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

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

***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

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

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

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

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,

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

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.

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