2016 - DESIGN CHANGE - Seattle Design Festival

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2016 – DESIGN CHANGE

SDF 2016: DESIGN CHANGE

The 2016 Seattle Design Festival was September 10-23, 2016. The theme, Design Change, proposed that design can maximize the public benefits of change, while empowering those communities most impacted by that change. 2016’s Festival investigated and celebrated the role of design in Seattle, an evolving place experiencing tremendous change. What does design offer us at this critical time? What new and provocative solutions might exist as a result of design thinking?

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PLATINUM
Amazon | Google

GOLD 
Citizen | The Collective | LMN | MG2 | Teague

SILVER
Bassetti Architects | CallisonRTKL | Cushing Terrell | Encore Architects | Mahlum | Miller Hull | Mithun | SOM | Substantial | SSF | VIA

BRONZE 
BRR Architecture | DLR Group | Dowbuilt | GGLO | Graphite Design Group | Lynn & Bruce Gibson Family Foundation | NBBJ | ScharrerAD | Weber Thompson | Windows, Doors & More | ZGF Architects

IN-KIND 
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FUNDERS 
Abracadabra Printing | Gray | Heritage Distilling Co. | P25 Inc | Rose for Cure | The Stranger