2020 Orchids & Onions Gala
Thursday, October 1, 2020, 6:30 P.M. PDT
The 44th annual Orchids & Onions Awards Gala will be a virtual event, held on October 1, 2020 at 6:30pm. This year we may not be gathering in person, but through technology we can celebrate together nonetheless. SDAF is partnering with Every.org to bring the 2020 Orchids and Onions gala to you.
This year, host Marti Krane will lead us in celebrating the good and calling out the bad. In partnership with SD-NOMA, we will raise funds to create a scholarship for a local architecture student of color. And for the first time ever, we will vote for the People’s Choice award orchid and onion during the ceremony, with the winners announced at the end of the night.
Upcoming Conferences & Workshops
Past Conferences & Workshops
21st Century Design with Don Norman
Tuesday, September 15, 2020, 17:00 UTC
Webinar (Registration Required)
Webinar (Registration Required)
SAN DIEGO DESIGN WEEK: Designing San Diego’s Future
Thursday, September 10, 2020
Part 1 | 11 AM - 12 PM PST
Part 2 | 2 PM - 4 PM PST
Webinar (Registration Required)
Part 1 | 11 AM - 12 PM PST
Part 2 | 2 PM - 4 PM PST
Webinar (Registration Required)
SAN DIEGO DESIGN WEEK 2020
Wednesday, September 9, 2020 - Sunday, September 13, 2020
SAN DIEGO DESIGN WEEK: Design-Driven Innovation – Stories from Our Region
Wednesday, September 9, 2020, 3:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. PST
A PATH FORWARD by NCRC
Thursday, August 20, 2020, 7:00 P.M. - 8:15 P.M. PDT
Virtual Event (Registration Required)
Virtual Event (Registration Required)
See It, Be It: Designing Women Presents Carrie Sawyer
Thursday, August 13, 2020, 12:00 P.M. - 1:00 P.M. PDT
Virtual Event (Registration Required)
Virtual Event (Registration Required)
Design Thinking Bootcamp: Discovering How to Conduct User Research in Today’s Marketplace (High school Students)
Monday, July 13th - Friday, July 17th, 2020
UCSD Campus
UCSD Campus
Portfolio Building Workshop
May 13th, 4:00pm - 6:00pm and May 20th, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Virtual (Zoom)
Virtual (Zoom)
SD Design Trek 2020
March 4 - 6, 2020
Day 1: Kickoff & Showcase
March 4, 2020, 4-9pm - Atkinson Hall, UCSD
Day 1: Kickoff & Showcase
March 4, 2020, 4-9pm - Atkinson Hall, UCSD
Stride Design Career Fair
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
UCSD PC East Ballroom
UCSD PC East Ballroom
Collaboration For Innovation: Building the Bridge Between Rady and UCSD
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at 5:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M.
UC San Diego Campus, Rady School of Management
UC San Diego Campus, Rady School of Management
Ecologies of Transformation: C&C and DIS Joint Art Exhibition
Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at 6:00 P.M. - 9:30 P.M.
UC San Diego Campus, Atkinson Hall Lobby
UC San Diego Campus, Atkinson Hall Lobby
Designing Interactive Systems (DIS) 2019
June 23 - 28, 2019
San Diego, CA
San Diego, CA
Crowdsourcing Urban Innovation – See it in action!
Saturday, June 15, 2019 at 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Downtown Works
550 West B Street, San Diego, CA 92101
Downtown Works
550 West B Street, San Diego, CA 92101
Triple C Demo Day
June 3, 2019 at 5:00 P.M. - 7:30 P.M.
Price Center Theater
Price Center Theater
The Design Lab: Applying the Wisdom of the University to Societal Issues
May 31, 2019 at 5:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M.
Design for America at UCSD Showcase 2019
May 30, 2019 at 12:00 P.M. - 2:00 P.M.
Atkinson Hall, Atrium, First Floor
Atkinson Hall, Atrium, First Floor
SAN DIEGO 2049: Speculative Design for Policy Making
On Going Series
Check Schedule for Events
Check Schedule for Events
Call for Participation: Community-Driven Design Workshop at DIS 2019
UPDATED: For full consideration, please submit by May 1, 2019 at 11:59p PT
Call for Submissions: Workshop on Designing Feminist Action – DIS 2019
April 22, 2019: Proposal Acceptance Deadline
Water Walk with Charity Water
February 21, 2019 at 1:00 P.M. - 2:00 P.M.
UPDATED: UCSD Campus, Price Center - West Ballroom
UPDATED: UCSD Campus, Price Center - West Ballroom
The National Security Technology Forum and Exposition (NSTFX)
February 12, 2019
San Diego Convention Center
San Diego Convention Center
Stride: Design-Centric Career Fair
January 15th, 2019 at 12 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.
PC East Ballroom
PC East Ballroom
Design Frontiers: FinTech with Intuit
Sunday, November 18, 2018
Qualcomm Room, Jacobs Hall, JSOE
10:30 A.M. - 5:30 P.M.
Qualcomm Room, Jacobs Hall, JSOE
10:30 A.M. - 5:30 P.M.
Designing for Change in Healthcare
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
WeWork One Culver, Culver City, CA
10:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.
WeWork One Culver, Culver City, CA
10:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.
1,000,000 Million Punches from the Heart
Saturday, November 3
Punch Bowl Social
12:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M.
Punch Bowl Social
12:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M.
DFA Design Sprint
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
UC San Diego, HSS 1346
7 P.M. - 9 P.M.
UC San Diego, HSS 1346
7 P.M. - 9 P.M.
Workday’s Meet the Designers
Tuesday, October 9, 2018
UC San Diego, CSE 1242
7:15 P.M. - 8:15 P.M.
UC San Diego, CSE 1242
7:15 P.M. - 8:15 P.M.
San Diego: The Architecture of Four Ecologies exhibition opening reception
Friday, September 21, 2018
La Jolla Historical Society Wisteria Cottage Museum
La Jolla Historical Society Wisteria Cottage Museum
Tech to Reconnect
Friday, July 27, 2018
6:30 P.M. - 9:00 P.M.
San Diego Zoo
6:30 P.M. - 9:00 P.M.
San Diego Zoo
Preparing the Public for Automation
Wednesday, June 20, 2018
9:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.
The Qualcomm Institute at the University of California, San Diego
9:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.
The Qualcomm Institute at the University of California, San Diego
The Future of Public Health Research
Thursday, May 17, 2018
8:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M.
Atkinson Hall, UCSD Campus
8:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M.
Atkinson Hall, UCSD Campus
Celebration of Don Norman and the Design Lab
Saturday, May 12, 2018
1:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.
Atkinson Hall, UCSD Campus
1:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.
Atkinson Hall, UCSD Campus
Design Students Final Presentations
Thursday, March 22, 2018
DSGN100 and COGS122 students present their final presentations.
DSGN100 and COGS122 students present their final presentations.
Interaction Design (IxD) Final Show 2018
Friday, March 16th, 2018
COGS120/CSE170 students present their final Interaction Design presentations
COGS120/CSE170 students present their final Interaction Design presentations
Technology, Inequality, and Our World: Taking Back the New Media Revolution
Thursday, January 25, 2018
A New Architecture for Computing: The Future of Cloud, Data and AI is Open
Monday, October 30, 2017
Introduction to Open Inventor Toolkit and Amira-Avizo Software
Wednesday, May 23, 2018 at 6-8 p.m.
CSE 1202 on UCSD Campus
CSE 1202 on UCSD Campus
