• Melina Finkelstein Rug Co.Labs Pop Up at Flora Grubb

    Flora Grubb Gardens Flora Grubb Gardens, San Francisco, California, United States
    Melina Finkelstein Rug Co.Labs is popping up at Flora Grubb Gardens. Melina Finkelstein, formerly of Peace Industry, will be showing new felt rug collections in collaboration with Jen Garrido and K’era Morgan, two California painters and textile designers. She will talk about her residency in Nepal and how she taught her new team of women

    The Right to Create: A Design Week Happy Hour at Creativity Explored

    Creativity Explored 3245 16th Street, SAN FRANCISCO, California, United States
    Celebrate community, creativity, and connection at Creativity Explored—a trailblazing progressive art studio that partners with artists with developmental disabilities. As part of San Francisco Design Week, we’re hosting a vibrant happy hour and mixer in our award-winning studio space—voted Best Gallery and Best Nonprofit in the Bay! Mix and mingle with fellow creatives, designers, and

    Creative Happy Hour: Cheers to SF Design Week at CCA’s New Campus

    California College of the Arts, Simpson Family Makers Building, Upper Level California College of the Arts, Simpson Family Makers Building, Upper Level, 145 Hooper Street, San Francisco, 94107, San Francisco, California, United States
    Join CreativeMornings San Francisco and the Design Division at California College of the Arts (CCA) for an inspiring early evening of connection, conversation, and creativity. This social happy hour brings together designers, architects, artists, and makers from across disciplines to spark ideas, meet new collaborators, and celebrate the end of SF Design Week in style.

    Bould Design 30th Anniversary Open Studio

    Bould Design Studio 1135 North Amphlett Blvd, San Mateo, California, United States
    Join us as we celebrate 30 years of innovation at Bould Design! Our open studio event is your chance to meet our team, mix and mingle with other designers while enjoying delicious appetizers and beverages. We look forward to welcoming you! We’re a San Francisco based design studio offering a range of services to hardware

    Social Justice Design Tour: Meet the innovative architects and partners behind the new Restorative Justice Hub in SOMA

    Community Works SF Office at 986 Mission St. San Francisco, CA 94103 986 Mission St., San Francisco, California, United States
    How can we use space for healing? We invite mission-driven designers and allies to join us at Designing Justice + Designing Spaces’ recently completed restorative justice space for Community Works in SF’s SOMA district to learn about the community-engaged process and innovative partnerships that made it happen! In this volatile time when justice is under

    Sound Memories: A Global Dialogue on Preserving Memory Through Sound

    Swissnex in San Francisco, Pier 17 Swissnex in SF, Pier 17, Suite 800, San Francisco, California, United States
    Swissnex in San Francisco in collaboration with the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich (MfGZ)  presents “Sound Memories” – a hybrid event together with Swissnex in China exploring how  technology can preserve and revive sound-related objects through audio visualization and  design. This artist talk will shed light on new digital approaches to conservation, from  reinterpreting historical sounds

    Atelier Tour and Talk with Diane Dorrans Saeks: ERICA TANOV AND THE ARTISTRY OF CONTEMPORARY TEXTILES

    Erica Tanov Showroom | Atelier Erica Tanov Showroom | Atelier, Berkeley, California, United States
    In an intimate talk moderated by esteemed design writer Diane Dorrans Saeks, guests are invited into the tactile, poetic world of designer Erica Tanov. Celebrating the timeless elegance and personal artistry of Erica’s work, the evening offers a rare opportunity to tour the designer’s studio housed in an 1878 Italianate Victorian, and hear directly from the designer about her

    Multimodal Creativity → Flowing Between Mediums

    Problem Library 1288 15th Ave, San Francisco, California, United States
    Designer, 3D artist, and music producer Danny Jones invites you into the layered, unpredictable world of multimodal creativity. In this talk, he’ll explore how multimodal creatives use AI, cross-disciplinary thinking, and taste to move fluidly between mediums, shaping new ways of working and building worlds that guide how we perceive and feel. Danny’s work focuses

    Formed by Us : A Women in Design SF Showcase

    Gantri Studio 320 10th Street, San Francisco, California, United States
    Women in Design SF (WID) is teaming up with Gantri to host our second annual showcase at SF Design Week 2025! The showcase will exhibit works from women, nonbinary, and gender-expansive designers from around the Bay Area. Each exhibit will respond to the SF Design Week theme of Reform. Through the acts of designing and

    Design Impact. Reimagined

    Box Clever 285 7th Street, San Francisco, California, United States
    In partnership with Box Clever, Design Burger returns to SFDW to present a specially curated event. In a time of uncertainty, we need positive perspectives to help shine an optimistic light on a path forward for our profession and for new businesses looking to make positive change in the world. Hear from Joe Slatter (Design Burger,