Where you can find Design Gym!
Check out upcoming events in our space, client projects, or guest appearances around Philly!
Philly Tech Week: Pixels, Pizza + Pop with Tiny Jawns
DESIGN A DOODAD
A Design Gym series of hands-on workshops for all ages + experiences to learn about design foundation principles and demystify the design process in the disciplines of architecture, fashion, graphic + textile design, to name a few.
Flex your creativity with us!
Registration includes designer(s) introductions, instruction, materials, light refreshments AND skills/knowledge + a project to take home!
Workshops are scheduled on weeknight and weekend days/times at least twice a month.
OPEN TO ALL adult and youth designers.
Prior design experience is not required.
School Age Studio
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.
Philly Tech Week Design A Doodad with Crimson Threads Workshop
DESIGN A DOODAD
A Design Gym series of hands-on workshops for all ages + experiences to learn about design foundation principles and demystify the design process in the disciplines of architecture, fashion, graphic + textile design, to name a few.
Flex your creativity with us!
Registration includes designer(s) introductions, instruction, materials, light refreshments AND skills/knowledge + a project to take home!
Workshops are scheduled on weeknight and weekend days/times at least twice a month.
OPEN TO ALL adult and youth designers.
Prior design experience is not required.
Skill Swap Club
Skill Swap Club is a neighbor-to-neighbor exchange that reconnects people by sharing what we know.
This idea emerged from a Design Gym workshop during Philly Tech Week, where strangers from different backgrounds came together to solve everyday human problems. Facilitated by Chitsanzo Isaac, our group identified skill swapping as a response to isolation and lack of accessible support systems.
![[101] Empathy in Problem Solving](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63374a177a5e527f0930fa39/8a5819be-9fdc-4dfa-b67a-9b2ee118bad8/Mar+101.png)
[101] Empathy in Problem Solving
Empathy in Problem Solving
Our 101 Series is a beginner style design demonstration. No doodads are made, only learning.
Whether you’re hosting an event or working on a tactile or strategic project, design begins before arriving at an event or before you shake a hand and introduce yourself. Join us to find out how empathy is significant to the design thinking process. We welcome designer Verónica Ayala Flores along with Design Gym founder + head coach Erike H. De Veyra, Assoc. AIA, SEED.
101 Series: Learn and work through the design process with Head Coach and Founder Erike, and try out tools, sometimes alongside a guest designer or expert.
No doodads/pieces will be made; this is purely a session to understand the process and tools.
Registration includes designer(s) introductions, design thinking process, and live demonstration of tools alongside expert(s), and light refreshments.
OPEN TO ALL adult and youth designers.
Prior design experience is not required
Leave with skills, knowledge + appreciation
Skill Swap Club
Skill Swap Club is a neighbor-to-neighbor exchange that reconnects people by sharing what we know.
This idea emerged from a Design Gym workshop during Philly Tech Week, where strangers from different backgrounds came together to solve everyday human problems. Facilitated by Chitsanzo Isaac, our group identified skill swapping as a response to isolation and lack of accessible support systems.
School Age Studio
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.
Skill Swap Club
Skill Swap Club is a neighbor-to-neighbor exchange that reconnects people by sharing what we know.
This idea emerged from a Design Gym workshop during Philly Tech Week, where strangers from different backgrounds came together to solve everyday human problems. Facilitated by Chitsanzo Isaac, our group identified skill swapping as a response to isolation and lack of accessible support systems.
Skill Swap Club
Skill Swap Club is a neighbor-to-neighbor exchange that reconnects people by sharing what we know.
This idea emerged from a Design Gym workshop during Philly Tech Week, where strangers from different backgrounds came together to solve everyday human problems. Facilitated by Chitsanzo Isaac, our group identified skill swapping as a response to isolation and lack of accessible support systems.
Skill Swap Club
Skill Swap Club is a neighbor-to-neighbor exchange that reconnects people by sharing what we know.
This idea emerged from a Design Gym workshop during Philly Tech Week, where strangers from different backgrounds came together to solve everyday human problems. Facilitated by Chitsanzo Isaac, our group identified skill swapping as a response to isolation and lack of accessible support systems.
Design It Yourself (DIY): Zine
EXPLORE DESIGN! At Design Gym’s community design studio in Norris Square at Colorspace Labs, located at 1714 N. Mascher Street, follow our purple circle.
What you can do during OPEN GYM:
co-work
FEATURED Design It Yourself (DIY) Project - $10
design exercises with or without coaching
look through our library of books
play + try out design games + toys for ALL AGES
ask the coach about design careers
creative reset
WALK-INS WELCOME
No registration required.
All are welcome.
OPEN GYM
EXPLORE DESIGN! At Design Gym’s community design studio in Norris Square at Colorspace Labs, located at 1714 N. Mascher Street, follow our purple circle.
What you can do during OPEN GYM:
co-work
FEATURED Design It Yourself (DIY) Project - $10
design exercises with or without coaching
look through our library of books
play + try out design games + toys for ALL AGES
ask the coach about design careers
creative reset
WALK-INS WELCOME
No registration required.
All are welcome.
Design It Yourself (DIY): Zine
EXPLORE DESIGN! At Design Gym’s community design studio in Norris Square at Colorspace Labs, located at 1714 N. Mascher Street, follow our purple circle.
What you can do during OPEN GYM:
co-work
FEATURED Design It Yourself (DIY) Project - $10
design exercises with or without coaching
look through our library of books
play + try out design games + toys for ALL AGES
ask the coach about design careers
creative reset
WALK-INS WELCOME
No registration required.
All are welcome.
OPEN GYM
EXPLORE DESIGN! At Design Gym’s community design studio in Norris Square at Colorspace Labs, located at 1714 N. Mascher Street, follow our purple circle.
What you can do during OPEN GYM:
co-work
FEATURED Design It Yourself (DIY) Project - $10
design exercises with or without coaching
look through our library of books
play + try out design games + toys for ALL AGES
ask the coach about design careers
creative reset
WALK-INS WELCOME
No registration required.
All are welcome.
OPEN GYM
EXPLORE DESIGN! At Design Gym’s community design studio in Norris Square at Colorspace Labs, located at 1714 N. Mascher Street, follow our purple circle.
What you can do during OPEN GYM:
co-work
FEATURED Design It Yourself (DIY) Project - $10
design exercises with or without coaching
look through our library of books
play + try out design games + toys for ALL AGES
ask the coach about design careers
creative reset
WALK-INS WELCOME
No registration required.
All are welcome.
Design It Yourself (DIY): Zine
EXPLORE DESIGN! At Design Gym’s community design studio in Norris Square at Colorspace Labs, located at 1714 N. Mascher Street, follow our purple circle.
What you can do during OPEN GYM:
co-work
FEATURED Design It Yourself (DIY) Project - $10
design exercises with or without coaching
look through our library of books
play + try out design games + toys for ALL AGES
ask the coach about design careers
creative reset
WALK-INS WELCOME
No registration required.
All are welcome.
Design It Yourself (DIY): Zine
EXPLORE DESIGN! At Design Gym’s community design studio in Norris Square at Colorspace Labs, located at 1714 N. Mascher Street, follow our purple circle.
What you can do during OPEN GYM:
co-work
FEATURED Design It Yourself (DIY) Project - $10
design exercises with or without coaching
look through our library of books
play + try out design games + toys for ALL AGES
ask the coach about design careers
creative reset
WALK-INS WELCOME
No registration required.
All are welcome.
OPEN GYM
EXPLORE DESIGN! At Design Gym’s community design studio in Norris Square at Colorspace Labs, located at 1714 N. Mascher Street, follow our purple circle.
What you can do during OPEN GYM:
co-work
FEATURED Design It Yourself (DIY) Project - $10
design exercises with or without coaching
look through our library of books
play + try out design games + toys for ALL AGES
ask the coach about design careers
creative reset
WALK-INS WELCOME
No registration required.
All are welcome.
OPEN GYM
EXPLORE DESIGN! At Design Gym’s community design studio in Norris Square at Colorspace Labs, located at 1714 N. Mascher Street, follow our purple circle.
What you can do during OPEN GYM:
co-work
FEATURED Design It Yourself (DIY) Project - $10
design exercises with or without coaching
look through our library of books
play + try out design games + toys for ALL AGES
ask the coach about design careers
creative reset
WALK-INS WELCOME
No registration required.
All are welcome.
Design It Yourself (DIY): Zine
EXPLORE DESIGN! At Design Gym’s community design studio in Norris Square at Colorspace Labs, located at 1714 N. Mascher Street, follow our purple circle.
What you can do during OPEN GYM:
co-work
FEATURED Design It Yourself (DIY) Project - $10
design exercises with or without coaching
look through our library of books
play + try out design games + toys for ALL AGES
ask the coach about design careers
creative reset
WALK-INS WELCOME
No registration required.
All are welcome.
Design A Doodad with Goosepoop Games: Travel Game Zine
DESIGN A DOODAD
A Design Gym series of hands-on workshops for all ages + experiences to learn about design foundation principles and demystify the design process in the disciplines of architecture, fashion, graphic + textile design, to name a few.
Flex your creativity with us!
Registration includes designer(s) introductions, instruction, materials, light refreshments AND skills/knowledge + a project to take home!
Workshops are scheduled on weeknight and weekend days/times at least twice a month.
OPEN TO ALL adult and youth designers.
Prior design experience is not required.
OPEN GYM
EXPLORE DESIGN! At Design Gym’s community design studio in Norris Square at Colorspace Labs, located at 1714 N. Mascher Street, follow our purple circle.
What you can do during OPEN GYM:
co-work
FEATURED Design It Yourself (DIY) Project - $10
design exercises with or without coaching
look through our library of books
play + try out design games + toys for ALL AGES
ask the coach about design careers
creative reset
WALK-INS WELCOME
No registration required.
All are welcome.
Design It Yourself (DIY): Zine
EXPLORE DESIGN! At Design Gym’s community design studio in Norris Square at Colorspace Labs, located at 1714 N. Mascher Street, follow our purple circle.
What you can do during OPEN GYM:
co-work
FEATURED Design It Yourself (DIY) Project - $10
design exercises with or without coaching
look through our library of books
play + try out design games + toys for ALL AGES
ask the coach about design careers
creative reset
WALK-INS WELCOME
No registration required.
All are welcome.
OPEN GYM
EXPLORE DESIGN! At Design Gym’s community design studio in Norris Square at Colorspace Labs, located at 1714 N. Mascher Street, follow our purple circle.
What you can do during OPEN GYM:
co-work
FEATURED Design It Yourself (DIY) Project - $10
design exercises with or without coaching
look through our library of books
play + try out design games + toys for ALL AGES
ask the coach about design careers
creative reset
WALK-INS WELCOME
No registration required.
All are welcome.
Design It Yourself (DIY): Zine
EXPLORE DESIGN! At Design Gym’s community design studio in Norris Square at Colorspace Labs, located at 1714 N. Mascher Street, follow our purple circle.
What you can do during OPEN GYM:
co-work
FEATURED Design It Yourself (DIY) Project - $10
design exercises with or without coaching
look through our library of books
play + try out design games + toys for ALL AGES
ask the coach about design careers
creative reset
WALK-INS WELCOME
No registration required.
All are welcome.
Skill Swap Club
Skill Swap Club is a neighbor-to-neighbor exchange that reconnects people by sharing what we know.
This idea emerged from a Design Gym workshop during Philly Tech Week, where strangers from different backgrounds came together to solve everyday human problems. Facilitated by Chitsanzo Isaac, our group identified skill swapping as a response to isolation and lack of accessible support systems.
OPEN GYM
EXPLORE DESIGN! At Design Gym’s community design studio in Norris Square at Colorspace Labs, located at 1714 N. Mascher Street, follow our purple circle.
What you can do during OPEN GYM:
co-work
FEATURED Design It Yourself (DIY) Project - $10
design exercises with or without coaching
look through our library of books
play + try out design games + toys for ALL AGES
ask the coach about design careers
creative reset
WALK-INS WELCOME
No registration required.
All are welcome.
Design It Yourself (DIY): Zine
EXPLORE DESIGN! At Design Gym’s community design studio in Norris Square at Colorspace Labs, located at 1714 N. Mascher Street, follow our purple circle.
What you can do during OPEN GYM:
co-work
FEATURED Design It Yourself (DIY) Project - $10
design exercises with or without coaching
look through our library of books
play + try out design games + toys for ALL AGES
ask the coach about design careers
creative reset
WALK-INS WELCOME
No registration required.
All are welcome.
Philadelphia Activities Fair
Philly is full of clubs, civic groups, and communities worth joining. The hard part is knowing they exist and how to get in.
The Activities Fair puts 40+ of them in one room for an afternoon. This is your chance to meet the people who run the things you've been wanting to try, or didn't know existed. Walk around, ask questions, and leave with a way in.
Find Design Gym there with Skill Swap Club!
Join Philly’s Activity Fair
Design It Yourself (DIY): Zine
EXPLORE DESIGN! At Design Gym’s community design studio in Norris Square at Colorspace Labs, located at 1714 N. Mascher Street, follow our purple circle.
What you can do during OPEN GYM:
co-work
FEATURED Design It Yourself (DIY) Project - $10
design exercises with or without coaching
look through our library of books
play + try out design games + toys for ALL AGES
ask the coach about design careers
creative reset
WALK-INS WELCOME
No registration required.
All are welcome.
OPEN GYM
EXPLORE DESIGN! At Design Gym’s community design studio in Norris Square at Colorspace Labs, located at 1714 N. Mascher Street, follow our purple circle.
What you can do during OPEN GYM:
co-work
FEATURED Design It Yourself (DIY) Project - $10
design exercises with or without coaching
look through our library of books
play + try out design games + toys for ALL AGES
ask the coach about design careers
creative reset
WALK-INS WELCOME
No registration required.
All are welcome.
School Age Studio
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.
Design It Yourself (DIY): Zine
EXPLORE DESIGN! At Design Gym’s community design studio in Norris Square at Colorspace Labs, located at 1714 N. Mascher Street, follow our purple circle.
What you can do during OPEN GYM:
co-work
FEATURED Design It Yourself (DIY) Project - $10
design exercises with or without coaching
look through our library of books
play + try out design games + toys for ALL AGES
ask the coach about design careers
creative reset
WALK-INS WELCOME
No registration required.
All are welcome.
OPEN GYM
EXPLORE DESIGN! At Design Gym’s community design studio in Norris Square at Colorspace Labs, located at 1714 N. Mascher Street, follow our purple circle.
What you can do during OPEN GYM:
co-work
FEATURED Design It Yourself (DIY) Project - $10
design exercises with or without coaching
look through our library of books
play + try out design games + toys for ALL AGES
ask the coach about design careers
creative reset
WALK-INS WELCOME
No registration required.
All are welcome.
School Age Studio
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.
Design It Yourself (DIY): Zine
EXPLORE DESIGN! At Design Gym’s community design studio in Norris Square at Colorspace Labs, located at 1714 N. Mascher Street, follow our purple circle.
What you can do during OPEN GYM:
co-work
FEATURED Design It Yourself (DIY) Project - $10
design exercises with or without coaching
look through our library of books
play + try out design games + toys for ALL AGES
ask the coach about design careers
creative reset
WALK-INS WELCOME
No registration required.
All are welcome.
OPEN GYM
EXPLORE DESIGN! At Design Gym’s community design studio in Norris Square at Colorspace Labs, located at 1714 N. Mascher Street, follow our purple circle.
What you can do during OPEN GYM:
co-work
FEATURED Design It Yourself (DIY) Project - $10
design exercises with or without coaching
look through our library of books
play + try out design games + toys for ALL AGES
ask the coach about design careers
creative reset
WALK-INS WELCOME
No registration required.
All are welcome.
CLOSED FOR SPRING BREAK
EXPLORE DESIGN! When we’re back from SPRING BREAK!
At Design Gym’s community design studio in Norris Square at Colorspace Labs, located at 1714 N. Mascher Street, follow our purple circle.
What you can do during OPEN GYM:
co-work
FEATURED Design It Yourself (DIY) Project - $10
design exercises with or without coaching
look through our library of books
play + try out design games + toys for ALL AGES
ask the coach about design careers
creative reset
WALK-INS WELCOME
No registration required.
All are welcome.
Storytime + Design PM
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 It Yourself (DIY): Punch Card (Copy)
EXPLORE DESIGN! At Design Gym’s community design studio in Norris Square at Colorspace Labs, located at 1714 N. Mascher Street, follow our purple circle.
What you can do during OPEN GYM:
co-work
FEATURED Design It Yourself (DIY) Project - $10
design exercises with or without coaching
look through our library of books
play + try out design games + toys for ALL AGES
ask the coach about design careers
creative reset
WALK-INS WELCOME
No registration required.
All are welcome.