Portland Design Month 2025
Portland Design Month 2025
OCTOBER 3 - 24
Portland is a mix of some seriously weird goodness, resulting in groundbreaking art, music, and creative expression across every medium.
As a city, we’re continually redefining ourselves, and that’s what makes us great. We’re proud of our quirks, our shadows, and our charm — so let’s celebrate them!
Whether you're a designer, artist, professional, or student, it’s your time to get connected and get inspired with our community.
Community Champion Sponsor
Portland Design Month 2025 is powered in part by the generous support of our Community Champion sponsor, Adobe. Their partnership helps us bring bold ideas, inspiring events, and the creative spirit of Portland to life.
Partners
Meet This Year’s Festival Artist!
CHRIS KOELLING
FESTIVAL EVENTS
Calendar is continuously being updated
AIGA PDX Closing Party
AIGA Portland / Thesis - Join us as we wrap up another inspiring AIGA Design Month with a celebratory evening highlighting creativity, community, and connection.
Design Stories: Starting Out in Graphic Design
Oregon State University - Join us for an inspiring evening with OSU Graphic Design alumni as they share how they kick-started their creative careers.
Creative Mornings: North Pole Studio
Creative Mornings Portland - A free creative talk open to anyone.
Launching a Wedding Design Studio with AI
Fior Design Studio - I’m pulling back the curtain on how I am running my boutique brand studio for weddings with the help of AI tools like Midjourney & ChatGPT.
Weaving a Living Archive: Space, Memory, Material, and Process
Textile Hive - A panel exploring how space, memory, material, and process shape living archives and evolving approaches to design.
Animating Interactions in Figma
Live workshop (fun) covering fundamentals of animation in Figma geared towards designers of all levels.
Design in the Open
A fast-paced series on identity in public: rebrands, self-reinvention, and the work behind what the world sees.
PNCA Design Lecture Series w/ Eleazar Ruiz
Pacific Northwest College of Art - The PNCA Design Lecture Series welcomes Eleazar Ruiz to talk about his work + what moves him.
Imagining Otherwise: Storytelling, Design & Speculative Imagination
studio b:ask - A moderated panel conversation on music, drama, and design, exploring how performance reimagines cultural futures
Imagining Otherwise: Narrative Design Lab - A Hands-on Workshop
studio b:ask - The Narrative Design Lab invites participants to step into the creative mechanics of storytelling.
Story in Motion: Performance as Prototype (Sunday)
studio b:ask - Story in Motion: Performance as Prototype opens the rehearsal room to the public, offering a rare look at how new stories are shaped in real time.
Scent Design Lab: Synethsesia
This workshop with Angela Larisch explores the synesthetic connections between senses—how color, texture, and sound can find expression in scent. Over three hours, participants are guided through sensory studies that expand the language of perfume, learning to translate one medium into another.
Portland Open Studios (Sunday)
The self-guided tour will feature over 100 artists working in various mediums.
Return Form: Studio Show
Return Form - The culmination of our four-month residency, a program built around the question of what it takes to fit art into the rhythms of daily life.
Story in Motion: Performance as Prototype (Saturday)
studio b:ask - Story in Motion: Performance as Prototype opens the rehearsal room to the public, offering a rare look at how new stories are shaped in real time.
Graphic Design Trivia Night!
Ashes Design Co. - Celebrate Portland Design Month 2025! Test your design knowledge and compete with others at our fun-filled Design Trivia Night!
Scent Design Workshop: Olfactory Brutalism
Landdd - Explore architectural minimalism through scent by working with stark, raw, and elemental materials.
Walk with Wonder
Renee Lynn Creative - Casual networking in a calming, outdoor setting. Join us to stretch your legs, connect with new people, and get some fresh air.
Portland Open Studios (Saturday)
The self-guided tour will feature over 100 artists working in various mediums.
Thorough Cypher
ADX (Art Design Exchange) - Join us and @thorough_studio as we bring the dance community together in Portland’s first ever Cypher focused event.
Workshop: Past Words / Future Words with Prem Krishnamurthy
This experimental workshop combines performance, conversation, writing and design to create an engaging and participatory experience.
Paper 101
Welcome to Paper 101! Join us for a fun hands-on workshop where you'll learn all about the basics of paper and it's relationship to design.
Get Crafty: A Signmaking Workshop for Creatives
Fior Design Studio - Learn how to design, cut with vinyl on a cutting machine, and create your very own meaningful sign to take home with you!
Movie Screening: Graphic Means Q&A with Briar Levit
Join us for a screening of Graphic Means followed by Q/A with the film's creator/director Briar Levit.
Design Month Work in Progress
AIGA Portland - An opportunity for designers to give & receive constructive feedback on creative work prior to showing their team/client/stakeholders.
Create Now Portland Design Month
Adobe - Join the design community for an evening of hands-on inspiration, where Adobe pros showcase the latest from Photoshop, Illustrator, Adobe Express, Firefly, and more.
Saint Friend Open Studio
Saint Friend - Join us for a tour of Saint Friend, a collaborative brand studio.
PSUGD Kemeny Lectures and Wieden + Kennedy Present: Erik Carter!
PSUGD / Wieden+Kennedy - Join us for an evening with graphic designer and art director Erik Carter!
Pints & Palettes: Watercolor Workshop at Baerlic Brewing
Amy Wike Illustrations/Baerlic Brewing - This workshop is designed to be an easy entrance point into learning what makes the watercolor medium unique at your favorite local brewery.
Thinking Through Building
West of West - An introduction to the work and creative process of this award-winning architecture studio.
Volunteer
The success and growth of this festival relies on the passion and dedication of the design community. Whether or not you’re a member, your time and talent makes a mark on our home.
Please fill out our volunteer form below and the Volunteer Director will reach out to you when there is a need they think you may be a good fit for!
Donate & Sponsor
AIGA Portland is committed to the mutual economic success of our region. If you or your organization is interested in partnering, sponsoring, or donating to our vibrant design festival, contact us or reach out directly. We greatly appreciate your interest!
Please feel free to reach out at the contact below link below or directly to ventura.castro@portland.aiga.org