DESIGNxRI announces the 2015 DESIGN WEEK RI schedule of events, featuring 34+ events in nine communities in Rhode Island. Focused on the impact of design and talent in the RI design community, the second annual DESIGN WEEK RI, taking place on September 16-27, 2015, features 11+ days of events and brings together nationally recognized speakers and local Rhode Island design super stars through tours, luncheons, talks, showcases, parties and more.
Registration for events is accessible through the event website. Events listed by type, location and design discipline include the Featured Speaker series, the Eat and Speak Lunch Series, the RI Design Hall of Fame, Partner Events, Design Conferences, a Design and Manufacturing Panel, a Statewide Maker Space Open House, and Other Happenings. The events happen in nine communities throughout Rhode Island, including Bristol, East Providence, Jamestown, Lincoln, Newport, Pawtucket, Providence, Warren and West Warwick.
Many events are free. Others range from $10 for an Eat and Speak luncheon to $65 for the Hall of Fame party. Design conference tickets and other happenings are sold separately.
DESIGN WEEK RI is organized by DESIGNxRI in partnership with Rhode Island School of Design, American Institute of Architects (AIA-RI), American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA-RI), AIGAri - the professional association for design, and A Better World by Design.
The multiday event is made possible through a diversity of sponsorship. This year’s Official Design Week Sponsor is MOO, an award-winning global print and design company with facilities in Lincoln, RI. Other sponsors include (add)ventures, Bradford Soap Works, City of Providence, International Interior Design Association, Surface Matter Design, Meridian Printing, Nami Studios, Mohawk Paper, Ximedica, Durkee Brown Viveiros and Werenfels, Orange Square Design, Providence Foundation, Terra Pack, RI State Council on the Arts, and many others.
Updated information can be found at www.designxri.com/designweek. For more information, contact Joye Whitney at 401-263- 3137, joye@designxri.com.
DESIGNxRI (DxRI) is a nonprofit organization that works to coalesce the design talent in Rhode Island and spotlight it through events, a digital rolodex of designers, and economic development participation. Our goal is to maximize the assets of the RI design community and highlight its innovative problem-solving practices to create more business opportunities and nurture growth in the design industries in Rhode Island. Learn more at www.designxri.com.