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Participate

DesignPhiladelphia’s programming, including the DesignPhiladelphia Festival, offers an extraordinary opportunity to showcase your design talent – graphic to product design, architecture to urban planning, fashion to interior design, and more. Stay tuned to find out how you can participate in future Festivals and programs year-round.

Volunteer

Are you a design enthusiast? Have some extra time on your hands? If you have specific skills you can bring to the table, please email us.

Intern

Interns help fuel DesignPhiladelphia! Our programming produces a well-rounded internship program, offering students hands-on experience in event coordination and production, graphic and video design, social media promotion, marketing initiatives, public relations outreach, and more. We’re always on the look-out for students with diverse skill-sets.

Interns have the opportunity to engage with designers from Philadelphia and beyond, while helping DesignPhiladelphia support and promote the ability that design has to generate innovation, solve problems, enhance daily life and influence both the perception and economics of the region.

Internships opportunities are available year-round. To find out about current openings, email us.

Donate

The annual DesignPhiladelphia Festival happens because of business and individual support. In partnership with the University of the Arts, DesignPhiladelphia is a 501(c)(3) organization. To keep events open to the public and predominately free, DesignPhiladelphia is entirely dependent upon grants, corporate sponsorships, and individual support. Through direct financial contributions, material donations, contacts, services, and volunteerism, we are also able to launch year-round programming. Continued expansion requires additional funding, and we need to raise $125,000 more than last year to achieve our goal. DesignPhiladelphia needs your help. Donate today.

Sponsor

Supporting DesignPhiladelphia positions you as a champion in design excellence. We’ll partner with you to efficiently and effectively achieve mutual partnership goals. We’ll work with you to define your participation in the form of a project, event, or exhibition, and then support you through its completion and evaluation. See a list of current sponsors and find out more about sponsoring DesignPhiladelphia here.

Feedback

DesignPhiladelphia has built a strong community that cares about their city and its design.

Susan Szenasy, editor in chief, Metropolis magazine

DesignPhiladelphia is a model for how cities can leverage their local assets and create a compelling urban brand, one that attracts visitors and new residents alike.

Jason Schupbach, director of design for the National Endowment for the Arts

Philadelphia was once known as "The Workshop of the World." The city's identity as a hub for creative activity has never vanished - instead it's been transformed.

DesignPhiladelphia is crucial to ensuring that our various design disciplines — whether they are graphic design, fashion, furniture or architecture — have a convening force.

Diana Lind, editor in chief, Next City

DesignPhiladelphia raises awareness of Philly as a great destination for creative professionals. The more we raise awareness — let people know how much great stuff is going on here -- the better we'll be at recruiting great people.

Design Philadelphia sends a strong signal that this city has a vital creative economy and is an innovation hub. It builds the Philadelphia brand on the inside of the city and radiates it outside to the world.

Alina Wheeler, branding expert and author of Designing Brand Identity and the Brand Atlas

A city has four natural advantages: variety, convenience, discovery, and opportunity. Everything should be done to protect these advantages. Everything.

DesignPhiladelphia is one of the most important design festivals in the country, uniting and highlighting all design disciplines to promote a unique and innovative Philadelphia.