The 18th Annual San Francisco Design Week is returning June 3 to 12, celebrating with the theme “Attention: Commanding and controlling a precious commodity.” The festival showcases the intersection of ideas, design and entrepreneurism that promotes the Bay Area as the birthplace of the future. Highlights include talks, open studios, conferences, tours with design leaders. The 2024 Design Awards are juried by top industry professionals, including Jay Ganaden, director, Adobe Firefly; Karin Hibma Cronan, cofounder, Hibma:Cronan; Sabra Ballon, principal, BallonSTUDIO. Visit www.sfdesignweek.org.
This year architecture and interior design events are a highlight, including rare insider tours offered at top interior design firms and architecture practices, as well as discussions on key industry topics, and opening receptions, including:
“Dynamic Minds: Creative Brilliance” Seminar Series:
The Dynamic Minds Seminars Series produced by Diane Dorrans Saeks is four separate events offering a rare opportunity to tour top architecture and interior design studios, meet with designers and architects one-on-one, as well as attend talks and seminars led by Dorrans Saeks and culminating with refreshments, including:
Top architecture firms Aidlin Darling and BCJ, as well as leading interior designers Ken Fulk, The Wiseman Group, Martin Kobus, Charles de Lisle, Susan Collins Weir, and design firms BAMO and ODADA. A special visit to the new De Sousa Hughes showroom is a highlight.
June 1, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. – San Francisco Tour: Aidlin Darling, ODADA design studio, and BCJ architects.
June 4, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. – Ken Fulk studio: St. Jospeh’s Arts Society (tour led by new director, Martin Strickland), and a visit to the Julian Lennon photography exhibit.
This is a restored former basilica. The visit also details the restoration, re-design and re-purpose of this historic structure.
June 7, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. – Sausalito Tour: Office of Charles de Lisle, Studio Collins Weir, and Martin Kobus–a tour of three offices, culminating with refreshments at Martin Kobus studio.
June 8, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. – San Francisco Tour: The Wiseman Group, De Sousa Hughes, new showroom, new designers/architectural historic restoration, and BAMO, ending with refreshments.
June 5, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. – Erica Tanov: The Fine Art of Collaboration–The dynamics of successful creative partnerships Erica Tanov, 1808 Fifth Street, Berkeley. Clothing and lifestyle designer Erica Tanov is joined by her collaborators for a lively conversation and visual presentation, moderated by acclaimed design writer Diane Dorrans Saeks. They will explore the art of creative collaboration for home design and fashion collections. In addition to Tanov, panelists include two talented creative women: interior designer Elena Dendiberia cofounder of Studio Ahead and Emily Payne.
June 7, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. – Rafi Ajl at The Future Perfect: The Future Perfect, 3085 Sacramento Street San Francisco.
Experience the work of Rafi Ajl at The Future Perfect gallery. Ajl is a Berkeley, California-based artist who is obsessed with form and process. He is driven by the possibilities of materiality, an insatiable curiosity, and an undisputed reverence for the pressures of the creative process. See a range of his works, including furniture, glass works, and more.
June 10, 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. – The Complexity of Simple Design: Challenges of a Hawaii Project: John Clarke Architects, 4000 Bridgeway, suite 304, Sausalito.
Presented by John Clarke Architects, discover how to navigate complexities of designing a new home in Hawaii. These obstacles have been successfully tackled by combining innovative virtual tools with standard practices to execute the client’s vision for a modern home on the Big Island.
About San Francisco Design Week
The Future Started Here:
Launched in 2006, San Francisco Design Week (SFDW) is an essential week-long regional festival that showcases the unique intersection of ideas, design, business & entrepreneurism that makes the Bay Area the birthplace of the future.
Now a global phenomenon, San Francisco’s international success is born from a historically free-spirited entrepreneurialism, coupled with the imaginative vision of contemporary design and state-of-the-art technology. Pioneers of new ways of looking at the world, nimble Bay Area start-ups are now among the world’s most influential design-led companies, producing products, services and experiences that profoundly influence the daily lives of billions of people globally.
Through approximately 75 events, SFDW celebrates this spirit of newness by providing attendees unique access to conversations and virtual tours with the designers who are shaping the future — from architecture to fashion, product design to digital services, and everything in between.
SFDW is produced by nonprofit organization Design Bay Area in partnership with IDSA, Center for Architecture+Design, AIA, SFFAMA, SEGD, SDN, IXDA, local consulates, design universities, neighborhood associations and museums.
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