Design Week Portland

We’re closing the book on Design Week Portland, but what we’ve done together lives on. Editorial reigned supreme across a variety of platforms through the years.

24 Journal features
1 Printed issue
35 Interviews
100+ Videos
7,000+ Photos

We’re closing the book on Design Week Portland, but what we’ve done together lives on.

https://designportland.org

We’re closing the book on Design Week Portland, but what we’ve done together lives on. We hosted student engagements to bring exposure to communities outside Portland proper, and build relationships between new designers and those with experience.

14 High schools
1,000+ Students
200+ Mentors
300+ Portfolio reviews

We’re closing the book on Design Week Portland, but what we’ve done together lives on. We hosted 2 conferences, bringing together content on stage at Revolution Hall.

35 Speakers
13 Hours of content
3 Wood letters

We’re closing the book on Design Week Portland, but what we’ve done together lives on. We hosted a series of Headquarters, aimed at bringing people together across the city from a central point.

4 Geodesic domes
697 Paper tags
220+ Flag bags
1 Green Loop proposal

We’re closing the book on Design Week Portland, but what we’ve done together lives on.

1,500+ Festival events
500+ Event organizers
1,000+ Volunteers
8,000+ Attendees
60+ Sponsors

https://designportland.org

The first in a series of BIPOC-centered design history courses facilitated by Polymode, this series revisits and rewrites the course of design history in a way that centers previously marginalized designers, cultural figures—and particularly BIPOC and QTPOC people.

Through pre-recorded lectures, readings, and live discussions, the class will shed light on moments of oppression and visibility. Learn more about Black Design in America: African Americans and the African Diaspora in Graphic Design here.

https://bipocdesignhistory.com

DesignTO is Canada’s largest annual celebration of design with over 100 exhibitions and events.

Check out their offerings this year, which range from window displays to virtual workshops and talks.

https://designto.org/2021-festival-schedule/

Filled with unforgettable food-themed stories told in unexpected ways, Pop-Up Magazine's Issue in a Box features interactive objects and delicious treats.

Comment here, and if you're a Design Portland member, you'll be entered to win one of these incredible boxes! Winner chosen at random on Wednesday, December 9th.

https://www.popupmagazine.com/box/

You can double your impact through the Oregon Cultural Trust tax credit program. Match your tax-deductible donation to any of 1,400 cultural nonprofits with a gift to the Trust and get 100% of your matching gift back.

Visit https://culturaltrust.org to learn more.

is welcoming Rick Griffith for a design lecture to challenge your capitalistic impulses. Rick Griffith is a graphic designer and master letterpress printer. His work is an erudite exploration of language, history, politics, science, music, and ethics—typographically-focused and relevant. This is the first Matthias Kemeny Endowed Lecture talk of the school year.

TOMORROW, October 28 at 7 PM.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/matthias-kemeny-endowed-design-lecture-series-presents-rick-griffith-tickets-125423692641

The Death of the Artist, a new book by William Deresiewicz is a portrait of artists in the digital age, of what it means to make art today, and of the specifics of being a “one-man band,” essentially creating content, marketing, branding, and promoting alone all while crowdfunding, networking, and, quite likely, still working a 9-to-5 job.

Read an excerpt here, and join us for a conversation on Wednesday at noon on Instagram between the author and our very own Tsilli Pines.

https://designportland.org/stories/2020/the-death-of-the-artist