How Do We Want To Live?

Tuesday, August 11, 2020 in Comments Off

Visit the How Do We Want To Live? website at any time during the Seattle Design Festival! Team: Abbie Drake, Candon Murphy, Willie Mak, Ellen Dulweber, Ryan Lascano, Isabella Noet, Casey…

Spontaneous Production: When Seattle Boards Up – Artists Show Up (Panel Discussion) Tuesday, August 4, 2020 in Comments Off

Be sure to attend this 90-minute panel! Join us for a unique experience where we take you on a journey through recent history. 2020 has been a difficult year for…

About time – Remembering the Past for Future Driven Education Monday, July 27, 2020 in Comments Off

Join USC Shoah Foundation & Substantial for an hour-long online program + Q & A. We are experiencing changes in education more quickly than ever. How can technologists and organizations…

Partner Programs – Live Webinars & Discussions Friday, July 24, 2020 in Comments Off

The 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…

Partner Programs – Ongoing Virtual Programs Friday, July 24, 2020 in Comments Off

The 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…

Scavenger Bingo Time Thursday, July 23, 2020 in Comments Off

CLICK HERE to access the Scavenger Bingo Time PDF. Team: Tara Brooks, Emilia Cabeza De Baca, Yue Chen, Miranda Karli, Liz Szatko, Genevieve Theriault, and Michelle Yates This time is…

Scavenger Bingo Time (Live Program) Wednesday, July 22, 2020 in Comments Off

CLICK HERE to access the Scavenger Bingo Time PDF. Team: Tara Brooks, Emilia Cabeza De Baca, Yue Chen, Miranda Karli, Liz Szatko, Genevieve Theriault, and Michelle Yates This time is…

Architect’s Role In The Civic Conversation For Design Justice Wednesday, July 22, 2020 in Comments Off

Join us for Architect’s Role In The Civic Conversation For Design Justice, a 2-hour panel discussion furthering the conversations of the impact design professionals have on the communities they serve….

Reimagining Retail in the Time of Coronavirus Wednesday, July 22, 2020 in Comments Off

Join us for Reimagining Retail in the Time of Coronavirus: What will the role of the store be in our post-pandemic world?, a one-hour live stream panel. What will the…

What Day Is It? A Conversation with Microsoft Design Tuesday, July 21, 2020 in Comments Off

You may have found yourself wondering recently: What day is it? What year? Who even am I? As designers, we are constantly thinking about the implications of time throughout people’s…

Towards a Region of Short Distances Tuesday, July 21, 2020 in Comments Off

Join us for Towards a Region of Short Distances, a 2-hour virtual panel discussion. Team: Elijah Coley, Adam Bettcher, Lisa Awazu Wellman Before the Second World War, central Puget Sound cities…

Created then, Here now, Envisioning for the future. Tuesday, July 21, 2020 in Comments Off

Visit the Created then, Here now, Envisioning for the future website at any time during the Seattle Design Festival! Team: Whitney Valerio, Jessica Cody, Madi Thomas, Anna Spencer, Jocelyn Camacho, Merike…

Empathy is Not Enough: How to Take Action Towards Inclusion Tuesday, July 21, 2020 in Comments Off

Join us for Empathy is Not Enough: How to Take Action Towards Inclusion, a one-hour participatory session. Design thinking has helped teams gain empathy and create better experiences for people around…

This Bitter Earth Project Tuesday, July 21, 2020 in Comments Off

Join us for This Bitter Earth Project, a short film that brings together dancers from around the world in response to social inequality and the global health crisis: Artists perform…

It’s About Time We House Everyone Tuesday, July 21, 2020 in Comments Off

Visit the It’s About Time We House Everyone website at any time during the Seattle Design Festival! Team: Third Place Design Cooperative, Sheri Newbold, Bruce Parker AIA Seattle works to shape…

Partners in Print Monday, July 20, 2020 in Comments Off

Submit your message of hope, social justice, community, or resilience to be letterpress printed by SVC Seattle’s Partners in Print by Saturday, August 15, and experience submissions virtually and in-person…

Duwamish Crossing Monday, July 20, 2020 in Comments Off

Visit the Duwamish Crossing website at any time during the Seattle Design Festival! Team: Matt Wittman, Angela Yang, and Canan Sevim We all need to cross the Duwamish River, why not…

Steven Holl – Making Architecture Monday, July 20, 2020 in Comments Off

Join us for Steven Holl – Making Architecture, a one-hour virtual Q&A session from the Bellevue Arts Museum. Renowned American architect Steven Holl joins Executive Director & Chief Curator of…

Defense of density after COVID-19 Monday, July 20, 2020 in Comments Off

Join us for Defense of density after COVID-19, a 90-minute panel discussion. Team: Crisann Brooks, Family Support Program Director, Refugee Women’s Alliance; Brent Butler, Age Friendly Seattle Program Manager, City…

Sharing Stories of Racism & Resistance in Seattle Monday, July 20, 2020 in Comments Off

Visit the Sharing Stories of Racism & Resistance in Seattle website at any time during the Seattle Design Festival! Team: City of Seattle OPCD + SDCI Change Team Our website will…

Seattle Happy Places Monday, July 20, 2020 in Comments Off

Visit the Seattle Happy Places website at any time during the Seattle Design Festival! Team: Hannah Rudin and Rosie Sabaric Seattle Happy Places invites you to find Happy Points in your…

Urban Harmony Seattle Monday, July 20, 2020 in Comments Off

Use the Urban Harmony Seattle mobile application at any time during the Seattle Design Festival! Team: NBBJ In addition to the health impacts of COVID-19, the pandemic also creates another problem…

Iterations: Architectural
Model Exhibit Monday, July 20, 2020 in Comments Off

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…

SAF: Design At Your Desk Monday, July 20, 2020 in Comments Off

Design at Your Desk at any time during the Seattle Design Festival! About time! We’ve all been spending a lot more time at home recently because of COVID-19. By now you…

A Poetics of Living: Biomimetic Blueprints Monday, July 20, 2020 in Comments Off

Northwest Film Forum presents an interdisciplinary film program and interactive community vision board collectively contemplating the poetry of pace, process, and performance in how we relate to our built and…

We The Future: Young Leaders of Social Change Monday, July 20, 2020 in Comments Off

Join us for this 90-minute panel to learn from the young leaders who helped to shape this exhibition. Team: Bitanya, Noah & Michaela, Youth Ambassador Program Members We the Future…

WE BELONG TO EACH OTHER. Monday, July 20, 2020 in Comments Off

Visit the EMI website every morning at 8:30 am (PST) during the Seattle Design Festival! Team: Lisa Ehli, Brandon McNerney, Randy Larsen, Laura Salmela, Toby Wong, Nathaniel Gundersen Come with us…

Connection in Time Monday, July 20, 2020 in Comments Off

Time is a connection—connection between past, present, and future, connection between an individual and the other, connection between one generation and another. Through time, everything can happen and right now…

Time to Learn: Shaping the Future of a State Agency Focused on Opportunity Gaps Monday, July 20, 2020 in Comments Off

Team: Carrie Basas, Director; Sam Blazina, Senior Ombuds; Sean Heans, Community Engagement Specialist The Governor’s Office of the Education Ombuds has worked with families, educators, K-12 students, and community organizations…

Dreamscapes Monday, July 20, 2020 in Comments Off

Visit the Dreamscapes website at any time during the Seattle Design Festival! Team: Orlando Orozco, Eduardo Silva, Astrid Garcia, Hannah Lim & Alonso Cantu Our environment is constantly changing and there have…

Running Dry: How Water Will Design Our Future Monday, July 20, 2020 in Comments Off

Visit the Running Dry: How Water Will Design Our Future website at any time during the Seattle Design Festival! Team: Aaron Argyle, Malika Kirkling, Rob Misel, Casey Riske Viewers are invited…

Listen Now Monday, July 20, 2020 in Comments Off

Visit the Listen Now website at any time during the Seattle Design Festival! Team: Sunny Zhang, Stacey Crumbaker, Claudia Saunders, Anne Schopf, Violette Yang Each of us comes to our community…

The Antibody to the Pandemic of Fake News Monday, July 20, 2020 in Comments Off

Visit The Antibody to the Pandemic of Fake News event website at any time during the Seattle Design Festival! Team: Yuansi Li, Catherine Chang, Alex Banh “The Antibody to the Pandemic…

Designing for Behavior Change Monday, July 20, 2020 in Comments Off

Join us for Designing for Behavior Change, a 90-minute virtual program that will review concepts important to designing for behavior change and explore ethical considerations of these approaches. Team: Rebecca…

This Moment in Time: a Creative Response Monday, July 20, 2020 in Comments Off

Visit the This Moment in Time: a Creative Response website at any time during the Seattle Design Festival! Team: KPFF – Diana Timpson, Huitt-Zollars – J. Ulrich, Gannett Flemming – Leisa…

Creative Rituals: Designing for the New Normal Monday, July 20, 2020 in Comments Off

Join us for Creative Rituals: Designing for the New Normal, a 90-minute virtual panel! Team: Madeline Macdonald, Ezgi Emiroglu, Carly Williams, Kate Morsink While Seattle Design Festival 2020 gathers the…

UTOPIA: touch | Aug 23 Monday, July 20, 2020 in Comments Off

Join us for UTOPIA: touch, an hour-long, live, durational performance with 9 dancers in isolation exploring the tendernesses of unity and rebellion. Team: Vladimir Kremenović We are exploring proximity and unity…

UTOPIA: touch | Aug 21 Monday, July 20, 2020 in Comments Off

Reimagine in Color Monday, July 20, 2020 in Comments Off

Visit Reimagine in Color website at any time during the Seattle Design Festival! Team: Weber Thompson – Erin Hatch, Brittany Porter, Tom Geeslin, Cody Lodi, Aaron Swain, Allison Rose, Carrie Hinshaw, Emily…

It Is Time We Connect Monday, July 20, 2020 in Comments Off

Visit Rolluda Architect’s event website at any point during the Seattle Design Festival! Team: Matthew Budinger, Tracy Law, Mark McCarter, Brett Barbakoff, Zamzam Arale, Karina Djaynurdin, Sabina Punjani, Vicki Pena,…

Vortices of Myrkott På Reutersvard – Lecture Q&A Friday, July 17, 2020 in Comments Off

Vortices of Myrkott På Reutersvard is a projection of a hand-drawn animation on a mural, both animation and mural are artworks created by Paul Kuniholm. The animation depicts the stylized…

Be Bold: Design-Build Your Pyramid of Courage Friday, July 17, 2020 in Comments Off

Team: John E. Perkins, PhD in Organizational Change, Principal in Keep the Change Consulting. Only boldness can deliver from fear. ~ Carl Jung Let’s fully own our boldness. Boldness expresses…

On the Record – Live Stream Q&A Friday, July 17, 2020 in Comments Off

Team: Kendra Azari, Malcolm Wolfdelux Procter, Kevin Snoddy (artists) Lia Coleman, Alana Zakroczemski, Simon Budker, Brooke Cheng (organizers) This is the online live-streamed event with an opportunity for a Q&A…

SODO Track Tour Thursday, July 25, 2019 in No Comment

The SODO Track has transformed the portal to Downtown Seattle – a two-mile transit corridor traveled by over 50,000 daily – into a free and accessible urban art gallery exhibiting…

Ongoing Exhibit: Discover + Disrupt by Electric Coffin Thursday, July 25, 2019 in No Comment

Exhibit runs June 6 – August 31, 2019 City systems operate similarly to people. Much of the day is concerned with utilitarian, functional, and obvious needs. Budgets are allocated to…

Ongoing Exhibit: Shapeshifters, The Alchemy of Bonsai and Design Wednesday, July 10, 2019 in No Comment

For “Shapeshifters,” four artists working in the Pacific Northwest have each been paired with a work from Pacific Bonsai Museum’s collection and asked to respond in their own medium. John…

Shapeshifters Conversation: The Alchemy of Bonsai and Design Wednesday, July 10, 2019 in No Comment

Shapeshifters: The Alchemy of Bonsai and Design exhibit curator, Aarin Packard, will be in conversation with glass artist John Hogan. All are invited to listen and participate in the conversation….

Partner Events Wednesday, July 10, 2019 in No Comment

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°:…

The Garden of Secrets: Blending Innovation with Inspiration | Screening & Conversation Wednesday, July 10, 2019 in No Comment

Throughout history, people have sought connections with nature. In particular, designers have observed nature, investigated its materials, and imitated and abstracted its forms and qualities. Join UBC Botanical Gardens and…

Sound Curtain Wednesday, July 10, 2019 in No Comment

Sound Curtain, was a collaboration between the Bertoia Studio and Thomas Cheney Architects for a proposed sound installation below the Osborne Street Bridge in Winnipeg Manitoba. Originally designed as a…

Ongoing Exhibit: Design with the 90% Wednesday, July 10, 2019 in No Comment

How might design transform lives around the world? Act as a catalyst for change? Expand access? Include those who have been excluded? Design with the 90%: Improving Lives Around the…

A Way of Living Wednesday, July 10, 2019 in No Comment

A Way of Living is a new book published this year which chronicle the design history of Herman Miller, an innovative furniture company. We will have a lecture and discussion…

Symphony for Climate Change Wednesday, July 10, 2019 in No Comment

Discover Arts in the Park in partnership with Terra Nostra are happy to announce the upcoming free outdoor family-friendly community event Symphony for Climate Change on August 17th 2019 at…

Past, Present and Future: a Tense Balance Wednesday, July 10, 2019 in No Comment

A city’s identity is rooted in the history of its people: their shared experiences and the common perceptions and worldviews that come out of those. That history is manifest in…

Curating the Street Level Experience: The Work of Graham Baba Architects in the Pike/Pine w/ Jim Graham Wednesday, July 10, 2019 in No Comment

Join us as Jim Graham, principle of Graham Baba Architects, shares his vision for breathing life into urban streetscapes as elicited by the firm’s thoughtful work in one of the…

Tipping the Paradigm: Shifting the Balance Towards Timber Construction Wednesday, July 10, 2019 in No Comment

Join Olson Kundig and the Seattle Design Festival for a panel discussion on “Tipping the Paradigm: Shifting the Balance Towards Timber Construction.” What if we could shift the building industry’s…

Community Engagement and Civic Transformation Wednesday, July 10, 2019 in No Comment

Following on two years of convening conversations with Office of Community Planning and Development regarding investment in our communities of need, AIA Seattle’s Diversity Roundtable brings together three women leaders…

Balance in Design: Community Storytelling Wednesday, July 10, 2019 in No Comment

IxDA Seattle will bring the design community together to share stories about balance in design. All stories will be true and under 8 minutes, as experienced and narrated by the…

Finding Light in the Darkness Wednesday, July 10, 2019 in No Comment

Visitors to the Holocaust Center can take a Virtual Reality tour of the Anne Frank annex, interact with touch screens featuring survivor testimony and stories of how survivors came to…

Recycling the Beauty of Puget Sound Wednesday, July 10, 2019 in No Comment

The Seattle 2030 District and Boeing welcome you to explore how we can recycle the beauty of Puget Sound to make Seattle more resilient and sustainable. This summer, we created…

Graduate HCI + Design Open Studio Wednesday, July 10, 2019 in No Comment

The Masters in Human-Computer Interaction + Design is a one-year intensive studio-based program where students engage in responding to challenging social and business problems using iterative research and prototyping, looking…

The Transportation Situation: Harmonizing micro-mobility, rideshare, public transit, and city growth Wednesday, July 10, 2019 in No Comment

Seattle is one of the fastest growing cities in the nation. We also have one of the highest rated public transit systems, expanding at an exponential rate. Add to that…

Laddership Annual Summer Social Wednesday, July 10, 2019 in No Comment

The Laddership Program is a mentoring program for AIA Seattle members that matches groups of architects and emerging architects to share their experiences and learn from each other. Each year…

98.7°: Cocktail Hour/Art Exhibit/Panel Discussion Around Young Changemakers Navigating the Comfortable Chaos of Seattle Wednesday, July 10, 2019 in No Comment

98.6°F is the human’s normal temperature, the balanced state if you will. And while there is an acceptable range, and deviation from the norm, there are clear indicators when you’re…

“Balance” Wednesday, July 10, 2019 in No Comment

Come and enjoy a rich discussion with Microsoft Surface; Experience and Devices Design Team on our Human centered design approach. Our panel discussion and exhibition will reveal ideas on the…

Balance of Opposites Wednesday, July 10, 2019 in No Comment

Collaborative Companies invites you to explore the impact of balance within the unique structures of beliefs, ideas, and relationships that make up our community. We encourage you to participate in…

Language of Aroma: Designing for Inclusivity | Screening & Intimate Conversation Wednesday, July 10, 2019 in No Comment

“It comes down to know thyself. It’s important to know yourself, and I think that scent can help trigger that.” – Saskia Wilson-Brown, Founder, Institute for Art & Olfaction Why…

South Lake Union Tour with Graphite Design Group and HEWITT Landscape Studio Wednesday, July 10, 2019 in No Comment

Please meet at the northwest corner of Thomas St & 9th Ave N. South Lake Union is the epicenter of Seattle’s tech-industry boom. As the international home of Amazon.com, and…

Symbiosis: Seattle Architecture 22nd Annual Model Exhibit Wednesday, July 10, 2019 in No Comment

The Seattle Architecture Foundation’s Annual Model Exhibit celebrates the creativity of local and international design firms. Each year, the exhibit displays physical and digital models, architectural renderings, and a variety…

Transformation starts within: a healing-centered approach to designing climate resilience Friday, July 5, 2019 in No Comment

At the root of our climate crisis is trauma we carry in our relationship to the planet, each other, and ourselves. This trauma, unprocessed and often ignored, prevents deeper self-awareness…

South Lake Union Redux: Tech and More Tech Tuesday, July 2, 2019 in No Comment

This tour examines key ingredients for urban revitalization and discusses the urban design and architectural strategies at work in the vibrant, rapidly growing South Lake Union neighborhood. Participants will experience…

[IM]BALANCE: Responding to inequity by building compassionate communities Friday, June 28, 2019 in No Comment

Architects Without Borders Seattle (AWB) and The BLOCK Project have partnered to build communities of compassion throughout Seattle, engaging individuals and their neighborhoods to welcome someone experiencing homelessness into their…

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