Seattle Design Festival

Seattle Design Festival We unleash the design thinker in everyone to illuminate Seattle’s challenges and ignite action

Every year, Seattle Design Festival brings together the design community, a diverse public, civic leaders and business innovators to explore the role of design in inspiring and advancing our quality of life in Seattle.

Since Seattle Design Festival began in 2011, we’ve been fortunate to have a design partner from the very beginning: Seat...
06/23/2026

Since Seattle Design Festival began in 2011, we’ve been fortunate to have a design partner from the very beginning: Seattle Design Nerds.

On this edition of Design in Community, we're taking a look at their latest project: "Cold Calls," launched at the SAM's REMIX event in March!

We’re happy to celebrate design in community by sharing Seattle Design Nerds’ work, which continues to draw excitement, joy, and fun in art and design spaces across the city.

We can’t wait to see how this project evolves at the Block Party this year, centered around the theme IN[FLUX]!

The lineup goes live THIS WEDNESDAY, June 24 – stay tuned 😉

🔗Read the Design in Community blog post: https://seadesignfest.org/blog/design-in-community-seattle-design-nerds/

Meet the SDF 2026 Planning Team!Seattle Design Festival is organized and produced by the Festival Planning Team, a dedic...
06/17/2026

Meet the SDF 2026 Planning Team!

Seattle Design Festival is organized and produced by the Festival Planning Team, a dedicated group of volunteers, a dedicated group of volunteer, working to develop our annual Call for Proposals, make submission selections, support Partners in creating the best possible project, and ensure all experiences featured at the Festival are accessible, intersectional, and inviting.

Slide 1: Jessica Mann, Adrian Pacheco, Chris Bennett-Boehm, Trevor Dykstra, Christine V

Slide 2: Alice Irizarry, Karen Tang, Tara Torabi, Lichao Liu, Zicheng Gu, Rachael Keith

Slide 3: Steven Yang, Juliana Hom, Molly Gentry, George Zatloka, Vibe Torgersen, Laura Hawksworth

Slide 4: Kiera Eason, Cathy Braasch

🔗Learn more about the team: https://seadesignfest.org/blog/introducing-the-2026-festival-planning-team/

📣Hey SDF 2026 Partners - we want to see your status updates! While you work on your Built Installation, Pop-Up, or Mains...
06/17/2026

📣Hey SDF 2026 Partners - we want to see your status updates!

While you work on your Built Installation, Pop-Up, or Mainstage Programming, this summer send us any photos or video of your works in progress and we'll feature in our socials ⭐

Even if your project is *IN[FLUX],* we want to see what you're working on 😊

✉️Write us - [clairen].org

Do you look forward to Seattle Design Festival every summer?Vote SDF for best annual Festival in The Seattle Times' Best...
06/16/2026

Do you look forward to Seattle Design Festival every summer?

Vote SDF for best annual Festival in The Seattle Times' Best in the PNW competition! We're thrilled to be nominated again this year.

✅Find us in the "Annual Event/Festival" section in the "Things to Do" category

🔗Link in bio
📆Vote by Friday, June 26 at 5pm PT

We're hiring a Programs and Engagement Manager! We're seeking a manager to initiate, manage, and produce a range of educ...
06/16/2026

We're hiring a Programs and Engagement Manager!

We're seeking a manager to initiate, manage, and produce a range of education and awards programs to equip our members to shape the built environment and elevate the impact of architecture and design in our communities.

This person will be partnering closely with our newly elevated Associate Director, Zoë Guckenheimer, to deliver on the strategic goals she’s been working on for the last few years.

Curious to join her and our team? Details below:

📆Apply by July 17
🔗https://aiaseattle.org/job/programs-engagement-manager/

Didn't get to Partner this year? Become a volunteer! SDF offers a range of volunteer opportunities - find a role that su...
06/13/2026

Didn't get to Partner this year? Become a volunteer!

SDF offers a range of volunteer opportunities - find a role that suits your interests and professional development goals.

Volunteer Opportunities include:
⭐Block Party Volunteers: Provide day-of production, partner and guest support, social media, Mainstage support, and more depending on interest (3-8 hours)
⭐SDF Mixer + Closing Party Volunteers: Support our networking and connection events that celebrate the design community (3-4 hours)

Ready to sign up?
Complete the Volunteer Interest Form (link below) and save the date to attend our Partner & Volunteer Social on July 30!

🔗Sign up: https://ow.ly/8PNJ50Zboyg

Thanks again for participating in the SDF 2026 Call for Proposals! The Festival Planning Team is deep in planning mode a...
06/11/2026

Thanks again for participating in the SDF 2026 Call for Proposals! The Festival Planning Team is deep in planning mode and coordinating all the details with our partners. A lot is going on behind the scenes to get everything ready to launch in late June. Stay tuned here and sign up for our emails to be the first to see the lineup! (link below)

We can't wait to share all of your proposals! 71 submissions from 84 partnering firms and organizations, representing over 260 individual multi-disciplined designers 🥳

📆 Save the dates: the complete lineup goes live June 24 - SDF 2026 is August 15-20!
🔗https://ow.ly/vskU50Zai8E
📸: Brad Curran

Thanks for participating in the SDF 2026 Call for Proposals! We're excited to share that we received 71 submissions from...
06/01/2026

Thanks for participating in the SDF 2026 Call for Proposals!

We're excited to share that we received 71 submissions from 84 partnering firms and organizations, representing over 260 individual multi-disciplined designers 🥳

The Festival Planning Team will be carefully reviewing all proposals over the next week, with acceptance notifications beginning to go out on June 5.

We're excited to be awarding funding this year, with priority given to first-time partners whose work strongly aligns with our Festival goals of inclusivity, innovation, and community engagement.

📆 Save the date: the complete lineup goes live June 24!

It's time! Submit your SDF Proposal tonight by 5pm PT⏰Ensure your proposal's consideration for the SDF 2026 by following...
05/27/2026

It's time! Submit your SDF Proposal tonight by 5pm PT⏰

Ensure your proposal's consideration for the SDF 2026 by following these steps:

✔️ Review the Call for Proposals to make sure you understand the design parameters for each Festival element

✔️Complete the proposal form on our Submittable site

✔️Be sure to respond thoughtfully to all of the prompts in Sections 1-4! The form contains tips to help you understand what our reviewers will look for

✔️Click SUBMIT at the bottom of your Submittable form. We won’t be able to review any drafts that aren’t submitted

📆Submit by 5pm TODAY, May 27
🔗Submit: https://seadesignfest.submittable.com/submit

One day until the Call for Proposals closes!⏰Don't miss the chance to participate in SDF 2026 - share your idea for a Bu...
05/26/2026

One day until the Call for Proposals closes!⏰

Don't miss the chance to participate in SDF 2026 - share your idea for a Built Installation, Mainstage Program, or Pop-Up Experience by 5pm PT tomorrow.

This year's theme IN[FLUX] examines the ways our city is evolving, and the role design can play in navigating change. What will you propose?

📆Submit by Wednesday, May 27 at 5pm PT
🔗Call for Proposals: https://seadesignfest.org/participate/sdf-2026-influx-call-for-proposals/

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