Inaugural event aimed at unifying, raising profile of the industry in San Diego
Written by: G. JAMES DAICHENDT // SEP. 5, 2020
Design is a broad term that can pertain to a multitude of disciplines and processes — from graphic design and architecture to interior design, fashion, technology and many other practices. But design is also about creating solutions or abstract systems to discover underlying causes, solve problems, or address specific needs. And although San Diego’s organized design community is still developing, several institutions, key partners and designers have collaborated to launch the inaugural San Diego Design Week: a five- day series of talks, tours and workshops that is a citywide celebration of design at large.
Besides the influx of opportunities to study design at institutions of higher education In San Diego, organizations like the Design Forward Alliance were established to promote and facilitate design-driven innovation in the San Diego region.
Design has evolved to become a way of thinking and solving societal issues, and San Diego has no shortage of major issues that require the help of designers.
San Diego Design week kicks off Wednesday, Sept. 9, and will feature talks, tours and workshops, including conversations about midcentury-modern architecture, such as the Lloyd Ruocco-designed building at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (above).
(Courtesy photo by Darren Bradley)
Publication source: San Diego Union-Tribune