Design Silicon Valley: SF Design Week series

Design Bay Area opened the inaugural Design Silicon Valley series on May 13, 2026, extending the San Francisco Design Week organization’s programming deeper into the South Bay. The run continues through May 30 and is billed by organizers as part of the group’s broader “Year of Design 2026” calendar. The series is spread across multiple venues rather than a single convention site, with events listed in Palo Alto, Stanford, San Jose and other regional locations. Each session requires its own registration, according to the event page. ### What exactly is Design Silicon Valley? Design Silicon Valley is a new event series for industry professionals centered on innovation, interiors, architecture, landscape, technology, startups, venture and art, according to the San Francisco Design Week website. Organizers say the program will include fireside chats, home tours, panel discussions, workshops and open studios. (sfdesignweek.org) The May 10 post announcing the series described it as the inaugural edition and said it would take place annually. That announcement was published under the name Dawn Zidonis on the San Francisco Design Week site. ### Where is it happening if it is tied to SF Design Week? Palo Alto, Stanford and San Jose are specifically named on the event page as host locations for the May 13-30 run. (sfdesignweek.org) The site says the series will take place “at various locations throughout the region,” underscoring that the format is distributed across the South Bay rather than concentrated in San Francisco. Design Bay Area said in its January announcement for the Year of Design 2026 initiative that events would take place across the Bay Area, including South Bay/Silicon Valley, North Bay, East Bay and San Francisco. That wider calendar helps place Design Silicon Valley as one part of a region-wide rollout tied to the organization’s 20th anniversary year. (sfdesignweek.org) ### How do tickets work for this series? Each event requires individual registration, the Design Silicon Valley page says, and the site tells attendees to “check each event for date and registration.” Organizers also said tickets for the 2026 edition are “extremely limited.” The San Francisco Design Week site uses a centralized events and ticketing system for its broader festival calendar. (sfdesignweek.org) A separate ticketing post said general public registration for San Francisco Design Week events opened on May 11, 2026, while the Design Silicon Valley announcement directs users to its calendar and ticket pages for the South Bay series. (sfdesignweek.org) ### How does this connect to the main San Francisco festival? San Francisco Design Week is scheduled for June 1-12, 2026, immediately after the Design Silicon Valley run ends on May 30. The organization’s attend page describes that June program as a city-wide festival bringing together designers, strategists, artists, entrepreneurs, in-house design teams, brands and studios. (sfdesignweek.org) The 2026 theme for San Francisco Design Week is “Multitudes,” which the organization says marks its 20th anniversary and emphasizes the range of disciplines, identities and perspectives shaping Bay Area design. The January theme post also said the group was expanding “into every corner” of the region in 2026. ### Who is producing the events? (sfdesignweek.org) Design Bay Area produces San Francisco Design Week, according to the organization’s about page. The homepage and related announcements position Design Silicon Valley within that same umbrella rather than as a separate outside festival. The San Francisco Design Week site has also laid out a broader 2026 sequence beyond the South Bay launch. (sfdesignweek.org) The Design Silicon Valley page lists San Francisco Design Week for June 1-12, Design Marin for August 20-30 and Design Healdsburg for October 2-4. May 30, 2026 is the scheduled end date for the inaugural Design Silicon Valley run, and June 1, 2026 is the opening date for San Francisco Design Week. (sfdesignweek.org) Organizers are directing attendees to the online calendar and ticket pages on the San Francisco Design Week website for event-by-event registration and remaining availability. (sfdesignweek.org)