San Francisco Design Week

Studio Crawl Night 1 - Wednesday, June 4th
2025-06-04 19:00 - 21:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | California

SEGD + Arup present Larger than Life: Digital Sculpture + Architecture
2025-06-04 17:00 - 19:00 | Arup, 560 Mission St, San Francisco, CA, California, 94105, United States
The Society for Experiential Graphic Design (SEGD) and Arup present a panel discussion by local artists specializing in large scale, digital art installations.
Join us for this exploration of how digital technology continues to shape the future of storytelling.
Light snacks and beverages will be provided courtesy of Float4.

SCHEDULE
5:00-5:45pm Networking
5:45-6:30 Panel and Q&A
6:30-7:00 Networking and Closing

SPEAKERS
NATHAN HOUCHIN
Senior Technical Consultant
Business Development
Float4
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Prior to joining Float4 Nathan spent 15 years at Obscura Digital helping develop some of their most iconic architectural projections including the Guggenheim, the Sydney Opera House, the Vatican, and Art on theMART to name a few.
Nathan leads Float4’s west coast Business Development efforts and his role as a Senior Technical Consultant provides a valuable resource to both the client and internal teams to build project plans and strategic partnerships to achieve the creative vision and strategic business goals.

ROBB POPE
Founder
Digital Ambiance
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Robb Pope founded Digital Ambiance after 5 years of concert touring as a lighting designer and video engineer. Recognizing the growing market for innovative lighting projection and interactive installations he put together a team of artists and engineers to design and build the architectural lighting installations Digital Ambiance is now known for. Using a combination of immersive technologies, parametric design, and cutting-edge design principles Digital Ambiance is pushing the boundaries of what it means to create architectural lighting and new media installations.

NICK MOSER
Partner, Creative Technologies
LMNL
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Nick describes his work as “designing better spaces for humans.” With a robust roster of public art, placemaking, and tech-enabled experiences—as well as a Masters in Integrated Design, Business, and Technology—he specializes in immersive spaces that foster deeper appreciation of community, environment, and each other. His ventures have garnered press from The New York Times, Scientific American, Vox, and University of Southern California, among others.

PAUL CHAVEZ
Associate, Technology Design & User Experience
Arup
Greater Los Angeles Area, California
Paul Chavez is an Associate at the international engineering firm Arup, where he specializes in Experience and Interaction Design. With over 30 years of experience in sensory technology design for the built environment he has designed for a wide variety of applications. He has served as the technical director for Luminex, a bi-annual community video art event in downtown Los Angeles. Additionally, his writings on occupant engagement in smart buildings to enhance performance have been featured on ArchDaily. As an educator, Paul is a lecturer in the Design program at California State University, Long Beach, where he teaches in the graduate program for Human Experience Design & Interaction (HXDI). He has also shared his expertise as a guest lecturer at prestigious institutions like USC and SciArc.

About SEGD
SEGD exists at the intersection of experiential design and technology-driven architectural storytelling. The panel will dive deep into cutting-edge developments in digital media, immersive and interactive environments, and the evolving landscape of cultural experiences that transform our cities.
https://segd.org/
About Arup
Arup is a global consultancy with advisory and technical expertise to guide, plan, and design the
future of the build environment. Arup’s experience design team is a collective of strategists,
conceptual designers, technology designers, architects, urban planners, ethnographers, and
service designers. Together with our clients, we’re reinventing the relationship between people,
places, and technology to produce experiences that users love.
https://www.arup.com/services/experience-design/

“Brilliant Creativity Lasting a Lifetime”: A Conversation with LA Architecture Firm Woods + Dangaran
2025-06-04 17:00 - 19:00 | Flexform, Flexform, San Francisco, California, 94103, United States
“Brilliant Creativity Lasting a Lifetime”
33SIXTY Founder GREGORY HERMAN invites you to discover the works of innovators BRETT WOODS and JOSEPH DANGARAN, principals of AD100 architecture and design firm Woods + Dangaran, through a lively conversation with GREGORY HERMAN.
The architects will discuss designing in the spirit of California’s great builders. Learn how Woods + Dangaran’s midcentury restorations and bespoke modern homes share FLEXFORM’s vision of history, innovation, and creativity. FLEXFORM’s exquisite furniture collection is handcrafted in Italy by specialized artisans, resulting in heirloom designs lasting a lifetime.
Schedule:

5PM Prosecco & networking. Meet the architects.
5:30PM Talk begins
6:15PM Talk ends. Meet the architects, and book signing.
7pm Event ends.

Photo Credit: Joe Fletcher

About Woods + Dangaran:
Many firms describe their work as “transformative”—architecture as an accomplished fact. At Woods + Dangaran, the the Los Angeles-based firm creates modern homes through dialogue and exploration. By collaborating closely with its clients throughout the design process, the architects are better able to inspire them with the finished product. By working closely with trusted tradespersons, the firm can deliver work that is uncompromising in craftsmanship.
Working across the country, Woods + Dangaran designs holistically and at every scale: from integrating architecture and interiors to creating custom furnishings. The result are projects that are subtle and disciplined, pure in form, and focused on realizing sublime experiences of space and light. Each building is a carefully curated journey through indoor and outdoor environments that are quietly luxurious, elegantly fluid, and warmly modern.
About 33SIXTY:
33SIXTY isn’t just a showroom—it’s a refined space where design meets soul. Since its 2014 debut by California entrepreneur Gregory Herman, the company has quietly redefined modern luxury. First rooted in San Francisco with a Flexform flagship, and expanding to Los Angeles, it has become synonymous with Italian craftsmanship and restrained elegance.
In 2024, the brand entered a striking new phase through a partnership with Boffi | de Padova, marked by a new San Francisco showroom. With its curated mix of Italian furniture and cabinetry, and Herman’s personal approach to client service, 33SIXTY continues to attract the attention of design insiders.
More than a retail destination, 33SIXTY fosters meaningful conversations in design. Its programming—ranging from intimate talks to panels with top creative professionals, including architect Anne Fougeron, architects Leo Marmol and Ron Radziner; architect Greg Faulkner; designers Gary Hutton, and Paul Wiseman—has made it a cultural touchpoint for the West Coast design community.

Design Futures: A Conversation with SFMOMA Curator Joseph Becker
2025-06-04 17:00 - 18:00 | California
Join us for an inspiring evening with Joseph Becker, curator of architecture and design at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), as he shares insights into the evolving landscape of design through the lens of curatorial practice.
This intimate conversation will explore how design is documented, exhibited, and interpreted within the museum context—from emerging technologies and sustainable materials to the cultural shifts influencing form and function. Joseph will reflect on recent exhibitions, acquisitions, and their vision for the future of design at SFMOMA.
Whether you’re a practicing designer, student, or simply design-curious, this event offers a rare opportunity to hear directly from leading voices shaping the public dialogue around architecture and design in the Bay Area and globally.
Moderated by San Francisco Design Week and Design Bay Area CEO, Dawn Zidonis.

JOSEPH BECKER
Curator of Architecture and Design, SFMOMA
Joseph Becker is a curator, writer, and educator in San Francisco. He is the Curator of
Architecture and Design at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, where since 2007
he has contributed to dozens of exhibitions, including curating Art of Noise (2024),
Marshall Brown Projects: Dequindre Civic Academy (2023), Insist, Resist, Persist:
Women’s Liberation Posters (2020), Stephen ESPO Powers: Daymaker (2019), Donald
Judd: Specific Furniture (2018), Get with the Action: Political Posters from the 1960s to
Now (2017-18), Tomás Saraceno: Stillness in Motion – Cloud Cities (2017), Field
Conditions (2012) and Less and More: The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams (2011), as well
as co-curating Barbara Stauffacher Solomon: Strips of Stripes (2023), Tauba Auerbach:
S v Z (2022), Far Out: Suits, Habs, and Labs for Outer Space (2019-20), The Sea
Ranch: Architecture, Environment, and Idealism (2018-9), Nothing Stable Under
Heaven (2018), Typeface to Interface: Graphic Design from the Collection (2016), and
Lebbeus Woods, Architect (2013-14). Joseph has also been responsible for hundreds of
major acquisitions and donations to SFMOMA’s collection, as well as the exhibition
design and visual direction of many of SFMOMA’s Architecture and Design exhibitions.
He has moderated and served on numerous art and design panels, been an invited
juror at many national architecture programs, led workshops on exhibition and
experiential design, lectured internationally, and consulted on public art and design
projects. His recent publications on art, architecture, and design include Tauba
Auerbach: S v Z (SFMOMA/D.A.P., 2020), and The Sea Ranch: Architecture,
Environment, and Idealism (Prestel/DelMonico, 2018), and contributions to Lebbeus
Woods: Exquisite Experiments, Early Years (Wiley, 2024), Strips of Stripes: Barbara
Stauffacher Solomon (Colpa Press, 2023), Recurrent Visions: The Architecture of
Marshall Brown Projects (Princeton Architectural Press, 2022), Allied Works
Architecture: Dwelling (Rizzoli, 2017), and Lebbeus Woods: Architect (The Drawing
Center, 2014). He received both his Bachelor of Architecture and his Master of
Advanced Architectural Design in Design Theory and Critical Practice from the
California College of the Arts, where he has been a Visiting Professor teaching
interdisciplinary seminars on art and architecture.

Dawn Zidonis
CEO, San Francisco Design Week/Design Bay Area
Co-founder and CEO of Design Bay Area and San Francisco Design Week. Design Bay Area is the leading multi-disciplinary design, arts and culture platform showcasing the innovation, influence and reach of the products and brands in our region.
Dawn is also the co-founder of World Design Weeks, a non-profit organization dedicated to connecting international design weeks, sharing resources and content while fostering conversations and relationships between design cities.
She has served on the board of directors at The Center for Architecture and Design in San Francisco which produces Architecture and the City, a month long celebration of Architecture and Design. Dawn calls herself “a total introvert” but no one who actually knows her believes it.

AI Fashion Design Workshop: From Design to Manufacturing
2025-06-04 16:30 - 19:00 | Flair Microfactory, 515 Alabama Street, San Francisco, California, 94110, United States
Join us for an interactive workshop exploring the intersection of sustainable fashion and AI-assisted design. This hands-on event brings together fashion designers, sustainability enthusiasts, and technology innovators to reimagine everyday wear using ethical materials and cutting-edge design tools.
Schedule

4:30 PM: 4:30pm: Refreshments + designing with Flair’s AI platform
5:00pm: Welcome from Rethink the Runway (RTR) and Flair + demo of Flair’s design to manufacturing process
5:30pm: Fireside chat about ethical inclusion of AI into design process with RTR’s Mira Musank and Flair’s Justin Kwong, followed by audience Q&A
6:15pm: Refreshments + continue designing + networking
7:00pm: Event concludes

Why Attend
Experience firsthand how AI tools can serve as collaborators in the design process while maintaining the human creative element. Learn about innovative sustainable materials, flex your creativity, and get the opportunity to have your design manufactured by Flair!
Materials & Sustainability
All design material options are sustainably sourced, with an emphasis on emerging and innovative fabrics that are shaping the future of fashion. Participants will get hands-on experience with low-impact, high-performance textiles and insights into their environmental benefits and supply chains, such as TENCEL™ Lyocell, hemp / hemp blends, organic cotton, milk fabric, or bamboo linen.
Garment Design Competition

Create a design during the workshop (submit via Flair app)
Public voting will determine the winning design
The winning design will be professionally produced and sent to the creator
Designers retain full ownership of their creations

Registration
This event requires a SF Design Week OnePass to attend. Limited spots available.
Presented by Rethink the Runway in collaboration with Flair for SF Design Week 2025.
About the hosts:
​Rethink the Runway (RTR) is a new movement to curate community events that focus on the intersection of sustainable fashion and climate action. Led by Mira Musank and supported by a team of Climatebase fellows, RTR aims to unite changemakers, from innovators and brands to emerging designers and community organizations to host industry and community events that advance circular and regenerative fashion.
Flair is the first AI fashion platform where imagination meets perfect fit. Craft unique looks with AI or shop designs from our creative community. Every garment is custom-fitted to your unique measurements for a feel that’s perfectly yours. With our just-in-time production model, we create each piece on demand, eliminating waste while keeping manufacturing local. Flair: AI-designed, custom-fitted, uniquely you.

Shaping the Future of Health Through Design
2025-06-04 16:30 - 18:30 | level, 530 Hampshire Street, San Francisco, California, 94110, United States
As AI advances innovation in Health and MedTech, the need for thoughtful, user-centered product design has never been greater. How do we craft solutions that are not only powerful but also intuitive, accessible, and widely adopted?
Join us in-studio at level for a conversation on how we merge AI, design, and technology to create simple, elegant, and impactful Health and MedTech products. We’ll have a behind the scenes look at our Industrial Design Process on display, showcasing some of our products we have designed for MedTech, HealthTech and Wellness.

schedule
Refreshments | networking | browse product showcase: 4:30-5pm
Conversation with Nichole Rouillac, level’s Founder and Creative Director: 5-5:45pm
Audience Q&A: 5:45-6pm
Refreshments | networking | browse product showcase: 6-6:30pm

about level
level is a West Coast Women-led Industrial Design shop. We bring the world’s “first of its kind” products and experiences to market with innovative designs and purposeful technology that people fall in love with. Learn more about us and our work at www.leveldesignsf.com

Cultivating Resilience: Reimagining Urban Landscapes
2025-06-04 16:00 - 17:00 | California
Join us for an inspiring conversation, moderated by co-founder of Galanter & Jones, Miranda Jones, with four visionary Bay Area landscape designers who are reimagining outdoor spaces for our changing climate. Molly Sedlacek (Orca) shares perspectives on sustainable coastal design, while Daniel Nolan demonstrates the beauty and practicality of drought-resistant gardens. Holly Kuljian (Pine House Edible Gardens) reveals how productive food landscapes can transform urban environments, and Anooshey Rahim (Dune Hai Landscape Design) discusses culturally-responsive and contemporary landscape solutions. Together, they’ll explore how thoughtful design can create resilient, beautiful, and functional spaces in our changing climate. Discover how these visionaries are transforming the Bay Area through innovative approaches to design that honor both natural ecosystems and cultural heritage.
Moderated by: Miranda Jones, Co-founder Galanter & Jones
Molly Sedlacek – ORCA
Daniel Nolan –Daniel Nolan Design
Holly Kuljian – Pine House Edible Gardens
Anooshey Rahim – Dune Hai

Tolleson Open House
2025-06-04 15:00 - 18:00 | Tolleson Sausalito studio, 101 Caledonia Street, Sausalito, California, 94965, United States
We’re opening the doors of our Sausalito studio, just a few short blocks from the ferry terminal. It’s a space we’ve designed to elevate how we think, design, write, and work together. Come by and meet our team, grab a snack, get an inside look into our process, and take in some relaxing bay views.

About Tolleson
Our brand studio helps organizations discover, articulate, and express their most ownable truths. Through strategy, design, writing, and photography, we create brand systems that bring clarity and credibility to their work, now and into the future.
For over 40 years, we’ve established brands for organizations that are redefining their industries—from the likes of Nike, Electronic Arts, UCSF, and Lucid Motors to startups and small businesses at every stage of growth.

More at tolleson.com.

The Design Edge: Reimagining Climate Action
2025-06-04 15:00 - 16:00 | California
Join us for an inspiring conversation where we explore the frontiers of climate innovation through design. This exclusive San Francisco Design Week roundtable brings together four leaders who are pioneering solutions to environmental challenges through creative approaches to materials, behavior change, and perception.
Discover how how innovators are creating tangible solutions at the intersection of design and climate action. Through their work, they explore a critical superpower in the climate crisis: making sustainable solutions not just viable but desirable. Together we’ll examine how design thinking can transform complex climate initiatives into compelling experiences that drive adoption and inspire change.
FORMAT:

Introductions
5-7 minute presentations
Discussion and Q+A

PRESENTERS:

Julia Marsh – Co-founder and CEO of Sway, transforming seaweed into innovative packaging materials that replace single-use plastics with regenerative alternatives designed to work in harmony with natural ecosystems
Natalia Kowaleczko – Founder and Creative Director of Pact Studio, reimagining sustainability initiatives and technologies through strategic design and visual narratives that amplify impact and adoption
Baillie Mishler – Founding Industrial Designer of PROWL Studio, bringing products, research and storytelling to life through a ‘We Begin with the End™’ ethos, an earth-centered framework, strategic collaboration, and by placing materials at the center of development.

James Hurst: The Tension of Design Between the Familiar and the Unfamiliar
2025-06-04 14:00 - 15:00 | California
Design has always been a tension between the familiar and the unfamiliar.
Too normal? No one notices.
Too weird? No one understands.
The sweet spot? That’s where culture shifts.
I’ll be talking about the creative framework that’s shaped much of my work over the past two decades:
Weird the Normal — making the everyday feel strange, delightful, or uncanny.
Normal the Weird — taking complex or unconventional ideas and making them feel obvious.
From rethinking global brand systems at Google to building playful weirdness into Tinder, I’ve found that creative impact often comes down to how bravely — and precisely — we calibrate those two forces.
In this talk, I’ll share:
– Why our cultural definition of “normal” is eroding (and why that’s a good thing)
– How to use AI not just to generate, but to reframe
– Real stories from the frontlines of brand reinvention, product design, and semiotic strategy
– Tools to help your team design for emotional resonance, not just efficiency
If you’re working at the intersection of creativity and technology — this is for you.

Come find me at SF Design Week — I’ll be in conversation, sharing new ideas, and probably drawing some weird diagrams.

ABOUT JAMES HURST:
James Hurst is a designer, author, Partner & Chief Creative Officer at Zag.
He has led creative teams at some of the world’s most influential tech companies — as Head of Brand Design at Google, Global Creative Director at Pinterest, and Creative Director at Tinder — where he helped shape product-led brand experiences at scale. James is the author of Use Design To Design Change, a practical framework for building brands with purpose, and teaches a course on AI and Aesthetic Intelligence, equipping creatives with the tools to thrive in a new era of design.
Work etc & Rogue School

Fashioning Reform: A Panel with Sonya Yu
2025-06-04 12:00 - 13:00 | California
“What if” we reinvented fashion? “What if” that reinvention helped change the world? And “what if” every designer asked themselves “what if” to spark lasting change?
The innovative designers Ann Duskus, Paolo Cui and Stella Harry Lee ask themselves this question to change how they approach and execute designs while creating a fashion forward model of sustainability via their chosen mediums: bespoke footwear for Ann through her consultancy Studio Duskus, reworked vintage and sashiko mending workshops for Paolo through his brand Idle Worship, and experimental fibers for Stella through her material design studio.
In conversation with Four One Nine founder Sonya Yu, the three designers explore the idea of reform—and stagnancy—in the fashion industry, manufacturing, supply chain, and personal creativity.

Am I the Creative, or Just the Prompt? with Pablo Stanley
2025-06-04 11:00 - 12:00 | FourOneNine, 419 10th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94103, United States
A doodle-filled fireside chat about creativity in the age of AI—from the thrill of working with these tools to the creeping fear of being replaced by them. Pablo Stanley shares his personal journey with generative tech, the tension between control and collaboration, and what it means to stay human when a robot helps you with your ideas. Live iPad sketching included.

ABOUT PABLO STANLEY:

Hola, I’m a Co-founder at Musho—AI Designer, Blush, and Lummi—tools to unlock people’s creativity. Working in Bueno, and previously made Robotos, Humankind, Transhumans, Humaaans, Open Peeps, etc . Previously I was a Lead at InVision, a Staff Designer at Lyft, and co-founder of Carbon Health. I give design workshops and share design tutorials on YouTube. I also host a design podcast, manage Latinxs Who Design, give talks around the world, and write silly comics.

Blush / Instagram / Twitter / Medium / LinkedIn / YouTube / Newsletter

SFDW Co-Working Space with Rivian X Design Bay Area
2025-06-04 10:30 - 18:00, 2025-06-02 09:00 - 18:00 | Rivian, 340 Fell St, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
Need a workspace during SF Design Week? The Rivian Space in Hayes Valley is opening as a co-working studio with free, strong Wi-Fi and complimentary morning coffee. Plus, when you’re done working, you can get an up-close look at Rivian’s electric adventure vehicles—explore the features and even take one for a spin.

Color as Catalyst: Design for Social Impact with Project Color Corps and Fuseproject
2025-06-04 10:00 - 11:00 | California
Join moderator Dawn Zidonis for a Fireside Chat with Laura Guido-Clark, Founder and CEO of Love Good Color and Project Color Corps and Yves Behar, Founder and CEO of Fuseproject as they revisit their collaboration between Project Color Corps and fuseproject at the Willie Mays Boys & Girls Club in San Francisco’s Hunters Point. Through community-led workshops, kids created a “Good Fun” color palette that transformed their space and reflected their voices.
This conversation will explore how color can shape perception, mood, and behavior—and how it continues to drive meaningful transformation, creating equity, joy and belonging in neighborhoods.
SPEAKERS:

ABOUT LAURA-GUIDO CLARK:
Laura Guido-Clark is an expert in the skin of consumer products – their color, materials, and finish.
Throughout her twenty-plus year career, Laura has analyzed the conscious and unconscious influences that drive buying decisions. She has been dubbed an ‘Experience Consultant’ because of her ability to translate those influences into prescient forecasting and concrete applications of color and finish for new products.
In 2017, Laura launched her groundbreaking color methodology called LOVE GOOD COLOR. LOVE GOOD COLOR integrates science and the senses, enabling designers to factor in emotive response when using color.
Laura has helped companies such as Herman Miller, HP, Samsung, and Toyota use color and materials on their products that resonate with consumers and succeed in competitive markets. Her textile and pattern design includes work for HBF, Pallas, Carnegie, and FLOR.
Laura’s expertise ranges from textiles to consumer products such as automotive, electronics, and major household appliances.
In 2011, Laura founded Project Color Corps, a nonprofit organization dedicated to painting urban neighborhoods with color and pattern that impart positive messages of joy, equity and belonging. The organization is now flourishing in four cities across the country.

ABOUT YVES BEHAR:
Yves Behar is the Founder and CEO of fuseproject, a design and innovation studio based in San Francisco and Lisbon. He has launched over 100 early-stage ventures and developed products for brands such as Samsung, Herman Miller, and L’Oréal. His work is rooted in the belief that design accelerates the adoption of new ideas, shaping products that transform how we live.
Behar is known for creating iconic products like the SNOO smart sleeper, Herman Miller Sayl chair, and Samsung Frame TV. He has also led humanitarian projects such as a partnership with the non-profit The Ocean Cleanup, and See Better to Learn Better, which have improved millions of lives globally.
A leader in AI and robotics, Behar and Fuseproject designed Moxie, an emotionally intelligent robot for children, ElliQ, an AI companion for the elderly, and Maxio for AES – an AI-driven robot that installs solar panels in half the time at half the cost. His work is included in the collections of major museums, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Behar has received over 300 awards and has been named one of TIME Magazine’s Top 25 Visionaries. Forbes recognized him as the “Most Influential Industrial Designer in the World.”

MODERATOR: DAWN ZIDONIS

Co-founder and CEO of Design Bay Area and San Francisco Design Week. Design Bay Area is the leading multi-disciplinary design, arts and culture platform showcasing the innovation, influence and reach of the products and brands in our region.
Dawn is also the co-founder of World Design Weeks, a non-profit organization dedicated to connecting international design weeks, sharing resources and content while fostering conversations and relationships between design cities.
She has served on the board of directors at The Center for Architecture and Design in San Francisco which produces Architecture and the City, a month long celebration of Architecture and Design. Dawn calls herself “a total introvert” but no one who actually knows her believes it.

The Scent of Nostalgia: A Living Green Wall Within Reach
2025-06-04 08:00 - 15:00, 2025-06-03 08:00 - 15:00 | Aura Tea and Coffee at Rincon Plaza, 101 Spear Street Suite B5, San Francisco, CA, 94105, United States
The Scent of Nostalgia: A Living Wall Within Reach
Presented by Ovata

Description:
What if a wall could carry memory, scent, and greenery—all at once?

Inspired by the traditional Korean 병풍 Byung-poong (folding screen) , Ovata presents a site-flexible installation: a portable living wall composed of hinged, frame-based panels filled with California native plants. Spread throughout the event venue, these sculptural pieces are more than dividers—they are multi-sensory green moments that offer a breath of nature, evoke regional nostalgia, and serve as quiet visual anchors within the event energy.

Each panel transforms the space with natural scents, living textures , and a subtle reference to the cultural practice of honoring people and place. Think of it as a living scroll of memory and nature —brought into the present.

Rather than serving as a static backdrop, this installation gently guides the flow of people , encouraging organic circulation while shaping cozy niches for gathering, pausing, and connecting. Like a breeze through a forest, its layout invites movement and mingling while offering soft, intimate pockets of calm

Schedule:
No fixed schedule. The green wall installation is designed to be explored freely throughout the venue during the event.
This is a self-guided, standalone installation —no formal presentation.

Bonus Features:
– Portable green wall panels placed throughout the venue
– Designed with California native species
– QR codes on each panel to explore featured plants and their ecological stories
– Subtle natural fragrance in the air
– Visual and spatial flexibility to frame or divide areas
– Inspired by 병풍(Byung-poong) , traditional Korean folding screens

Official SFDW Opening Night Reception with Rivian X Design Bay Area
2025-06-03 18:30 - 20:30 | Rivian, 340 Fell St, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
***Due to the popularity of this event, and limited RSVP’s. The Opening Reception is completely sold out***
Join us for the Official San Francisco Design Week Opening Party, co-hosted by Rivian and DesignBayArea. We’ll gather, see old friends and make new connections! Many of our speakers and VIPs will be in attendance as we gather to engage and connect! Have a drink on us, and celebrate the launch of San Francisco Design Week 2025!

Light bite experiences served up by local New Indian Tiya SF
Swag for the first 120 attendees through the door

For our 21+ attendees:

Exceptional wine from Flowers Vineyard + Winery
Sip on Golden Rule Spirits

*OnePass Registration is required to attend this event. This event is sold out!

Unlock Your Power: Elevate Your Personal Brand
2025-06-03 17:30 - 20:00 | LinkedIn Community Space: Ground Floor, 222 2nd St, San Francisco, CA, 94105, United States
Imagine what could happen if your reputation worked FOR you 24/7. Join Women in Innovation, a community of innovators working together to break down the barriers that keep women from advancing and leading in innovation, for a transformative event focused on harnessing the power of your personal brand to unlock new possibilities, attract dream clients, and build lasting influence.
Personal branding isn’t about being someone you’re not, it’s about being strategic and showing up honestly. By gaining clarity on your core values and philosophies you’ll chart personal and professional paths with purpose and alignment.
At this interactive event, you’ll learn:

How to uncover and articulate what truly sets you apart
Real-world examples of women who’ve transformed either their careers or their client’s careers through personal branding
How to turn your story into your strongest asset
Actionable steps you can take immediately to boost your visibility and impact

Expect a hands-on exercise, lively discussion, and practical takeaways you can use right away. This event is hosted by, and geared towards, women.

This event is for you if:

You want to grow your career, business, or influence
You’ve ever wondered how to create your own personal brand
You’re ready to invest in yourself and connect with other ambitious women

Meet our Panelists:

Host: Renee Frojo, is a brand strategist, storytelling coach, and former journalist who helps founders and solo business owners build reputations people trust. She’s the creator of StoryMining, a process that turns raw personal experiences into powerful brand narratives, and the founder of A Good Reputation, a newsletter and storytelling community for creative entrepreneurs. Her writing has been published in the BBC, San Francisco Chronicle, and San Francisco Business Times, and her work has shaped content strategies for startups, agencies, and impact-driven brands. By day, she builds story-driven brands; by night, she wrangles two kids and dreams up her next creative retreat. Follow her on LinkedIn @reneelynnfrojo.

Ashley Faus, a marketer, writer, and speaker by day, and a singer, actor, and fitness fiend by night. She’s the authors of, “Human-Centered Marketing: How to Connect with Audiences in the Age of AI.” Her work has been featured in TIME, Forbes, and The Journal of Brand Strategy, and she’s shared insights with audiences at Harvard Business Review, INBOUND, and MarketingProfs. She works for Atlassian, a collaboration software maker on a mission to unleash the potential of every team. Follow her on LinkedIn @ashleyfaus

Becca Chambers, is an award-winning tech CMO, venture marketer, podcast host, and personal branding expert, who has become one of the most influential voices in sales and marketing on LinkedIn today. Known for her bold takes and no-BS approach to brand, communications, leadership, and technology, Becca’s insights reach millions of people every month. She’s been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Rolling Stone, and The Washington Post, and was recently ranked the #2 woman on LinkedIn.
She’s also the host of the Under Embargo podcast, a sought-after speaker, startup advisor, passionate neurodiversity advocate, and active philanthropist, serving as Marketing Chair for the SF AFfiliate of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. Becca is currently CMO at Scale Venture Partners. Follow her on LinkedIn or at www.beccahasADHD.com.

The Linkedin Community Space can be found on the ground floor of 222 Second Street.
Access to the space is found behind the large lobby staircase on the left, or through a direct lobby entrance.

Designing Relevance: How UX Teams Future-Proof Organizations with Open Table
2025-06-03 17:00 - 20:00 | OpenTable, 120 Kearny St, San Francisco, 94107
How do companies stay relevant over decades? For many, the secret lies in continuous UX innovation and a deep commitment to customer needs.
Join us for a panel discussion featuring top design leaders from some of the most established online marketplaces. We’ll explore how continuous improvement of the user experience has helped their companies navigate industry shifts, evolve through transformation, and remain competitive in an ever-changing landscape. We’ll also discuss how design leadership for an established yet evolving brand requires a blend of creativity, determination, adaptability, and the ability to face setbacks head-on.
Today’s startups hope to become the household names of tomorrow—but what lessons from the past still hold up, and which have expired? Our panelists will reflect on the pivotal design moments that shaped their organizations and share how they’re addressing similar challenges today.
Whether you’re building something new or evolving a legacy product, this conversation will offer inspiration and perspective on creating lasting impact through design.
Panelists:

Blake Engel, VP of Design, OpenTable
Susan Dybbs, VP of Design, Etsy
Kelly Kinch, VP of Design, Yelp
Jared Benson, Principal, Volkswagen (Moderator)

Agenda
5:00 PM — Networking (refreshments + light bites provided)
5:30 PM — Panel Begins
6:30 PM — Audience Q&A
7:00 PM — Post-panel Social

Find us at 120 Kearny St. San Francisco, inside One Montgomery Tower

Korean Waves in Design
2025-06-03 16:30 - 18:30 | BlueStream Gallery, 555 Grant Avenue, San Francisco, CA, California, 94108, United States
BlueStream Gallery, a contemporary art space dedicated to innovative exhibitions and creative dialogue, is thrilled to present “Korean Waves in Design” during SF Design Week 2025. As a gallery founded by Asian American designers, we have consistently supported the Asian modern design community and beyond through diverse exhibitions. This event will spotlight Korean-inspired design and innovation, exploring how traditional aesthetics, materials, and philosophies inspire contemporary product design. By highlighting the influence of K-Waves in design, we aim to foster meaningful conversations about design’s role in cultural storytelling and bridge connections between Korean designers and the Bay Area design community.
Event Description
This immersive showcase will celebrate the vibrancy of contemporary Korean design, featuring brands that seamlessly blend tradition with modern innovation. Attendees will explore the evolution of Korean design across digital experiences, consumer products, and tactile packaging. The space will highlight interactive media forms, and visually striking branding alongside handcrafted textiles, minimalist ceramics, and sustainable materials. Through interactive exhibits and experiential storytelling, this event will offer a deep dive into the creative forces shaping Korea’s dynamic design landscape today.
Key elements of the event include:

Panel Discussion (15 min; moderated by Soh Kim, Stanford Food Design Lab): A short panel featuring Korean designers and Bay Area creatives discussing the intersection of tradition and innovation in design.
Ongoing Design Showcase Booths: A curated selection of Korean-inspired products and designs in both tangible and digital forms.
Cultural Networking: A casual networking session with curated Korean-inspired food and refreshments from Chimmelier x Jilli (Korean Tapas Restaurant), fostering connections between Korean designers and the Bay Area design community.

Goals & Outcomes

Amplify Visibility: Increase the visibility of cultural diversity in the Bay Area design landscape.
Showcase Innovation: Highlight the integration of tradition and innovation from Asian-inspired design.
Foster Collaboration: Facilitate connections and collaborations between designers, Bay Area creatives, and businesses who are interested in cultural diversity
Cultural Exchange: Promote cross-cultural understanding through design and storytelling.

The Intersection of Design and Sustainability @ Rivian
2025-06-03 16:30 - 18:00 | Rivian, 340 Fell St, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
Join us as we explore design and sustainability with a Rivian panel and explore how design and sustainability played a central role in the community space designed as the Rivian SF Flagship. Seats are extremely limited!
PANELISTS:
Marcos Mafia // MAFIA Bags
Liz Guerrero // Rivian Brand Experience
Sophia Park // Rivian Color Material Finish
Rivian: How we design

We design for complete life cycles across everything we do. Our battery packs are designed to be easily removed from our vehicles and either recycled or used in “second life” applications such as stationary storage. The interiors of our vehicles are made from 100% animal-free materials. Dunnage containers at our plant are reusable and made from ocean-bound plastics.
“A more sustainable transportation and energy future is not simple or inevitable. How we approach each challenge will ripple through history for generations.”
Anisa Kamadoli Costa: RIVIAN CHIEF SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER

Design x AI: SFDW Happy Hour
2025-06-03 15:00 - 18:00 | Create, 233 Grant Ave, San Francisco, California, 94108, United States
Join us for a delightful happy hour and mixer focused on design at Create, a generative AI-first platform that empowers individuals to build websites, prototypes, tools, and apps using plain English.
In celebration of San Francisco Design Week, we will gather in our cozy office near Union Square. This event is a wonderful opportunity to connect with fellow designers, AI enthusiasts, and creatives while enjoying drinks and light bites.
We are excited to announce that our founding designer, Zaria, will give a brief presentation on Create and the future of design. At Create, we envision a future where coding is as simple as having a conversation, making software creation accessible to everyone. We believe that in ten years, there could be one billion new “programmers,” fundamentally changing how we engage with design and technology.
Whether you are a designer looking to exchange ideas, curious about our mission, or eager to network, you are warmly invited to celebrate design and creativity with us!

Mix, Mingle, and Moodboard with Skona
2025-06-03 14:00 - 18:00 | Skona HQ, 147 Natoma St, San Francisco, California, 94105, United States
Please join us at Sköna HQ for a happy hour open to all. One of our company values is dogged curiosity, and after 20 years as a San Francisco-based business, we’ve been thinking a lot about how we can help make the city we love even better.
We’re inviting designers, creatives, and the generally curious alike to contribute to a collaborative digital moodboard exploring ways to contribute to the ongoing revitalization of SoMa and Downtown SF. Our neighbors, Yerba Buena Partnership, will be in attendance to join the fun and answer questions about the cool things they’re doing to improve the neighborhood.
We’ll provide the snacks and beverages to keep those creative juices flowing. Just bring yourself, a willingness to participate, and if you’d rather work on your own device, your laptop.
2-6pm: Mix, mingle, and moodboard. Come and go as you please.

Dynamic Minds: Creative Brilliance | The Magical World of Ken Fulk: Multi-Level Studio, Loft, New Supershop and Historic Basilica
2025-06-03 13:00 - 17:00 | Ken Fulk Studio, 310 7th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94103, United States
Ken Fulk is a renowned designer, world-builder, style icon, and arts patron, known for shaping the daily lives of clients over the past 25 years. He has crafted everything from homes and private jets to restaurants, hotels, and personal experiences like weddings and family retreats. With studios in San Francisco, New York, and Los Angeles, his clients include tech leaders, financial moguls, rock stars, and Pulitzer Prize winners.
Fulk oversees all aspects of his projects, from design to branding, custom scents, uniforms, and guest rituals. He partnered with Pharrell Williams to launch The Goodtime Hotel in Miami and serves as Creative Director at Major Food Group, where he helps expand their global restaurant empire. He also co-founded Felix Roasting Co., a coffee brand reimagining café culture. Beyond design, Fulk founded Saint Joseph’s Arts Society, a nonprofit supporting local artists in San Francisco and Provincetown, MA.
A celebrated creative, Fulk was named “The Incredible Fulk” by The Economist and has appeared on Architectural Digest’s AD100, Elle Decor’s A-List. He was inducted into Hospitality Design’s Platinum Circle Hall of Fame, and received DesignLA’s “Living Legend Award.”
The afternoon seminar:
For this Ken Fulk panoramic visit, we will meet and greet at Ken Fulk headquarters.
There, we will first be welcomed and will visit Ken’s latest sensation, his dazzling new by appointment-only shop, Ken Fulk Purveyor of the Extraordinary. The alluring and inspiring shop offers design, antiques, garden decor, lifestyle, curiosities, and Ken Fulk vintage finds, Ken’s favorite books, private collections, art, accessories. Please note: Ken Fulk has extended the offer of a designer discount of ten per cent off for all attendees for purchases during Design Week..
We visit the Magic Factory studio and atelier, meet and have informal conversations with KFI designers to discuss recent projects, and view images of recent projects, and study them.
We will carpool, walk and gather at St. Joseph’s Arts Foundation to be welcomed by Martin Strickland, the dynamic director of St Joseph’s Arts Society.
On view at St. Joseph’s Arts Society for all attendees, is:
The dynamic new FABRICATIONS show which brings together Bay Area–based artists from The Space Program San Francisco residency who work with raw, reclaimed, and unconventional materials—reshaping, repurposing, and reinterpreting them to create meaning.
Through sculpture, painting, fiber arts, ceramics, video, and mixed media, these artists push the boundaries of material-based practices and offer fresh perspectives on our relationship with both the built and natural environments. Their works uncover the personal and cultural histories embedded in material itself, revealing how what we create—and what we cast aside—reflects who we are and what we value.
Presented at Saint Joseph’s Arts Society, this exhibition also encourages reflection on material consumption and sustainability, emphasizing the environmental consequences of production and disposal. By giving renewed life to overlooked or discarded matter, the artists in FABRICATIONS invite us to question what we take for granted and to recognize the power of art to reimagine place, identity, and the future.
Participating artists include: Kristin Bauer, Maria A. Guzmán Capron, Julia Goodman, Dana Hemenway, Hughen/Starkweather, Amy Nathan, Rachelle Reichert, Laurel Roth Hope, Charlene Tan, Henna Vainio, Amber Jean Young, and Connie Zheng.
About Diane Dorrans Saeks:
Diane Dorrans Saeks has been presenting her in-studio design seminars for San Francisco DESIGN WEEK for fourteen years.
She is the acclaimed author of 26 books on design, travel, interiors, and architecture and gardens.
She is design editor for PAPERCITY magazine Dallas and Houston, and an editor for C magazine, and writes for many other publications.
She has published best-selling design books with Rizzoli, Taschen and Chronicle Books.
She is co-founding editor of many publications, including C California Style, Metropolitan Home, Indagare, and Garden Design.
A lifelong arts advocate and a Francophile she lives in California and visits France as often as possible.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – April 16 – Atmosphere at AD PRO x KEN FULK Private Preview Party on April 16th 2025 at Ken Fulk Magic Factory Peepshow and Loft in San Francisco, CA (Photo – Drew Altizer)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – April 16 – Atmosphere at AD PRO x KEN FULK Private Preview Party on April 16th 2025 at Ken Fulk Magic Factory Peepshow and Loft in San Francisco, CA (Photo – Drew Altizer)

Artist Windy Chien's Open Studio
2025-06-03 13:00 - 17:00, 2025-06-02 16:00 - 20:00 | Studio Windy Chien, 550 Florida St., San Francisco, California, 94110, United States
Artist Windy Chien will open the doors to her private studio located in the Heath Ceramics’ San Francisco building in the Mission District. She will give in-person guided tours of her studio, giving insights into her process, materials, and inspirations. Available works and works-in-progress will be on view. Visitors will walk away with rare and special insight into the inner workings of her thriving artistic practice and the inspirational studio space that houses it.
Artist Windy Chien is best known for her 2016 work, The Year of Knots, in which she learned a new knot every day for a year. Her work ranges in size from a knot that can fit in the palm of a child’s hand to room-sized installations that are sought after by private collectors. Following long careers at Apple and as the owner of legendary music shop Aquarius Records, she launched her studio in 2015. Select clients include the National Geographic Society, the De Young Museum, the San Francisco MOMA, Nobu Hotels, Google, the U.S. Department of State, and the Kering Group, and her work has been covered by Wired, The New York Times, and Martha Stewart. Windy’s book about her work was published by Abrams in 2019.

Elevate Your Creativity: Unleashing the Power of AI and Essential Tools in Adobe Photoshop
2025-06-03 11:00 - 13:00 | UC Berkeley Art and Design Extension Floor 6, 160 Spear St, San Francisco, CA, 94105, United States
During this comprehensive, hands-on workshop, participants will learn and practice the skills needed to effectively harness the latest AI-powered tools in Adobe Photoshop, alongside key features essential to contemporary graphic design. This training is designed to enhance participants’ creative workflow, empowering them to work more efficiently and with greater innovation for their design process.
Attendees will gain practical experience in creating professional-quality designs and streamlining common tasks, including advanced image editing, seamless compositing, and the development of visually compelling mockups. Each segment of the workshop will feature guided exercises to reinforce these skills, ensuring participants leave with both a strong conceptual foundation and applicable, real-world expertise.
Please bring your laptop fully charged with Adobe Photoshop available for the workshop.
TOOLS & TOPICS COVERED:

Photoshop 2025 features (incl. AI-powered tools)

Generative Fill & Expand

Text-to-Image with Adobe Firefly integration

Non-destructive workflow techniques

Layer management
Color and tonality Adjustment Layers
Mockup creation & Smart Objects

Nicolas Gutierrez:
Photoshop instructor at UC Berkeley Extension
Founder of Nico Gutierrez Photography
Nicolas Gutierrez, M.F.A., is a commercial and art photographer based in San Francisco. He has a B.F.A. in Fine Arts from Los Andes University in Bogota, Colombia. He moved to San Francisco in 1999, where he pursued an M.F.A. in photography at the Academy of Art University and graduated top of his class. During the past 20 years, Nicolas has worked in different aspects of image production for companies such as AirBnB, Ubisoft, 500PX, XYZ and Gap and publications such SFMag, 180 Mag, SOMA, 7×7 and the Financial Times. He has also exhibited his artwork in galleries in the U.S. and abroad. Nicolas’ interest in digital image creation brought him to teach Photoshop I at UC Berkeley Extension. He is committed to creating a friendly, stimulating and unstressed educational environment, understanding the unique needs of every student to help them reach their full potential.

More Than a Box: How Packaging Has Become the Product with Whipsaw and Zenpack
2025-06-03 10:00 - 12:00 | Whipsaw, 55 Mississippi St, San Francisco, California, 94107, United States
Join Zenpack and Whipsaw for a brunch exploring the power of packaging as a brand expression and storytelling medium. Through a curated showcase of contrasting packaging designs—from sustainable solutions to bold, influencer-ready experiences—guests will engage with physical prototypes, learn about the packaging design process, and connect with the teams behind them. Join fellow designers, creatives, and clients at Whipsaw’s Potrero Hill studio for a morning of Verve Coffee and brunch.

What they don't tell you about breaking into product design with AI Leaders
2025-06-02 18:30 - 21:30 | Dovetail SF Office, 660 Market Street, San Francisco, CA, California, 94104, United States
Event description
In order to be in the top 1% of candidates, you must do what the other 99% won’t. This is especially true in the current job market. In this session, Kathy will walk you through exactly how she was able to land her dream job in product design. By listening to her personal story, you’ll learn all the tips and tricks to put you in the top 1%.
Meet the speaker: Kathy Wang is currently a product designer at Snorkel AI. She’s previously worked at Dropbox and IBM, and received her master’s in Information Science from Cornell University. Kathy is based in San Francisco.
Meet the host: Jeremie Gluckman is building the Dovetail community for the AI-first customer intelligence practitioners. They will share how to embrace change in the fast paced tech industry.

Key takeaways

Gain insights into what it’s like to work at a large company (like IBM) versus a smaller company (like Snorkel).
Learn how to write a cold email that will catch the recruiter’s attention and guarantee you an interview with your dream company. (Most people don’t know how to write a good cold email. Kathy will teach you.)
Understand how to usability test your portfolio. (You need to treat your portfolio like a product, which means that you have to get feedback from others.)
Get advice on how to navigate this competitive job market (i.e. how to get LinkedIn Premium for free, which conferences to attend, how to make sure you’re using timing to your advantage, etc.). This session will be worth your while if you’re trying to get a job in product design.

Fireside Chat with Ian Yang / Gantri & Robert Brunner / Ammunition
2025-06-02 18:00 - 21:00 | Gantri, 320 10th St, San Francisco, California, 94103, United States
Ian Yang, CEO/Founder of Gantri sits down with industrial design pioneer and founder of Ammunition, Robert Brunner to discuss the impact of product design and innovation on manufacturing and consumption.

Ian Yan, CEO/Founder, Gantri

Ian Yang is the Founder and CEO of Gantri, a pioneering digital manufacturing platform that merges 3D printing technology with sustainable manufacturing. Raised between Shanghai and the U.K., Ian’s entrepreneurial spirit was shaped early by his parents’ global logistics business. After earning honors in Government and Economics from the London School of Economics, he worked in strategy consulting before diving into design at Central Saint Martins. This fusion of business, design, and technology led him to San Francisco, where stints in software engineering and product design sparked his vision for democratizing design through modern digital fabrication. Today, Ian leads Gantri in redefining how thoughtful products are imagined, made, and experienced.

Robert Brunner, Founder & Creative Director, Ammunition
The former Industrial Design Director at Apple and current Lead Designer for Beats by Dre, Robert is a globally acclaimed product designer with over 40 years of experience. Robert built the pioneering internal corporate design organization at Apple, and was a partner at the prestigious design consultancy, Pentagram. Under his leadership, his current studio Ammunition has developed iconic products for Beats, Lyft, Square, Polaroid, and numerous start-up enterprises. Robert’s work is part of the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York and San Francisco, and he has been named one of Fast Company’s “Most Creative People in Business”. He is also the co-author of the book “Do You Matter? How Great Design Will Make People Love Your Company.”

Phone a (AI) Friend with Anthropic
2025-06-02 17:30 - 20:30 | Anthropic HQ, 500 Howard St., San Francisco, California, 94105, United States
**THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT**
Chances are, designers have been playing with AI or hearing about it far more than they have actually spoken to someone working on the technology. This talk provides a rare opportunity for designers to step directly into conversation with the experts researching and developing the AI technologies that are transforming creative industries. This event offers unprecedented access to the minds behind the algorithms.
This isn’t another AI showcase—it’s privileged access to meaningful conversations that typically happen behind closed doors, recognizing designers as co-creators in tomorrow’s technologies.

Beverages and snacks will be provided!

SCHEDULE

5:30 Doors Open
6:30 Event Begins
8:30 Event Ends

*Address and instructions will be been emailed to REGISTERED ATTENDEES.

Branch Furniture - Bringing a Better Way to Work to San Francisco
2025-06-02 17:00 - 19:00 | Branch San Francisco Retail Store, 524 Washington Street, San Francisco, California, 94111, United States
Join us at the brand-new Branch San Francisco showroom for an evening of design, conversation, and connection. Get up close and personal with our full collection of ergonomic office furniture—designed to support focus, comfort, and creativity whether you’re outfitting a full floor office space or carving out a corner for productive work at home. Hear from the team on how we create products that balance beauty, functionality and productivity, while remaining accessibly priced. Come by for an evening of drinks, snacks, and a chance to win select samples.

Reform by Design: A Service Design Community Mixer with Miro + SDN
2025-06-02 16:00 - 18:00 | Miro’s Montgomery St Office, 44 Montgomery St, San Francisco, California, 94104, United States
Join us for a partnership event between Miro and Service Design Network San Francisco where we will explore Design Week’s theme “Reform” and explore how to drive meaningful change in our personal and work lives. Through individual and small group reflection activities, participants will have the chance to examine assumptions, expand perspectives, and uncover learnings that can be applied to your own design challenges. All are welcome to join, including those who are new to service design. Come for the conversations and leave with new connections from the service design community!

Happy hour bites and drinks will be served at 4:30PM. The activities are “go at your own pace” and we will gather for a group discussion around 5:30PM before ending at 6:00PM.

Due to the size of the space and types of activities this event is capped at 35 people with a small waitlist. Get your ticket early!

A Mini Retreat: Recharge. Refocus. Redesign Your Creative Career With Intent at St. Joseph's Art Society
2025-06-02 10:00 - 12:00 | St Joseph’s Art Society, 1401 Howard St, San Francisco, California, 94103, United States
This retreat offers a rare moment to step back and get clear on what’s next in your creative career. Through guided reflection and meaningful dialogue, you’ll uncover what’s no longer serving you, reconnect with what truly energizes you, and walk away with practical insights to redesign your path with more purpose and intention.
Step away from your daily hustle and join an inspiring 2-hour mini-retreat designed by Claudia Fulga in Partnership with Design Bay Area, exclusively for the design community.
Join us at Saint Joseph’s Art Society, a national historical landmark re-envisioned by designer Ken Fulk, for a bespoke retreat with intent and a sense of empowerment. This intentional space is your moment to pause, reflect, and gain crystal-clear insights on what truly matters to you, personally and creatively.
Retreats are a powerful catalyst for transformation—73% of participants gain clarity within a week, creativity increases by 50% in nature, burnout symptoms drop by up to 89%, decision-making confidence rises by 32%, and group connection boosts belonging by 68%, making them one of the most effective ways to reset, realign, and reimagine your life or career.
What to Expect:

Relaxation & Recharge: Take a break from deadlines and reconnect with yourself in a peaceful, intentional environment.
Clarity & Inspiration: Engage in guided exercises designed to help you identify and amplify what’s most meaningful in your creative life.
Connection & Community: Network and share insights with like-minded creative professionals.

What You’ll Walk Away With:

Renewed energy and clarity on your creative priorities.
Practical insights and actionable ideas to align your daily choices with your creative aspirations
New connections within the thriving SF Bay Area design community.

ABOUT CLAUDIA FULGA

Claudia Fulga is the Founder and Mindset & Career Coach of the Forty | Forty Group, specializing in bespoke coaching and curated retreats.
With an extensive background as a leader at prominent tech and design firms such as BAMO and Huntsman Architectural Group, Claudia deeply understands the unique challenges and aspirations of creative professionals.
Through her tailored coaching practice, Claudia empowers leaders across creative, design, technology, and even professional racing fields. She helps ambitious professionals cultivate clarity, confidence, and an empowered mindset, enabling them to design meaningful careers and lives—on their own terms.
CHECK HER OUT
www.claudiafulga.com
www.claudiafulga.com/retreats
insta: @claudiafulgacoaching

ABOUT DESIGN BAY AREA:
DBA is the leading multi-disciplinary design, arts and culture platform showcasing the San Francisco Bay Area’s influence globally.
We create opportunities for designers, brands, and organizations to thrive, positioning the region as a leader in innovation, tech, sustainability, and community impact.

Rivian Kids SF Design Week Marshmallow Metropolis Challenge
2025-05-31 10:00 - 12:00 | Rivian, 340 Fell St, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
Join Rivian and Sunnyside early childhood educators during SF Design Week and become your own architect! Design, prototype, and build structures and discover which designs can withstand a dinosaur attack!
Recommended age 3+

Quartz Canvas: Live Painting at the Cambria Gallery with Steve Javiel
2024-06-12 17:00 - 20:00 | Cambria Gallery SF, 1045 Bryant St, Ste 100, San Francisco, 94103, United States
Experience an evening of creativity at the Cambria Gallery as we unveil a unique showcase where local artist, Steve Javiel, will paint a masterpiece live on a canvas of Cambria quartz. Don’t miss this exclusive opportunity to engage with the creative process and discover the endless possibilities of Cambria quartz stone. Join us for an unforgettable evening of food, art, and inspiration
Check out Steve’s work: https://stevejaviel.com/section/367469

Pact Studio
2024-06-12 17:00 - 20:00 | Pact Studio, 1300 S VAN NESS AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, California, 94110, United States
Pact is a strategic brand identity design studio crafting intentional and engaging brands for organizations seeking change. We’re also San Francisco Design Week 2024’s proud campaign partner. Stop by our Mission studio to say hello and tell us what you’ve been paying attention to lately. Refreshments and light snacks will be provided.

Fletcher Studio Landscape Architecture + Urban Design
2024-06-12 17:00 - 20:00 | Fletcher Studio Inc., 2325 3rd st, San Francisco, California, 94107, United States
We are Fletcher Studio, a boutique landscape architecture and urban design collaborative based in San Francisco. We believe design matters, and that people deserve to find value, meaning, and possibility in the places they encounter and occupy. We’re so excited to open our doors for SF Design week! Come visit our studio, located in the historic Dogpatch District, where you’ll get an exclusive look at our design process, meet our team, and gain a new perspective on outdoor spaces.

Licorice Chocolate Tasting @ Norden Living
2024-06-12 17:00 - 20:00 | Licorice Chocolate Tasting @ Norden Living, 2865 18th Street, San Francisco, California, 94110, United States
In Scandinavia, chocolate and licorice are two great tastes that taste great together. This intriguing combination, first developed in Iceland, is showcased beautifully by Danish confectioner Lakrids by Bülow. Stop by Norden Living to sample sweet or salty licorice wrapped in luxurious chocolate, some with complementary flavors like passion fruit or raspberry. We’ll also be raffling off one of our showroom favorites: a Flowerpot VP9 portable lamp.

Whipsaw
2024-06-12 17:00 - 20:00 | Whipsaw, 55 Mississippi St, San Francisco, 94107, United States
Join the Whipsaw team at our studio in Potrero Hill. See the light-filled industrial-chic space, enjoy our product gallery, and meet members of the team. We’re looking forward to seeing you in person!

Nanu
2024-06-12 17:00 - 20:00 | Nanu Studio, 1450 Mariposa Street, San Francisco, California, 94107, United States
Join us at the Nanu studio for a behind-the-scenes look at the journey of designing consumer electronics with a small but mighty team of three. We’ll delve into how we built Arc, a contemporary take on the classic alarm clock. We’ll walk through our sketches, prototypes, brand formation, and launch plan from initial concept to manufacturing. Whether you are an entrepreneur, seasoned designer, or just curious about the process of building consumer electronics, this event will share lessons learned from a team in the midst of it (we are launching Arc this summer)! We look forward to seeing you there 🙂

PA: Pay Attention!
2024-06-12 17:00 - 20:00 | PA Consulting, 517 York Street, San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
The PA design and engineering teams formerly known as Astro Studios and Cooper Perkins have joined forces under one roof. We’ve merged our SoMa and Mission locations and are now working together at 517 York Street!
Join us for a studio warming to celebrate together and see what we’ve been working on. We’ll be showcasing our recent projects and combined global talent, skills, and capabilities. Have a drink on us and meet the new-ish team.

Studio Crawl Night 2 - Wednesday, June 12th
2024-06-12 17:00 - 20:00 | California
Deepen Your Connection With the SF Design Community.
Continue your exploration of San Francisco’s vibrant design scene with the second night of our Studio Crawl. This event offers One Pass holders another opportunity to discover new studios, see design in action, and meet the creators behind innovative projects.
What’s Happening?
The selection process is still underway as the San Francisco Design Week team carefully curates a lineup of participating studios. Please check back on this page soon to see the updated list of studios and access the map detailing their locations.
Stay Updated: Keep this page on your radar for the latest updates and prepare for another enriching evening of design exploration.

*Picture created by Vince Cimo at Empowered Streaming

Whipsaw Open Studio
55 Mississippi St, San Francisco, CA 94107
Join the Whipsaw team at our studio in Potrero Hill. See the light-filled industrial-chic space, enjoy our product gallery, and meet members of the team. We’re looking forward to seeing you in person!

Licorice Chocolate Tasting @ Norden Living
2865 18th St, San Francisco, CA 94110
In Scandinavia, chocolate and licorice are two great tastes that taste great together. This intriguing combination, first developed in Iceland, is showcased beautifully by Danish confectioner Lakrids by Bülow. Stop by Norden Living to sample sweet or salty licorice wrapped in luxurious chocolate, some with complementary flavors like passion fruit or raspberry. We’ll also be raffling off one of our showroom favorites: a Flowerpot VP9 portable lamp.

PA: Pay Attention!
517 York St, San Francisco, CA 94110
The PA design and engineering teams formerly known as Astro Studios and Cooper Perkins have joined forces under one roof. We’ve merged our SoMa and Mission locations and are now working together at 517 York Street! Join us for a studio warming to celebrate together and see what we’ve been working on. We’ll be showcasing our recent projects and combined global talent, skills, and capabilities. Have a drink on us and meet the new-ish team.

Small Team, Big Dreams: Designing Consumer Electronics with a 3-Person Studio
Nanu Studio – 1450 Mariposa St, San Francisco, CA 94107

Join us at the Nanu studio for a behind-the-scenes look at the journey of designing consumer electronics with a small but mighty team of three. We’ll delve into how we built Arc, a contemporary take on the classic alarm clock. We’ll walk through our sketches, prototypes, brand formation, and launch plan from initial concept to manufacturing. Whether you are an entrepreneur, seasoned designer, or just curious about the process of building consumer electronics, this event will share lessons learned from a team in the midst of it (we are launching Arc this summer)! We look forward to seeing you there 🙂

Sculptural Histories
2024-06-11 18:00 - 20:00 | Catharine Clark Gallery, 248 Utah Street, San Francisco, California, 94103, United States
What’s San Francisco’s favorite chair doing in a contemporary art gallery?
An engagement between Fyrn + Catharine Clark Gallery that seeks to investigate the melding of the art + design worlds, through an interdisciplinary conversation exploring the echoes of heritage and tradition in the contemporary landscape of design + high craft.

Ros Broughton, Fyrn Product Designer + Co-Founder
Catharine Clark, Owner + founding director of Catharine Clark Gallery
Lisa Ellsworth, Former Manager of the Workshop Residence, Special Projects Manager at FOR:SITE + incoming Development Director at the Minnesota Street Project Foundation
With additions to the conversation from CCG’s current exhibiting Artists

Tuesday June 11th
6 – 8 PM
Doors + Drinks starting at 6 PM
Conversation will begin at 6:30 PM
Catharine Clark Gallery
248 Utah St

GDP Studio
2024-06-11 17:00 - 20:00 | Godfrey Dadich, 560 Pacific Ave, San Francisco, 94133, United States
Step into GDP’s Jackson Square office and immerse yourself in a brand studio with an editorial mindset. You’ll see documentaries created by the team that brought you the award-winning Netflix series *Abstract: the Art of Design*, flip through national magazines we’ve redesigned, and explore our global campaigns and identity work. You’ll leave with a better sense of how our designers, journalists, strategists, and product specialists put true stories at the center to help build story-driven brands.

Furniture Vignettes: Technology, Connectivity, and Power
2024-06-11 17:00 - 20:00 | PeopleSpace Furniture Pop Up, Two Embarcadero, San Francisco, California, 94111, United States
Welcome to our Open House! Every quarter, our Pop Up undergoes a transformation with a new “quarterly window vignette.” This quarter’s focus revolves around Technology, Connectivity, and Power. Explore innovative technology solutions from Hat Collective, Config, Humanscale, Anthology, and Kimball/National showcased in our vignettes. Enjoy great company while you browse through our latest products at the pop-up at Two Embarcadero.

Walker Warner
2024-06-11 17:00 - 20:00 | Walker Warner, 353 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105, United States
Walker Warner invites you to visit our East Cut studio during the 2024 San Francisco Design Week Studio Crawl. Join us to view recent and in-progress residential and hospitality projects spanning Hawaii, California, and the Rocky Mountains. Speak with fellow designers while enjoying light refreshments and touring our historic office space in the former E.M. O’Donnell Copper Works building.

Re-Focus: Circular Design Showcase at Swissnex
2024-06-11 17:00 - 20:00 | Swissnex in San Francisco, pier 17 The Embarcadero, san francisco, California, 94111, United States
During this year’s San Francisco Design Week, Swissnex San Francisco is excited to present a special exhibition focused on Circular Design, featuring the work of several 2024 Swiss Design Awards finalists. This exhibition aims to recapture and refocus attention on the crucial role of sustainability in design by showcasing how emerging Swiss talents are pioneering the application of circularity techniques—such as reuse, recycling, and sustainable practices. Held in parallel with the Swiss Design Awards at Art Basel, this event offers a unique opportunity to get a glimpse into groundbreaking projects showcased at the world-renowned fair. Join us to discover the work of these young Swiss designers setting new standards in sustainable design, and enjoy a drink with our team!

Multistudio
2024-06-11 17:00 - 20:00 | Multistudio, 156 South Park St., San Francisco, California, 94107, United States
Come visit our South Park studio, meet our friendly design team, and learn about our practice. Multistudio rebranded and changed our name in 2021 to reflect the collective and multidisciplinary nature of our designs. Learn about our work at a variety of scales: from master plans to new buildings, to branding projects. We’ll have great drinks, even better company, and maybe a few surprises!

Rose Design Interiors Art Show & Open House
2024-06-11 17:00 - 20:00 | Rose Design Studio, 1728 Union St, San Francisco, California, 94123, United States
We are opening our doors during SF Design Week for an evening in our studio. We will be showcasing materials and projects including our local The Madrigal restaurant and bar designed with strategic branding agency UNIT Partners. We will also be showing paintings by Willow Murphy and ceramic sculpture by Sierra Kanistanaux. We look forward to seeing you! Rose Design is a full-service multidisciplinary interior design studio. Serving residential, hospitality, and commercial clients in the Bay Area and throughout North America. UNIT partners is a strategic branding and design agency with an insatiable appetite for hospitality, retail, and CPG brands of all makes and sizes. Willow Murphy is a London artist and traveler. Willow captures ephemeral moments celebrating color, Willow’s work resonates with the universal human desire for happiness and fulfillment. Sierra Kanistanaux is a ceramic artist whose hand-built pieces are contemporary relics where she explores the subconscious process of creation. Combining texture, pattern, and traditional techniques, she aims to transform the subliminal experience of our spaces.

Studio Crawl Night 1 - Tuesday, June 11th
2024-06-11 17:00 - 20:00 | California

SOLD OUT: The Future of Connecting Communities through Creative Technology
2024-06-10 20:00 - 21:00 | Cambria Gallery SF, 1045 Bryant St, Ste 100, San Francisco, 94103, United States
THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT.
On Board Experiential (OBE) is an experience-led creative agency that has crafted meaningful, powerful experiences for brands such as Nike, Salesforce, Meta, J.P.Morgan Chase & Co., and Sephora, for almost 30 years. The most impactful of these experiences focus on audience-centric design and community-building engagement. While these driving forces behind our design practice stay constant, we are continually evolving to meet new audience needs, stay relevant to their communities, and demonstrate the industry-leading mindset of our clients and partners.
For this event, we will discuss how emerging technologies are shaping the future of 360-degree experience design. We will look at how new augmented and mixed reality developments as well as immersive virtual platforms like Roblox and Fortnite are creating fresh ways to connect with, celebrate and engage different communities. And we’ll unpack some of our case studies (warts and all) for learnings on how, when and where to best leverage creative technology for building connection. Light bites and drinks will be provided.

Moderator:
Jeff Yang is VP of Technology and Innovation at OBE. With more than 15 years of experience in marketing and interactive storytelling, he has worked with clients from fortune 500 companies, non-profit organizations and everything in between, helping to strategize, concept, and implement experiential technology into thought-provoking brand experiences.
Panelists:
Grace Chee is a creative technologist and award-winning multi-disciplinary designer who pushes the boundaries of traditional marketing by immersing audiences in unforgettable brand experiences at the intersection of physical and digital mediums. She holds a Master of Architecture from Harvard, where her research focused on spatial storytelling and responsive environments.
Katie Schray is a creative producer-editor and former broadcast news director with 16-plus years of industry experience. She has a multi-faceted skillset including content capture, post-production and technical direction for virtual and live events. She is experienced in all stages of production and project development from ideation to execution.
Bram van de Ven is founder and owner of immersive technology agency arfected. Based in the Netherlands, arfected is an official partner of Meta and Snapchat. He started off as a freelancer 5 years ago and has grown to an in-house team of 14 enthusiastic and tech-savvy AR professionals. As one of the pioneers in the world of immersive tech, the team closely follows the newest trends and developments on various AR platforms.
THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT.

Anthropic: AI for all of us
2024-06-10 17:30 - 20:30 | TBD
Join a panel discussion of people building practical, usable AI tools for diverse audiences. We’ll consider the differences between hype and reality, working on horizontal vs. vertical tools, how to work with AI researchers on user experience, and what it means to enable individuals from all backgrounds to engage with and benefit from AI technologies. Panelists include designers and builders from Anthropic, Perplexity, & Jasper.ai.
Beverages and snacks will be provided!
SCHEDULE:

5:30 Doors Open
6:30 Panel Discussion
8:30 Event Ends

*Address has been emailed to REGISTERED ATTENDEES.

A Question of Quality: Value and the power of craft in the fintech space
2024-06-10 17:15 - 20:15 | Mercury’s SF HQ, 333 Bush St, San Francisco, California, 94104, United States
Join us at the Mercury HQ for food, drinks, and a fireside chat with our team.

The Complexity of Simple Design: Challenges of a Hawaii Project
2024-06-10 16:30 - 18:00 | JOHN CLARKE Architects, 4000 Bridgeway, suite 304, Sausalito, CA, 94965, United States
Designing a new home in Hawaii has many challenges – starting with the remote nature of the site, leading to the orientation of the proposed project, being respectful of the extreme environmental conditions, developing simple details that complement the surrounding nature, and striving for the clearest communication of these decisions in the execution of our client’s vision for a modern home. Come join us to learn about how we have been able to successfully navigate these challenges utilizing some new virtual tools and applying standard practices to a project on the Big Island.

Pacita Abad: The Making of an Exhibition
2024-06-10 10:30 - 11:30 | Virtual, Virtual, Virtual, California, Virtual, United States
The late Filipino-American artist Pacita Abad (1946-2004)—whose 32-year career focused on marginalized people on the “periphery of power”—is having a major cultural moment. The Pacita Abad Exhibition opened at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, MN in 2023, as the largest museum exhibit in the U.S. devoted to an Asian American female artist. The exhibition traveled next to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. It is currently on view at MoMA PS1 in New York, then later this year, travels to the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto.
During her career, Abad created over 4,500 artworks, adapting the trapunto technique which give her paintings a beguiling, sculptural appearance. Her work—which has been exhibited in over 200 museums, galleries and other venues, around the world— is in public, corporate and private art collections in over 70 countries. Go behind the scenes of this ground-breaking exhibition: Hear from Matthew Villar Miranda, Curatorial Associate at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive in conversation with Lisa Boquiren. Matthew—who as Visual Arts Curatorial Fellow worked on the Pacita Abad Exhibition at the Walker Art Center—will discuss the many references that for them informed the conceptual basis of the exhibition and catalog. Other presenters TBA
Go behind the scenes of this ground-breaking exhibition: Featuring Matthew Villar Miranda (Curatorial Associate at Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, and former Visual Arts Curatorial Fellow at Walker Art Center); Alison Guh (Curatorial Associate, Contemporary Art at SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art); and Sheldon Gooch (Curatorial Assistant at MoMA PS1) in conversation with Lisa Boquiren.
The group will dialog on the references that for them informed the conceptual basis of the exhibition and catalog for the Walker Art Center, as well as for the touring institutions. They will reflect on challenges, assess the exhibition using their barometer(s) for success and discuss the exhibition’s impact. This event also includes audience engagement during a Q&A and comments portion.
About the Presenters:
Matthew Villar Miranda (he/they/siya) is Curatorial Associate at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. In their former position as Visual Arts Curatorial Fellow at the Walker Art Center, they worked on exhibitions by Julie Mehretu, Pao Houa Her, Paul Chan, and Pacita Abad. They serve on the Board of Stakeholders Museums Moving Forward (MMF), a Ford and Mellon Foundation-funded initiative of an intergenerational, cross-institutional coalition of art museum professionals committed to advancing equity across the museum field. In 2021, they co-curated the Art for Justice Fund-supported exhibition Undoing Time: Art and Histories of Incarceration at the Arizona State University Art Museum (ASUAM). They received their BA in History of Art from UC Berkeley (2013) and graduated among the inaugural class of ASU-Los Angeles County Museum of Art Master’s Fellowship in Art History (2021).
Sheldon Gooch is Curatorial Assistant at MoMA PS1. Since joining PS1 in 2023, Gooch has played an integral role in the organization of Pacita Abad, And ever an edge: Studio Museum Artists in Residence 2022–23, and the upcoming Warm Up 2024. Prior to PS1, Gooch held curatorial positions at Studio Museum in Harlem, The Museum of Modern Art, and Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis. They proudly hold an undergraduate degree from Illinois State University.
Alison Guh is the Curatorial Associate of Contemporary Art at SFMOMA, where she has contributed to exhibitions including New Work: Mary Lovelace O’Neal, Pacita Abad, What Matters: A Proposition in Eight Rooms, and New Work: Toyin Ojih Odutola. She received an MA in Modern and Contemporary Art from Columbia University and an AB in Art History and Psychology from Dartmouth College, and previously held positions at The Museum of Modern Art, New York and the Hood Museum of Art.
Lisa Boquiren brings insight, ideas and strategy to creative businesses as a brand strategist and marketing advisor. She is also produces, and moderates, convergent conversations on topics such as the creative process, messaging and equity in design and architecture. San Francisco Design Week, she produced, and moderated, Creative Cross-Pollination (2022), featuring acclaimed industrial designer Kenneth Cobonpue and fabric-turned-metal designer Annie Kantor; and Moving Pictures: How Indie Film “Marcie’s” Was Made (2023).

Mindful Futures - creativity for humanity
2024-06-09 16:30 - 20:00 | 44 Montgomery St, 44 Montgomery St, San Francisco, CA, 94104, United States
Topic: Regenerative AI
Discuss limits and possibilities of using AI to inform new approaches in sustainability, innovation, and new business models.Our event centers on the theme of fostering creativity for humanity in the era of AI generatively. We aim to gather professionals from various industries who incorporate Generative AI into their workflow to showcase their work, engage in dialogue, and explore its impact on their creative processes and the broader industry landscape. The ideal event format will feature a dynamic program comprising showcase and exhibition, panel discussions, and interactive networking sessions.
The showcase and exhibition will highlight innovative projects and artworks that demonstrate the creative potential of Generative technology. The panel discussions will connect professionals to critique, explore, and speculate on the future path of creativity and humanity. Networking sessions at the end will provide the opportunity for attendees to connect, exchange ideas, and foster collaborations.
Format: Presentation + Panel discussion + social hr (3.5 hrs)

Mini-presentations (6-8 min each)
Panel discussion (10-15 min)
Q&A (15 min)
Social hour (1.5 hr)

Snacks and drinks

Panelists:

Wendy Di Wang

Award-Winning Designer | Design Futurist
Haruka Takamori

VC | Founder | Fintech | Helping Women and Young Generation Save Better and Easier

Sponsored by Syval

Women in Leadership & Design (WILD) Jam: Focus Your Vision
2024-06-09 15:30 - 18:00 | The Box SF, 1073 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA, 94103, United States
We are redirecting the attention of our Women in Leadership & Design (WILD) community through a vision boarding party during SF Design Week. Vision boarding is an inspiring creative tool for focusing one’s attention on a better, more intentional future — a major part of both SFDW’s and WILD’s reasons for being. When we give our hopes, dreams, and wishes form — whether we put them in words by writing them down, or make them tangible through visual design — they are more likely to become a reality. So we will gather, with magazines and collage materials, to bring our unique visions for creating a better world and daily life, together.
We will provide thematic creative prompts ahead of the session, such as ‘How do you want to show up bold?’ to guide all participants in selecting powerful images to work with, that uplift and elevate our mission and purpose. Participants are encouraged to bring their own inspirational materials, adding a personal touch to their vision boards and enhancing the collective creativity of our WILD community. We are excited to ignite change through art and design. As this year’s ‘Attention’ theme suggests, we seek to bring together a global and intersectional community of designers, strategists, artists, and activists to focus on connections yet to be made. Learn more about WILD here.
Agenda:

3:30-3:45: Gathering and mingling
3:45-4:00: Brief introductions and intentions.
4:00-5:15: Vision boarding; 5 minute break moments will happen throughout the creation session to share ideas, works in progress, and reflections.
5:15-5:45: Share vision boards with one another
5:45-6:00: Wrap up & goodbyes

This WILD Jam session will be held at The Box SF, the former ‘William Randolph Hearst Printing Plant’ and one of San Francisco’s premier event spaces. It has been generously donated by Mark E. Sackett, Founder and Executive Creative Director at TheBoxSF.com, Sackett Design and Reflectur.com. Learn more by following @theboxsfmercantile and @theboxsfevents on Instagram.
Excited to support the WILD community? Click this link to donate.

Chronos vs. Kairos: The Battle for Attention
2024-06-09 15:00 - 17:00 | El Lopo, 1327 Polk St, San Francisco, CA, 94115, United States
Join us for an interactive discussion and exploration of time. How do we experience it? Are we using it wisely? The technological advancements of the digital age enable us to keep our calendars full and our lives productive as ever, but at what cost?

The ancient Greeks had two concepts of time. Chronos is quantitative time, measured in years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, seconds. Kairos, is qualitative time or also known as “Deep Time”, an experience where our perception of Chronos stops or disappears, and we’re able to be truly present.
This event will invite you to examine and explore how these two concepts play out, and consider how we may cultivate greater mindfulness and deeper experiences in our daily lives and design practices.
Brought to you by:
Pact Studio – Creating meaningful, unmistakable brands.
Existential Co. – Storyteller exploring life, death, and meaning.
David Bill – Service Designer and UX’er interested in history, systems thinking, human behavior, and the role of technology.

MMclay "Pop-Up" Marketplace: Intentional Living through Culinary Connections
2024-06-09 11:15 - 16:30 | MMclay Studio. + Showroom, 69 Gough Street, San Francisco, California, 94102, United States
At MMclay, our work is created as a reminder of the slow beauty that can only be created by human hands. Our attention is put into slower and manual processes, creating work that brings people together while making everyday moments special–from your morning coffee to a dinner party. For this event, we aim to celebrate Attention with Intention: what we do or make is thoughtfully crafted and makes everyday moments special, particularly around dining. We’re partnering with a small selection of vendors to celebrate this theme.
Attendees are welcome to stop by anytime between 11:15-4:30.

Behind the Scenes Look at Building a Creative Space
2024-06-09 11:00 - 14:00 | Ciel Creative Space, 2611 Eighth Street, Berkeley, California, 94710, United States
Do creatives need a home? Why does a physical space for the creative industry matter? Join the founders of Ciel Creative Space as they discuss their intentions for opening 55,000 square feet of creative studios, and the philosophy behind it all, Urban Acupuncture.
Located in Berkeley, California, and stretching an entire city’s block, Ciel Creative Space is a multi-use space spanning 55,000 square feet. Containing 10 studios varying in size from 1,000 to 3,700 square feet, an inviting coworking area featuring both open desks & private offices, and lush greenery everywhere you look, this unique space was designed with the intention to inspire and enhance productivity for industry professionals.
Meet the founders of Ciel, Cecilia Caparas Apelin and Alexis Laurant, as they have a candid conversation about the philosophy behind Ciel – Urban Acupuncture. Just like acupuncture is aimed at relieving stress in the human body, the goal of urban acupuncture is not to disrupt a neighborhood or city, but to release tension and ultimately allow the energy to be released and flow naturally.
This conversation will be held in our newest wing of Ciel, Studio Zero. Studio Zero is our members-only studio space, filled with state-of-the-art podcast recording booths, a lounge, a coworking space, and an event venue. Whether you’re a seasoned podcaster or simply curious about the world of audio storytelling, our Grand Opening of Studio Zero is the perfect opportunity to connect, learn, and be inspired.
Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity on Sunday, June 9th from 11am-2pm to experience the magic of our studio space, listen to the thoughtful conversations around design and innovation, and meet new people in your industry. Bubbly, coffee, and light bites will be provided.

Surface Design Vase Painting with Holly Coley
2024-06-08 17:30 - 19:00 | Pinckney Clay, 3417 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
Join local artist and designer Holly Coley for bud vase painting and wine tasting.
Enjoy painting your favorite color pallet on a handmade bud vase by Holly Coley. Enjoy a glass of wine as you paint the night away.
Pinckney offers an SF Design Week Special! 🙂 For this workshop the cost per person is $50 (a deal!) which covers the cost of materials.
Workshops with Pinckney are usually held for $100.
All vases will be fired and shipped to participants in 2-3 weeks after they have been exhibited in the window of Pinckney Clay for one week.
Pinckney Clay 3417 Mission Street, San Francisco CA
Pinckneyclay.com
*Shipping is not included in class price. Shipping is an additional $25 paid at the time of the workshop.

The Future is Physital - Designs that Bridge the Physical and Digital World, Enabled by XR, AI and other Emerging Tech
2024-06-08 15:00 - 17:15 | Studio Heimat, 455 10th St, San Francisco, CA, CA 94103, United States
In this lecture, designer and artist Xiaobi Iris Pan (https://irispan.net/) will share design trends made possible with the latest AI and XR technologies. Iris believes the future of design should poetically bridge the digital world with the physical, to create a world where bits and atoms are interwoven, where technology is used to connect rather than isolate, inspire rather than distract, nourish rather than exhaust people.
The lecture will feature 3 of Iris’ independent design works, including
1) Love Cassette, the first-of-its-kind sound interactive installation that can turn one’s love message into a postcard on the spot, to date, Love Cassette has been visited by over 1 million participants around the world.
2)Heat Chair, an innovative computational design and fabrication system that can turn human ergonomics data into the robotic heating path, to manufacture a chair that is completely responsive to human ergonomics.
3) a series of XR interactive projects that break the boundary between the digital and physical world.
The audience will learn from the lecture:
1) The future is physical. From an experience level, Iris is advocating for hybrid and holistic experience design where the experience itself involves multiple senses and bridges the digital world with the physical.
2) From a human level, our products and experiences need to be personalizable, anticipatory, and adaptable to human needs and various human states. And luckily, now these designs are made possible with advanced AI technology.
3) From an environment and system level, the future of design needs to be programmable. (Material, Algorithm, Fabrication. etc.)
These trends are also made possible because of the most recent advanced manufacturing techniques (e.g. nano-scale 3D printing, bio-programmable material, etc.)

Double Union Feminist Hacker/Maker Space Open House
2024-06-08 15:00 - 17:15 | Double Union community workshop, 650 Florida St Unit M, San Francisco, CA, California, 94110, United States
Discover the spirit of Double Union at our Open House! As a hacker/maker space, we’re dedicated to providing a welcoming environment where women and nonbinary individuals can freely engage in a variety of activities, from coding to crafting. Our members are committed to fostering a culture of curiosity, inclusivity, and experimentation. No need to prove yourself here—just come as you are and explore your passions.
During the Open House, you can browse our library, try out tools, and get creative by making your own zine, button, or model rocket. See what we’ve been working on and shop handmade products crafted by our members.
650 Florida St Unit M is nestled in a courtyard. It’s about a .75 mile walk from the 16th St Mission BART station or 1.75 miles from the 4th & King Caltrain station. We’ll be here between 3–5:15 PM. Don’t forget to wear a mask (or grab one from our supplies if you need it).
See you then!

Mahjong: The Intersections of Tradition, Community, and Craft
2024-06-08 13:30 - 16:30 | Catharine Clark Gallery, 248 Utah Street, San Francisco, California, 94103, United States
EXiT at Catharine Clark Gallery, FYRN, and Sharon Zheng cordially invite you to an afternoon centered around learning mahjong, a Chinese game played by four people. The event, hosted by EXiT, will take place in Catharine Clark Gallery’s main exhibition space during the run of In Real Life by Michael Hall and Salty Rainbow by Imin Yeh.
Imin Yeh is an interdisciplinary artist specializing in sculpture, installation, and participatory events. Her projects use print media both as a technical tool for realizing large-scale works and as a conceptual strategy for exploring free exchange and craft-based economies. Among Yeh’s diverse and ongoing projects, this event will highlight her project Paper Mahjong, of which kits can be purchased to build at home. This project encourages contemplation of the unseen labor behind cultural souvenirs, while also delving into how games and craft nurture community, collaboration, and companionship.
In addition to Paper Mahjong, mahjong game sets will be available for attendees to play. Local artist and creative Sharon Zheng will be present with her handmade How to Play Mahjong zines, providing insights and instruction in playing the traditional game. In conversation with Salty Rainbow is In Real Life, a show of trompe-l’œil artworks by Michael Hall that bridge painting, sculpture, and shelving. Both artists’ work engages with the domestic, parenting, and the ordinary details of family and community life through highly crafted artworks that draw upon historical artmaking techniques. Seating for game-play will be provided by FYRN, renowned for its marriage of traditional woodworking techniques with modern manufacturing to produce elegant essential furniture pieces that advance the tradition of American furniture-making.

Dynamic Minds: Creative Brilliance Seminar Series | The Wiseman Group, BAMO, Geoffrey de Sousa Design, and de Sousa Hughes
2024-06-08 13:00 - 17:00 | San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, CA, United States
The design studios of The Wiseman Group and BAMO, and Geoffrey de Sousa Design and de Sousa Hughes, new showroom to view newest projects including modern and classical design, architectural historic restoration, and new design collections. BAMO has invited us to end the day with a reception.
About the Studios:
DIANE DORRANS SAEKS is the bestselling author of twenty-five design books, including ‘Parisian by Design Interiors by David Jimenez’ and “Jean-Louis Deniot Interiors”. Diane Dorrans Saeks is also interior design editor for PaperCity and an editor with C MAGAZINE. Her writing has been published in The New York Times, the Financial Times, Vogue Living, Australian Vogue. INSTAGRAM: @dianedorranssaeks
THE WISEMAN GROUP: Paul Wiseman, the founder of The Wiseman Group, has built a notable reputation since establishing his firm in 1980 in a historic Victorian ‘captain’s house’ on Potrero Hill. Celebrating over 40 years of success, Paul and his team are renowned for their highly customized, elegant interiors, with a particular focus on craftsmanship and detailed design. The firm, which has taken on high-profile projects such as assignments for Salesforce, collaborates with a diverse roster of skilled craftspeople worldwide to produce both innovative high-tech and traditional old-world effects. Their work utilizes advanced techniques like 3D printing alongside traditional methods such as hand-appliqué and laser cutting. Emphasizing a deep understanding of the history of architecture and interior decoration, The Wiseman Group is also deeply committed to environmental sustainability. The result of their approach is work that is both intellectually and emotionally engaging, reflecting both a sensual and precise aesthetic.
DE SOUSA HUGHES: De Sousa Hughes, led by cofounders and creative directors Erik Hughes and Geoffrey De Sousa, is a premier design showroom and interior design firm located in San Francisco. Spanning 27,000 square feet, this space is dedicated to showcasing over 45 companies known for their exceptional, handcrafted furnishings. The showroom features a diverse array of furniture, textiles, lighting, art, and accessories from both local and international artisans. Renowned within the interior design community, De Sousa Hughes specializes in offering contemporary and innovative home furnishings that cater to professional interior designers looking for unique, custom boutique lines. Through their meticulous selection of artisanal products, Erik and Geoffrey have established De Sousa Hughes as a leading figure in the world of interior design.
BAMO: A distinguished full-service design firm, BAMO has been shaping spaces globally for thirty years with a focus on residences, hotels, restaurants, yachts, private clubs, and corporate headquarters. Operating from an inspiringly creative studio housed in a renovated industrial warehouse, the firm thrives on a culture of creativity and passion for design. Under the leadership of Pamela Babey and her highly accomplished Principals and associates, BAMO is celebrated for its imaginative “fantasy scripts” for international hotels, such as Villa Feltrinelli, and for its classical designs for Four Seasons hotels in locations like Milan, French Polynesia, and Hawaii. Known for its versatility, BAMO prides itself on eschewing a uniform style in favor of bespoke, client-centered solutions, which has led to multiple awards and a dynamic, diverse portfolio.

Addresses AND LOCATIONS provided upon ticket purchase: Car pooling planned
Please note, locations are not suitable for children. All guests must bring a photo ID with them to the event that matches the name you registered under. Attendees will be emailed details on meeting location prior to the event.

The Dynamic Minds Seminars Series produced by Diane Dorrans Saeks is 4 separate afternoon events over a week from June 1 through June 8 2024.. Please acquire an ‘all access pass”; and then register for each event.
Creativity, ideas, inspiration and exploration, balanced with in-depth knowledge, remain essential elements in today’s interiors and architecture.
Inspiration and intense engagement are evident throughout four special afternoon seminars at the studios of leading California architects, a new showroom, and interior designers in San Francisco.
During the architecture and design studio on-site events in the series, attendees will meet San Francisco’s leading architecture and design practitioners and view work and discuss process.
Studios include Aidlin Darling Design, The Wiseman Group, BCJ, ODADA, Geoff de Sousa Design and de Sousa Hughes, and BAMO, Ken Fulk, Martin Kobus, Studio Collins Weir and The Office of Charles de Lisle. These 4 intense on-site seminars take place on different afternoons over 4 days and require separate ticketing. In each intense on-site seminar, we have a program to meet the designers and architects, to engage with new projects, and new highlights from work on the boards.
Each studio visit is an opportunity to encounter advanced ideas, creative procedures, and design and architecture concepts and advanced thinking.
Attendees will experience the full range of aesthetics, from pure modernism to richly informed classical design, traditional, bold, minimal, and eclectic expression. All are based on intellectual and intuitive disciplines. A highlight will be viewing and discussing works in process, as well as newly completed interiors and unpublished new residences.
We will see how studios fully use newest technical advances such as VR and AI, and 3D printing (and continue to sketch) in their design concepts and in interactions with their clients. Participants will view and engage with latest thinking on sustainability, ‘green’ practices, and the use of tech and an appreciation for sketching.
At the end of each day, participants are invited to a private in-studio reception and celebration, offering the opportunity to meet designers and their staff and to discuss in-depth ideas and views.

Led by best-selling author and leading interior design journalist/ author Diane Dorrans Saeks, this year’s interior designer program follows on the great success of last ten year’s programs.

Diane’s seminars offer a very rare opportunity to tour top architecture and interior design studios, meet with designers and architects one-on-one.
Dynamic San Francisco architecture and design firms on the seminar roster include Aidlin Darling Design, BAMO, and The Wiseman Group and BCJ, as well as leading interior designers Ken Fulk, Martin Kobus, Charles de Lisle, Susan Collins Weir, ODADA. A special visit to the new De Sousa Hughes NEW showroom is a highlight.

Each highly accomplished designer and architect will speak of works in progress, new work, and what they see happening in the near future. Studio visits celebrate achievement, creativity, the power of ideas, and the power of optimism. This program is not appropriate for children under 16, as they are architecture & design study tours of studios, with formal presentations made by company principals.

ADDITIONAL SEMINARS:
Learn more about other events in the series –
June 1, 1pm-5pm: San Francisco
Studio visits to Aidlin Darling Design, ODADA and BCJ.This tour includes a 5pm Reception. Participation will converse, meet, discuss idea, and meet the designers and architects.
June 4, 1pm too 5pm: San Francisco
A studio visit is led by best-selling author Diane Dorrans Saeks at the Magic Factory headquarters of Ken Fulk, and his recently restored St Joseph’s Arts Society church, which is a studio/ atelier/ entertainment place. The venue is a lavish site for discussions on design, altruism and philanthropy.
June 7, 1 pm to 5 pm: Sausalito
Studio visits to The Office of Charles de Lisle, Studio Collins Weir, and culminating with a reception and refreshments at Martin Kobus Studio:

Mr. Roboto Curator Walk-Through and MakeArt Activations at MCD
2024-06-08 12:00 - 16:00 | Museum of Craft and Design, 2569 Third Street, San Francisco, CA, 94107, United States
On June 8th, experience MCD’s Mr. Roboto like never before!

1-2pm: Curator Walk-Through with Guest Curator Eleanor Pries
12-4pm: Hands on MakeArt activations inspired by Mr. Roboto

SF Design Week comes to the Museum of Craft and Design! Join us as we celebrate the final month of Mr. Roboto with a deep dive into the exhibition and drop-in activations inspired by the four types of art collaboratively created by San José State University (SJSU) students and the robotic arm – live in the gallery!
See the exhibition through curatorial eyes. Guest curator Eleanor Pries facilitates a curator walk-through of Mr. Roboto from 1-2pm. Eleanor contextualizes the works on display and speaks to the creative practices of SJSU student cohorts, all of whom found unique ways to work with the robot and integrate this human-machine collaboration into their projects.
Swing by the museum between 12-4pm for Mr. Roboto-inspired activations. Try your hand at Jojo Liu’s Cobot (Collaborative Robot) Calligraphy, interpret robot art from a human perspective with Rae Lanzerotti’s MakeArt project, make light rays tangible with glow-in-the-dark art, and recreate the ‘taxidermy’ puppets for your own rendition of Roadkill Jamboree.
Don’t miss MCD’s Design Week event! See Mr. Roboto through Eleanor’s eyes and craft to connect with robots and people alike before picking up a FREE take-home MakeArt Kit.

Bay Area Made: Product Design Stories Exhibition
2024-06-08 11:00 - 2024-06-09 17:00 | Gantri, 320 10th Street, San Francisco, California, 94103, United States
Gantri lighting will open their studio for the exhibition “Bay Area Made: Product Design Stories” featuring products from over 30 of the Bay Area’s finest makers and the stories behind them. Bay Area Made is a community of values-driven makers from around the Bay dedicated to virtues such as craft, quality, good design, innovation, and sustainability. The exhibition will include established and up-and-coming brands spanning home & garden, clothing & accessories, food & beverage, and body & bath. Products will be displayed along with the story behind them, which will provide a behind the scenes glimpse into how and why they are made.
Come join us at the exhibition:

Saturday June 8th from 11am to 5pm
Sunday June 9th from 11am to 5pm

Vessel
2024-06-07 18:00 - 2024-06-08 00:00 | Pallas Annex, 1117 Geary Blvd, San Francisco, CA, 94109, United States
Presented by Canoa, Curated by Studio Anand Sheth VESSEL is an original group exhibition showcasing the vibrant creativity and diverse talents of individuals with strong ties to the Bay Area. Departing from conventional geographic labels, VESSEL embraces the fluidity of contemporary artistic identity, inviting viewers to embark on a journey through the interconnectedness of artistic communities.
This multi-city exhibition celebrates the prolific voices and contributions of artists and creatives rooted in the place that changed the world. VESSEL brings together Anand’s collaborative community of artists and designers from various experience levels and disciplines. From emerging talents to established practitioners, the exhibitions the Bay Area’s culture landscape.

Rafi Ajl at The Future Perfect Exhibition and Art Opening
2024-06-07 18:00 - 20:00 | The Future Perfect, 3085 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, 94115, United States
Experience the work of Rafi Ajl at The Future Perfect (3085 Sacramento Street), beginning June 7. Ajl is a Berkeley, California-based artist who is obsessed with form and process. He is driven by the possibilities of materiality, an insatiable curiosity, and an undisputed reverence for the pressures of the creative process. At The Future Perfect’s Pacific Height’s gallery, see a range of his works, including furniture, glass works, and more.
Schedule:

Exhibition Gallery Open 10am-6pm, stop by any time to see the exhibit Monday-Friday.
Opening Celebration Event 6pm-8pm

The Future perfect will be serving Las Jaras wine for the opening celebration.
This event celebrates the exhibition opening; however, attendees are also encouraged to visit the Gallery, open from 10 am – 6pm, Monday through Friday.
Rafi Ajl (b.1983) is a Berkeley, California-based artist who is obsessed with form and process. He is driven by the possibilities of materiality, an insatiable curiosity, and an undisputed reverence for the pressures of the creative process.
Ajl’s approach is also deeply rooted in post-structuralist critical theory, which emphasizes that the process is never terminal but boundless and full of play.
Ajl studied literature and critical theory at Hampshire College, where he gained a foundation in post-structuralist critical theory, the Situationists, a prominent group of European intellectuals and avant-garde artists, and the German philosopher Walter Benjamin.
Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Ajl grew up in a deeply artistic home where making things was a way of life. He can scarcely recall a time when he wasn’t building and taking things apart, and cites his quilter mother, who taught him how to sew and about color, as an early influence. His house was an assemblage of folk art, antique furniture, and quilts, where brightly colored walls contrasted with parquet floors and neo-Victorian details. In 2012, Ajl graduated from the California College of the Arts with an MFA in Design.

Design Week Open House + Film Screening
2024-06-07 17:00 - 20:00 | Creativity Explored: Main Gallery & Studio, 3245 16th Street, San Francisco, California, 94103, United States
Event Details:

5 PM – Open house starts
6 PM – Opening remarks by Alex Whittlesey, Housing Specialist and Filmmaker, and some of the Creativity Explored artists
6:15 PM – Screening of BACC housing videos & open studio

Join us for a multimedia night, as we open our studio doors to welcome new guests, artists, and designers alike to check out our newest work and talk about art, equity, and inclusivity in San Francisco.
Over the past 6 months, Creativity Explored artists have united in working to envision a better future centered around access to safe and inclusive housing for all. Thanks to the support of the Bay Area Creative Corps grant, we’ve had the opportunity to bring this vision to life through art making and personal testimonies, culminating in a multimedia project that highlights issues that people with disabilities face in and around housing, and their wishes for the future of disability housing, and housing in general, in the Bay Area. We will be unveiling this important project and hearing from the artists at Creativity Explored directly about their work on this project. Join us as we unveil the collaborative artwork and compelling video projects featuring their interviews and advocacy efforts.
Creativity Explored’s studio and main gallery sit in the heart of the Mission District. Our studio-based collective partners with neurodiverse and developmentally disabled artists to celebrate and nurture the creative potential in all of us. Established in 1983, Creativity Explored has evolved into a thriving artist collective, serving as a bustling workshop, where over 135 artists collaborate, experiment, and bring their visions to life under the guidance of experienced mentors and teaching artists. Immerse yourself at this open house in our studio’s kaleidoscope of paintings, drawings, and sculptures. For Design Week, our studio will transform into a fully shoppable space,

Robots, AI, and Making Courageous Futures
2024-06-07 17:00 - 20:00 | IDEO, 320 Florida Street, San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
IDEO has been in the emerging tech game since we designed the first commercial mouse for Apple more than 40 years ago. Since then, we’ve designed the future of everything from kitchens to jet planes, to entire school systems. This year, we’re coming out of our server rooms, turning off our CNCs and inviting you to come explore with us—and our AI agents. Come meet us and hear about what we’ve been making in this era of emerging tech.
We’ll share insights on the state of technology in 2024, highlighting the trends and opportunities that excite us the most, and showcase some of our most exciting work commercializing emerging technologies—like AI, XR, and robotics. But we prefer making to talking, so we’ll invite you to experiment along with us. Expect an evening filled with compelling conversations, hands-on activities, and drinks and bites to fuel new ideas.

Craft from Kyoto Exhibition, Opening Party
2024-06-07 17:00 - 19:00 | Heath Ceramics, 555 Alabama Street, San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
This summer, Heath Ceramics is bringing Kyoto to San Francisco with a month-long celebration of some of Kyoto’s celebrated makers. For centuries, Kyoto has been a refuge for artisans upholding ancient forms and techniques. Today, it continues to support a vibrant community of craftspeople who adhere to—and advance—long-standing traditions. Craft From Kyoto celebrates this uniquely Japanese cultural enclave, and showcases work that embodies its boldly creative spirit, its respect for tradition, and its resistance to industrialized efficiency in favor of high-quality, hand-crafted goods—values that Heath holds dear.
Throughout June, makers from Japan’s cultural capital will set up shop, sell their wares, and lead workshops inside Heath San Francisco. We’re kicking the festivities off with an opening party on June 7th, where you’ll see the collection of products, enjoy assorted Japanese snacks and drinks, and get the chance to meet Takahiro Yagi from Kakaido, Toru Tsuji from Kanaami Tsuji, and Aya Matsumoto from Ima Tea.
We’re kicking the festivities off with an opening party on June 7th, where you’ll see the collection of products, enjoy assorted Japanese snacks and drinks, and get the chance to meet Yagi san from Kakaido, Tsuji san from Kanaami Tsuji, and Aya san from Ima Tea.
Friday, June 7; 5pm–7pm – Craft From Kyoto Opening Party Heath San Francisco, 2900 18th Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
Visit the Craft From Kyoto Exhibition! Friday, June 7 – Thursday, June 27 – Heath San Francisco, 2900 18th Street, San Francisco, CA 94110

AI and the Future of the Design and Make Workforce
2024-06-07 16:30 - 19:30 | Autodesk Gallery, One Market Street, San Francisco, California, 94105, United States
Join us for an exclusive opportunity at the Autodesk Gallery to learn from Design and Make experts on how artificial intelligence will influence the future workforce. Experts agree that AI will fundamentally change both how we work and the type of work we do, as it has the potential to raise productivity, inspire creativity, and overcome obstacles. Companies and employees across the design and make industries-from architecture and engineering to manufacturing to media and entertainment-must understand what’s required to gain the skills necessary to master rapidly changing technology and shape the future.
The Autodesk Gallery is ordinarily not open to the public. This is a unique and rare opportunity to visit and experience the world of Design and Make. Tickets are limited—reserve your spot early, as this engagement is expected to sell out.

Becoming A Climate Designer for a Regenerative Future: A Guided Networking Experience
2024-06-07 16:30 - 18:30 | Arcana, 2512 Mission Street, San Francisco, 94110, United States
What does it mean to design with climate in mind? How might designers think more like ecologists? How do I express my unique essence in a way that regenerates the whole? What is the world we want to live in, not the one we want to avoid?
Join us for a guided networking event bringing designers interested in asking and living with the big gnarly questions at the intersection of design and climate. Our co-facilitators, Marc O’Brien of Climate Designers and Michelle Lee of Studio Rhye, will provide prompts during the event to spark conversations on topics such as: designing for a flourishing world, regenerative design, shifting paradigms and mindsets. Imagine connecting with other values-aligned designers in a structured way that cuts out the awkwardness and small talk of typical events. Imagine thought-provoking prompts to examine how you think, feel, and act on climate resilience. Imagine clarity on how to channel your desires to contribute to climate change.
Leave the event with a clearer understanding of your role as a person in the design industry who thinks and acts with ecological consciousness. Gain a sense of agency, clarity, and community. Participants will receive a digital packet with links to resources.
RSVPs full? Click here to join the waitlist.

Dynamic Minds: Creative Brilliance Seminar Series | The Office of Charles de Lisle, Studio Collins Weir, and Martin Kobus Studio
2024-06-07 13:00 - 17:00 | Sausalito,CA, Sausalito, CA, United States
Studio visits to The Office of Charles de Lisle, Studio Collins Weir, and Martin culminating with a reception and refreshments at Martin Kobus studio
About the Studios:
STUDIO COLLINS WEIR: Founded by Chris Weir and Susan Collins Weir, the studio utilizes their extensive backgrounds in architecture, art history, and design to create spaces that exude warmth, precision, and material richness. Each project reflects the unique history and location of the home, utilizing custom furnishings and bespoke detailing to craft supportive, holistic environments. Highly collaborative and driven by a strong culture of mentorship and teamwork, the studio maintains robust partnerships with top architects, builders, and artists. Their award-winning work has garnered international recognition, featuring in prestigious publications like The New York Times, GQ, and Elle Decoration, among others.
MARTIN KOBUS: Martin Kobus creates bold and dynamic interiors that are approachable and inviting. Designing custom environments that resonate with clients is the hallmark of his work. Being a Dutch native there is a European sensibility to Martin’s vision on all projects. Having been immersed in all aspects of design for a lifetime, creating inspired interiors comes naturally. His team of designers takes great pride in the work that they do, and manage client relations efficiently and effectively. Its vendors and crafts people work in harmony with its team to make its vision come to life. Martin Kobus Interiors is dedicated to bringing clients’ design aspirations to fruition and to create beautiful interiors for living.
THE OFFICE OF CHARLES DE LISLE: The Office of Charles De Lisle, led by its namesake founder, has over twenty years of expertise in luxury residential, commercial, and hospitality design, and is known for creating unique and tailored experiences for each project, including architecture, interiors, and landscapes. Its work spans various locations and includes custom homes, commercial interiors, and renovations like the historic Sea Ranch guest lodge. This AD100 firm has been featured in prestigious publications such as Architectural Digest and The Wall Street Journal and collaborates on lighting collections with The Future Perfect and Phoenix Day Lighting. Additionally, Charles De Lisle’s Chainsaw Furniture designs have gained recognition at Design Miami Basel and several galleries in New York and San Francisco.

About Diane Dorrans Saeks:
Learn more about Diane Dorrans Saeks on Instagram @dianedorranssaeks
Diane is the best-selling author of 25 design books, including ‘Michael S, Smith Elements of Style’ (Rizzoli) and her two most recent, “Jean-Louis Deniot Interiors’ (Rizzoli) and ‘Parisian by Design (Rizzoli). She is currently working on new books on design, style and interiors.

Diane is a founding editor with C California Style magazine, and the Design Editor of PAPERCITY magazine. She has written for Vogue, Vogue Living, The New York Times, the Financial Times, Veranda, Harper’s Bazaar, the Nob Hill Gazette, and many others.

Addresses AND LOCATIONS provided upon ticket purchase: Car pooling planned
Please note, locations are not suitable for children. All guests must bring a photo ID with them to the event that matches the name you registered under. Attendees will be emailed details on meeting location prior to the event.

ABOUT THE DYNAMIC MINDS SERIES:
The Dynamic Minds Seminars Series produced by Diane Dorrans Saeks is 4 separate afternoon events over a week from June 1 through June 8 2024.. Please acquire an ‘all access pass”; and then register for each event.
Creativity, ideas, inspiration and exploration, balanced with in-depth knowledge, remain essential elements in today’s interiors and architecture.
Inspiration and intense engagement are evident throughout four special afternoon seminars at the studios of leading California architects, a new showroom, and interior designers in San Francisco.
During the architecture and design studio on-site events in the series, attendees will meet San Francisco’s leading architecture and design practitioners and view work and discuss process.
Studios include Aidlin Darling Design, The Wiseman Group, BCJ, ODADA, Geoff de Sousa Design and de Sousa Hughes, and BAMO, Ken Fulk, Martin Kobus, Studio Collins Weir and The Office of Charles de Lisle. These 4 intense on-site seminars take place on different afternoons over 4 days and require separate ticketing. In each intense on-site seminar, we have a program to meet the designers and architects, to engage with new projects, and new highlights from work on the boards.
Each studio visit is an opportunity to encounter advanced ideas, creative procedures, and design and architecture concepts and advanced thinking.
Attendees will experience the full range of aesthetics, from pure modernism to richly informed classical design, traditional, bold, minimal, and eclectic expression. All are based on intellectual and intuitive disciplines. A highlight will be viewing and discussing works in process, as well as newly completed interiors and unpublished new residences.
We will see how studios fully use newest technical advances such as VR and AI, and 3D printing (and continue to sketch) in their design concepts and in interactions with their clients. Participants will view and engage with latest thinking on sustainability, ‘green’ practices, and the use of tech and an appreciation for sketching.
At the end of each day, participants are invited to a private in-studio reception and celebration, offering the opportunity to meet designers and their staff and to discuss in-depth ideas and views.

Led by best-selling author and leading interior design journalist/ author Diane Dorrans Saeks, this year’s interior designer program follows on the great success of last ten year’s programs.

Diane’s seminars offer a very rare opportunity to tour top architecture and interior design studios, meet with designers and architects one-on-one.
Dynamic San Francisco architecture and design firms on the seminar roster include Aidlin Darling Design, BAMO, and The Wiseman Group and BCJ, as well as leading interior designers Ken Fulk, Martin Kobus, Charles de Lisle, Susan Collins Weir, ODADA. A special visit to the new De Sousa Hughes NEW showroom is a highlight.

Each highly accomplished designer and architect will speak of works in progress, new work, and what they see happening in the near future. Studio visits celebrate achievement, creativity, the power of ideas, and the power of optimism. This program is not appropriate for children under 16, as they are architecture & design study tours of studios, with formal presentations made by company principals.

ADDITIONAL SEMINARS:
Learn more about other events in the series
June 1, 1pm-5pm: San Francisco
Studio visits to Aidlin Darling Design, ODADA and BCJ. This tour includes a 5pm Reception. Participation will converse, meet, discuss idea, and meet the designers and architects.
June 4, 1pm too 5pm: San Francisco
A studio visit is led by best-selling author Diane Dorrans Saeks at the Magic Factory headquarters of Ken Fulk, and his recently restored St Joseph’s Arts Society church, which is a studio/ atelier/ entertainment place. The venue is a lavish site for discussions on design, altruism and philanthropy.
June 8, 1 pm to 5 pm: San Francisco
The design studios of The Wiseman Group and BAMO, and Geoffrey de Sousa Design and de Sousa Hughes, new showroom to view newest projects including modern and classical design, architectural historic restoration, and new design collections. BAMO has invited us to end the day with a reception.

What they don’t tell you about breaking into product design
2024-06-07 12:00 - 12:45 | Virtual, Virtual, Virtual, California, Virtual, United States
In order to be in the top 1% of candidates, you must do what the other 99% won’t. This is especially true in the current job market. In this session, Kathy will walk you through exactly how she was able to land her dream job in product design. By listening to her personal story, you’ll learn all the tips and tricks to put you in the top 1%.
Event format : A 45-minute virtual session. Kathy will speak for 35 minutes and leave 10 minutes at the end for Q&A.
Meet the speaker: Kathy Wang is currently a product designer at Snorkel AI. She’s previously worked at Dropbox and IBM, and received her master’s in Information Science from Cornell University. Kathy is based in San Francisco.
Key takeaways:

Gain insights into what it’s like to work at a large company (like IBM) versus a smaller company like Dropbox) versus a really small startup (like Doss).
Learn how to write a cold email that will catch the recruiter’s attention and guarantee you an interview with your dream company. (Most people don’t know how to write a good cold email. I will teach you.)
Understand how to usability test your portfolio. (You need to treat your portfolio like a product, which means that you have to get feedback from others.)
Get advice on how to navigate this competitive job market (i.e. how to get LinkedIn Premium for free, which conferences to attend, how to make sure you’re using timing to your advantage, etc.).

This session will be worth your while if you’re trying to get a job in product design!

Bring Us Your Problems | Special Design Event Presented by Stanford d.school
2024-06-07 11:00 - 13:00 | Stanford Campus, 550 Panama Mall, Stanford, CA, 94305, United States
Following a super fun and successful collaborative event during last year’s festival in San Francisco, Design Week and the Stanford d.school are excited to present this all-inclusive + human-centered design event built with makers and innovators in mind.

Facilitated by incredible designers and instructors from the d.school, Bring Us Your Problems is a space for attendees to bring in their working prototypes, design challenges, or explorations you may be pondering– and gel them with a robust set of design tools captured in the themes and teachings from the d.school’s growing repertoire of globally renowned books.

This event will take place on the campus of Stanford at the d.school in Stanford, California.

level: From sketch to market, how we get it made.
2024-06-06 18:00 - 21:00 | level, 530 Hampshire Street, San Francisco, California, 94110, United States
Join us for a conversation where we’ll be walking through what makes our studio tick, and how we support our clients from the first sketches through to market launch. There’ll be case studies, samples, and refreshments. Come ready with questions!

In Conversation with Dung Ngo
2024-06-06 18:00 - 20:15 | In Conversation with Dung Ngo, 560 Ninth Street, San Francisco, California, 94103, United States
Arkitektura is thrilled to host an event during SF Design Week on Thursday, June 6, featuring Dung Ngo, the editor-in-chief of August Journal. Ngo will discuss the latest issue, Utopia, and the story on the USM Modular Furniture project, the Buchli House. The Arkitektura showroom will also showcase USM modular furniture, giving attendees an opportunity to interact their innovative designs up close.
Dung Ngo is a renowned design writer and editor, known for his work as the founder of August Journal, a cutting edge magazine that dives deep into the art, architecture, and design of various locales. Ngo has also contributed to Architectural Digest and Wallpaper magazine, and served as the creative director and senior architecture editor at Rizzoli International Publications. His insightful perspectives on travel, design, and culture make him a leading figure in the design community​. We look forward to seeing you at this exciting event, where you can engage with design and architecture in a meaningful and inspiring way.
Bring your friends! This is event is free and open to the public.

Hello, Robot: Welcoming the Age of Human-Robot Interaction
2024-06-06 18:00 - 20:00 | Card79, 3435 Cesar Chavez St, Apt 221, San Francisco, California, CA, 94110, United States
Card79 has been at the cutting edge of design and technology since our inception, continually pushing the boundaries with emerging technologies like neurotechnology and robotics. This year, we’re stepping away from our CAD tools and Post-it notes to invite you to a special evening focused on Human-Robot Interactions.
With the fields of AI and Hardware converging, a technology inflection point is on the horizon. This historical moment holds the potential to enable robots to take on considerably more complex tasks—from caring for aging baby boomers to dramatically simplifying manufacturing processes. But how can we ensure this technical progress will actually address our complex human needs?
Join us as we open our studio for the first time to explore this emerging field of human-robot interactions. We’ll share our latest insights on the intersection of design and robotics and have invited some very special friends and collaborators to give speed presentations on these topics.
Our guest speakers include:

Prof. Jussi Ängeslevä, a partner at ART+COM and an independent designer who brings over 20 years of experience in UX and emerging technologies.
Greg Katz, an award-winning industrial designer with over 10 years working across design firms and in-house teams at Google X, Everyday Robots, and Amazon Lab126.
Afshin Mehin, who will share Card79’s work in developing robots for clients like Neuralink, along with the team’s futuristic projects in speculative robotics.

Stay tuned for more speakers to be added — we have a lot in store for attendees!
Doors open at 6:00 PM. Don’t miss this opportunity — secure your spot and RSVP now!

2024 Makers Series | Fresh Brew: In Conversation with Mark Rogero
2024-06-06 18:00 - 19:30 | Center for Architecture + Design, 140 Sutter Street, San Francisco, California, 94104, United States
The first of the 2024 Makers Series kicks off during San Francisco Design Week featuring Lise de Vito, Owner, Zack | de Vito Architecture + Construction in conversation with Mark Rogero, Founder, Concreteworks. The series is part of the Center for Architecture + Design’s “Fresh Brew” conversations and showcase makers whose work is directly or intersectionally related to architecture and the built environment.
The 2024 Makers Series continues the exploration into the essence of making within the vibrant San Francisco Bay Area. Join us as we look into the core of creativity, with the aim to unravel the motivations that drive individuals to craft and innovate. We will explore the intricate interplay between inspiration, innovation and creativity. We will address how technology seamlessly intertwines with creativity, empowering makers with insights and capabilities to serve as a catalyst for their making. By shining a spotlight on this diverse range of makers, we will unearth their stories and learn of the influences that help manifest their ideas: natural resources, color, experimental materials, light, San Francisco history, architecture and urban planning.
Mark Rogero, Founder, Concreteworks. Mark founded Concreteworks in 1991 as a workshop in Emeryville crafting and fabricating commissioned pieces by hand. With a strong design sensibility, adoption of advanced technologies, a diverse and specialized team and dedication as a life-long student of concrete, Concreteworks is well know for creating the seemingly impossible–and always beautiful. From products to furniture to collaborative architectural feats, Mark Rogero’s exploration is on the cutting edge continuing to push concrete far beyond a strictly industrial material.
Mark Rogero’s drive for innovation, craftmanship and sustainability continues decades later, imaging that his company has just scratched the surface of this materials’ potential and limitations.
(Moderator) Lise de Vito, Owner, Zack | de Vito Architecture + Construction. Lise has an established design career spanning over 25 years in the San Francisco Bay Area demonstrating innovation in varying project types, primarily single-family as well as urban-infill, multi-family residential design|build development projects. Lise de Vito’s creative drive is deeply influenced by a family legacy steeped in architecture, industrial and graphic design and art. Lise de Vito’s role as the creator and moderator of the AIASF and the Center for Architecture + Design 2024 Makers Series is to facilitate conversations with makers and thinkers to broadcast their insights and inspirations of making and craft with the design and architecture community at large.
Fresh Brew is a series of conversations covering a variety of topics about all things architecture and design. Fresh Brew provides the general public and industry professionals with engaging dialogue and a space for

Enlisted Design Open Studio
2024-06-06 17:00 - 21:00 | Enlisted Design Oakland, 464 19th Street #205, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
Enlisted welcomes all design enthusiasts to our Uptown Oakland studio for a low-key evening of drinks, industry networking, and delicious local food. Join us, kick back and vibe out to a vinyl DJ set from our own DJ Kuroko. Hope to see you there!
Note: Enlisted Design is unfortunately not ADA accessible. Patrons will need to ascend a flight of stairs to access our studio.

Industrial Design Outreach - Empowering the Next Generation of Innovators
2024-06-06 17:00 - 20:00 | Two Furnish, 500 Davis St, San Francisco, California, 94111, United States
Learn how you can impact a young person’s life by joining our community of design professionals who foster curiosity, promote creativity, and build self-confidence in youth from marginalized communities through design education. Our world’s most complex problems require diversity of thought.
We develop creative competencies by providing students with a dynamic curriculum, materials, tools, and mentorship to help them prototype and innovate in three dimensions. They are encouraged to draw on their backgrounds, using their differences in culture, learning style, and physical and emotional sensibilities as an advantage to their thinking. In working together, they see the power of multiple approaches while having the pride of success and creating something personal and relevant to keep.
Join us for an insightful look into our program and learn how you can make a difference. Industrial Design Outreach, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

Designing Together: Empowering Sustainability through Collaboration
2024-06-06 17:00 - 19:00 | HGA Office, 222 Sutter Street, Suite 500, San Francisco, CA, 94108, United States
Our special exhibit will serve as a dynamic showcase of collaboration between architect HGA, fabricator One Hat One Hand, and The Good Plastic Company (manufacturer of Polygood®, a versatile, high-end surface material made from 100% recycled and recyclable plastic). Together, we embark on a journey to produce a collection of furniture pieces that not only demonstrate the creative potential of recycled plastic materials but also underscore the importance of collective action in tackling climate change. We invite attendees to join us in embracing the power of collaboration and innovation in driving positive change. Together, let’s inspire a collective commitment to sustainability and create a better future for our planet.
Our event goals are:

To raise awareness about the significance of teamwork and collaboration in developing sustainable solutions.
To highlight the potential of recycled plastic materials in reducing environmental impact and fostering a more sustainable future.
To inspire and empower attendees to take proactive steps towards sustainable design practices.

Blu Dot Art Mode Launch Event
2024-06-06 17:00 - 19:00 | blu dot san francisco, 99 Missouri Street, San Francisco, CA, 94107, United States
Join us at our store to celebrate the launch of Art Mode: a collection of incredible work from artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities. We partnered with local nonprofit NIAD Art Center, as well as NYC’s LAND GALLERY and Austin’s SAGE Studio to bring you 16 unique pieces with all profits going back to the studios. Come scout out the work, meet the artists and get to know Blu Dot. We’re a modern furniture and accessories company founded by designers over 25 years ago. Enjoy free drinks and light bites, say “hi” to one of our cofounders, and enter for a chance to win one of the art prints.

Armadillo and California Home + Design Present A 1000 X Better: Rebel by Design Book Signing with Interior Designer Kirsten Blazek
2024-06-06 17:00 - 19:00 | Armadillo, 3695 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, CA, 94118, United States
Armadillo hosts founder and principal designer of A 1000 X Better, Kirsten Blazek, as she debuts her book Rebel by Design – Interiors by Kirsten Blazek. In conversation with CA Home + Design editorial director, Lindsey Shook, Kirsten will share her design philosophy and how she carves out a unique corner in a crowded space, using art and personally meaningful objects as the foundation of her designs.

Book signing will be followed by an opportunity to meet and mingle with fellow designers and design enthusiasts over wine and light bites, catered by BodegaSF.

Kirsten Blazek, principal designer and founder of acclaimed L.A. design firm A1000XBetter, will celebrate the launch of her first book A1000xBetter: Rebel By Design. Kirsten’s upcoming book will share her design philosophy and inspiration for creating an authentic, functional, and livable home. She has an incredible eye for design and her eclectic interiors showcase her love of vintage treasures, bohemian style, moody spaces, and penchant for the American Southwest. Kirsten’s book is all about the importance of color, finding your “unique” and the spirit of individuality. She shows readers how to create spaces that are comfortable, stylish, and personal, while revealing her favorite interiors and sharing her fundamental design elements, including color theory, layering of texture and pattern, and the importance of art and personally meaningful objects. A1000XBetter is one of the most sought-after design firms in the Los Angeles area, and their work is beloved by celebrities and high-profile clients. The firm’s work has been featured in California Home + Design, Architectural Digest, Domino, Dwell, Emily Henderson, House Beautiful, Martha Stewart, and more.

Design Challenge: Design an Earthscape on Mars
2024-06-06 16:30 - 18:45 | HGA San Francisco, 222 Sutter Street, San Francisco, California, 94108, United States
How Connected Are You to our Earth? Join us in this unique challenge to design a piece of Earth on Mars and deepen your connection with our Earth.

Storyline:
Imagine a future where humanity has expanded its horizons and established thriving communities on Mars. New generations, born and raised as Martians, have heard stories about Earth but have never experienced its wonders firsthand. As one of the few who have lived on Earth, you hold the unique responsibility of preserving the essence of our home planet for these future Martians.

Design Challenge:

Your challenge is to design an ‘Earthscape’ on Mars—a public space that embodies the beauty and spirit of Earth. This space will serve as a living reminder of our planet, ensuring that its legacy endures and inspires for generations to come.

Design Requirements: Sustainability, Functionality, Experiential Engagement
Key Takeaways: Sustainability practices in Design, Interdisciplinary Collaboration, Emotional and Cultural Awareness, Networking

Good to know: Event will involve a series of brainstorming sessions and a design phase. It will conclude with an elevator pitching session.

*Anyone can Join! Participants are NOT required to have prior experience in any specific industry.
*A link to a pre-recorded webinar featuring experts will be provided one day prior to the event to help understand how to approach the design challenge.

Developing a network of shared interest in the future of San Francisco
2024-06-06 14:00 - 16:15 | 238 King St, 238 King St, San Francisco, California, 94107, United States
Hosted by Problem Library which is supporting a renaissance toward beauty, goodness, and truth in education, art, and cultural infrastructure.
Since 2017, the [working] program has been transforming vacant retail spaces in San Francisco and Oakland into sites of creative use: studios, galleries, and installations. By building relationships with property owners the program is able to provide artists with free space to imagine and create public facing activations. Through these relationships the program has helped actualize visions for the future of retail footprints. This approach comes from the programs belief that vacancy is an opportunity to critically rethink what public spaces do for people and work toward a San Francisco that is overflowing with energy and life.
The programs latest collaboration has given purpose to a vacant storefront turning it into an atelier and showroom for the sculptor Lynette Nicole Betancur. Over the past six months Lynette has reimagined the empty space into a platform for collaboration with other designers & artists, a venue for the sale of her sculptures, and a site of beauty for neighbors. Going forward, [working] is continuing to learn and adapt how it can support educational and cultural goals, and is seeking builders, developers, and planners looking to invest in large-scale, thriving environments designed for people.
We invite you to join us at Lynette’s atelier for an open house and to learn more about the history of [working], the programs future ambitions, and how you can help us work toward a positive and healthy future for San Francisco.

Design Challenge: AI character re-design
2024-06-06 13:30 - 16:30 | IBM San Francisco Design Studio, 425 Market St., San Francisco, CA, 94105, United States
What if the Terminator was a friendly brainstorming assistant rather than a cyborg of mass destruction? For decades, AI characters have proliferated in film, television, literature, and other forms of popular media. These AI characters are not always evil or malicious, but their interactions with humans could often be improved. They could benefit from a re-design.
Together, we will imagine and re-design ethical Generative AI experiences by exploring the interactions of the most notorious AI characters. Working in teams, participants will transform less-than-pleasant interactions with AI movie characters into user-friendly experiences. Each team will not only re-design each character, they will improve the overall interaction experience with that character. Each team will then present a prototype (visual, interactive, storyboard, performance, etc) to demonstrate their results.
The best character re-design, wins! Join the IBM SF design community for an afternoon of innovation and friendly competition.

I Profess Traveling Poster Exhibit
2024-06-06 12:00 - 14:00 | Fine Arts Building, School of Design Hallway, San Francisco State University School of Design, 1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94116-216032, United States
San Francisco State University’s School of Design is hosting the traveling juried exhibit I Profess: The Graphic Design Manifesto https://www.audreygbennett.com/baohouse/i-profess . How do graphic designers visualize their teaching philosophies—their pedagogical beliefs that are in constant dialogue with other cultural, philosophical, and disciplinary values and practices?” Out of the submitted entries, 23 responses were chosen to be included in the exhibit. This is an opportunity for design instructors in the Bay Area to see designed teaching philosophies by professors throughout the US.
The opening reception will be held on Thursday June 6th from noon until 2:00pm.
The exhibit will be open to the public from 12pm to 4pm the 3rd to the 7th.

Design 101
2024-06-06 12:00 - 14:00 | San Francisco State University School of Design, 1600 Holloway Avenue, Fine Arts Building, Room 117., San Francisco, CA, 94132, United States
High school students, community college students, and anyone else interested in design are invited to DESIGN 101, a 2-3hour workshop where participants will explore the principles of design through a hands-on session. DESIGN 101 will start with a brief introduction to design principles. Participants will rotate through several activities including virtual reality world building, design principles button making, and low-fidelity prototyping. These activities are aimed at individuals considering a design education in the future, curious folks looking to explore design activities, employers looking for a pool of potential candidates for future job openings, and anyone curious about the SFSU design school, our resources, and our faculty. Come to SFSU School of Design and see the incredible talent and resources that we have to offer.

Attend to _____.
2024-06-05 19:30 - 21:45 | frog, 1011 3rd St, San Francisco, California, 94158, United States
The attention economy has you. Your focus is being monetized every minute of every day. The only escape is to slow down, put away the social media, and place your focus on ____. What should you attend to? Find the answer at frog, and enjoy smart design conversations over cocktails and eclectic beats.
Directions & Address
frog (1011 3rd St #300) is located a block up from Oracle Park’s Lot A (74 Mission Rock Street, Mission Bay San Francisco, CA 94158). Parking is $18 between 12am and 6pm. Use the QR codes that are located around the parking lot to pay or use the machines by the pedestrian entrance on 3rd street.
By Muni
If you would like to take public transportation from San Francisco frog is located between the 4th and King stop on the N MUNI line and the Mission Rock stop on the T MUNI line.
Caltrain
We are a couple blocks from the 4th and King Caltrain Station.
BART
Get off at the Embarcadero station and transfer to the N or T MUNI lines (stops listed above).Biking
There are spots to park and lock your bike up and down Third Street, you’re also welcome to store your bike inside our office.

Women in Design SF Exhibition
2024-06-05 18:00 - 21:00 | Jettison Creative, 47 Jeff Adachi Way, San Francisco, 94103, United States
IDSA’s Women in Design SF Chapter is hosting a show of outstanding work from our community of Bay Area women designers at Jettison Creative. A wide range of works will be on display – encompassing various fields such as Industrial Design, Design Research, User Experience, Architecture, Visual Design, Material Design, Textiles, Apparel, Craft, Furniture, Art, and more.

Designer Swag Swap with Playbook
2024-06-05 17:30 - 20:00 | GroundfloorSF, 455 Valencia St, San Francisco, 94103, United States
Welcome to SF Design Week: Designer Swag Swap hosted by Playbook!
Come meet and greet other designers—product designers, UX/UI designers, creative directors, and art directors. Anyone in the creative industry is welcome to join! Swag NOT required, just come hang out and score some!
Join us for a fun evening of swapping designer goodies with fellow designers. Bring your team’s SWAG like stickers, prints, notebooks, and more to trade with others. This event is perfect for showing off your team’s cool SWAG and meeting new designers in the SF community. Don’t miss out on this chance to score some designer swag while saying hello to other creatives. We also have exciting speakers lined up and a fun way to share your SWAG ideas with other teams. See you there!

​Would you like a booth to lay out your SWAG and a slide to tell us about your team? Submit a request to participate as a team:
https://forms.gle/BLCKKqkf8WCRV3x47

Design Collaboration: Aer + Box Clever
2024-06-05 17:00 - 21:00 | Box Clever, 285 7TH ST, SAN FRANCISCO, California, 94103, United States
Aer + Box Clever invite you to an exclusive reveal of their bay area design collaboration, Aer’s bespoke Carry-On suitcase. Join us for an inspiring evening at the Box Clever studio to see the premium product line in all 5 launch colorways, and learn about our commitment to designing and delivering a quality modern product for a new generation of smart travelers. Aer + Box Clever is a San Francisco design collaboration written in the stars. Meet the founders of Aer and Box Clever, while enjoying food, drinks, and a behind the scenes look at the design process.
The Aer Carry-On will be available starting May 13th at their retail stores (SF, NYC, London) and select retail partners globally.

Product Design For A Circular Economy: A Practical Guide w/ Tact Product Dev, Whipsaw, Informal, Google, Logitech and more
2024-06-05 17:00 - 20:00 | Informal, 55 Grace Street, San Francisco, CA, 94103
Arguably, the most pressing issue our planet will face in the next 100 years is to address the massive human-created impacts from the last 100. Product designers have a lot to answer for. With so much information and opinion about “sustainability” and the “circular economy” how can a product designer cut through the chatter and the greenwashing to make informed, impactful design decisions in their daily practice?
This event is a panel discussion to help the product design community understand the importance of their role in the circular economy and to lay the groundwork for a practical approach to sustainability in new product development.
Panelists discuss highlights from their professional experiences about the complexity of implementing best practices in design for a circular economy and share examples of how product designers can drive positive change.
Panelists
Courtney (Akemi Takashima) Der, Sustainable Materials & Design Strategy
Mike Elam, Director of Mechanical Engineering, Whipsaw
Carsten Frauenheim, Repairability Engineer, iFixit
Ingve Holmung, Head of Design, Sustainability at Logitech
Jon Lake, VP of Engineering, Tact
Andrew Zee, Former Product Sustainability Lead, Google
Tom Keegan, Program Manager, Tact Product Development (Moderator)

Co-sponsored by Tact Product Development, Whipsaw, and Informal

Design Week Open House with Letterform Archive
2024-06-05 17:00 - 20:00 | Letterform Archive, 2325 3rd Street, Floor 4R, San Francisco, CA, 94107, United States
Where does your design inspiration come from? Maybe it’s time to get off the internet and into the library! Letterform Archive holds one of the world’s best collections of graphic design and typography artifacts. We’re welcoming the Design Week community for bites, drinks, and a peek into the Archive. Be here by 6:00pm for a show-and-tell of rare advertising, branding, and other attention-grabbing gems from the collection.

ERICA TANOV: The Fine Art of Collaboration — The dynamics of successful creative partnerships
2024-06-05 17:00 - 19:00 | Erica Tanov Studio, 1808 Fifth Street, Berkeley, CA, 94710, United States
Join clothing & lifestyle designer ERICA TANOV, and her collaborators for a lively conversation and visual presentation, moderated by acclaimed design writer DIANE DORRANS SAEKS. They will explore the art of creative collaboration for home design and fashion collections. In addition to Tanov, panelists include three talented creative women: interior designer ELENA DENDIBERIA, co-founder of Studio Ahead; textile artist AMY KEEFER, the ‘Beyond Trend’ Coordinator and Textiles Studio Lead of Creative Growth and artist EMILY PAYNE.
ERICA TANOV is a woman-owned company led by its namesake founder, which recently celebrated 30 years in business. Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Erica Tanov is a designer of clothing and homeware collections. Working with the finest luxurious fabrics and materials, embracing meticulous construction and subtle detailing, the designer is always drawn to a raw, natural beauty. Erica Tanov collections are available at the designer’s Berkeley retail boutique, and now also at her new Berkeley studio, a carefully curated space, which showcases the full breadth of her own designs, including wallpaper, architectural tiles, furniture, bedding, and fabric collections, as well as vintage ‘finds’ (furniture, jewelry, & accessories). Instagram: @ericatanov
DIANE DORRANS SAEKS is the bestselling author of twenty-five design books, including “Parisian By Design”, “Jean-Louis Denior Interiors”, and “Michael S. Smith: Elements of Style”. She was a founding editor of Metropolitan Home and Garden Design magazines. DORRANS SAEKS is interior design editor for PaperCity and an editor with C MAGAZINE. She has long-standing creative relationships with leading California and international designers. She has a large following on her Instagram: @dianedorranssaeks
ELENA DENDIBERIA is co-founder of interior design studio Studio Ahead where she leads creative work, focusing on custom details. She is an internationally exhibited artist with a sensual approach to art and design. Elena brings together the tactile experience of her art practice with a design narrative that evolves through close collaboration with artists, craftspeople, and fabricators. Instagram: @studioahead
Textile artist AMY KEEFER, the ‘Beyond Trend’ Coordinator and Textiles Studio Lead of Creative Growth, explores the intersection of art and apparel, viewing clothing as an extension of oneself and a medium through which personal histories and allegiances are revealed. She holds an MFA from California College of the Arts. An advocate for wearable art in all forms, Keefer joined Creative Growth, a pioneering non-profit organization dedicated to supporting artists with developmental disabilities, in 2016. Since then, Creative Growth’s annual runway show has expanded into a generative fashion department within the studio, partnering with important artists, brands and designers across the country. Founded in 1974 in Oakland, California by Elias Katz and Florence Ludins-Katz, the organization was established with a mission to utilize art as a primary means for individuals with disabilities to express themselves within a safe and nurturing community and gain professional gallery exposure. Creative Growth operates as both studio and gallery that not only showcases the works of its 140+ artists but actively promotes their inclusion into major collections and institutions globally, such as MoMA, the Smithsonian and the recent historic acquisition by SFMoMA. Sales from the gallery directly fund artist support and studio operations, helping to sustain and expand this vibrant creative community. @creativegrowth
EMILY PAYNE grew up in Mill Valley, Calif., and Amherst, Mass. She received her B.A. from Oberlin College in Ohio and her M.F.A. in Printmaking and Book Arts from San Francisco State University in 1999. Her work can be seen at the Seager Gray Gallery in Mill Valley, the SFMOMA Artist Gallery in San Francisco, the Kala Art Institute and the Cecile Moochnek Gallery in Berkeley. She lives and works in Berkeley, Calif. Instagram: @emilypayneart

Photo: Molly Haas

Eventbrite Presents: The Art and Science of Human Gathering
2024-06-05 16:00 - 18:00 | Eventbrite Headquarters, Presidio SF, Building 103 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, California, 94129, United States
Join us at Eventbrite headquarters located directly in the San Francisco Presidio, directly across from the lush park green and with stunning views of the Golden Gate Bridge, for an enlightening evening that explores the evolving landscape of human connection. This event delves into the changing dynamics of how we gather, influenced by technology and shifting social behaviors. Our panel of designers will discuss how these changes are considered in today’s design process to create more meaningful interactions. Join us as we explore three facets of connection and gathering through the lens of design. Don’t miss this opportunity to gain insights and engage with industry leaders on the future of gathering.

Climate Circle for Designers at the Presidio (and chance to win free yoga!)
2024-06-05 15:00 - 16:00 | Presidio Main Parade Lawn, 210 Lincoln Blvd, San Francisco, CA, 94129, United States
The climate crisis impacts us all differently. Acknowledging our climate emotions can help refresh our spirits and open the path for creativity. Join us for a restoring hour in a Climate Circle, a little pause in the Design Week buzz. Hosted by Maria of Flourish, this small gathering will take place in nature on the beautiful Main Parade Lawn in the Presidio.
This will be a guided, small group discussion. We are holding space to acknowledge our emotions around climate change, connect with others and rejuvenate. This practice builds a sense of community and shared meaning to address our climate anxiety, grief and joy.
Bring a blanket to sit comfortably on the lawn, and feel free to grab a coffee or snack from the foodtrucks beforehand. Whether you’re a climate design warrior or just looking to soak up some positive vibes, this Climate Circle is a chance to connect with each other in the beautiful outdoors. Look forward to seeing you there!
BONUS: Attendees will be entered into a raffle for a FREE 5-class pack from our generous friends at HAUM Yoga to continue your practice.

Meet on the Presidio Main Parade Lawn at Montgomery and Lincoln Blvd side across from the food trucks. Ample public transport to Presidio Transit Center or large paid parking lot. https://presidio.gov/visit/getting-to-and-around-the-park

Design-a-thon for ALRP
2024-06-05 14:00 - 18:00 | Skona Advertising, 147 Natoma Street, San Francisco, CA, 94105, United States
Please join us in a celebration of creativity and community as we come together to bring attention to the AIDS Legal Referral Panel (ALRP), a non-profit organization that’s been close to our hearts for two decades. As part of our Sköna Forward initiative, we’ve provided the creative design concepts for ALRP’s annual gala for the past twenty years.
This year, we invite designers, creatives, and enthusiasts alike to collaborate alongside our design team in real-time to help ideate and craft the design concept for this year’s 41st anniversary gala. Whether you’re a seasoned professional or a budding talent, your unique perspective and skills will make a difference in empowering ALRP to continue their invaluable work in serving the HIV/AIDS community.
Snacks and beverages will be provided to help keep those creative juices flowing. Please bring your own laptop.
2-3pm: Meet and mingle, drinks
3-5pm: Workshop
5-6pm: Wrap up

Official Design Week Opening Night Party
2024-06-04 18:30 - 21:00 | California
Join us for the Official San Francisco Design Week Opening Party, hosted by DesignBayArea. We’ll gather, see old friends and make new connections! Many of our speakers and VIPs will be in attendance. Join us for live music by DJ heyLove, socializing, a photo wall and an exhibition and swag. Tickets are limited so make sure to register before it sells out! This event is included in your OnePass!
Beverages and light snacks courtesy of our awesome partners in printing, Hemlock!

She wants more: How FemTech is gaining, and keeping, women's attention
2024-06-04 17:30 - 18:30 | California
A showcase of the top FemTech products now and in the future
With Theresa Neil Founder of Femovate

Service Design Network Happy Hour
2024-06-04 16:30 - 18:30 | Gott’s Roadside Embarcadero, One Ferry Building The Embarcadero S, San Francisco, CA, 94111, United States
The SF Chapter of the Service Design Network would like to formally invite you to mingle with fellow designers at the Gott’s Roadside at the Ferry Building for a Happy Hour, on June 4th, 4:30-6:30p. Hoping the whether is nice there is outdoor seating that we will gather at, with the option of indoor seating if we aren’t so lucky. Gott’s has a great selection of alcohol and non-alcoholic beverages, as well as food that you can choose from. We look forward to seeing you there.
Join us in celebrating the global Service Design Day with this year’s theme of “Do Good – Give Back.” During this event, we’ll gather to explore how service design can be used for good in our communities. Whether you’re a service design pro or new to the field, come mingle and exchange ideas during this happy hour.

(Re)Designing Obama
2024-06-04 16:30 - 17:30 | California
In one of their proudest moments in the studio’s trajectory, Manual has evolved the Obama Foundation brand identity with a comprehensive redesign ahead of the Obama Presidential Center’s opening in 2026. Join Hashem Bajwa, Chief Creative Officer of the Obama Foundation, alongside Tom Crabtree, Founder, and Vanessa Lam, Design Director, from Manual. We’ll share the story behind the identity, talk about the role of design in helping engage and mobilize people, and share the beginnings of the dynamic design system Manual is proud to have created with the Foundation.

Generative AI Panel w/ Adobe, Uber, Uber Freight
2024-06-04 15:30 - 16:30 | FourOneNine, 419 10th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94103, United States
Join us for a lively discussion around Design, Strategy, AI, and Emerging Tech with some of the most exciting startups and design companies in the Bay Area in this exciting fireside chat.
Moderator:
Alana Washington, Product Design Director, Board Chair at Design Bay Area
Panelists:
Danielle Morimoto, Sr Design Manager, Machine Intelligence and New Technologies (MINT), Adobe Design
John Lunsford , PhD Lead Researcher, Personal Safety and AI at Uber Design
Isaac Leverett, Senior Product Designer, Uber Freight

This event is hosted by DesignBayArea

Shifting the Venture Status Quo Workshop
2024-06-04 15:00 - 16:30 | FourOneNine, 419 10th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94103, United States
Using design to shift the venture status quo today and building for the future, hosted by DesignBayArea.
Join our workshop, led by:

Jo Marini Jo Marini CEO & Founder at Mothership Materials, MBA Professor at CCA MBA in Design Strategy & Parsons The New School. Mothership Materials transforms food processing waste into the world’s most sustainable ingredients, fuels, and feedstocks through Trace™, their patented technology platform.
Jinney Kho, Director of Experience Design & Strategic Initiatives at Mothership Materials
Laura Ogle, Futurist and Innovation Strategist

NOTE: This event requires climbing 2 flights of stairs to attend. There is no elevator or lift available.

Curating Curiosity: How Technology Engages Us with Art w/ Cheng Xu the Asian Art Museums First Curator for Games and Tech
2024-06-04 14:30 - 15:30 | FourOneNine, 419 10th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94103, United States
Join Cheng Xu, an artist and engineer who creates tools for facilitating self-expression, as she reflects on her recent transition into a curatorial practice at the Asian Art Museum. Watch voices take shape, strangers make eye contact, and museum visitors attempt to sandwalk, all by the magic wand of tech. Cheng will share insights about technology’s role in the context of a contemporary museum and its potential to spark curiosity, encourage creativity, and engender deep reflection on our society.
https://floating.pt/
January 2024 Cheng Xu Joins Asian Art Museum as First Curator for Games and Technology
Event hosted by DesignBayArea

Climate Carrot or Sustainability Stick? SFSU Explores Strategies for Shifting to Sustainable Design Practices
2024-06-04 13:30 - 14:30 | FourOneNine, 419 10th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94103, United States
This fall, San Francisco State University School of Design will launch the first materials library on the West Coast dedicated solely to sustainable materials: the SFSU Sustainable Materials Learning Library. SFSU Students and faculty in design have spent the last two years collecting physical material samples from groundbreaking sustainable materials innovators in countries as far flung as Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, and Germany. The sustainable materials in the library now include “leathers” made from cactus, kombucha, mushrooms, and pythons, concrete from hemp, band-aids from bamboo, and even sustainable bio-glitter!
In this conversation, SFSU Professor Fernando Carvalho and students Cole Galvin and Maria Nguyen discuss persuasive design strategies for creators, product designers, and architects—like developing products from biomaterials or offering a resource such as the SFSU Materials Learning Library, as well as a current effort underway to compel education on sustainable building materials for all new building construction in collaboration with the University of California, San Francisco and the City of San Francisco. In this conversation we will discuss strategies of both persuasion and regulation in hopes of compelling the creative community to make the critical shift to more sustainable design products and practices.

NOTE: This event requires climbing 2 flights of stairs to attend. There is no elevator or lift available.
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“Climate Carrot or Sustainability Stick? SFSU Explores Strategies for Shifting to Sustainable Design Practices”

San Francisco State University School of Design
Professor Fernando Carvalho
Maria Nguyen [SFSU Student]
Cole Galvin [SFSU Student]
https://www.sfsusustainablematerials.org/

Attention: A Design x Venture Panel with Founders & Funders
2024-06-04 13:30 - 14:30 | FourOneNine, 419 10th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94103, United States
Hosted by DesignBayArea, you’ll hear from founders, funders, and design executives at some of the most exciting startups and funds in the Bay Area in an exciting fireside chat.
Panelists:

Jo Marini CEO, Founder & MBA Professor at Mothership Materials: a climate-era ingredients manufacturer that’s designing biodegradable next-generation materials for consumer goods products through its patented, flexible nanotechnology platform.
Elizabeth Laraki Design Partner, Electric Capital: over 15 years of executive experience leading design teams and shaping core products at Facebook, Google, and YouTube. A few of the key projects she’s led include building Facebook’s Social Impact products, evolving Facebook’s privacy tools, and shaping the first versions of Google Maps.
Jenny Ji, Head of Design at Orb

Moderated by:

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Tara Tan

General Partner at

Strange Ventures

Dynamic Minds: Creative Brilliance Seminar Series | KEN FULK studio: St. Joseph’s Arts Society
2024-06-04 13:00 - 17:00 | San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, CA, United States
A studio visit is led by best-selling author Diane Dorrans Saeks at the Magic Factory headquarters of Ken Fulk, and his recently restored St Joseph’s Arts Society church, which is a studio/ atelier/ entertainment place. The venue is a lavish site for discussions on design, altruism and philanthropy.
The tour includes a visit St. Joseph’s Arts Society (tour led by new director, Martin Strickland), and a visit to the Julian Lennon photography exhibit. This is a restored former basilica. The visit also details the restoration, re-design and re-purpose of this historic structure.
About Ken Fulk:
Ken Fulk and his 80-person firm recently restored an historic Classical 1913 basilica to launch the Saint Joseph’s Art Society, a nonprofit where artists in varied media can create and show their works in a soaring sunlit space, superbly restored from floor to cupola. International artists’ multi-media work is presented. The venue is a design showcase and a community gathering space.
Ken Fulk is a celebrated designer renowned for his intricate interiors and memorable hospitality brands. Over the past 25 years, his firm, Ken Fulk Inc., with a team of 80 in San Francisco and New York, has achieved global recognition for its diverse projects, from residential spaces in Mexico to hotels in Provence. Fulk, listed on Architectural Digest’s AD 100 and other prestigious design lists, has also creatively directed numerous personal events such as weddings and anniversaries. Besides his design work, he operates as a co-proprietor and creative director for various notable properties, and in 2018, he founded Saint Joseph’s Arts Foundation to support local artists. His future projects include launching a plant-based restaurant and a performance venue in Wine Country, and reopening The Chrysler Building’s Cloud Club.

“This creative polymath’s extraordinary visual imagination has vaulted him to the peak of the interior design profession.”
— Cara Greenberg, Introspective magazine (May 30, 2022)

About Diane Dorrans Saeks:
Learn more about Diane Dorrans Saeks on Instagram @dianedorranssaeks
Diane is the best-selling author of 25 design books, including ‘Michael S, Smith Elements of Style’ (Rizzoli) and her two most recent, “Jean-Louis Deniot Interiors’ (Rizzoli) and ‘Parisian by Design (Rizzoli). She is currently working on new books on design, style and interiors.

Diane is a founding editor with C California Style magazine, and the Design Editor of PAPERCITY magazine. She has written for Vogue, Vogue Living, The New York Times, the Financial Times, Veranda, Harper’s Bazaar, the Nob Hill Gazette, and many others.

Addresses AND LOCATIONS provided upon ticket purchase: Car pooling planned
Please note, locations are not suitable for children. All guests must bring a photo ID with them to the event that matches the name you registered under. Attendees will be emailed details on meeting location prior to the event.

ABOUT THE DYNAMIC MINDS SERIES:
The Dynamic Minds Seminars Series produced by Diane Dorrans Saeks is 4 separate afternoon events over a week from June 1 through June 8 2024.. Please acquire an ‘all access pass”; and then register for each event.
Creativity, ideas, inspiration and exploration, balanced with in-depth knowledge, remain essential elements in today’s interiors and architecture.
Inspiration and intense engagement are evident throughout four special afternoon seminars at the studios of leading California architects, a new showroom, and interior designers in San Francisco.
During the architecture and design studio on-site events in the series, attendees will meet San Francisco’s leading architecture and design practitioners and view work and discuss process.
Studios include Aidlin Darling Design, The Wiseman Group, BCJ, ODADA, Geoff de Sousa Design and de Sousa Hughes, and BAMO, Ken Fulk, Martin Kobus, Studio Collins Weir and The Office of Charles de Lisle. These 4 intense on-site seminars take place on different afternoons over 4 days and require separate ticketing. In each intense on-site seminar, we have a program to meet the designers and architects, to engage with new projects, and new highlights from work on the boards.
Each studio visit is an opportunity to encounter advanced ideas, creative procedures, and design and architecture concepts and advanced thinking.
Attendees will experience the full range of aesthetics, from pure modernism to richly informed classical design, traditional, bold, minimal, and eclectic expression. All are based on intellectual and intuitive disciplines. A highlight will be viewing and discussing works in process, as well as newly completed interiors and unpublished new residences.
We will see how studios fully use newest technical advances such as VR and AI, and 3D printing (and continue to sketch) in their design concepts and in interactions with their clients. Participants will view and engage with latest thinking on sustainability, ‘green’ practices, and the use of tech and an appreciation for sketching.
At the end of each day, participants are invited to a private in-studio reception and celebration, offering the opportunity to meet designers and their staff and to discuss in-depth ideas and views.

Led by best-selling author and leading interior design journalist/ author Diane Dorrans Saeks, this year’s interior designer program follows on the great success of last ten year’s programs.

Diane’s seminars offer a very rare opportunity to tour top architecture and interior design studios, meet with designers and architects one-on-one.
Dynamic San Francisco architecture and design firms on the seminar roster include Aidlin Darling Design, BAMO, and The Wiseman Group and BCJ, as well as leading interior designers Ken Fulk, Martin Kobus, Charles de Lisle, Susan Collins Weir, ODADA. A special visit to the new De Sousa Hughes NEW showroom is a highlight.

Each highly accomplished designer and architect will speak of works in progress, new work, and what they see happening in the near future. Studio visits celebrate achievement, creativity, the power of ideas, and the power of optimism. This program is not appropriate for children under 16, as they are architecture & design study tours of studios, with formal presentations made by company principals.

ADDITIONAL SEMINARS:
Learn more about other events in the series –
June 1, 1pm-5pm: San Francisco
Studio visits to Aidlin Darling Design, ODADA and BCJ
5pm Reception. Participation will converse, meet, discuss idea, and meet the designers and architects.
June 7, 1 pm to 5 pm: Sausalito
Studio visits to The Office of Charles de Lisle, Studio Collins Weir, and culminating with a reception and refreshments at Martin Kobus Studio:
June 8, 1 pm to 5 pm: San Francisco
The design studios of The Wiseman Group and BAMO, and Geoffrey de Sousa Design and de Sousa Hughes, new showroom to view newest projects including modern and classical design, architectural historic restoration, and new design collections. BAMO has invited us to end the day with a reception.

Let’s Make Book Reports! A Zine-Making Workshop
2024-06-04 12:30 - 13:30 | FourOneNine, 419 10th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94103, United States
Inspired by Christie George’s book report The Emergency Was Curiosity, we’re going to make our own. Bring a beloved book or find inspiration in one of the books in the Four One Nine Library. It doesn’t have to be your favorite book, just a book you’d like to remember.
We all have things that we’re paying attention to, that we’d like to remember and that we’d like to share with others. A book report is a way to focus your attention on what you most loved about a book and how you felt when you read it. We’ll talk about book reports as a way to practice paying deep attention and learn how to make a simple zine from a single sheet of paper!
Christie will be joined by designer Julie Tinker from Hope Lab who collaborated with her to make a DIY book report station at the enchanting Clio’s Bookstore in Oakland.
What to bring: Bring a book you’d like to remember. We’ll provide the rest of the materials.
NOTE: This event requires climbing 2 flights of stairs to attend. There is no elevator or lift available.

Begin with the end
2024-06-04 12:30 - 13:30 | FourOneNine, 419 10th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94103, United States
PROWL is an industrial design and research studio creating new solutions for people and the planet by employing materials, processes, and technology more responsibly. Our approach to regenerative design is holistic, derived from a system-wide perspective that uncovers new solutions through knowledge-sharing across industries and distinct expertise. Instead of asking how we can do “less bad,” we ask how we can do “the most good”. To that end, we begin with the end –– to fully understand what the next life of each product, material, or space we design could become. Because we expect an afterlife that gives equal weight to design and its regeneration.
In this conversation, we will talk through our methodologies, some common hurdles that exist that get in the way of building responsible products, and how we approach pushing past them.
Lauryn Menard + Baillie, Co-Founders

Event hosted by DesignBayArea

Analog Intelligence with Everett Katigbak / Anthropic
2024-06-04 11:00 - 12:00 | California
Everett will explore the need for human craft and creativity in the age of AI. While artificial intelligence has made exponential strides, the talk will discuss how the best AI future should augment and amplify human skills, not replace them. As more AI companies emerge, designing for AI brands doesn’t mean everything must be AI-generated, but rather, the design process can be more collaborative and efficient with clients, teammates, and AI assistants.
Everett is the Creative Director at Anthropic, and was previously the Executive Producer at Stripe where he helped build their publishing arm, Stripe Press. He’s also a co-founder if the Analog Research Laboratory, a print studio that integrated analog techniques into Facebook’s brand and company culture.

This event is hosted by DesignBayArea.

Attending to Intuition
2024-06-04 11:00 - 12:00 | FourOneNine, 419 10th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94103, United States
An interactive workshop helping creatives hear, recognize, strengthen and pay attention to their intuition with Four One Nine founder and creative consultant and coach, Sonya Yu.
Our inner voices are constantly begging for our attention. In the face of strong (and not always accurate) emotions like fear, anxiety, excitement, and even joy, how do we notice and recognize our intuitive voice, allowing it to guide us to authentic, aligned decision-making?
In this hour-long workshop, Sonya will help participants articulate these inner voices and feelings, work through real-life situations they’re encountering, and ultimately answer the questions: What does authentic intuition sound like and how do I learn to trust it?

NOTE: This event requires climbing 2 flights of stairs to attend. There is no elevator or lift available.

ABOUT SONYA:

Sonya Yu is the founder and visionary behind Four One Nine, a thriving creative ecosystem that is dedicated to fostering culture and supporting artists. As a creative coach and consultant, she frequently speaks at arts and educational institutions on protecting and expressing one’s ingenuity.

Named one of ArtNews’ Top 200 Collectors of 2023 and one of Cultured Magazine’s 2023 Young Collectors, Sonya currently serves on the nonprofit boards of SFMOMA, The Hammer Museum and is an active member of the Dia Leadership Committee.

Captivate: 1 Day Exhibition
2024-06-04 10:00 - 21:00 | FourOneNine, 419 10th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94103, United States
On June 4, 2024, come and view this exhibit by the designers and artists listed below at our main space at FourOneNine. No registration needed, just swing by and let the check in volunteer know you are here to see the exhibit or register for the one of the events taking place in the same space as the exhibit. The exhibit will also be on display during the Official San Francisco Design Weeks Opening Party, also at FourOneNine.
The subject matter of attention is on our minds–how it’s limited, the new oil, too short, precious–the list goes on and on. The assortment of interactive experiences featured in Captivate aim to provoke discourse and introspection about what captivates our attention, and the myriad outcomes those engagements have in our lives. From serious to playful, deeply personal to highly public, speculative to practical, delightful to utilitarian, these diverse works have something to captivate each of you!

Memory Care Experience Station
Maria Mortati and Scott Minneman
The Experience Station provides multisensory media experiences to people with Alzheimer’s and other dementias, captivating them with sensations from activities, places, and things from their past. Memory care clients exhibit a marked uptick in mood, social engagement and attentiveness, based on hundreds of trial sessions with the prototype.

BY YOU
Thomas Euyang
By You explores a speculative media landscape where shows are not only recommended based on tastes and preferences but also remade in real time to fit a viewer’s emotions. Through the lens of a reporter, the project examines how this technology and its downstream effects through four organizations: Limbic, Neulu, the American Federation of Audiences, and CINE46.

NEW EARTH HOTLINE
Cole Ryder
New Earth Hotline is an ongoing public art project conducted on the streets of San Francisco that solicits voicemail messages from the city’s inhabitants, creating a vast repository of public opinion. At the heart of the project is a deceptively simple, but incredibly important, question: “What do you know is true in this world?”

Wanderer’s Guide to the Ocean and Islands
Mingrui Cao
Wanderer’s Guide to the Ocean and Islands is an expansive multimedia narrative that delves into the interplay between memory, geography, and identity through the metaphor of the ocean. This project not only serves as a storytelling platform but also engages users in an immersive experience, prompting them to navigate and discover the fluid landscapes of memory and imagination.

Emotopia: A Journey of Self-discovery
Yuxuan Lei
Emotopia: A Journey to Self-Discovery is an interactive experience inspired by Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Journalling, and Mindfulness. By perceiving one’s emotions through personal reflection and engaging gameplay, this experience aims to captivate and guide players towards deeper self-awareness and empathy

Lantern: The Light Guiding ADHD to focus
Patrick Qiu
“Lantern” is a mixed reality experience designed to harness the unique cognitive strengths of adults with ADHD, providing immersive attention guidance and task management to enhance productivity and emotional regulation. Leveraging the benefits of mixed reality, Lantern supports ADHD users’ work in an obliging way — by captivating their attention — highlighting their potential and supporting effective workflow management.

Focused Breath
Farzad Kargaran
Focused Breath explores the convergence of technology and human experience, using breath and embodiment to captivate attention and reveal the beauty of our humanity. Through engaging human-machine interactions, it aims to challenge preconceptions and invite a deeper connection to ourselves and the world around us.

Moon | Stars | Flora | Fauna | Electrical Box Stories
EpaCenter, Sara Aguilar, Vida Amanat, JD Beltran, & Helen Hererra
For this public art project, the City of East Palo Alto commissioned Epacenter’s Sara Aguilar, Vida Amanat, JD Beltran, and Helen Hererra to collaborate in creating original paintings of flora, fauna, and space themes that will adorn all of the city’s electrical boxes and serve as backdrops for a delightful AR public art experience. The artist team worked with hundreds of children and youth in East Palo Alto public schools from kindergarten through high school, who created claymation sculptures which—upon the passing public activating the electrical boxes with their phones through a QR code—will dance, crawl, swim, shine, and sparkle, all to an original soundtrack created by East Palo Alto high school bands and musicians.
EPACENTER, Sara Aguilar, Vida Amanat, JD Beltran, Valarie Duran, Helen Hererra-Montano, Alysa Madrigal, Cristina Velazquez, and Trishia Ybarreche-DeLuna
For this public art project, the California Arts Council and the City of East Palo Alto commissioned EPACENTER’s Sara Aguilar, Vida Amanat, JD Beltran, Valarie Duran, Helen Hererra-Montano, Alysa Madrigal, Cristina Velazquez, and Trishia Ybarreche-DeLuna to collaborate in creating original paintings of flora, fauna, and space themes that will adorn all of the city’s electrical boxes and serve as backdrops for a delightful AR public art experience. The artist team worked with hundreds of children and youth in the community and in East Palo Alto public schools, from kindergarten through high school, to create claymation sculptures that will activate and dance, crawl, swim, shine, and sparkle on the electrical boxes when an embedded QR code is scanned, all to an original soundtrack created by East Palo Alto high school bands and musicians.
Epacenter.org

On June 4, 2024, the designers and artists will have presentations and conversations about their work in person at 10:00am in the Four One Nine library and outdoor garden area upstairs.

Innovations in Immersive Reality Experiences
2024-06-04 10:00 - 11:00 | FourOneNine, 419 10th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94103, United States
On June 4, 2024, the designers and artists of the Captivate Exhibition will have presentations and conversations about their work in person at 10:00am in the Four One Nine library and outdoor garden area upstairs.
The subject matter of attention is on our minds–how it’s limited, the new oil, too short, precious–the list goes on and on. The assortment of interactive experiences featured in Captivate aim to provoke discourse and introspection about what captivates our attention, and the myriad outcomes those engagements have in our lives. From serious to playful, deeply personal to highly public, speculative to practical, delightful to utilitarian, these diverse works have something to captivate each of you!
Presented by California College of the Arts, EPACENTER, and Mortati Design

NOTE: This event requires climbing 2 flights of stairs to attend. There is no elevator or lift available.

The Emergency Was Curiosity: In Defense of Useless Projects
2024-06-04 10:00 - 11:00 | FourOneNine, 419 10th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94103, United States
A talk and Q&A with investor and producer Christie George about The Emergency Was Curiosity, an illustrated book report inspired by Jenny Odell’s How to Do Nothing. Christie’s project could be categorized as useless – there was no client, no publisher, no commissioning editor; she did this project for no other reason than that she wanted to.
During the summer of 2020, inspired by ideas about attention in Jenny’s book, Christie began making hand-drawn illustrations, watercolors, and collages as a creative response and a means to develop her own practice of attention. What began for her as a “book report” turned into a body of artwork, an exhibition, an event series and, more recently, a group project.
This talk will ask each of us: what is worth paying attention to? Christie will mount a defense of your most useless projects – the work that is hard to categorize, commodify, or sell – and challenge you to honor and follow your own creative attention.
Speakers:
Christie George, Investor/Producer

(REGISTRATION ENDS FRIDAY 5/31) Beyond the Sparkles: Tips on building a “boring” product equity practice with Adobe
2024-06-03 16:00 - 17:15 | Adobe, 601 Townsend St, San Francisco, CA, 94103, United States
REGISTRATION ENDS FRIDAY 5/31 so we can send the list to security at Adobe!
Developing a product equity and inclusion practice is often an effort that attracts many passionate volunteers, yet few people who can dedicate themselves full-time to the work. Because of that, there can be pressure to create shiny, quick wins that lead to practitioner burnout and miss the mark with communities we strive to serve.

In this session, Es Braziel, Staff Experience Researcher, Product Equity, Adobe, will illustrate what it means to do product equity work with cross-functional teams and drive a sustainable practice. The session will include small group discussions, where attendees will be invited to reflect on learnings with those around them.

Doors at 4pm
Presentation from 4:15-4:45
Mixer 4:45-5:15
Want to add on the Adobe Create Now event starting at 5:30pm? See below!!!

Attendees will be treated to food, drink, and swag and are welcome to stay for the Adobe Create Now event directly after Beyond the Sparkles (register here for the additional Adobe Create Now event which starts at 5:30pm).

Navigating Uncertainty: Insights from UX Frontlines
2024-06-03 11:00 - 12:00 | California
As the design industry grapples with the aftermath of widespread layoffs and a challenging job market, there’s a pressing need to address the experiences, insights, and concerns of designers and researchers. Join our group of diverse, industry leading designers and researchers as they share their journeys, lessons learned, and advice for navigating these turbulent times in the product industry.
We’ll also talk about the work they do; the industries they’re in; their day to day; the critical need for diversity and inclusion; and what keeps them going. These are people who are doing the work; pushing pixels; interviewing; launching. Join and connect with the folks doing the work and navigating the market every day.

Event format
An hour long, virtual panel. The audience will be able to submit questions throughout that will be addressed in the second half of the discussion.

Meet the panel
Moderator: Mariam Khan is a seasoned product and design leader with over 16 years of experience. Passionate about mission-driven work, Mariam champions people-first approaches and has a proven track record of delivering next-gen products across all company stages. Dedicated to fostering growth and innovation within the design community, she also serves as a mentor and advisor, supporting startups and nonprofits in scaling teams and finding product-market fit, while fostering professional growth along the way.
Panelists:
Jason Branch is a designer, creator and storyteller with over ten years of experience designing for financial inclusion and economic empowerment . As a senior product designer at Square he leads design for debit/credit card and trust experiences.
Connie Wong is a Full-Stack Product Designer and Design Leader with 25 years of experience in Design and Tech in Silicon Valley, from Dot.com to Web3. She has launched award-winning products and applications used by millions and has led design teams at all stages of company growth along with running her own design studio. Trained by Nielsen-Norman Group, she’s an advocate for intuitive design processes. An artist and creator by nature, she is also a world-renowned Electronic Dance Music DJ and producer.
Sarah Fathallah is a designer, researcher, and educator, who specializes in applying participatory research and design in the social sector. Their work has included projects in over 25 countries with nonprofits, governments, and social enterprises such as the International Domestic Workers Federation and the International Rescue Committee, on topics ranging from labor rights, to reproductive health, housing justice, and foster care. Drawing from this body of work, they write and speak about engaging vulnerable communities, design ethics, trauma-responsive approaches to design, and the need for an ethic of care and an abolitionist politic in design. In addition to their research and design practice, Sarah also currently serves as faculty at the California College of the Arts and Pratt Institute.
Key Takeaways

Gain insights into the challenges and opportunities presented by layoffs in the UX industry.
Explore representation and diversity in fostering inclusive design practices.
Receive actionable advice and strategies for navigating the current job market and advancing in UX careers.
Engage with a diverse panel of industry experts, spanning both for-profit and non-profit sectors, to gain multifaceted perspectives.

Dynamic Minds: Creative Brilliance Seminar Series | Studio visits to Aidlin Darling Design, ODADA and Bohlin Cywinski Jackson [BCJ]
2024-06-01 13:00 - 17:00 | San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, CA, United States
This tour includes studio visits to Aidlin Darling Design, ODADA and BCJ. 5pm Reception. Participation will converse, meet, discuss idea, and meet the designers and architects.
About the Studios
AIDLIN DARLING DESIGN:
In 1998, co-founders Joshua Aidlin and David Darling began the studio crafting furniture together in a San Francisco woodshop. Today, this passion for shared making anchors the studio’s collaborative process. The approach to each project is client and site specific, and includes open communication among clients, consultants, fabricators, and builders to achieve innovative, unexpected results.
ADD pursues an architecture of restraint that engages the senses, connecting us to place and to ourselves. In a world that is increasingly dominated by the visual and virtual, the firm sees design as a multisensory experience, one in which the way something feels, smells and sounds is as important as how it looks.
Exploring how the studio’s work moves beyond the visual, Braden King’s film Aidlin Darling Design: Architecture for the Senses, captures the firm’s ethos and commitment to creating soulful environments.
ODADA design studio:
Founded in 1987 by Orlando Diaz-Azcuy, ODADA is an internationally recognized commercial and residential interior design firm. In 1990, David Todd Oldroyd and Greg Stewart became principals, with recent additions to the leadership team. Together they extend the firm’s strong architectural and design foundation, bringing a clean, focused approach to contemporary and traditional projects. The firm has a staff of 20 architects and designers to assure highly personalized attention to each client. The company currently works on projects around the world, including decades-long clients in London, San Francisco and Honolulu.
BCJ architects, ending with a reception.
BOHLIN CYWINSKI JACKSON: Founded in 1965, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson is an architecture practice with studios in Wilkes-Barre, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Seattle, San Francisco, and New York. We work with our clients to understand the nature of their unique circumstance—the people, place, and materials that inform each design—to help translate collective aspirations into built environments that are greater than the sum of their parts. The resulting architecture feels simultaneously grounded and transcendent, carefully crafted to embody resiliency, and adapt to an ever-changing world. Our work has received more than 800 regional, national, and international awards for design, including four American Institute of Architects (AIA) COTE Top Ten Awards

About Diane Dorrans Saeks:
Learn more about Diane Dorrans Saeks on Instagram @dianedorranssaeks
Diane is the best-selling author of 25 design books, including ‘Michael S, Smith Elements of Style’ (Rizzoli) and her two most recent, “Jean-Louis Deniot Interiors’ (Rizzoli) and ‘Parisian by Design (Rizzoli). She is currently working on new books on design, style and interiors.

Diane is a founding editor with C California Style magazine, and the Design Editor of PAPERCITY magazine. She has written for Vogue, Vogue Living, The New York Times, the Financial Times, Veranda, Harper’s Bazaar, the Nob Hill Gazette, and many others.

Addresses AND LOCATIONS provided upon ticket purchase: Car pooling planned
Please note, locations are not suitable for children. All guests must bring a photo ID with them to the event that matches the name you registered under. Attendees will be emailed details on meeting location prior to the event.

ABOUT THE DYNAMIC MINDS SERIES:
The Dynamic Minds Seminars Series produced by Diane Dorrans Saeks is 4 separate afternoon events over a week from June 1 through June 8 2024.. Please acquire an ‘all access pass”; and then register for each event.
Creativity, ideas, inspiration and exploration, balanced with in-depth knowledge, remain essential elements in today’s interiors and architecture.
Inspiration and intense engagement are evident throughout four special afternoon seminars at the studios of leading California architects, a new showroom, and interior designers in San Francisco.
During the architecture and design studio on-site events in the series, attendees will meet San Francisco’s leading architecture and design practitioners and view work and discuss process.
Studios include Aidlin Darling Design, The Wiseman Group, BCJ, ODADA, Geoff de Sousa Design and de Sousa Hughes, and BAMO, Ken Fulk, Martin Kobus, Studio Collins Weir and The Office of Charles de Lisle. These 4 intense on-site seminars take place on different afternoons over 4 days and require separate ticketing. In each intense on-site seminar, we have a program to meet the designers and architects, to engage with new projects, and new highlights from work on the boards.
Each studio visit is an opportunity to encounter advanced ideas, creative procedures, and design and architecture concepts and advanced thinking.
Attendees will experience the full range of aesthetics, from pure modernism to richly informed classical design, traditional, bold, minimal, and eclectic expression. All are based on intellectual and intuitive disciplines. A highlight will be viewing and discussing works in process, as well as newly completed interiors and unpublished new residences.
We will see how studios fully use newest technical advances such as VR and AI, and 3D printing (and continue to sketch) in their design concepts and in interactions with their clients. Participants will view and engage with latest thinking on sustainability, ‘green’ practices, and the use of tech and an appreciation for sketching.
At the end of each day, participants are invited to a private in-studio reception and celebration, offering the opportunity to meet designers and their staff and to discuss in-depth ideas and views.

Led by best-selling author and leading interior design journalist/ author Diane Dorrans Saeks, this year’s interior designer program follows on the great success of last ten year’s programs.

Diane’s seminars offer a very rare opportunity to tour top architecture and interior design studios, meet with designers and architects one-on-one.
Dynamic San Francisco architecture and design firms on the seminar roster include Aidlin Darling Design, BAMO, and The Wiseman Group and BCJ, as well as leading interior designers Ken Fulk, Martin Kobus, Charles de Lisle, Susan Collins Weir, ODADA. A special visit to the new De Sousa Hughes NEW showroom is a highlight.

Each highly accomplished designer and architect will speak of works in progress, new work, and what they see happening in the near future. Studio visits celebrate achievement, creativity, the power of ideas, and the power of optimism. This program is not appropriate for children under 16, as they are architecture & design study tours of studios, with formal presentations made by company principals.

ADDITIONAL SEMINARS:
Learn more about other events in the series –
June 4, 1pm too 5pm: San Francisco
A studio visit is led by best-selling author Diane Dorrans Saeks at the Magic Factory headquarters of Ken Fulk, and his recently restored St Joseph’s Arts Society church, which is a studio/ atelier/ entertainment place. The venue is a lavish site for discussions on design, altruism and philanthropy.
June 7, 1 pm to 5 pm: Sausalito
Studio visits to The Office of Charles de Lisle, Studio Collins Weir, and culminating with a reception and refreshments at Martin Kobus Studio:
June 8, 1 pm to 5 pm: San Francisco
The design studios of The Wiseman Group and BAMO, and Geoffrey de Sousa Design and de Sousa Hughes, new showroom to view newest projects including modern and classical design, architectural historic restoration, and new design collections. BAMO has invited us to end the day with a reception.

Dynamic Minds, Brilliant Creativity: ODADA, GARY HUTTON, FELDMAN ARCHITECTURE
2023-06-17 13:00 - 17:00 | California
“Dynamic Minds,Brilliant Creativity” Led by Best-selling author of 25 books on design and architecture, Instagram influencer, design lecturer and instructor, and founder of THE STYLE SALONISTE blog, Diane Dorrans Saek,, this year’s expanded interior designer program follows on the great success of last year’s program. The program offers a rare opportunity to tour top architecture and interior design studios, meet with designers and architects one-on-one, as well as attend talks and seminars led by Dorrans Saeks
Attendees are invited to a private reception at the end of the day, 5 pm. At this convivial time, we recap the day, meet the designers and architects, and discuss design, internships, career inspirations, and architecture.
*Meeting place address will be given on completion of ticket booking.
*No refunds available
GARY HUTTON DESIGN
Gary Hutton trained formally in studio arts and interior design. His beautiful modern work, engagement with process and 40-year career live at the intersection of interior design, high craft, and fine art. Hutton’s rooms have a formal, fine-living foundation layered under a modern language that reaches for clarity, lushness, emotion and delight. His small, artful practice creates relevant, trendsetting interiors coveted by tastemakers in many fields and by clients in search of curated living. Studio expertise includes advanced security systems, sustainability standards, and design for off-the-grid living. Hutton maintains a sculpture practice, which is visible in his furniture collections. He is a vintage car enthusiast and a passionate cook.
FELDMAN ARCHITECTURE
Feldman Architecture is an innovative residential and commercial design practice recognized for creating warm, light-filled spaces that are site-sensitive and carefully detailed. Highly collaborative in nature, the firm approaches design as a dialogue between client, design team and site. Each project is an opportunity to create an innovative solution that is relevant to the project environs and tailored to a clients’ specific needs. The studio’s culture is also informal and non-hierarchical; members of the small firm work with clients in an engaging, shared process to find smart and sustainable solutions. Closely guiding projects from design through construction, designers and project managers are deeply involved in research and probing the parameters of a project. Strong alliances with consultants, builders and artisans contribute to carefully informed design decisions and result in fully realized projects with conceptual clarity and precise detailing.
ODADA
ODADA is an internationally recognized interior design firm known for a clean, sophisticated aesthetic: a meticulously-edited take on luxury. Its portfolio includes interiors private residences, offices, hotels, condominium complexes, and wineries. It has also been tapped to design model suites, lending its name to some of the country’s most prestigious residential developments. The firm’s work has been featured in publications such as Architectural Digest, Veranda, Elle Décor, The New York Times, Luxe: Interiors + Design, Interior Design, Objekt, Maison Française, House Beautiful, and Interiors.

Whipsaw Open Studio
2023-06-12 17:00 - 20:00 | Whipsaw, 55 Mississippi St, San Francisco, 94107, United States
Join the Whipsaw team in our stunning new studio in Potrero Hill. See the light-filled industrial-chic space, enjoy our product gallery, meet members of the team, and pick up exclusive Whipsaw swag. We’re looking forward to seeing you in person!

Dynamic Minds, Brilliant Creativity: KEN FULK STUDIO AND ST. JOSEPHS
2023-06-12 13:00 - 17:00 | California
“Dynamic Minds, Brilliant Creativity” led by Best-selling author of 25 books on design and architecture, Instagram influencer, design lecturer and instructor, and founder of THE STYLE SALONISTE blog, Diane Dorrans Saek, this year’s expanded interior designer program follows on the great success of last year’s program. The program offers a rare opportunity to tour top architecture and interior design studios, meet with designers and architects one-on-one, as well as attend talks and seminars led by Dorrans Saeks
Attendees are invited to a private reception at end of day, 5pm. At this convivial time, we recap the day, meet the designers and architects, and discuss design, internships, career inspirations and architecture.
*Meeting place address will be given on completion of ticket booking.
*No refunds available
KEN FULK is an acclaimed, award-winning AD100 designer and event planner with studios in New York and San Francisco. He and his team designed some of the most exciting restaurants, fantasy retail, private residences private clubs, and a broad array of highly original projects, each with a narrative to create an emotional response. Ken founded his design/events/production/branding/creative arts company over fifteen years ago in San Francisco. He now has a studio in New York, and a team of seventy. http://kenfulk.com/ and @kenfulk.

Zine Wars! Hosted by Stanford d.school
2023-06-11 14:00 - 17:00 | California
Stanford d.school curators are hosting an immersive education and hands on making session centered around zines! Since the advent of mimeograph in the 1960’s (one of the first reproduction mediums beyond carbon paper), the underground and commercial platforms of zine making have revolutionized how creatives and industries engage in dynamic ways. Meet with zine making aficionados and newbies alike and explore the historic and contemporary happenings in this craft. Oh… and come make your own zine!

Young Designers hosted by Stanford d.school
2023-06-11 10:00 - 12:00 | California
Calling all future designers! Built for young people ages 10-18, students from the Stanford University d.school are facilitating awesome workshops and design making sessions in several different mediums for youth! Youth participants are invited to come build prototypes of their wildest dream inventions, create digital presentations, design their own magazine, and or create a personal manifesto alongside other cool future designers!

Shared Experiences in Building Literary Design Works: Meet the Authors of Recent Books from the Stanford d.school
2023-06-10 15:00 - 17:00 | California
Come step into the Stanford d.school “Hall of Books,” a fun museum exhibit-esque mounting of recently published books from faculty and friends of the design program at Stanford University. From Creative Acts for Curious People to Navigating Ambiguity, each book is filled with ready-to-use insights and design approaches. At the event, you can engage with authors and hear from them directly about the books, creative processes, and experience of sharing their beautiful book babies with the world. This is going down at the groovy and gorgeous Heath Ceramics factory and newsstand, adjacent to the Tartine Manufactory and Aesthetic Union. So come for books and stick around for bread and browsing!

Forward Momentum: Launch into Your Next Chapter
2023-06-10 15:00 - 17:00 | California
Join us at Haum, a beautiful space quite literally floors above the day-to-day hussle of the everyday, for a guided exploration to imagine and realize the next chapter of your design career. Expect inspiring stories, accessible but powerful self-reflection and plenty of opportunities to connect with and build a network of support among members across the SF design community.
Using Story Coaching, a proven process designed for transitions, discover how to let go of what’s weighing you down, imagine what’s next and quite literally start taking the first steps to make it happen.
Whether you’re building a freelance career, dreaming of opening a design studio, looking for inspiration in your full-time job, or in need of inspiration and confidence to pursue something entirely new, this event is designed for you.
Friends in business and life, Danni, Natalia and Tony (the designers behind this year’s Plot Twist theme) and Lizzie will help you marry insight and action to create forward momentum. But have no fear, it’s not a yoga class! Come as you are, and leave feeling energized and inspired.
Event Speakers
Danni Pomplun, Founder, Haum
Natalia Kowaleczko, Founder + Creative Lead, Pact Studio
Tony Mingo, Partner + Engagement Lead, Pact Studio
Lizzie Azzolino, Leadership Coach, Facilitator & Collaborator, Work with Lizzie

Biofabrication Workshop: Grow a Mycelium Object with 10th Floor Studio
2023-06-10 14:00 - 16:30 | California
If you’ve been curious about biofabrication or biomaterials, this workshop is for you.
Grow fungi into an object for your home. Here at 10th Floor Studio, we firmly believe that fungi can help us transition away from synthetic petroleum products and towards futures where humans coexist as a part of the natural world. We’ve been working with fungi for the last 5 years and are excited to offer a workshop to introduce you to these incredible organisms! Fungi exist in many forms, in this session we’ll be using the oft-unseen underground body of the fungi, called mycelium, to grow a bud vase for your home. This 2.5-hour workshop will begin with a brief intro to growing objects out of fungi and our work at 10th Floor Studio. You’ll learn the basics about choosing a suitable species of fungi, how to avoid contamination, and how to create an object using a mold form. We’ll walk you through designing and assembling your customized bud vase mold. Then it’s time to break up the mycelium, pack it in the mold, and let it grow!
Note: You’ll take home your bud vase still in the mold. It will need 2 weeks for the mycelium to grow out and firm up. It will not need any attention while it grows. After 2 weeks you’ll dry it out and halt any further growth. Don’t worry, we’ll give you instructions on what to do once you leave the workshop 🙂
**DETAILS:**
– Try biofabrication yourself and take home your mycelium bud vase
– Cost: $120
– Limited to 20 people

Speculative futures and Designing with AI: Exploring Industrial, Speculative, and Ethical Implications
2023-06-10 14:00 - 16:00 | California
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly changing the way we design products, services, and experiences. From manufacturing and logistics to fashion and entertainment, AI is being used to streamline processes, enhance creativity, and optimize outcomes. However, as AI becomes more ubiquitous, it is crucial to consider the ethical, social, and cultural implications of AI design.
San Francisco Speculative Futures is here for those interested in Speculative Design, Critical Design,Design Fiction, Discursive Design, Strategic Foresight and Futurism, Science Fiction and any vision or approach which involves using design as a vehicle to speculate about potential futures and the strategies we employ.
The objective of this panel discussion is to provide a platform for industry experts to share their insights on the different industrial and speculative applications of AI, as well as the ethical and design principles that guide their development. Join us for this conversation.

Dynamic Minds, Brilliant Creativity: AIDLIN DARLING AND BAMO
2023-06-10 13:00 - 17:00 | California
“Dynamic Minds, Brilliant Creativity” Led by Best-selling author of 25 books on design and architecture, Instagram influencer, design lecturer and instructor, and founder of THE STYLE SALONISTE blog, Diane Dorrans Saek, this year’s expanded interior designer program follows on the great success of last year’s program. The program offers a rare opportunity to tour top architecture and interior design studios, meet with designers and architects one-on-one, as well as attend talks and seminars led by Dorrans Saeks
Attendees are invited to a private reception at end of day, 5pm. At this convivial time, we recap the day, meet the designers and architects, and discuss design, internships, career inspirations and architecture.
*Meeting place address will be given on completion of ticket booking.
*No refunds available
AIDLIN DARLING DESIGN
Joshua Aidlin and David Darling began their partnership crafting furniture together in a San Francisco wood shop in 1998. Today, this history of craft and passion for shared making anchors its collaborative process. The firm’s approach to each project is client and site specific, and includes open communication among clients, consultants, fabricators, and builders.
At Aidlin Darling Design, the firm thinks of design as a sensory art, one where the way a space feels is as important as how it looks. As a multidisciplinary firm, this ethos is its guiding principle across projects of any scale, use, or purpose.
The firm recently collaborated with director Braden King on a film that explores how its studio’s work moves beyond just the visual to engage all of the senses. The result, Aidlin Darling Design: Architecture for the Senses, captures the firm’s ethos and commitment to creating soulful environments.
BAMO
For thirty years, BAMO has created captivating environments that flow, function, and make people feel welcome, at ease, and inspired to live — and to dream — more fully. A collective of designers, the firm brings to each project a richness of experience and perspective, along with an impassioned view of life and our work.
The firm engages clients graciously, listening for the unspoken needs beneath their stated desires. Speaking to the psyche through the senses, and building in layers of meaning, the firm creates true havens: places apart from the everyday. Its interpretive skill is matched by the rigor, expertise, and ingenuity the firm brings to seeing projects through to completion. This is why hospitality, residential, and corporate clients around the world trust BAMO to bring their visions to life.

MCD Mobile MakeArt x Pop-Up Village: PRIDEful Juneteenth
2023-06-10 13:00 - 16:30 | California
The Museum of Craft and Design returns to Bayview-Hunters Point for a celebration of PRIDE, Father’s Day, and SF Design Week 2023!
Meet us at the Pop-Up Village– a site activation that harnesses the power of design to catalyze the magic that emerges when people and programs come together in public space. The Pop-Up Village features a constellation of dynamic programming — health and wellness, youth and family, retail, food, and education resources — in customized buses, vans, pop-up shops, furniture, and other types of mobile architecture and nature.
MCD is joined by “Fight and Flight” exhibiting artist, Ramekon O’Arwisters, whose interactive, hands-on Crochet Jam uses the folk-art tradition of crocheting strips of fabric into free-form and organic soft sculptures to foster social interaction, creativity, and liberation. Allow yourself to escape into creative process uninhibited by expectations! Basic instruction in crochet will be provided.
The Pop-Up Village is an architecture project of Oakland-based Designing Justice + Designing Spaces, and seeks to bring regenerative design back into the hands of community. Place matters.
All-ages welcome, event and project FREE
Learn more: https://popupvillage.org/event/popping-up-2nd-saturdays-in-the-bayview-6-10-23/

Imaginate Saturdays @ Creativity Explored
2023-06-10 13:00 - 15:00 | California
Imaginate Saturdays is a place where people of all ages and abilities can work alongside Creativity Explored artists and teaching artists to explore the power of creativity and the magic of the CE Studios. Join us for this weekly program centered around open studio time and spontaneous special projects.
No experience needed.
Come IMAGINATE with our artists!

Wearing the Fabric of the Future - Open Studio
2023-06-10 12:00 - 18:00 | California
Open from 12:00-6:00pm
Meet Jennifer Daley and her team of collaborators
Enjoy local fair and join the discussion about the future of fabrics
Enter to win 1 of 3 door prizes
An invitation to tour The Daley Textile House, Textile Lab, and Regenerative Demonstration Garden. Meet some of our Textile and Land Team members, and immerse yourself in our exhibit of forward thinking regenerative fabrics for every day. Learn about new concepts of textile development and see the practical application of concepts in a comfortable home setting and experience our textiles first hand. Stroll through the urban permaculture garden and feel the connection between the outdoors and our textiles – made to protect and comfort you in all environments. Mingle with other like-minded design folks and enjoy drinks and local fair from our neighborhood food purveyors El Caballo Gourmet Mexican Restaurant (elcaballowraps.com) and Island Savoy Market (islandsavoymarket.com).

Gantri & Bay Area Made Present “The Locally Crafted Home”: A Celebration of New Lighting and Design Talent
2023-06-10 11:00 - 2023-06-11 17:00 | California
Sustainable lighting manufacturer Gantri will open its SOMA studio to showcase and celebrate Bay Area designers and their work. There are two components to this event:
Gantri Summer 2023 Independent Creator Release
As a central focus of the event, the lighting brand will be introducing its newest Independent Creator Release collection of 3D printed designs made from plant-based materials. Each year, Gantri’s ICR provides a platform to support emerging design talent. The summer collection comprises a range of versatile table and wall lights designed by Joey Zeledon, Romulo Temigue, Simon Schmitz, and BEBOP.
Bay Area Made: The Locally Crafted Home
Gantri’s lights will be displayed in an installation curated by Bay Area Made, a collective of values-driven makers around the Bay. “Bay Area Made: The Locally Crafted Home” will be styled as a living space with different vignette-style environments showcasing products from over 30 of the Bay Area’s finest makers, including established and emerging names such as Heath Ceramics, Biome, Model No, FYRN, Concreteworks, and many more.
Saturday, June 10th, 11am-5pm
Sunday, June 11th, 11am-5pm

Pop-up Design Materials Mercantile powered by the Stanford d.school
2023-06-10 - 2023-06-11 | California
Come anytime to visit with us during the hours of:
Saturday, June 10th from 12pm-5pm
Sunday, June 11th from 12pm-5pm
Pop in to discover a recent slate of beautiful publications from the Stanford d.school as well as other materials from established and emerging leaders in the field. Engage with and purchase publications that balance depth and delight. Meet Stanford d.school staff and students. Connect with materials and people that inform and inspire. This is going down at the groovy and gorgeous Heath Ceramics factory and newsstand, adjacent to the Tartine Manufactory and Aesthetic Union. So come for books and stick around for bread and browsing!
You do not need a ticket to design week to attend this pop-up! Open to the public!

BEBOP / Industrial Design Celebration
2023-06-09 18:00 - 21:00 | California
BEBOP is an industrial design studio based in Seoul, globally collaborating with startups to established brands. In January 2023, we opened our second office in San Francisco and we’ve prepared this special event to meet the local community, make new friends, and to celebrate the creative field of industrial design.
We will be exhibiting a diverse selection of products that we’ve designed along with prototypes and sketches that give you a vivid look into our design process, specially set up for SF Design Week. Additionally, Rich Park, Co-Founder of BEBOP, will share a presentation about the team’s insights on the power industrial design has on businesses and consumers based on the team’s past experiences.
There will also be time for you to network with attendees throughout the event.
Anyone is welcome, whether you’re a creative professional, working on a hardware startup, already running a successful brand, or just curious about the design industry.
Join us for an evening of celebrating industrial design or just come by to grab a few, or many, complimentary drinks.
EVENT SCHEDULE
6:00pm-7:00pm / networking
7:00pm-7:40pm / BEBOP presentation
7:40pm:8:00pm / Q&A
8:00pm-9:00pm / BEBOP exhibition & networking

Experiments in AI - A Show & Tell at IDEO
2023-06-09 17:00 - 19:30 | California
If you could talk to your jeans, what would you say? Come to IDEO’s new digs and walk through a gallery of AI experiments. We’ll hear from designers and partners about how they’re playing with this explosive new medium, then have a “conversation that moves”—no spoilers, just trust us, this will be fun.
Join us for a drink and think about how designers will use generative AI to shape the future.

Steep Urbanists Tour directed by Lina Bondarenko
2023-06-09 16:00 - 18:00 | California
Join us on a participatory movement experience in architecture and perspective over Telegraph Hill.
This tour positions urban design as a collaboration with the earth’s geography.
The plan of San Francisco drapes a city grid over 48 hills. Streets undulate like rollercoasters, snaking around the land’s contours, rupturing to reveal concrete walls bisected by vegetated staircases. Architects design horizontal planes to contort and step into vertical terrain. Steep slopes swap roles between the theater’s rake and the elevated stage. The observer is always observed. Distorted perspectives amplify the performance of everyday life through distance.
Steep Urbanists are invited to dance through the spatial volumes of San Francisco’s sloped streets, tuned to corresponding musical volumes that trace the synchronicity between a sound wave and an architectural section.
Steep Urbanist is a project investigating how human infrastructure responds to the logic of the land directed by Lina Bondarenko– an architect, dancer, educator, and student.

Hey Siri, Let’s Talk AI with Adam Cheyer, Co-Creator of Siri
2023-06-09 15:30 - 17:30 | California
Discover the future of AI and Design with Adam Cheyer, founder of SIRI, who is a renowned pioneer and thought leader in the field of artificial intelligence. Join us at our brand-new Potrero Hill studio for a thought-provoking talk on AI, the most impactful and transcendent technology the design world has ever seen.
As a co-founder and original team member responsible for creating Apple’s SIRI virtual assistant, Cheyer brings unique and invaluable insights into the role that AI is set to play in shaping our world. This event is a must-attend for anyone interested in staying ahead of the curve in the fast-paced world of AI and its effects on design.
Don’t miss your chance to learn from the best and discover the future of AI with Adam Cheyer and Whipsaw.
Refreshments provided.
Agenda:
3:30pm – 4:00pm Doors Open & Networking
4:00pm – 5:00pm – Speaker: Adam Cheyer
5:00pm – 5:15pm – Q&A
5:15pm – 5:30pm – Networking

The Design Language of Belonging
2023-06-09 15:00 - 16:30 | California
What does it mean to design spaces that evoke belonging? In this workshop, we’ll investigate what belonging means to us and how it manifests in our physical spaces. Through creating a shared language of “patterns,” we’ll discover design principles that can be applied across our environments. We’ll collaboratively push the boundaries of our imagination and prototype these envisioned spaces using generative AI.

WORKSHOP: Dreaming of Electric Sheep, A Creative Salon on AI
2023-06-09 10:00 - 15:00 | California
Led by Tara Tan, Managing Partner, Strange Ventures
Ready for a mind-bending journey through the uncharted realms of creativity? Ditch those same-old, yawn-inducing brainstorming sessions and join us for an hour of hallucinatory exploration. We’re spicing things up with a twist: a guided meditation and visualization session that’ll help you break free from the chains of mundane thinking and unleash your inner creative genius.
​Once you’ve tapped into that hidden wellspring of ingenuity, we’ll dive headfirst into brainstorming the future of AI. We’ll kick off with a guided visualization, which will roll into a dream-like journaling or jamming (depending on whether you’d like to go solo or brainstorm with a cluster).
​Don’t miss out on this one-of-a-kind experience that combines mindfulness, collaboration, and imagination. Namaste, future-shapers!
Note: No drugs, religion, or theology will be administered in this session.

Design Soup - Multidisciplinary Design Showcase - Open Studio
2023-06-08 18:30 - 20:30 | California
Join us for a tasting of design in all its physical forms, with hardware, physical products, furniture, architecture, and art on display at Studio 45.
This is an open showcase for the professional creative community to demo physical objects. We’ll have both Studio 45 members share their work as well as an open call for the Bay Area community to share.
Apply here >> https://airtable.com/shrHZD0QXAVtSRRUj
🎁 Those selected will be offered a discounted membership at Studio 45. One finalist will be offered a 6 month free membership. Studio 45 is a coworking and event space located in Bernal Heights that provides the workspace, tools, resources, and community to build a business making physical products.

How AI Can Help Designers To Be Efficient
2023-06-08 18:00 - 21:00 | California
As creative professionals, we often find ourselves bogged down by repetitive tasks that can drain our energy and time. However, thanks to AI and generative technology, we can now dream of a world where these tasks can be streamlined and automated, freeing up our time for more complex and imaginative aspects of our creative process.
Join us as we delve into AI as a trusted “Co-Pilot” to support our work and explore and dream of next-generation tools and capabilities you would like to have in your hands. Our panelists will share their unique insights and challenges in their roles as creatives in the design and tech industry.
This event is a must-attend for anyone interested in the evolution of our industry and getting prepared for new skills and tools that are already redefining the way we work. You’ll be able to ask questions, share your thoughts, and network with talented industry professionals while enjoying some great drinks and bites.
6 pm – 6:30 pm Door open
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Panel Discussion
7:30 pm – 8 pm Q&A
8 pm – 9 pm Networking, Food + Beverages*
9 pm Door close
*Food and beverages will be served

Art Event at MMclay Showroom + Studio- Exploring visual, tactile and culinary art in community with tableware by MMclay, paintings by Heather McFarlin and food by Charles Phan.
2023-06-08 18:00 - 21:00 | California
Please stop by MMclay Showroom + Studio for an evening of art and food as we feature the beautiful abstract paintings of local artist Heather McFarlan and delicious food by Slanted Door’s renowned chef Charles Phan. The MMclay Showroom + Studio features custom ceramic lighting fixtures along with six lines of beautiful tableware designed by owner, MaryMar Keenan. The event will take place from 6pm-9pm in the MMclay Showroom + Studio located at 69 Gough St in the popular Hayes Valley neighborhood.
*Mention SF Design Week and receive 10% off any MMclay purchases or orders during the event.

SEGD SF x AIGA SF: Richard Poulin presents his latest book, Rational Simplicity: Rudolf de Harak, Graphic Designer
2023-06-08 18:00 - 21:00 | California
Please join the SEGD San Francisco chapter and AIGA San Francisco Thursday June 8th, 2023 from 6-9pm for a special evening with Richard Poulin discussing his new book, Rational Simplicity: Rudolph de Harak, Graphic Designer. Richard is an SEGD fellow and award-winning designer, educator, author, and artist. His career spans forty years in graphic, environmental, interior, and exhibition design where he divides his time between professional practice and academia. In his new book, Richard celebrates his mentor and unsung hero of mid-century modern design through featuring images of his work along with rarely shared collages, paintings, and remembrances from friends, family, students, and colleagues.
Inspired by modernism, Rudolph de Harak was one of the most influential American graphic design pioneers. His design work included everything from album covers, book jackets, and branding to furniture, exhibitions, and museums, often incorporating innovative and experimental photographic techniques and exploring abstraction, geometry, and color. With an early career beginning in Los Angeles to working as a design consultant and educator in New York City, de Harak’s clients include The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Columbia Records, Esquire magazine, McGraw-Hill Publishing, and the Cummins Engine Company, among many others. Rational Simplicity: Rudolph de Harak, Graphic Designer is the first publication to document de Harak’s career.
The event will take place at the Haworth Showroom in The Mills Building located at 220 Bush Street, Suite 975, approximately 2 blocks from Montgomery BART Station.
Please use the entrance at 220 Bush Street to access the building. All other entrances will be locked at the time of the event. If you require an accessible ramp to enter the building, please let us know ahead of time at sf-chapter@segd.org and we will happily accommodate you.
Public parking is not available in the building, however there are many public garages and street parking available in the area.
Schedule:
6:00 p.m.–6:45p.m. Check-in and networking*
7:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m. Presentation and discussion
8:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m. Book signing and reception
*Please arrive by 6:45pm to attend this event due to building security.
The book will be available for purchase at the event. Light snacks and refreshments will be served.
SF Design Week attendees will be entered into door prize raffles for a copy of the book!
We would like to thank the Haworth San Francisco Showroom for generously hosting us for this event!
About Richard Poulin
Richard Poulin is a designer, educator, author, and artist. Throughout his career he has focused on a generalist approach to all aspects of design, including graphic, environmental, interior, and exhibition design, dividing his time between professional practice and academia. He was Design Director and Managing Partner of Poulin + Morris Inc., a New York City-based multidisciplinary design consultancy he co-founded in 1989 with Douglas Morris. As a highly-respected educator, he was an adjunct professor at Cooper Union and the School of Visual Arts for over two decades and a recipient of a research grant in design history from the Graham Foundation for the Advanced Studies in Fine Art. Richard is also a recipient of a Fellow from the Society for Experiential Graphic Design (SEGD), the profession’s highest honor; and his work is in the permanent design collections of the Denver Museum of Art, Letterform Archive, Library of Congress, and Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). He is the author of several books on graphic design, typography, and design history which have been translated into eight languages and used by students and practitioners worldwide. Richard’s new book, a monograph on the life and work of Rudolph de Harak—Rational Simplicity: Rudolph de Harak, Graphic Designer—traces the rich and varied career of one of the masters of American mid-century modernist graphic design and was released in the Fall of 2022 by Thames & Hudson (London). As an artist, his most recent solo exhibition, entitled “Visual Essays: Elemental Singularities” was at the Brian Marki Fine Art Gallery in Palm Springs, California. His fine art has also been exhibited throughout the United States and is in the collections of several private collectors.
Richard lives in Palm Springs, California. You can follow his work or contact him on Instagram @richardpoulin or richardpoulin.net

Adobe: Creating Gen AI Tools with and for Designers - San Jose
2023-06-08 18:00 - 20:00 | California
This event takes place in San Jose, California
Join members of the Adobe Design and Adobe Design Research & Strategy teams for a very special event for a very special event, in conversation with local designers about the design process behind Adobe’s Gen AI tools. Panelists will discuss how they’re currently using AI in their design workflows, touch upon what’s ahead, and talk about how it takes a human touch to make and create the next generation of design tools. We will start with a brief demo, followed by the panel discussion, and wrap with audience Q&A.

Small Business Manufacturing
2023-06-08 18:00 - 20:00 | California
Join us for an engaging panel discussion during SF Design Week, in which we’ll dive deep into the world of small business manufacturing. “Crafting Success: Small Business Strategies in Manufacturing,” will be a lively discussion that brings together small business owners in different industries to discuss the hardships and successes of manufacturing. Designer and Small Business Owner Melanie Abrantes will moderate the conversation between Panelists Christine Trac from Abacus Row, Miranda Jones from Galanter & Jones, Noah Guy from Joshu Vela and more.
From in-house production to the adventures of outsourcing abroad, our panelists will discuss their experiences, challenges, and achievements in bringing their product to life. You’ll get an intimate discussion on how these small businesses craft their own path to success. Stick around after the panel for a mingling session, where you’ll have the opportunity to chat, meet the panelists, and connect with fellow attendees. Light snacks and drinks will be provided.
Event will be at Abacus Row atelier in San Francisco, limited seating will be available.
Event Details:
Location: 1256 Mason St. San Francisco, CA
Thurs June 8, 2023 | 6-8pm
Panel Discussion will begin at 6:30-7:30pm
Networking and Mingling from 7:30-8pm

Mike & Maaike - Open Studio
2023-06-08 17:00 - 21:00 | California
Mike & Maaike – New Works
Mike & Maaike will exhibit two new works which combine design, art, and advocacy.
Juxtaposed: Religion – The Complete Edition. 2023
The Envelopes. 2023
Light refreshments will be served.
5-9pm
7pm artist talk

TOOOT - Open Studio
2023-06-08 17:00 - 21:00 | California
The Office of Ordinary Things (TOOOT) is a design and branding studio focused on climate, sustainability, and social good. Please join us at a social hour where we hope to cultivate a welcoming, vibrant, and engaged design community! Office and restroom are wheelchair accessible. Cocktails, mocktails, and snacks will be provided.

level - Open Studio
2023-06-08 17:00 - 20:00 | California
Slide over to the Mission and celebrate SF Design Week with us at level. We invite you to come talk industrial design–and anything else–with us!
The doors are open to all, enjoy a memorable night at our studio with bites, booze, good music and great conversation.

Hybrid Design + Super7 - Open Studio
2023-06-08 17:00 - 20:00 | California
Join Hybrid Design and our sister company, Super7 for an open studio in the Mission District. Our studio is an explosion of pop culture inspiration with enormous collections of vintage toys, skateboards and prints. The Hybrid and Super7 teams will be onsite to offer casual tours of the space and show some of the projects we are working on.
777 Florida St.
Suite 202
San Francisco, CA
94110
*Entrance is on 20th St.

Pact Studio - Open Studio
2023-06-08 17:00 - 20:00 | California
Swing by our open studio to share stories about the twists and turns that help shape who we are. Meet others who have had a similar journey or learn about others’ paths that have led to interesting outcomes and unique points of view. We’ll provide refreshments, light snacks and conversation starters. Looking forward to seeing you there!
Pact is a Mission-based partnership of imagination and wits crafting meaningful, unmistakable brands.

Box Clever - Open Studio
2023-06-08 17:00 - 20:00 | California
Join us at Box Clever for an inspiring fireside chat about Shorebird, Box Clever, and Box Garden Ventures – as we share stories around partnership, creative process, and embracing the spirit of a Plot Twist.
Shorebird is a premium outdoor well-being brand focused on delivering thoughtfully designed products that elevate your time outside. Shorebird is also the first company launched from our newly formed Box Garden Ventures.
Learn about how Box Clever is embracing the notion of Plot Twist in how Box Garden Ventures is designing scalable businesses and brands, not just products, in partnership with founders who all share the mission of making a lasting, positive impact for people and our planet.
At the event, you’ll learn about the collaborative product development journey and get to experience the Shorebird Beach Chair before it begins shipping this summer.
Reserve your spot now for this exclusive event.

Noisebridge - Open Studio
2023-06-08 17:00 - 20:00 | California
Noisebridge is a community workshop and hackerspace hosting events and classes. We are a donations-based and volunteers-run non-profit providing access to tools and space to creatives of all stripes.
A tour with a demonstration of some machines to make swag – laser cutter, knitting machine, embroidery machine

Nonfiction & Material ConneXion Open Studio
2023-06-08 17:00 - 20:00 | California
You’re invited to our studio + material library conveniently located in the heart of San Francisco.
Come hear from hosts Phnam and Mardis Bagley (Co-Founders and Creative Directors, Nonfiction) as they share the surprising plot twists that have happened as we’ve designed products and services – and firm – over the past seven years.
Come watch Dr. Andrew Dent (Executive Vice President of Research, Material ConneXion) as he shares the most recent exciting material innovations, their impact on the way that design has evolved, and its future impact on the way we create. Expanding on the ‘Plot Twist’ theme for this year, Material ConneXion is bringing its own take on the unexpected, the curveballs, the surprising turns and sometimes unintended consequences of materials innovation in design.
Then, we’ll have a panel discussion on “How to apply sustainability in your design practice” featuring Mardis Bagley, Dr. Andrew Dent, and special guest Xander Skieller from Lime. They’ll talk about the various ways change makers, design, engineers and scientists can help move the sustainability needle in the right direction.
Want more reasons to stop by? We’ll have experts from Material ConneXion giving tours of our in-house material library, and visitors will get to network with us and like-minded folks excited about the future of everything on our rooftop deck. Light snacks and refreshments will be served.
We can’t wait to show you where and how we’re designing a better, more human future. Hope to see you there!
About the Panelists
Mardis Bagley is a Partner and Creative Director at Nonfiction. He’s a veteran industrial designer, having created products and experiences that change the world for the better. His efforts have garnered numerous patents, awards and hundreds of millions in investment capital. He has taught at the California College of the Arts in Sustainability and Social Impact and speaks internationally on the subject.
Dr. Andrew Dent, EVP of Materials Research at Material ConneXion and Chief Material Scientist at Material Bank, is known for his integrated approach to problem solving. One of the world’s leading authorities on materials in design, Andrew has helped clients from start-ups and Fortune 500 companies take their products and spaces to the next level through innovative material selection and a unique cross-industry perspective.
Xander Skieller is a product development leader who is a passionate advocate and practitioner of sustainable design methods. Experience at large factories in Asia have shaped his belief that our choices as hardware designers have a tremendous impact on people and the planet, and time in sustainable PD consulting have given him the tools to contribute to progress. Xander is currently applying this practice at Lime, where sustainable design contributes to the company’s overall mission to reduce the carbon impact of urban transportation.
And a surprise guest.
About Us
Nonfiction is an award-winning design firm made of industrial designers, architects, engineers, strategists, and storytellers. We create impact-focused physical products and experiences on and off planet Earth for clients like Intel, Anuevo, Halo Neuroscience, Motif Neurotech, and more.
Material ConneXion is the world’s leading material insights company with material library locations worldwide and advisory services that helps companies like Louis Vuitton and Logitech source materials that enhance the performance, aesthetic, and sustainability of their projects. We define the “what’s new and what’s next” in materials, and incubate new ideas so you can make smarter design decisions. We believe every idea has a material solution.

Skona Advertising - Open Studio
2023-06-08 17:00 - 19:00 | California
Join Sköna for drinks, bites, and conversation in our new SoMa office, right behind SFMoMA! Stop by for treats from our Fika bar, chat with our founder and San Francisco team, and learn more about our Scandinavian sensibilities and how we build brave brands for B2B tech.

Peak Design Open Studio
2023-06-08 16:00 - 19:00 | California
Open studio at Peak Design World HQ!Peak Design is a brand that designs and builds carry gear for travelers, photographers and adventurers.
Born and bred right here in SF’s Dogpatch neighborhood, they’ve garnered a reputation for releasing uncompromising, function-first products with design details and features that border on magic.
Entirely crowdfunded and independent, Peak Design has built a community in SF and around the world with an off-beat, behind-the-curtain approach to design and marketing.
Kick the tires of their hardgoods and softgoods design studios, have some drinks with the design team, see some wacky prototypes; and if you ask nicely, maybe even get a sneak peek of some upcoming projects!
Also, they have a not-too-shabby view of the Bay.

Surfacedesign Open Studio
2023-06-08 16:00 - 19:00 | California
Join the Surfacedesign team for a studio tour at our office on the Embarcadero – and then stick around for Happy Hour. Our multi-disciplinary team will present a wide range of landscape projects through the lens of a design process centered on collaboration, the ethos of our practice.

Can Art & Design Save the City?
2023-06-08 16:00 - 19:00 | California
Over the past two decades, San Francisco has seen an exodus of art and design people, places, and resources. Post Covid, it’s even worse. Our public spaces, from downtown districts to retail centers and workplaces are vacant. Can art and design save the day, not only bringing people back, but creating a vibrant cultural future for the fabric of our city?
LMNL Studio x The Archery present a panel discussion, design charette, and cocktail experience featuring local thought leaders, creative luminaries, developers and urban planners to imagine a future for our city built around art and culture. From Downtown LA to The High Line Park, cities have reinvigorated their public places by using art and design as strategic drivers for community and commerce. Let’s shape a plan to ensure that happens here, too.

The Art of Kitchen Design: A Celebration of Creativity, Innovation, and Lifestyle
2023-06-08 16:00 - 18:30 | California
Overview: Join us for an immersive experience into the world of kitchen design and lifestyle. Our event, “The Art of Kitchen Design,” is a celebration of creativity, innovation, and lifestyle. From the latest design concepts to cutting-edge technology, we will showcase how kitchen design can be elevated to an art form. Our event will also explore the cultural significance of kitchens and how they shape our lives, bringing people together and creating memorable moments. We believe in providing a holistic approach to kitchen design, where form and function come together in harmony to create a space that reflects your personal style and way of living.

HGA - Open Studio
2023-06-08 16:00 - 18:00 | California
Join us for an extraordinary chance to immerse yourself in the innovative world of architecture and design!
Our national interdisciplinary design firm is excited to host an open studio event at our HGA office in the heart of San Francisco.
Meet and mingle with our talented team of architects, planners, designers, and engineers as you walk through our space to check out various projects. As passionate advocates for sustainable design, we will also be spotlighting the latest selection of green products that embody our values and reflect our vision for the future of design.

Manifesting A Future In Design
2023-06-08 16:00 - 17:00 | California
What happens when your thoughts become a reality? Manifesting is a tool used daily by designers in their work as they weave client emotions into unique concepts. An inspired idea can become a beautiful space realized from specific intentions.
Alicia Cheung and Eva Bradley, co-founders of Studio Heimat, along with Tyson Lee, creative director and founder of Mister Lee Designs, and Emmi Lim, Vice President of Community and Growth at Schumacher, will discuss how they reimagined their career paths, fought new challenges, and achieved new goals. The conversation will be moderated by Angela Tafoya, brand editorial director of Domino.
Thursday, June 8, 4:00 – 5:00 pm. The panel will begin promptly at 4:15 pm. Space is limited, please RSVP.
Light bites and drinks will be served.

Creativity Explored - Open Studio
2023-06-08 15:00 - 20:00 | California
Creativity Explored (1983–2023) is a studio-based collective in San Francisco that partners with people with developmental disabilities to celebrate and nurture the creative potential in all of us. Founded in 1983 by a psychologist and an artist, CE has facilitated the careers of hundreds of neurodiverse artists and serves as a model in the field of art and disability worldwide.
Creativity Explored now serves 130 artists with developmental disabilities offering art supplies, training, exhibition and sales opportunities in traditional and digital media. CE artists have seen their work exhibited in museums, galleries, and art fairs in over 14 countries and have earned over $2.2 million from their art. Our life-changing programs continue to open doors of inclusion to center the personhood and creative vision of people with developmental disabilities. Most importantly, Creativity Explored is a source of community, empowerment and dignity.
Voted Best Gallery 2021 & Best Nonprofit 2022 – SF Bay Guardian’s Best of the Bay Awards

Changemakers, with Maria Giudice
2023-06-08 15:00 - 17:00 | California
CCA’s Design Division presents a talk & book signing by Maria Giudice
Becoming a Changemaker by Leading with Design
Design leaders have evolved from being responsible for executing design concepts to having a crucial role in driving change across organizations. This is welcome progress, but with greater responsibility comes new challenges, especially when it comes to championing change in organizations likely to resist it.
As design-driven changemakers have risen in the ranks of business, they’ve “learned on the job,” experiencing both setbacks and victories. We captured many of these learnings by interviewing over 40 design leaders and incorporating their shared wisdom in our book, Changemakers: How Leaders Can Design Change in an Insanely Complex World. Whether these leaders worked at IBM and Google, a US government agency, or a small consulting firm, their insights and observations are applicable to all and well-worth considering.
This presentation will offer an overview of what we learned. It will cover Top 5 mistakes changemakers make as they navigate the messy processes and people issues involved in driving any type of change. You’ll learn how to determine the ground conditions needed for success, how to find and align supporters, how to minimize detractors, and how to repurpose design tools, frameworks, and techniques to your advantage.
Bio:
For three decades, creative teams and business leaders have sought the provocative vision and mentorship of Maria Giudice. After founding the pioneering experience design firm Hot Studio and leading global teams at Facebook and Autodesk, Maria’s mission today is to build the next generation of creative leaders. Through one-on-one coaching, group coaching, and team-building workshops, Maria unlocks the potential hidden in executives and the people they lead. A popular speaker at design and business conferences, Maria is also the author of four design books, including Rise of the DEO: Leadership by Design, and most recently Changemakers: How Leaders Can Design Change in an Insanely Complex World.

Illustrating the picture book
2023-06-08 10:00 - 11:00 | https://sfdesignweek.org/event/illustrating-the-picture-book/
Illustrating a picture book from script to final pages – with focus on character design, composition and page design — presentation followed by Live Q and A.

Us vs. Them
2023-06-07 20:00 - 23:00 | California
Join PA San Francisco (formerly Astro Studios) at SF Design Week for a thought-provoking event that explores the intersection of AI technology and design. Attendees will experience a competition between human designers and AI tools, and explore a showcase of AI technology and interactive events that demonstrate the latest trends in design. Refreshments and swag will be provided.
Join us and witness the intersection of technology and design in action.

Adobe: Creating Gen AI Tools with and for Designers
2023-06-07 18:00 - 20:00 | California
Join members of the Adobe Design and Adobe Design Research & Strategy teams for a very special event for a very special event, in conversation with local designers about the design process behind Adobe’s Gen AI tools. Panelists will discuss how they’re currently using AI in their design workflows, touch upon what’s ahead, and talk about how it takes a human touch to make and create the next generation of design tools. We will start with a brief demo, followed by the panel discussion, and wrap with audience Q&A.

Risky Business: Climate Change, Design, and Avoiding Unforeseen Consequences
2023-06-07 18:00 - 20:00 | California
Risky Business: Climate Change, Design, and Avoiding Unforeseen Consequences
Throughout human history, new tools and technologies have simultaneously moved us forward as a society and set us back with unforeseen consequences. Here in the Bay Area, there is a common desire to disrupt, move fast, and break things, but that approach is not valid for the climate crisis.
We as designers must learn to recognize the possible unintended consequences of our work. Join us as we consider the near-term and long-term effects of our work as designers, innovators, and problem solvers at our next Climate Designers Bay Area event — Risky Business: Climate Change, Design, and Avoiding Unforeseen Consequences.
The evening’s conversations will highlight helpful perspectives and practices for considering the potential impact of the work we do as designers as we collectively address the climate emergency.
After the speakers, attendees are invited to participate in a mock “premotem” exercise where they will learn techniques for assessing project risk. This activity is optional, and we’ll also have an opportunity for socialization.
Speakers:
Mike Monteiro
Mike is cofounder and design director of Mule Design, an interactive design studio whose work has been called “delightfully hostile” by The New Yorker. He’s written four books: Design Is a Job, You’re My Favorite Client, Ruined by Design, and The Collected Angers. He’s not as smart as his wife, or as charming as his dog. He’s pretty much given up on tech and is considering a future as a lighthouse keeper or record store owner, or maybe opening a record store in a lighthouse.
Kelly Neuner
Kelly (they/them) is a transdisciplinary designer who is passionate about exploring the intersections of people, systems, and technology. Their background includes work with companies ranging from nonprofits and startups to Fortune 500 companies in healthcare, technology, education, fintech, and retail, both in consulting and in-house at Fast Company. They center their design and futures practice around responsible design and participatory practices. They have completed dedicated training in equity-centered design and research and responsible tech development with organizations including Creative Reaction Lab, HmntyCntrd, and Gray Area. Kelly is currently the Global Chapter & Community Lead for the Design Futures Initiative and is a City Lead for SheFi. Kelly graduated from The New School & Parsons with a focus in Design Management, which combined design, business, marketing, and psychology.
Julia Solano
Julia is a designer, artist, and bamboo architect. She’s Community Architect for The Tech We Want, an initiative focused on supporting a new wave of leaders, companies, and technologies built on inclusivity, mutualism, sustainability, and responsible innovation. She’s spent much of the past decade co-founding and designing in AI companies, building bamboo and earth structures for communing, and exploring the complexity of community by living in experimental cities, artist cooperatives, and cults in efforts to better understand and build social, digital, and physical infrastructure to bridge to more hopeful futures.
Agenda:
6:00: Doors Open & Networking
6:15: Speakers & Q&A
7:30: Social Time & Pre-mortem Exercise
8:00: Event Ends

Design Rocks! Music as Design Inspiration
2023-06-07 17:30 - 20:00 | California
As designers, we’re constantly asked to create, but where does creativity come from? How can we spark new and more innovative ideas? What even IS inspiration? Let’s explore these questions together in an interdisciplinary chat about inspiration through the lens of music.
With the intention to refresh your creative spirit and enliven your imagination, we’re taking it back to the Summer of Love with a deep dive into the iconic music of San Francisco in the late 60s and early 70s. Four industry leaders across a diverse set of disciplines — including architectural, content, brand & graphic design — will each present an original creative work or concept inspired by the music and ethos of this time in history. They’ll also pull back the curtain on their own creative process with insights into how they revise, refine and evolve creative work.
Ready to trip the light fantastic? Join us!
Event Schedule:
5:30-6pm Arrive & Mingle
6-7pm Conversational Panel Discussion
7-7:30pm Live Music (Surprise Musical Guest)
8pm Doors Close
Panelist:
Star Zagofsky – MC/Host, Sr. Content Design Consultant
Josie Jeffries – Sr. Director of Creative at Slack
Marcus Taylor – Sr. Director of Brand Marketing
Megan Murray – Content Design Manager at Reddit
Lesley Ray – Owner/Interior Architectural Designer, Lesley Ray Design

Jam Session by frog Design: Co-Creating a Code of Ethics in AI & Other Rising Technologies
2023-06-07 17:30 - 19:30 | California
During this 90-minute session, we want to bring creatives, technologists and forward-thinkers together to co-create a code of ethics around the increasingly ubiquitous, and intelligent technologies that are making their way into our day to day worlds.
At this pivotal moment, the rise of ChatGPT and other AI-powered products and services have illuminated countless questions about how, when, and why we should use these rising technologies. We are at a critical inflection point in design and technology—What are the ethical codes that will foster our relationship with AI technology? Who gets to write them? What’s at stake here in this plot twist with humans and technology?
As designers and creatives, we are increasingly at the forefront of making decisions about technology use in the products and services that we help create. For this event, we will identify tactical actions that we can take and craft principles that can help us establish a north star for designing with rising tech.
This event is brought to you by frog’s Service Design team, and will take a service-centered approach to this co-creation session. We are excited to share more about our team, methodologies as we co-create with all of you.

Radical Care: Design x Health Skyside Panel with Blumline
2023-06-07 17:30 - 19:30 | California
A cultural shift is underway and it’s shaking up healthcare. Join Blumline for a skyside panel conversation on health, agency, access, and designing with and for this unique space. We’ll discuss emerging behaviors, needs, and the challenges, experiments, and lessons our panelists have uncovered in practicing health-centered design. Come early for aperitivo, a beautiful and unique music box performance to soothe your nervous system, and an opportunity to meet new design friends in the community.
5:30-6pm: Aperitivo + Music Box Performance
6-7pm: Panel Discussion and Q+A
PANELISTS:
Polina Segalova, Head of Product, Teal Health
Greg McNamara, Industrial Design Lead, Blumline
Tejas Indamar, Strategic Partnerships, Turquoise Health
Timothy Lynch of Atha Room, a Mysore yoga practice space
Moderator: Natasha Margot Blum, Principal Director, Blumline
Special guests and additional panelists to be announced. Stay tuned on the socials.
MUSIC BOX PERFORMANCE:
Sidney Chen, a vocalist and performance artist, inspired to learn during the pandemic lockdown.
SPONSORS:
We are serving fresh herbal twists on happy hour, sponsored by Ghia, Aplos, LMNT, and Liquid Death.
Our venue sponsor, Canopy SF, is hosting our event in their beautiful 4th floor space.

Enlisted Design Open Studio
2023-06-07 17:00 - 21:00 | California
Enlisted welcomes all design enthusiasts to join our open studio for a Next Level experience featuring interactive workshops, live design demos and product showcases. From 7-7:45pm, we are proud to feature renowned designer, thinker & author, Donald Burlock, Jr. as a keynote speaker for a discussion about his book: Super Human by Design: Keys to Unlocking Your Creativity for Life-Changing Results. The first 30 registrants will receive a free, signed copy of his book. Additionally, we will be serving up food & drinks from our Uptown Oakland community, plus soulful beats from our own vinyl DJ Kuroko!
Event Speakers:
7-7:45pm: Keynote Speaker, Designer & author, Donald Burlock Jr. will discuss his book, Super Human by Design: Keys to Unlocking Your Creativity for Life-Changing Results

FYRN - Open Studio
2023-06-07 17:00 - 20:00 | California
Stop by Fyrn to see our pieces in-person + have a tour through our original manufacturing facility. We’ll have drinks, bites and music for mingling and chatting. Look forward to hosting you!

Elixir Design - Open Studio
2023-06-07 17:00 - 20:00 | California
Elixir Open House
Come celebrate 30 years with us! Our studio will be fully transformed into a wonder cabinet of projects, designs, colors, knick- knacks and unique commodities we have inherited through the years. We intend to make this an interactive experience– so come ready to explore and even partake in some hands-on activities!
We will have a DJ and beverages.
Elixir Team will be onsite.

Revolution Road: Designing a Driverless Future
2023-06-07 16:30 - 18:30 | California
When the first automobile took to the streets, no one could have predicted a day in which the driver would be optional. That time is now. Our team is designing the new era of transportation on our city streets, and we would love to talk to our fellow designers about it.
Come meet the team at Cruise that is designing the cutting edge of autonomous vehicles and join us for casual drinks and conversation this SF Design Week. We can’t wait to meet you! 21+ ”

Aruliden - Open Studio
2023-06-07 16:00 - 20:00 | California
Aruliden welcomes the entire Bay Area to join us at our house warming party to celebrate our new expanded studio with Material+ in Oakland, California. To jumpstart the event, the team will do introductions and speak towards the history and vision of the studio. (4PM-4:30PM). Our space will be set up to display some of our most recent and relevant work, spanning across different categories of tech, beauty, branding and graphic design. This means, showing off our process through physical/digital prototypes and having a segment of the night dedicated to live demos and hands-on time with our work (5PM-7PM).
We’ll be serving food, drinks with the addition of ‘The Burrito Truck’ being parked right outside of our open garage doors. Libations will include beer from a local brewery and assorted wines (one of which is our very own ‘Cloudy Bay’).

Guacamole Airplane Open Studio
2023-06-07 16:00 - 19:00 | California
We invite you to visit the sustainable packaging design studio of Guacamole Airplane.
Local Plastic from Bend Oregon will be on hand exhibiting recent developments with their recycled plastic sheet press, used to create furniture and home goods.
Located at our studio in Sausalito on Gate 5 Road, you will have the opportunity to explore Guacamole Airplane’s space, see our prototyping equipment, learn about our design process, and explore our material library showcasing the future of material innovation in packaging design. Our team will be on hand to share our work with you, answer any questions you may have, and provide insights into our design philosophy and approach.

Potato - Open Studio
2023-06-07 16:00 - 19:00 | California
Join us POTATO for a talk and mingle to celebrate SFDW 2023!
Change is an inevitable part of life, plot twists as some call it — and it’s especially true in the world of product development and design. Whether it’s new technologies, shifting customer needs, or evolving market trends, change is constantly reshaping the landscape of the product. To thrive in this environment, companies need to embrace change and build a culture of product discovery.
In this talk, we will explore how companies can use product discovery to embrace change and create successful products that meet the needs of customers. We’ll cover the basics of product discovery, including how to identify customer needs, test assumptions, and iterate on product features. We’ll also discuss the importance of cross-functional collaboration, continuous learning in the product development process, and the importance of designing with rationale and evidence.
Our speakers will draw on their experience working with startups and large enterprises to provide real-world examples of how companies have used product discovery to drive innovation and stay ahead of the competition. Whether you’re a product manager, designer, or developer, you’ll come away with actionable insights that you can apply to your own work.
Join us for an engaging discussion on how to embrace change and build successful products with product discovery.
You’ll leave with a deeper understanding of the product development process and the tools you need to stay ahead in a rapidly changing world.

Creating Beauty
2023-06-07 16:00 - 19:00 | California
This event will focus on the story of Tina’s personal journey from a childhood of creativity to an initial career in finance, leaving it all behind to start her own design company — hiccups along the way, and refinding inspiration to create beauty.
TF Design is a creative product design studio and workshop based in San Francisco, California. Tina creates timeless, functional objects, produced by hand from beginning to to end, designed to bring joyful serenity to people and their places.
Join us in Tina’s workshop to hear her journey, surrounded by her beautiful work.

Designing for Climate
2023-06-07 16:00 | California
Know what would be the ultimate plot twist? If enterprises across the globe went from key contributors to climate change, to critical drivers in halting the climate crisis. That’s our goal at Watershed – to create software that empowers companies to cut their carbon emissions.
The Watershed design team is thrilled to host a discussion on what it’s like designing for climate – how to go deep on a complex domain, how to design for a space without much prior art, and what it’s like balancing immediate customer needs alongside an urgent global mission.
We certainly don’t have the answers – in this session, you can expect a brief intro and case study from our team (and/or other experts in the field!), but then we’ll invite you to share your perspective…whether you’re deep in climate tech too, or from an analogously complex space.

Designing through a Merger or Acquisition
2023-06-07 15:00 - 17:00 | California
As a product ecosystem expands from its first product offering to a suite of interconnected products, the design team often scales and forms subteams within the larger design organization. With this additional organizational and product complexity, it becomes increasingly difficult for designers to stay aligned on design best practices as well as interaction and visual design details. When design organizations reach this tipping point, if they haven’t done so already, they will begin to invest in a centralized design system. All good then, right? Yes, but, now imagine that the already complex product suite doubles, triples, or even quadruples in size due to a sudden merger or acquisition. Moreover, the acquired company brings its own perspective on design best practices and potentially their own design system. Through our panel discussion, we’ll discuss key user experience methodologies that can help design teams who find themselves in similar situations and are unsure where to start. Panelists will cover topics such as how to align on end-to-end design processes, how to utilize user research to establish shared baselines, how to converge disparate design systems, and more. By the end of this discussion, attendees should walk away with a design-focused playbook to help them proactively deliver on the original promise of their organization’s merger or acquisition. (Note: for the first 30 minutes or so we’ll have light snacks and beverages so come on time if you’d like to mingle with the other attendees!)
*Registration for this event will close on June 4th 2:00 pm PDT due to building security logistics.

IBM Design presents… SF’s Best “Worst Design” Challenge
2023-06-07 15:00 | California
As designers, we strive to create products, experiences, visual, and other solutions that are useful, usable, and desirable for the intended audiences. This requires a deep knowledge of user pain points, needs, and desires…but what would happen if we use that knowledge to deliver users to their destination in the most frustrating way possible?
In this fun, light-hearted design jam, participants will compete to design uniquely un-user-friendly solutions for a given prompt. While it may sound simple, designing the these terrible processes could be deceptively difficult. Participants will follow the classic design process, but look instead for “holes of opportunity” to create, exacerbate, and twist problems instead of solutions.
This design jam is “the mental equivalent of standing on your head”—it allows us as designers to take what we do for our day job and see design from a fun, new perspective. Let’s have fun, thinking creatively, and change the way the story unfolds by viewing the design process in a new way.
What’s in it for participants?
Other than an opportunity to take part in a fun design jam, there will be food, swag giveaways, and networking opportunities.
Event schedule
First 20 min – arrival, meet & greet, networking
20 min – brief presentation, explanation of challenge goals, instructions, and expectations; design challenge prompt announced
60 min – participants work on challenge within their teams
20 min – share and tell: teams present their designs
30 min – winners announced, closing statements, and enjoy refreshments

Wiki Art Jam
2023-06-07 10:00 - 13:00 | California
What does it take to be “The Last Best Place on the Internet”? While billions of people read Wikipedia every day, most are unaware of or do not understand the massive collaboration happening behind the scenes, involving people and machines. This collaboration is what allows Wikipedia to remain free and open source. Our vision is to host a participatory art installation in the streets of San Francisco, where a large canvas will be set up for participants to collaboratively create an art piece. Participants will be allowed to choose roles that mimic volunteer roles on Wikipedia, and will be given constraints based on their role. The piece’s creative direction will be guided by a local San Francisco artist. We will livestream the art-making process and add a digital layer to the recording that comments on the state of privacy on Wikipedia.

Official Launch Party and Musical Performance: Storytelling with Designers Everett Katigbak and Paula Marengo
2023-06-06 18:15 - 20:00 | California
Join us for an evening of music and storytelling with a musical ensemble comprised of designers. In between songs, you’ll hear stories and conversations about design passions and side hustles between Everett Katigbak (currently the first Creative hire at Anthropic, and former Executive Producer and Designer at Stripe, Pinterest, and Facebook) and Paula Marengo, designer and two-time finalist in the Eurovision Contests, in Spain and Switzerland, is known for her versatile and elegant repertoire.
ABOUT Paula Marengo Ensemble:
Paula is a talented Jazz singer hailing from southern Spain, with a professional career in music. Having moved to the United States one year ago, she’s partnered with veteran Bay Area musicians Everett Katigbak (guitar), Kenan O’Brian (bass), and Cairo Mccockran (drums) to form a new group playing Bolero, Bossa nova, Chanson Française, Swing, and more, all in a wide range of languages, including English, Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese. Paula Marengo, who was a two-time finalist in the Eurovision Contests, in Spain and Switzerland, is known for her versatile and elegant repertoire.
Everett and Paula are also professional designers—Everett has been on the ground level, building the brand voice of some of the most innovative companies, including Stripe, Pinterest and Facebook and Paula has produced work globally for a number of organizations and brands before arriving in San Francisco.
Everet’s work: https://www.typochondriac.com/
Paula’s work: https://marengocreative.com/
Beverages sponsored by Fort Point Beer
They just launched an awesome cider!

Onur Yüce Gun: The In-Between is the Best Place to be at (AI, Computational Design, Digital Manufacturing)
2023-06-06 16:15 - 17:15 | California
The In-Between is the Best Place to be at
Onur Yuce Gun, Ph.D.
The forthcoming lecture at San Francisco Design Week 2023, titled “The in-between is the best place to be at,” promises to offer an insightful exploration of the future of design from a human-centered digital computation perspective. This event is sponsored by New Balance.
Aligned with the event’s theme, ‘Plot Twist,’ this lecture will emphasize the importance of embracing change and the unexpected, rather than clinging to stability and trends, as a fundamental aspect of design thinking and existence.
Just as the city of San Francisco thrives on the twists and turns that drive innovation and progress, so too does computational design. Similarly, “plot twists” that have disrupted industries and economies will be explored as crucial moments that have enriched Onur’s unique design career trajectory. Whether planned or unplanned, these changes will be presented as opportunities to spark creativity and shape the future.
This lecture will uniquely portray Computational Design by drawing on experiences and accomplished projects, ranging from half-a-mile tall skyscrapers to limited production 3D-printed shoes. It will weave a narrative of how these elements intertwine with the human experience and the concept of getting lost.
The discussion will span a variety of topics, including complete value chains, human-centered innovative thinking, hobbyist teaching, servant leadership, ontology, and references to Dante’s Divine Comedy. The lecture aims to provide a fresh perspective on navigating the “plot twists” of our rapidly evolving world, by being persistent on residing in the in-between, and stimulate engaging conversations on this captivating topic.

BIO
Onur Yüce Gün is a seasoned computational design leader, researcher, and instructor. Trained as an architect, Onur holds a Masters in Design and Computation, and a Ph.D. in Computation with a minor in Media Arts and Sciences earned at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Recognized by TEDx, and Time Magazine’s best inventions lists, Onur’s work has been internationally published, exhibited, and awarded. His papers won awards at eCAADe and CAADRIA. His work has been exhibited at the Center for Architecture AIA New York Chapter, SIGGRAPH, Centre Pompidou in Paris, and the Tokyo Gallery A4. His computational architecture work got published in Routledge’s seminal book, Elements of Parametric Design.
Onur has been building and leading computational design teams across industries and academia. He instituted the Computational Geometry Group at Kohn Pedersen Fox, NY, in 2006. In 2009, he co-developed the curriculum and co-directed İstanbul Bilgi University’s undergraduate program in architecture. In 2016, he joined New Balance Athletics to build the internal Computational Design Team. In 2022, he consulted Samsung Research America to help the tech giant build their first ever Computational Design Department. Onur taught at MIT, RISD, and Adolfo Ibáñez University in Chile.
Onur is the Director of Computational Design at New Balance, where he develops end-to-end computational design workflows and futuristic concepts. Onur played a crucial role in the R&D process of Triplecell, New Balance’s 3D printing technology, and designed the 3D-printed forefoot component of the limited-edition Fuel Cell Echo Triple that was published in Popular Science in 2019. Today, Onur leads the New Balance Computational Design Team with value-driven innovational thinking while attending to the broad history of computational thinking and making, from Turing to AI diffusion models.

SPONSORED BY:

Since 1906, New Balance has empowered people through sport and craftsmanship to create positive change in communities around the world. We innovate fearlessly, guided by our core values and driven by the belief that conventions were meant to be challenged.
New Balance Computational Design Group develops creative, intelligent, and meaningful sportswear concepts, and delivers unprecedented products that disrupt the market through value-centered computational design innovation.

Breaking Through Creative Blocks: Small Group Workshop
2023-06-06 15:00 - 16:00 | California
What do artists, creatives, and entrepreneurs have in common? It’s two things: extreme imagination and sometimes extreme doubt. In this small workshop, creative and executive coach Sonya Yu will help individuals break through their current doubts, fears and blocks to better actualize their visions and feel empowered on their chosen paths.
Calling all artists, creatives, entrepreneurs or anyone who is feeling blocked in their chosen practice and fearful about their path. (So, all of us.) This will be a group of 10-15 people, so please be ready to openly and honestly share a creative block you’re experiencing.
What to bring: Journals and pens may be helpful for the session.
ABOUT SONYA:

Sonya is a creative and executive Coach and the founder of Four One Nine, a creative ecosystem that is focused on cultivating culture and artists in San Francisco and beyond. Her personal mission is to cultivate local creative communities and ignite positive social change by championing artists and their visions. She serves on the nonprofit boards of SFMOMA, The Hammer Museum, and is an active member of the Dia Women Committee.
ABOUT FOUR ONE NINE:
Four One Nine is a creative ecosystem, studio and agency based in San Francisco, founded by Sonya Yu. Our artistic programming and creative offerings serve as connective tissue that brings people together and unusual ideas to life — so community and culture can thrive.

De.Coded. Creating a Human Atlas of Silicon Valley with Studio Sutherl&
2023-06-06 15:00 | California
Join us for a talk by Jim Sutherland of Studio Sutherl& in the UK.
Human Atlas is a social-impact art platform founded by artist Marcus Lyon. Mapping community through oral history, portraits and ancestral DNA. Inspiring the next generation of change.
Human Atlas projects are research-based, interdisciplinary explorations of the people of a specified geography. They are built on extensive nomination processes. A carefully curated group nominates individuals who are championing and driving social impact in all its forms: from public servants to entrepreneurs, from non-profit leaders and activists to artists and scientists. The projects then map these remarkable humans through photographic portraits, app-based oral histories, info-graphic mapping and ancestral DNA. Human Atlas projects take on many digital forms but always begin as a published limited edition book and an interactive exhibition.
Studio Sutherl& has designed a Human Atlas of Brazil, Germany, Detroit and now Silicon Valley and are currently working in Los Angeles.
ABOUT Studio Sutherl& and Jim Sutherland:
Studio Sutherl& was set in London up by Jim Sutherland in 2014 to be agile and playful – building teams from the best artists, architects, photographers, writers and strategists to suit each project. There is immense creative potential in collaboration. And great joy.
He has rebranded the Natural History Museum, Wimbledon Lawn Tennis, The Arts Society, Williams F1, Prostate Cancer UK, National Museums Scotland, Welsh National Opera, and Start-rite shoes. He has designed over 50 stamps to date for Royal Mail including the Agatha Christie set in 2016. Awards include 96 pencils at D&AD. He has judged D&AD nine times (including Foreman of the Branding Jury in 2023).
Studio Sutherl& was the most awarded design studio at D&AD in 2017, and came number one in the Computer Arts UK studio rankings in 2017 and 2018.

Break it Until you Make It! The Egg Drop Challenge Using Sustainable Materials
2023-06-06 14:00 - 16:00 | California
Participants of all ages and walks of life will experience techniques of design and arts through hands-on activities using simple tools and sustainable, recyclable, reused materials (provided by the organizing team). The participants will be divided into teams; each team will be challenged to devise a way to prevent an egg from breaking when dropped from a height of 12 feet off the ground! Teams will draw, plan, and build prototypes, working collaboratively under the guidance of design professors from SFSU. The moment of truth – the egg drop! – will be recorded and shared with participants. Additionally, people attending the workshop will take a half-hour guided tour of the School of Design facilities, visiting shops, classrooms, asking questions, and seeing students’ works exhibited in the hallways and galleries.
Workshop Location: Fine Arts Building Terrace (meeting point at the ramp between the Fine Arts and the Cesar Chavez buildings)

Agents of Change: Ben Davis of Illuminate/City of Awe
2023-06-06 13:45 - 14:45 | California
Join us for the first in our new series Agents of Change: an inspiring presentation by Ben Davis, founder of Illuminate and producer of projects such as City of Awe, The Bay Lights, Honoring Harvey Milk, The Golden Mile, The Pink Triangle, Pi in the Sky and more art light installations around the city.
Boom. Bust. Boom. Bust. Welcome to San Francisco.
Our city’s natural beauty and self-expressive nature have always saved us. Throughout history our vistas and creative citizens have consistently inspired awe. Today we make it formal, declaring San Francisco the City of Awe.
It’s an open-source moniker, one we hope will be embraced locally and internationally as we reinvent ourselves yet again. Feel free to use the term. You need not ask for permission. Let the words inspire you. Consider them a call to action. Make it your goal to do all you can to have our City live up to the label.
Speaker:
Ben Davis
Founder and Chief Visionary Officer
Illuminate
About Illuminate:
Illuminate rallies large groups of people together to create impossible works of public art that, through awe, free humanity’s better nature. Founded in 2011, we’ve been working quietly to create a city-wide foundation of artful endeavor that embraces the multifaceted spirit of San Francisco, in all its nuance and vibrancy. After 12 years we’re ready to bring the story into focus, in service of community. Bust times are the best of times when we take charge of the place we call home. Let’s create the city in which we want to live.
About Agents of Change:
A new series produced by Design Bay Area in partnership with Pact Studio deciphering the magic of change and how it happens and amplifying the voices of change makers. Through presentations, panels and workshops the Agents of Change series examines pathways for change and to share stories from experiences of change-makers making a difference.
Across industries and disciplines, we examine how to harness sources of disruption for creativity, innovation and growth. By amplifying fresh perspectives from diverse groups of people, Agents of Change aims to help seed connections, create economic opportunities, and provide a starting point for taking action.
About Design Bay Area:
Design Bay Area is a platform dedicated to promoting design and amplifying the voices of the California design community, and those in adjacent fields, to create economic opportunities by fostering the local and international community.
About Pact:
Pact Studio is a Mission-based branding studio built on partnership, integrity, and trust—committed to developing distinct and strategic brand identities with intentional points of view.
Get to know us, and you’ll find a team of passionate collaborators seeking out new perspectives to create more equitable and meaningful outcomes.

In conversation with Galanter & Jones
2023-06-06 13:45 | California
Join us for a unique, intimate setting: imagine only 20 coveted spots on the couch in conversation with Co-Founders Miranda and Aaron Jones to discuss running a design business, innovation in furniture, manufacturing, challenges and successes.
This event will take place in a small group setting.
ABOUT:
Galanter & Jones is a design + fabrication studio run by brother/sister duo Aaron and Miranda Jones. Founded in 2012, we debuted with a line of heated outdoor seating, the first of its kind.
Smooth and warm like a river stone set out in the sun, our pieces are comfortable, durable, and beautiful. Many have said they are as relaxing as being in a hot tub without having to get wet. They completely change the way people can experience the outdoors while simultaneously offering an elegant solution to conventional outdoor heating methods.
We have been featured in a variety of publications including but not limited to Architectural Digest, The New York Times, New York Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Elle Decor, House Beautiful, This Old House, and Dwell. In 2015, we won Best Outdoor at Dwell on Design, and in 2018 we won the Furniture Innovation award at San Francisco Design Week.
Our clients range from individual home owners, to interior designers, landscape architects, and restauranteurs. We are proud to share warmth in a variety of residential, hospitality and commercial spaces around our home here in the Bay Area, and now the world!

DESIGN 101 – Design basics for novices
2023-06-06 13:00 - 16:00 | California
High school students, community college students, and anyone else interested in design are invited to DESIGN 101, a 3-hour workshop where participants will explore the principles of design through a hands-on session. The activities of this workshop include creating zines, buttons, and packaging. DESIGN 101 will start with a brief introduction to design principles followed by creative making that will result in an informal exhibit of the outcomes.

The Artist’s Anxieties How creatives can survive (and thrive) in the AI Revolution
2023-06-06 12:30 - 13:30 | California
Is AI the new artist? Instead of answering that question, creative coach, entrepreneur and art collector Sonya Yu discusses what’s lost during the creative process when generative computers replace human hands, hearts, and minds—and how creatives can move from a place of anxiety to empowerment in the nascent AI revolution.
If you are an artist or creative nervous about AI and ChatGPT will impact your practice and livelihoods; entrepreneurs and collectors committed to supporting creative practices while embracing innovation then this event is for you!
ABOUT SONYA:

Sonya is the founder of Four One Nine, a creative ecosystem that is focused on cultivating culture and artists in San Francisco and beyond. Her personal mission is to cultivate local creative communities and ignite positive social change by championing artists and their visions. She serves on the nonprofit boards of SFMOMA, The Hammer Museum, and is an active member of the Dia Women Committee.
ABOUT FOUR ONE NINE:
Four One Nine is a creative ecosystem, studio and agency based in San Francisco, founded by Sonya Yu. Our artistic programming and creative offerings serve as connective tissue that brings people together and unusual ideas to life — so community and culture can thrive.

HCI: Human Connection Interaction
2023-06-06 12:30 - 13:30 | California
Leave your titles at the door, and arrive with curiosity in your heart. This gathering is a chance to get to know each other for who you really are without your job title, achievements, accomplishments, or other markers of status and success. First names only. No job titles or company names. For one hour, you’ll step into an altered reality where you’ll learn about others and allow yourself to be known not for “what you do” but for who you are — as humans who have triumphed over the twists and turns of your life. You will be immersed in others’ stories, and you’ll bless them by sharing your own. This guided conversation is an experience of uncommon authenticity and you might discover that this co-created experiment is your favorite interaction of the week. If you crave openness, intimacy, kindness, and you have a willingness to try new things, then this is absolutely for you.

How AI can help us express ourselves
2023-06-06 11:45 - 12:30 | California
Join us for a lively discussion between Henri Liriani, Co-founder and CPO of Tome and Kathleen Chaykowski, Head of Integrated Comms about how AI can help us express ourselves.
TOME:
Our mission is to help anyone tell a compelling story. We’re building an AI-native storytelling format for work and ideas.
A collaborative AI partner,  right at your fingertips. Use artificial intelligence to generate entire narratives, transform your documents into presentations, or add additional pages in seconds. Create compelling images with our DALL·E tile, tailor-made to bring your idea to life.
Build a powerful story  with any type of content.
Your narrative deserves more than text and images. Easily share a prototype, add 3D renderings, trim a video, or embed live content from the web to make your point more compelling.
Frictionless creation meets magic design.
Focus on your idea, and Tome will take care of the rest. Drag-and-drop creation, responsive pages, and one-click themes mean you don’t waste time aligning content or applying brand colors.
Live, interactive content from the web.
Embed anything from the web, in one place. Live integrations with your favorite tools like Figma let you showcase your existing work as a connected part of your story.
Video narration that brings your story to life.
Native video recording lets you talk through a nuanced point or simply add a personal touch to your story, even async.
Easy sharing, for any screen.
Share a link to your tome with just one click. Tomes are designed to fit any device, so viewers aren’t stuck squinting or pinching to zoom.
Made to work, wherever you work.
With the Tome iOS app, you can seize a spark of inspiration or make a last minute edit right before the meeting. Your work syncs seamlessly across devices.
ABOUT OUR SPEAKERS:
Henri Liriani (He/Him)
Co-Founder, CPO at Tome and formerly Facebook: Head of Product, Messenger Human Interfaces
Kathleen Chaykowski
I lead integrated comms (comms, content & editorial) at Tome, the AI-powered storytelling format for work and ideas.
Formerly a reporter at Forbes Magazine covering social media, technology and billionaires, and an interactive news writer at The Wall Street Journal in New York. I’ve also reported for The WSJ and the Mail & Guardian from Johannesburg and Cape Town, and The Chautauquan Daily, in Southwestern New York.
I studied English Literature with a self-designed emphasis in Journalism at Stanford, where I served as president and editor-in-chief of The Stanford Daily.

A Rollercoaster Ride: A Design x Venture Panel with Founders & Funders
2023-06-06 10:00 - 11:00 | California
Hear from founders, funders, and design executives at some of the most exciting startups and funds in the Bay Area in an exciting fireside chat.
Panelists:
Jane Ha, Head of Design, Incredible Health
Karine Sarkissian, Founding Partner at Tamar Capital x Le Studio
Koraldo Kajanaku, CEO & Cofounder, Layer Editor
Rachel Poonsiriwong, Product Design Lead, Scale AI
Tara Tan, Managing Partner, Strange Ventures(moderator)

Self-guided: Mural Hunt by 1am Murals
2023-06-06 - 2023-06-11 | California
Adventure out into the neighborhoods listed on our map, in between events or on your own time. Gather a group of friends, or wander on your own by following the clues to find the murals in the first of our series of self-guided tours of San Francisco Murals.
Once you find a mural on the map, take your most creative selfie and post on Instagram with the caption and tags @1amprojects @sfdesignweek #SFDWmuralhunt
Enter to win prizes like a Grafitti Workshop or virtual art kit by visiting sfdesignweek.org/1ammurals

California Changing: An Augmented Reality Poster Collection
2023-06-06 | California
Please join us for a pop-up exhibition of augmented reality posters that are focused on sites across California through the lens of climate change. The posters use an AR component to showcase the past, present, and potential futures of these sites, and are viewable through your mobile phone. Selected posters will also be available as free postcards for visitors.
This pop-up exhibition is part of SF Design week and has been supported by the UC Davis Department of Design
