2020 is a big year in many ways – the Seattle Design Festival turned 10! Our anniversary comes at a pivotal moment in time. This year’s theme, About Time, originally sought to ponder past, present and future at a unique moment of transition for the city, the region and the world. Instead, it confronted the reality of a global public health crisis and the need to address and dismantle racist systems. Priorities are shifting, and the way that we collab Read More

Stay connected, and start a new conversation about design. On behalf of the AIA Seattle Honor Awards Committee, we hope you are staying well, taking care, and taking action. In the midst of a public health crisis and critical reckonings with systemic racism, we are wary to suggest in any simple terms that design solves problems. And yet, we believe in AIA Seattle’s vision of a culture of design that fosters equitable, resilient, and t Read More