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Horizon at End Times

Tsilli Pines Explains the “Let’s Work On” Portland Poll

Designer and double executive Tsilli Pines brings Horizon at End Times back from hiatus in a newly built podcast studio. Things haven’t sounded more crisp and clear for this program. Pines is co-Founder of Design Week Portland and Creative Director at FINE. Her expertise in the area of design is matched by the desire to […]

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America Festival

Going Big on the Central Eastside

A Design Week PDX Panel takes on a big question: How does the city keep the Central Eastside industrially fertile? Hanging at the front of the room where Bora Architects hosted the Design Week Portland panel discussion, “Central Eastside: Beyond Taking Sides” on Tuesday night, were proposed development plans for the industrial district. Digital images […]

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Festival Interview

Tsilli Pines Explains Design Week Portland

Design Week Co-Founder and Director, Tsilli Pines Explains the Scattered Development of a Burgeoning Festival. The story of Design Week Portland is not one of consistency. It has changed months, almost skipped years, and never really had a central organization in the beginning. That way of working is something I really appreciate. The innocence of […]

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Arts Review Festival

What Is Design Week?

Everything is design, design is everything, and Portland is a microcosm. Design Week Portland is neither a week nor is it design. Actually, it is more than that. The provocative event spans a full nine days while exploring design solutions to broad political-economic issues. It is a convention by and for designers, on the one […]