Strange new bodies: Design beyond robots with IDEO
2026-06-02 17:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | IDEO, 350 Florida St, San Francisco, California, 94110, United States
​As robots enter homes, hospitals, and public spaces, their design language—how they look, move, and behave—will shape how we trust and relate to them. This session, hosted by design leaders at IDEO, explores emerging visual, interactional, and behavioral grammars of human-robot interaction. Must robots mimic humans or machines, or can new forms evolve? Alongside special guests from the emerging world of robotics design, we’ll examine how design can expand the roles robots play and the relationships we build with them across cultures and contexts.

Shaping Spaces with Beautiful Sound
2026-06-02 17:00 - 20:00 | Bang & Olufsen San Francisco Flagship, 146 Geary Street, San Francisco, California, 94108, United States
What does a room sound like? Join us for an evening with architect Craig O’Connell and special guests from EMPIRE Records and Bang & Olufsen, delving into the meeting of California Organic and Scandinavian aesthetic in a conversation about how sound and multimedia transform our indoor and outdoor spaces for beautiful living.
Sound Sampling Hour Chef Eríc Martínez, a California native who trained at Michelin-starred restaurants in Mexico City and Copenhagen, presents gourmet tasting exhibits of Nordic and West Coast-inspired bites and wine, alongside vinyl DJ sets.
Sample artisanal bites, mingle, and enjoy hands-on exploration of Atelier Composer, an innovative design tool from Bang & Olufsen. As you play on large screens, you’ll discover over 500,000 combinations of natural materials, colors, and shapes to create audacious sound systems.
Entertainment · Refreshments · Inspiration
Schedule
5:00 PM — Check-in & Welcome
5:30 PM — Panel Discussion
6:30 PM — Sound Sampling Hour
8:00 PM — End of Event
About Craig O’Connell
Craig O’Connell is a licensed California architect with a Master’s degree from Montana State University and over 20 years of experience designing and managing all phases of residential and commercial architecture. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Craig specializes in custom home design, Victorian remodels, modern remodels, and new construction projects throughout Marin County, San Francisco, wine country and surrounding Northern California communities.
He is highly proficient in Building Information Modeling (BIM) and integrates energy-efficient, sustainable design principles and materials into every project — from whole-home remodels to luxury new builds and commercial spaces.
His firm has been consistently recognized for excellence, earning Best of Houzz ten times. Craig’s work has been featured in Sunset, California Home + Design, Marin Magazine, SPACES, and Luxe — reflecting a strong reputation for thoughtful, collaborative design that reflects each client’s unique vision and lifestyle.

An Evening at Thuma, Hosted by the Design Team
2026-06-02 18:00 - 20:00 | Thuma, 2197 Chestnut Street, San Francisco, California, 94123, United States
Join us at Thuma’s San Francisco flagship store for a happy hour hosted by Thuma’s Design Team.
From 6:00–8:00 PM, guests are invited to experience the space through a behind the scenes lens, with a selection of informal design process materials gathered from our studio offering insight into how our products come to life.
Enjoy light refreshments, drinks, and casual conversation with the team, along with a brief toast at 7:00 PM reflecting on Thuma as a brand and our approach to design. Rooted in the belief that simplicity is the ultimate luxury, Thuma embraces elevated design by stripping away the nonessential to create pieces that enrich daily life at home. Through thoughtful craftsmanship, careful attention to detail, and mindful material selection, we create enduring products designed to be lived with and appreciated over time.
This evening offers a unique opportunity to connect, explore, and experience design as both process and hospitality.

Career as a Brand System™ — Design Your Narrative, Positioning, and Visibility
2026-06-02 18:00 - 21:00 | Rtrospct Studio, 2950 Geneva Ave, Daly City, United States
Most careers don’t stall because of lack of skill.They stall because the story isn’t clear.
This hands-on workshop introduces Career as a Brand System™, a framework for turning your work into something visible, legible, and opportunity-generating.
Originally developed through work across mobility, hardware, and consumer technology—and recently taught at Fremont Tech Week—this session focuses on how to design your career with the same intentionality as a product or brand.
Participants will work through four core components:

Narrative — defining what you stand for and how your work connects
Language — articulating your value in a way others can understand and repeat
Asset — creating a tangible representation of your thinking
Visibility — distributing your work so it reaches the right people

This is not a lecture.Each attendee will leave with a working draft of their own positioning and a clear next step for applying it. Workbook, pens, and workshop materials will be included for participants.
Schedule:
6:00–6:30 PM — Arrival + guided networking6:30–8:30 PM — Workshop (interactive)8:30–9:00 PM — Open conversation + wrap

What makes this session different:
Most events during the week focus on ideas.This session focuses on application.
Participants will also take part in a simple reflective exercise—writing a note to their future self—to reinforce what they’re building beyond the room.

What past participants said
“I can tell you put a lot of thought into this workbook. As a systems person, this is really good.”
“This workbook is very thought-provoking. The before/after framing got me thinking.”
Who this is for:
Designers, builders, and operators who:

Are doing meaningful work but struggle to explain it
Want to be more intentional about how their work is seen and understood
Are navigating transitions, growth, or new directions

*Please note that this is a limited-capacity workshop with 20 spots.
We exceeded capacity at the first session during Fremont Tech Week, with 32 RSVPs for 20 seats.

Take Stone Drenching to the Next Level with Studio Belmont + IRG Stone (Request an invite CLOSED)
2026-06-03 09:30 - 11:00 | CA
**Request an invite is now closed. All invites have been sent via Eventbrite Ticket and email.***
A new design language is emerging, one where natural stone is no longer confined to surfaces.
An Exclusive “Invite-Only” Mimosas & Brunch Experience during SF Design Week
June 3 | 9:30 to 11 am
You are invited to an intimate gathering of design industry professionals when IRG Stone and Studio Belmont unveil a bold evolution in interior design.
This By-Invitation-Only session introduces Studio Belmont’s Watermark Collection, a customizable line of hardware designed to be fabricated from any stone in IRG Stone’s unique curated selection.
Discover how the same surface choice used for walls and vanities can be crafted into bespoke fittings and architectural details, creating a seamless, sculptural, and fully immersive material experience.
Attendees are invited to engage directly with the materials, mixing and matching stone samples with hardware components to explore composition, contrast, and cohesion…in real time.
What to Expect:
Over coffee and conversation, guests will explore:

The transformation of natural stone into custom hardware and architectural details
A tactile, up-close look at how stone transitions from slab to object
Conversations with design professionals pushing the boundaries of kitchen and bath innovation

This gathering is designed for architects, interior designers, developers, and tastemakers who understand that true luxury not only lies in the details, but in the courage to rethink them.
Space is limited. Invitation only.
Didn’t receive an invite?
If you an interior designer or architect in the SF Bay Area, request an invite here.
If you request an invite, if accepted, you will receive a link to register no later than May 27th from event@designbayarea.org. Unfortunately, due to the intimate nature of this event, we cannot accommodate anyone without an official invite.

Formerly known as Belmont Hardware, we are now Studio Belmont, under the new ownership of Jerry and Kristen Williams. Our rebrand reflects not just a new name—but a renewed vision for the future of our six northern California plumbing & hardware showrooms, one that better represents who we are and where we’re headed.

Established in 1938, this family-owned Belmont institution has been a trusted destination for fine decorative plumbing, hardware, lighting, and home décor for generations. With six northern California showrooms, our knowledgeable team is dedicated to helping you bring your dream kitchen, bath, or living space to life with thoughtfully curated, luxury products and expert guidance.

IRG Stone is a true partner in design working with interior professionals and architects to select the best materials for their projects. A family-owned natural stone importer and distributor serving the Bay Area and Sacramento for over 30 years. We specialize in sourcing and curating a vast and unique selection of natural stone — including marble, quartzite, onyx, semi-precious slabs, and rare materials you won’t find everywhere. Our product line also includes engineered stone, porcelain slab, and tile. With showrooms in Brisbane, Dublin, and Sacramento, IRG Stone partners closely with interior designers, architects, builders, fabricators, and homeowners to guide material selection and create unique spaces.

The Future of Home Robotics.
2026-06-03 11:00 - 12:00 | Four One Nine, 419 10th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94103, United States
Introduced by Box Clever x Weave Robotics
Meet leaders from Weave Robotics and Box Clever, and learn about their shared vision for home robotics.
With its new general-purpose robot launching in 2026, Weave has partnered with SF-based studio Box Clever to design a robot that truly fits in the home. Together, Weave and Box Clever saw an opportunity to take an uncompromised approach that is decor-driven, iconic, and offers homeowners choice.

Box Clever are experts in design and business, building category leading brands and products, through uncompromised and planet positive design. Their unique decor, lifestyle, and contextual perspective leads to market success, with products rooted in clear stories that resonate with people. Their team consists of experts in Industrial Design, Design Strategy, Brand Identity, Packaging, and Entrepreneurship.

Plural by Nature: Curiosity as a Creative Practice
2026-06-03 13:00 - 14:00 | Four One Nine, 419 10th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94103, United States
This 40-minute presentation will reframe creativity through cultural movement and lived multiplicity, inspired by Sonya Yu’s upbringing between Beijing and the Bay Area. The duality of cultures taught her to move between languages, expectations, and ways of seeing — not as a strategy, but as survival. Over time, that in-between space became her creative practice: a way of approaching the world through curiosity rather than expertise.
This presentation is less about mastery and more about staying porous, about harnessing everyone’s innate contradictions as a form of design thinking rooted in observation, translation, and presence. Through personal storytelling and reflections on cross-cultural identity, interdisciplinary practice, and the quiet power of wonderment, Sonya invites audiences to reconsider what it means to create without needing to be the authority in the room. Plurality becomes not just a theme, but a way of moving — allowing curiosity, conversation, and cultural fluency to guide process.
Audiences will walk away with an invitation to embrace creativity as a living, plural practice — where not knowing becomes generative, curiosity becomes methodology, and moving between worlds becomes a source of creative momentum rather than fragmentation.

Gazetteer: Designing a Newspaper in the Digital Age
2026-06-03 13:00 - 14:00 | Four One Nine, 419 10th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94103, United States
Gazetteer: A new approach to local news, starting in San Francisco.
No SEO games, no social media, just the news you need today.
An Intimate fireside chat about printing, design, and news media in the age of digital channels. Join Gazetteer SF‘s Jack Browning and SF Design Week CEO Dawn Zidonis as Jack shares his journey in creating visual designs from editorial to book design.

ABOUT JACK BROWNING:

Hello, I’m Jack Browning, the owner and creative director of DJB Design LLC, a visual design company that specializes in brand marketing and storytelling, editorial, book design, and UX/UI design. I have offices in the Bay Area and New Orleans, Louisiana, but my work truly extends coast to coast!

The Enduring Spirit of Innovation and Optimism in the Bay Area w/ Designwise, Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity, Love Good Color + Project Color Corps
2026-06-03 14:30 - 15:30 | Four One Nine, 419 10th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94103, United States
As part of Design Bay Area’s Year of Design celebration, join us for an afternoon exploring the enduring spirit of innovation, creativity, and optimism that has shaped the San Francisco Bay Area for generations with Designwise, Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity, Love Good Color + Project Color Corps.
Bringing together voices from across design, color, sustainability, strategy, and cultural storytelling, this conversation will reflect on the Bay Area not only as a global center of innovation, but as a deeply human place shaped by imagination, experimentation, and the belief that design can improve everyday life.
Together, we’ll explore questions about how design influences the way we live, gather, build, and belong:

Where is design currently at its best within San Francisco?
What elements of our environment or systems have been overdesigned/underdesigned?

We are using select BART stations as a case study example.

In what areas can we better utilize design to improve our community?

This conversation invites attendees to reflect on the role of design not simply as aesthetics or industry, but as a tool for connection, civic imagination, and cultural change.
Panelists:
○ Laura Guido-Clark – Love Good Color & Project Color Corps – Color Advocate
○ Llisa Demetrios – Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity – Cultivating Curiosity
○ Mary Lee Duff – Former Principal Interior Architects – Strategy, Neurodiversity
○ Jean Hansen – Former Principal HDR – LEED Fellow, FIIDA, CID, WELL AP –
Sustainability
Moderated by Dawn Zidonis, CEO, Design Bay Area
Co-hosted in partnership with Designwise
About Designwise
The mission of Designwise is to democratize the transformative power of design by capturing
and sharing collective wisdom. We aim to empower the next generation of emerging designers
and underserved communities, encouraging them to use design as a potent vehicle for
systemic change and the greater good.
Photo Credit: Ron Poznansky

The Art of Making Surfboards
2026-06-03 14:30 - 15:30 | Four One Nine, 419 10th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94103, United States
Michael Quesenbury is a native of the Pacific Northwest who transplanted to California at the end of the millennium looking for all things that come with Californification; beautiful weather, fabled cities, outdoor lifestyles and a melting pot of design and art.
His simple mission statement is “I get out of bed to create beautiful things.” Educated with a degree in architecture and a 30-year career in luxury construction, Michael’s work focuses on functional creations that strive for a classic and timeless quality complimented with a story. An object without a story is an object. An object with a story is an experience.
Romanticized by the surf culture of California’s 50-60’s and enamored by legendary coach builders like Ferrari and Buggati, Michael has set off to create one off, bespoke, vintage style surfboards and paddleboards that encapsulated high design and fine craftsmanship into each board.
Every detail is executed with a purpose or thought initiating with its function and stylized through use of reclaimed material, sacred geometry, celebration of the defect and integration into the greater work as a whole. The work is purposely focused on the element of hand-crafted techniques, always striving for perfection but never perfect.
Lastly, the work is functional. It is not meant to be a precious jewel. Scratches and dings are part of the aging process, only adding to the story of the creation and the experience. Enjoy.
Michael’s work has been featured on NBC’s California Live & Fox Sports, has received the 2024 Award of Excellence and 2025 Best of Art awards at the annual Artistry in Wood Exhibition, the 2026 Bay Area Woodworker’s Association Exhibition Best of Creative Art, a finalist for Johnny Depp’s “The People’s Artist”, and has been selected for the juried Nimbus Arts “Nimbash” Auction multiple times. Michael is the current chairperson for the Sonoma County Woodworker’s Association and sits on the Santa Rosa Community College’s Construction Management Advisory Board.

Food as Infrastructure with Landscape Architects Christian Douglas Design
2026-06-03 16:00 - 17:00 | Four One Nine, 419 10th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94103, United States
In this talk, principals and landscape architects Christian Douglas and Christian Macke of Christian Douglas Design, explore food-centered design at every scale – from master plan communities and rooftop farms to hospitality experiences and the humble home garden. Drawing on Douglas’s book The Food Forward Garden and the firm’s broader design philosophy, the talk reframes food as essential infrastructure: a framework for ecological resilience, human health, and lasting environmental impact.
Directly following this event, join us for a Happy Hour on the beautiful Rooftop Garden
ABOUT:
Christian Douglas Design (CDD) is an award-winning San Francisco Bay Area-based landscape architecture firm specializing in food-focused outdoor spaces that blend ecological resiliency with exceptional beauty. From residential homes and wineries to rooftop farms and large-scale master planning. CDD’s designs are fully immersive, curated spaces for recreation and relaxation, foraging and feasting.

Christian Douglas

FOUNDING PRINCIPAL
Christian Douglas is a multi-award-winning landscape designer, creating beautiful and productive outdoor spaces for over 25 years. Combining his formal training in classical design and his passion for regenerative agriculture, he has created innovative landscapes in his native England, the Middle East and the United States, with food at the heart. Before settling in the US, Christian owned a design studio in the UK for many years, followed by extensive global travel learning strategies for farming and survival in desert environments while working and teaching for both for-profit and non-profit farms and education centers. Constantly inspired by the common connection traditional cultures have to their environment and growing food, Christian believes modern landscape design has a significant role and responsibility to play in restoring our relationship to the natural world – starting with food. Christian has been featured in Architectural Digest, WSJ, California Home & Design and Sunset Magazine, and published his first book on food-forward design philosophy in 2024.

Christian Macke

PRINCIPAL + LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
Christian is a licensed Landscape Architect with a focus on agrihood design and development. His shared desire to integrate food and regenerative strategies into every project is matched by his ability to create highly detailed masterplans. From landscape analysis and design to community programming, his leadership and skills have supported large teams developing innovative lifestyle communities and fully-integrated sustainable developments. His experience includes working with large-scale estate owners, developers and operators with a focus on land and farm-based hospitality, master-planned communities, multi-family and mixed-use developments. He collaborates with a wide variety of disciplines to find solutions to today’s issues – economic, social and environmental – creating the foundation for design that is at its core; resilient, and truly authentic.

Global Contemporary Design, Crafted in Mexico
2026-06-03 16:00 - 17:00 | Four One Nine, 419 10th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94103, United States
Colección Estudio is a design studio founded by three designers: Andrés Cacho, Manuel López, and Daniel Martínez, who explore the intersection of art, craft, and contemporary furniture. Since their founding, they have built a practice rooted in Mexican cultural legacy, material experimentation, and collaboration with artisans, producing limited-edition objects that travel between local workshops and international markets.
This talk traces their journey: from establishing a design studio that bridges Mexico and the United States, to evolving into mentors through Punto 3, a new platform that supports emerging designers through knowledge exchange, collaborative production, and a shared belief that craft must be projected into the future, not just preserved.
In a city shaped by innovation and cross-cultural exchange, Colección Estudio invites the San Francisco design community to explore what it means to build a global design practice with deep local roots, and how mentorship, multiplicity, and making become tools for collective growth.
Bio:
Coleccion Estudio is made up of three Mexican designers: Andrés Cacho, Manuel López and Daniel Martínez.
Based in Mexico City, San Francisco and Queretaro, Coleccion Estudio creates objects at a slower pace and with a more humane process that fosters long-lasting emotional connections with the spaces you inhabit. Inspired by stories and techniques rooted in our culture, we translate them into limited-edition furniture, accessories and collectible design for your home.

Designed in Seoul: Culture, Objects, Everyday Life
2026-06-03 17:00 - 19:15 | Samsung Hall, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 200 Larkin St, San Francisco, California, 94102, United States
This immersive event celebrates the vibrancy and plurality of contemporary Korean design, bringing together a curated group of design agencies whose practices span product design, branding, mobility, consumer technology, and cultural experience. Blending tradition with modern innovation, the event highlights how Korean design continues to evolve across disciplines while maintaining a strong cultural identity.
Attendees will explore a diverse range of design expressions—from physical products and industrial objects to digital interfaces, brand systems, and experiential storytelling. The exhibition will feature visually striking installations, material explorations, and interactive media, offering a layered and engaging view into Korea’s dynamic design landscape.
This program is presented through a collaboration between the Asian Art Museum, the Stanford Center for Innovation and Design Research (SCIDR), and the Korea Institute of Design Promotion (KIDP), bringing together institutional, academic, and global design perspectives.
Through dialogue, presentation, and exhibition, the program reveals how multiple design perspectives converge to form a vibrant ecosystem, aligned with this year’s theme, Multitudes: The Power of Plurality.
The event opens with a panel discussion featuring:

Soh Kim, Executive Director, Stanford Center for Innovation and Design Research, Stanford University
Yoon-Jee Choi, Curator, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
Sung Bai, Director of Industrial Design for Home Devices, Google
Ippei Matsumoto, Industrial Designer, Devices and Services, Google

The panel will explore the evolving role of Korean design within global creative industries, addressing themes of cultural identity, technological innovation, and cross-cultural collaboration.
Following the panel, participating design agencies will be introduced through short presentations, offering insight into their design philosophy, process, and key works.
The event then transitions into an open exhibition and networking session, where attendees can directly engage with the showcased works and interact with designers.
Participating Korean Design Agencies
The participating agencies collectively represent the multitudes of Korean design—spanning material exploration, brand strategy, technological innovation, engineering integration, cross-industry application, and emotional storytelling.

BEBOP
ohSeven
BKID
UNICHEST
intenxiv
HEAZ

Program Schedule

Opening Panel Discussion (30 minutes): A curated dialogue on Korean design, global influence, and plurality

Korean Agency Presentations (30 minutes): Short introductions by participating agencies

Curated Exhibition & Showcase: Physical and digital works presented through spatial storytelling
Open Networking Session: Informal engagement between attendees and designers, accompanied by Korean-inspired food and beverages

Cambria Style: Mix & Mingle
2026-06-03 17:00 - 20:00 | Scott & Cooner San Francisco Showroom, 543 8th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94103, United States
Join us for this exclusive event to celebrate the launch of Cambria Style issue 30! Mingle with industry professionals, enjoy light bites and beverages, and learn about unique applications from Cambria Quartz. The event will be hosted in collaboration with Scott & Cooner, at the San Francisco showroom. We look forward to seeing you there!

Where Design Begins: An Open Exhibition by Vizcom (Opening Party)
2026-06-03 17:00 - 20:00 | Vizcom, 488 Bryant St, San Francisco, California, 94107, United States
Vizcom is opening the doors to its Makerspace. See how designers across automotive, fashion, industrial design, and architecture are integrating AI into their creative process. Real objects and renders will be on display, alongside the work that made them.
Explore at your own pace: get hands-on at demo stations, watch live fabrication, take on a prompted design challenge, and spend time with a curated installation drawn from designers around the world.
June 3rd is opening night. The gallery runs through June 11th.
Come curious. Leave with something to think about.

Imagination in the Making with level
2026-06-03 17:00 - 20:00 | level, 530 Hampshire Street Suite 301, San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
Simply Fun.
Join us for an evening exploring how we design for kids. From play to sleep and everything in between, step behind the scenes of our latest work, including Nex Playground, and get an early look at what’s coming next.
We design products that shape a better everyday for kids and families. A world where kids are more active, routines feel natural and engaging, and better sleep is built in. Experience interactive demos and explore the products in action.
At level, this work is personal. As designers and parents, we create products that feel as good as they function. Designs with character and clarity that elevate the kids’ space, bringing moments of joy and delight to everyday life.

Ecological Futures in Design
2026-06-03 17:30 - 18:30 | Four One Nine, 419 10th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94103, United States
This conversation explores the future of ecological design beyond “sustainable materials” —shifting the dialog from replacing one material with another, and instead rethinking our relationship to matter itself. New ecologies of design are emerging as a practice of building interdependency: with ecosystems, with communities, and with non-human life. This panel conversation brings together practitioners across the design world in architecture, materials design, human-computer interfaces, fashion, and industrial design for a dialog on the frontiers of new design ecologies with biomaterials.

From extraction and consumption toward participation, reciprocity, and new forms of exchange – biomaterials are becoming a medium for new relationships between the built and living world:

Ocean Ecosystem Regeneration with Sea Urchin Architectural Surfaces | Virj Kan – Marblis by Primitives
Biobased & Natural materials adoption in the Built Environment | Teresa Jan – Perkins&Will
Dialog on the paradox of making in a climate crisis through fashion | Stella Harry Lee – WithRawMaterials
Narrative Futures that create awareness and mindfulness around ecology through Fungi | Jerome Tavé – 10th Floor Studio
Biomaterials and Biosensors: From Growable Interfaces to Biosensing Cosmetics | Katia Vega – Interactive Organisms Lab, UC Davis

Virj Kan – Marblis by Primitives
Virj Kan is a designer, materials engineer, and the Founder of Primitives. Primitives is a biodesign lab that develops advanced materials to restore nature’s balance. Through cutting-edge materials science, innovative design, and environmental science, Primitives is working to reshape the modern materials landscape into a platform that drives nature and biodiversity regeneration. Its architectural surfaces brand, MARBLIS™ brings this vision to the built environment and introduces a new class of stone surfaces called biocalcite, engineered to support ecosystem repair and design performance. Its debut innovation, Urchinite™ is a biocalcite surface made from ecologically destructive purple sea urchins, designed to restore kelp forests and regenerate ocean biodiversity.

Teresa Jan – Perkins&Will
Teresa Jan is an architect and urbanist who leads design with curiosity and a deep commitment to community, nature, and their evolving interconnections. She brings a regenerative design ethos to diverse project types, striving to advance climate justice through inclusive, place-based solutions. Teresa listens with intention, embracing complexity and the nuanced needs of each project to foster meaningful connections between people and the broader climate culture. A passionate advocate for healthy and resilient communities, she promotes equitable building decarbonization and views all-electric cooking as a vital step toward a climate-aligned future. Teresa recently served as a content leader for The Building Decarbonization Practice Guide: A Zero Carbon Future for the Built Environment. She was a juror for the 2023 AIA Architecture Awards and remains active with AIASF COTE. Teresa also serves on the Northern California Regional Leadership Advisory Board for USGBC-CA. Currently, she is the Director of Regenerative Design at Perkins & Will architects.

Stella Harry Lee – WithRawMaterials
Stella is a material and product designer exploring the future of materials and our evolving relationship with them. With a background in fiber arts, she began by working closely with the raw ingredients of clothing—spinning, dyeing, and understanding their origins. Later, her time at corporate fashion companies challenged her to think more critically about the lifecycle of products and the systems behind them. In response to the endless consumerism in the context of the climate crisis, her latest work shifts focus toward biodegradable and bio-based materials like seaweed, algae yarn, mycelium, and fish skin. Her work now aims to bridge the worlds of science and consumers through product and textile design.

Jerome Tavé – 10th Floor Studio
Jerome Tavé (he/him) is an artist with a background in design and has worked as an interaction designer for a variety of companies and design groups, in addition to teaching in the Web & New Media program at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. Over the last 6 years, Jerome has incorporated fungi as a central part of his work. By experimenting with materials, and presenting them in new ways, Jerome hopes to explore narratives for new futures, while creating awareness and mindfulness around ecology. 10th Floor Studio is a conceptual art studio operated by Jerome Tavé and Kyle Lawson focusing on works that envision futures they want to see and build together.

Katia Vega – Interactive Organisms Lab, UC Davis
Katia Vega is an Associate Professor in the Department of Design at the University of California, Davis, where she founded and directs the Interactive Organisms Lab. Her research integrates human–computer interaction, biotechnology, and wearable technologies to explore how the body and living systems can serve as platforms for computing. She introduced Beauty Technology (electronics embedded into cosmetics) and has since expanded her work to Biocosmetic Interfaces for discreet, non-invasive health monitoring with cosmetics, Animal Biosensing Computing for biosensing on animals biofluids, and Growable Interfaces that employ bio-based materials for sustainable devices.

Happy Hour with Christian Douglas Design
2026-06-03 17:30 - 18:30 | FourOneNine, 419 10th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94103, United States
Share a drink and a chat with the team at Christian Douglas Design
This event is directly following the Panel Discussion at 4pm: Food as Infrastructure with Landscape Architects Christian Douglas Design

Service Design Network Mixer
2026-06-03 17:30 - 19:30 | DesignMap Studio, 917 Bryant St, San Francisco, California, 94103, United States
Come along to learn about service design and connect with service designers. We’ll have info and activities to learn about it, plus a space to connect with others practicing or interested in service design.
WHO IS THIS FOR?
​Anyone interested in service design! Whether you’re a seasoned service designer, someone looking to pivot into service design, or just curious about how service design principles can apply to your field of work, everyone is welcome.
​Great discussions come out of varied work experiences and perspectives. Feeling shy about your limited service design experience? Don’t be, the goal is to bring people together and learn from each other!
WHAT SHOULD I EXPECT?
We’ll have info about service design and activities set up to give you a feel for what it is. Activities will be running in parallel and guided by someone from the Service Design Network so you can do them at your own pace. Feel free to come for the whole event, or to just drop in to see what’s happening. Already know the basics? Come along to connect with others in the field. We’ll have snacks and drinks set up and you can choose your own adventure.
WHAT DOES MY TICKET INCLUDE?
The ticket price supports the SF Service Design Network to pay for snacks and drinks that we’ll cater for the event, as well as our printing and stationary costs for the activities we’re running. Half of the ticket price goes to SF Design Week to cover their operating costs.
WHAT IS SERVICE DESIGN?
​​Service design is an interdisciplinary practice that leverages research to solve problems in a system or service, leveraging design thinking to solve the problem. Service designers look holistically at an entire service ecosystem, leveraging the perspectives of employees, customers, and stakeholders to deliver a cohesive service solution.
​No matter your title, anyone can do service design work or benefit from learning about these design concepts. Join us to learn more!
ABOUT THE SF SERVICE DESIGN NETWORK
We’re a local chapter of the global Service Design Network (SDN). We run events throughout the year focused around the discipline and connecting the service design community. Check out our Luma to see our other events including talks, a book club, and the occasional potluck. https://luma.com/sdnsf

Create Now San Francisco Design Week
2026-06-03 17:30 - 20:00 | Terra Gallery & Event Venue, 511 Harrison St, San Francisco, CA, 94105, United States
Join the Bay Area’s creative community for creative inspiration, practical learning with Adobe experts, and real connection.
Create Now is an evening designed for you to gain new skills, fresh ideas, and confidence using the latest updates across Photoshop, Illustrator, Express, Firefly, and more. Adobe pros will walk through real-world workflows, smart shortcuts, and practical ways to integrate AI as a creative assist—so you can move faster without sacrificing your personal style or creative control. You’ll also hear from talented local creatives as they share their inspirations, process, and standout projects!
Connect with fellow creators to exchange ideas, build your network and be inspired by your local creative community. This event is open to creators of all levels and aims to support your creative growth!
Enjoy complimentary bites and drinks, meaningful conversations, and a chance to win a free Creative Cloud membership. This free event has limited capacity, so only RSVP if you plan to attend.
By attending this event, you consent to the use of your likeness in photographs and videos for promotional and documentation purposes.
Share with friends. Tag us #AdobeCreateNowSF
Register here for Create Now with Adobe!

Paul Trani: Principal Worldwide Creative Cloud Evangelist

Paul Trani is a Principal Worldwide Creative Cloud Evangelist at Adobe. As a 25 year veteran of the design community is passionate about empowering designers to create compelling content using their creativity and new technology.
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We’ll also be hosting a breakfast panel with SF Design Week on June 2nd. Register here.

From designer to founder: The leap we don’t talk about
2026-06-03 17:30 - 20:00 | Workato, 600 Illinois St, San Francisco, California, 94107, United States
Designers admire founders, but they don’t see THEMSELVES as founders. We are taught to focus on craft, to wait for an engineer, to avoid business.
But the landscape has changed.
AI lets us prototype and build faster than ever. Business skills can be learned. Vision and taste are already our strengths.
This talk invites designers to see founding as an act of design: shaping product, narrative, culture, and company.
If even one designer walks out believing they are allowed to build the future, this talk will have done its job.

Cutting the Cord: Inside Gantri Wireless with Ammunition
2026-06-03 18:00 - 20:00 | Gantri The Shop, 320 10th St, San Francisco, California, 94103, United States
Be among the first to see our new wireless collection, designed by Ammunition.
Join us for an intimate conversation moderated by Tyler Trykowski with Gantri and Ammunition, the San Francisco–based studio behind the work, going behind the scenes of the collection and the technology that makes it possible. From design decisions to production, we’ll share how we approached rethinking lighting without cords.
Tyler Trykowski is a San Francisco–based journalist and communications professional who has held editorial roles at Condé Nast’s Them, VICE, and Playboy, and has contributed to publications including Inc.
Seating is limited, with standing room available.
Doors are at 6 PM, with the conversation beginning at 6:30 PM.
Elixirs provided by Drink2F.

Design Your Future - Proactively Shaping What's Next
2026-06-03 19:00 - 21:00 | Fingersnips Media Arts & Record Store, 3527 20th Street, San Francisco, California, 94110, United States
What if your next chapter was not something to wait for – but something you could design?
Join Prof. Dr. Sebastian Kernbach from Stanford, Stellenbosch and St. Gallen University, for an intimate and interactive Life Design workshop around Design Your Future, curating the plurality of career and life. This evening invites participants to explore practical, science-based tools for navigating multitudes in transitions with more clarity, confidence, and creative agency. It is based on his book “Design Your Future” published with Cambridge University Press.
Blending design thinking, behavioral science, positive psychology, and visual methods, the session will move beyond a traditional talk. Participants will be guided through a short, hands-on exercise and leave with a tangible mini-zine: a small personal artifact capturing ideas, questions, and first steps for their own future.
Schedule:
7:00–7:15pm – Arrival and welcome
7:15–7:35pm – Short keynote: Why life and career transitions need design
7:35–8:15pm – Interactive mini-zine workshop: Design Your Future in 8 pages
8:15–8:35pm – Conversation, audience questions, and reflections
8:35–9:00pm – DJ music, informal exchange, and closing
Speaker:
Prof. Dr. Sebastian Kernbach is Professor for Creativity associated with the University of St. Gallen, Stellenbosch University and Stanford University. He founded the Life Design Lab helping people at all ages and stages to navigate what’s next despite uncertainty. His work explores how design thinking, visualization, behavioral science, and positive psychology can help people navigate transitions and move from insight to action. His latest book is available at: https://www.amazon.com/Design-Your-Future-Innovative-Transition/dp/1009737317.
Perks:
Participants will receive a hands-on Life Design mini-zine template and create their own small future-design artifact during the event. The evening includes an intimate conversation, practical tools, and the opportunity to mingle with others in meaningful ways.
Location:
This interactive workshop format will take place at Fingersnips Media Art & Record Store (https://www.fingersnaps.net/) by DJ Lamont in the Heart & Soul of the Mission District in San Francisco close to Valencia Street. If the weather allows, we can mingle before and after the workshop outside in front of the store with some drinks and music.

Designing for Museums
2026-06-04 10:00 - 12:00 | de Young museum, Koret Auditorium, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, San Francisco, California, 94118, United States
Join the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF) Design Studio for a morning at the de Young museum in Golden Gate Park.
Discover how our graphic and exhibition design teams work in tandem, from initial concept through the transformation of the galleries. We’ll share our design process for special exhibitions — from graphic identities and marketing campaigns through exhibition design and environmental graphics.
The event will begin with a talk in Koret Auditorium — an in-depth look at recent exhibitions at both the de Young and Legion of Honor museums, followed by a Q&A. After the talk, participants will be free to explore the museum on their own.
Ticket includes General Admission to the de Young museum, and same-day General Admission to the Legion of Honor.

Cambria Style - Open Studio
2026-06-04 11:00 - 16:15 | Cambria Sales & Distribution Center, 1747 Atlantic St, Union City, California, 94587, United States
Join us for this exclusive event to celebrate the launch of Cambria Style issue 30! Mingle with industry professionals, enjoy refreshments and swag bags, and get a firsthand look at what’s new from Cambria. While onsite, participate in Cambria showroom and distribution center tours.
We will also welcome Benjamin Moore in attendance, who will collaborate with us for the day to present their Color of the Year.
We look forward to seeing you there!

Common Threads: Cross Discipline Conversations
2026-06-04 13:30 - 15:30 | Studio O+A, 452 Tehama St., San Francisco, California, 94103, United States
Consequential creatives across disciplines—from culture (food, music) to architecture and design—share their stories, discuss their professional path and ponder their legacy, and the future.

Conversation #1, 1:30-2:30 PM
Join us at Studio O+A for an intimate conversation with three San Francisco originals who have each spent decades shaping the culture of this city through sound, space, and community. Talking shop with Primo Orpilla, Studio O+A; Kirk Michael Harper aka The Selecter; and John Quintos of Cento Coffee. Hosted by Annabelle Udo-O’Malley.

Conversation #2, 3:00-3:30 PM
Creative forerunners in design, technology and architecture discuss their origin stories, making an impact with intention, by invention and through innovation, and their latest projects. Featuring Primo Orpilla (interior designer and co-founder, Studio O+A), Gene Sandoval, AIA (design partner, ZGF Architects) and Everett Katigbak (multi-hyphenate, analog intelligence advocate) with host Lisa Boquiren.
Sound+Set: Thomas Heinser
About the Presenters
Kirk Michael Harper — known as The Selecter — has spent over three decades defining San Francisco’s music and nightlife as a DJ, writer, event producer, and venue owner. Founding partner of Mr. Fives and 330 Ritch Street, he remains a driving force behind Sweater Funk, the city’s beloved boogie and funk party since 2008.
Primo Orpilla is one of San Francisco’s most influential interior designers, known for translating the technology mindset into physical space for Facebook, Microsoft, Samsung, Uber, Yelp, and beyond. His design philosophy — organizing space to share the light and flatten the organization — is rooted in fostering collaboration and human connection.
John Quintos is a Bay Area native and owner of Cento Coffee, a SOMA cornerstone since 2008. From Cento Coffee Bar to Vega Coffee to a full roasting brand, John brings a DJ’s intentionality to his craft — knowing your audience, trusting your taste, and building loyalty. He currently owns Système D Cafe at the Center for Architecture + Design.
Annabelle Udo-O’Malley (host) is a San Francisco-based event producer and storyteller whose work spans culture, community, and live experience. A Bay Area media and culture veteran, she has co-hosted special AAPI broadcasts on KPFA 94.1 FM and served as editor and writer for various publications including AsianWeek, Filipinas, Hyphen, Kaleo, Rewind, and Wushu Kung Fu.
Everett Katigbak is a documentary filmmaker, storyteller, and creative who spent 20 years telling stories across different mediums at Stripe Press, and at Facebook, Pinterest, and Anthropic. His latest film, “American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez,” won major awards at Sundance, and from the Library of Congress, and premieres on PBS in fall 2026.
Gene Sandoval, AIA is an unconventional thinker with an active imagination, and resourcefulness, which he leverages for designs that creatively balance human and environmental performance. Gene leads design teams for some of ZGF Architects most complex and ambitious projects, including an expansion at the Nike World Headquarters Campus, and doubling the capacity of the Portland International Airport.
Lisa Boquiren (host) is a design & architecture aficionada who works with creative businesses on brand, marketing and communications strategy. She also produces and moderates convergent conversations, in-person and online, including Pacita Abad: The Making of an Exhibition (San Francisco Design Week 2024). Her editorial work appears in SHLTR, SPACES and Small Firms, Great Projects.

Soft Threshold: An immersive cultural encounter between East and West (an immersive multi-sensory experience )
2026-06-04 14:00 - 17:00 | Google Huddle, 2000 N Shoreline Blvd, Ground Floor, Mountain View, 94043, United States
In an age of acceleration, we gather to remember slower ways of being human.
Soft Threshold is an immersive multi-sensory experience exploring the meeting of cultures through space, sound, scent, objects, and storytelling. Rather than offering a guided path, the event invites attendees to move through a layered environment where different traditions of beauty, ritual, and healing come into dialogue.
In response to this year’s theme of Multiplicity, the experience considers how people today live across cultural influences, layered identities, and changing worlds. By bringing Eastern, Western, and Mediterranean sensibilities into a shared sensory space, the gathering asks how art and culture can help create new forms of belonging in an age increasingly shaped by speed, fragmentation, and AI.
Soft Threshold is the public preface to World Culture Salon — a new international cultural series presented by One Culture Foundation, designed to bring the deepest aesthetics of different civilizations into contemporary life through art, music, scent, and shared experience. The series itself begins in July with Chapter I: Greece.

Event Schedule
2:00 – 2:30 PM · Opening Remarks & Conversation Welcome, opening reflections, and a three-voice exchange between East, West, and the Mediterranean.
2:30 – 2:50 PM · Piano Performance & Pause A musical threshold bridging Eastern and Western traditions.
2:50 – 4:45 PM · Immersive Exhibition Open exploration of scent, sound, and ritual objects — a layered sensory environment to move through at your own pace.
4:45 – 5:00 PM · Send-Off A soft closing, with details on Chapter I: Greece in July.

Speakers & Performers
Kayci Bi · Honorary Chair, World Culture Salon.
Through a rich diplomatic life and extensive cultural engagement across Asia, North America, the Middle East, Africa, and Europe, Kayci Bi has become a long-time advocate for Greek culture on the global stage. A Founding Board Member and Cultural Advisor of One Culture Foundation, she serves as Honorary Chair of World Culture Salon. In July, she will host Chapter I: Greece, an intimate gathering at the Consulate General of Greece in San Francisco.
Evelisa Genova · Artist; Executive Director, DrawBridge
A Sicilian-Canadian painter, cultural strategist, and Harvard-trained leader, Evelisa Genova is the Executive Director of DrawBridge, a Bay Area nonprofit that has provided trauma-informed expressive arts programs to children in shelters and underserved communities for 35 years. Her own painting practice, known as the Painting Oracle, draws from Jungian dream symbolism, surrealist allegory, and the Mediterranean tradition, exploring intuition, feminine power, and the inner landscapes that words cannot reach. Her recent curatorial work includes The Art of San Francisco at Embarcadero Center, in partnership with BXP.
Dr. Tong Zhang · Pianist; Founder & Artistic Director, Aetna Music & Arts Foundation
Dr. Tong Zhang is a pianist, arts and cultural leader, and the Founder and Artistic Director of the Aetna Music & Arts Foundation, an organization dedicated to advancing well-being and community connection through music and the arts. Trained in China and the United States, Dr. Zhang holds degrees in piano performance and literature from the Eastman School of Music, Northwestern University, and the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign. Her work bridges Eastern and Western musical traditions, fostering dialogue, healing, and cultural connection.
Xinye Lin · Artist; Founding Curator, World Culture Salon; President, One Culture Foundation.
Multidisciplinary artist and curator working at the intersection of culture, healing, and sensory art. A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design (M.Arch), her multi-sensory installations have been presented at the United Nations Headquarters, Times Square, CHSA Museum, CICA Museum, and other international institutions. She is the author of Artful Awakening: Multisensory Art and Meditation, a book exploring Eastern philosophy, contemporary art, and sensory healing practices, now distributed in 28 countries and held in the collections of the Clyfford Still Museum, the RISD library, and San Mateo County Libraries. Following her 2025 SF Design Week immersive exhibition Inside of Nebula, Xinye founded World Culture Salon to extend her multi-sensory healing curatorial practice into the field of cross-cultural dialogue.

About the Series

World Culture Salon is the flagship cultural program of One Culture Foundation — an international dialogue series that uses sensory experience as its medium. Each gathering focuses on one civilization, bringing its most enduring aesthetics into the present moment. This evening is the public preface to the series in San Francisco. From here, in partnership with consulates and cultural institutions across multiple countries, World Culture Salon will unfold The Divine Feminine Travels throughout 2026 — a journey across civilizations exploring beauty and creative force, beginning with Chapter I: Greece in July.

Designing Worlds: How Products and Experiences Hold Complexity (Samsung/Amazon, Field Paoli Architecture, Collab Fertility, Belmondo Studios)
2026-06-04 15:30 - 18:30 | GSC Agency, 201 Jackson St, San Francisco, California, 94111, United States
Join Belmondo Studios for a panel with leaders from Samsung, Field Paoli Architecture, and Collab Fertility, plus a hands-on workshop. Explore how design navigates complexity followed by a 5:15 PM social mixer featuring a live DJ set and curated local refreshments.
Brands today are asked to be many things at once — premium and accessible, rigorous and playful, consistent and constantly evolving. Most aren’t designed for that kind of pressure.
What if brands weren’t identities to be protected, but worlds to be inhabited? Systems of meaning, behavior, and experience that can hold multiple audiences and identities without fracturing. A fertility clinic has to be clinically authoritative and emotionally warm, medically rigorous and deeply human, all at once. A mixed-use development has to be a neighborhood, a retail destination, a public gathering place, and an economic engine — simultaneously, for entirely different people. A consumer electronics innovator has to ask not just “what does this product do?” but “what world does it belong to, and how does it need to feel inside someone’s life?”
These questions don’t have simple answers. But the most compelling brands, spaces, and experiences we know have all found a way to hold the tension rather than resolve it — to design with contradiction rather than eliminating it.
This session brings together an architect, a physician-founder, and a product innovation leader — each working in a different medium, all wrestling with the same fundamental challenge: building brands, spaces, and experiences that contain multitudes without losing coherence.
We’ll begin with a conversation across disciplines, then move into a guided working session where participants map the productive tensions within their own organizations — and leave with a practical framework for designing with contradiction rather than eliminating it.
Format
3:30pm – Part 1 — Conversation (1 hr) A moderated discussion exploring where brands fracture under competing audiences, how different disciplines design for complexity, and what it looks like when a brand genuinely holds multitudes rather than just claiming to.
4:30pm – Part 2 — Working Session (30 min) Map Your Multitudes. Participants identify their key audiences, the different modes their brand operates in, and the tensions between them — then learn a simple framework for designing with those tensions rather than resolving them.
5:00- Part 3 — Synthesis (15 min) Key takeaways and open discussion.

5:15 – 6:30pm — Part 4 — Social Mixer with food/drink and DJ
Panelists
Jay Baik, Former Head of Product Innovation Team, Samsung
Yann Taylor, Principal, Field Paoli Architecture
Thalia Segal MD, Founder and Medical Director, Collab Fertility
Moderated by Peter Brambl and Joanna Ellis, Founders, Belmondo Studios

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Event CANCELLED : Find Your Signal: A Hands-On Creative Workshop for Designers
2026-06-04 15:30 - 18:30 | IDEO, IDEO, San Francisco, California, 94103, United States
A lot of designers are quietly figuring out where they fit in the new story. This workshop helps you write yours.
Elysa Fenenbock and Lynn Casey bring futures thinking, play science, tarot archetypes, and other ways of knowing into a room designed for real making. Over 2.5 hours, you’ll use your hands to get honest about where you are and what you love to build. The kind of session where you get a little glue on your fingers. Making surfaces what analysis skips: the story you’ve been carrying but haven’t found the words for yet.
You leave with things in your hands and a sharper signal to send to the world.
Schedule
3:30 pm: Snacks and schmoozing
3:45 pm: Welcome, settling in, tuning inside
4:00 pm: Sensing your story
4:15 pm: Make to think
5:45 pm: Inspiration and sharing
6:15 pm: Clarifying your vision
6:30 pm: Close
Speakers
Lynn Casey is a futurist and cultural decoder who helps world-leading brands find the human truth beneath data. As founder of Shine Scout, she has keynoted from Prague to San Francisco and guided teams at Meta, Mattel, YouTube, and Estée Lauder.
Elysa Fenenbock has been at Stanford’s d.school since 2009. She built Design for Play there, and the school’s first course on Psychedelic Medicine x Design. Her work is hands-on: she co-created IDEO’s Design Thinking Toolkit for Educators (used by 80,000+ educators), was Google’s Designer-in-Residence, and is an Edmund Hillary Fellow.
Perks All making materials provided. Light refreshments. Every participant leaves with handmade artifacts and an optional 90-day creative challenge.

RSVPs Open Soon!

Event CANCELLED: CAD, Design + AI
2026-06-04 17:00 - 19:15 | Groundfloor SF, 455 Valencia, San Francisco, California, 94103, United States
***THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES***
****Attendees will all be notified via email from events@sfdesignweek.org and will be refunded the ticketing fee****
Al is rapidly changing design. In the process it’s raising deep questions about what it means to be a designer, what it means to design, and what roles people take in their relationship to, and with, Al. 3D parametric CAD is the latest area Al is transforming. As it does so, it’s going to transform the physical world. Are we going to drown in slopjects or get the world of personalized original products we’ve been promised? It’s SF Design Week–let’s discuss! If you have made AI + CAD tools, projects, agents, workflows: bring them. We’ll have show and tell.

Hosted by Mike Kuniavsky and Slate Werner

ADRIFT. AFLOAT. DRY-DOCKED. | A curatorial tour that combines maritime heritage & boat-themed work by 3 local artists
2026-06-04 17:00 - 20:00 | Bldg 12, Pier 70, 1070 Maryland @ 22nd St, San Francisco, California, 94107, United States
Set within the soaring public atrium of Building 12 at Pier 70 in San Francisco’s Dogpatch, this exhibition pays homage to the site’s shipbuilding past while exploring the human condition through a nautical lens. Join Sarah Stangle, the show’s curator and founder of 3RD ST CREATIVE ARTERY, for a walkthrough of the exhibit that explores the “plurality” of the Bay Area’s artistic spirit from the vantage point of 3 local artists who have long-found inspiration in their shipyard studios. We will also be joined by DRY-DOCKED Artist Stacey Carter and Archivist of Ferlinghetti’s personal library, Chris Buck.
Multitudes of Vision:
Experience a rare pairing of works—nautical-themed art by the legendary Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who maintained a light-filled studio at Hunters Point Shipyard for almost 40 years, with the ship-themed work of two other local artists, Suzy Barnard from the Noonan Building and Stacey Carter from Hunters Point Shipyard.
The exhibit also includes two display cases of curated titles, items, and images from Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s personal library—culled from a collection that is vast and varied—expressly selected to reflect the boat- and ship-themed narrative of the exhibition, as well as objects and artifacts on loan from The Port of San Francisco and The Bethlehem Shipyard Museum.
The Artery of Creativity:
There’s been a seismic shift in the location of the creative center of San Francisco. The 5.25-mile length of 3RD ST, from head to toe, from Market to Bayshore, from SOMA to Dogpatch to Bayview Hunters Point, is becoming a main channel in a branching system of art, culture, and creativity. Learn how the 3RD ST CREATIVE ARTERY project is highlighting and amplifying the efforts and output of artists, makers, movers, and shakers who have a connection to San Francisco’s 3RD ST.
Event schedule:
1 hour: Social hour. Experience the industrial grandeur of Bldg 12, network with design enthusiasts, enjoy a complimentary beer (or beverage) from Bldg 12 tenant Standard Deviant, “The Coldest Tasting Beer in SF.” Voucher for complimentary drink obtained at check-in.
1 hour: Tour of the exhibit with Curator Sarah Stangle, DRY-DOCKED Artist Stacey Carter, and Archivist of Ferlinghetti’s personal library, Chris Buck.

Armadillo x Figwaspe: A Meridian Tasting Experience (Sold Out)
2026-06-04 17:30 - 20:00 | Armadillo, 3695 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, CA, 94118, United States
Join us for an exclusive first preview of Meridian, Armadillo‘s forthcoming collection, through an intimate tasting experience by culinary artist FIGWASPE. Created in partnership for SF Design Week, the evening translates the inspiration behind the collection into flavor, texture, and form.
Each bite is shaped to evoke the texture and tone of stone, then arranged into a sculptural composition guided by the same principles of repetition and pattern that define Armadillo’s craft.
“Design is at its most memorable when it creates an emotional response. Partnering with FIGWASPE to translate the Meridian collection into flavor and form offered an opportunity to explore craftsmanship through an entirely different lens.”
— Amanda Mantville, President of Armadillo

“I found myself inspired by the textural and topographical references underpinning Armadillo’s Meridian collection — sand dunes, natural stone and organic surfaces. This food installation is an homage to the craft and consistency of natural terrain and Armadillo’s fidelity to that spirit, with a landscape of food forms uniting to create a cohesive, textural whole, while remaining interactive, tactile, and seamlessly incorporated into the patterns of everyday life.”
— Hanna Hurr, Figwaspe

This will be an experience you won’t soon forget – tickets are extremely limited and will sell out. There will be no waitlist – once all spots are reserved, the opportunity is missed.
Ticket proceeds will be donated to the Armadillo Foundation, extending our commitment to craft, community and meaningful social impact beyond the objects we create. Through long-term partnerships and grassroots initiatives, the Foundation supports education and wellbeing within our artisan communities and beyond, including Girls Inc. San Francisco.

About FIGWASPE:
Hanna Hurr is a Brooklyn-based chef and artist creating conceptual food, garden experiences and installations. Her work explores the relationship between cuisine and the natural world, drawing on culinary technique, horticulture and design to create multi-sensory environments. Named after the fig wasp, her practice reflects a deep interest in ecological systems, transformation and the rituals of making and gathering.

Designing the Space Around Your Ears (SAYE)
2026-06-04 17:30 - 20:30 | The Jay, Autograph Collection Hotel, 433 Clay St., San Francisco, California, 94111, United States
Designing the Space Around Your Ears (SAYE): Your pitstop for your SF Design Week itinerary. Come one, come all! Enjoy a live musical performance and conversation about how the most powerful cultural commodity is designed from creation to consumption.
This panel brings together voices from across the music industry to explore how music is designed—not just sonically, but across space, storytelling, visual identity, and go-to-market strategy. The conversation will highlight how artists and teams collaborate across disciplines to shape cohesive creative worlds and build sustainable careers.
The panel will include Heather Wolters, Sr. Director of Streaming and Sales for MNRK Music Group; Eboné Marie of the Eboné Marie Agency—an entertainment agent and producer working across artist management, PR, and creative direction; and Avi Vinocur, a Bay Area singer, songwriter, and producer known for his storytelling-driven work as a co-frontman of Goodnight, Texas and collaborations with Metallica.
The panel will be moderated by Raed Asi, (Raed.) an Ohio-born musician who brings an artist’s perspective to the conversation.
Schedule
5:30 pm Doors Open at Level B
6:00 pm Panel Begins
7:00 pm Panel Ends
7:15pm Performance and Mingling at Level 3
Panel is on Level B with light beverages
Performance on Level 3 with drinks and food available for purchase

Hosted By: Raed. , She is the music, and The Jay Autograph Collection Hotel.

Bay Locality | The Future Matter: Technological innovation in architectural design and fabrication
2026-06-04 17:45 - 20:00 | Diaspora Hub, 221 11th, San Francisco, California, 94110, United States
A conversation on how technological innovation in architectural design and fabrication creates new possibilities for architecture deeply rooted in place — examining the poetics of Bay Area locality through design, material intelligence, and advanced manufacturing.
Themes to be covered:
Poetics of Bay Locality The Bay Area’s wooden grain, eroded coastlines, fog, and bay currents offer a sensory vocabulary rooted in climate, culture, and memory. Like tectonic strata, these phenomena record forces, light, and time—creating opportunities for designs and architecture that resonate with regional character and environmental experience.
Technological Innovation as a Design Medium Digital fabrication using adaptive 3D-printed formwork to achieve real-time color gradients and multi-material fusions gives designers the ability to respond to place. These technologies allow form and fabrication to evolve together, embedding local narratives and environmental sensitivities directly into the making process itself.
Encoding Place Through Situated Making How materials carry the memory and character of a place—bay mud, coastal fog, wooden grain—and how advanced fabrication technologies encode these sensory phenomena directly into built form. New construction methods honor cultural heritage while transforming regional materials and environmental conditions into design intelligence. Computational design and robotic fabrication become tools for amplifying place-based identity rather than imposing universal standardization.
Speakers:
Moderated by Alexey Dubov — serial entrepreneur and venture capitalist at the intersection of construction technology, robotics, and the built environment. Co-founder of BuildTech VC and pioneering the 3D-printed housing startup Mighty Buildings.

Andrei Hakhovich is principal designer and founder of Gradient Matter, as well as co-founder of Echoes of Future Matter. Gradient Matter is a San Francisco-based multidisciplinary studio working across architecture, public art, interiors, and bespoke objects. His practice brings together computational design, fabrication, and material research to explore new narratives, spatial experiences, and novel forms, creating work that is poetic, ecological, and deeply sensorial.

Antoine van Erp is the founder of Matter Makers, a practice bridging avant-garde design with hands-on fabrication. Over 15 years, he has led complex international projects at premier European firms including Heatherwick Studio, UNStudio, and Powerhouse Company. Today, his work focuses on material intelligence and localized craftsmanship, alongside teaching as a graduate faculty member at the Academy of Art University.

Elena Dendiberia is principal designer of Studio AHEAD, a San Francisco-based art and design collective co-founded with Homan Rajai. The studio’s approach is “borderless,” with roots that are far-flung yet deeply embedded in regionality. Drawing from diasporic experience, the studio holds that there is no universal idea of functionality that fits all cultures and people. What remains constant is an appreciation of tradition and craftsmanship.

Jason Kelly Johnson is lead artist and co-founding partner of FUTUREFORMS, bringing expertise in computational design and advanced digital fabrication, produced through the lens of critical art practice and public space advocacy.

Nick Polansky is principal of NWP Art and Architecture, a dual studio practice in San Francisco’s Mission District. With over 20 years of experience, Nick cross-pollinates architecture, art, and urban design as one dialogue. His recent project Fjord, a floating sauna experience in Sausalito, ties together a fascination with repurposing and upcycling materials to transform waterfront access.

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Gantri Wireless Launch Party, Celebrating Pride Month
2026-06-04 18:00 - 22:00 | Gantri The Shop, 320 10th St, San Francisco, California, 94103, United States
Be the first to see our new wireless collection, designed by Ammunition.
Join us in San Francisco for our local moment between ICFF and NeoCon—an evening of drinks, music, and a first look at the collection, alongside an immersive installation by Sheki Cicelsky in celebration of Pride Month.
DJ set and drinks. Come by and celebrate with us.

Dynamic Minds, Brilliant Inspiration: Sausalito Design and Architecture Studio Study Tour
2026-06-05 13:00 - 17:00 | The Office of Charles de Lisle, 60 Gate 5 Road, Sausalito, CA, 94965
Join us for an afternoon immersed in the studios of two interior design firms and one architectural firm. Three of the most distinctive creative studios in the Bay Area — The Office of Charles de Lisle, Studio Collins Weir, and Luca Pignata Studio — open their doors in Sausalito for a directed studio study tour. Each visit is a private, structured, in-depth presentation by the firm’s principals, with access to working studios and ongoing projects that reveal how exceptional design is made.
Bestselling author and design journalist Diane Dorrans Saeks leads the afternoon, guiding conversation and drawing out the ideas, processes, and inspirations that define each practice. Attendees walk and carpool between studios along Sausalito’s celebrated waterfront — at the intersection of architecture, craft, and the luminous landscape that shapes it all.
The day concludes with a private reception hosted by Luca Pignata, where participants meet the architects and designers, enjoy refreshments, and extend the afternoon’s inspirations into the early evening.
The Office of Charles de Lisle
The Office of Charles de Lisle is a highly admired multidisciplinary design firm based in Sausalito, California. The international work encompasses interior design, handcrafted custom furnishings, product design, and the decorative arts. Founded in 2008, the studio operates on the conviction that great design, paired with quality manufacturing, produces environments that are lasting and truly singular. The firm brings a rare maker’s sensibility to every project: partners grounded in studio art, art history, architecture, and industrial design collaborate closely with clients to craft spaces alive with beauty, originality, inspired color, textiles, art, and bespoke custom work. Projects span California, New York, Hawaii, Mexico City, Montana, Nova Scotia, and beyond.
“I’m inspired by my clients, and the extraordinary artists and craftspeople we work with. When clients are involved and interested in the design and design process, the interiors become more about story than about image.” — Charles de Lisle

Studio Collins Weir
Studio Collins Weir is the collaborative practice of designers Susan Collins Weir and Chris Weir, recognized for interiors that fuse a strong foundation in art history and architecture with an exacting attention to craft, textiles, and bespoke detail. The studio’s work reflects the belief that a home should come together as a holistic, warmly individual environment — one that honors the specificity of each site, client, and collection. Studio Collins Weir creates masterful design with refinement and elegance. Custom furnishings, professional craft, and considered material choices are the hallmarks of every project.
“The layering of epochs is quintessential San Francisco — a city racing towards the future while looking over its shoulder to the past.” — Susan Collins Weir
“We design spaces to be minimal in form and materially rich. Our decor is quite modern and every detail is considered. We work to contrast the classical detailing of the space, reinforcing the qualities of both. We further heighten this juxtaposition of classical and modern by lining the room with contemporary art and the clients’ collections.” — Chris Weir

Luca Pignata Studio
Originally from Northern Italy, architect Luca Pignata came to Northern California three decades ago. Working at the studio of legendary Napa Valley architect Howard Backen, Pignata developed a practice rooted in the conviction that architecture must carry meaning and purpose. His studio, opened in Sausalito, is guided by the principle that the buildings we admire are those that celebrate values we hold important. The architect’s essential tools are honesty, curiosity, passion, and deep respect for culture, nature, and the environment.
“I have always been inspired by the thinking of Vitruvius, the great Roman architect, who believed that architecture should be composed of the triple essence: strength, utility, and aesthetic effect. And there is a phrase from Stendhal that I love: ‘Beauty as promise to happiness.’ How else do you create happiness but through beauty and kindness?” — Luca Pignata

About the Seminar Leader
Diane Dorrans Saeks is a San Francisco-based design journalist, editor, and the author of twenty-six books on architecture, design, travel, and style, published by Rizzoli, Chronicle Books, and others. Her most recent Rizzoli titles include Jean-Louis Deniot Interiors and Parisian by Design. She is Design Editor of PaperCity magazine and a co-founding editor of Metropolitan Home and C Magazine California Style. Diane has traveled to more than 110 countries as a working journalist and has presented her Dynamic Minds, Brilliant Inspiration design seminars — intimate, behind-the-scenes studio visits with leading architects and designers — for more than fifteen years, in affiliation with Design Bay Area and San Francisco Design Week.

Attendees walk and carpool between the three studios along the waterfront, starting at The Office of Charles de Lisle.

ADDITIONAL SEMINARS:
Learn more about other events in the series –
June 6, 1pm-5pm: SoMa San Francisco
Studio visits to Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects and BAMO .Participants will converse, meet, discuss ideas, and meet the designers and architects.
June 20, 1pm too 5pm: San Francisco
A studio visit is led by best-selling author Diane Dorrans Saeks at Kuth/Ranieri Architects with guest architect Anne Fougeron, FAIA · Fougeron Architecture. The day closes with a convivial reception: bites, sips.

SF Design Week Innovation Awards Recipient Social (Recipient Invite Only)
2026-06-05 15:00 - 17:00 | Lumens, 724 Battery St First Floor, San Francisco, CA, 94111, United States
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2026 San Francisco Design Week Innovation Awards!
We invite the 2026 Recipients and Jury to join us for a celebratory afternoon honoring the studios, teams, and designers whose work received top recognition from our esteemed jury for this year’s awards.
Co-presented by Lumens and Flowers Vineyards & Winery, guests will enjoy local wines, artistic chocolate creations by Figwaspe, and an opportunity to connect with fellow members of the Bay Area design community inside the beautiful Lumens showroom on Battery Street.
This is a private event for 2026 SF Design Week Innovation Award recipients, invited guests, and members of our distinguished jury. Award recipients have already been notified. This event is closed to the general public.
If you received an award this year and did not receive your invitation to the Recipient Social,
Please contact awards@sfdesignweek.org
Following the event, recipients are invited to continue the celebration at the Official 20th Anniversary San Francisco Design Week Party at Pier 24, just a few blocks away.

Special thanks to:

Pact Studio, 2026 SF Design Week Brand Sponsor
Mucho SF Awards Branding
Mia He / Experience Designer + Yunwen (Tutu) Tu / Product + Experience Designer
Mariya Shpungina + Carlos Lopez / Support Staff

Climbing for Everyone: An Introduction to Route Setting with Touchstone Climbing
2026-06-05 15:30 - 18:00 | Dogpatch Boulders, 2573 3rd st., San Francisco, California, 94107, United States
This event introduces designers to the world of route setting — part craft, part performance design, part puzzle-making — and opens a conversation about what our disciplines can learn from each other

As an emergent design discipline, route setting is focused on creating artificial climbing experiences. Route setters utilize plastic, fiberglass and wooden elements to create novel 3d puzzles that require mental and physical problem solving techniques to solve.
Through hands-on exploration, event participants will discover how route setters design for a multitude of bodies and abilities — creating experiences that teach climbing skills to beginners and veterans alike.
Walk away with a deeper understanding of what it means to design for the full range of human experience. Route setting’s hands-on approach to user diversity, iterative making, and embodied problem solving offers every designer a new way of thinking about how people move through, interact with, and are changed by the things we make.

Registrants must complete a waiver before participating in this event and are encouraged to do so in advance here.

Official Party: San Francisco Design Week Celebrating 20 Years!
2026-06-05 17:30 - 20:30 | Pier 24, Pier 24, San Francisco, CA, 94105, United States
This event is the largest gathering during San Francisco Design Week: we’ll come together, under one roof and celebrate all things design week! Conversations about what you’ve learned, seen, experienced. What you’re looking forward to.
It’s a big year for San Francisco Design Week and our creative community! Join us for the Official San Francisco Design Week Party celebrating 20 Years!
🚀 Visit our various rooms, activities and installations, enjoy our favorite wine from local Bay Area Flowers Winery and Vineyards, and come together as a community to celebrate the launch of San Francisco Design Week 2026!
🥃 Themed cocktails by The Occasion a purpose driven event service (2 complimentary drinks for VIP!).
🍷 Complimentary Flowers Vineyard and Winery wine in the VIP Lounge (limited Swag for VIP attendees – first come first serve)
🍵 Complimentary Matcha by Cuzen Matcha / World Matcha Inc.
🎵 Beats by Bisi Obateru: DJ, Founder, Builder
🎨 A feature by Allison Hueman, a multi-disciplinary artist creating paintings, sculpture, installation and new media work.
🥳 We’ll gather, see old friends and make new connections!
🙌 SF Design Week speakers, award recipients, and VIPs will be in attendance as we gather to engage and connect with the community.
Special thanks to:

Pact Studio, 2026 Brand Sponsor
Mia He / Experience Designer + Yunwen (Tutu) Tu / Product + Experience Designer
Roland at The Occasion
SF Port Authority
World Matcha Inc.
Mariya Shpungina + Carlos Lopez / Support Staff
Cecilia Caparas Apelin for producing this event.

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Hosted by Design Bay Area + SF Design Week , Sponsored by Rivian + Flowers Vineyards & Winery, and produced by Ciel Creative Space.

The Art of Mending: Manifold Selves in Fabric
2026-06-06 10:30 - 13:30 | Cafe Alma, 888 Innes Avenue, San Francisco, California, 94124, United States
Reconnect with your creativity, reflect on the many parts of who you are through your own patch pattern, and learn the basics of sewing machines, while being intentional with the material and design – all in a relaxed, collaborative space. No experience needed, just come ready to create and connect.
We’ll begin with a quick demo on pattern design, then move into guided, hands-on time to design and make your patch. You’ll also have a chance to learn how to use a sewing machine, so you can get fancy with your patterns. A curated selection of sustainably sourced fabrics and materials will be available so you can focus on bringing your idea to life.
Bring a piece of clothing or fabric that has a special meaning to you – or one that’s ready for a new story. If you’d rather start fresh, plain tote bags will also be available.
Set in a cozy café-creative space, this workshop is designed to help you slow down, make something with your hands, and connect with others. Come solo or with friends, grab a drink or treat, settle in, and leave with a creation that’s fully you.
SCHEDULE [3 hrs]
10:30 – 10:40am : Welcome + introductions
10:40 – 11:00am: Patch pattern intro
11:00 – 11:30am: Sewing machine basics + open sewing
11:30 – 01:10am: Patch pattern design
01:10 – 01:30pm: Show and tell + mingle
**This will be split into groups for everyone to have enough time to learn and use the sewing machines provided by the local creative nonprofit network.
The workshop will be led by Nicole Shen, a maker at heart who believes creativity and sustainability go hand in hand. Through sewing, knitting, crocheting, and the occasional painting or drawing, she finds joy in giving new life to old materials, whether that’s repurposing a forgotten shirt into a tote bag she uses every week or turning fabric scraps into something entirely new. For her, making things isn’t just a hobby; it’s a way of being intentional about what she creates and consumes.

From Inspiration to Pattern: a hands-on blockprint workshop
2026-06-06 11:00 - 13:15 | Seema Krish Studio, 185 Arkansas street, San Francisco, California, 94107, United States
Please join textile designer Seema Krish and her team for an immersive, creative event exploring the art of traditional handblock printing.
Hear the story behind the craft and learn about this traditional technique.
Create your own hand-printed tote bag using Seema’s array of wood blocks.

Marinship Open Studios
2026-06-06 11:00 - 17:00 | Marinship Studios, 265 Gate 5 Rd, Sausalito, California, 94965, United States
Discover the creative visions of Sausalito’s Marinship Studios artists at a unique Open Studio event. This is a special opportunity to explore the historic space and experience the talent that defines its vibrant community. Step into the studios, engage with the artists, and gain insight into their creative processes and sources of inspiration. See how each artist continues to carry forward the legacy of Marinship through their work.
Meet the artists at their workshops:

Simon Ungless & Jody Niederkohr – Collaborative textile bandits reimagining worn garments through custom printmaking and felting techniques. Simon was part of the original McQueen team and continues to make his mark on the industry, saving the world “one garment at a time.”
Jael LaFemina – Stone sculptor and master stonemason, Jael creates intimate and monumental sculptures for the garden inspired by the hidden stories within stone.
Susan McKinney –Ceramic and glass artist whose work reimagines the language of weaving through experimental processes. Her wall hangings and 3D sculptures explore the tension between the seen and unseen, evoking a sense of wonder rooted in the natural world
Jean Bolte – A technician who employs electronics, oils, watercolors, charcoal and other media, her work is rooted in mythological elements. Jean spent over 40 years in filmmaking and is a member of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. This cinematic background occasionally still resonates.
Michael Lynch– After decades in the FX film industry, most of which was at the Model/Creature Shop at ILM Michael transitioned to full time Art making. The theme of his work is usually a blend of art, physics and natural science, represented in 2D and 3D
Ghada Aboukhater, Anna Bruce, Brett Crawford, Shannon Janney, Mindy Spar, Darlene Volas – Marin Ceramic Cooperative will be sharing the work of 6 of our member ceramic artists, each bringing a distinct voice to clay—from finely crafted functional ware to striking sculptural forms.
Tracey Kessler – Visual Artist, ceramist, and current artist-in-residence at Cavallo Point Lodge and Spa. After 25+ years in architecture and interior design, Tracey has built out an art compound next to Marinship Studios, Beyond the Wave Gate. Formally home to Ant Farm in the 1970s, 18 artists now call it home for their studio practice.
Barbara Lavelle– Visual artist, working primarily in acrylics, Barbara embraces the medium’s immediacy to create bold, spontaneous compositions. Her large-scale canvases are defined by vibrant palettes, rhythmic forms and confident sense of motion.
Maya Kini, Laura Lienhard & Kathryn Kelly – Jewelry artists at Varda Landing, Maya’s sculptural and poetic practice explores material transformation through precision and imperfection, while Laura draws on old-world techniques to craft elegant expressions of nature’s beauty in precious metals. Kathryn’s experience as an architect and woodworker inform her genderless architectural jewels, designed for discerning collectors who are drawn to unexpected details.

Pieces will be available for purchase, offering you the chance to bring home a one-of-a-kind creation. Parking is available on Gate 5 Road or in the guest spots at Varda Landing. We look forward to meeting you!

NICOLEHOLLIS Collection at Minnesota Street Project
2026-06-06 11:00 - 18:00 | Minnesota Street Project, Gallery 209, 1275 Minnesota Street, San Francisco, California, 94107, United States
MINNESOTA STREET PROJECT WELCOMES NICOLEHOLLIS COLLECTION

New introductions include limited edition decor, tabletop, and textiles, and exclusive collaboration with Ogata
May 12 – June 10, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (May 7, 2026) — Minnesota Street Project will host a four-week pop-up by San Francisco interior design studio NICOLEHOLLIS from May 12 through June 10, 2026. The activation is the first public presentation of the NICOLEHOLLIS Collection — a line of limited-edition, artist- and artisan-made objects for the home that embody timeless beauty, soulful craft, and quiet sophistication— and joins a slate of new programming that has expanded what Minnesota Street Project hosts in its tenth-anniversary year.
The NICOLEHOLLIS Collection features works by Alexandra Kohl, Alexandra Llewellyn, Arno Declercq, Baba Tree Basket Co., Caroline Blackburn, David/Nicolas, Dougall Paulson, Kaikado, Lisa Sacco, Madda Studio, MAD et LEN, Maxime Perrolle, Michael Anastassiades, Pacha Design, Peter Speliopoulos, Robert Lee Morris, Rogan Gregory, Samuel Sparrow, Sasinun Kladpetch, and Toyine Sellers.
Founded in 2016 to provide economically sustainable space for galleries, artists, and arts nonprofits in San Francisco, Minnesota Street Project has used its tenth year to broaden the kinds of work it presents. The NICOLEHOLLIS pop-up extends that arc into design and craft.
“As we mark our tenth year, we’ve been thinking about how Minnesota Street Project should evolve while staying anchored in the mission we started with: supporting working artists and strengthening the creative community in San Francisco,” says Aimee Le Duc, Executive Director of Minnesota Street Project. “Hosting NICOLEHOLLIS lets us experiment with new formats and welcome audiences who may not have come through our doors before.”
Rooted in Nicole Hollis’s personal relationships with celebrated and emerging artists around the world, the Collection spans more than 200 designs across décor, textile, tabletop, and scent, drawn from 26 artists and artisans whose studios stretch from a sixth-generation Kyoto craft house to weavers in Ghana and Oaxaca to ateliers in Beirut, Paris, London, and the Bay Area. Every piece is offered in limited quantities and for a limited time, brought together in the studio’s signature neutral palette, rich textures, and crafted materials.
The pop-up will also debut the studio’s latest suite of pieces — an expansion of original designs from the NICOLEHOLLIS studio that translates its interiors practice into a refined offering of bronze, alabaster, marble, and oak objects. Introductions include new work from Alan Meredith Studio, Underwater Weaving, Baba Tree Basket Company, Peter Speliopoulos, Kaikado, and the NICOLEHOLLIS studio itself, alongside an exclusive collaboration with the Paris- and Tokyo-based Japanese atelier OGATA, including a custom incense blend and a series of incense and tea accessories. Known for its reverence for material, ritual, and the passage of time, OGATA reflects a natural alignment between the two brands, where tradition is reinterpreted with restraint and intention.
“The Collection is rooted in mindfulness,” says Nicole Hollis. “Each piece has been built slowly, the culmination of over twenty-five years of working with some of the most gifted designers, artists, and craftspeople that I’ve been fortunate enough to know, or that I always wished to. Many of these pieces have been previously procured for private clients, and others have been designed specifically for our collection. I am honored to make them available to a wider audience. We are excited to partner with Minnesota Street Project to showcase these pieces to our San Francisco neighbors, on view and shoppable for the first time.”

Minnesota Street Project, 1275 Minnesota Street, San Francisco
Open hours from 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM Tuesday – Saturday, and by appointment; Closed May 22-23.
Please contact concierge@nicoleholliscollection.com for scheduling private appointments

Case Study House #26 Open House / House Tour
2026-06-06 13:00 - 14:30 | Case Study House #26, 177 San Marino Drive, San Rafael, San Rafael, California, 94901, United States
Join us during SF Design Week for an exclusive tour of Northern California’s only Case Study House, a 1962 mid-century modern masterpiece nestled in San Rafael.
This iconic architectural gem, recently featured on PBS, represents a pivotal moment in American design history. The home’s innovative approach to space, materials, and indoor-outdoor living continues to influence contemporary architecture more than half a century later.
Rarely open to the public, this is your opportunity to experience firsthand the revolutionary design principles that made the Case Study House program legendary. Walk through perfectly preserved spaces that have graced the pages of numerous architecture books and design publications.
Don’t miss this unique chance to step inside a living piece of architectural history during SF Design Week.
Ticket revenue is graciously donated to San Francisco Design Week.

Dynamic Minds, Brilliant Inspiration: Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects | BAMO (SoMa Architecture and Design Studio Study Tour)
2026-06-06 13:00 - 17:00 | 1022 Natoma Street San Francisco., 1022 Natoma Street, San Francisco., 94103, United States
Join us for a rare afternoon inside two of San Francisco’s most accomplished and internationally admired studios — Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects and BAMO — in the city’s SoMa district. This studio visit is a private, structured presentation by the firm’s principals and staff, with full access to studios, works in progress, and the ideas and processes that define work of the highest caliber.
Led by design author and journalist Diane Dorrans Saeks, this seminar is designed for designers, architects, students, and all those who are passionate about architecture and design at the top level.
Dynamic Minds, Brilliant Inspiration is Diane Dorrans Saeks’s acclaimed series of structured design seminars, presented in association with Design Bay Area and San Francisco Design Week. Each event offers an intimate, directed afternoon of studio visits led personally by Diane — with structured presentations by principals and staff, access to studios, workshops, and materials libraries, and a private reception to close the day.
We’ll begin at:

STANLEY SAITOWITZ, 1022 NATOMA OFF 11TH STREET, at end of street. PLease note that only street parking is available at this location

Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects
Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects is one of San Francisco’s most original and internationally recognized architectural practices. Founded by noted architect Stanley Saitowitz, the firm is known for work of conceptual clarity, structural precision, and enduring formal intelligence. Projects range from significant cultural and civic buildings to inventive residential design, each distinguished by a commitment to light, materiality, and the relationship between built form and human experience. The studio’s influence extends well beyond San Francisco: it is a practice that has shaped the conversation of contemporary architecture.
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BAMO
BAMO is one of the world’s preeminent interior architecture and design studios, with a distinguished body of work spanning luxury hotels, private residences, and bespoke hospitality spaces across five continents. Founded in San Francisco in 1991, the firm has built an international reputation for environments of exceptional refinement — spaces that respond with complete fidelity to their location, their client, and their purpose, while achieving a level of craftsmanship and beauty that is unmistakably BAMO’s own. In residential work, BAMO brings the same exacting attention to material, light, and detail that defines its hospitality interiors — creating private homes of enduring character and singular elegance. The firm’s principals command an unusually wide range of historical reference, artisanal tradition, and material culture, qualities that have made BAMO the choice of the world’s most discerning private clients as well as its finest hotel brands. Among BAMO’s most celebrated projects is the Villa Feltrinelli on Lake Garda, widely regarded as one of the great hotel interiors in Europe, alongside Passalacqua, most recently named the World’s Best Hotel, and Capella Bangkok, ranked among the top three hotels globally. Other major projects include the Peninsula Chicago and Four Seasons Hotels in Bora Bora, Carmelo, Houston, and Milan, as well as distinguished works in Florida, South America, and Thailand.
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About the Seminar Leader
Diane Dorrans Saeks is a San Francisco-based design journalist, editor, and the author of twenty-six books on architecture, design, travel, and style, published by Rizzoli, Chronicle Books, and others. Her most recent Rizzoli titles include Jean-Louis Deniot Interiors and Parisian by Design. She is Design Editor of PaperCity magazine and a co-founding editor of Metropolitan Home and C Magazine California Style. Diane has traveled to more than 110 countries as a working journalist and has presented her Dynamic Minds, Brilliant Inspiration design seminars — intimate, behind-the-scenes studio visits with leading architects and designers — for more than fifteen years, in affiliation with Design Bay Area and San Francisco Design Week.

ADDITIONAL SEMINARS:
Learn more about other events in the series –
June 5, 1pm-5pm: Sausalito
Studio visits to The Office of Charles de Lisle, Studio Collins Weir, and Luca Pignata Studio. Participants will converse, meet, discuss ideas, and meet the designers and architects.
June 20, 1pm too 5pm: San Francisco
A studio visit is led by best-selling author Diane Dorrans Saeks at Kuth/Ranieri Architects with guest architect Anne Fougeron, FAIA · Fougeron Architecture. The day closes with a convivial reception: bites, sips.

We Are Stories
2026-06-06 14:00 - 20:00 | 6th Avenue Skate Park in Golden Gate Park, Golden Gate Park,, San Francisco, CA, 94118, United States
We Are Stories is a public storytelling event based on the idea that we, people, are more than everything we think we are; we are stories. Complex, layered, unmatched, rich in content, ever-continuous, and interconnected.
The event is a public process of filling in a human-scale large accordion book that opens in various directions and has layers of interconnected smaller-scale accordion books. Participants write, cut shapes, attach images, walk through the pages through cut-out gaps, write notes on musical pages, make marks, and alter the work in any way.
After the event, all pages and covers are scanned and photographed in detail. Textures, cut-outs, and other alterations will be documented and studied in detailed. The material will be compiled and produced as an archival, hand bound limited publication.
We will host part of We Are Stories on Saturday June 6th, from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. at 6th Avenue Skate Park in Golden Gate Park

Case Study House #26 Open House / House Tour
2026-06-06 15:00 - 16:30 | Case Study House #26, 177 San Marino Drive, San Rafael, San Rafael, California, 94901, United States
Join us during SF Design Week for an exclusive tour of Northern California’s only Case Study House, a 1962 mid-century modern masterpiece nestled in San Rafael.
This iconic architectural gem, recently featured on PBS, represents a pivotal moment in American design history. The home’s innovative approach to space, materials, and indoor-outdoor living continues to influence contemporary architecture more than half a century later.
Rarely open to the public, this is your opportunity to experience firsthand the revolutionary design principles that made the Case Study House program legendary. Walk through perfectly preserved spaces that have graced the pages of numerous architecture books and design publications.
Don’t miss this unique chance to step inside a living piece of architectural history during SF Design Week.

Animation Challenge: Exquisite Corpse
2026-06-06 15:30 - 18:30 | The Nook, 1242 Market St Floor 2, San Francisco, California, 94102, United States
Global online community and local meetup group celebrating the motion graphics industry are teaming up to host a special event — a live collaboration where local artists are challenged to animate on the fly in front of a live audience.
The Challenge*: 5 participants are given a random prompt with 5 minutes to animate supplied graphics before switching to another computer to continue. They pick up from the previous animator’s progress and take the work in a new direction. After 3 rounds, the resulting animations are stitched together into a single collaborative piece with a supplied music track and screened on the main projector for the event.
Participants each win a special prize. Swag, snacks and drinks will be provided.
*Previously hosted at Boshi’s Place in NYC.
Timeline:
3:30pm – Arrivals & Intros
4:30pm – Animation Challenge Starts!
5:30pm – Screening of the results and giveaway
6:00pm – Community Announcements
6:30pm – End
Hosts:
Motion Collabs Host: Laura Porat
About Motion Collabs:
Motion Collabs is an international community of creatives who gather every few months to collaborate on themed video projects, bringing together a diverse range of styles and skill levels. Established in 2018, it has hosted over 20 collaborative projects to date. Beyond its online presence, the community has also hosted IRL events including a film screening and an exquisite corpse challenge. It’s equal parts creative challenge, skills-building platform, and connector for designers who want to grow alongside their peers. It has over 1,000 members on its Discord server and over 2,000 followers on Instagram. The collaborations have been published on School of Motion and Motionographer.
Mograph Club Hosts: Patrick Whitehorn-Schmidt, Stephanie Murphy
About Mograph Club:
Mograph Club is a local community that meets in-person every month at different locations around the San Francisco Bay Area. Started in 2024 with motion design at its heart, Mograph Club was formed to get creatives out of the studio and away from the screen to build meaningful connections with others in the SF Bay Area. Bringing together Bay-Area locals from a wide range of specialities, backgrounds, and skill-levels, Mograph Club also hosts periodic weekend special showcase events and field trips to local attractions. The community also exists online for meetup attendees, with nearly 70 members on Discord and over 220 subscribers to their event page.

Layered Perspectives: A Women in Design SF Showcase
2026-06-06 18:00 - 22:00 | Gantri The Shop, 320 10th Street, San Francisco, California, 94103, United States
Women in Design SF (WID) is teaming up with Gantri to host our third annual showcase at SF Design Week. The showcase will exhibit works from women, nonbinary, and gender-expansive designers from around the Bay Area.
The show will include a range of creative approaches and reflections from each designer on her multitudes—the many identities that shape her unique perspective. WID is committed to creating space for women+ design voices and the multi-faceted lives they lead. Come learn from these designers, explore their perspectives, and forge new community connections.
The evening will feature a Designer Q&A to offer insight into the process and thinking behind the work. Light refreshments will also be provided.

Agenda
6:00pm Doors Open
7:00pm Designer Q&A
7:30pm Open Exhibit
10:00pm Doors Close

Come join us for an evening of inspiration, reflection, and community building!
Image Source: Sammy Creeger / Women in Design SF

The Thought Experiment
2026-06-07 14:00 - 17:00 | California College of the Arts, Novack Hub for Creative Citizens, 2nd Floor, Simpson Family Makers Building , 145 Hooper Street, San Francisco, 94107, United States
The technology that reads electrical signals from the brain has quietly moved out of hospitals and into everyday life. What to do with that data (who holds it, who benefits from it, what it reveals about us) remains genuinely unsettled. The Thought Experiment lives inside the gap between what the technology can do and what we have yet to decide it should.
Who owns what happens inside your mind? The question is no longer hypothetical.
The Thought Experiment puts you inside a few possible futures, each shaped by a different answer to that question. Not as a warning, but as an experience of what it feels like to live inside each answer, and to choose which version of that future you want to inhabit.
Those who observe from outside see something reacting to something invisible. That is its own kind of encounter.
The installation uses EEG to translate the neural activity of participants into the environment around them in real time. What you encounter depends on who is inside with you, and which future you find yourselves inside together.
Come step inside the question.
Drop in anytime between 2:00 and 5:00pm. Plan for about 30 minutes, but stay as long as you like.
Presented by The Noetic Commons, artist-researchers working at the intersection of neurotechnology, experiential futures, and community. Chrissy Charlton (MS, Creative Technology and Design, CU Boulder) and Tyler Grimes (PhD candidate, Critical Media Practices, CU Boulder).
Exhibited in the Novack Hub for Creative Citizens, 2nd Floor
Simpson Family Makers Building
145 Hooper Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
Open from 2:00pm to 5:00pm. Limited parking with a four-hour time limit is available along streets adjacent to the CCA campus. Enter CCA’s campus through the main gates. Turn left to access the Simpson Family Makers Building. Once inside, take the elevator or stairs to the second floor. When you exit the elevator, turn left.

JB Blunk: A look inside his work and legacy with Mariah Nielson
2026-06-08 17:00 - 20:00 | Minnesota Street Flyover, 878 20th St, San Francisco, CA, 94107, United States
Join us for a glimpse inside the JB Blunk Estate and Blunk Space in this lecture by Mariah Nielson, Blunk’s daughter, curator, and design historian.
We’ll learn about Mariah’s research on artist JB Blunk, whose work with raw, salvaged materials represents an innate expression of, and conversation with, nature, often inspired by his surroundings in Inverness, CA. Mariah will also discuss her own artistic practice and work to create Blunk Space, a gallery hosting contemporary exhibiting artists who collaborate across time and disciplines, drawing from and honoring Blunk’s legacy.
After the lecture, enjoy light bites, beverages, and casual conversation.
This evening offers a unique opportunity to connect over the expression of nature through design.
This event is outdoors, with a partial covering above (the 20th St. overpass). While the Dogpatch neighborhood is generally warmer than other areas of the city, attendees should bring layers as temperatures will drop into the evening.
Agenda
5:00pm Mingle
5:30pm Lecture
6:30pm Q+A, Happy Hour, & Networking
8:00pm Event Ends

Speaker: Mariah Nielson
Mariah Nielson (b. 1978) is a curator and design historian. As the daughter of the pioneering American artist JB Blunk, her holistic approach was influenced by growing up in the Blunk House, the home he built by hand with salvaged materials in Inverness, CA. She was a curator at the Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco, from 2009–2011 and director of the JB Blunk Residency from 2007–2011. In 2013, she completed an MA in Design History at the Royal College of Art and the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, under the direction of Glenn Adamson.
Mariah is currently the Director of the JB Blunk Estate, preserving and researching his practice, and Director of Blunk Space, an art and design gallery dedicated to expanding Blunk’s legacy by connecting his practice to that of contemporary artists all over the world. She is the editor of the first monograph about the artist, JB Blunk, which is now in its third edition.
Recent curatorial projects include Design is a State of Mind, with Martino Gamper, Serpentine, London, 2015; Blue Jeans & Brown Clay: Artists and Designers at the Blunk House, Kate MacGarry, London, 2020; JB Blunk: Muse, Kasmin, New York, 2022; Three Landscapes: JB Blunk, Anna and Lawrence Halprin, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, 2022; and Same Blue as the Sky, with Studio AHEAD, 2023. Recent talks include “Alma Allen and JB Blunk: In Conversation”, Palm Springs Art Museum; “Natural Instincts” at Design Miami/, presented by Birkenstock; “Managing an artist estate” at Kunst Meran, in Merano, Italy; and an interview with Dr. Bridget Harvey for the podcast Getting Making.
Host: Fletcher Studio
Fletcher Studio is an innovative and award-winning collaborative landscape architecture and urban design practice based in San Francisco. The firm specializes in designing public space across all scales, toggling between big-picture, open space planning across entire urban districts and zooming into site-specific solutions for distinct neighborhood gathering spaces. The practice is rooted in the belief that people deserve to find value, meaning, and possibility in the outdoor places they encounter and occupy.

⌘ + AI + Design: How to prompt like a designer
2026-06-08 17:30 - 20:00 | Digital Garage, 717 Market St, San Francisco, California, 94103, United States
Every startup’s product looks like it was designed by the same depressed robot 🙄
Minimalist. Purple gradient buttons. A hero section that says “The future of [blank] is here.” You know what I’m talking about.
In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn from an ex-Dropbox, award-winning product designer (Kathy Wang) how to prompt like a designer.
You’ll walk away with:
👉 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝘆𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁 (neo-brutalism, vaporwave, glassmorphism…heard of them?)
👉 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀 (design psychology, Nikita-Bier-style)
👉 𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗼𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀 (the playbook Kathy used to win 2nd place at a Manus hackathon with 5 minutes of work)
After all, your product should look like a human made it…not a depressed robot.

Designing the Future Designer: A Speculative Workshop on Identity, Agency, and Craft in an AI-First World
2026-06-08 18:30 - 20:00 | California College of the Arts, Novack Hub for Creative Citizens, 2nd Floor, Simpson Family Makers Building , 145 Hooper Street, San Francisco, 94107, United States
The job description for “designer” is being rewritten in real time by AI. So who’s writing yours?
In this hands-on workshop, Elizabeth Glenewinkel and Justin Rheinfrank pose provocations on the future of design for you to challenge, debunk or embrace. They draw on two workshops they’ve led for the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation and Salesforce on design and research capabilities needed in the emerging field of designing with and for agents. We know our role is changing, and reactions range from anxiety to agency. This session is part sparring match, part design sprint, and all about the question our industry is grappling with: what happens when the bottleneck shifts from making to choosing?
The workshop:
We start with speculations about where design is heading. They are uncomfortable and intentionally arguable. We’ll push back, debate, and surface the orthodoxies baked into our own practices.
We’ll then design an archetype for the future designer: What will they study? What skills will actually matter? What agents will they build, manage and possibly answer to? What will they make, read, and who will they follow? These aren’t hypotheticals. They’re the decisions shaping design hiring, education, and practice right now.
We’ll wrap up by sharing and reflecting on the most intriguing designer archetypes and what they reveal about the current state of our practice.
Led by:
Justin Rheinfrank is a design leader and educator whose work spans product design, AI interaction, and design strategy. He is Principal Architect of UI/UX at Slack, where he leads design for Slackbot, Slack’s agentic AI interface. He has taught at UC Berkeley’s Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation, California College of the Arts, Stanford’s d.school, and has worked with clients including Apple, Samsung, Google, Disney, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Elizabeth Glenewinkel is a design educator and research leader whose work spans studio pedagogy, human-centered design, and design strategy. She is Senior Adjunct Faculty at UC Berkeley’s Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation and the Design MBA Program at the California College of the Arts. She spent nearly a decade at Salesforce leading global research and innovation teams. She has spoken at Stanford’s d.school, SXSW, and Dreamforce, among others.
Who should attend: Designers, design leaders, educators, and anyone who suspects the next five years will change this profession more than the last twenty and wants to have a say in how.
FYI: Arrivals can show up at 6 pm. We’ll start the workshop at 6:30 pm and end at 8 pm. Lite snacks and drinks provided.

Event CANCELLED: Design in a post-product world
2026-06-09 08:30 - 10:30 | Whipsaw, 55 Mississippi, SAN FRANCISCO, California, 94107, United States
***This event has been cancelled due to unforseen circumstances***
***Current ticket holders will be refunded***

When capable design tools are in more hands and every product looks the part, visual quality stops being a differentiator — so how do customers tell real design from its imitation? This talk explores what separates the products people return to from the ones they forget, and what teams can do to design for the difference from the first decision.

San Francisco Carry Collective at Peak Designs HQ
2026-06-09 16:30 - 19:00 | Peak Design HQ, 2415 3rd St. STE 270, San Francisco, CA, 94107, United States
Join us at Peak Design’s HQ in the historic American Industrial Center for a night celebrating San Francisco’s rich bag design legacy. Hear directly from local designers in a panel discussion, connect with fellow carry obsessives, and check out a community show-and-tell of favorite bags. A rare chance to gather the Bay Area’s bag design community under one roof.

4:30 PM – Doors Open Happy Hour (beverages provided)
5:30 PM – Panel discussion w/Q&A
6:00 PM – HQ open-house (appetizers + beverages)
7:00 PM – Wrap-up

Meet the Panel

The panel will be moderated by Tae Kim – Founder FLMNT LAB Design Studio
Speakers will include lead designers from the following brands – Peak Design / Waterfield Designs / Mission Workshop

The Career Prototype with Nova and level: An Iterative Guide to Career Adaptability
2026-06-09 17:00 - 18:30 | level, 530 Hampshire St, San Francisco, California, 94110, United States
The Career Prototype allows participants to take a deeper look into who we are and validates or challenges our career paths.
Start by hearing from two design founders, Jeanette Numbers of Nova and Nichole Rouillac of level, and their take on the importance of career adaptability. The crowd will participate in a round of A/B questions on career strategy, with commentary from firsthand founder experience.
Afterwards, Jackie Cunningham, NEXT Innovation Scholar, will lead us through building a Career Prototype. These four activities explore:

Our Technical BOM – what are we really good at (and some of our hidden talents)?
Value Mapping – what is our why, and where does it come from?
The ROI (Return on Identity) – what can make us money?
The Career Prototype – what is one immediate “field test” we can launch right now?

By the end of this session, participants will leave with a “Career Prototype” that they can iterate for the rest of SF Design Week and cultivate otherwise kept-to-self ambitions and connections.
Schedule:
5:00 – 5:10 pm – Arrival and Welcoming
5:10 – 5:30 pm – Career Adaptability A/B Panel with founders Jeanette Numbers and Nichole Rouillac
5:30 – 6:00 pm – The Career Prototype with Jackie Cunningham, NEXT Innovation Scholar
6:00 – 6:30 pm – Field Testing our Career Prototypes with drinks and light snacks

Speakers & Moderators:
Jeanette Numbers: Jeanette is the President of the Board of Directors for IDSA and Founding Partner of Nova, a woman-led design studio in Providence, RI. She leads an award-winning team dedicated to delivering innovation and inspiration to every user on the planet. Under Jeanette’s visionary leadership, the firm has garnered numerous prestigious awards and inspired a new generation of female industrial designers to push boundaries, innovate, and make their mark in a traditionally male-dominated field. Jeanette is also a founding member of Nova Ignite, a six-month, multi-track accelerator for and by female founders, CEOs, and executives in Health and MedTech. Beyond design, Jeanette is a founding member of GirlsRock! RI and a drummer in Cave of Colors.
Nichole Rouillac: Nichole is the Founder and Creative Director of level, a women-led industrial design studio in San Francisco. She leads with a mission to create intelligent, thoughtful designs that shape industries and enhance lives. Her work has propelled breakthrough products into the global spotlight, with an award-winning portfolio that includes Microsoft, Google, Logitech, Fitbit, HTC, AliveCor, and Tempo. level’s impact has been recognized with top accolades, including IDEA Gold, Red Dot, iF, and Spark Platinum awards, as well as Fast Company’s #3 Most Innovative Design Company. Beyond design, Nichole is a dedicated advocate for diversity in the industry. As the former chair of IDSA’s Women in Design, she mentors and champions the next generation of female designers, helping to reshape an industry where women remain underrepresented.
Jackie Cunningham: Jackie is a senior Industrial Design student at the University of Cincinnati (DAAP) and UC’s IDSA Student Chapter President. As a NEXT Innovation Scholar, she has developed and led design thinking workshops for a program that has equipped over 1,000 participants with design thinking mindsets. Her professional experience bridges in-house innovation at Procter & Gamble and FINIS, with multidisciplinary design at consultancies like Nova. When asked about the future of design careers, she says, “I’m not concerned about AI taking my job because of how incredibly adaptable we are. A Career Prototype is just a test; all I can do is learn something new about myself through it.” Jackie is currently based in Cincinnati, heading to San Francisco post-graduation.

The Work Between Us: Creative Growth, Erica Tanov, and the Evolution of Design Partnerships
2026-06-09 17:00 - 19:00 | Erica Tanov Atelier, 1808 Fifth Street, Berkeley, California, 94710, United States
Join us at the Erica Tanov Atelier in Berkeley for an evening of conversation, collaboration, and art. This gathering brings together two East Bay design studios with over a decade of creative partnership between them, and with more ahead.
Creative Growth, an Oakland-based arts organization serving artists with developmental disabilities, has built thoughtful relationships with designers and brands such as Erica Tanov, 6397, Clare V. and Levi’s, partnering with Creative Growth artists to put their artwork – paintings, ceramics and textiles – into collections and homes beyond the traditional gallery setting. Their artists have shown at SFMOMA, the Brooklyn Museum, Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, the Venice Biennale, and Outsider Art Fair Paris and New York. The beloved Creative Growth ‘Beyond Trend’ runway show has grown into a full fashion program within the studio. This evening at the Atelier offers a chance to hear directly from the people who make these exhibitions, performances, and artist-led partnerships happen.
In addition to Erica Tanov, the panel conversation will include Creative Growth Executive Director Sunny A. Smith and Creative Growth Lead Facilitator and ‘Beyond Trend’ Coordinator Amy Keefer. This open panel will move through where these partnerships started, what they produced, and what is next.
Schedule:
5 PM — Doors Open. The Erica Tanov Atelier is activated with Creative Growth artwork on view and available for purchase. Light bites and refreshments will be served.
5:45 PM — Panel conversation, approximately 40 minutes, followed by audience Q&A.
6:25 PM — The Erica Tanov Atelier stays open for continued shopping and mingling
7 PM — Event ends
Panelists:
ERICA TANOV is the founder and director of her eponymous Berkeley-based lifestyle brand, which recently celebrated 35 years in business. Working with luxurious natural fabrics and strong commitment to craftsmanship, Tanov’s collections—clothing, bedding, architectural tiles, wallpaper, furniture, and vintage finds—are available at her Berkeley Atelier. @ericatanov

SUNNY A. SMITH is an artist, educator, and administrator whose work spans studio practice, academic leadership, and community-building across the arts. As former Dean of Fine Arts at California College of the Arts, they led 16 programs across contemporary art, craft, and digital media. Smith has taught sculpture, social practice, and contemporary art history across institutions including Columbia University, Parsons, NYU, and Carnegie Melon, and has 30 solo exhibitions with works held in museums collections worldwide. Their art practice explores queer transmasculine perspectives on identity, nationalism, and use of crafted objects to address intergenerational trauma. Smith holds a BFA from Parsons, a BA from Eugene Lang College, and an MFA from Yale University. @creativegrowth

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
About Creative Growth
Founded in 1974 in Oakland by Elias Katz and Florence Ludins-Katz, Creative Growth is a pioneering nonprofits dedicated to supporting artists with developmental disabilities. Operating as both a studio and gallery, the organization represents 140+ artists whose work has entered the collections of MoMa, the Smithsonian, SFMOMA, and has been shown at the Venice Biennale, Outsider Art Fair Paris and New York, and VOLTA Basel. Sales from the gallery directly fund artist support and studio operations. @creativegrowth

Build Your Superpowers: Wearable Robotics for All Ages
2026-06-09 17:00 - 19:15 | Skip, 1400 Tennessee St #1, San Francisco, California, 94107, United States
Join Skip for a hands-on exploration of wearable robotics for all ages. This interactive event turns complex concepts like motors, circuits, sensors, and AI —into something tangible, intuitive, and fun.
Kids will step into the role of designer and engineer, building their own wearable inventions and experimenting with how machines can enhance human movement. Meanwhile, adults will get to try MO/GO for themselves – a powered wearable built by Skip in partnership with Arc’teryx to make movement more effortless and joyful.
Come build, play, and experience the future of movement with us!

Schedule:

5:00 – 5:30pm – Arrivals & Light Snacks
5:30pm – 5:45pm – Quick remarks (Skip, what we’re building, overview of activities for the evening)
5:45 – 6:45 – Hands-On Stations + MO/GO Experience (rotating)

Learn About Robotics Tech (motors, sensors, circuits, …)
Design a Wearable
MO/GO Experience (for the parents)

6:45 – 7:00 – Show & Tell
7:00 – 7:30 – Mingling & Drinks

Moving Multitudes: The SFO Way
2026-06-09 17:00 - 19:30 | City ID, 49 Geary Street, San Francisco, California, 94108, United States
Place experience consultancy, City ID, welcomes you to their San Francisco studio to learn about their work in shaping the experience of places around the world.
Jason Smith and Halle Van De Hey, will tell the story of the development of the wayfinding system for San Francisco International Airport, (SFO).
As a global gateway to the Bay Area, SFO welcomes over 54 million arriving and departing passengers every year. The wayfinding system is one of the most looked-at parts of the airport – showing, guiding, and directing people throughout their journey.
A successful wayfinding system for millions of people requires multitudes of actors to work closely together with the client on a multitude of design decisions – all focused on enhancing the guest experience and supporting day-to-day operations.
Drinks and light snacks will be provided.
Schedule

5:30: Studio doors open
5:30-6:00: Mingle
6:00-7:00: Presentation and Q&A
7:00-7:30: Networking

The Human Needs Beneath AI at Frog Design
2026-06-09 17:00 - 19:30 | frog San Francisco, frog, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, United States
A design-led exploration of what our use of AI reveals about us.
AI is often framed as a story of intelligence, capability, and acceleration. But beneath every prompt is something quieter, and more human.
People turn to AI not only to work faster, but to think things through. To ask questions they can’t ask elsewhere. To rehearse difficult conversations. To process emotions. To feel reassured. To feel less alone.
As AI becomes more embedded in daily life, it is also becoming a new surface for human need.
This evening invites you to look beneath the technology—to examine the emotional, social, and creative needs emerging through our interactions with intelligent systems. What does it reveal about us when machines become places we turn for confidence, companionship, reflection, and support?
If we took those needs seriously as design inputs, what would we build differently?
What to expect:

5:00 – 5:45 PM | Interact
Explore different perspectives on how and why people are turning to AI.
5:45 – 6:45 PM | Reflect
Pause to interpret what’s emerging, as we surface patterns, tensions, and questions around human need and technology.
6:45 – 7:30 PM | Connect
Continue the conversation over drinks with others thinking deeply about these questions.

Reimagining Creative Work in the Age of AI
2026-06-09 17:00 - 19:30 | The Nook, 1242 Market St, San Francisco, CA, CA, 94102, United States
New tools don’t just speed up old work. In the right hands, they push boundaries and open a door to what didn’t exist before. Stranger, sharper, more specific. More human, not less.
What can you make now that you couldn’t a year ago? What happens when AI is thoughtfully integrated in the design process, not just used as a research tool? And since everyone is talking about taste, yes we’ll talk about that too.
Emmett Shine has been sitting with these questions (and experimented the crap out of it.)
On this SF Design Week, Emmett will walk us through how he has pushed his creative work with AI, reshaped his studio’s process, share some recent case studies and talk about his point of view on brand & creativity in the age of AI.
🖼️THE EXPERIENCE
Pre-event comms: Attendees who want to meet new folks will self-select in the RSVP and receive a “who’s gonna be there” write up
Fuel up & connect: Through curated prompts, attendees will connect and chat over light snacks
Learn:Presentation by Emmett
Q&A: Open floor questions for Emmett
Connect deeper: More time for attendees to discuss learnings and keep in touch
Who is Emmett?Emmett Shine is the founder of Little Plains, a digital design, UX, and brand strategy studio in New York City. The studio is AI-native and practitioner-led, working primarily with early-stage startups.Prior to that, Emmett co-founded Gin Lane (design agency that created some of the most well known DTC brands) and Pattern Brands (a portfolio of category-leading home brands), helped launch 50 brands, and has been a part of 7 successful exits. His work in brand is featured as a Harvard Business School case study.
Brought to market: Harrys, Hims, Hers, Stadium Goods, Neuralink, AYR, Sunday Goods, Cedar, Hello Alfred, Recess, 365 by Whole Foods, Made Nice, Cadre, Company, Taika, Haus, Alma, Smile Direct Club, Dia & Co., Open Spaces
Supported in early stage growth: Sweetgreen, Warby Parker, Everlane, Quip, Shinola, Bonobos, Reformation, Shake Shack, Tartine, Coffee Manufactory, Honest Buildings, Go Get ‘Em Tiger
Advisor of: Care/Of (acq. Bayer), Geneva, Recess, minisocial, Sunday Goods, Arbor Energy, Golden Ratio Coffee, Shhhowercap, Nova
This event is hosted by Space to Grow

CANCELLED Explore Your Multitudes: A Workshop on Your Next Iteration of Ambition
2026-06-09 17:30 - 19:30 | The Nook, 1242 Market St, San Francisco, CA, CA, 94102, United States
You have a life that, on paper, is working. Work is going pretty good. You have something that looks, from the outside, like the version of success people aim at.
But something feels off…
You want more, but you’re not quite sure what “more” looks like. Other than continuing to work in tech, people around you are either tech founders or content creators…so are those the only paths forward?? Should you start a side project? What would that even look like? Meanwhile, some people are telling you just to be content, but that also doesn’t feel quite right… That feeling of more keeps stirring in the back of your head, but it doesn’t have a shape yet.
This workshop is about giving that feeling a shape ️ (…and doing something about it!!)
For 90 minutes, we’ll explore the multitudes you contain: the versions of your ambition you’ve been growing, the ones you’ve been ignoring, the ones you’ve forgotten, and the ones that might be asking for attention next.
We’ll also make space to connect, cheer each other on, find collaborators, and be in community so you don’t feel so alone in figuring all this out
You’ll leave with a new way of seeing your own ambition and a clearer sense of which version of you wants to be developed next. Because you know what? Ambition is PERSONAL, so let’s make space to really explore your multitudes

Workshop host
Helloo!! I’m your host Tina Yip. I’m the founder of Space to Grow & a coach for creative and strategic people. I also host 5to9, a podcast where I have conversations with people who have made pivots to work on their own terms.
After spending over a decade as a brand strategist at agencies such as R/GA and Big Spaceship, working on brands like Google, Samsung and Mastercard, she realized what I cared most about is people. Bringing people together, maximizing their potential, rethinking their relationship with work, and challenging what’s expected so that they can live their most vibrant lives.
I’ve been featured in Randi Zuckerberg’s book “Pick Three” as an expert on side hustles. I’ve also spoken at General Assembly, SF Design Week, California College of the Arts, Her Conference, Asians in Advertising, Social Media Strategies Summit, and Youth Marketing Summit, and hosted 200+ events that ranges from conferences at SXSW, Cannes Lions, and Advertising Week to hackathons, safe rooms and brunch series, all intentionally designed for folks to feel, connect and learn.
I help people create healthier, more aligned relationships with work. I believe our work is an extension of our souls. There is beauty in it. Let’s start designing work around our lives instead of the other way round. Creating more space for creativity and honoring ourselves with the meaningful lives that we are meant to live

The (un)Conscious Creative: An intimate salon of creative inquiry
2026-06-09 18:00 - 21:00 | Timbri Hotel, 33 Turk Street Hammett East Room, 2nd Fl., San Francisco, CA
The (un)Conscious Creative
A blend of plenary and small-group conversations invites participants into deeply engaged, unguarded, and intentional provocations—designed to explore the creator behind the creator. The experience begins at the edge of one’s creative comfort zone and unfolds through a series of inquiries that reveal the undercurrents shaping each person’s creative practice. The ethos of the evening encourages a shift in perspective, helping participants identify meaningful actions that both ground and elevate their creative work.
The (un)Conscious Creative is an evening of unexpected encounters and genuine insight. It asks us to look beyond what a creative endeavor produces and instead consider where it originates—and through whom.

Schedule
Networking 6 – 7 p.m.
Salon 7 – 8:45 p.m.
End Time 9 p.m.
Light snacks will be served
The salon is limited to 20 participants
Facilitator
Jalen Salazar—
As a native West Coast creative, Jalen spent the first 20 years of his career helping build a world class creative culture at LUNAR Design. He has received numerous industry awards and accolades, including the coveted Cooper-Hewet National Product Design Award in 2014.
In 2015, Jalen played a pivotal role in shepherding the acquisition and integration of LUNAR into McKinsey & Company – the preeminent management consulting behemoth. As a Partner at McKinsey from 2015-2024, he helped build, scale, and lead McKinsey’s design capability to 300+ designers globally, and worked with Fortune 100 C-level executives to envision and accelerate innovation transformations across a range of industries.
His passion these days lies at the intersection of altered-states, creativity, and personal growth. He believes that every individual is being created just as much as they are creating, and that our greatest creative tension might just lie in getting to know the creator behind the creator.

Art Swap: Celebrating Multitudes
2026-06-09 18:30 - 20:45 | FLAX Art & Design, Fort Mason Center, 2 Marina Blvd Center, San Francisco, California, 94123, United States
Art Swap: Celebrating Multitudes is a co-created gallery and art-trading happy hour from Coqtail Hour, the Bay Area’s new pop-up creative community built around bringing artists and creatives together through after-hours events, workshops, and social hours.
Every guest arrives with a hand-sized piece of art they’ve made. A sketch, a poem, a tiny ceramic, a photograph, a collage, whatever they’ve been making in their creative practice. As the room fills, those pieces go up in the center of the space and a living gallery takes shape, built entirely from the people who showed up. It’s a celebration of the multitudes creative people carry. The designer who writes poetry. The engineer who paints. The product manager with a ceramics practice.
After a short window of facilitated creative collisions, where guests move through small group conversations designed to surface the story behind each piece and its artist, the gallery becomes a trading floor. Guests pick a piece, find the maker, talk, and swap. Everyone leaves with someone else’s work and new connections. The evening closes with a social hour all in the historic venue: FLAX Art & Design.
Schedule
6:30 PM. Doors, check-in, and gallery installs as guests arrive.
6:50 PM. Welcome and opening words from Coqtail Hour founders and partners.
7:00 PM. Creative collisions: small group conversations with facilitated prompts.
7:30 PM. The gallery becomes a trading floor. 8:00 PM. Social hour, new connections, and refreshments.
Hosts Sama Srinivas and Jacqueline Vu, co-founders of Coqtail Hour. East Bay raised, five years in NYC, back home to build the creative community the Bay Area deserves.
Partners FLAX Art & Design, the Bay Area’s beloved legacy art supply store since 1938, joining as our venue partner.
Find your people in our Bay Area creative crowd. A living gallery built by the people in the room. Facilitated conversation prompts designed to move past “so what do you do.” A chance to explore new mediums with FLAX Art & Design materials. Refreshments on site. A memorable take-home piece of original art from someone new.

Agentic AI Design Workshop: From Play to Prototype
2026-06-10 14:00 - 15:30 | California College of the Arts, 145 Hooper Street, San Francisco, California, 94107, United States
Calling all design-curious, AI-curious, and anyone who has wanted to see what designing an intelligent system actually looks like, end to end.
Spend 90 minutes at California College of the Arts workshopping the full arc of designing an AI agent. In three activities — Enact, Author, Deploy — small groups of 3–6 bodystorm a scenario, write the behavioral rules in role cards, and see their agent run live on Agent Studio. By the end, you’ll have designed, specified, and tested a working AI together. No coding required, just curiosity and a willingness to play.
You’ll walk away with a QR code linking to the AI your group built, and a real sense of how this kind of design happens.
AI’s design draws on many hands. This session shows what’s possible when more of those hands are yours.

Workshop Fee: $15.00
Refreshment will be provided.
Date, Time: June 10, 2026 / 2 pm – 3:30 p.m.
Location: Simpson Family Makers Building, N203 (Upper Level)

Hosted by California College of the Arts’ Design Division.
California College of the Arts cultivates ideas, industry, and impact in the progressive San Francisco Bay Area, educating our students as global changemakers through purposeful practice and critical discourse. The Design Division at CCA advances contemporary practice by positioning the designer as a dynamic agent of cultural, social, and ecological change.
Hosted by TJ McLeish, faculty in the MDes Interaction Design program, and graduate students in his Prototyping with AI studio.

Human-Centered Design in an AI World
2026-06-10 15:00 - 17:00 | Google Office, 345 Spear St, San Francisco, California, 94105, United States
As AI evolves, human skills like judgment, creativity, and clarity of intent are more critical than ever. This discussion explores how designers are becoming “AI fluent,” treating models as strategic partners to shape tone and character with the same precision once reserved for grid systems. While AI can generate a thousand variations, human taste remains the essential filter to ensure the final product never misses the mark.
Note: We will not be accepting any walk-ins for this event.

Designing a Creative Life: A Design and Architecture Gathering at CCA
2026-06-10 16:00 - 18:00 | California College of the Arts, 145 Hooper Street, San Francisco, California, 94107, United States
Join us during San Francisco Design Week for cocktails, conversation, reflection, and reconnection at California College of the Arts.
Alumni, faculty, staff, and friends are invited to reconnect, share stories, and consider what it means to carry a CCA creative education into the world. Throughout the evening, guests are invited to “Call the Archive,” an interactive experience where you can record a short audio story about your CCA experience, and contribute to “One Object, Many Stories,” where attendees can share reflections sparked by an exhibition of studio tools and CCA artifacts. Through these interactive experiences, we can celebrate the many ways CCA has shaped creative lives: from studio to practice to impact. Collected stories will contribute to the first edition of Continuum, a legacy broadsheet celebrating the CCA Architecture and Design community.

Hosted by the Design Division and the Architecture Division.
Hors d’oeuvres as well as alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks will be provided.

Location: Deborath + Kenneth Novak Gallery + Plaza, 145 Hooper Street, Simpson Family Maker Building, Upper Level
Date, Time: June 10, 2026 / 4:00 pm – 6:00 p.m.
(Directly afterward, all are invited to attend the opening reception of the Wattis Institute’s latest exhibition, Caguiat Delacruz: The Tramp. Opening Reception 6–8 pm)

Celebrate San Francisco Ingenuity and Design at Stagecoach Greens Mini-Golf with One Hat One Hand
2026-06-10 17:00 - 20:00 | Stage Coach Greens and Spark Gardens, 1379 4TH STREET, San Francisco, California, 94158, United States
Have you mastered the windmill shot (or at least the confident strut to the first tee)? Come hang for the ultimate fresh-air SFDW meetup at Stagecoach Greens Mini-Golf, a playful, story-driven course custom-designed and fabricated by One Hat One Hand. We’ll be posted up in the Spark Gardens cabanas at SPARK Social SF for a VIP-style hang with drinks, bites, and easy networking—then if you feel like it, jump into a round of mini golf or a cornhole game. Truly no pressure: play a hole, toss a few bags, do both, or do exactly neither and just enjoy excellent new work in the most casual of patio-meets-safari-tent-meets-cabana vibes. Meet designers and builders from One Hat One Hand and our partner teams, including DEKA Fabrication and LMNL Studio, plus fellow architects, designers, creatives, and makers for an evening that’s equal parts craft, community, and fun.

Chair Exploded: Installation Debut and Talk
2026-06-10 17:00 - 20:00 | Humanscale Showroom SF, 10 Jackson Street, San Francisco, California, 94111, United States
Enter the world of the great mid-century modern designer Niels Diffrient. Longtime collaborator of Henry Dreyfuss, Eero Saarinen and Marco Zanuso, Diffrient was a lead figure in the field of ergonomics.
Artist and designer Elijah Ezralow’s “Chair Exploded” explores a new perspective on the internal design of Humanscale seating.
Suspended chair parts are deconstructed to reveal the function, geometry, and material of each component. Discover the striking relationship to human anatomy; its neck, exoskeleton, and fulcrums suggest a design derived directly from the body itself.
At 6pm, join Elijah for a deep dive behind the seats of Diffrient’s iconic works, exploring from prototype to product how the design philosophy can provide new inspiration.
Agenda
5:00pm Doors Open
6:00pm Speaker
6:30pm Open Viewing and Informal Q+A
Enjoy local bites and cold beverages throughout
About the Speaker
Elijah Ezralow graduated Stanford with a BS in Engineering, Product Design. He has studied design at Art Center, Pasadena and in Oslo, Norway. Currently, he is focused on the design of seating, with an interest in the engineering and cultural impact behind chairs. Elijah has worked as a product designer with Snap Inc., startups including ohyay and Clean Sea Solutions. He is a recipient of the Chappell Lougee Scholarship for his independent documentary film, “The Model Island”. Installation pieces include works at The Sam Francis Gallery, The Anderson Collection and XR Studios.
About the Showroom
In January, Humanscale opened the doors to their new San Francisco showroom. Designed in collaboration with renowned architect Such Reddy of Reddy Made Design and featuring textiles by like-minded Kvadrat, the space brings our human-centered philosophy to life through simplicity, sustainability, and movement. Conceived as both a working showroom and a place for the design community to gather, the space invites you to experience comfort and performance in motion.

Alicia Escott at Teknion: Artist Talk and Conversation
2026-06-10 17:00 - 20:00 | Teknion, 2 Bryant Street, San Francisco, California, 94105, United States
Teknion is pleased to host artist Alicia Escott during SF Design Week. Alicia, in conversation with Marthine Satris, will speak about their interdisciplinary art practice and her ongoing collaboration with wildflower seeds, Metabolic Rifts and Domestic Interiors.
Event schedule:
– 5p Showroom is open for drinks and small bites
– 6p Artist talk by Alicia Escott followed by a conversation with Marthine Satris
– 8p Event ends
Alicia Escott is an interdisciplinary artist based in the land we currently call San Francisco, she/they practices in solidarity with thinkers across fields undoing the construct of “nature” as a thing separated from us and our world. Her work seeks to make space for the unspoken individual and collective experiences of loss, heartbreak and grief. She/they approach these issues with an interstitial practice that encompasses writing, drawing, painting, photography, video, sculpture, social-practice, and activism. Alicia’s work has been shown in over 100 Art Institutions and been written about in numerous platforms. She is currently the SF Arts Commission Artist in Residence, collaborating with City Environment Department.
Marthine Satris is the Associate Publisher at Heyday, the nonprofit book publisher in Berkeley dedicated to place-rooted nonfiction, where she particularly works on books about California’s natural world and our relationship to it. Books she’s edited at Heyday have won the PEN/ EO Wilson Prize for Literary Science Writing and the Foreword INDIES Editor’s Choice Prize. Her own writing has been published in The San Francisco Chronicle, Flyway Journal, The Georgia Review, and elsewhere. She’s a frequent contributor to Oakland Review of Books and lives in Oakland with her family.

A Week Inside an AI-Native Design Team
2026-06-10 17:45 - 18:30 | Gamma – 350 Rhode Island, 350 Rhode Island, San Francisco, California, 94107, United States
A candid evening with our Head of Design, Zach Leach (LinkedIn) and an AI-native designer, Chaemin Ahn (LinkedIn) on how every designer at Gamma now ships prototypes from Claude Code. We’ll walk through the skills we’ve written, the connectors we rely on, how we gather context before touching a pixel, what a real prompting loop looks like, and how design, engineering, and product actually collaborate when the prototype is the spec. Not really theory, more practical “here’s what’s open on our screens Monday morning.”

(BYO questions — this will be half talk, half Q&A.)

NOTE: Attendees will be required to sign an NDA when checking in. If you do not want to sign an NDA, please let us know ahead of time and we’ll refund your ticket.

Wellness x Design
2026-06-10 18:00 - 20:00 | Mokume Design Studio, 2169 Folsom St., San Francisco, California, 94110, United States
Join Mokume Design Studio founder and principal interior designer, Jennifer Downing, in conversation with Dr. Hemalee Patel, DO (Lifestyle & Internal Medicine), for a science-backed panel on how our design decisions, behaviors and built environments shape physical and mental health. The panel will cover wellness-driven design strategies around circadian rhythm-responsive environments, dedicated wellness zones, and the implementation of biophilic strategies. Additional considerations include thermotherapy and the design of spaces that facilitate community engagement. Walk away with actionable, research-informed design approaches that support wellness for individuals and organizations.
Wednesday June 10th @ 6:00pm—8:00pm
6:00—6:30pm: Welcome Beverages + Bites
6:30—8:00pm: Panel Discussion (60 min.) + Q+A

Jennifer Downing
Founder and principal designer of Mokume Design Studio, Jennifer Downing creates interior spaces with a deep focus on wellness + sustainability. Jennifer’s design theory is reflected in clean + airy interiors that provide visual breathing room. She comfortably pairs this sensibility with a broad array of aesthetics to suit each client’s style and needs.
A devoted environmentalist, Jennifer’s passion for responsible design touches every project that comes through the Mokume Design Studio. Jennifer served on The Sustainability Project board in Santa Barbara and has taught courses on Sustainable Interiors, through UC Berkeley Extension. The studio is a proud member of 1% for the Planet.
Jennifer comes from a long lineage of artists and architects, so her path to design was a natural one reinforced during her academic training at Syracuse University, where she received a BFA in interior design and metalsmithing. Jennifer’s love for working with her hands and the finite details that accompany the metalsmithing craft continue to inform her creative approach.

Dr. Hemalee Patel
Dr. Hemalee Patel is a triple board-certified physician in Internal Medicine, Lifestyle Medicine, and Obesity Medicine, with over a decade of clinical experience spanning both inpatient and outpatient settings.
Having spent her career designing and leading cardiometabolic health programs, Dr. Patel integrates evidence-based lifestyle medicine, behavior change science, patient education, and digital health technology including one of the first outpatient applications of continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) in primary care.
Her work sits at the intersection of clinical rigor and innovation, bridging the gap between medical practice and operational excellence to make healthcare more personalized, effective, and accessible. She is a thought leader in wellness, longevity, and holistic health and a passionate advocate for the idea that healthcare can be both brilliant and beautiful.
Dr. Patel’s areas of expertise include cardiovascular health, obesity medicine, wellness trends, and the science of behavior change at the intersection of medicine, design, and how our surroundings shape our health.

Noz Nozawa x Flexform: "Craft as Culture: A Personal Dialogue with Identity and Design"
2026-06-10 18:00 - 20:00 | Flexform San Francisco, Flexform, 145 Rhode Island St, San Francisco, California, 94103, United States
This conversation between acclaimed interior designer Noz Nozawa, and Pete Rodway, Snr. Partner of Compass, explores how design can become a lens for understanding personal identity. Reflecting on growing up within an American context while holding a connection to Japanese ancestry, Nozawa considers how ideas such as restraint, craft, material sensitivity, and discipline can be encountered, interpreted, and thoughtfully integrated. In dialogue with traditions such as Italian craftsmanship, the discussion looks at how cultural influence can inform a practice through observation, distance, and personal meaning.

Ciel Turns 7: A Living Open House
2026-06-10 18:00 - 22:00 | Ciel Creative Space, 2611 Eighth Street, Berkeley, California, 94710, United States
Ciel Creative Space turned 7 this year and we’re celebrating the only way we know how: by opening our doors and letting creativity take over.
This isn’t your typical open house. It’s a choose-your-own-adventure through a series of immersive studio activations, each one offering a different perspective on what’s possible within our walls. From thought-provoking conversation and experimental art to personal branding moments and a full-on celebration, every room tells a different story.
Catch a fashion show that brings “multitudes” to life on the runway where identity, culture, and creativity collide. Step into an art + tech exhibition that blurs the line between digital and physical. Capture your next-era headshot. Stay for the music, the energy, and the kind of connections that actually stick.
Whether you’re a designer, artist, technologist, or just creatively curious, this is an open invitation to explore, engage, and imagine a little bigger.
Come see what happens inside Ciel. Then go make something of your own

Me, You, and a Robot with PA Consulting
2026-06-10 18:30 - 20:45 | PA Consulting, 517 York Street, San Francisco, California, 94110, United States
What is a robot? Visions of robots span a wide spectrum: from helpful partners that take on tedious or undesirable tasks, to unsettling replacements that threaten human roles altogether. Headlines in the media and conversations at tech conferences make it clear that robotic technologies are advancing at an unprecedented pace and that robots are here to stay.
As designers and engineers, we can anchor those advancements within the context of human engagement, interaction, and emotions. Surgical systems, assembly lines, warehouse machines, personal companions, appliances, autonomous vehicles, and AI-driven software all blur the lines between tool and agent. Stopping short of a dystopian or unrealistic utopian future, the role of robots in society is open for discussion, acceptance, and debate. Join us at PA Consulting during SF Design Week to define the terms — and question them.

Connection, Cocktails and Collage with Sköna
2026-06-11 15:00 - 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. In honor of this year’s theme, Multitudes, we’re exploring how the diversity and plurality of our Bay Area home informs creativity and expression through a collaborative collage wall.
We’re inviting designers, creatives, and the just plain curious to add to the collage with a drawing, quote, thought, signature… whatever you feel reflects or expresses your life in the Bay Area. The choice is yours.
We’ll provide magazines, books, and craft supplies for collaging, plus snacks and beverages for imbibing. Just bring yourself, your creativity, and your curiosity.

More Than One Thing: Celebrating Creative Multitudes with Creativity Explored
2026-06-11 15:00 - 18:00 | Creativity Explored, 3245 16TH ST, San Francisco, California, 94103, United States
Celebrate the multitudes we all contain at Creativity Explored, a pioneering progressive art studio that partners with artists with developmental disabilities.
As part of San Francisco Design Week, join us for a lively happy hour and open studio mixer in our award-winning studio space, located in the heart of the Mission District.
This year’s theme, Multitudes, reflects the expansive creative worlds contained within every Creativity Explored artist and within the studio community itself. CE artists are painters, ceramicists, storytellers, designers, performers, collaborators, and visionaries—each bringing distinct perspectives, lived experiences, and modes of expression into the space. Their practices challenge conventional ideas of authorship, artistry, and communication, revealing the rich authenticity that emerges in welcoming environments.
Connect with fellow creatives, designers, and art lovers while surrounded by bold, original artwork created by Creativity Explored’s artists. Enjoy natural wine provided by our neighbors at Millay, light bites from our dear friends at the Bi-Rite Family of Businesses, and the inspiring energy of a studio that has celebrated the multitudes of artistic expression since 1983.

Brainy Bold: Design as a Model for Cognition
2026-06-11 15:00 - 18:00 | Space DanzArte, 1067 Market St. Suite 1006, San Francisco, 94103, United States
Brainy Bold is a multidisciplinary design studio and publishing project that treats design as a model for cognition-howpeople form meaning, values, identity through systems.
This event presents a curated installation of printed matter, visual grids, garments, and conceptual frameworks developed through Brainy Bold’s ongoing curriculum-based practice, including Chemical Equilibrium, Symbolic Intelligence, and Axiotic Theory. Together, these works explore how structure, repetition, and visual language shape perception and behavior.
Rather than positioning design as surface or trend, Brainy Bold approaches design as an applied cognitive system-one that can be studied, practiced, and internalized. Attendees are invited to move through the installation as a tool for reflection, alignment, and self-directed learning.
The event is part exhibition, part study space, and part quiet provocation, offering an alternative to aesthetic saturation by emphasizing clarity, restraint, and intentional structure.
A modular installation exploring systems, identity, interpretation, and learner-centered design.
Program Overview
Visitors are invited to move through a compact research environment featuring printed studies, visual artifacts, a modular investigation wall, and an interactive access point. The installation emphasizes process, reflection, and symbolic interpretation.
Spatial Components

Lectern with visitor syllabus
Research / artifact table
Access table with digital interaction
Modular investigation wall
Printed takeaway materials

Visitor Flow
Enter
Orient
Investigate
Engage
Reflect

Context
This is Samuel Guillory’s inaugural public Design Week presentation as an emerging independent designer under Brainy Bold.

* Please enter the venue from the Visitor Entrance at 586 Stevenson St. Then follow posted signs to Suite 1006.

Hand-printed vs Digital - Textile Craftsmanship at Cloth Edition Printshop
2026-06-11 15:30 - 17:00 | Cloth Edition Printshop, 705 Cesar Chavez Street, San Francisco, California, 94124, United States
From pigments and patterns to bespoke textiles, expierence the craft of hand printing at Cloth Edition Printshop. Join textile designer Anne Kirk and printer Ryan Harrison for a discussion exploring traditional hand printed textiles, how designers work with master craftspeople and the value of handprinted versus digital textile designs. Explore our hand printing facility, see traditional screen printing in action and participate in printing with our team.

Studio Crawl Night 1 - Thursday, June 11th
2026-06-11 18:00 - 21:00 | CA

Connecting the Dots
2026-06-11 18:00 - 21:00 | Unbox Product Design, 364 11th Street, San Francisco, California, 94103, United States
At Unbox, we operate at the intersection of creativity and commercialization, partnering with startups and disruptors to bring market-ready solutions to life.
Join us at the Unbox studio for our second Studio Crawl during San Francisco Design Week. Located in SoMa, we’re surrounded by some of the city’s top creative agencies.
Connect with the community, exchange ideas, and get a behind-the-scenes look at how a boutique firm delivers big impact across complex projects.
Whether you’re looking to collaborate, expand your network, or simply drop by, we’ll have refreshments, snacks, music, and a few giveaways to enjoy.
Doors open at 6 PM, followed by a 6:30 PM introduction and team meet-and-greet, with open networking starting at 7 PM.
We look forward to welcoming you.

Whipsaw Open Studio
2026-06-11 18:00 - 21:00 | Whipsaw, 55 Mississippi, SAN FRANCISCO, California, 94107, United States
Step inside Whipsaw’s Potrero Hill studio for SF Design Week — come see where the ideas happen. Explore a light-filled, industrial-chic space, browse our ever-growing product gallery and meet the team. It’s going to be a good one. See you there!

ORCA SF Open Studio
2026-06-11 18:00 - 21:00 | ORCA Showroom, 2422 3rd Street, San Francisco, California, 94107, United States
Get the first look at ORCA’s new showroom in the Dogpatch. Meet with ORCA’s founder and principal, Molly Sedlacek and see our materials in person.
ORCA is a female-founded landscape design studio based in Los Angeles and San Francisco. We use plants and materials in their rawest form to re/connect humans to the earth.

Where Design Begins: An Open Exhibition By Vizcom
2026-06-11 18:00 - 21:00 | Vizcom, 488 Bryant St, San Francisco, California, 94107, United States
Vizcom is opening the doors to its Makerspace. See how designers across automotive, fashion, lighting, and architecture are integrating AI into their creative process. Real objects and renders will be on display, alongside the work that made them.
Explore at your own pace: get hands-on at demo stations, watch live fabrication, take on a prompted design challenge, and spend time with a curated installation drawn from designers around the world.
June 3rd is opening night. June 11th is our closing night.
Come curious. Leave with something to think about.

Design + Build - Open Studio
2026-06-11 18:00 - 21:00 | Mokume Design Studio, 2169 Folsom St., San Francisco, California, 94110, United States
Join us at our shared studio — home to Mokume Design Studio, Katherine Tincher Design, and Phase2 Builders, with special guest Home+Space — for a behind-the-scenes look at how we work!
We’re pulling out mockups, material boards, and recent projects (with a couple of our favorite local vendors in the mix), and keeping things easy with cocktails, bites, and good conversation.
Swing by, say hi, stay awhile.

How We Prompt
2026-06-11 18:00 - 21:00 | Gamma, 350 Rhode Island, San Francisco, California, 94107, United States
An open studio night at Gamma. Our entire brand system runs on a set of carefully-tuned Midjourney srefs and profiles — come see the library, meet the people who built it, and sit down with the image models we’ve partnered with to prompt something of your own. Bring a project, or start one here.
NOTE: Attendees will be required to sign an NDA when checking in. If you do not want to sign an NDA, please let us know ahead of time and we’ll refund your ticket.

Now Studio Open House
2026-06-11 18:00 - 21:00 | Now Studio, 2309 Bryant Street, San Francisco, California, 94110, United States
Now Studio is opening its doors for our second SF Design Week Studio Crawl. Explore our latest work, meet the team and experience what makes our approach distinct. Refreshments and light snacks will be provided. Come by and see what’s happening Now.

now studio is a nimble, hands-on Industrial Design agency based in San Francisco.

Punto 3 Launch, by Coleccion Estudio
2026-06-11 18:00 - 21:00 | Coleccion Estudio’s Private Showroom, 273 Church St, San Francisco, California, 94114, United States
Punto 3, created by Colección Estudio, launches in San Francisco during Design Week, marking its first presentation in North America. Join us for an evening of design, conversation, and exchange with the founders and participating designers, mezcal cocktails in hand and contemporary pieces all around.
Taking place on June 11th from 6 PM to 9 PM, the event celebrates a new platform for international emergent design, bringing together craft, experimentation, and forward-thinking practice. Guests are invited to experience Rehearsals for the Future, the inaugural exhibition developed through the Punto 3 mentorship program. The exhibition presents a cohort of international designers working across furniture, lighting, and textiles
Punto 3 is a space for ideas, production, and exhibition. Rooted in Mexican cultural legacy, it seeks not to preserve tradition as a fixed language, but to expand it through dialogue and collaboration. Developed by Colección Estudio, the platform connects designers, artisans, and creatives through a mentorship model led by Andrés Cacho, Manuel López, and Daniel Martínez.
Come join us for an intimate evening to celebrate, connect, and discover a new approach to contemporary design.

Our Robots Don’t Party. We Do.
2026-06-11 18:00 - 21:00 | NewDealDesign, 333 Bryant St Suite 190, San Francisco, California, 94107, United States
We’re throwing open our studio doors once again, but this time with more humans (and maybe a few robots and monsters) in tow. Step inside the place where humans design for AI, not the other way around, and experience the creative energy behind the work firsthand!
Expect drinks, snacks, a DJ, games, and interactive moments designed to spark your own creativity. Get up close and personal with our designers and engineers, hear their stories, and see the space where the magic gets made. This is your invitation to meet the team, ask the hard questions, and remind yourself that the best parties are still very much a human thing.

Studio O+A Studio Crawl
2026-06-11 18:00 - 21:00 | Studio O+A, 452 Tehama Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, California, 94103, United States
Join Studio O+A for a happy hour in the studio during the crawl. Take a peak behind the curtain, meet other designers, and engage in an evolving dialogue about design.
At Studio O+A, we thrive at the intersection of disciplines, where diverse perspectives and crafts come together to shape meaningful experiences. We believe the most impactful ideas emerge through collaboration—when different voices, practices, and ways of thinking intersect.
Come be a part of that exchange and help explore what’s next as we collectively shape the future of design.

Living Forms: A Biomorphic Studio Crawl at Creative C.O.M.A.
2026-06-11 18:00 - 21:00 | Creative C.O.M.A., 40 Rondel Place, San Francisco, California, 94110, United States
Living Forms is a collaborative exhibition and open house at Creative C.O.M.A., presented as part of the SF Design Week Studio Crawl. Three artists explore materiality, form, and transformation through a contemporary biomorphic lens — reinterpreting organic modernism from a Bay Area perspective where fine art, ceramics, and spatial design converge.
Painting, sculptural ceramics, and immersive installation share the room with furniture and design objects selected in conversation with the work — each echoing the show’s biomorphic language of cellular, botanical, and anatomical forms. Select pieces are available for acquisition.
In dialogue with SF Design Week’s 2026 theme, Multitudes, the exhibition celebrates plurality of medium, perspective, and process — an ecosystem of works that oscillate between organism, architecture, and abstraction.
Schedule:
• 6:00 PM — Doors open. Self-guided exploration of the exhibition and space.
• 7:00 PM — Brief welcome (5 min) from founder Anthony Brown: an introduction to Creative C.O.M.A., the artists, and the work on view.
• 7:05 PM — Artists in residence at their work throughout the evening for one-on-one conversation.
• 9:00 PM — Close.

Delve - Open Studio
2026-06-11 18:00 - 21:00 | Delve, 2225 3rd St, San Francisco, California, 94107, United States
Join us for an open house that brings our multidisciplinary product design and development practice to life. Meet the team behind our work, explore the studio, and get an inside look at how we define, envision, and develop innovations that make an impact. Whether you’re curious about our process or looking to connect with fellow builders and creatives, we invite you to stop by, stay awhile, and experience Delve firsthand. Food and drinks will be served throughout the evening, with a few surprises along the way.

Huge Design Studio Crawl - SFDW 2026
2026-06-11 18:00 - 21:00 | Huge Design, 1082 Howard Street, San Francisco, California, 94103, United States
Huge Design Studio Crawl — SFDW 2026
We’ve spent 15 years designing products for companies like GoPro, Google, Therabody, and Bowers & Wilkins — and for one night during SF Design Week, we’re opening our SoMa studio to the public.
Come wander the space, poke at prototypes, and talk shop with the team. No presentations, no agenda — just an honest look at how a product idea goes from napkin sketch to something you’d actually buy. Drinks are on us.
📍 1082 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
🕕 6:00 – 9:00 PM
🎟 SFDW Studio Crawl Ticket Required

Nanu Studio Crawl
2026-06-11 18:00 - 21:00 | Nanu, 1450 Mariposa Street, San Francisco, California, 94107, United States
Visit behind the scenes at Nanu, our small SF studio where two of us design objects that make time feel more tangible. See what’s on the workbench, how things come together, and the people behind it all. → nanuelectrics.com

PACT Open Studio
2026-06-11 18:00 - 21:00 | Pact Studio, 1300 S VAN NESS AVE, SAN FRANCISCO, California, 94110, United States
Come hang out at PACT, the boutique brand identity and strategy studio behind this year’s SF Design Week theme. We work across climate, knowledge, and culture — but this isn’t a portfolio walkthrough. Swing by, grab a drink, and talk shop with the team. Branding, strategy, the state of design, whatever you’re into. Good people, good conversation, no agenda.

STEEP: An Immersive Tea Lounge
2026-06-11 20:30 - 23:00 | AIDA, 388 Beale Street Penthouse, San Francisco, CA, 94105, United States
As the last light fades over the bay you step into another world.
The first room breathes with immersive visuals and warm atmospheric sounds. You don’t watch it so much as inhabit it. Here you get your first effervescent pairing. The tea and cocktails waiting inside were born directly from what you just experienced: the projections, the compositions, the scent. Every drink is a translation. Time slows and you breath in the art and sound.
Then something shifts in the air.
An ephemeral scent installation threads through the space, pulling you forward — notes of smoke, osmanthus, salt air, dried citrus, something green and ancient. The fragrance is not decoration. It is the bridge to lead you forward.
The second room opens like an exhale.
Here, a bar of hand-blown glass art catches the light. The shimmer of glass art reveals itself within a floating garden of lush bites paired with new sips. Every taste is a translation. An echo of the room you came from.
Outside the windows, the Bay Bridge traces itself in light against the darkening sky.
You didn’t plan this evening. You discovered it.
What to Expect:
This event sits at the intersection of visual art, sound, scent, and craft. It highlights the multitudes of working across creative disciplines, introducing audiences to art forms they may not typically experiences as a blended narrative, while demonstrating the innovative intersection that challenges perception and expectations.
There will be immersive art designed to make scent visually tangible, effervescent, rhythmic and delicious. Something you steep into throughout the night, imbibing scents and bubbly in alcoholic and non alcoholic elixirs from glassware shaped to entice the sense and accentuate flavor profiles. Lush light bites will be served from a floating garden overlooking incredible views of the bay. Be prepared to steep into a lush and evocative evening of art, beverages and light bites.
Art & Collaborations by: Alexandra Ierace, Eli Joteva, Tiffany Liu, Kazuki Takizawa and more to come
Doors open at dusk. Location & entry instructions shared with ticket holders 24 hours before event. Capacity is strictly limited.

AI as Your Design Partner (Not Your Replacement)
2026-06-12 13:00 - 15:30 | Shipt, 535 Mission Street, 12th Floor, San Francisco, CA, 94105, United States
AI is rapidly changing how we design, but it’s not here to replace creativity, it’s here to expand it. In this hands-on workshop, we’ll explore how generative AI can augment, accelerate, and amplify the design thinking process while keeping human insight at the center. Participants will work in small groups to apply AI across key phases of design thinking including ideation, synthesis, and concept development. Through guided exercises, we’ll show how AI can help generate ideas, surface patterns, and push thinking further, while also highlighting its limitations and the importance of human judgment. This session is designed to be interactive, accessible, and practical. No deep technical experience required. Whether you’re a designer, product manager, or just AI-curious, you’ll leave with new ways to integrate AI into your creative process and a clearer understanding of how to work with it, not against it.

Pop-Up Art Show at IA's San Francisco Studio
2026-06-12 14:00 - 16:00 | IA (Interior Architechts), 500 Sansome Street, San Francisco, 94111, United States
Join us at IA’s San Francisco studio as we gather to celebrate community and creativity. IA’s enduring celebration of San Francisco and the city’s art and design community will take center stage in an art pop-up show by local artists. Experience how architecture and design firm IA’s (Interior Architects’s) newly completed double-height, ground level studio embodies “design in action”, both as an ethos and through their design practice, cementing the space as a canvas for creative expression.

Women Designing San Francisco
2026-06-12 15:00 - 17:00 | Marigold SF, 2681 21st Street, San Francisco, California, 94110, United States
Past, Present, Future — a salon-style gathering bringing together leading female voices across design, education, fashion, tech, and craft alongside the broader WILD community to celebrate women building our city’s creative community, and reckon with the loss of institutions like CCA.

PANEL:

Jennifer Sonderby (Chair of Communication Design, CCA)
Megan Wernetti (President, Heath Ceramics)
Nicole Krasinski (Co-owner, State Bird Provision, The Progress, & Anchovy Bar)
Arianna Orland (Creative Director, Meta)
Trina Michelle Robinson (Artist & CCA Faculty)

SCHEDULE: 2 hrs
3pm door open, mingling
4pm moderated panel & open dialogue
5pm end

ABOUT WILD: Women in Leadership and Design (WILD) is an AIGA initiative that champions women and non-binary people in creative leadership. Through thoughtfully curated gatherings, we create space for meaningful connection, professional growth and community building among design leaders and creative professionals in the San Francisco Bay Area.

ABOUT MARIGOLD: Marigold is a part flower shop, a part café nestled on a bright and sunny corner of the Mission District. Bringing together the rituals of flowers and coffee in a warm inviting atmosphere, it is a space that would continually evolve, always pique curiosity, and challenge our creativity.

Event CANCELLED: Keeping Up with Gen Z: How EdTech Designs for an Ever-Evolving Generation
2026-06-12 16:00 - 18:00 | Quizlet HQ, 123 Townsend St., San Francisco, California, 94107, United States
Gen Z students are one of the hardest demographics to design for. Their culture, tools, and expectations shift faster than most research cycles can keep up with. And no two students learn the same way. This fireside chat brings together researchers and designers from the EdTech space to discuss how they stay embedded in their users’ lives— not just at project kickoff, but continuously.
Quizlet’s Design and User Research Team will share how they’ve built structural practices— from daily student Discord communities to community-led design and co-design sessions— to keep their finger on the pulse of 18–24 year olds. They’ll be joined by two design and user research leaders from across the EdTech industry for a conversation on how to thoughtfully design for a generation in constant motion.

4:00pm — Doors open, networking
4:15pm — Fireside chat begins
5:00pm — Audience Q&A
5:30pm — Open mingling
6:00pm — End

The Future of Home Robotics
2026-06-12 16:30 - 18:30 | Box Clever, 285 7TH ST, SAN FRANCISCO, California, 94103, United States
Introduced by Box Clever x Weave Robotics
Experience the public reveal of the future of home robotics!

Meet leaders at Weave and Box Clever, and learn about their unique approach to designing for the home.

Food, Product Raffle, and Laundry provided : )

* Box Clever designed products worth over $3000 will be raffled off, with a portion of the proceeds supporting the next generation of designers*

Erica Tanov: Celebrating a Life in Design
2026-06-12 17:00 - 18:00 | Erica Tanov Atelier, 1808 Fifth Street, Berkeley, California, 94710, United States
Interiors, Nature, and the Art of Collaboration: Join designer Erica Tanov for a lively conversation and illustrated presentation, moderated by acclaimed design writer DIANE DORRANS SAEKS. Together, they will explore the art of creative collaboration for home design — the sources of inspiration, the working relationships, the materials, and the process of building a fully original aesthetic world. Inspired by nature.
For thirty-five years, Erica Tanov has been one of the most quietly inspiring presences in American design — a designer of rare grace, originality, and style whose work across fashion, textiles, and interiors is guided by an unerring instinct for natural beauty. Her clothing and home collections are defined by luxurious fabrics, meticulous craft, and a sensibility entirely her own: restrained, considered, and deeply expressive. Her historic, light-filled Berkeley studio — itself a masterclass in the art of living beautifully — showcases wallpaper, architectural tiles, furniture, bedding, and fabric collections alongside carefully chosen vintage finds. Tanov is now expanding her practice to include interior design consultation and projects.
The evening will unfold in Erica’s beautiful studio, surrounded by her designs, collections, and the objects she loves. Guests will enjoy an illustrated presentation of Erica Tanov interiors — bedrooms, wallpapers in situ, textiles, and artist collaborations — followed by an intimate moderated conversation with Erica Tanov.
Topics will include what natural interior style truly means; fabric and textile collaborations with artists; wallpaper and architectural tile design; bedding collections; antique collecting; and the role of art and artists in shaping an interior point of view.
The evening is moderated by Diane Dorrans Saeks, bestselling author of twenty-six design books including the celebrated Parisian by Design (a bestseller in Paris) and the classic Jean-Louis Deniot Interiors (both Rizzoli). Diane is the longtime Design Editor at PaperCity and a founding editor of C California Style magazine. She is currently at work on new books.
About Erica Tanov: A California native, Erica established her design trajectory at Parsons School of Design before launching her eponymous label in New York in 1990, where her early seamed slips and camisoles helped redefine modern loungewear and quickly gained placement at Barneys, Bergdorf Goodman, and Henri Bendel. Her brand evolved organically into a broader lifestyle offering spanning clothing and home, grounded in a philosophy of relaxed luxury shaped by a deep reverence for nature. Returning to the Bay Area in 1994, she opened her first Berkeley store and went on to cultivate a loyal, design-forward community across New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, becoming a defining voice in California’s understated luxury movement. Alongside her commercial work, she has remained deeply engaged with the arts, serving on the board of Creative Growth Art Center, speaking at major design events, and authoring Design By Nature, with her work widely featured in leading publications and worn by figures including Tilda Swinton, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Vera Farmiga, and Sarah Jessica Parker.
Wine and refreshments will be served.

Studio Crawl Night 2 - Friday, June 12th
2026-06-12 18:00 - 21:00 | CA

Evening Reception - PLUME by Kristin Victoria Barron
2026-06-12 18:00 - 21:00 | The Future Perfect San Francisco, 3085 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, California, 94115, United States
Plume, a recent body of work from Kristin Victoria Barron, will be showcased during San Francisco Design Week this June, offering a compelling exploration of the artist’s ongoing engagement with the archetypal language of the subconscious. Through the practice of keeping a dream journal and tirelessly working to materialize the elusive subjects of sleep, Barron locates her work in the tension of articulating the inexpressible, as though sculpting smoke. “I am asleep and living in a house on the indeterminate but ubiquitous waterline of dreams. I cannot tell you the name of the body of water or if it’s a body at all…” she writes, capturing both her process and the ambiguity it demands.
This body of work extends her Jungian research beyond representation. Each piece is carefully patinated, offering a textural imprint that feels like a fragment of another reality. The sculptures move beyond zoological iconography, suggesting forms that have traversed dreamscapes, as though released from a distant and unknowable terrain and marked by their passage through shifting worlds.
Incorporating functional lighting, the works in Plume evoke illumination untethered from waking life. The light appears not as a mechanical source, but as something more ethereal, as if each piece operates as a threshold through which luminosity travels between dimensions, carrying the atmosphere of the artist’s inner world into physical space.

IA's San Francisco Studio: Studio Crawl
2026-06-12 18:00 - 21:00 | IA (Interior Architechts), 500 Sansome Street, San Francisco, 94111, United States
Explore how architecture and design firm IA brings design to life at their newly completed double-height, ground-level San Francisco studio. Located at street level to engage directly with the community, the 22,000-square-foot space celebrates the people, places, and identities that make bold innovation possible within San Francisco’s art and design community.
Discover how the city’s vibrant history and character are playfully woven into the studio’s design, and experience a work environment built around creativity – featuring a dynamic collection of amenities including stadium seating, a speakeasy- inspired lounge, and even an in-house dog park.
Join IA in celebrating the new studio and connecting with San Francisco’s creative community!

San Francisco Design Week Studio Crawl: IA San Francisco Studio
6-9 pm on Friday, June 12, 2026
IA San Francisco Studio
500 Sansome Street, Floor 1
San Francisco, CA 94111

Know Your Roots
2026-06-12 18:00 - 21:00 | Neiman Marcus, 150 Stockton Street, San Francisco, California, 94108, United States
Oakland Roots and Soul Sports Club presents an upcycled fashion installation at Neiman Marcus, created in collaboration with ThredUp and emerging designers from California College of the Arts
On view for the first three weeks of June, this installation is a living expression of Oakland Roots and Soul’s mission—harnessing the power of sport as a force for social good.
The window displays feature original fashion pieces created with upcycled clothing from ThredUp and Oakland Roots and Soul jerseys. Rooted in Oakland’s spirit of resistance, creativity, and deep community pride, the work brings together fashion, art and sport as equal platforms for storytelling and change, with each piece reflecting the club’s commitment to expressions of culture.
Through the work of CCA’s next generation of designers, and powered by ThredUp’s circular fashion model, the display becomes a platform for new voices shaping the future of design.
Know your roots.
This is not an actual studio but a window display — Stop by to view the window installation during the crawl or anytime.

Bohlin Cywinski Jackson: Studio Crawl
2026-06-12 18:00 - 21:00 | Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, 49 Geary Street, San Francisco, California, 94108, United States
Join Bohlin Cywinski Jackson for an evening at our San Francisco studio to explore new and upcoming work and enjoy snacks and refreshments. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn more about a site-specific installation by the artist Andy Goldsworthy, a permanent artwork from the former Haines Gallery that was preserved and celebrated during the renovation of the studio.
Bohlin Cywinski Jackson is an architecture practice of five studios across the country focused on designing places that inspire connection and wonder. Our San Francisco studio works across a range of typologies, from single-family residences to schools and workplaces. The sketches, models, and raw materials found throughout our studio are evidence of an immersive design process rooted in a strong sense of craft.

Studio Image Credit: Matthew Millman

Art of Sport. FIFA World Cup 2026
2026-06-12 18:00 - 21:00 | Grumpy’s Restaurant & Pub, 125 Vallejo St., San Francisco California, CA, 94111, United States
The beautiful game. 48 beautiful posters.
You’re invited to the launch of a new collection of 48 posters, created by Mucho, JP and a few global guest designers. Hosted by Mucho partner Rob Duncan and Art of Sport partner JP Stallard, for what can only be described as a proper old-fashioned “booze up.” Beers, posters, and every nation from this year’s World Cup on display.
Art of Sport began over a decade ago, dreamt up by friends (and football rivals) Rob and JP, to create football posters your partner would actually let you hang at home. Simple, bold, culturally tuned, occasionally mischievous, and always designed to raise a smile. Posters will be available to order online.
Have a drink on us while the bar tab holds out and enjoy talking football. The one you kick, not throw 😉

Hybrid: Curiosity in All Things — Studio Crawl Happy Hour at Stout Books
2026-06-12 18:00 - 21:00 | William Stout Architectural Books, 804 Montgomery St, San Francisco, California, 94133, United States
Join Hybrid at Stout Books as part of the SF Design Week Studio Crawl for a celebratory evening around Hybrid: Curiosity in All Things.
The book explores how curiosity drives creative work across disciplines—bringing together studio projects, essays, and insights that reflect on process, inspiration, and the unexpected connections that shape design.
This happy hour-style gathering is an open invitation to meet the Hybrid team, connect with the design community, and spend time with the book. Copies will be available for purchase, with signing throughout the evening.
In addition to the book, we’ll be sharing a curated exhibition of work from across the studio—offering a broader look at our approach to branding, environments, and storytelling.
Stop by for a drink, stay for the conversation, and explore the work.

For What It’s Worth
2026-06-12 18:00 - 21:00 | Goodfellas Pizzeria & Grill, 2237 Powell St, San Francisco, California, 94133, United States
Come explore an intimate evening of photography and original artwork celebrating the people, places, and spirit of Bay Area culture; at Goodfellas Pizzeria, one of North Beach’s most beloved neighborhood spots.
Schedule:
6:00pm — Doors open, exhibition begins
6:00–9:00pm — Browse work by three Bay Area photographers plus original painted artwork by artist Rus
9:00pm — Exhibition closes
Three photographers will showcase imagery celebrating the culture, communities, and everyday life of the Bay Area — a reflection of this year’s SFDW theme, Multitudes. Alongside the photography, artist Rus presents a selection of original painted works.
Perks: Goodfellas pizza and drinks available for purchase. All are welcome — no design background required.

CODAME: The New Human
2026-06-12 18:00 - 21:00 | Homebrew Club, 111 Maiden Lane, Suite 540, San Francisco, California, 94108, United States
CODAME: The New Human is an invitation to join a global collective of artists, technologists, and designers who are quietly building a future shaped by White Mirror Innovation: a conscious, interdisciplinary creation focused on care, agency, and connection.
This experiential design event celebrates the shift toward high-value, real-life connection and is hosted at Homebrew Club, a hub for builders at the bleeding edge of tech. We actively invite artists to submit work for our new ARTEX and Print Club initiatives, with featured creators receiving profit-share for their contributions:
ARTEX: A new medium for “living art”; an interactive installation platform that evolves and responds to human presence. It is the perfect, dynamic digital centerpiece for culture builders to activate lobbies, offices, and events, bridging the digital and physical worlds.
Print Club: The “45 RPM single of the art world,” this monthly art delivery service features a unique model where subscribers are the curators who vote on limited-edition 7″x7″ giclée art drops and receive turnkey Print Swap Kits to host IRL events, fostering community through tangible collecting and exchange. Limited edition prints will be available for sale.
Schedule ⌛
6:00 PM: Refreshments & Networking 👾 Doors open for mingling. Enjoy curated snacks and a selection of non-alcoholic alternatives, embracing a sober-friendly future for connection.
7:00 PM: Fireside Chat: The Future of ART+TECH 🧠 Join CODAME CoFounder Jordan Gray in conversation with Homebrew Manager Erick Davidson for a dynamic discussion or debate on how artists and technologists are prototyping the future.
8:00 PM: Print Club Raffle 🔮 Attendees who sign in receive a ticket to win a limited-edition print from the Print Club editions… a corporeal gateway to community and collecting.
A must-attend happening for collectors, curators, and culture builders seeking to join the movement and grow prosperity with the next generation of ART+TECH experiences.

Applied Information Group - Open Studio
2026-06-12 18:00 - 21:00 | Applied Information Group Studio, 720 Market Street, San Francisco, California, CA 94102, United States
Come meet the Applied team in their San Francisco studio to learn about wayfinding & experience design as the sun sets over Market Street. Light bites and beverages will be served. The event will be hybrid indoors/outdoors on balconies as weather permits.

Dynamic Minds, Brilliant Inspiration: An Exceptional Studio Afternoon of Architecture, Ideas, and Inspiration with Kuth/Ranieri and Anne Fougeron, FAIA with Diane Dorrans Saeks
2026-06-20 13:00 - 17:00 | Kuth/Ranieri Architects, 725 Greenwich Street, San Francisco, 94113, United States
The Afternoon
This is a rare afternoon — an immersive encounter with three of San Francisco’s most distinguished architects, in an exceptional studio. From 1:00 pm, participants gather at the North Beach studio of Kuth/Ranieri Architects for an exclusive illustrated presentation of the firm’s international body of work, followed by an in-depth guided tour of the studio: models, drawings, materials, current projects, and the full arc of a remarkable thirty-five-year practice.
Mid-afternoon, award-winning architect Anne Fougeron, FAIA, will deliver a vivid illustrated presentation of her career — her built work, her award-winning residences, her theoretical projects, and the dramatically original unbuilt works that have shaped her thinking.
The day closes with a convivial reception: bites, sips. There’s time to discuss ideas and inspirations from the afternoon, explore career paths, and speak directly with Anne Fougeron, who has taught architectural design to graduate and undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley, where she served as a lecturer and visiting professor.

The Host Studios
Kuth/Ranieri Architects
Kuth/Ranieri Architects was co-founded by Elizabeth Ranieri, FAIA, and Byron Kuth, FAIA, in San Francisco in 1990. With studios in San Francisco and the Boston area, the firm has earned a national reputation for works of architecture that integrate environmental stewardship, craft, and contemporary design thinking across a remarkable breadth of scale and program — from meticulously considered private residences to major civic and public infrastructure.
The firm’s portfolio spans single-family homes, community buildings, public park pavilions, and international airport terminals. Kuth/Ranieri’s landmark projects include Harvey Milk Terminal 1 at San Francisco International Airport — developed in distinguished collaboration with Gensler and a consortium of leading firms, and recipient of the 2023 Summit Award from the IIDA Northern California Chapter — as well as significant contributions to Chase Center, the Golden State Warriors’ arena in Mission Bay. The firm co-founded the Deep Green Design Alliance, a cross-disciplinary collaborative focused on design solutions that address the environmental challenges shaping our global future.
Kuth/Ranieri Architects is a San Francisco certified woman-owned business enterprise. Their sustained commitment to sustainability, community, and architectural intelligence has made them one of the Bay Area’s most admired and enduring practices — one whose work speaks with equal authority across the intimate scale of a private home and the civic scale of a great public building.

“In a world obsessed with an international cast of ego-driven starchitects, San Francisco architects Elizabeth Ranieri, FAIA, and Byron Kuth, FAIA, are the thoughtful, versatile, low-key, detail-obsessed exceptions.”
— Diane Dorrans Saeks · Opening epigraph, Kuth/Ranieri Architects monograph, Princeton Architectural Press
“We seek to enrich the human experience by crafting engaging spaces that are timeless and of our time.”
— Kuth/Ranieri Architects

Guest Architect
Anne Fougeron, FAIA · Fougeron Architecture
Anne Fougeron, FAIA, is the founder and principal of Fougeron Architecture, one of San Francisco’s most consistently celebrated and intellectually rigorous design practices. Raised in France and the United States, she attended Wellesley College and completed her graduate studies in architecture at the University of California, Berkeley — where she has since returned to teach, serving as a lecturer and visiting professor. She is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, a distinction awarded to fewer than three percent of registered architects in the United States.
Since founding her practice in 1986, Fougeron has built a body of work that is at once formally rigorous and deeply humane. Her projects span private residences of exceptional distinction — among them the Fall House in Big Sur, the Suspension House, and the Wavelet House, both recipients of the American Architecture Award from the Chicago Athenaeum and multiple international prizes — alongside civic, cultural, multi-family, and healthcare buildings. The firm has received more than fifty design awards and been published in more than two hundred international publications. Princeton Architectural Press describes her approach as one that “embraces architectural opportunities found in opposition, creating buildings that redefine program, reinvent historical building types, and reinvigorate civic centers.”
Central to Fougeron’s practice is the conviction that architecture is a social art — that beautiful, rigorous design should be accessible to all, and that buildings can carry genuine ethical and civic weight. Her published monographs include Fougeron Architecture: Opposition/Composition (Princeton Architectural Press) and Framing Light (2024).

“While I am a tried-and-true Northern Californian, my work often brings me to Los Angeles and the neighboring areas. And as an architect, I can’t help but notice what’s around me. Modern architecture is often painted as elitist — as if efficient design can’t also be good design. Buildings can be useful while still being beautiful.”
— Anne Fougeron, FAIA · Fougeron Architecture, San Francisco

About the Seminar Leader
Diane Dorrans Saeks is a San Francisco-based design journalist, editor, and the author of twenty-six books on architecture, design, travel, and style, published by Rizzoli, Chronicle Books, and others. Her most recent Rizzoli titles include Jean-Louis Deniot Interiors and Parisian by Design. She is Design Editor of PaperCity magazine and a co-founding editor of Metropolitan Home and C Magazine California Style. Diane has traveled to more than 110 countries as a working journalist and has presented her Dynamic Minds, Brilliant Inspiration design seminars — intimate, behind-the-scenes studio visits with leading architects and designers — for more than fifteen years, in affiliation with Design Bay Area and San Francisco Design Week.

*Note: This is a Professional presentation. Not suitable for guests under 16.

ADDITIONAL SEMINARS:
Learn more about other events in the series –
June 5, 1pm-5pm: Sausalito
Studio visits to The Office of Charles de Lisle, Studio Collins Weir, and Luca Pignata Studio. Participants will converse, meet, discuss ideas, and meet the designers and architects.
June 6, 1pm-5pm: SoMa San Francisco
Studio visits to Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects and BAMO .Participants will converse, meet, discuss ideas, and meet the designers and architects.
