Seattle Design Festival

Every year, the Seattle Design Festival brings together designers, community members, experts, city officials, and business leaders to celebrate and explore how design improves the quality of our lives and our community.

The 2024 Festival was August 17-22 exploring the theme of WHAT IF?. Call for Proposals launched April 3 and were due May 29 – and we had over 60 Design Teams engaging this year with Installations, Pop-Up Experiences, Mainstage performances and our Mixers.

7,400+ Attendees*!
6 days
34 Festival Sponsors
60 Design Teams
over 340 local and national designers
20 design disciplines
79 Festival Programs
34 Built Installations
20 Pop Up Experiences
9 Mainstage Programs
7 Mixers/Social Events
9 Virtual Mainstage Programs*
29 Press Mentions in 18 Media Outlets

Stay tuned for next year’s festival! More info at seadesignfest.org. Sign up for SDF emails to receive updates.

*Attendance captured so far – reminder you can still attend SDF Virtual Mainstage programs on the SDF YouTube Channel

To see images from this year and past Festivals, visit our Flickr page. Share your photos with us on social media by tagging us @seadesignfest or hashtag #SeattleDesignFestival. Questions? Contact info@seadesignfest.org.