the 2016 Design Festival at the Design in Public After Party event at MAKERS in Belltown! The event will include local food and drink, an art installation by the University of Washington summer design/build studio and music by T.Wan. The event serves as a thank you to all who participated in...
Free – $20
SDF 2017 BLOCK PARTY RUMBLE #1
Center for Architecture & Design 1010 Western Avenue, Seattle, WA, United StatesRSVP: link.seadesignfest.org/Rumble_1 Whether you’re proposing an installation for the 2017 Seattle Design Festival Block Party or simply looking to assist with another’s proposal, attendance to each RUMBLE event is mandatory. The first RUMBLE will give you an opportunity to brainstorm ideas, find teammates within the community, seek advice from others and more. The Seattle Design Festival...
FREE
SDF2017 Community Programs Mixer #1
Center for Architecture & Design 1010 Western Avenue, Seattle, WA, United StatesRSVP: link.seadesignfest.org/CommunityProgramsMixer This event is for those proposing Community Programs for the 2017 Seattle Design Festival. The mixer will give you an opportunity to brainstorm ideas, find collaborators within the community, seek advice from others and more. The Seattle Design Festival committee will also share important information about the Community Programs at this event. The Mixer...
FREE
SDF2017 BLOCK PARTY RUMBLE #2
Center for Architecture & Design 1010 Western Avenue, Seattle, WA, United StatesRSVP: link.seadesignfest.org/Rumble_2 Whether you’re proposing an installation for the 2017 SDF Block Party or simply looking to assist with another’s proposal, attendance to at least 1 RUMBLE event is mandatory. The first RUMBLE will give you an opportunity to brainstorm ideas, find teammates within the community, seek advice from others and more. The Seattle Design Festival...
FREE
UPDATED DATE: SDF Community Mixer #2
Center for Architecture & Design 1010 Western Avenue, Seattle, WA, United StatesRSVP: link.seadesignfest.org/CommunityProgramsMixer2 SDF Community Program Partners will have the opportunity to join other hosts in the context of small group discussions to share/ critique respective program goals and approaches. Programs partners will be encouraged to pitch their program proposal to the small group. This will be an opportunity for the public to critique and support the...
FREE
Call for Proposals Due – May 22
Center for Architecture & Design 1010 Western Avenue, Seattle, WA, United States2019 is the year of Balance. From August 16–25, the Seattle Design Festival (SDF) will connect designers, community members and civic leaders to explore how we design for Balance. We invite you to collaborate with SDF 2019: Balance. Proposals due 5pm, May 22. link.seadesignfest.org/CFP
Opening Party
JW Architects 1257 S King Street, Seattle, WA, United StatesJoin us for an evening celebration to kick off the 10-day Seattle Design Festival (exploring BALANCE, August 16-25) and recognize the many people and organizations who make it possible. Featuring two DJs, food from Golas Kitchen, drinks, dancing, design and more. $20 suggested donation gets you 2 drink tickets, no one turned away for lack...
$20
Partner Events
Join us for a city-wide take over of designers, creatives, and companies hosting events during the Seattle Design Festival! Click the links below to learn more about each event. 98.7°: Fresh Perspectives on Recalibrating Design Balance Panel discussion moderated by Ken Yocom A Way of Living Herman Miller + Civilization “Balance” Microsoft Surface Experience and...
Capitol Hill Design Crawl
Capitol Hill Various Locations, SeattleLearn more about the Capitol Hill Design Crawl Scavenger Hunt The Capitol Hill Neighborhood Design Crawl consists of concentrated events, open studios, exhibits, interactive workshops or participatory design interventions that are meant to activate and celebrate the neighborhood. Design professionals, residents, business owners, and community groups are all invited to activate and celebrate neighborhood identity...
Living in Harmony with the Things We Create
DLR Group 51 University St #600, Seattle, WA, United StatesIn this Panel, we will explore how, as a company, Microsoft has been working on envisioning and implementing new ways for human beings to achieve balance with both Nature and Technology. In this panel we will share our philosophy for our new campus where both humans and nature will be successful in exciting new ways....
Georgetown Design Crawl
Georgetown Various Locations, Seattle, WA, United StatesPlease note that the Google Maps address for Ten Penny Studio is incorrect. The correct address for Ten Penny Studio is 5840 Airport Way South. The Georgetown Neighborhood Design Crawl is a series of open studios, exhibits, and participatory design interventions - and an after-party at Photon Factory - that are meant to activate and...
Seattle Public Space: Balance and Equity in Thriving Cities
Center for Architecture & Design 1010 Western Avenue, Seattle, WA, United StatesJoin us for an interactive discussion on how public open space can promote balance and equity in the City of Seattle. This discussion will explore how designers can support holistic and systemic solutions that address barriers to equity in the community. We will examine a collection of case studies from local design teams, neighborhood coalitions...
Block Party
Lake Union Park 860 Terry Avenue N, Seattle, WA, United StatesThe Seattle Design Festival Block Party is a two-day street fair celebrating the powerful ways design affects our lives. This fun outdoor event is an opportunity for the design community and the public to come together and interact through large-scale design installations, performances, and design activities all centered around the Festival’s 2019 theme, BALANCE. The...
SDF Call for Proposals Due
Center for Architecture & Design 1010 Western Avenue, Seattle, WA, United StatesPROPOSALS DUE: June 22, 2020 @ 5pm PST For more information see our Call for Proposal page and our About Seattle Design Festival + FAQs page.
Thinkercyze: Emotional Illustration
ZOOM Online, Seattle, WA, United StatesSharpen 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 for...
Seattle Design Festival 2020
ZOOM Online, Seattle, WA, United States2020 is a big year in many ways– the Seattle Design Festival is turning 10! Our anniversary comes at a pivotal moment in time. This year’s theme, About Time, sought to ponder past, present and future at a unique moment of transition for the city, the region and the world. Instead, it presently confronts the...
Community Spotlights
Community Spotlights are physical displays and experiences throughout the city that are visible from the public right-of-way and can be visited safely and with social distance. These will all be running the length of the festival, August 15 - 23, except where noted below. Links out to event pages for full descriptions. 15th...
Thinkercyze
ZOOM Online, Seattle, WA, United StatesSharpen 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 for...
Partner Programs – Ongoing Virtual Programs
ZOOM Online, Seattle, WA, United StatesThe following Partner Programs include virtual experiences as well as indoor and outdoor activities that will be running the length of the festival, August 15 - 23. Links out to event pages for full descriptions. A Poetics of Living: Biomimetic Blueprints Northwest Film Forum Connection in Time Tracy Law Created Then, Here...
Partner Programs – Live Webinars & Discussions
ZOOM Online, Seattle, WA, United StatesThe following Partner Programs are live stream webinars, discussions, and other virtual programming that will occur on specific days and times. Some events will require registration or ticket purchases. Links out to event pages for full descriptions. Architect’s Role in the Civic Conversation for Design Justice AIA Seattle Diversity Roundtable & NOMA NW Chapter...
Support the Festival – Donate Today!
ZOOM Online, Seattle, WA, United StatesWe hope you have been enjoying the festival, and found ways to plug in, celebrate design, and think critically about the roles designers can play in shaping our communities. Donate today and safeguard future festivals for all!
Iterations: Architectural
Model Exhibit
ZOOM
Online, Seattle, WA, United States
Traditionally, Architecture is presented as a finished product, exact in its completion. However, each project is a body of work with a life of its own, changing over time and affecting the surrounding context in unexpected ways. “Finished” architectural projects are only the final outcome of a long process of design studies, client requests, city...
Thinkercyze – Design an Accessible, Beautiful Sidewalk
ZOOM Online, Seattle, WA, United StatesSharpen 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 for...
SDF 2021 Design Jam!
ZOOM Online, Seattle, WA, United StatesAwaken your creative spirit and get ready for the 2021 Seattle Design Festival! Join the Seattle Design Festival planning committee and Surya Vanka, Founder & Chief Designer at AUTHENTIC DESIGN and longtime friend of the Festival, for the Design Jam, a Thinkercyze Live event, THIS SATURDAY April 10 at 10am PT. Explore your creative process...
2021 Benefit Breakfast
ZOOM Online, Seattle, WA, United StatesThe Seattle Design Festival is a community driven program made possible by small individual donations from our community. The Seattle Design Festival provides such a meaningful opportunity to leverage design. I am donating to help individuals and organizations to test ideas, challenge assumptions and raise awareness for our community. - Rob Deane AIA, NCARB Senior...
Seattle Design Festival 2021
Lake Union Park 860 Terry Avenue N, Seattle, WA, United StatesThe 2021 Seattle Design Festival is Emerging! As the summer of 2021 is coming into focus we are excited to move into this Festival season with optimism and hope. With this year’s Seattle Design Festival theme EMERGE, we invite participants to explore the opportunities of adaptation and change as we move forward with what...
SDF 2021 – Built Installations
Lake Union Park 860 Terry Avenue N, Seattle, WA, United StatesThe Seattle Design Festival Block Party is a two-day street fair celebrating the powerful ways design affects our lives. This fun outdoor event is an opportunity for the design community and the public to come together and interact through large-scale design installations, performances, and design activities all centered around the Festival’s 2021 theme, EMERGE. The...
SDF 2021 – Pop-Up Experiences
Lake Union Park 860 Terry Avenue N, Seattle, WA, United StatesThe Seattle Design Festival Block Party is a two-day street fair celebrating the powerful ways design affects our lives. This fun outdoor event is an opportunity for the design community and the public to come together and interact through large-scale design installations, performances, and design activities all centered around the Festival’s 2021 theme, EMERGE. New...
SDF 2022 Kickoff Event
ZOOM Online, Seattle, WA, United StatesConnect with other members of the SDF community Learn more about the goals and vision that drive SDF programming Share your vision for this year's Festival Find your path to support SDF Join Festival volunteers, leadership, and staff at the first event for SDF 2022. This virtual event will be part info session and part...
SDF Pavilion Competition January 19 – March 20
We invite designers and multidisciplinary artists to submit designs for the temporary central pavilion of the 2022 Seattle Design Festival. The pavilion will greet Festival attendees and serve as an ideal hub for pop-up programming at the SDF Block Party. The pavilion should be designed in such a way as to allow all or portions...
In-Person Q&A and Workshop for New Partners
Center for Architecture & Design 1010 Western Avenue, Seattle, WA, United StatesDrop by at any point from 5-7 pm to meet the Festival planning team! Seattle Design Festival (SDF) is running from August 20-26 this year, and it promises to be better than ever. Each year we look forward to events that our community partners develop to educate, engage, and bring the design community together. The...
Ignite! the SDF Fundraiser
415 Westlake 415 Westlake Avenue N, Seattle, WA, United StatesNow in its sixth year, the annual Seattle Design Festival (SDF) fundraiser brings together and acknowledges the community of designers, makers, activists, and enthusiasts who support SDF’s ongoing work to highlight all the ways that design has a powerful impact in our lives. We have important work to do, building vibrant connections between designers and...
$100
SDF Call for Proposals Due
Online/Streaming , United StatesPROPOSALS DUE: May 23, 2022 @ 5pm PST Call for Proposals Info Here
Seattle Design Festival 2022
The 2022 Seattle Design Festival will be all about CONNECTION. When thinking about design, there is something very tangible and physical in how things ‘connect’ – but there is also something very emotional that ‘CONNECTION’ taps into as well. CONNECTION is a core human need. Our brains are wired to connect. We look and long...
SDF Block Party
Lake Union Park 860 Terry Avenue N, Seattle, WA, United StatesThe Seattle Design Festival kicks off with a Block Party at Lake Union Park! The Seattle Design Festival Block Party is a two-day street fair celebrating the powerful ways design affects our lives. This fun outdoor event is an opportunity for the design community and the public to come together and interact through large-scale design...
SDF Virtual Mainstage
Online/Streaming , United StatesSpend your lunch (virtually) with SDF August 22-24! Log on from your desk as we stream design sessions, films, and live discussions about CONNECTION with special guests. The mainstage will be a lively and engaging virtual show produced by the Seattle Design Festival. Click through to see Streaming link and Speaker information for each day...
SDF Community Spotlights
Various Locations Seattle, WA, United StatesA series of programs from our Festival partners in Fremont August 22, Columbia City August 24, and Downtown August 25. Focused celebrations of Seattle neighborhoods and a chance to get to know the design community within them and how design affects them. Fremont: Evening, 5-8pm Grab your Festival schedule at the SDF Booth, and maybe...
SDF Closing Party
The Collective 400 Dexter Avenue North, Seattle, WA, United StatesJoin us for a celebration of our festival partners, volunteers, and supporters! Join us for an evening of CONNECTION and celebrating the festival partners, volunteers, and supporters who helped make SDF 2022: CONNECTION a success! Featuring Seattle Design Festival DJs, specialty drinks, sumptuous snacks and celebration of design at The Collective, an urban basecamp for community...
SDF 2023 Kickoff Event
Online/Streaming , United StatesConnect with other members of the SDF community Learn more about the goals and vision that drive SDF programming Share your vision for this year's Festival Find your path to support SDF This virtual event will be part info session and part design charette. Plan to have your cameras on, and lend your voice! Learn...
SDF 2023: CURIOSITY
WA, United StatesThe 2023 Seattle Design Festival lineup is 'live'! We've updated the website with 60+ installations, pop-up experiences, virtual discussions, and mixers happening during the Seattle Design Festival, August 19–24. All our partners are exploring this year’s theme of CURIOSITY and are inviting you to consider the role you play in designing the world around us. This...