• From designer to founder: The leap we don’t talk about

    Workato 600 Illinois St, San Francisco, California, 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.
    $20.00

    Cutting the Cord: Inside Gantri Wireless with Ammunition

    Gantri The Shop 320 10th St, San Francisco, California, 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

    Design Your Future – Proactively Shaping What’s Next

    Fingersnips Media Arts & Record Store 3527 20th Street, San Francisco, California, 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,
    $5.00

    Designing for Museums

    de Young museum, Koret Auditorium 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, San Francisco, California, 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
    $20.00

    Cambria Style – Open Studio

    Cambria Sales & Distribution Center 1747 Atlantic St, Union City, California, 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

    Common Threads: Cross Discipline Conversations

    Studio O+A 452 Tehama St., San Francisco, California, 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.
    $20.00

    Soft Threshold: An immersive cultural encounter between East and West (an immersive multi-sensory experience )

    Google Huddle 2000 N Shoreline Blvd, Ground Floor, Mountain View, 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
    $20.00

    Designing Worlds: How Products and Experiences Hold Complexity (Samsung/Amazon, Field Paoli Architecture, Collab Fertility, Belmondo Studios)

    GSC Agency 201 Jackson St, San Francisco, California, 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,
    $28.00

    Event CANCELLED : Find Your Signal: A Hands-On Creative Workshop for Designers

    IDEO IDEO, San Francisco, California, 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
    $45.00

    Event CANCELLED: CAD, Design + AI

    Groundfloor SF 455 Valencia, San Francisco, California, United States
    ***THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES*** ****Attendees will all be notified via email from [email protected] 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
    $20.00