This event is organized and presented by University of the Arts.

The University of the Arts School of Design will hold workshops for high school students and their teachers on site on Saturday, October 14, 2017. High schools with curriculum in design and/or design thinking will be invited to participate in the design workshops. 

The workshops will be led by University design and education faculty, who will be assisted by high school art/design teachers. Students from the University of the Arts School of Design and Art and Design Education Program will assist each workshop leader as peer tutors and technical assistants for the high school students.

The day long workshops culminating in a professional critique will be followed by a double-lecture by two Philadelphia-based thought leaders in design. The public is invited to the evening lecture free of charge to be held at the University of the Arts, 211 South Broad Street, Kaplan Recital Hall, 16th Floor. 215-717-6000

This event is organized and presented by PhillyRow.

Join us for a family friendly exhibition and celebration. PhillyRow will be debuting limited edition prints featuring homes from Fishtown, Passyunk Square and Spruce Hill. Our "One-Brick Rowhouse" crafting station will be stocked with paint, stencils and other art supplies so kids of all ages can paint their own One-Brick Rowhouse. Prints available for purchase. . Bring your smocks, this may get messy!

This event is organized and presented by NextFab.

Calling all makers and shakers! Join us for a community market featuring handmade crafts and local eats for sale, as well as creative do-it-yourself activities at NextFab. Discover what’s being made right in the neighborhood by Philly artists and designers working in a range of media. Stock up on and enjoy food and drink, and try something new at our make-and-take stations. Donate your crafting materials that you no longer need and anything else that could be creatively re-purposed to The Resource Exchange, Philadelphia’s Creative Reuse Center. Stop by our community market to get a taste of what’s being made right here in Philly and even take a piece of it home with you. Interested in selling your work? Contact us at events@nextfab.com.

This event is organized and presented by Main Line Art Center.

Jenny Drumgoole’s Digital Artist in Residence debut coincides with Main Line Art Center’s Happily Ever After Opening Reception and Artist Talks on Friday, October 13 from 5:30-8:00pm.

Main Line Art Center is proud to announce our 2017 Digital Artist in Residence, Jenny Drumgoole. Selected by Main Line Art Center's Artistic Advisory Board through a competitive application process, Drumgoole is a Philadelphia video-based performance artist who inserts herself into marginal spaces for pseudo-celebrity within popular culture. Her most recent work involves physically and virtually infiltrating competitive events with subversive art actions, which are meant to question our obsessions with celebrity, desire and the limits and illusions of individuality in popular culture. The 2017 Digital Artist in Residence is part of the biennial festival Panorama: Image-Based Art in the 21st Century, a Greater Philadelphia-wide celebration of photography and digital art, coming in the fall of 2018.

For more information please visit www.mainlineart.org or call 610-525-0272.

This event is organized and presented by the Tyler School of Art Alumni Association.

Art Market at Tyler is a non-profit art and craft fair designed to support the regional arts community by providing artists, artist collectives, students, and businesses who serve artists a venue for sale of work, self promotion and networking. We provide an easily accessible space for holiday shoppers and collectors to find new works by emerging and established artists. Visitors will enjoy complimentary food and drinks from Victory Brewing Company during our “Crafts & Drafts” happy hour, and access to participate in maker classes and watch demonstrations. Art Market at Tyler is promoted heavily by Temple University as a signature event for Homecoming Weekend’s “Night of the Arts”. Complete schedule with information for buyers, party goers and looky-loos coming soon.

This event is organized and presented by Drexel.

HUMAN CENTERED Exploration:

o Morning Student Run Parallel Sessions: 10:30a.m. - 12p.m. | A Session showcasing participatory processes in service to the Design Research Thesis Projects.  

o USER-CENTERED RESEARCH: Lunch & Guest Speaker: 12:30-2 p.m. | KNOLL WORKPLACE RESEARCH: Kimberly Bombery Smith, Senior Director Workplace Strategy, Knoll | Introduced by Suzanne Linus Miller, Architecture & Design Manager, Knoll

o USER-CENTERED REFLECTION: Breakout Sessions: 2:30-3:45 p.m.

       · OLIN RESEARCH LAB: “Designers as Users”  

       ·  DESIGN FUTURES LAB

       · HEALTH DESIGN RESEARCH for Innovation Session: Scattergood Projects

 o IDEATION and ITERATION: Panel Discussion: 4:00-5:30 p.m.

 · Gabriela Marcu: Drexel Empathic Lab: http://www.empathicdesignandtech.org/

 · Nicole Feller Johnson: DSRE Student: http://nicolefeller-johnson.com/ 

· Daniel Newman: Architect, Adjunct Instructor MSIAD Program;                     http://www.droneactionfigure.com

· Raja Schaar: http://drexel.edu/westphal/about/directory/SchaarRaja/

· Liz Zack, Global Design Innovation, PepsiCo: http://www.pepsico.com/

· Moderated by Joshua Longo http://www.longoland.com/

o   Design Exhibit Reception: 5:30-7 p.m. THINKING_MAKING_DOING | Presenting an exhibit showcasing the iterative in design across research labs and practice:

•  Design Futures Lab
•  Olin Labs
•  Mio Design
•  Empathic Research Group
•  URBN STEAMlab
•  Raja Schaar
•  Daniel Newman Studio
•  Rosalind Sutkowski 
•  Claire King
•  Nicole Feller Johnson
• Joshua Longo

Today, artists and designers are pursuing work and creative expression that pushes the boundaries of traditional disciplines requiring interdisciplinary collaborations, the mastery of new technologies, and intensive research to unearth new solutions to practical and aesthetic problems. Join us for a symposium that examines the process of design through both collected objects and discussions.

Drexel’s Westphal College of Media Arts & Design is a leading design and applied art school, ranked the fifth best applied art and design school in the nation by College Factual and with top ranked programs in Fashion Design, Interior Design and Architecture, Digital Media, and Product Design. The Westphal College Master’s program in Design Research draws upon the strengths of an outstanding faculty, superb facilities, and an extensive ongoing research portfolio. We invite you to learn more about Design Research at a free to the public symposium on Friday, October 13th being presented as part of this year’s DesignPhiladelphia Festival.

“Design Research is an exciting field, with many possibilities and a range of practices, especially in Drexel’s dynamic urban environment. The Design Research Symposium will highlight the diverse work of Drexel design researchers, and their collaborators. Attendees will have the opportunity to examine the impact of this type of work on research in technology, health and the built environment and consider where their own interests might fit into this exciting field.”

D.S. Nicholas RA, AIA, NCARB, Program Director, MS Design Research

To sign up to attend all or any part of this day of events, please email Dee Nicholas at dsn35@drexel.edu 

This event is organized and presented by Institute of Contemporary Art.

Nathalie Du Pasquier, BIG OBJECTS NOT ALWAYS SILENT and Speech/Acts
A Walkthrough with the Curators

Join Alex Klein, curator of Nathalie Du Pasquier: BIG OBJECTS NOT ALWAYS SILENT and Meg Onli, curator of Speech/Acts, two exhibitions currently on view at ICA, for a walkthrough of the exhibitions.

This event is organized and presented by Tell Me a Story + Design Activist Institute.

Telling stories leads to a deeper human connection. This 90 minute interactive workshop will explore the use of personal narrative as a means to call to action, convey a message, and invite others to listen and share stories of their own. Participants can create one original story or artistic piece. Discover how to use your radical imagination to work with others for justice and ecology. 

About Tell Me A Story
Storytelling isn’t just a buzz word, it’s the root of human consciousness. Everyone has a story to tell – whether it is about your own personal background and interests, or the story of your work or organization. Tell Me A Story will introduce you to a new way of public speaking. Communicate true stories, build relationships, and connect to your audience like never before.

About Design Activist Institute
The Design Activist Institute is a Philadelphia-based, intersectional, autonomous, grassroots collective of designers working for radical, utopian resistance and building a better world. A commitment to horizontal organization with affected communities is at the core of our approach. The Institute works with other community organizers, using strategic design thinking, investigative research, and community engagement to implement design interventions that lead to lasting, palpable change.

About Hillary Rea (Facilitator)
Hillary Rea an award-winning storyteller living in Philadelphia. She is the host and producer of shows, Tell Me A Story and Fibber. Hillary is a New York City Moth StorySlam winner and has performed with the How I Learned Series, Story Collider, The Soundtrack Series, Real Characters, Speakeasy DC and more. 

Hillary is a 2016 Independence Foundation Fellow in the Arts and was a 2011 Artist-in-Residence for Elsewhere Artist Collaborative in Greensboro, NC. In 2013, Hillary assistant directed 1812 Productions’ It’s My Party: The Women and Comedy Project, an interdisciplinary storytelling and theater piece.

Hillary founded Tell Me A Story in 2011. In addition to producing live storytelling, events, TMAS runs monthly storytelling classes and corporate workshops. Past clients include Philadelphia Lawyers for Social Equity, Dreamit, Penn Jersey Paper, Hungry Education, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, The Pennsylvania Innocence Project, gsk, and PwC.

This event is organized and presented by the Center for Architecture and Design.

IALD, AIA, IIDA, DVASE, APAPASE, IFDA, AIGA, PA-DE ASLA, IDSA, APT, ASCE… whew! What do they all mean? Let’s break design discipline silos. Come out and meet designers across Philadelphia over drinks and snacks. Chit chat, share ideas, and hear short lightning speed presentations from local representatives of The International Furnishings and Design Association (IFDA), International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD), American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), International Interior Design Association (IIDA), American Institute of Architects (AIA), Delaware Valley Association of Structural Engineers (DVASE), American Planning Association, Pennsylvania Chapter, Southeast Section (APAPASE), Association for Preservation Technology (APT), Industrial Design Society of America (IDSA), the Pennsylvania-Delaware American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).

This event is organized and presented by Cohere.

Transformational change is underway in Midtown Village, one of the oldest neighborhoods in the BID. Learn about the 1M square feet of commercial development that is changing the fabric of our city.

This walking tour will focus on the places where Philadelphians live, work, and play in Center City. Hear from developers, restaurateurs, and more on the next wave of development in Midtown Village. We’ll take a hard hat tour of Midtown construction sites, including Brickstone Realty projects the Steele Building, Swartz Building, and Hale Building. We’ll end on 13th Street, hearing from restaurateurs and enjoying a cocktail. Ticket price includes first drink.

This event is organized and presented by Go Welsh  / AIGA Philadelphia

Referencing archival engineering drawings from the early 20th century we have designed a new font, Stack. It is historically true to the spirit of industrial chimney (smokestack) lettering of the period. Masonry chimneys in the industrial age provided strong, clear brand identities for companies and townspeople alike. As the visual language of the industrial age acquiesces we strive to keep the sense of permanence alive that industrial chimney lettering once so clearly expressed.

In our presentation we will:
01) Review the historic aspects of the origins, materials, and size/scale of the industrial chimney lettering
02) Demonstrate the flexibility of the Stack font - horizontal, vertical, ornaments, patterning, borders

Go Welsh and AIGA Philadelphia are exhibiting STACK at Bluecadet, 1526 Frankford Ave. A First Friday opening reception is October 6, 6-9pm. 

This event is organized and presented by Herman Miller.

Threads is the story of Herman Miller’s history of design, openness to new ideas and people, and respect for individuals. Steve Frykholm, graphic designer, and Clark Malcolm, writer, with a combined 72 years at the company, tell the stories of the people, products, and events behind 107-year-old Herman Miller, Inc. Woven together, the many threads of this history tell the story of how Herman Miller has become what it is today and the origins of the values and culture that will sustain it in years to come. Threads is an interactive presentation; the audience chooses the topics to be discussed. Threads includes images, video clips, and audio segments from Herman Miller’s long history of design and innovation.

This event is organized and presented by This Makes me Happy and AIGA Philadelphia 

Design Makes Me Happy is a live podcast recording, and a special episode of This
Makes Me Happy, a podcast about people and what makes them happy. Philadelphia
design influencers share their passion for design through a short essay on why
design makes them happy, followed by a moderated conversation. Presented by This
Makes Me Happy and moderated by Bernardo Margulis. Come early for a Happy hour
with AIGA Philadelphia. www.thismakesmehappy.co/dp17

Looking to see more type from AIGA? Head to the Center for Architecture and Design for the "Type Tiles" exhibit. Open all throughout DesignPhiladelphia (Oct. 5-14) with an opening reception on for an AIGA DesignPhiladelphia Happy Hour on Monday, October 9th at 5:30pm.

This event is organized and presented by Jefferson/School of Design & Engineering.

The Surface Imaging program will hold on-going printing demonstrations in both the Textile/porous & Surface Imaging/non-porous printing labs. Visitors may bring their own flash drive with a digital image & see it printed on a sample surface to take home. There is limited availability so visitor printing will be on a first-come, first-serve basis.

This event is organized and presented by MEDstudio@JEFF.

MEDstudio@JEFF’s Graphic Medicine program explores how visual narratives communicate complex ideas, transcending verbal language to help build better communication for all. This first installment of MEDstudio’s Graphic Medicine with artist Tom Judd, Philabundance and Mural Arts Philadelphia investigates the way mural-making can help us understand hunger in the Delaware Valley—a problem that affects so many yet remains largely invisible and misunderstood.

With viewing of artist Tom Judd’s short film, Chalkboard Chronicles, followed by a panel discussion on extreme collaborations and mural making to promote health and wellness for all.

Panelists include Pamela Rainey Lawler, Philabundance; Laure Biron, Porch Light, Mural Arts Philadelphia; Tom Judd, artist, and others. Moderated by Peter Lloyd Jones and Trudy Anne Watt of MEDstudio@JEFF.

MEDstudio@JEFF is grateful for the support of the Jefferson University Office of the Provost, Philabundance, and Mural Arts Philadelphia.

This event is organized and presented by Hi-Res.

Hi-Res is a podcast with creatives in the Philadelphia creative community about the experiences that have shaped their careers and influence their work. Host Ryan Starr sits down for a live recording with a panel of participants of the Art Star Craft Bazaar to discuss their work. Catch up on episodes and subscribe to the show at hirespod.com and follow Hi-Res on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @hirespod for updates on the live show including guests and more!

This event is organized and presented by Cloud Gehshan.

Cloud Gehshan is an internationally recognized environmental graphic design firm that undertakes projects in identity and placebranding, interpretive and interactive communication, signage, and wayfinding. Staff members have backgrounds in industrial design, graphic design and architecture. 

We invite you to tour our studio in Old City. Get acquainted with environmental graphic design, learn about our work and meet the designers. Refreshments will be served.