DC Design Week 2021

Industry: Art and Design

DC Design Week is an annual celebration of DC’s creative community, hosted by the American Institute of Graphic Arts. In support of DC Design Week’s 2021 programming, I planned a cross-disciplinary series of lightning talks which advocated for the design of safe spaces across physical and digital environments. This event, “Designing Safe Spaces: Lightning Talks to Spark ideas, Conversation and Change”, was a virtual event which featured 9 design professionals who each examined the topic from a DEI perspective (as well as a service design, UX design, interior design, and urban design perspective respectively). The event was DC Design Week’s largest speaking event of the year with 143 registered guests.

Responsibilities: Event Planning, Speaker Outreach, Copywriting, Creative Direction, Event Moderation