2011 - BENEATH THE SURFACE - Seattle Design Festival

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2011 – BENEATH THE SURFACE

SDF 2011: BENEATH THE SURFACE

The first annual Seattle Design Festival initiated a public conversation in our city about how good design can have a positive effect on life in general and on urban life in particular. With the theme Beneath the Surface, the intention was to reveal the role of design of all disciplines in our everyday lives and bring to light the unseen world of design around us.

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