San Francisco Design Week

Biofabrication Workshop: Grow a Mycelium Object with 10th Floor Studio
2023-06-10 14:00 - 16:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
If you’ve been curious about biofabrication or biomaterials, this workshop is for you.
Grow fungi into an object for your home. Here at 10th Floor Studio, we firmly believe that fungi can help us transition away from synthetic petroleum products and towards futures where humans coexist as a part of the natural world. We’ve been working with fungi for the last 5 years and are excited to offer a workshop to introduce you to these incredible organisms! Fungi exist in many forms, in this session we’ll be using the oft-unseen underground body of the fungi, called mycelium, to grow a bud vase for your home. This 2.5-hour workshop will begin with a brief intro to growing objects out of fungi and our work at 10th Floor Studio. You’ll learn the basics about choosing a suitable species of fungi, how to avoid contamination, and how to create an object using a mold form. We’ll walk you through designing and assembling your customized bud vase mold. Then it’s time to break up the mycelium, pack it in the mold, and let it grow!
Note: You’ll take home your bud vase still in the mold. It will need 2 weeks for the mycelium to grow out and firm up. It will not need any attention while it grows. After 2 weeks you’ll dry it out and halt any further growth. Don’t worry, we’ll give you instructions on what to do once you leave the workshop 🙂
**DETAILS:**
– Try biofabrication yourself and take home your mycelium bud vase
– Cost: $120
– Limited to 20 people

Speculative futures and Designing with AI: Exploring Industrial, Speculative, and Ethical Implications
2023-06-10 14:00 - 16:00
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly changing the way we design products, services, and experiences. From manufacturing and logistics to fashion and entertainment, AI is being used to streamline processes, enhance creativity, and optimize outcomes. However, as AI becomes more ubiquitous, it is crucial to consider the ethical, social, and cultural implications of AI design.
San Francisco Speculative Futures is here 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.
The objective of this panel discussion is to provide a platform for industry experts to share their insights on the different industrial and speculative applications of AI, as well as the ethical and design principles that guide their development. Join us for this conversation.

Dynamic Minds, Brilliant Creativity: AIDLIN DARLING AND BAMO
2023-06-10 13:00 - 17:00
“Dynamic Minds, Brilliant Creativity” Led by Best-selling author of 25 books on design and architecture, Instagram influencer, design lecturer and instructor, and founder of THE STYLE SALONISTE blog, Diane Dorrans Saek, this year’s expanded interior designer program follows on the great success of last year’s program. The program offers a rare opportunity to tour top architecture and interior design studios, meet with designers and architects one-on-one, as well as attend talks and seminars led by Dorrans Saeks
Attendees are invited to a private reception at end of day, 5pm. At this convivial time, we recap the day, meet the designers and architects, and discuss design, internships, career inspirations and architecture.
*Meeting place address will be given on completion of ticket booking.
*No refunds available
AIDLIN DARLING DESIGN
Joshua Aidlin and David Darling began their partnership crafting furniture together in a San Francisco wood shop in 1998. Today, this history of craft and passion for shared making anchors its collaborative process. The firm’s approach to each project is client and site specific, and includes open communication among clients, consultants, fabricators, and builders.
At Aidlin Darling Design, the firm thinks of design as a sensory art, one where the way a space feels is as important as how it looks. As a multidisciplinary firm, this ethos is its guiding principle across projects of any scale, use, or purpose.
The firm recently collaborated with director Braden King on a film that explores how its studio’s work moves beyond just the visual to engage all of the senses. The result, Aidlin Darling Design: Architecture for the Senses, captures the firm’s ethos and commitment to creating soulful environments.
BAMO
For thirty years, BAMO has created captivating environments that flow, function, and make people feel welcome, at ease, and inspired to live — and to dream — more fully. A collective of designers, the firm brings to each project a richness of experience and perspective, along with an impassioned view of life and our work.
The firm engages clients graciously, listening for the unspoken needs beneath their stated desires. Speaking to the psyche through the senses, and building in layers of meaning, the firm creates true havens: places apart from the everyday. Its interpretive skill is matched by the rigor, expertise, and ingenuity the firm brings to seeing projects through to completion. This is why hospitality, residential, and corporate clients around the world trust BAMO to bring their visions to life.

MCD Mobile MakeArt x Pop-Up Village: PRIDEful Juneteenth
2023-06-10 13:00 - 16:30
The Museum of Craft and Design returns to Bayview-Hunters Point for a celebration of PRIDE, Father’s Day, and SF Design Week 2023!
Meet us at the Pop-Up Village– a site activation that harnesses the power of design to catalyze the magic that emerges when people and programs come together in public space. The Pop-Up Village features a constellation of dynamic programming — health and wellness, youth and family, retail, food, and education resources — in customized buses, vans, pop-up shops, furniture, and other types of mobile architecture and nature.
MCD is joined by “Fight and Flight” exhibiting artist, Ramekon O’Arwisters, whose interactive, hands-on Crochet Jam uses the folk-art tradition of crocheting strips of fabric into free-form and organic soft sculptures to foster social interaction, creativity, and liberation. Allow yourself to escape into creative process uninhibited by expectations! Basic instruction in crochet will be provided.
The Pop-Up Village is an architecture project of Oakland-based Designing Justice + Designing Spaces, and seeks to bring regenerative design back into the hands of community. Place matters.
All-ages welcome, event and project FREE
Learn more: https://popupvillage.org/event/popping-up-2nd-saturdays-in-the-bayview-6-10-23/

Imaginate Saturdays @ Creativity Explored
2023-06-10 13:00 - 15:00
Imaginate Saturdays is a place where people of all ages and abilities can work alongside Creativity Explored artists and teaching artists to explore the power of creativity and the magic of the CE Studios. Join us for this weekly program centered around open studio time and spontaneous special projects.
No experience needed.
Come IMAGINATE with our artists!

Wearing the Fabric of the Future - Open Studio
2023-06-10 12:00 - 18:00
Open from 12:00-6:00pm
Meet Jennifer Daley and her team of collaborators
Enjoy local fair and join the discussion about the future of fabrics
Enter to win 1 of 3 door prizes
An invitation to tour The Daley Textile House, Textile Lab, and Regenerative Demonstration Garden. Meet some of our Textile and Land Team members, and immerse yourself in our exhibit of forward thinking regenerative fabrics for every day. Learn about new concepts of textile development and see the practical application of concepts in a comfortable home setting and experience our textiles first hand. Stroll through the urban permaculture garden and feel the connection between the outdoors and our textiles – made to protect and comfort you in all environments. Mingle with other like-minded design folks and enjoy drinks and local fair from our neighborhood food purveyors El Caballo Gourmet Mexican Restaurant (elcaballowraps.com) and Island Savoy Market (islandsavoymarket.com).

Gantri & Bay Area Made Present “The Locally Crafted Home”: A Celebration of New Lighting and Design Talent
2023-06-10 11:00 - 2023-06-11 17:00
Sustainable lighting manufacturer Gantri will open its SOMA studio to showcase and celebrate Bay Area designers and their work. There are two components to this event:
Gantri Summer 2023 Independent Creator Release
As a central focus of the event, the lighting brand will be introducing its newest Independent Creator Release collection of 3D printed designs made from plant-based materials. Each year, Gantri’s ICR provides a platform to support emerging design talent. The summer collection comprises a range of versatile table and wall lights designed by Joey Zeledon, Romulo Temigue, Simon Schmitz, and BEBOP.
Bay Area Made: The Locally Crafted Home
Gantri’s lights will be displayed in an installation curated by Bay Area Made, a collective of values-driven makers around the Bay. “Bay Area Made: The Locally Crafted Home” will be styled as a living space with different vignette-style environments showcasing products from over 30 of the Bay Area’s finest makers, including established and emerging names such as Heath Ceramics, Biome, Model No, FYRN, Concreteworks, and many more.
Saturday, June 10th, 11am-5pm
Sunday, June 11th, 11am-5pm

Pop-up Design Materials Mercantile powered by the Stanford d.school
2023-06-10 - 2023-06-11
Come anytime to visit with us during the hours of:
Saturday, June 10th from 12pm-5pm
Sunday, June 11th from 12pm-5pm
Pop in to discover a recent slate of beautiful publications from the Stanford d.school as well as other materials from established and emerging leaders in the field. Engage with and purchase publications that balance depth and delight. Meet Stanford d.school staff and students. Connect with materials and people that inform and inspire. This is going down at the groovy and gorgeous Heath Ceramics factory and newsstand, adjacent to the Tartine Manufactory and Aesthetic Union. So come for books and stick around for bread and browsing!
You do not need a ticket to design week to attend this pop-up! Open to the public!

BEBOP / Industrial Design Celebration
2023-06-09 18:00 - 21:00
BEBOP is an industrial design studio based in Seoul, globally collaborating with startups to established brands. In January 2023, we opened our second office in San Francisco and we’ve prepared this special event to meet the local community, make new friends, and to celebrate the creative field of industrial design.
We will be exhibiting a diverse selection of products that we’ve designed along with prototypes and sketches that give you a vivid look into our design process, specially set up for SF Design Week. Additionally, Rich Park, Co-Founder of BEBOP, will share a presentation about the team’s insights on the power industrial design has on businesses and consumers based on the team’s past experiences.
There will also be time for you to network with attendees throughout the event.
Anyone is welcome, whether you’re a creative professional, working on a hardware startup, already running a successful brand, or just curious about the design industry.
Join us for an evening of celebrating industrial design or just come by to grab a few, or many, complimentary drinks.
EVENT SCHEDULE
6:00pm-7:00pm / networking
7:00pm-7:40pm / BEBOP presentation
7:40pm:8:00pm / Q&A
8:00pm-9:00pm / BEBOP exhibition & networking

Experiments in AI - A Show & Tell at IDEO
2023-06-09 17:00 - 19:30
If you could talk to your jeans, what would you say? Come to IDEO’s new digs and walk through a gallery of AI experiments. We’ll hear from designers and partners about how they’re playing with this explosive new medium, then have a “conversation that moves”—no spoilers, just trust us, this will be fun.
Join us for a drink and think about how designers will use generative AI to shape the future.

Steep Urbanists Tour directed by Lina Bondarenko
2023-06-09 16:00 - 18:00
Join us on a participatory movement experience in architecture and perspective over Telegraph Hill.
This tour positions urban design as a collaboration with the earth’s geography.
The plan of San Francisco drapes a city grid over 48 hills. Streets undulate like rollercoasters, snaking around the land’s contours, rupturing to reveal concrete walls bisected by vegetated staircases. Architects design horizontal planes to contort and step into vertical terrain. Steep slopes swap roles between the theater’s rake and the elevated stage. The observer is always observed. Distorted perspectives amplify the performance of everyday life through distance.
Steep Urbanists are invited to dance through the spatial volumes of San Francisco’s sloped streets, tuned to corresponding musical volumes that trace the synchronicity between a sound wave and an architectural section.
Steep Urbanist is a project investigating how human infrastructure responds to the logic of the land directed by Lina Bondarenko– an architect, dancer, educator, and student.

Hey Siri, Let’s Talk AI with Adam Cheyer, Co-Creator of Siri
2023-06-09 15:30 - 17:30
Discover the future of AI and Design with Adam Cheyer, founder of SIRI, who is a renowned pioneer and thought leader in the field of artificial intelligence. Join us at our brand-new Potrero Hill studio for a thought-provoking talk on AI, the most impactful and transcendent technology the design world has ever seen.
As a co-founder and original team member responsible for creating Apple’s SIRI virtual assistant, Cheyer brings unique and invaluable insights into the role that AI is set to play in shaping our world. This event is a must-attend for anyone interested in staying ahead of the curve in the fast-paced world of AI and its effects on design.
Don’t miss your chance to learn from the best and discover the future of AI with Adam Cheyer and Whipsaw.
Refreshments provided.
Agenda:
3:30pm – 4:00pm Doors Open & Networking
4:00pm – 5:00pm – Speaker: Adam Cheyer
5:00pm – 5:15pm – Q&A
5:15pm – 5:30pm – Networking

The Design Language of Belonging
2023-06-09 15:00 - 16:30
What does it mean to design spaces that evoke belonging? In this workshop, we’ll investigate what belonging means to us and how it manifests in our physical spaces. Through creating a shared language of “patterns,” we’ll discover design principles that can be applied across our environments. We’ll collaboratively push the boundaries of our imagination and prototype these envisioned spaces using generative AI.

WORKSHOP: Dreaming of Electric Sheep, A Creative Salon on AI
2023-06-09 10:00 - 15:00
Led by Tara Tan, Managing Partner, Strange Ventures
Ready for a mind-bending journey through the uncharted realms of creativity? Ditch those same-old, yawn-inducing brainstorming sessions and join us for an hour of hallucinatory exploration. We’re spicing things up with a twist: a guided meditation and visualization session that’ll help you break free from the chains of mundane thinking and unleash your inner creative genius.
​Once you’ve tapped into that hidden wellspring of ingenuity, we’ll dive headfirst into brainstorming the future of AI. We’ll kick off with a guided visualization, which will roll into a dream-like journaling or jamming (depending on whether you’d like to go solo or brainstorm with a cluster).
​Don’t miss out on this one-of-a-kind experience that combines mindfulness, collaboration, and imagination. Namaste, future-shapers!
Note: No drugs, religion, or theology will be administered in this session.

Design Soup - Multidisciplinary Design Showcase - Open Studio
2023-06-08 18:30 - 20:30
Join us for a tasting of design in all its physical forms, with hardware, physical products, furniture, architecture, and art on display at Studio 45.
This is an open showcase for the professional creative community to demo physical objects. We’ll have both Studio 45 members share their work as well as an open call for the Bay Area community to share.
Apply here >> https://airtable.com/shrHZD0QXAVtSRRUj
🎁 Those selected will be offered a discounted membership at Studio 45. One finalist will be offered a 6 month free membership. Studio 45 is a coworking and event space located in Bernal Heights that provides the workspace, tools, resources, and community to build a business making physical products.

How AI Can Help Designers To Be Efficient
2023-06-08 18:00 - 21:00
As creative professionals, we often find ourselves bogged down by repetitive tasks that can drain our energy and time. However, thanks to AI and generative technology, we can now dream of a world where these tasks can be streamlined and automated, freeing up our time for more complex and imaginative aspects of our creative process.
Join us as we delve into AI as a trusted “Co-Pilot” to support our work and explore and dream of next-generation tools and capabilities you would like to have in your hands. Our panelists will share their unique insights and challenges in their roles as creatives in the design and tech industry.
This event is a must-attend for anyone interested in the evolution of our industry and getting prepared for new skills and tools that are already redefining the way we work. You’ll be able to ask questions, share your thoughts, and network with talented industry professionals while enjoying some great drinks and bites.
6 pm – 6:30 pm Door open
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Panel Discussion
7:30 pm – 8 pm Q&A
8 pm – 9 pm Networking, Food + Beverages*
9 pm Door close
*Food and beverages will be served

Art Event at MMclay Showroom + Studio- Exploring visual, tactile and culinary art in community with tableware by MMclay, paintings by Heather McFarlin and food by Charles Phan.
2023-06-08 18:00 - 21:00
Please stop by MMclay Showroom + Studio for an evening of art and food as we feature the beautiful abstract paintings of local artist Heather McFarlan and delicious food by Slanted Door’s renowned chef Charles Phan. The MMclay Showroom + Studio features custom ceramic lighting fixtures along with six lines of beautiful tableware designed by owner, MaryMar Keenan. The event will take place from 6pm-9pm in the MMclay Showroom + Studio located at 69 Gough St in the popular Hayes Valley neighborhood.
*Mention SF Design Week and receive 10% off any MMclay purchases or orders during the event.

SEGD SF x AIGA SF: Richard Poulin presents his latest book, Rational Simplicity: Rudolf de Harak, Graphic Designer
2023-06-08 18:00 - 21:00
Please join the SEGD San Francisco chapter and AIGA San Francisco Thursday June 8th, 2023 from 6-9pm for a special evening with Richard Poulin discussing his new book, Rational Simplicity: Rudolph de Harak, Graphic Designer. Richard is an SEGD fellow and award-winning designer, educator, author, and artist. His career spans forty years in graphic, environmental, interior, and exhibition design where he divides his time between professional practice and academia. In his new book, Richard celebrates his mentor and unsung hero of mid-century modern design through featuring images of his work along with rarely shared collages, paintings, and remembrances from friends, family, students, and colleagues.
Inspired by modernism, Rudolph de Harak was one of the most influential American graphic design pioneers. His design work included everything from album covers, book jackets, and branding to furniture, exhibitions, and museums, often incorporating innovative and experimental photographic techniques and exploring abstraction, geometry, and color. With an early career beginning in Los Angeles to working as a design consultant and educator in New York City, de Harak’s clients include The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Columbia Records, Esquire magazine, McGraw-Hill Publishing, and the Cummins Engine Company, among many others. Rational Simplicity: Rudolph de Harak, Graphic Designer is the first publication to document de Harak’s career.
The event will take place at the Haworth Showroom in The Mills Building located at 220 Bush Street, Suite 975, approximately 2 blocks from Montgomery BART Station.
Please use the entrance at 220 Bush Street to access the building. All other entrances will be locked at the time of the event. If you require an accessible ramp to enter the building, please let us know ahead of time at sf-chapter@segd.org and we will happily accommodate you.
Public parking is not available in the building, however there are many public garages and street parking available in the area.
Schedule:
6:00 p.m.–6:45p.m. Check-in and networking*
7:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m. Presentation and discussion
8:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m. Book signing and reception
*Please arrive by 6:45pm to attend this event due to building security.
The book will be available for purchase at the event. Light snacks and refreshments will be served.
SF Design Week attendees will be entered into door prize raffles for a copy of the book!
We would like to thank the Haworth San Francisco Showroom for generously hosting us for this event!
About Richard Poulin
Richard Poulin is a designer, educator, author, and artist. Throughout his career he has focused on a generalist approach to all aspects of design, including graphic, environmental, interior, and exhibition design, dividing his time between professional practice and academia. He was Design Director and Managing Partner of Poulin + Morris Inc., a New York City-based multidisciplinary design consultancy he co-founded in 1989 with Douglas Morris. As a highly-respected educator, he was an adjunct professor at Cooper Union and the School of Visual Arts for over two decades and a recipient of a research grant in design history from the Graham Foundation for the Advanced Studies in Fine Art. Richard is also a recipient of a Fellow from the Society for Experiential Graphic Design (SEGD), the profession’s highest honor; and his work is in the permanent design collections of the Denver Museum of Art, Letterform Archive, Library of Congress, and Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). He is the author of several books on graphic design, typography, and design history which have been translated into eight languages and used by students and practitioners worldwide. Richard’s new book, a monograph on the life and work of Rudolph de Harak—Rational Simplicity: Rudolph de Harak, Graphic Designer—traces the rich and varied career of one of the masters of American mid-century modernist graphic design and was released in the Fall of 2022 by Thames & Hudson (London). As an artist, his most recent solo exhibition, entitled “Visual Essays: Elemental Singularities” was at the Brian Marki Fine Art Gallery in Palm Springs, California. His fine art has also been exhibited throughout the United States and is in the collections of several private collectors.
Richard lives in Palm Springs, California. You can follow his work or contact him on Instagram @richardpoulin or richardpoulin.net

Adobe: Creating Gen AI Tools with and for Designers - San Jose
2023-06-08 18:00 - 20:00
This event takes place in San Jose, California
Join members of the Adobe Design and Adobe Design Research & Strategy teams for a very special event for a very special event, in conversation with local designers about the design process behind Adobe’s Gen AI tools. Panelists will discuss how they’re currently using AI in their design workflows, touch upon what’s ahead, and talk about how it takes a human touch to make and create the next generation of design tools. We will start with a brief demo, followed by the panel discussion, and wrap with audience Q&A.

Small Business Manufacturing
2023-06-08 18:00 - 20:00
Join us for an engaging panel discussion during SF Design Week, in which we’ll dive deep into the world of small business manufacturing. “Crafting Success: Small Business Strategies in Manufacturing,” will be a lively discussion that brings together small business owners in different industries to discuss the hardships and successes of manufacturing. Designer and Small Business Owner Melanie Abrantes will moderate the conversation between Panelists Christine Trac from Abacus Row, Miranda Jones from Galanter & Jones, Noah Guy from Joshu Vela and more.
From in-house production to the adventures of outsourcing abroad, our panelists will discuss their experiences, challenges, and achievements in bringing their product to life. You’ll get an intimate discussion on how these small businesses craft their own path to success. Stick around after the panel for a mingling session, where you’ll have the opportunity to chat, meet the panelists, and connect with fellow attendees. Light snacks and drinks will be provided.
Event will be at Abacus Row atelier in San Francisco, limited seating will be available.
Event Details:
Location: 1256 Mason St. San Francisco, CA
Thurs June 8, 2023 | 6-8pm
Panel Discussion will begin at 6:30-7:30pm
Networking and Mingling from 7:30-8pm

Mike & Maaike - Open Studio
2023-06-08 17:00 - 21:00
Mike & Maaike – New Works
Mike & Maaike will exhibit two new works which combine design, art, and advocacy.
Juxtaposed: Religion – The Complete Edition. 2023
The Envelopes. 2023
Light refreshments will be served.
5-9pm
7pm artist talk

TOOOT - Open Studio
2023-06-08 17:00 - 21:00
The Office of Ordinary Things (TOOOT) is a design and branding studio focused on climate, sustainability, and social good. Please join us at a social hour where we hope to cultivate a welcoming, vibrant, and engaged design community! Office and restroom are wheelchair accessible. Cocktails, mocktails, and snacks will be provided.

level - Open Studio
2023-06-08 17:00 - 20:00
Slide over to the Mission and celebrate SF Design Week with us at level. We invite you to come talk industrial design–and anything else–with us!
The doors are open to all, enjoy a memorable night at our studio with bites, booze, good music and great conversation.

Hybrid Design + Super7 - Open Studio
2023-06-08 17:00 - 20:00
Join Hybrid Design and our sister company, Super7 for an open studio in the Mission District. Our studio is an explosion of pop culture inspiration with enormous collections of vintage toys, skateboards and prints. The Hybrid and Super7 teams will be onsite to offer casual tours of the space and show some of the projects we are working on.
777 Florida St.
Suite 202
San Francisco, CA
94110
*Entrance is on 20th St.

Pact Studio - Open Studio
2023-06-08 17:00 - 20:00
Swing by our open studio to share stories about the twists and turns that help shape who we are. Meet others who have had a similar journey or learn about others’ paths that have led to interesting outcomes and unique points of view. We’ll provide refreshments, light snacks and conversation starters. Looking forward to seeing you there!
Pact is a Mission-based partnership of imagination and wits crafting meaningful, unmistakable brands.

Box Clever - Open Studio
2023-06-08 17:00 - 20:00
Join us at Box Clever for an inspiring fireside chat about Shorebird, Box Clever, and Box Garden Ventures – as we share stories around partnership, creative process, and embracing the spirit of a Plot Twist.
Shorebird is a premium outdoor well-being brand focused on delivering thoughtfully designed products that elevate your time outside. Shorebird is also the first company launched from our newly formed Box Garden Ventures.
Learn about how Box Clever is embracing the notion of Plot Twist in how Box Garden Ventures is designing scalable businesses and brands, not just products, in partnership with founders who all share the mission of making a lasting, positive impact for people and our planet.
At the event, you’ll learn about the collaborative product development journey and get to experience the Shorebird Beach Chair before it begins shipping this summer.
Reserve your spot now for this exclusive event.

Noisebridge - Open Studio
2023-06-08 17:00 - 20:00
Noisebridge is a community workshop and hackerspace hosting events and classes. We are a donations-based and volunteers-run non-profit providing access to tools and space to creatives of all stripes.
A tour with a demonstration of some machines to make swag – laser cutter, knitting machine, embroidery machine

Nonfiction & Material ConneXion Open Studio
2023-06-08 17:00 - 20:00
You’re invited to our studio + material library conveniently located in the heart of San Francisco.
Come hear from hosts Phnam and Mardis Bagley (Co-Founders and Creative Directors, Nonfiction) as they share the surprising plot twists that have happened as we’ve designed products and services – and firm – over the past seven years.
Come watch Dr. Andrew Dent (Executive Vice President of Research, Material ConneXion) as he shares the most recent exciting material innovations, their impact on the way that design has evolved, and its future impact on the way we create. Expanding on the ‘Plot Twist’ theme for this year, Material ConneXion is bringing its own take on the unexpected, the curveballs, the surprising turns and sometimes unintended consequences of materials innovation in design.
Then, we’ll have a panel discussion on “How to apply sustainability in your design practice” featuring Mardis Bagley, Dr. Andrew Dent, and special guest Xander Skieller from Lime. They’ll talk about the various ways change makers, design, engineers and scientists can help move the sustainability needle in the right direction.
Want more reasons to stop by? We’ll have experts from Material ConneXion giving tours of our in-house material library, and visitors will get to network with us and like-minded folks excited about the future of everything on our rooftop deck. Light snacks and refreshments will be served.
We can’t wait to show you where and how we’re designing a better, more human future. Hope to see you there!
About the Panelists
Mardis Bagley is a Partner and Creative Director at Nonfiction. He’s a veteran industrial designer, having created products and experiences that change the world for the better. His efforts have garnered numerous patents, awards and hundreds of millions in investment capital. He has taught at the California College of the Arts in Sustainability and Social Impact and speaks internationally on the subject.
Dr. Andrew Dent, EVP of Materials Research at Material ConneXion and Chief Material Scientist at Material Bank, is known for his integrated approach to problem solving. One of the world’s leading authorities on materials in design, Andrew has helped clients from start-ups and Fortune 500 companies take their products and spaces to the next level through innovative material selection and a unique cross-industry perspective.
Xander Skieller is a product development leader who is a passionate advocate and practitioner of sustainable design methods. Experience at large factories in Asia have shaped his belief that our choices as hardware designers have a tremendous impact on people and the planet, and time in sustainable PD consulting have given him the tools to contribute to progress. Xander is currently applying this practice at Lime, where sustainable design contributes to the company’s overall mission to reduce the carbon impact of urban transportation.
And a surprise guest.
About Us
Nonfiction is an award-winning design firm made of industrial designers, architects, engineers, strategists, and storytellers. We create impact-focused physical products and experiences on and off planet Earth for clients like Intel, Anuevo, Halo Neuroscience, Motif Neurotech, and more.
Material ConneXion is the world’s leading material insights company with material library locations worldwide and advisory services that helps companies like Louis Vuitton and Logitech source materials that enhance the performance, aesthetic, and sustainability of their projects. We define the “what’s new and what’s next” in materials, and incubate new ideas so you can make smarter design decisions. We believe every idea has a material solution.

Skona Advertising - Open Studio
2023-06-08 17:00 - 19:00
Join Sköna for drinks, bites, and conversation in our new SoMa office, right behind SFMoMA! Stop by for treats from our Fika bar, chat with our founder and San Francisco team, and learn more about our Scandinavian sensibilities and how we build brave brands for B2B tech.

Peak Design Open Studio
2023-06-08 16:00 - 19:00
Open studio at Peak Design World HQ!Peak Design is a brand that designs and builds carry gear for travelers, photographers and adventurers.
Born and bred right here in SF’s Dogpatch neighborhood, they’ve garnered a reputation for releasing uncompromising, function-first products with design details and features that border on magic.
Entirely crowdfunded and independent, Peak Design has built a community in SF and around the world with an off-beat, behind-the-curtain approach to design and marketing.
Kick the tires of their hardgoods and softgoods design studios, have some drinks with the design team, see some wacky prototypes; and if you ask nicely, maybe even get a sneak peek of some upcoming projects!
Also, they have a not-too-shabby view of the Bay.
