The Seattle Design Festival celebrates the ways design makes life better. Community members, city officials, citizen-experts, and designers all come together at workshops, performances, tours, exhibitions, talks, films, gatherings and more to exchange ideas.

This year, the Seattle Design Festival explores how design can contribute to a more equitable society. From buildings that everyone can move through, to apps that enable participation by people in every location and language, to cities where we can all afford to live – design is the vehicle of innovation.  Design for Equity challenges us to question our biases and assumptions and work toward ensuring that everyone in our society – from every background, ability, race, age, gender, location or economic status – can access the same opportunities and outcomes, both now and in the future.

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