APPLY NOW: Applications for the DxRI Launch Program Close January 31st!
“Design by Rhode Island”
DESIGNxRI works to support and strengthen Rhode Island’s world-class design community. Through our programs and events, we create accessible ways for Rhode Island’s design professionals to connect, learn, and advance in their careers.
Programs & Events
DESIGNxRI offers several programs and events focused on supporting RI designers and connecting the creative community. Hit the button below to learn more.
Support DESIGNxRI
Get involved and help us elevate design in RI. We appreciate your support, whether it’s through lending your energy, talent or inspiration to the programs and initiatives we facilitate.
SINCE 2013, DESIGNxRI HAS SERVED
OVER 100 CREATIVE SMALL BUSINESSES
Through economic development programs like Design Catalyst and Launch, we provide up-and-coming Rhode Island designers with training and funding opportunities, strengthening their individual businesses and Rhode Island’s creative economy as a whole.
THE DESIGN CATALYST ALUMNI DIRECTORY
Check out the ever-growing directory of previous Design Catalyst Program participants! From metal-working to apparel design, our alumni come from all corners of the design world.
Are you a Design Catalyst Program Alum who would like to be listed in the Directory? Click here to let us know what your business has been up to a join the Directory!
The Design Catalyst program has, over 5 months, completely changed my perspective on what my business can achieve. I am now armed with a plethora of marketing, communication and planning tools to take the shop to the next level … Thanks to the Design Catalyst program, I now have the means, understanding, and machinery to achieve my design goals.”
Alaina Mahoney
AM Design and Fabrication
Design Catalyst 2020
The Catalyst Program provides us an incredible opportunity to gather with fellow creative business owners to collectively grow, learn, and brainstorm solutions to our unique problems … But even more importantly Catalyst has provided me with a community!”
Mason Hainey
M.HAINEY
Design Catalyst Spring 2024
The Design Catalyst Program has been transformative for Fire Mountain Metal Works, both in skill development and in connecting me with a supportive network of peers and mentors. The program offered classes that went beyond traditional business concepts, encouraging me to see my work through a more strategic and sustainable lens.”
Ben Filchak
Fire Mountain Metal Works
Design Catalyst Fall 2024
OUR FUNDERS
The Fall 2024 Design Catalyst Program is funded [in part] through a grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration
