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Design Week Portland | Buildings Full Of Women | Swift Agency | Nightwood Society | Hacienda CDC
Live at Design Week Portland, "State of Wonder" reimagines what buildings would look like if they were designed by women.

Designer Behind Portland's Pioneer Square And Other Oregon Icons Has Died
Renowned Oregon landscape architect J. Douglas Macy has died. Macy was part of the legendary team that created Portland's Pioneer Courthouse Square and other Oregon icons.

Inaugural Sneaker Week Portland To Showcase Thriving Footwear Culture
Portland is home to footwear giants like Nike and Adidas, to say nothing of coffee shops and design academies catering to the sneaker-obsessed. Sneaker Week seeks to lace it all together.

Design Week Special: Redesigning Portland With Quin Candy, Maya Lin And More
This week on "State of Wonder," we dive into the bubbling cauldron of Portland design. From streetwear to downtown Portland to sporting goods to candy, everything's on the drawing board.
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At-Risk Youth Learn Job And Design Skills At dfrntpigeon Apparel Company
The nonprofit New Avenues for Youth and the branding agency AKQA partnered up and created a company called dfrntpigeon. It's run by at-risk and homeless youth.
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Live From Portland Design Week
"Think Out Loud" is live from the headquarters of Portland Design Week Friday, April 21, 2017.

Design, Planning And New Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler
We listen back to what Ted Wheeler said as a candidate about his arts agenda for Portland, and learn about what design, architecture and planning challenges lie ahead during Wheeler's tenure.

Pebble Mosaic Artist Jeffrey Bale
Jeffrey Bale began traveling the world, finding inspiration in the stunning architecture of Europe and SE Asia. He returned home and began creating elaborate and intricate pebble mosaics from stone he gathers in the wild. Today his work is world renowned.
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UX: Design For Space, Parking, Fly Fishing And The World
"State of Wonder" guest curator Elena Moon takes us through the world of user experience design, challenging us to think about what works and why.
Designing Willamette Falls Riverwalk
A design team including three different firms will work together to create a public walkway for a place with special significance in Oregon's history.