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SUMMARY:An Evening with Chef Tu David Phu\, a San Francisco Chronicle Rising Star Chef: SF Design Week Fundraiser
DESCRIPTION:We believe some of the most meaningful connections happen around food. Join us in supporting San Francisco Design Week by reserving your spot for an intimate reception with acclaimed Chef Tu David Phu. All proceeds benefit San Francisco Design Week. \nEnjoy a thoughtfully curated evening with a small circle of local design leaders—taste Chef Tu’s evocative menu\, hear the personal journey behind his celebrated work\, and take home a signed copy of his cookbook\, The Memory of Taste. \nChef Tu and our CEO\, Dawn Zidonis\, first connected during a San Francisco Design Week event years ago—a friendship that blossomed through a shared passion for culture\, creativity\, and community. Their continued collaboration is proof that San Francisco Design Week sparks lasting relationships that enrich our design ecosystem. \nThis special evening marks the close of our 19th Edition and helps fuel our vision for the future as we begin planning our 20th Anniversary in 2026. \nDue to the intimate nature of this event\, only a small amount of tickets are available. \nIncluded in the ticket price: The Memory of Taste Recipe Book\, Meet-n-greet with Chef Tu\, Catered by Gigi’s\, Wine. \nABOUT CHEF TU DAVID PHU: \nChef 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 of his refugee parents. His roots trace back to Phu Quoc\, Vietnam\, where his family has crafted artisanal fish sauce since 1895. \nChef Phu’s culinary expertise is a testament to his diverse experiences. He honed his skills in the hallowed kitchens of renowned establishments\, ranging from New York’s internationally acclaimed Daniel to San Francisco’s prestigious 2-star Michelin restaurant\, Acquerello. Throughout his career\, he absorbed the essence of various culinary traditions\, from American culinary excellence to classical European techniques. Yet\, a profound connection to what he calls “the memory of taste” led him back to his Vietnamese roots. \nEmbarking on a culinary exploration of his mother’s treasured recipes\, Chef Tu revisited cherished childhood dishes and embarked on pilgrimages to Vietnam for inspiration. His innovative Vietnamese-California cuisine began to garner recognition in 2016 with his weekly pop-up dining experience\, “Ăn.” In 2017\, the San Francisco Chronicle crowned him as a Rising Star Chef\, marking the beginning of a series of accolades. \nChef Tu’s culinary journey expanded its horizons when he joined Bravo’s Top Chef Season 15 in 2019 and hosted ABC’s Taste Buds: Chefsgiving\, a program that received a James Beard Award nomination. Currently\, he is co-authoring his first cookbook\, titled “THE MEMORY OF TASTE\,” alongside James Beard Journalism Award winner Soleil Ho\, a prominent figure in the culinary world. \n“The Memory of Taste” is not just a cookbook; it’s a celebration of inheritance. It delves into Chef Tu David Phu’s journey as a chef\, emphasizing the invaluable culinary lessons passed down by his parents\, refugees from Phu Quoc. These lessons encompass frugality\, zero-waste cooking\, and practical gill-to-fin eating. The cookbook features a playful collection of California-Vietnamese dishes like tuna summer rolls and 7-Up nuoc cham\, seamlessly integrating Chef Tu’s ambitious and modern culinary style with the food wisdom that nurtured him. \nRegistration:\nRegister through the San Francisco Design Week platform to attend this event. If you’d like to attend but are not attending San Francisco Design Week\, or want to donate an additional amount for more benefits\, or invite a friend\, visit our other fundraiser page for this event. \nCan’t attend but still want to contribute?\nMake a donation here! We appreciate your support for Design Bay Area: San Francisco Design Week\, Design Healdsburg\, Silicon Valley Design Week \n\nMake a donation! Show your support
URL:https://sfdesignweek.embold.net/event/meet-chef-tu-david-phu-a-san-francisco-chronicle-rising-star-chef-sf-design-week-fundraiser/
LOCATION:Gigi’s\, 299 Divisadero St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94117\, United States
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SUMMARY:tools for after - Traveling Exhibition from Rome
DESCRIPTION:*** APPOINTMENT REQUIRED***\nThe exhibition tools for after focuses on innovation within the Italian design culture through a display of objects\, images and videos. What will the design and architecture of tomorrow look like? tools for after offers solutions to prevent―or to confront―the scenarios that the Anthropocene age has in store for us. The designer’s task is to envision the future. Envisioning is planning\, and planning is what architects and designers do. \n  \nThis traveling exhibition from Rome is making a stop in San Francisco. See it before it moves on to it’s next destination. \nOpen M-F 10 AM-4 PM \nThe exhibition continues May 6 – Aug 31\, 2025\, open M-F 10 AM-4 PM by appointment (contact.sanfrancisco@esteri.it).
URL:https://sfdesignweek.embold.net/event/tools-for-after-exhibition/
LOCATION:Italian Cultural Institute @INNOVIT\, 710 Sansome St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94111\, United States
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SUMMARY:tools for after Opening Reception: Touring Exhibition from Rome
DESCRIPTION:The exhibition tools for after focuses on innovation within the Italian design culture through a display of objects\, images and videos. What will the design and architecture of tomorrow look like? tools for after offers solutions to prevent―or to confront―the scenarios that the Anthropocene age has in store for us. The designer’s task is to envision the future. Envisioning is planning\, and planning is what architects and designers do. \n 
URL:https://sfdesignweek.embold.net/event/tools-for-after-opening-reception/
LOCATION:Italian Cultural Institute @INNOVIT\, 710 Sansome St.\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94111\, United States
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SUMMARY:Design Futures: A Conversation with SFMOMA Curator Joseph Becker
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an inspiring evening with Joseph Becker\, curator of architecture and design at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)\, as he shares insights into the evolving landscape of design through the lens of curatorial practice.  \nThis intimate conversation will explore how design is documented\, exhibited\, and interpreted within the museum context—from emerging technologies and sustainable materials to the cultural shifts influencing form and function. Joseph will reflect on recent exhibitions\, acquisitions\, and their vision for the future of design at SFMOMA. \nWhether you’re a practicing designer\, student\, or simply design-curious\, this event offers a rare opportunity to hear directly from leading voices shaping the public dialogue around architecture and design in the Bay Area and globally. \nModerated by San Francisco Design Week and Design Bay Area CEO\, Dawn Zidonis. \n  \n  \n\n  \nJOSEPH BECKER\nCurator of Architecture and Design\, SFMOMA\nJoseph Becker is a curator\, writer\, and educator in San Francisco. He is the Curator of\nArchitecture and Design at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art\, where since 2007\nhe has contributed to dozens of exhibitions\, including curating Art of Noise (2024)\,\nMarshall Brown Projects: Dequindre Civic Academy (2023)\, Insist\, Resist\, Persist:\nWomen’s Liberation Posters (2020)\, Stephen ESPO Powers: Daymaker (2019)\, Donald\nJudd: Specific Furniture (2018)\, Get with the Action: Political Posters from the 1960s to\nNow (2017-18)\, Tomás Saraceno: Stillness in Motion – Cloud Cities (2017)\, Field\nConditions (2012) and Less and More: The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams (2011)\, as well\nas co-curating Barbara Stauffacher Solomon: Strips of Stripes (2023)\, Tauba Auerbach:\nS v Z (2022)\, Far Out: Suits\, Habs\, and Labs for Outer Space (2019-20)\, The Sea\nRanch: Architecture\, Environment\, and Idealism (2018-9)\, Nothing Stable Under\nHeaven (2018)\, Typeface to Interface: Graphic Design from the Collection (2016)\, and\nLebbeus Woods\, Architect (2013-14). Joseph has also been responsible for hundreds of\nmajor acquisitions and donations to SFMOMA’s collection\, as well as the exhibition\ndesign and visual direction of many of SFMOMA’s Architecture and Design exhibitions.\nHe has moderated and served on numerous art and design panels\, been an invited\njuror at many national architecture programs\, led workshops on exhibition and\nexperiential design\, lectured internationally\, and consulted on public art and design\nprojects. His recent publications on art\, architecture\, and design include Tauba\nAuerbach: S v Z (SFMOMA/D.A.P.\, 2020)\, and The Sea Ranch: Architecture\,\nEnvironment\, and Idealism (Prestel/DelMonico\, 2018)\, and contributions to Lebbeus\nWoods: Exquisite Experiments\, Early Years (Wiley\, 2024)\, Strips of Stripes: Barbara\nStauffacher Solomon (Colpa Press\, 2023)\, Recurrent Visions: The Architecture of\nMarshall Brown Projects (Princeton Architectural Press\, 2022)\, Allied Works\nArchitecture: Dwelling (Rizzoli\, 2017)\, and Lebbeus Woods: Architect (The Drawing\nCenter\, 2014). He received both his Bachelor of Architecture and his Master of\nAdvanced Architectural Design in Design Theory and Critical Practice from the\nCalifornia College of the Arts\, where he has been a Visiting Professor teaching\ninterdisciplinary seminars on art and architecture. \n  \n\nDawn Zidonis\nCEO\, San Francisco Design Week/Design Bay Area\nCo-founder and CEO of Design Bay Area and San Francisco Design Week. Design Bay Area is the leading multi-disciplinary design\, arts and culture platform showcasing the innovation\, influence and reach of the products and brands in our region. \nDawn is also the co-founder of World Design Weeks\, a non-profit organization dedicated to connecting international design weeks\, sharing resources and content while fostering conversations and relationships between design cities. \nShe has served on the board of directors at The Center for Architecture and Design in San Francisco which produces Architecture and the City\, a month long celebration of Architecture and Design. Dawn calls herself “a total introvert” but no one who actually knows her believes it.
URL:https://sfdesignweek.embold.net/event/design-futures-a-conversation-with-sfmoma-curators-jennifer-dunlop-fletcher-joseph-becker/
LOCATION:Four One Nine\, 419 10th Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
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SUMMARY:Cultivating Resilience: Reimagining Urban Landscapes
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an inspiring conversation\, moderated by co-founder of Galanter & Jones\, Miranda Jones\, with four visionary Bay Area landscape designers who are reimagining outdoor spaces for our changing climate. Molly Sedlacek (Orca) shares perspectives on sustainable coastal design\, while Daniel Nolan demonstrates the beauty and practicality of drought-resistant gardens. Holly Kuljian (Pine House Edible Gardens) reveals how productive food landscapes can transform urban environments\, and Anooshey Rahim (Dune Hai Landscape Design) discusses culturally-responsive and contemporary landscape solutions. Together\, they’ll explore how thoughtful design can create resilient\, beautiful\, and functional spaces in our changing climate. Discover how these visionaries are transforming the Bay Area through innovative approaches to design that honor both natural ecosystems and cultural heritage. \nModerated by: Miranda Jones\, Co-founder Galanter & Jones \nMolly Sedlacek – ORCA \nDaniel Nolan –Daniel Nolan Design  \nHolly Kuljian – Pine House Edible Gardens \nAnooshey Rahim – Dune Hai
URL:https://sfdesignweek.embold.net/event/cultivating-resilience-reimagining-urban-landscapes/
LOCATION:Four One Nine\, 419 10th Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Design Edge: Reimagining Climate Action
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an inspiring conversation where we explore the frontiers of climate innovation through design. This exclusive San Francisco Design Week roundtable brings together four leaders who are pioneering solutions to environmental challenges through creative approaches to materials\, behavior change\, and perception. \nDiscover how how innovators are creating tangible solutions at the intersection of design and climate action. Through their work\, they explore a critical superpower in the climate crisis: making sustainable solutions not just viable but desirable. Together we’ll examine how design thinking can transform complex climate initiatives into compelling experiences that drive adoption and inspire change. \nFORMAT: \n\nIntroductions\n5-7 minute presentations\nDiscussion and Q+A\n\nPRESENTERS: \n\nJulia Marsh – Co-founder and CEO of Sway\, transforming seaweed into innovative packaging materials that replace single-use plastics with regenerative alternatives designed to work in harmony with natural ecosystems\nNatalia Kowaleczko – Founder and Creative Director of Pact Studio\, reimagining sustainability initiatives and technologies through strategic design and visual narratives that amplify impact and adoption\nBaillie Mishler – Founding Industrial Designer of PROWL Studio\, bringing products\, research and storytelling to life through a ‘We Begin with the End™’ ethos\, an earth-centered framework\, strategic collaboration\, and by placing materials at the center of development.
URL:https://sfdesignweek.embold.net/event/the-design-edge-reimagining-climate-action/
LOCATION:Four One Nine\, 419 10th Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
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SUMMARY:James Hurst: The Tension of Design Between the Familiar and the Unfamiliar
DESCRIPTION:Design has always been a tension between the familiar and the unfamiliar. \nToo normal? No one notices.\nToo weird? No one understands.\nThe sweet spot? That’s where culture shifts. \nI’ll be talking about the creative framework that’s shaped much of my work over the past two decades:\n   Weird the Normal — making the everyday feel strange\, delightful\, or uncanny.\n   Normal the Weird — taking complex or unconventional ideas and making them feel obvious. \nFrom rethinking global brand systems at Google to building playful weirdness into Tinder\, I’ve found that creative impact often comes down to how bravely — and precisely — we calibrate those two forces. \nIn this talk\, I’ll share:\n– Why our cultural definition of “normal” is eroding (and why that’s a good thing)\n– How to use AI not just to generate\, but to reframe\n– Real stories from the frontlines of brand reinvention\, product design\, and semiotic strategy\n– Tools to help your team design for emotional resonance\, not just efficiency \nIf you’re working at the intersection of creativity and technology — this is for you. \n\nCome find me at SF Design Week — I’ll be in conversation\, sharing new ideas\, and probably drawing some weird diagrams. \n  \nABOUT JAMES HURST: \nJames Hurst is a designer\, author\, Partner & Chief Creative Officer at Zag. \nHe has led creative teams at some of the world’s most influential tech companies — as Head of Brand Design at Google\, Global Creative Director at Pinterest\, and Creative Director at Tinder — where he helped shape product-led brand experiences at scale. James is the author of Use Design To Design Change\, a practical framework for building brands with purpose\, and teaches a course on AI and Aesthetic Intelligence\, equipping creatives with the tools to thrive in a new era of design. \nWork etc & Rogue School
URL:https://sfdesignweek.embold.net/event/james-hurst-the-tension-of-design-between-the-familiar-and-the-unfamiliar/
LOCATION:Four One Nine\, 419 10th Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
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SUMMARY:Fashioning Reform: A Panel with Sonya Yu
DESCRIPTION:“What if” we reinvented fashion? “What if” that reinvention helped change the world? And “what if” every designer asked themselves “what if” to spark lasting change? \nThe innovative designers Ann Duskus\, Paolo Cui and Stella Harry Lee ask themselves this question to change how they approach and execute designs while creating a fashion forward model of sustainability via their chosen mediums: bespoke footwear for Ann through her consultancy Studio Duskus\, reworked vintage and sashiko mending workshops for Paolo through his brand Idle Worship\, and experimental fibers for Stella through her material design studio. \nIn conversation with Four One Nine founder Sonya Yu\, the three designers explore the idea of reform—and stagnancy—in the fashion industry\, manufacturing\, supply chain\, and personal creativity.
URL:https://sfdesignweek.embold.net/event/fashioning-reform-a-panel-with-sonya-yu/
LOCATION:Four One Nine\, 419 10th Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
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SUMMARY:Am I the Creative\, or Just the Prompt? with Pablo Stanley
DESCRIPTION:A doodle-filled fireside chat about creativity in the age of AI—from the thrill of working with these tools to the creeping fear of being replaced by them. Pablo Stanley shares his personal journey with generative tech\, the tension between control and collaboration\, and what it means to stay human when a robot helps you with your ideas. Live iPad sketching included. \n  \n  \n  \nABOUT PABLO STANLEY: \n\n\n\n\nHola\, I’m a Co-founder at Musho—AI Designer\, Blush\, and Lummi—tools to unlock people’s creativity. Working in Bueno\, and previously made Robotos\, Humankind\, Transhumans\, Humaaans\, Open Peeps\, etc . Previously I was a Lead at InVision\, a Staff Designer at Lyft\, and co-founder of Carbon Health. I give design workshops and share design tutorials on YouTube. I also host a design podcast\, manage Latinxs Who Design\, give talks around the world\, and write silly comics. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nBlush / Instagram / Twitter / Medium / LinkedIn / YouTube / Newsletter \n\n\n\n 
URL:https://sfdesignweek.embold.net/event/am-i-the-creative-or-just-the-prompt-with-pablo-stanley/
LOCATION:FourOneNine\, 419 10th Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
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SUMMARY:Color as Catalyst: Design for Social Impact with Project Color Corps and Fuseproject
DESCRIPTION:Join moderator Dawn Zidonis for a Fireside Chat with Laura Guido-Clark\, Founder and CEO of Love Good Color and Project Color Corps and Yves Behar\, Founder and CEO of Fuseproject as they revisit their collaboration between Project Color Corps and fuseproject at the Willie Mays Boys & Girls Club in San Francisco’s Hunters Point. Through community-led workshops\, kids created a “Good Fun” color palette that transformed their space and reflected their voices. \nThis conversation will explore how color can shape perception\, mood\, and behavior—and how it continues to drive meaningful transformation\, creating equity\, joy and belonging in neighborhoods. \nSPEAKERS: \n\nABOUT LAURA-GUIDO CLARK: \nLaura Guido-Clark is an expert in the skin of consumer products – their color\, materials\, and finish.  \nThroughout her twenty-plus year career\, Laura has analyzed the conscious and unconscious influences that drive buying decisions. She has been dubbed an ‘Experience Consultant’ because of her ability to translate those influences into prescient forecasting and concrete applications of color and finish for new products.  \nIn 2017\, Laura launched her groundbreaking color methodology called LOVE GOOD COLOR. LOVE GOOD COLOR integrates science and the senses\, enabling designers to factor in emotive response when using color.  \nLaura has helped companies such as Herman Miller\, HP\, Samsung\, and Toyota use color and materials on their products that resonate with consumers and succeed in competitive markets. Her textile and pattern design includes work for HBF\, Pallas\, Carnegie\, and FLOR.  \nLaura’s expertise ranges from textiles to consumer products such as automotive\, electronics\, and major household appliances. \nIn 2011\, Laura founded Project Color Corps\, a nonprofit organization dedicated to painting urban neighborhoods with color and pattern that impart positive messages of joy\, equity and belonging. The organization is now flourishing in four cities across the country. \n  \n\nABOUT YVES BEHAR: \nYves Behar is the Founder and CEO of fuseproject\, a design and innovation studio based in San Francisco and Lisbon. He has launched over 100 early-stage ventures and developed products for brands such as Samsung\, Herman Miller\, and L’Oréal. His work is rooted in the belief that design accelerates the adoption of new ideas\, shaping products that transform how we live. \nBehar is known for creating iconic products like the SNOO smart sleeper\, Herman Miller Sayl chair\, and Samsung Frame TV. He has also led humanitarian projects such as a partnership with the non-profit The Ocean Cleanup\, and See Better to Learn Better\, which have improved millions of lives globally. \nA leader in AI and robotics\, Behar and Fuseproject designed Moxie\, an emotionally intelligent robot for children\, ElliQ\, an AI companion for the elderly\, and Maxio for AES – an AI-driven robot that installs solar panels in half the time at half the cost. His work is included in the collections of major museums\, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. \nBehar has received over 300 awards and has been named one of TIME Magazine’s Top 25 Visionaries. Forbes recognized him as the “Most Influential Industrial Designer in the World.” \n  \n\nMODERATOR: DAWN ZIDONIS\n \nCo-founder and CEO of Design Bay Area and San Francisco Design Week. Design Bay Area is the leading multi-disciplinary design\, arts and culture platform showcasing the innovation\, influence and reach of the products and brands in our region. \nDawn is also the co-founder of World Design Weeks\, a non-profit organization dedicated to connecting international design weeks\, sharing resources and content while fostering conversations and relationships between design cities. \nShe has served on the board of directors at The Center for Architecture and Design in San Francisco which produces Architecture and the City\, a month long celebration of Architecture and Design. Dawn calls herself “a total introvert” but no one who actually knows her believes it.
URL:https://sfdesignweek.embold.net/event/color-as-catalyst-design-for-social-impact-with-project-color-corps-and-fuseproject/
LOCATION:Four One Nine\, 419 10th Street\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94103\, United States
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