San Francisco Design Week is produced by a 501c3 non-profit and relies on the generosity of others to fund our efforts. Major thanks to the following sponsors for supporting the Bay Area design community!
We are the leading platform showcasing the best products, brands and designers who are innovating in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Our spaces are a place to get to know our brand and products in real life, with each location designed to become a part of the local community. As a
IRG is a family-owned company providing personalized guidance to make stone slab selection easy for your project, big or small. We carry exclusive tile lines to coordinate with our collections
Flowers is dedicated to crafting elegant and balanced Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Our grapes are unique to the land we farm and its coastal proximity, resulting in wines with nuance,
A space for discovery and creative exchange, whether you’re a design professional or design obsessed. Located in Jackson Square, San Francisco.
Rooted in Legacy, Powered by Curiosity. Founded in 2019 and launched in 2022, the Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity is a 501(c)(3) public charity dedicated to advancing the legacy of 20th-century designers Ray and Charles Eames by sparking curiosity in
Adobe revolutionizes how the world engages with ideas and information. The company’s award-winning technologies and software have redefined business, entertainment and personal communications by setting new standards for producing and delivering content that engages people anywhere at anytime and through any medium.
PACT is a Mission-based studio built on partnership, integrity, and trust—committed to developing distinct brand identities with intentional points of view. Get to know us, and you’ll find a team of passionate collaborators seeking out new perspectives to create more equitable and meaningful outcomes. Pact is the official San Francisco Design Week Annual Theme Partner.
Our rugs lie lightly on this earth. Armadillo has remained true to its mission as a purpose-led business, dedicated to making a difference not only in the sanctuary of the
The world’s first + largest specialized talent solutions firm that connects opportunities at great companies with highly skilled job seekers. Offering contract, temp and permanent placement for finance and accounting, tech, marketing, creative, legal, and administrative customer support roles. Named to Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies and 100 Best Companies to Work For® lists and a Forbes Best Employer for Diversity.
Effortless AI design for presentations, websites, and more. Make anything you can imagine almost as quickly as you can think it up.
Four One Nine is a versatile community studio and creative agency, founded by Sonya Yu. Its collective of creatives and strategists refine and build atypical ideas across branding, events and digital content. Located in San Francisco’s SoMA district, its physical and agency offerings serve as connective tissue that brings people together and unusual ideas to life — so community and culture can thrive.
Ciel Creative Space is a 55,000-square-foot hub designed to inspire and connect creatives across industries. Our space blends studio rentals, coworking, and event production to support visionaries in fashion, art,
We are Mucho, the global boutique design studio. We create design with meaning from our locations in Barcelona, San Francisco, Paris, and New York.
Retronyms makes powerful tools that enable people to create, share, and engage through creative
technology.
We combine design, engineering, and strategy to bring integrated technology experiences and products to life.
TIYA is a modern New Indian restaurant in San Francisco’s Marina District by acclaimed chef brothers Sujan and Pujan Sarkar. Rooted in storytelling and innovation, the menus showcases vibrant, flavor-forward
Chef Tu David Phu, a San Francisco Chronicle Rising Star Chef and chef-partner at GiGi’s, a Vietnamese-influenced wine bar in San Francisco, draws on his Oakland upbringing and the resilience
GaeaStar is a San Francisco-based company developing manufacturing and material science technology for the post-plastic economy. Through our proprietary Surface Printing™ process, we transform clay, salt, and water into sustainable to-go products that provide exceptional customer experiences while being convenient and eco-friendly. Our products are reusable, locally produced, and naturally disintegrate into harmless dust at end-of-life.
No-minimum lapel pin maker! We offer premium handmade custom lapel pins, crazy fast 3-day delivery & savings
Manual is a design and visual communication studio in SF. Our work strives to uncover the intangible essence of a brand and express it through unique visual solutions. In doing so, we give brands more value and distinction.
Founded by Gregory Herman, 33SIXTY stands as a premier lifestyle brand with over thirty years of expertise in European furniture and cabinetry. With an unwavering dedication to quality, our passionate
The primary intention of 3RD ST CREATIVE ARTERY is to highlight and amplify the efforts and output of artists, makers, writers, and creators who have a connection to San Francisco’s
Age Of _ focuses on graphic design, social media, and marketing. Near Future Laboratory is the creative design, innovation, technology and strategy studio that pioneered the grounded futures practice known
AIDA is a creative think tank. We design immersive experiences at the intersection of food, art and architecture, with a passion for sustainability and regenerative thinking.
Applied is a unique spatial experience design practice with a blend of complimentary urban and information skills. We’ve been around for twenty years, and as the challenges become more complex,
Learn to create. Influence change. This is our mission statement—and our answer to how art and design impact our global society. Part call-to-action. Part promise. All opportunity.
For 100 years. And counting. From a small town in Western Denmark… to the world. For 100 years, we’ve been crafting magical moments. Generations of people, listening and watching in
Belmondo is a boutique branding and marketing agency based in Marin County, serving the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. Our name comes from the Italian for “beautiful world,” reflecting
BlueStream Gallery is a contemporary art space dedicated to innovative exhibitions and creative dialogue.
Bohlin Cywinski Jackson is noted for elegant and humane design, ranging from modest houses to large academic, civic, cultural, commercial, and corporate buildings. Our principals and staff are deeply committed
Based in San Francisco, California, Box Clever is an award-winning design agency specializing in creating thoughtful consumer experiences that surprise and delight. The Box Clever team works with large and small companies alike on a wide range of projects including hardware design, brand experiences, consumer electronics, furniture, lighting, and more
Developed as a learner-centered system, the practice explores visual language, symbolic structure, and material expression through publications, objects, and wearable studies. Each piece functions as a part of a broader
We are a Silicon Valley investment group specializing in backing ConTech and RealTech companies driving industry transformation. We believe construction can combine ambition and sustainability, achieving meaningful impact while significantly
We believe each project is created for an individual on a single site in a single time, and that the solution is specific to that partnership. We bring a variety
As a family-owned company of dedicated artisans, we share an unshakable pride in bringing your vision to life. Through hard work and uncompromising values, our artisans meticulously design natural quartz
A Design and Innovation Agency. Card79 gives form to future states by converging strategy, brand, and design. We excel in technical complexity, finding advantage for industry leaders in robotics, wearables, and all things digital, while partnering with startups to turn visionary technologies into beloved products.
CCA attracts promising students from around the world who want to attend one of the best art and design schools in the U.S. We educate talented, visionary students to become versatile makers with inventive solutions to advance culture and society.
Case Study House #26 Northern California’s only Case Study House (www.casestudyhouse.com), built 1962 in San Rafael, Architect: Beverley Thorne. The place has been featured in books and articles, as recently
The mission of Ciao Art Collective is to support disadvantaged communities, uplift all creators and ignite a passion for the arts in all. Focusing on community building initiatives like city
CivicMakers is a strategic consultancy and community of practitioners that believes in the power of inclusive, collaborative design. We envision a world where every person has the tools, skills, and
The place experience consultancy. We are urbanists, strategists, and designers based in the UK and US with a global reputation for shaping the experience of places.
Cloth Edition Printshop is a traditional textile print shop focusing on high quality bespoke fabrics and printed repeating patterns. Located in the Dogpatch neighborhood, Cloth Edition Printshop hand screen prints
CODAME is a non-profit organization cultivating creativity by empowering artists with technology, by creating spaces that encourage exploration and discovery, emphasizing questions over answers and celebrating creativity by building inspiring
Based in Mexico City, Querétaro and San Francisco, Colección Estudio creates objects at a slower pace and with a more humane process that fosters long-lasting emotional connections with the spaces
COORITALIA’s two divisions have two decades of experience in providing architectural products for Residential and Commercial Construction Projects. Our Mission is to seamlessly tie Client, Architect, Designer, Artisan and Builder
Coqtail Hour is a new pop-up creative community founded by Sama Srinivas and Jacqueline Vu, two East Bay creatives who spent five years in NYC before coming home to build
We are Creative Communications – dynamic agency driven by passion to innovations and designs. We help to resolve most complicated challenges of business in terms of brand evolution and product
Creativity Explored (1983–2023) is a studio-based collective in San Francisco that partners with people with developmental disabilities to celebrate and nurture the creative potential in all of us. Founded in
We are a multidisciplinary product innovation and development firm that brings bold ideas to market. For 55 years, Delve has mobilized the best experts and technologies for our clients. And
Diane Dorrans Saeks has been presenting her in-studio design seminars for San Francisco DESIGN WEEK for fourteen years. She is the acclaimed author of 26 books on design, travel, interiors,
Our two-year, low-residency MBA in Design Strategy program (DMBA) is a graduate business program with five four-day residencies held each month of a semester. Set against the backdrop of the Bay Area, a region known for its unshakeable belief in a better world, the MBA in Design Strategy trains future leaders to question, listen, and put human needs at the center of decision-making.
Echoes of Future Matter (EoFM) is a cultural and artistic research platform at the intersection of design, technology, and material innovation. Through exhibitions, panels, and interviews, we bring together artists,
The Erica Tanov Design Studio and Showroom is a Berkeley-based multidisciplinary design space that presents Erica’s complete vision and ethos of relaxed luxury.
Formed by Greg Faulkner, Faulkner Architects pursues carefully crafted, site-sensitive, and haptic, built environments. Their construction processes and materials are informed by native resources and local conditions. Relationships with existing
Together, the de Young in Golden Gate Park and the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park make up the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the largest public arts institution
We are a landscape architecture and urban design collaborative, based in San Francisco. We work with city makers, communities and other visionaries to realize evocative and appropriate concepts, designed and
frog is a leading global creative consultancy, part of Capgemini Invent. Partnering with passionate leaders and visionary entrepreneurs, we apply creativity, strategy, design and data to re-invent businesses, drive growth
At Gantri, we believe in creator-led design. By harnessing digital manufacturing technologies and embracing unique storytelling, we’re generating an opportunity for creators to see their designs come to life.
We’re blazing a new trail for premium lighting by skipping the tradeoff between design and price, form and function, quality and sustainability. The modern consumer deserves great design without compromise and at Gantri, we’re making that a reality.
Our mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. Our teams are working to solve complex challenges, advance the field of AI and help
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Gradient Matter is a San Francisco-based ideas-driven interdisciplinary design studio. Our goal is to provide solutions for architecture, interior design, and public space installations for residential, hospitality and cultural projects.
In California since 1948: designing, making, and selling goods of timeless design and uncompromising integrity—made thoughtfully, honestly, and with pride—to be enjoyed with similar intention.
Huge Design is an award-winning industrial design studio located in the heart of San Francisco. Our multidisciplinary team has created consistent market success for hundreds of clients globally from startups
Designed to Work with You Humanscale has been designing tools to improve the way people work and live since 1983. Guided by a commitment to simplicity, function, longevity, and sustainability,
We are a collection of people who love intersections: Cultures, genres, tastes, industries, techniques, forms, materials, personalities, ideas—smashing, crashing, hugging, high-fiving. To us, the way the world tends to divide
A framework for turning your work into narrative, signals, and opportunity. Careers compound when positioning, narrative, signals, and platforms work together.
IDO empowers the next generation of innovators. We believe the world’s most complex problems require diversity of thought. We introduce this concept one project at a time.
Our mission is to foster curiosity, promote creativity, and build self-confidence in youth from marginalized communities through design education.
IBM integrates technology and expertise, providing infrastructure, software, and consulting services for clients as they pursue the digital transformation of the world’s mission-critical businesses.
IDEO is a design company known for its human-centered, interdisciplinary approach. As early leaders in the practice of design thinking, we create positive impact through design by applying our creative
We’re a West Coast women-led Industrial Design shop, on a mission to positively influence and improve society through smart, thoughtful and timeless design.
We believe a variety of voices promotes smarter creative thinking, leading to better innovation.
Currently offering over 7000 sq ft of total studio space (12 studios and 2 live-work residences), communal space and event rental space, Marinship Studios is dedicated to creating an active
We are a community of motion designers that invite fellow creatives to join us on our journey to grow as designers and artists. A new collab is typically held every
Multistudio is the evolution of Gould Evans. Our new identity captures the multiple ways we design to uncover possibilities and engage the world.
Since its founding in 1974, the studio has blossomed from a humble vision of two University of Kansas classmates into a socially-engaged design collective pushing the edge of service-based practice.
The Museum of Craft and Design (MCD) makes creativity accessible to everyone. MCD, a non-collecting institution, is the only museum in SF devoted to craft and design. Founded in 2004, MCD showcases designers, makers and artists through an exciting and distinctive series of craft and design-focused exhibitions and public programs.
We create objects that support a healthier relationship with time. Our products are delightfully tactile and offer an alternative to the sea of screens that consume our days.
Our goal is to make time tangible, whether we’re reflecting on the past, staying present, or planning for the future. To achieve this vision, we build repairable, durable objects that can withstand the test of time.
Founded by Nicole Hollis in 2002, NICOLEHOLLIS, Inc. is a San Francisco-based interior design studio working on projects in the US and Europe. The studio conceives timeless interiors that elevate
NewDealDesign is a Full-Stack Strategic Technology Design Agency building Commercial & Consumer Brands, Systems, Products, and Experiences. We drive for Impact – building innovative ideas into thriving businesses, creating healthy society and
The Thought Experiment puts you inside several possible futures, each shaped by a different answer to that question. Not as a warning, but as an experience of what it feels
Now Studio is a nimble, hands-on Industrial Design agency based in San Francisco. Our team has a deep love for creating delightful, thoughtful products. This combined with our end to
We are an independent design consultancy run by creative problem-solvers. Our expertise, authenticity, and energy allow us to quickly bring ideas, products and services to market on behalf of a
To harness the magic of Oakland and the power of sports as a force for social good. Increase the health, equity, and happiness of Oakland by building a sustainable and
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.
At One Culture Foundation, we connect diverse communities through cultural exchange and innovative programs. By creating opportunities for individuals to access career development and training, we build pathways to resilient,
At One Hat One Hand, we don’t just manufacture — we elevate. As a top name in fabrication for architectural features and public art, we offer one of the most
We accelerate new growth ideas from concept, through design and development to commercial success. And we revitalise organisations with the leadership, culture, systems and processes to make innovation a reality.
Product Design company making carry gear for the Mobile, Photography, Travel and Outdoor markets. Started in 2010 via Kickstarter and entirely independent and crowdfunded. We make design-driven, premium products and
Weida had a big product launch coming up, and needed some press. However, he didn’t want to pay $5k for a PR agency. So, he locked in and spent a week
Problem Library is supporting a renaissance toward beauty, goodness, and truth in education, art, and cultural infrastructure.
Formerly known as daydream Masi, Raed. (stylized with the period) hails from Akron, Ohio, continental, United States. Blessed with the gift of songwriting from the ages resting in the single
The School of Design at SFSU serves a diverse body of students in the areas of Industrial Design and Visual Communication Design at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. We emphasize design process as a means of problem-solving and social equity. Our classes help students to build the technical, conceptual, critical, and collaborative skills required in design professions.
Seema Krish is a collection of textiles and wallcoverings founded in 2012. Informed by a dedication to telling the story of Indian craftsmanship, our products are made by hand one
For over fifty years, SEGD (the Society for Experiential Graphic Design) has been the go-to resource for wayfinding, placemaking, and experience design. Policymakers and developers look to us as thought
The mission of the global Service Design Network is to continuously push the boundaries of the practice of service design by expanding awareness of its value and application of its mindset across multiple domains. Service design is uniquely equipped to positively impact the challenges of today and tomorrow.
We go beyond bringing the things people need – to building positive and personal relationships that last. Whether it’s taking the time to get to know our members, coming together
Our team met while working at Google X where we spent years exploring how wearable robotics can best support human movement. Now at Skip, we’re building a new product category
Sköna is a B2B creative agency specializing in marketing, branding, and design for innovative tech companies. Founded 20 years ago in Silicon Valley and with an office in Stockholm, we
SoFi’s mission is to help people reach financial independence to realize their ambitions. And financial independence doesn’t just mean being rich—it means getting to a point where your money works
Space Theory was founded by the creators of Henrybuilt, the company behind the first American kitchen system. We believe in creating a new level of relaxed order, quality and pleasure
Curated programs and community to make your work/life more intentional, meaningful, and expansive, led by Tina Yip. Yip is a community builder and creator with a focus on future of
The Stanford Center for Innovation and Design Research conducts interdisciplinary research into consumer product innovation at the Civil and Environmental Engineering as well as Doerr School of Sustainability. Formerly known
At the Stanford d.school, we believe everyone has the capacity to be creative. We build on methods from across the field of design to create learning experiences that help people
We believe more than water, flesh, bones, even souls—everything we once thought defined us—we are stories. We want to create lasting change. Storytelling helps us see things in a new
Our central idea is that every client has a story and that a work environment is a great vehicle for telling it. When doing our initial programming on a project,
Studio Anand Sheth is a bicoastal multidisciplinary design practice that approaches architecture and interiors from a decidedly conceptual and artful point of view. Strongly rooted in San Francisco, the firm’s
Teknion is committed to empowering our customers through design. We are a family-owned business with an international reach; we strive to be approachable and responsive, always open to collaboration, and
Design professionals, collectors, and casual admirers are welcome to explore this expansive, multi-dimensional space and the rigorously curated collection of hard-to-find, limited edition, and one-of-a-kind contemporary art and design it showcases.
We believe simplicity is the ultimate luxury. That the details matter. And that good design is good hospitality. By stripping away everything but the essential, we uncover the true meaning
An Independently Owned Public Benefit Corporation, Touchstone Climbing owns and operates 18 unique climbing gyms across California. With even more projects on the way, we remain on the leading edge
The Berkeley Master of Design (Berkeley MDes) is a professional graduate program in design for emerging technologies. Jointly offered by the College of Engineering and College of Environmental Design, the
Umber is a pioneering media company amplifying the global voices of Black people and people of color through print, digital content, and activations. Their team of editors, writers, photographers, and
An international award-winning full-stack product development firm providing design, engineering, branding, and contract manufacturing services. We turn ideas into impactful products and brands that shape the future by blending creativity
Turn sketches into 3D renders you can see, rotate, and refine — instantly. From concept to manufacture, Vizcom’s AI platform accelerates every stage of product development.
Volume is a creative studio helping architects, developers, creative institutions, and forward-thinking companies to enhance the built world where people work, gather, learn, and play. We specialize in place-based identities,
Whipsaw, under the leadership of design visionary Dan Harden, is a highly acclaimed strategy, industrial design, digital design, and engineering consulting firm.
We are IDSA’s women in design San Francisco Bay Area Chapter, focused on advancing women in design. What started as a local meetup group for women in industrial design, has
WIN (Women In Innovation) is a gathering place for innovators across industries and disciplines. With more than 5,000 members globally, and local chapters in New York, San Francisco, and London,
Women in Leadership and Design (WILD) is an initiative of AIGA San Francisco. Our mission is to amplify women and non-binary designers’ collective power and visibility. We mobilize and energize impact in design leadership by focusing our work on connecting, elevating, sharing, and educating designers in our community. Often, we do this through events like group meals, speaker series, workshops, meetups, and more. We exist to redesign leadership, together.
Xinye Lin is an award-winning healing artist, designer, and author, renowned for blending art, design, and wellness into transformative experiences. As the founder of Nebula – Luxury Solid Perfume, Xinye extends
We call ourselves a packaging solutions company because we know what it takes to create and execute the right strategy for your products. Our designers create sustainable packaging solutions that are both