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Design Week RI Returns

Eleven days of design showcases RI's creative sector

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A celebration of Rhode Island’s creative culture, Design Week RI returns to the state for its second year from September 16-27. Rhode Island has the third largest concentration of creative sector jobs in the US – after New York and California – and Design Week RI aims to spotlight the creative industry while increasing cultural and commercial opportunities for designers here in the Ocean State.

Design Week events will foster relationship-building between designers and potential clients, which will help Rhode Island’s vibrant design industry grow. The 11 day celebration will feature speakers, pop-up stores, design awards and more, and focus spans across all design disciplines. Sponsors include RISD and the City of Providence, as well as local and national design organizations. Local design businesses can participate by signing up to host an “Eat and Speak,” an hour-long lunch or tour held at a design firm, studio or creative space. Proprietors of design companies are also invited to host coffee or happy hours, hors d’oeuvres or talks at their places of business.

Design Week will culminate with A Better World By Design from September 25-27. Since 2008, engineers from Brown and designers from RISD have partnered with the Providence community to merge their fields in the name of solving social problems. The goal of this student-led initiative is to facilitate collaboration between designers, educators, innovators and students in a three-day conference. 

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