Block Party
Saturday, September 12 - Sunday September 13, 10am - 6pm
Occidental Park, 300 Occidental Ave S. 98104
PARK(ing) Day
Friday, September 18, 10am - 7pm
Citywide
Conference
Saturday, September 19, 930am - 6pm
Seattle Central Public Library, 1000 4th Ave, Seattle, WA 98104
Partner Programs
Daily
Citywide
Closing Party
Friday, September 25
Surface Theory, 536 1st Avenue South, Seattle, WA 98104
Seattle Design Festival events are free and require no RSVP unless otherwise noted.
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Deepening Human Connection shows how design, across all disciplines, can be utilized to deepen human connection. In a day and age where new and emerging technologies and social habits lead to the fragmentation of physical and emotional connections, SDF sees the importance of a design driven critical inquiry. How can we utilize design strategies to forge and maintain the essence of human relationships when the digital world is vying for our attention?
Event highlights include:
Human Connection Reading Room - Art journals read by local artist under the theme of human connection in an intimate reading space. Hosted by the New Foundation
Human Connection Photobooth - Connect with other people in real life and have if documented!
Gallery displaying this year’s grant proposals with opportunity to add votes to the 'popular vote grant' for $500
Announcing this year’s design grant winners with comments from our judges (Jennifer Nava Milliken, curator of design at Bellevue Arts Museum; Stefani Bartz, past SDF grant winner graphic and UX designer; Rob Girling, Co-founder and Principal of Artefact Group; Tyler Engle, principal at Tyler Engle Architects and President of On The Boards; Dave Mikula, Founder and Creative Director of Friends. Nicholas Kamuda, Creative Director for Microsoft HoloLens and Windows Holographic at Microsoft, and Seattle Design Foundation board member)
Tell us what social issue the design grant theme should address in 2016.
