event description & schedule

Santa Fe Interior Designers Present (SFIDP) is pleased to announce its eighth annual Design Santa Fe 2012, a series of events showcasing the best in design innovations, trends, and products, held in the city of Santa Fe from October 4 – 6.

Open to both design professionals and the general public, Design Santa Fe 2012 embraces the theme “Unleashing Creativity”.

Santa Fe was designated in 2005 as one of UNESCO’s Creative Cities in recognition of its thriving design community. The city blends its unique multicultural architecture and design aesthetic with a distinctly contemporary approach to artistic expression, making it an ideal venue for a celebration of design and an exploration of its potential.

Design Santa Fe 2012’s events will include:

Design Dialogue

A panel discussion catering to professional designers and architects moderated by Susan S. Szenasy, editor-in-chief of Metropolis magazine. This year’s panelists will be announced shortly.

Home Tour

A self-guided home and garden tour open to the general public showcasing the best in interior and exterior design as well as innovative products and design solutions.

Design Crawl

A citywide party in which retail and wholesale design businesses around town welcome the public to sample food and liquid refreshments while browsing an array of products and meeting with guest artists and artisans.

Design LAB

A juried competition challenges participants to think outside of the box and to ideate new designs for domestic living in the year 2020.

A portion of all proceeds from Design Santa Fe 2011 will be donated to the St. Elizabeth Shelter in Santa Fe and San Francisco–based Architecture for Humanity, a nonprofit design services firm. To date, SFIDP has contributed $24,000 to the Santa Fe Youth Shelters, and members of SFIDP also volunteered their time to design the interiors of the facility’s living units. The 2011 event raised $6,000 for the local St. Elizabeth Shelter and $6,000 for Architecture for Humanity.