San Francisco Design Week

Risky Business: Climate Change, Design, and Avoiding Unforeseen Consequences
2023-06-07 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Risky Business: Climate Change, Design, and Avoiding Unforeseen Consequences
Throughout human history, new tools and technologies have simultaneously moved us forward as a society and set us back with unforeseen consequences. Here in the Bay Area, there is a common desire to disrupt, move fast, and break things, but that approach is not valid for the climate crisis.
We as designers must learn to recognize the possible unintended consequences of our work. Join us as we consider the near-term and long-term effects of our work as designers, innovators, and problem solvers at our next Climate Designers Bay Area event — Risky Business: Climate Change, Design, and Avoiding Unforeseen Consequences.
The evening’s conversations will highlight helpful perspectives and practices for considering the potential impact of the work we do as designers as we collectively address the climate emergency.
After the speakers, attendees are invited to participate in a mock “premotem” exercise where they will learn techniques for assessing project risk. This activity is optional, and we’ll also have an opportunity for socialization.
Speakers:
Mike Monteiro
Mike is cofounder and design director of Mule Design, an interactive design studio whose work has been called “delightfully hostile” by The New Yorker. He’s written four books: Design Is a Job, You’re My Favorite Client, Ruined by Design, and The Collected Angers. He’s not as smart as his wife, or as charming as his dog. He’s pretty much given up on tech and is considering a future as a lighthouse keeper or record store owner, or maybe opening a record store in a lighthouse.
Kelly Neuner
Kelly (they/them) is a transdisciplinary designer who is passionate about exploring the intersections of people, systems, and technology. Their background includes work with companies ranging from nonprofits and startups to Fortune 500 companies in healthcare, technology, education, fintech, and retail, both in consulting and in-house at Fast Company. They center their design and futures practice around responsible design and participatory practices. They have completed dedicated training in equity-centered design and research and responsible tech development with organizations including Creative Reaction Lab, HmntyCntrd, and Gray Area. Kelly is currently the Global Chapter & Community Lead for the Design Futures Initiative and is a City Lead for SheFi. Kelly graduated from The New School & Parsons with a focus in Design Management, which combined design, business, marketing, and psychology.
Julia Solano
Julia is a designer, artist, and bamboo architect. She’s Community Architect for The Tech We Want, an initiative focused on supporting a new wave of leaders, companies, and technologies built on inclusivity, mutualism, sustainability, and responsible innovation. She’s spent much of the past decade co-founding and designing in AI companies, building bamboo and earth structures for communing, and exploring the complexity of community by living in experimental cities, artist cooperatives, and cults in efforts to better understand and build social, digital, and physical infrastructure to bridge to more hopeful futures.
Agenda:
6:00: Doors Open & Networking
6:15: Speakers & Q&A
7:30: Social Time & Pre-mortem Exercise
8:00: Event Ends

Design Rocks! Music as Design Inspiration
2023-06-07 17:30 - 20:00
As designers, we’re constantly asked to create, but where does creativity come from? How can we spark new and more innovative ideas? What even IS inspiration? Let’s explore these questions together in an interdisciplinary chat about inspiration through the lens of music.
With the intention to refresh your creative spirit and enliven your imagination, we’re taking it back to the Summer of Love with a deep dive into the iconic music of San Francisco in the late 60s and early 70s. Four industry leaders across a diverse set of disciplines — including architectural, content, brand & graphic design — will each present an original creative work or concept inspired by the music and ethos of this time in history. They’ll also pull back the curtain on their own creative process with insights into how they revise, refine and evolve creative work.
Ready to trip the light fantastic? Join us!
Event Schedule:
5:30-6pm Arrive & Mingle
6-7pm Conversational Panel Discussion
7-7:30pm Live Music (Surprise Musical Guest)
8pm Doors Close
Panelist:
Star Zagofsky – MC/Host, Sr. Content Design Consultant
Josie Jeffries – Sr. Director of Creative at Slack
Marcus Taylor – Sr. Director of Brand Marketing
Megan Murray – Content Design Manager at Reddit
Lesley Ray – Owner/Interior Architectural Designer, Lesley Ray Design

Jam Session by frog Design: Co-Creating a Code of Ethics in AI & Other Rising Technologies
2023-06-07 17:30 - 19:30
During this 90-minute session, we want to bring creatives, technologists and forward-thinkers together to co-create a code of ethics around the increasingly ubiquitous, and intelligent technologies that are making their way into our day to day worlds.
At this pivotal moment, the rise of ChatGPT and other AI-powered products and services have illuminated countless questions about how, when, and why we should use these rising technologies. We are at a critical inflection point in design and technology—What are the ethical codes that will foster our relationship with AI technology? Who gets to write them? What’s at stake here in this plot twist with humans and technology?
As designers and creatives, we are increasingly at the forefront of making decisions about technology use in the products and services that we help create. For this event, we will identify tactical actions that we can take and craft principles that can help us establish a north star for designing with rising tech.
This event is brought to you by frog’s Service Design team, and will take a service-centered approach to this co-creation session. We are excited to share more about our team, methodologies as we co-create with all of you.

Radical Care: Design x Health Skyside Panel with Blumline
2023-06-07 17:30 - 19:30
A cultural shift is underway and it’s shaking up healthcare. Join Blumline for a skyside panel conversation on health, agency, access, and designing with and for this unique space. We’ll discuss emerging behaviors, needs, and the challenges, experiments, and lessons our panelists have uncovered in practicing health-centered design. Come early for aperitivo, a beautiful and unique music box performance to soothe your nervous system, and an opportunity to meet new design friends in the community.
5:30-6pm: Aperitivo + Music Box Performance
6-7pm: Panel Discussion and Q+A
PANELISTS:
Polina Segalova, Head of Product, Teal Health
Greg McNamara, Industrial Design Lead, Blumline
Tejas Indamar, Strategic Partnerships, Turquoise Health
Timothy Lynch of Atha Room, a Mysore yoga practice space
Moderator: Natasha Margot Blum, Principal Director, Blumline
Special guests and additional panelists to be announced. Stay tuned on the socials.
MUSIC BOX PERFORMANCE:
Sidney Chen, a vocalist and performance artist, inspired to learn during the pandemic lockdown.
SPONSORS:
We are serving fresh herbal twists on happy hour, sponsored by Ghia, Aplos, LMNT, and Liquid Death.
Our venue sponsor, Canopy SF, is hosting our event in their beautiful 4th floor space.

Enlisted Design Open Studio
2023-06-07 17:00 - 21:00
Enlisted welcomes all design enthusiasts to join our open studio for a Next Level experience featuring interactive workshops, live design demos and product showcases. From 7-7:45pm, we are proud to feature renowned designer, thinker & author, Donald Burlock, Jr. as a keynote speaker for a discussion about his book: Super Human by Design: Keys to Unlocking Your Creativity for Life-Changing Results. The first 30 registrants will receive a free, signed copy of his book. Additionally, we will be serving up food & drinks from our Uptown Oakland community, plus soulful beats from our own vinyl DJ Kuroko!
Event Speakers:
7-7:45pm: Keynote Speaker, Designer & author, Donald Burlock Jr. will discuss his book, Super Human by Design: Keys to Unlocking Your Creativity for Life-Changing Results

FYRN - Open Studio
2023-06-07 17:00 - 20:00
Stop by Fyrn to see our pieces in-person + have a tour through our original manufacturing facility. We’ll have drinks, bites and music for mingling and chatting. Look forward to hosting you!

Elixir Design - Open Studio
2023-06-07 17:00 - 20:00
Elixir Open House
Come celebrate 30 years with us! Our studio will be fully transformed into a wonder cabinet of projects, designs, colors, knick- knacks and unique commodities we have inherited through the years. We intend to make this an interactive experience– so come ready to explore and even partake in some hands-on activities!
We will have a DJ and beverages.
Elixir Team will be onsite.

Revolution Road: Designing a Driverless Future
2023-06-07 16:30 - 18:30
When the first automobile took to the streets, no one could have predicted a day in which the driver would be optional. That time is now. Our team is designing the new era of transportation on our city streets, and we would love to talk to our fellow designers about it.
Come meet the team at Cruise that is designing the cutting edge of autonomous vehicles and join us for casual drinks and conversation this SF Design Week. We can’t wait to meet you! 21+ ”

Aruliden - Open Studio
2023-06-07 16:00 - 20:00
Aruliden welcomes the entire Bay Area to join us at our house warming party to celebrate our new expanded studio with Material+ in Oakland, California. To jumpstart the event, the team will do introductions and speak towards the history and vision of the studio. (4PM-4:30PM). Our space will be set up to display some of our most recent and relevant work, spanning across different categories of tech, beauty, branding and graphic design. This means, showing off our process through physical/digital prototypes and having a segment of the night dedicated to live demos and hands-on time with our work (5PM-7PM).
We’ll be serving food, drinks with the addition of ‘The Burrito Truck’ being parked right outside of our open garage doors. Libations will include beer from a local brewery and assorted wines (one of which is our very own ‘Cloudy Bay’).

Guacamole Airplane Open Studio
2023-06-07 16:00 - 19:00
We invite you to visit the sustainable packaging design studio of Guacamole Airplane.
Local Plastic from Bend Oregon will be on hand exhibiting recent developments with their recycled plastic sheet press, used to create furniture and home goods.
Located at our studio in Sausalito on Gate 5 Road, you will have the opportunity to explore Guacamole Airplane’s space, see our prototyping equipment, learn about our design process, and explore our material library showcasing the future of material innovation in packaging design. Our team will be on hand to share our work with you, answer any questions you may have, and provide insights into our design philosophy and approach.

Potato - Open Studio
2023-06-07 16:00 - 19:00
Join us POTATO for a talk and mingle to celebrate SFDW 2023!
Change is an inevitable part of life, plot twists as some call it — and it’s especially true in the world of product development and design. Whether it’s new technologies, shifting customer needs, or evolving market trends, change is constantly reshaping the landscape of the product. To thrive in this environment, companies need to embrace change and build a culture of product discovery.
In this talk, we will explore how companies can use product discovery to embrace change and create successful products that meet the needs of customers. We’ll cover the basics of product discovery, including how to identify customer needs, test assumptions, and iterate on product features. We’ll also discuss the importance of cross-functional collaboration, continuous learning in the product development process, and the importance of designing with rationale and evidence.
Our speakers will draw on their experience working with startups and large enterprises to provide real-world examples of how companies have used product discovery to drive innovation and stay ahead of the competition. Whether you’re a product manager, designer, or developer, you’ll come away with actionable insights that you can apply to your own work.
Join us for an engaging discussion on how to embrace change and build successful products with product discovery.
You’ll leave with a deeper understanding of the product development process and the tools you need to stay ahead in a rapidly changing world.

Creating Beauty
2023-06-07 16:00 - 19:00
This event will focus on the story of Tina’s personal journey from a childhood of creativity to an initial career in finance, leaving it all behind to start her own design company — hiccups along the way, and refinding inspiration to create beauty.
TF Design is a creative product design studio and workshop based in San Francisco, California. Tina creates timeless, functional objects, produced by hand from beginning to to end, designed to bring joyful serenity to people and their places.
Join us in Tina’s workshop to hear her journey, surrounded by her beautiful work.

Designing for Climate
2023-06-07 16:00
Know what would be the ultimate plot twist? If enterprises across the globe went from key contributors to climate change, to critical drivers in halting the climate crisis. That’s our goal at Watershed – to create software that empowers companies to cut their carbon emissions.
The Watershed design team is thrilled to host a discussion on what it’s like designing for climate – how to go deep on a complex domain, how to design for a space without much prior art, and what it’s like balancing immediate customer needs alongside an urgent global mission.
We certainly don’t have the answers – in this session, you can expect a brief intro and case study from our team (and/or other experts in the field!), but then we’ll invite you to share your perspective…whether you’re deep in climate tech too, or from an analogously complex space.

Designing through a Merger or Acquisition
2023-06-07 15:00 - 17:00
As a product ecosystem expands from its first product offering to a suite of interconnected products, the design team often scales and forms subteams within the larger design organization. With this additional organizational and product complexity, it becomes increasingly difficult for designers to stay aligned on design best practices as well as interaction and visual design details. When design organizations reach this tipping point, if they haven’t done so already, they will begin to invest in a centralized design system. All good then, right? Yes, but, now imagine that the already complex product suite doubles, triples, or even quadruples in size due to a sudden merger or acquisition. Moreover, the acquired company brings its own perspective on design best practices and potentially their own design system. Through our panel discussion, we’ll discuss key user experience methodologies that can help design teams who find themselves in similar situations and are unsure where to start. Panelists will cover topics such as how to align on end-to-end design processes, how to utilize user research to establish shared baselines, how to converge disparate design systems, and more. By the end of this discussion, attendees should walk away with a design-focused playbook to help them proactively deliver on the original promise of their organization’s merger or acquisition. (Note: for the first 30 minutes or so we’ll have light snacks and beverages so come on time if you’d like to mingle with the other attendees!)
*Registration for this event will close on June 4th 2:00 pm PDT due to building security logistics.

IBM Design presents… SF’s Best “Worst Design” Challenge
2023-06-07 15:00
As designers, we strive to create products, experiences, visual, and other solutions that are useful, usable, and desirable for the intended audiences. This requires a deep knowledge of user pain points, needs, and desires…but what would happen if we use that knowledge to deliver users to their destination in the most frustrating way possible?
In this fun, light-hearted design jam, participants will compete to design uniquely un-user-friendly solutions for a given prompt. While it may sound simple, designing the these terrible processes could be deceptively difficult. Participants will follow the classic design process, but look instead for “holes of opportunity” to create, exacerbate, and twist problems instead of solutions.
This design jam is “the mental equivalent of standing on your head”—it allows us as designers to take what we do for our day job and see design from a fun, new perspective. Let’s have fun, thinking creatively, and change the way the story unfolds by viewing the design process in a new way.
What’s in it for participants?
Other than an opportunity to take part in a fun design jam, there will be food, swag giveaways, and networking opportunities.
Event schedule
First 20 min – arrival, meet & greet, networking
20 min – brief presentation, explanation of challenge goals, instructions, and expectations; design challenge prompt announced
60 min – participants work on challenge within their teams
20 min – share and tell: teams present their designs
30 min – winners announced, closing statements, and enjoy refreshments

Wiki Art Jam
2023-06-07 10:00 - 13:00
What does it take to be “The Last Best Place on the Internet”? While billions of people read Wikipedia every day, most are unaware of or do not understand the massive collaboration happening behind the scenes, involving people and machines. This collaboration is what allows Wikipedia to remain free and open source. Our vision is to host a participatory art installation in the streets of San Francisco, where a large canvas will be set up for participants to collaboratively create an art piece. Participants will be allowed to choose roles that mimic volunteer roles on Wikipedia, and will be given constraints based on their role. The piece’s creative direction will be guided by a local San Francisco artist. We will livestream the art-making process and add a digital layer to the recording that comments on the state of privacy on Wikipedia.

Official Launch Party and Musical Performance: Storytelling with Designers Everett Katigbak and Paula Marengo
2023-06-06 18:15 - 20:00
Join us for an evening of music and storytelling with a musical ensemble comprised of designers. In between songs, you’ll hear stories and conversations about design passions and side hustles between Everett Katigbak (currently the first Creative hire at Anthropic, and former Executive Producer and Designer at Stripe, Pinterest, and Facebook) and Paula Marengo, designer and two-time finalist in the Eurovision Contests, in Spain and Switzerland, is known for her versatile and elegant repertoire.
ABOUT Paula Marengo Ensemble:
Paula is a talented Jazz singer hailing from southern Spain, with a professional career in music. Having moved to the United States one year ago, she’s partnered with veteran Bay Area musicians Everett Katigbak (guitar), Kenan O’Brian (bass), and Cairo Mccockran (drums) to form a new group playing Bolero, Bossa nova, Chanson Française, Swing, and more, all in a wide range of languages, including English, Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese. Paula Marengo, who was a two-time finalist in the Eurovision Contests, in Spain and Switzerland, is known for her versatile and elegant repertoire.
Everett and Paula are also professional designers—Everett has been on the ground level, building the brand voice of some of the most innovative companies, including Stripe, Pinterest and Facebook and Paula has produced work globally for a number of organizations and brands before arriving in San Francisco.
Everet’s work: https://www.typochondriac.com/
Paula’s work: https://marengocreative.com/
Beverages sponsored by Fort Point Beer
They just launched an awesome cider!

Onur Yüce Gun: The In-Between is the Best Place to be at (AI, Computational Design, Digital Manufacturing)
2023-06-06 16:15 - 17:15
The In-Between is the Best Place to be at
Onur Yuce Gun, Ph.D.
The forthcoming lecture at San Francisco Design Week 2023, titled “The in-between is the best place to be at,” promises to offer an insightful exploration of the future of design from a human-centered digital computation perspective. This event is sponsored by New Balance.
Aligned with the event’s theme, ‘Plot Twist,’ this lecture will emphasize the importance of embracing change and the unexpected, rather than clinging to stability and trends, as a fundamental aspect of design thinking and existence.
Just as the city of San Francisco thrives on the twists and turns that drive innovation and progress, so too does computational design. Similarly, “plot twists” that have disrupted industries and economies will be explored as crucial moments that have enriched Onur’s unique design career trajectory. Whether planned or unplanned, these changes will be presented as opportunities to spark creativity and shape the future.
This lecture will uniquely portray Computational Design by drawing on experiences and accomplished projects, ranging from half-a-mile tall skyscrapers to limited production 3D-printed shoes. It will weave a narrative of how these elements intertwine with the human experience and the concept of getting lost.
The discussion will span a variety of topics, including complete value chains, human-centered innovative thinking, hobbyist teaching, servant leadership, ontology, and references to Dante’s Divine Comedy. The lecture aims to provide a fresh perspective on navigating the “plot twists” of our rapidly evolving world, by being persistent on residing in the in-between, and stimulate engaging conversations on this captivating topic.

BIO
Onur Yüce Gün is a seasoned computational design leader, researcher, and instructor. Trained as an architect, Onur holds a Masters in Design and Computation, and a Ph.D. in Computation with a minor in Media Arts and Sciences earned at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Recognized by TEDx, and Time Magazine’s best inventions lists, Onur’s work has been internationally published, exhibited, and awarded. His papers won awards at eCAADe and CAADRIA. His work has been exhibited at the Center for Architecture AIA New York Chapter, SIGGRAPH, Centre Pompidou in Paris, and the Tokyo Gallery A4. His computational architecture work got published in Routledge’s seminal book, Elements of Parametric Design.
Onur has been building and leading computational design teams across industries and academia. He instituted the Computational Geometry Group at Kohn Pedersen Fox, NY, in 2006. In 2009, he co-developed the curriculum and co-directed İstanbul Bilgi University’s undergraduate program in architecture. In 2016, he joined New Balance Athletics to build the internal Computational Design Team. In 2022, he consulted Samsung Research America to help the tech giant build their first ever Computational Design Department. Onur taught at MIT, RISD, and Adolfo Ibáñez University in Chile.
Onur is the Director of Computational Design at New Balance, where he develops end-to-end computational design workflows and futuristic concepts. Onur played a crucial role in the R&D process of Triplecell, New Balance’s 3D printing technology, and designed the 3D-printed forefoot component of the limited-edition Fuel Cell Echo Triple that was published in Popular Science in 2019. Today, Onur leads the New Balance Computational Design Team with value-driven innovational thinking while attending to the broad history of computational thinking and making, from Turing to AI diffusion models.

SPONSORED BY:

Since 1906, New Balance has empowered people through sport and craftsmanship to create positive change in communities around the world. We innovate fearlessly, guided by our core values and driven by the belief that conventions were meant to be challenged.
New Balance Computational Design Group develops creative, intelligent, and meaningful sportswear concepts, and delivers unprecedented products that disrupt the market through value-centered computational design innovation.

Breaking Through Creative Blocks: Small Group Workshop
2023-06-06 15:00 - 16:00
What do artists, creatives, and entrepreneurs have in common? It’s two things: extreme imagination and sometimes extreme doubt. In this small workshop, creative and executive coach Sonya Yu will help individuals break through their current doubts, fears and blocks to better actualize their visions and feel empowered on their chosen paths.
Calling all artists, creatives, entrepreneurs or anyone who is feeling blocked in their chosen practice and fearful about their path. (So, all of us.) This will be a group of 10-15 people, so please be ready to openly and honestly share a creative block you’re experiencing.
What to bring: Journals and pens may be helpful for the session.
ABOUT SONYA:

Sonya is a creative and executive Coach and the founder of Four One Nine, a creative ecosystem that is focused on cultivating culture and artists in San Francisco and beyond. Her personal mission is to cultivate local creative communities and ignite positive social change by championing artists and their visions. She serves on the nonprofit boards of SFMOMA, The Hammer Museum, and is an active member of the Dia Women Committee.
ABOUT FOUR ONE NINE:
Four One Nine is a creative ecosystem, studio and agency based in San Francisco, founded by Sonya Yu. Our artistic programming and creative offerings serve as connective tissue that brings people together and unusual ideas to life — so community and culture can thrive.

De.Coded. Creating a Human Atlas of Silicon Valley with Studio Sutherl&
2023-06-06 15:00
Join us for a talk by Jim Sutherland of Studio Sutherl& in the UK.
Human Atlas is a social-impact art platform founded by artist Marcus Lyon. Mapping community through oral history, portraits and ancestral DNA. Inspiring the next generation of change.
Human Atlas projects are research-based, interdisciplinary explorations of the people of a specified geography. They are built on extensive nomination processes. A carefully curated group nominates individuals who are championing and driving social impact in all its forms: from public servants to entrepreneurs, from non-profit leaders and activists to artists and scientists. The projects then map these remarkable humans through photographic portraits, app-based oral histories, info-graphic mapping and ancestral DNA. Human Atlas projects take on many digital forms but always begin as a published limited edition book and an interactive exhibition.
Studio Sutherl& has designed a Human Atlas of Brazil, Germany, Detroit and now Silicon Valley and are currently working in Los Angeles.
ABOUT Studio Sutherl& and Jim Sutherland:
Studio Sutherl& was set in London up by Jim Sutherland in 2014 to be agile and playful – building teams from the best artists, architects, photographers, writers and strategists to suit each project. There is immense creative potential in collaboration. And great joy.
He has rebranded the Natural History Museum, Wimbledon Lawn Tennis, The Arts Society, Williams F1, Prostate Cancer UK, National Museums Scotland, Welsh National Opera, and Start-rite shoes. He has designed over 50 stamps to date for Royal Mail including the Agatha Christie set in 2016. Awards include 96 pencils at D&AD. He has judged D&AD nine times (including Foreman of the Branding Jury in 2023).
Studio Sutherl& was the most awarded design studio at D&AD in 2017, and came number one in the Computer Arts UK studio rankings in 2017 and 2018.

Break it Until you Make It! The Egg Drop Challenge Using Sustainable Materials
2023-06-06 14:00 - 16:00
Participants of all ages and walks of life will experience techniques of design and arts through hands-on activities using simple tools and sustainable, recyclable, reused materials (provided by the organizing team). The participants will be divided into teams; each team will be challenged to devise a way to prevent an egg from breaking when dropped from a height of 12 feet off the ground! Teams will draw, plan, and build prototypes, working collaboratively under the guidance of design professors from SFSU. The moment of truth – the egg drop! – will be recorded and shared with participants. Additionally, people attending the workshop will take a half-hour guided tour of the School of Design facilities, visiting shops, classrooms, asking questions, and seeing students’ works exhibited in the hallways and galleries.
Workshop Location: Fine Arts Building Terrace (meeting point at the ramp between the Fine Arts and the Cesar Chavez buildings)

Agents of Change: Ben Davis of Illuminate/City of Awe
2023-06-06 13:45 - 14:45
Join us for the first in our new series Agents of Change: an inspiring presentation by Ben Davis, founder of Illuminate and producer of projects such as City of Awe, The Bay Lights, Honoring Harvey Milk, The Golden Mile, The Pink Triangle, Pi in the Sky and more art light installations around the city.
Boom. Bust. Boom. Bust. Welcome to San Francisco.
Our city’s natural beauty and self-expressive nature have always saved us. Throughout history our vistas and creative citizens have consistently inspired awe. Today we make it formal, declaring San Francisco the City of Awe.
It’s an open-source moniker, one we hope will be embraced locally and internationally as we reinvent ourselves yet again. Feel free to use the term. You need not ask for permission. Let the words inspire you. Consider them a call to action. Make it your goal to do all you can to have our City live up to the label.
Speaker:
Ben Davis
Founder and Chief Visionary Officer
Illuminate
About Illuminate:
Illuminate rallies large groups of people together to create impossible works of public art that, through awe, free humanity’s better nature. Founded in 2011, we’ve been working quietly to create a city-wide foundation of artful endeavor that embraces the multifaceted spirit of San Francisco, in all its nuance and vibrancy. After 12 years we’re ready to bring the story into focus, in service of community. Bust times are the best of times when we take charge of the place we call home. Let’s create the city in which we want to live.
About Agents of Change:
A new series produced by Design Bay Area in partnership with Pact Studio deciphering the magic of change and how it happens and amplifying the voices of change makers. Through presentations, panels and workshops the Agents of Change series examines pathways for change and to share stories from experiences of change-makers making a difference.
Across industries and disciplines, we examine how to harness sources of disruption for creativity, innovation and growth. By amplifying fresh perspectives from diverse groups of people, Agents of Change aims to help seed connections, create economic opportunities, and provide a starting point for taking action.
About Design Bay Area:
Design Bay Area is a platform dedicated to promoting design and amplifying the voices of the California design community, and those in adjacent fields, to create economic opportunities by fostering the local and international community.
About Pact:
Pact Studio is a Mission-based branding studio built on partnership, integrity, and trust—committed to developing distinct and strategic 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.

In conversation with Galanter & Jones
2023-06-06 13:45
Join us for a unique, intimate setting: imagine only 20 coveted spots on the couch in conversation with Co-Founders Miranda and Aaron Jones to discuss running a design business, innovation in furniture, manufacturing, challenges and successes.
This event will take place in a small group setting.
ABOUT:
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.
Smooth and warm like a river stone set out in the sun, our pieces are comfortable, durable, and beautiful. Many have said they are as relaxing as being in a hot tub without having to get wet. They completely change the way people can experience the outdoors while simultaneously offering an elegant solution to conventional outdoor heating methods.
We have been featured in a variety of publications including but not limited to Architectural Digest, The New York Times, New York Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Elle Decor, House Beautiful, This Old House, and Dwell. In 2015, we won Best Outdoor at Dwell on Design, and in 2018 we won the Furniture Innovation award at San Francisco Design Week.
Our clients range from individual home owners, to interior designers, landscape architects, and restauranteurs. We are proud to share warmth in a variety of residential, hospitality and commercial spaces around our home here in the Bay Area, and now the world!

DESIGN 101 – Design basics for novices
2023-06-06 13:00 - 16:00
High school students, community college students, and anyone else interested in design are invited to DESIGN 101, a 3-hour workshop where participants will explore the principles of design through a hands-on session. The activities of this workshop include creating zines, buttons, and packaging. DESIGN 101 will start with a brief introduction to design principles followed by creative making that will result in an informal exhibit of the outcomes.

The Artist’s Anxieties How creatives can survive (and thrive) in the AI Revolution
2023-06-06 12:30 - 13:30
Is AI the new artist? Instead of answering that question, creative coach, entrepreneur and art collector Sonya Yu discusses what’s lost during the creative process when generative computers replace human hands, hearts, and minds—and how creatives can move from a place of anxiety to empowerment in the nascent AI revolution.
If you are an artist or creative nervous about AI and ChatGPT will impact your practice and livelihoods; entrepreneurs and collectors committed to supporting creative practices while embracing innovation then this event is for you!
ABOUT SONYA:

Sonya is the founder of Four One Nine, a creative ecosystem that is focused on cultivating culture and artists in San Francisco and beyond. Her personal mission is to cultivate local creative communities and ignite positive social change by championing artists and their visions. She serves on the nonprofit boards of SFMOMA, The Hammer Museum, and is an active member of the Dia Women Committee.
ABOUT FOUR ONE NINE:
Four One Nine is a creative ecosystem, studio and agency based in San Francisco, founded by Sonya Yu. Our artistic programming and creative offerings serve as connective tissue that brings people together and unusual ideas to life — so community and culture can thrive.

HCI: Human Connection Interaction
2023-06-06 12:30 - 13:30
Leave your titles at the door, and arrive with curiosity in your heart. This gathering is a chance to get to know each other for who you really are without your job title, achievements, accomplishments, or other markers of status and success. First names only. No job titles or company names. For one hour, you’ll step into an altered reality where you’ll learn about others and allow yourself to be known not for “what you do” but for who you are — as humans who have triumphed over the twists and turns of your life. You will be immersed in others’ stories, and you’ll bless them by sharing your own. This guided conversation is an experience of uncommon authenticity and you might discover that this co-created experiment is your favorite interaction of the week. If you crave openness, intimacy, kindness, and you have a willingness to try new things, then this is absolutely for you.

How AI can help us express ourselves
2023-06-06 11:45 - 12:30
Join us for a lively discussion between Henri Liriani, Co-founder and CPO of Tome and Kathleen Chaykowski, Head of Integrated Comms about how AI can help us express ourselves.
TOME:
Our mission is to help anyone tell a compelling story. We’re building an AI-native storytelling format for work and ideas.
A collaborative AI partner,  right at your fingertips. Use artificial intelligence to generate entire narratives, transform your documents into presentations, or add additional pages in seconds. Create compelling images with our DALL·E tile, tailor-made to bring your idea to life.
Build a powerful story  with any type of content.
Your narrative deserves more than text and images. Easily share a prototype, add 3D renderings, trim a video, or embed live content from the web to make your point more compelling.
Frictionless creation meets magic design.
Focus on your idea, and Tome will take care of the rest. Drag-and-drop creation, responsive pages, and one-click themes mean you don’t waste time aligning content or applying brand colors.
Live, interactive content from the web.
Embed anything from the web, in one place. Live integrations with your favorite tools like Figma let you showcase your existing work as a connected part of your story.
Video narration that brings your story to life.
Native video recording lets you talk through a nuanced point or simply add a personal touch to your story, even async.
Easy sharing, for any screen.
Share a link to your tome with just one click. Tomes are designed to fit any device, so viewers aren’t stuck squinting or pinching to zoom.
Made to work, wherever you work.
With the Tome iOS app, you can seize a spark of inspiration or make a last minute edit right before the meeting. Your work syncs seamlessly across devices.
ABOUT OUR SPEAKERS:
Henri Liriani (He/Him)
Co-Founder, CPO at Tome and formerly Facebook: Head of Product, Messenger Human Interfaces
Kathleen Chaykowski
I lead integrated comms (comms, content & editorial) at Tome, the AI-powered storytelling format for work and ideas.
Formerly a reporter at Forbes Magazine covering social media, technology and billionaires, and an interactive news writer at The Wall Street Journal in New York. I’ve also reported for The WSJ and the Mail & Guardian from Johannesburg and Cape Town, and The Chautauquan Daily, in Southwestern New York.
I studied English Literature with a self-designed emphasis in Journalism at Stanford, where I served as president and editor-in-chief of The Stanford Daily.

A Rollercoaster Ride: A Design x Venture Panel with Founders & Funders
2023-06-06 10:00 - 11:00
Hear from founders, funders, and design executives at some of the most exciting startups and funds in the Bay Area in an exciting fireside chat.
Panelists:
Jane Ha, Head of Design, Incredible Health
Karine Sarkissian, Founding Partner at Tamar Capital x Le Studio
Koraldo Kajanaku, CEO & Cofounder, Layer Editor
Rachel Poonsiriwong, Product Design Lead, Scale AI
Tara Tan, Managing Partner, Strange Ventures(moderator)

Self-guided: Mural Hunt by 1am Murals
2023-06-06 - 2023-06-11
Adventure out into the neighborhoods listed on our map, in between events or on your own time. Gather a group of friends, or wander on your own by following the clues to find the murals in the first of our series of self-guided tours of San Francisco Murals.
Once you find a mural on the map, take your most creative selfie and post on Instagram with the caption and tags @1amprojects @sfdesignweek #SFDWmuralhunt
Enter to win prizes like a Grafitti Workshop or virtual art kit by visiting sfdesignweek.org/1ammurals

California Changing: An Augmented Reality Poster Collection
2023-06-06
Please join us for a pop-up exhibition of augmented reality posters that are focused on sites across California through the lens of climate change. The posters use an AR component to showcase the past, present, and potential futures of these sites, and are viewable through your mobile phone. Selected posters will also be available as free postcards for visitors.
This pop-up exhibition is part of SF Design week and has been supported by the UC Davis Department of Design
