Yasaman Esmaili is an award-winning architect originally from Tehran, Iran and the founder of studio chahar, a design practice and research collective focused on projects and design initiatives that engage the community at every step of the design process, explore localities, and transform the built environment in an equitable and innovative way. Yasaman believes that…
Gather Seattle is a community, a network, and a welcoming friend group with a mission to support one another in creative pursuits that enhance the vibrancy of the city and the greater PNW. Through their monthly event programming, Gather Seattle invites people from the food, design, and creative communities to share their stories and speak…
2018 was a year of TRUST and EXPANSION Highlights Include: The 2018 Seattle Design Festival gathered 21,000+ attendees, 145 partners, 90+ programs and installations, and 20+ design disciplines that explored design and TRUST. Imagine Africatown: Central District Design Weekend gathered designers, planners, developers, and community members of all ages to vision and design a future…
I’m a design student from Mexico City. Just a few years ago I was far away from my graduation and really close to dropping out, and the only choice I had was to reexamine my roll as a student, and the roll of the designer as a representative of change. I decided to focus in…
Support Design in the Public Realm We believe that design is for everyone. We believe that design generates creative solutions to pressing issues that affect all of us. We believe that inclusive co-design practices are essential to shaping an equitable Seattle. Design in Public is a platform for bold design conversations. Our 2018 programs…
I am a college student who has spent the last four years learning from excellent educational designers and experimenting through school projects to understand the scope of the discipline to impact the lives of communities in different situations of vulnerability. Among these projects I have developed product proposals to apply physiotherapy in juvenile chronic arthritis,…