{"id":466069,"date":"2026-09-16T22:38:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T22:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/466069\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T22:38:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T22:38:14","slug":"15-free-ways-to-explore-san-diego-design-week-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/466069\/","title":{"rendered":"15 free ways to explore San Diego Design Week 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Design is everywhere \u2014 from the built environment to the packaging on our groceries, from elevator music to fanciful public art. But it&#8217;s not always easy to define.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The answer that resonates with me the most is that design is what makes everything cool,&#8221; said Eric Weiss, president of the Design Forward Alliance, which organizes <a href=\"https:\/\/sddesignweek.org\/\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">San Diego Design Week<\/a> (SDDW).<\/p>\n<p>Weiss told KPBS last year that design is the way we dress, put our kids\u2019 artwork on the fridge and organize files on our computers or phones. It&#8217;s compelling logos, app user interfaces, sidewalks, hiking trails, freeway interchanges and latte art.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Design is really about creativity, and it&#8217;s marrying the art and creative sides of us with the functional side,&#8221; Weiss said. &#8220;It&#8217;s the fashion design, it&#8217;s the interior design, it&#8217;s the architecture, it&#8217;s how we design products.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>San Diego Design Week launched in 2020, spearheaded by Mingei International Museum. Since then, the program has grown to include nearly 75 panels, exhibitions, tours, events, installations, screenings, workshops, activities, lectures and more \u2014 most of them free.<\/p>\n<p>Find the full San Diego Design Week 2026 program <a href=\"https:\/\/sddesignweek.org\/programs\/\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" data-cms-ai=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here are 15 free events to check out this week:<\/p>\n<p>        &#8216;Zandra with a Zed&#8217; Documentary Exclusive Preview<\/p>\n<p>700 Prospect St., La Jolla<\/p>\n<p>        The Dazzle Lab: Stencil Design and Rhinestone Workshop<\/p>\n<p>700 Prospect St., La Jolla<\/p>\n<p>        Huerta x Huerta Showcase<\/p>\n<p>1038 25th St., San Diego<\/p>\n<p>        &#8216;Designing for Everyone&#8217;: The History Behind Arts District Liberty Station<\/p>\n<p>2848 Dewey Rd, San Diego<\/p>\n<p>        Golden Door Country Store Fall Market<\/p>\n<p>314 Deer Springs Rd, San Marcos<\/p>\n<p>        Guided Tour of Murals of La Jolla<\/p>\n<p>1008 Wall St., La Jolla<\/p>\n<p>        The We The People Museum Experience<\/p>\n<p>6403 Imperial Avenue, San Diego<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Design is everywhere \u2014 from the built environment to the packaging on our groceries, from elevator music to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":466070,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[74,76,75],"class_list":["post-466069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=466069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/466070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=466069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=466069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}