• Double Union Feminist Hacker/Maker Space Open House

    Double Union community workshop 650 Florida St Unit M, San Francisco, CA, California, United States
    Discover the spirit of Double Union at our Open House! As a hacker/maker space, we’re dedicated to providing a welcoming environment where women and nonbinary individuals can freely engage in a variety of activities, from coding to crafting. Our members are committed to fostering a culture of curiosity, inclusivity, and experimentation. No need to prove

    The Future is Physital – Designs that Bridge the Physical and Digital World, Enabled by XR, AI and other Emerging Tech

    Studio Heimat 455 10th St, San Francisco, CA, United States
    In this lecture, designer and artist Xiaobi Iris Pan (https://irispan.net/) will share design trends made possible with the latest AI and XR technologies. Iris believes the future of design should poetically bridge the digital world with the physical, to create a world where bits and atoms are interwoven, where technology is used to connect rather than isolate, inspire rather than distract, nourish rather

    Surface Design Vase Painting with Holly Coley

    Pinckney Clay 3417 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, United States
    Join local artist and designer Holly Coley for bud vase painting and wine tasting. Enjoy painting your favorite color pallet on a handmade bud vase by Holly Coley. Enjoy a glass of wine as you paint the night away. Pinckney offers an SF Design Week Special! 🙂 For this workshop the cost per person is

    Behind the Scenes Look at Building a Creative Space

    Ciel Creative Space 2611 Eighth Street, Berkeley, California, United States
    Do creatives need a home? Why does a physical space for the creative industry matter? Join the founders of Ciel Creative Space as they discuss their intentions for opening 55,000 square feet of creative studios, and the philosophy behind it all, Urban Acupuncture. Located in Berkeley, California, and stretching an entire city’s block, Ciel Creative

    MMclay “Pop-Up” Marketplace: Intentional Living through Culinary Connections

    MMclay Studio. + Showroom 69 Gough Street, San Francisco, California, United States
    At MMclay, our work is created as a reminder of the slow beauty that can only be created by human hands. Our attention is put into slower and manual processes, creating work that brings people together while making everyday moments special–from your morning coffee to a dinner party.   For this event, we aim to

    Chronos vs. Kairos: The Battle for Attention

    El Lopo 1327 Polk St, San Francisco, CA, United States
    Join us for an interactive discussion and exploration of time. How do we experience it? Are we using it wisely? The technological advancements of the digital age enable us to keep our calendars full and our lives productive as ever, but at what cost? The ancient Greeks had two concepts of time. Chronos is quantitative

    Women in Leadership & Design (WILD) Jam: Focus Your Vision

    The Box SF 1073 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA, United States
    We are redirecting the attention of our Women in Leadership & Design (WILD) community through a vision boarding party during SF Design Week. Vision boarding is an inspiring creative tool for focusing one’s attention on a better, more intentional future — a major part of both SFDW’s and WILD’s reasons for being. When we give

    Mindful Futures – creativity for humanity

    44 Montgomery St 44 Montgomery St, San Francisco, CA, United States
    Topic: Regenerative AI Discuss limits and possibilities of using AI to inform new approaches in sustainability, innovation, and new business models.Our event centers on the theme of fostering creativity for humanity in the era of AI generatively. We aim to gather professionals from various industries who incorporate Generative AI into their workflow to showcase their work,

    Pacita Abad: The Making of an Exhibition

    Virtual Virtual, Virtual, California, United States
    Virtual Event
    The late Filipino-American artist Pacita Abad (1946-2004)—whose 32-year career focused on marginalized people on the “periphery of power”—is having a major cultural moment. The Pacita Abad Exhibition opened at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, MN in 2023, as the largest museum exhibit in the U.S. devoted to an Asian American female artist.  The exhibition

    The Complexity of Simple Design: Challenges of a Hawaii Project

    JOHN CLARKE Architects 4000 Bridgeway, suite 304, Sausalito, CA, United States
    Designing a new home in Hawaii has many challenges – starting with the remote nature of the site, leading to the orientation of the proposed project, being respectful of the extreme environmental conditions, developing simple details that complement the surrounding nature, and striving for the clearest communication of these decisions in the execution of our