News
May 28, 2013
Design in Health for Youth Summit TV broadcast
The Seattle Channel filmed the Design in Health for Youth Summit and has made the program available online and on television (Channel 21) at the following times:
Tuesday, May 28, 201, 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, May 29, 2013, 10:00 a.m.
Thursday, May 30, 2013, 12:00 a.m.
Thursday, May 30, 2013, 5:00 a.m.
Friday, May 31, 2013, 12:00 a.m
May 1, 2013
Design in Public Awarded NEA Grant
For Immediate Release:
DATE: May 1, 2013
CONTACT: Lisa Richmond, Executive Director
Design in Public receives National Endowment for the Arts Grant
to Support its 2013-14 Programming
Grant one of 817 NEA Art Works grants totaling $26.3 million in funding nationwide
Seattle— National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Acting Chairman Joan Shigekawa announced today that Design in Public is one of 817 nonprofit organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Art Works grant. Design in Public is recommended for a $20,000 grant to support our 2013-14 programming.
Acting Chairman Shigekawa said, “The National Endowment for the Arts is proud to support these exciting and diverse arts projects that will take place throughout the United States. Whether it is through a focus on education, engagement, or innovation, these projects all contribute to vibrant communities and memorable opportunities for the public to engage with the arts.”
In August 2012, the NEA received 1,547 eligible applications for Art Works grants requesting more than $80 million in funding. Art Works grants support the creation of art that meets the highest standards of excellence, public engagement with diverse and excellent art, lifelong learning in the arts, and the strengthening of communities through the arts. The 817 recommended NEA grants total $26.3 million and span 13 artistic disciplines and fields. Applications were reviewed by panels of outside experts convened by NEA staff and each project was judged on its artistic excellence and artistic merit.
For a complete listing of projects recommended for Art Works grant support, please visit the NEA website at www.arts.gov.
February 25, 2013
For Immediate Release: Seattle – February 14, 2013 – Design in Public, a non-profit strategic initiative of AIA Seattle, welcomes Katherine Wimble as its new Associate Director. Katherine will be working to further Design in Public’s mission of advancing Seattle’s livability through design. Her work over the next year will focus on a theme of Design in Health, through programs including a Design in Health Summit, a design competition, and the annual Seattle Design Festival.
Katherine brings a background of landscape urbanism, fine art, graphic design, and environmental sciences to a passion for sensitive design for people in public space. Prior to joining Design in Public, Katherine worked on a wide variety of urban design projects as a Landscape and Communications Designer at Hapa Collaborative in Vancouver, BC. Her Master’s degree education in Landscape Architecture at the University of Washington included a four-month internship with world-renowned urban quality consultants Gehl Architects in Copenhagen, Denmark. Prior to earning an MLA, she worked as a Visual Communications Manager and Executive Assistant at Peace X Peace, a Washington, DC-based non-profit organization connecting women peace-builders around the world.
Katherine also holds a Post Baccalaureate Graduate Degree in Painting from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a B.Sc. in Forestry and Wildlife Resources from Virginia Tech. She has served as a Peace Corps volunteer working with environmental NGOs in Krakow, Poland and as an Animal Behavior Enrichment volunteer at the Auckland Zoo in New Zealand. Katherine also creates site-specific, public art installations as a founding member of The Unearth Collective.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Hi-res image is available upon request. Contact Kimber Leblicq at kleblicq@aiaseattle.org or (206) 448-4938 ext. 103.
September 30, 2012
In Seattle Business magazine, Anne Traver uses Seattle Design Festival as an opportunity to discuss the relationship between business and design in her article “Design as Intangible: Changes at the Intersection of Design and Business”.
KPLU‘s Jennifer Wing does a piece about “upcycling” that mentions Seattle Design Festival and quotes Design in Public’s Executive Director, Lisa Richmond.
Seattle Design Festival is mentioned in an article about the old 520 bridge pontoons’ design competition on Komo News.
Downtown Seattle writes about the Design in Public’s Seattle Design Festival on their news pages.
The band, Three for T, created a Facebook event to advertise their gig at the Seattle Design Festival.
The Stranger lists showtimes and reviews for the films shown at the Seattle Design Festival.
Seattle Design Festival is mentioned in a Seattle Times article about movies. Published on September 20, 2012, written by Moira Macdonald
Home & Decoration blog posted about Seattle Design Festival.
Seattle Design Festival mentioned on Curbed.
Seattle Post Intelligencer included Seattle Design Festival’s Happy Hour on their weekend list of things to do.
Seattle Design Festival included on Alaska Business Monthly events.
Article titled “Top 5 Seattle Design Festival Events” by Seth Sommerfield published on Seattle Met.
Adam Bejan Parast writes about Seattle Design Festival events on the Seattle Transit Blog.
Seattle Design Festival listed as an event on KiroTV.com
Daily Journal of Commerce wrote an article about the Seattle Design Festival.
Seattle Design Festival included in the “Things to Do This Week” on About.com for Seattle/Tacoma.
Information about Seattle Design Festival included on the same page as an architecture article on The Seattle Times.
The Seattle Design Festival’s Design Block/John Street is listed on Wherevent.
Artefact, an award-winning technology product design company, included on article on their website, “Artifact Partners with Seattle Design Festival For Exciting Design ‘Super Weekend’”.
Oklahoma’s News On 6 included an article on their website titled “Seattle Gets Ready for Design ‘Super Weekend’ with Seattle Design Festival”.
“Seattle Gets Ready for Design ‘Super Weekend’ with Seattle Design Festival” article published on Seattle Post Intelligencer website.
Bustler announced the Seattle Design Jam: Street Furniture Design Competition.
Alison Furuto writes about Seattle Design Festival and Design in Public for ArchDaily.
August 29, 2012
Both Design in Public and the Seattle Design Festival are featured in an article in the print version of Seattle magazine (page 30) and its online version: http://seattlemag.com/article/seattle-design-festival-brings-artful-ideas-streets
August 28, 2012
City Arts magazine mentions the Design in Public fundraiser at Western Bridge, along with the upcoming Seattle Design Festival (page 14), and includes a photo of Graypants’ bar and lighting installation at the August 3 event.
August 7, 2012
New nonprofit Design in Public officially announced in press release. Download press release
September 23, 2011
The Puget Sound Business Journal publishes a contributed article by Bob Hull, Festival Honorary Co-Chair: “Good Design’s Day in the Sun.” (Content available to subscribers.)
September 22, 2011
Crosscut’s article Seattle’s fall art scene delves into design notes how the Festival “mark[s] not the end of a list but the beginning of many more art and design events in the greater Seattle area.”
The Seattlest includes August de los Reyes’ talk in their “Can’t Miss It” Thursday post, an event they say is “right on target” in terms of the Festival’s goal in demonstrating that “design is an active force that solves problems, contributes to innovation, and improves our lives.”
The UW Department of Architecture blog again highlights some Festival films in their An Autumn Weekend in Seattle blog entry.
The Seattle Times ‘Movies’ section mentions a few of the many excellent architecture and design films offered by the Festival.
September 21, 2011
DJC Green Building Blog highlights the Brightwater grand opening celebration as an event “not to miss” in their recent blog post Tours galore including net zero energy zHome, Brightwater, Seattle Design Festival.
September 20, 2011
Seattle real estate blog Urbnlivn showcases some Seattle Design Festival events in Our Picks for the Seattle Design Festival.
PopCap talks about their Design Marks sonotube and the Belltown P-Patch in which it resides in A Pillar of our Community, an entry on their company blog.
September 18, 2011
The Seattle Times Pacific Northwest Magazine introduces the FutureShack jury and invites readers to “please welcome the newest member of our festival-happy town, this one celebrating all things design” in Seattle debuts Design Festival; Meet the FutureShack jury.
September 16, 2011
Publicola chose the Seattle Design Festival as one of their “Publicalendar Picks,” saying “Whether you are a professional who understands the artistic nuances of design, or a civically engaged citizen seeking ideas and possibilities for the future of the city, you’re sure to find inspiration and food for thought at this festival.”
Another weekend feature in the Seattle P-I for the Festival!
Watch the Seattle Chinese Times’ coverage of Park(ing) Day and interview with Festival organizer Linda Norlen.
September 15, 2011
The UW Department of Architecture profiles a few of the many events offered by the Festival in their This Weekend feature.
The Seattle P-I writes about the Festival and how it “will give all of us a chance to learn more about what makes design work” in Seattle, get ready to think about design.
September 13, 2011
Crosscut.com publishes an essay by Barbara Swift, one of the four Honorary Co-Chairs of the Festival, on why our region is poised for a flourishing of design.
Charles Mudede of The Stranger recommends the films in the Seattle Design Festival, particularly “Visual Acoustics: the Modernism of Julius Shulman” (which screens Saturday, September 24) and the two documentaries playing on Friday, September 23: “How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr. Foster?” and “Eye Over Prague.”
September 1, 2011
The Seattle Magazine 2011 Fall Arts Preview selected the Seattle Design Festival for one of its “Must-See Events” among Fall Arts Festivals.
Seattle Magazine (online and print, p. 157), September 2011
One of the eight films in the Seattle Design Festival, Modern Views: A Conversation About Northwest Architecture, by Boaz Ashkenazy, was named an “Editor’s Pick.”
Seattle Magazine (online and print, p.162), September 2011
August 17, 2011
The Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce reports on the Festival’s selection of Honorary Co-Chairs Jack Anderson (Hornall Anderson), John Barratt (Teague), Robert Hull (Miller Hull Partnership), and Barbara Swift (Swift Company) in an article titled “Co-chairs named for design festival.” (Content available to subscribers.)
July 30, 2011
Our Seattle Design Festival “pop-up design center” and its activities will be hosted by Olson Kundig Architects in a space at 406 Occidental Avenue they’re simply calling [storefront], which was mentioned July 27 in The Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce.
July 25, 2011
The Seattle Design Festival will be mentioned Sunday, September 18 in the The Seattle Times Pacific Northwest Magazine cover story on FutureShack 2011, AIA Seattle’s residential design program happening September 20 at Seattle Center.
June 29, 2011
The Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce covers the Seattle Design Festival in an article by Lynn Porter, “Festival this fall will focus on the variety of design in Seattle.”
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