Storytime + Design is a weekly Design Gym creative experience diving into a book and fun design exercises to grow your creativity and design process.

Age range of books will vary, design exercises adaptable for all.

How much do you know about the native plants here in Philadelphia? Find out how we can best contribute to our ecosystem with this delectable workshop that brings together landscape design and cookie decorating. Bring home a beautifully decorated half dozen cookies, packaged to give, or to enjoy on your own. Then start designing your very own garden!

How much do you know about the native plants here in Philadelphia? Find out how we can best contribute to our ecosystem with this delectable workshop that brings together landscape design and cookie decorating. Bring home a beautifully decorated half dozen cookies, packaged to give, or to enjoy on your own. Then start designing your very own garden!

Storytime + Design is a weekly Design Gym creative experience diving into a book and fun design exercises to grow your creativity and design process.

Age range of books will vary, design exercises adaptable for all.

Women’s Mastermind Session: Facilitated by The Qader Group’s founder, Heather Qader, this mastermind brings together a dynamic circle of accomplished women—entrepreneurs, investors, and small business owners—to engage in socially productive dialogue and collaborative growth.

The sessions center on the exchange of professional experiences and actionable insights. Participants will explore strategies for navigating the workplace, managing high-performing teams, and sustaining long-term success.

Each conversation is designed to spark meaningful connection, foster peer mentorship, and strengthen leadership within a supportive, like-minded community.

The sessions are limited to 10 people to preserve the quality of the session.

Storytime + Design is a weekly Design Gym creative experience diving into a book and fun design exercises to grow your creativity and design process.

Age range of books will vary, design exercises adaptable for all.

Taking the leap into starting your own business can feel both exhilarating and uncertain. How do you know when you’re truly ready or do you just go for it? Join us for a candid discussion where entrepreneurs share their personal journeys to launching their businesses. Hear about the pivotal moments, the challenges they faced, and the steps they took (or skipped) to turn their ideas into reality. Whether you’re in the planning phase or standing at the edge of your own launch, this conversation will provide real-world insights, practical advice, and inspiration to help you take the next step with confidence.  

Part of DesignPhiladelphia’s Business Series, this session is for creatives, makers, and innovators looking to move from idea to action.

Storytime + Design is a weekly Design Gym creative experience diving into a book and fun design exercises to grow your creativity and design process.

Available on select School District of Philadelphia (SDP) half-days, we offer a hands-on, project-based design workshop that allows students to be designers in a studio. Students will learn the design process through activities and exercises to design and build a project individually and/or as a team. Each studio introduces how we see design everywhere and projects based on one or more design disciplines.

EXPLORE DESIGN! At Design Gym’s community design studio in Norris Square at the Silk Screen Studios, located at 179 W. Berks Street, Studio 101. Check our social media for any schedule changes!

Open Gym Hours offers an inclusive environment for you and others to explore design in our community studio. Whether or not you have heard of architecture, graphic design, fashion design, and other creative disciplines, Open Gym is here to exercise your curiosity, creativity, and continuous learning through a self-guided experience. This space will offer opportunities for you to play in real-world design challenges and projects in a friendly setting.

Enjoy!

Extended hours may become available as demand increases AND for any upcoming scheduled workshops + experiences.

EXPLORE DESIGN! At Design Gym’s community design studio in Norris Square at the Silk Screen Studios, located at 179 W. Berks Street, Studio 101. Check our social media for any schedule changes!

Open Gym Hours offers an inclusive environment for you and others to explore design in our community studio. Whether or not you have heard of architecture, graphic design, fashion design, and other creative disciplines, Open Gym is here to exercise your curiosity, creativity, and continuous learning through a self-guided experience. This space will offer opportunities for you to play in real-world design challenges and projects in a friendly setting.

Enjoy!

Extended hours may become available as demand increases AND for any upcoming scheduled workshops + experiences.

EXPLORE DESIGN! At Design Gym’s community design studio in Norris Square at the Silk Screen Studios, located at 179 W. Berks Street, Studio 101. Check our social media for any schedule changes!

Open Gym Hours offers an inclusive environment for you and others to explore design in our community studio. Whether or not you have heard of architecture, graphic design, fashion design, and other creative disciplines, Open Gym is here to exercise your curiosity, creativity, and continuous learning through a self-guided experience. This space will offer opportunities for you to play in real-world design challenges and projects in a friendly setting.

Enjoy!

Extended hours may become available as demand increases AND for any upcoming scheduled workshops + experiences.

EXPLORE DESIGN! At Design Gym’s community design studio in Norris Square at the Silk Screen Studios, located at 179 W. Berks Street, Studio 101. Check our social media for any schedule changes!

Open Gym Hours offers an inclusive environment for you and others to explore design in our community studio. Whether or not you have heard of architecture, graphic design, fashion design, and other creative disciplines, Open Gym is here to exercise your curiosity, creativity, and continuous learning through a self-guided experience. This space will offer opportunities for you to play in real-world design challenges and projects in a friendly setting.

Enjoy!

Extended hours may become available as demand increases AND for any upcoming scheduled workshops + experiences.

Join us in welcoming Panbo Loyalty ​and building stronger bonds—between people, neighborhoods, and the small businesses that hold us together.

We’ll start with the story of how this startup began, how then open a Sharing Circle to reflect, connect, and co-create around the setbacks of a startup and how that affects the varioius layers of community. .

EXPLORE DESIGN! At Design Gym’s community design studio in Norris Square at the Silk Screen Studios, located at 179 W. Berks Street, Studio 101. Check our social media for any schedule changes!

Open Gym Hours offers an inclusive environment for you and others to explore design in our community studio. Whether or not you have heard of architecture, graphic design, fashion design, and other creative disciplines, Open Gym is here to exercise your curiosity, creativity, and continuous learning through a self-guided experience. This space will offer opportunities for you to play in real-world design challenges and projects in a friendly setting.

Enjoy!

Extended hours may become available as demand increases AND for any upcoming scheduled workshops + experiences.

EXPLORE DESIGN! At Design Gym’s community design studio in Norris Square at the Silk Screen Studios, located at 179 W. Berks Street, Studio 101. Check our social media for any schedule changes!

Open Gym Hours offers an inclusive environment for you and others to explore design in our community studio. Whether or not you have heard of architecture, graphic design, fashion design, and other creative disciplines, Open Gym is here to exercise your curiosity, creativity, and continuous learning through a self-guided experience. This space will offer opportunities for you to play in real-world design challenges and projects in a friendly setting.

Enjoy!

Extended hours may become available as demand increases AND for any upcoming scheduled workshops + experiences.

We’ll explore the design principle of patterns through textile design, and taking a closer look into our world. We welcome guest, Emily “Birdie” Busch.

EXPLORE DESIGN! At Design Gym’s community design studio in Norris Square at the Silk Screen Studios, located at 179 W. Berks Street, Studio 101. Check our social media for any schedule changes!

Open Gym Hours offers an inclusive environment for you and others to explore design in our community studio. Whether or not you have heard of architecture, graphic design, fashion design, and other creative disciplines, Open Gym is here to exercise your curiosity, creativity, and continuous learning through a self-guided experience. This space will offer opportunities for you to play in real-world design challenges and projects in a friendly setting.

Enjoy!

Extended hours may become available as demand increases AND for any upcoming scheduled workshops + experiences.

EXPLORE DESIGN! At Design Gym’s community design studio in Norris Square at the Silk Screen Studios, located at 179 W. Berks Street, Studio 101. Check our social media for any schedule changes!

Open Gym Hours offers an inclusive environment for you and others to explore design in our community studio. Whether or not you have heard of architecture, graphic design, fashion design, and other creative disciplines, Open Gym is here to exercise your curiosity, creativity, and continuous learning through a self-guided experience. This space will offer opportunities for you to play in real-world design challenges and projects in a friendly setting.

Enjoy!

Extended hours may become available as demand increases AND for any upcoming scheduled workshops + experiences.

EXPLORE DESIGN! At Design Gym’s community design studio in Norris Square at the Silk Screen Studios, located at 179 W. Berks Street, Studio 101. Check our social media for any schedule changes!

Open Gym Hours offers an inclusive environment for you and others to explore design in our community studio. Whether or not you have heard of architecture, graphic design, fashion design, and other creative disciplines, Open Gym is here to exercise your curiosity, creativity, and continuous learning through a self-guided experience. This space will offer opportunities for you to play in real-world design challenges and projects in a friendly setting.

Enjoy!

Extended hours may become available as demand increases AND for any upcoming scheduled workshops + experiences.

EXPLORE DESIGN! At Design Gym’s community design studio in Norris Square at the Silk Screen Studios, located at 179 W. Berks Street, Studio 101. Check our social media for any schedule changes!

Open Gym Hours offers an inclusive environment for you and others to explore design in our community studio. Whether or not you have heard of architecture, graphic design, fashion design, and other creative disciplines, Open Gym is here to exercise your curiosity, creativity, and continuous learning through a self-guided experience. This space will offer opportunities for you to play in real-world design challenges and projects in a friendly setting.

Enjoy!

Extended hours may become available as demand increases AND for any upcoming scheduled workshops + experiences.

EXPLORE DESIGN! At Design Gym’s community design studio in Norris Square at the Silk Screen Studios, located at 179 W. Berks Street, Studio 101. Check our social media for any schedule changes!

Open Gym Hours offers an inclusive environment for you and others to explore design in our community studio. Whether or not you have heard of architecture, graphic design, fashion design, and other creative disciplines, Open Gym is here to exercise your curiosity, creativity, and continuous learning through a self-guided experience. This space will offer opportunities for you to play in real-world design challenges and projects in a friendly setting.

Enjoy!

Extended hours may become available as demand increases AND for any upcoming scheduled workshops + experiences.

EXPLORE DESIGN! At Design Gym’s community design studio in Norris Square at the Silk Screen Studios, located at 179 W. Berks Street, Studio 101. Check our social media for any schedule changes!

Open Gym Hours offers an inclusive environment for you and others to explore design in our community studio. Whether or not you have heard of architecture, graphic design, fashion design, and other creative disciplines, Open Gym is here to exercise your curiosity, creativity, and continuous learning through a self-guided experience. This space will offer opportunities for you to play in real-world design challenges and projects in a friendly setting.

Enjoy!

Extended hours may become available as demand increases AND for any upcoming scheduled workshops + experiences.

EXPLORE DESIGN! At Design Gym’s community design studio in Norris Square at the Silk Screen Studios, located at 179 W. Berks Street, Studio 101. Check our social media for any schedule changes!

Open Gym Hours offers an inclusive environment for you and others to explore design in our community studio. Whether or not you have heard of architecture, graphic design, fashion design, and other creative disciplines, Open Gym is here to exercise your curiosity, creativity, and continuous learning through a self-guided experience. This space will offer opportunities for you to play in real-world design challenges and projects in a friendly setting.

Enjoy!

Extended hours may become available as demand increases AND for any upcoming scheduled workshops + experiences.

Explore + discover Design Gym’s community design studio at the Silk Screen Studios in Kensington/Norris Square neighborhood. Explore + discover Design Gym’s community design studio at the Silk Screen Studios in Kensington/Norris Square neighborhood. Come visit to check out design activities + exercises, design play, and meet our founder/head coach Erike De Veyra.

FREE + OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Available on select School District of Philadelphia (SDP) half-days, we offer a hands-on, project-based design workshop that allows students to be designers in a studio. Students will learn the design process through activities and exercises to design and build a project individually and/or as a team. Each studio introduces how we see design everywhere and projects based on one or more design disciplines.

This is about building stronger bonds—between people, neighborhoods, and the small businesses that hold us together. We’ll start with the story of how this movement began, then open a Sharing Circle to reflect, connect, and co-create. You’ll get a peek at a new community loyalty platform, then work in teams to flex your design chops.

Human problems come in all scales and applications, we are going to dive into a speedy design charette in groups by introducing (or giving you a refresher) on the design thinking process. Whether you are in UX design, product design, in architecture, or none of the above–the process is similar. For this charette, we’re going to keep things mostly analog to flex that design muscle! We will also introduce you to tools that can help you build cool solutions.

Design Fun Dates are Design Gym’s pop-ups for design play for all ages.

Design encompasses MANY disciplines, different forms + materials, and scale. From the fabric of your clothes, the logo on it, the headphones you’re wearing, to the chair and spaces you're sitting in. All of those things were designed, and they all share the same process and principles. Find out what it’s all about and how you interact with design. You don’t have to be a designer (or completely seasoned), COME AND BE CURIOUS. Join us wherever you are on your design journey!