JOIN Design Seattle has two design events in November that you shouldn’t miss!!

1. fancy and JOIN present:

SCRAP’

Limited edition design objects in scrap wood from Seattle designers artists.
Friday November 13, 2009
6-9pm

Featuring:

grain
Iacoli McAllister
Ladies Gentlemen Studio
Loc Trinh
Laura Yeats
Trey Jones for urbancase
Fortyfive09 and c.
fancy

1914 2nd Ave
Downtown Seattle
Btwn Stewart Virginia
206-956-2945
more info: http://www.joindesignseattle.com/scrap.html

2. ‘Design Shoppe’

One night pop-up featuring design objects by artists and independent designers from the Pacific Northwest. Silent auction to benefit JOIN Nest Seattle.

Saturday November 28, 2009
7-11pm Design Object Sale
7-9pm Silent Auction
9:15pm Auction Winners Announced
**Sale Auction is Cash Only

Vermilion Wine + Art
1508 11th Ave
Between Pike Pine
Capitol Hill – Seattle

more info: http://www.joindesignseattle.com/designShoppe.html

Nest is a nonprofit organization that empowers female artists and artisans around the world. Using a unique combination of interest-free microfinance loans, mentoring from established designers, as well as a market in which to sell their crafts, Nest helps its loan recipients create successful small businesses. Nest instills pride of ownership, preserves ancient artistic traditions and successfully moves women from poverty to self-sufficiency.

www.buildanest.com

JOIN: Design Seattle promotes emerging independent American design by providing designers a forum to show work, get feedback, and share resources. By organizing design shows and events and hosting an online calendar, we strive to be the adhesive that binds a thriving, but fragmented, furniture and product design community in Seattle.