Where you can find Design Gym!
Open Gym Hours
EXPLORE DESIGN! At Design Gym’s community design studio in Norris Square at Color Space Laps, located at 1714 N. Mascher Street, follow our purple circle.
No registration required.
Free / Pay-what-you-wish
All are welcome.
Design Your Own Disguise
Join us for this week's activity: Design Your Own Disguise during Open Gym hours. You could design-build a mask, a headpiece, a hat, etc. with the assistance of our on-site Design Coach. We have some materials and tools available on-site for your use. If you have any promo merch/giveaway sunglasses or headbands laying around that want to be let go of OR materials you have collected for your own disguise; or to share, we will gladly receive them on-site to help construct disguises.
Use as many sessions to complete and keep your work-in-progress at the studio.
Storytime + Design
Storytime + Design is a weekly creative experience diving into a book and fun design exercises to grow your creativity and design process. We welcome all ages and identities on the designer journey.
Age range of books will vary, design exercises adaptable for all.
Open Gym Hours
EXPLORE DESIGN! At Design Gym’s community design studio in Norris Square at Color Space Laps, located at 1714 N. Mascher Street, follow our purple circle.
No registration required.
Free / Pay-what-you-wish
All are welcome.
Design Your Own Disguise
Join us for this week's activity: Design Your Own Disguise during Open Gym hours. You could design-build a mask, a headpiece, a hat, etc. with the assistance of our on-site Design Coach. We have some materials and tools available on-site for your use. If you have any promo merch/giveaway sunglasses or headbands laying around that want to be let go of OR materials you have collected for your own disguise; or to share, we will gladly receive them on-site to help construct disguises.
Use as many sessions to complete and keep your work-in-progress at the studio.
Open Gym Hours
EXPLORE DESIGN! At Design Gym’s community design studio in Norris Square at Color Space Laps, located at 1714 N. Mascher Street, follow our purple circle.
No registration required.
Free / Pay-what-you-wish
All are welcome.
Tase of the Philippines: Design Your Own Halo Halo
DIY HALO HALO KEYCHAIN
Design Gym is one of the sponsors for Taste of the Philippines 2025!
Come and celebrate Filipino American History Month with us!
Open Gym Hours
EXPLORE DESIGN! At Design Gym’s community design studio in Norris Square at Color Space Laps, located at 1714 N. Mascher Street, follow our purple circle.
No registration required.
Free / Pay-what-you-wish
All are welcome.
Design Your Own Disguise
Join us for this week's activity: Design Your Own Disguise during Open Gym hours. You could design-build a mask, a headpiece, a hat, etc. with the assistance of our on-site Design Coach. We have some materials and tools available on-site for your use. If you have any promo merch/giveaway sunglasses or headbands laying around that want to be let go of OR materials you have collected for your own disguise; or to share, we will gladly receive them on-site to help construct disguises.
Use as many sessions to complete and keep your work-in-progress at the studio.
Storytime + Design
Storytime + Design is a weekly creative experience diving into a book and fun design exercises to grow your creativity and design process. We welcome all ages and identities on the designer journey.
Age range of books will vary, design exercises adaptable for all.
Design Your Own Disguise
Join us for this week's activity: Design Your Own Disguise during Open Gym hours. You could design-build a mask, a headpiece, a hat, etc. with the assistance of our on-site Design Coach. We have some materials and tools available on-site for your use. If you have any promo merch/giveaway sunglasses or headbands laying around that want to be let go of OR materials you have collected for your own disguise; or to share, we will gladly receive them on-site to help construct disguises.
Use as many sessions to complete and keep your work-in-progress at the studio.
Open Gym Hours
EXPLORE DESIGN! At Design Gym’s community design studio in Norris Square at Color Space Laps, located at 1714 N. Mascher Street, follow our purple circle.
No registration required.
Free / Pay-what-you-wish
All are welcome.
Design Your Own Disguise
Join us for this week's activity: Design Your Own Disguise during Open Gym hours. You could design-build a mask, a headpiece, a hat, etc. with the assistance of our on-site Design Coach. We have some materials and tools available on-site for your use. If you have any promo merch/giveaway sunglasses or headbands laying around that want to be let go of OR materials you have collected for your own disguise; or to share, we will gladly receive them on-site to help construct disguises.
Use as many sessions to complete and keep your work-in-progress at the studio.
Open Gym Hours
EXPLORE DESIGN! At Design Gym’s community design studio in Norris Square at Color Space Laps, located at 1714 N. Mascher Street, follow our purple circle.
No registration required.
Free / Pay-what-you-wish
All are welcome.
Open Gym Hours
EXPLORE DESIGN! At Design Gym’s community design studio in Norris Square at Color Space Laps, located at 1714 N. Mascher Street, follow our purple circle.
No registration required.
Free / Pay-what-you-wish
All are welcome.
Storytime + Design
Storytime + Design is a weekly creative experience diving into a book and fun design exercises to grow your creativity and design process. We welcome all ages and identities on the designer journey.
Age range of books will vary, design exercises adaptable for all.
Open Gym Hours
EXPLORE DESIGN! At Design Gym’s community design studio in Norris Square at Color Space Laps, located at 1714 N. Mascher Street, follow our purple circle.
No registration required.
Free / Pay-what-you-wish
All are welcome.
Open Gym Hours
EXPLORE DESIGN! At Design Gym’s community design studio in Norris Square at Color Space Laps, located at 1714 N. Mascher Street, follow our purple circle.
No registration required.
Free / Pay-what-you-wish
All are welcome.
Decompress by Design
Decompress by Design during the DesignPhiladelphia 2025 Festival!
Be curious, agile, and open to meeting new people + opportunities by taking a breather by decompressing with us through design play social hour. We've got games, toys, and activities!
Open Gym Hours
EXPLORE DESIGN! At Design Gym’s community design studio in Norris Square at Color Space Laps, located at 1714 N. Mascher Street, follow our purple circle.
No registration required.
Free / Pay-what-you-wish
All are welcome.
Storytime + Design
Storytime + Design is a weekly creative experience diving into a book and fun design exercises to grow your creativity and design process. We welcome all ages and identities on the designer journey.
Age range of books will vary, design exercises adaptable for all.
Open Gym Hours
EXPLORE DESIGN! At Design Gym’s community design studio in Norris Square at Color Space Laps, located at 1714 N. Mascher Street, follow our purple circle.
No registration required.
Free / Pay-what-you-wish
All are welcome.
Open Gym Hours
EXPLORE DESIGN! At Design Gym’s community design studio in Norris Square at Color Space Laps, located at 1714 N. Mascher Street, follow our purple circle.
No registration required.
Free / Pay-what-you-wish
All are welcome.
Open Gym Hours
EXPLORE DESIGN! At Design Gym’s community design studio in Norris Square at Color Space Laps, located at 1714 N. Mascher Street, follow our purple circle.
No registration required.
Free / Pay-what-you-wish
All are welcome.
Storytime + Design
Storytime + Design is a weekly creative experience diving into a book and fun design exercises to grow your creativity and design process. We welcome all ages and identities on the designer journey.
Age range of books will vary, design exercises adaptable for all.
School Age Studio: Set Design from Stories
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.
PARK(ing) DAY Philadelphia After-Party
Come celebrate public and pedestrian-friendly spaces at our annual PARK(ing) DAY PHILADELPHIA After Party! Join us to meet the creative #PARKingDAYPHL teams, view the day's creations, chat over drinks and snacks, and find out who will win the highly coveted Golden Cone Awards #GoldenConePHL.
Storytime + Design @ PARK(ing) DAY
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.
PARK(ing) DAY Philadelphia
Known as PARKing) DAY globally, this public, participatory project is an annual event re-imagines the possibilities of 140 square feet of public space. People across the world temporarily repurpose curbside parking spaces and convert them into public parks and social spaces to advocate for safer, greener, and more equitable streets for people.
What is PARK(ing) DAY Philadelphia? The number of parks throughout Philadelphia increases dramatically each year on the third Friday in September, when activists, artists, architects, and other citizens transform metered parking spaces into temporary public parks.
Check out PARK(ing) DAY in Philadelphia, follow or participate @parkingdayphila and be inspired by #PARKingDAYPHL
How did it start? PARK(ing) DAY was founded by Rebar, a San Francisco art and design studio, in 2005 to raise awareness of the need for green spaces in urban environments. Philadelphia celebrated PARK(ing) Day for the first time in 2008 with over 25 installations for relaxing, cycling, creating art, education, and socializing.
Open Gym Hours
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.
No registration required.
Free / Pay-what-you-wish
All are welcome.
Open Gym Hours
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.
No registration required.
Free / Pay-what-you-wish
All are welcome.
School Age Studio: Pop Up Park in a PARK(ing) Spot
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.
Storytime + Design
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.
Open Gym Hours
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.
No registration required.
Free / Pay-what-you-wish
All are welcome.