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.
Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that’s working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
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
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.
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.
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,
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,
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
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.
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.
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
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
Our beliefs have always been that quality comes before quantity, and cocktails shouldn’t be pretentious— especially when shared amongst friends. Golden Rule Spirits, a West Coast Brand, as started to
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.
Pinterest is a visual search and discovery platform where people find inspiration, curate ideas and shop products—all in a positive place online. Headquartered in San Francisco, Pinterest launched in 2010
Dezeen, the world’s most popular and influential architecture and design website, with an audience of over two and-a-half million unique visitors each month. Dezeen’s award-winning editorial team publishes a curated daily selection of the best international architecture, interiors and design projects as well as breaking news, incisive features and compelling original video content.
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
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
We are an architect-led design build firm specializing in remodels, renovations, additions, and new homes in the Bay Area, especially San Francisco, Marin, and the East Bay.
Backen & Backen is an award-winning architectural design firm with a focus on Regenerative Design for LAND | BODY | BUILDING. The firm has four offices located in Montecito, Los
Bay Area Made is dedicated to showcasing products made in the Bay Area and the people who create them. Our platform highlights the richness and diversity of our region and
BlueStream Gallery is a contemporary art space dedicated to innovative exhibitions and creative dialogue.
Inspire a more creative way of living through good design that’s good to everyone.
Bould Design is a San Francisco based design studio offering a range of services to hardware companies including industrial design, branding and identity, packaging design, packaging design, product visualization and
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
At Branch, we make it easy for people and teams to build a beautiful workspace where you can feel and work your best. In 2018, our CEO Greg Hayes discovered
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
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.
Wherever you live – from the city lights of San Francisco and Hollywood Hills to coastal La Jolla and Big Sur, our interior, architecture, garden, and decoration ideas come from
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
As hiring teams embrace streamlined modern tech for day-to-day tasks, their background check services remain stuck in the past. Checkr offers a leap forward to a faster, smoother, safer experience
Industrial Designer | HCI Researcher Focused on CMF (Color, Material, Finish) design, accessible DIY making, and advanced material research — thriving to create designs with minimum interference to both the
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
Claudia Fulga is the Founder and Mindset & Career Coach of the Forty | Forty Group, specializing in bespoke coaching and curated retreats. With an extensive background as a leader
Climate Designers is the global hub for designers and creative professionals from all industries, committed to using our creative skills for climate action.
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
Building with Create is fast, simplified, and more…well…generative than traditional ways of making apps. We know because we’re founders and developers who have tried all the other ways. We think
We are a venture firm built by design
We invest in paradigm shifts in culture and technology—and partner with leading founders who leverage design to lead the change.
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’re the world’s largest creative community; hosting local chapter events in cities around the world every Friday, Virtual FieldTrips every week, and job postings and company profiles via the CreativeGuild. Stay up to date on everything happening in
Inspiration that drives design. We are the leading platform showcasing the very best industrial design from around the world.
We are an architecture and design firm, real estate development firm, and non-profit working to end mass incarceration. Our mission and vision is to use architecture to address the racism,
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,
Divya is a Materials Scientist and Designer with a focus on sustainable products. She has previous experience in polymer science and additive manufacturing industries, and her work spans biodesign, e-textiles,
Double Union is a space for your projects. Sewing, programming, electronics, screenprinting, fiber arts of all kinds, and zine making. Double Union is a supportive community for feminist activism. We
We’re a rapidly growing global company helping organizations improve the quality of their products and services through the power of customer understanding. Dovetail was started in 2017 by Benjamin Humphrey
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 are a design agency with deep expertise in industrial design, branding, packaging design, UI/UX, and strategy. Collaboration is what sets us apart from all other creative agencies. We enlist your team, you enlist ours, and together we create.
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
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 constructed to ensure social vitality and integrity.
Freelance for Life was created to share the experience of building a lifestyle business, experimenting with the creative process, and exploring intentional living and beyond.
Founded in 2010, we’re the one-stop platform for all the cool solutions, content, and inspiration you need to express the power of your ideas. We help anyone create great designs,
Fyrn is a design and build company that combines classic principles of woodworking with modern manufacturing techniques to create furniture that defines The New Shape of Craft — elegant, essential pieces that fit quietly in any space.
Transforming peoples’ relationships with their outdoor spaces.
Galanter & Jones is a design + fabrication studio run by brother/sister duo Aaron and Miranda Jones. Founded in 2012, we debuted with a line of heated outdoor seating, the first of its kind.
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.
Gilmour Craves is a strategic design agency built on a simple philosophy: respond to their clients’ needs through insight and thoughtful design. They work with our clients to build enduring
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.
We are a national interdisciplinary design firm rooted in architecture and engineering. We believe that the best design results from deep insight into the people and passions that animate each unique environment.
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
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.
Industrial Designers Society of America San Francisco Chapter
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 mindsets and skills, and by teaching others to do the same.
Intuit is the global technology platform that helps consumers and small businesses overcome their most important financial challenges, serving more than 100 million customers worldwide with TurboTax, QuickBooks, Mint, Credit Karma and Mailchimp.
We’re not an agency. We’re a collective. Informal members are independent, exceptionally good at what they do, and consummate professionals.
Lettering Artist, Illustrator, Author, Printer, Speaker, Secret Web Developer, unapologetic Procrastiworker, & Mom of three small people! Jessica creates custom lettering artwork for established brands, classic books, postage stamps, and
John Clarke Architects, based in Sausalito since 2003, is a full-service architecture and design firm with custom residential and commercial retail clients throughout the Bay Area and beyond. Utilizing our strong design expertise and comprehensive understanding of construction, we are able to transform our clients’ wish lists into programs, and eventually, into beautifully constructed buildings and spaces.
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.
For those transitioning out of homelessness or aging out of the foster care system, even the simplest of furniture and household goods are unaffordable. Make it Home was created to
Makelab specializes in parts, prototypes, and production for robotics, hardware, medical, & CPG. They serve SF and NYC locally, and ship nationwide.
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
Mauk Design specializes in exhibit design and corporate communications, and puts special emphasis on the marketing integration of two and three dimensional images. Mitchell Mauk has won multiple awards from the IDSA, SEGD, AIGA, and was named Exhibit Designer of the Year by Exhibitor Magazine.
Melina Finkelstein is an Oakland-based non objective pattern painter and rug designer who paints bold and colorful patterns on fabric and wood and collaborates with textile artisans in Mexico and
Miro provides a visual workspace for innovation that enables distributed teams of any size to dream, design, and build the future together. Our mission is to empower teams to create
We are a future-forward consulting practice innovating at the intersection of architecture, culture, and the environment to improve quality of life. Our team brings together thinkers from a range of
MMclay is a woman-owned handmade tableware business located in the popular Hayes Valley neighborhood in San Francisco. Owned and operated by ceramic designer MaryMar Keenan, MMclay has an enormous passion to keep art alive in one of the nation’s most expensive cities, producing over 1500 pieces of pottery a month for restaurants and homes internationally.
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.
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
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
Founded in 1995, OBE developed its experiential capabilities by creating dynamic campaigns for the action sports and music industries.
On Connection creates experiences that bring people together to connect with themselves, others, and their community.We host both private and public experiences with connection at the core of everything we
We love what can happen around the restaurant table. And since 1998 we’ve been committed to empowering that experience. From helping restaurants of all sizes thrive, to enabling diners to
Ovata Works. Multi-sensory green moments that offer a breath of nature, evoke regional nostalgia, and serve as quiet visual anchors. Inspired by the traditional Korean 병풍 Byung-poong (folding screen), each panel transforms
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.
PeopleSpace brings cutting-edge thinking and research into the real world, elevating the total customer experience.
Play Ethic Studio. The idea of play ethic includes taking care of our creativity, and taking care of our creativity is taking care of ourselves. It’s cultivating creativity as a
Problem Library is supporting a renaissance toward beauty, goodness, and truth in education, art, and cultural infrastructure.
Rapt is an integrated design studio building brands from the inside out. Headquartered in San Francisco, with studios in Los Angeles and New York, Rapt unites architecture, interiors, and brand
re.riddle was founded in 2017 by art historian and curator Candace Huey. The art gallery showcases international contemporary artists through socially engaging and multidisciplinary programming. Our mission is to contribute
Rethink The Runway. Instead of hosting isolated events, we build momentum through continuous community engagement. We co-create and amplify events that bring sustainable fashion practices into climate conversations, working with
San Francisco Children’s Art Center is a non-profit organization founded in 1978 with the mission to empower children and nurture their sense of self through creative exploration. In our art
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.
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.
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 provide the perfect blend of Silicon Valley high-tech expertise and Scandinavian sensibility to help B2B companies evolve into brave B2B brands.
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
Speculative Futures San Francisco is a group for those interested in Speculative Design, Critical Design,Design Fiction, Discursive Design, Strategic Foresight and Futurism, Science Fiction and any vision or approach which involves using design as a vehicle to speculate about potential futures and the strategies we employ.
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
Kit Hinrichs studied at Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles, California. He served as principal in several design offices in New York and San Francisco before spending 23
Artist Windy Chien is best known for her 2016 work, The Year of Knots, in which she learned a new knot every day for a year. Her work ranges in
Software Development company led by Amy Zhou and Elena Elena Wagenmans. Taiyaki AI’s latest work is FishCAD, a browser-based 3D design tool that combines the speed of AI with the
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.
Full service interior design for the San Francisco Bay Area. At The Modern Vic, we hold firm to the belief in the potential for remarkable transformation, appreciation for architectural heritage,
The New Company is a Design and Marketing agency working with brands around the world to create forward-thinking creative solutions. Established in 2018 by Matt Luckhurst (ECD) and Seth Mroczka
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Their mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy.
Tolleson is an integrated brand studio that focuses on strategy, design, writing and photography
The Professional Program in Graphic Design offers a study of timeless design principles, accompanied by an appreciation of historical and current design trends. Learn from industry professionals to build a
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
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.
Works In Progress is an exhibition series with a mission to amplify, archive and create dialogue around the Bay Area craft & design community. Curated by Kate Greenberg and Kelley
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
Swissnex San Francisco is part of a global network for international collaboration located at Pier 17. We connect people and ideas from Switzerland and North America, and foster exchange between the regions.
Italian cultural center offering language courses, a permanent library & rotating exhibits.