The Design Issue 2016

The Design Issue

Design Week Is Back. Here's Your Game Plan.

Megan Burbank

How to Design Week

An Illustrated Introduction to Design Week Portland

Suzette Smith

Portland(s) of Tomorrow in Futurelandia

What Will the City Look Like in 50, 100, 200 Years?

Joe Streckert

Equity and Aesthetics Should Mix

Historian Reiko Hillyer Talks Density, Affordable Housing, and Equal Access to Public Space

Kjerstin Johnson

Kevin Cavenaugh's Art of Risk

The Guerrilla Development Owner on Bringing Thoughtfulness, Creativity, and Risk into Portland Development

Wm. Steven Humphrey

Design Week Portland: A User's Guide

Our Picks for Every Day of the Festival

Megan Burbank

Feeling the Overview Effect

Composer Tylor Neist Replicates an Astronaut's Return to Earth

Robert Ham

The Central Eastside's Vanishing Borders

Diving into the Future of One of Portland's Most Rapidly Changing Areas

Joe Streckert

AKQA + New Avenues for Youth = A Very Different Pigeon

At-Risk Youth Partner with Digital Design Firm to Create New Fashion Brand

Wm. Steven Humphrey

Crystal Beasley's Data-Driven Antidote to Fast Fashion

Her Portland-Based Company Is Finally Making a Goddamn Pair of Pants That Fits

Kjerstin Johnson

Local Champion Cartoonists on Best Practices in Beer Bottle Design

Plus, How to Design a Brewery!

Ben Coleman

A Master Class in Wedding Calligraphy and Hand-Lettered Logos

Precious Bugarin and Bryn Chernoff Will Help You Make Your Own Font!

Amelia Ayrelan Iuvino

Essential Real Talk for Creative Freelancers

The Overshare: PDX Podcast Covers the Design Life—No Unicorns or Butterflies Allowed

Katie Guinn

Chelsea Peil's Ways of Looking at a Leaf

The Design Consultant on Visualizing the Shift Toward a Waste-Free Economy

Megan Grace Harned