Recently Detroit was designated as the first UNESCO City of Design and to celebrate, the Design Core Detroit is transitioning the Detroit Design Festival from a week-long series to a month-long design extravaganza! From September 1st to 30th, there will be events, special projects, and competitions all throughout the city to celebrate the best of Detroit design.
The full schedule is available at designcore.org but here are some of our favorite highlights:

At the Shinola Canfield flagship store on September 7th, a presentation by NEXT:SPACE + TOM GIBBS STUDIO in partnership with DetroitIsIt and Shinola will explore how design practices of iconic designers like Charles & Ray Eames and Florence Knoll are being implemented by today?s designers including Alex Drew and NO ONE, Nina Cho, Colin Turn, Hunt & Noyer, and more. Drinks and design" Now you?re speaking our language. On September 13th, hosted by Design Core Detroit and presented by the Platform, the Drinks x Design: Design Crawl takes you through Detroit?s iconic Fisher Building for a night of immersive experiences, music, and hors d?oeuvres.

Detroit?s historic city makes for an interesting backdrop for photographers. On September 15th, the inaugural ?Focus: On Detroit Photography Festival? will be celebrating people, places, and photos projected on on the city?s Bell Building.

Start them young, there?s a design day for kids ages 2-16 on September 15th at the Michigan Science Center for an afternoon full of...