About
A fundamental aspect of #CLEDW21 is to share knowledge, resources, and best practices that champion inclusion, community, and youth.
Inclusion.
Every community and culture has designers that add to the flavor of who they are. At Cleveland Design Week, we include all design disciplines that make up our design community.
Community.
All are welcome. Whether you are an experienced designer or are curious about design, Cleveland Design Week is full of opportunities for all.
Youth.
At Cleveland Design Week, we encourage emerging designers and K-12 youth to explore all types of design and to immerse themselves in their design journey.
Learn more about our community partners
designExplorr
A social impact organization whose mission aims to diversify the design profession by increasing access within education and corporate organizations. The number one design goal is to empower today’s youth with real-world skills, connections, and opportunities so that tomorrow’s design profession has all the best people leading the way.
AIGA Cleveland
AIGA Cleveland values and seeks a diverse membership. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where representative voices are active in all aspects of our organization. This requires a culture of inclusion in which all individuals feel respected and are treated fairly, and different viewpoints, opinions, thoughts, and ideas are encouraged and embraced.
IDSA Cleveland
The mission of the IDSA Cleveland chapter is to serve the networking, career development and professional development needs of industrial designers in the Cleveland area. Additionally, the chapter supports the IDSA student chapters at colleges and universities programs in industrial designs and related fields which offer undergraduate and/or graduate degrees.
Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative
The CUDC works toward the improvement of the built environment through design assistance, research, education, and advocacy. In all its work, the CUDC strives to create livable and sustainable communities, to enhance the public realm, to protect natural and cultural resources, and to stimulate economic prosperity.
iN Education
iN Education’s mission is to teach our youth the transferable skills necessary for success in the workforce; provide the necessary guidance and resources to achieve higher levels of education, emphasizing the importance of continuing education; and highlight the connection between education and individual creativity. We achieve this by offering career-awareness/training programs and art-focused activities and events, along with our original e-publications on educational topics.
UXPA Cleveland
Established in 2003, UXPA was the official Northeast Ohio chapter of the international Usability Professionals' Association (UPA). UXPA was started to educate, motivate, and promote usability throughout Northeast Ohio for individuals interested in, involved in, or responsible for websites, applications, software, or any other type of user interface where usability is a key to success.
Little Jacket
Little Jacket is a team of designers, writers and strategists focused on helping businesses and organizations grow, develop new products, tell their stories, raise awareness, and change perceptions.
BATTLE OF THE TEAL
iN Education’s Battle of the Teal is a year-round art program that promotes the hard work and dedication of visual and performing artists. This program builds a platform for young K-12 students and emerging artists to develop their chosen art form and boost their confidence level.
TWIST
Founded in 2000 with a mission to fight mediocrity, TWIST today is regarded as one of the top independent brand agencies between the coasts. TWIST produces integrated brand campaigns that help market challengers disrupt their market space. Our clients are ambitious and determined competitors who often have a superior offering in their category, but have struggled to claim their rightful position with their customers because bigger brands are outspending and outmarketing them.
NOMA Cleveland
The National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA) mission is to champion diversity within the design professions by promoting the excellence, community engagement, and professional development of its members.
mr. soul
Kevin “mr.soul” Harp has been a member of the artistic world since a very young age. Growing up in Cleveland he learned to not let anything turn him away from his purpose. After moving to Atlanta, he has made a name for himself as one of the most sought after graphic artists around. He still adheres to what his childhood taught him, that the only person stopping anyone from achieving anything they want is themselves. Now as an experienced businessman, his life speaks to perseverance, faith in oneself, and proves that the gifts you’re born with never leave you. In his case his gifts are expanding and changing the art and graphic design world one project at a time.
Visibility Marketing Inc
Visibility Market is a female and minority-owned marketing communications, stakeholder engagement company. With over 20 years experience in Visibility Marketing Inc. helps clients reach key stakeholders with strategic messages. With a creative focus, we make businesses “more visible” by serving as change agents and speaking directly to their audiences, thus modifying behavior. We specialize in performance-driven communication solutions that support sustainable business practices.
MOCA Cleveland
Cleveland’s Museum of Contemporary Art (moCa) plays an urgent and exciting role in the city’s cultural landscape. As a non-collecting institution and the region’s only contemporary art museum, moCa is ever-changing, introducing new exhibitions three times a year to create fresh experiences for visitors each season. Since its founding in 1968, moCa has presented the works of more than 2,000 artists, often through artists’ first solo shows.
Akron Children’s Museum
The Akron Children’s Museum was founded by a small group of young parents who, after visiting numerous children’s museums throughout the U.S. and querying their peers, determined that such an institution was indeed needed, and could serve Akron and the surrounding region well with Akron-centric, unique experiences.
Summit Artspace
Summit Artspace, nonprofit art galleries and studios for Summit County and the surrounding area, provides art exhibits and physical environments that promote a strong, diverse and vibrant arts and culture community.
Cleveland Institute of Art
The Cleveland Institute of Art is one of the nation's leading accredited independent colleges of art and design. Since 1882, the college has been an educational cornerstone in Cleveland, Ohio, producing graduates competitive as studio artists, designers, photographers, contemporary craftsmen, and educators.
AIGA Cleveland State University
AIGA advances design as a professional craft, strategic advantage and vital cultural force. As the largest community of design advocates, we bring together practitioners, enthusiasts, and patrons to amplify the voice of design and create the vision for a collective future. We define global standards and ethical practices, guide design education, enhance professional development, and make powerful tools and resources accessible to all.
ThirdSpace Action Lab
ThirdSpace Action Lab was created to disrupt the vicious cycle of disinvestment and displacement that negatively impacts the vitality of low-income communities of color. We are a grassroots research, strategy & design cooperative, dedicated to prototyping creative place-based solutions to complex socioeconomic problems. We are institutional and community organizers, turning multidisciplinary research into evidence-based strategies; and activating “third places” to co-creating more liberated spaces for people of color.
Gravity Sketch
Gravity Sketch is an intuitive 3D design platform for cross-disciplinary teams to create, collaborate, and review in an entirely new way.
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