How might the world’s unicorns uplift designers of the future by engaging with their former selves? **PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE: This event is now to be held on June 28th. A ‘unicorn’ ...

We’re excited to announce a new series to maximize your summer design inspiration: Summer Story Hour!   Design is often used to tell a story. Design Museum Portland’s Summer Story Hour offers the ...

Hear from innovators who are changing the game for their communities by expanding the impact of design.   The best design comes from creative thinkers who are living and breathing the world ...

Explore products and devices that are changing the world from the palm of our hands.   Design impact can be defined in large-scale terms, from the cities we live in to the ...

How do we approach sustainability as it relates to our transportation, our energy usage, or the preservation of our historic roots?   To be sustainable is to consider long-term relationships between ...

Explore the ways in which design strategies empower entrepreneurs to fail fast and iterate impactfully, leading to better business. **PLEASE NOTE VENUE CHANGE: This event is now to be held at ...

Event Recap • Diversity to Equity, By Design   How has design become homogenized? Future Work Design Co-Founder Nina Narelle and Partner Katie Ausburger said it is “by design” at Design Museum ...

Explore the journey on diversity, equity and inclusion at the Portland International Airport.   Many of the spaces we inhabit on a daily basis are complicit in upholding systematic inequalities in our ...

Event Recap • Illuminating a Cultural Icon Zachary Suchara, Principal at Luma Lighting, discusses the lighting design process behind the newly-renovated Japanese Garden Cultural Village. Since its opening in 1967, the Japanese Garden ...

Design Museum Portland’s outdoor exhibition Street Seats: Urban Benches for Vibrant Cities lives on at World Trade Center Portland. In August 2018, Design Museum Portland unveiled its 7-month outdoor design ...