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!

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 is a response to social change.

- George Nelson

You've been listening. You've been observing. You've been watching. And you know—something has to change. So you ask yourself, "What can I do?"

The truth is, activism takes many forms—big and small—and every effort makes a difference.

Join us for a hands-on workshop where we’ll share practical tools to help you start or strengthen your journey as a force for positive change. Whether you're picking up litter on your block, starting a community garden, getting to know your neighbors, joining a committee, or advocating for a cause, the most important step is simply getting started.

Let’s explore how you can take action—your way.

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.

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 are taking the medium of felt 🪡 and the sweetness of cake 🍰 to design your very own slice. Enjoy your cake over and over again. Yum 😋

BRING OUT THE FELT! It’ll be a piece of cake... 🍰😉

Preview Bobby and June George’s My First Book of Patterns, art by Boyoun Kim.  This first-ever patterns concept book provides audiences the vocabulary to name what they see in the world around them. The ten most prevalent patterns are presented as a single element, then as a pattern. Every designer will explore the color, shapes, and design their own pattern to take home. 

Learn about design through fundamental principles every designer and discipline learn in school.

Celebrate African American Inventors and Innovators! Come out Thursday 2/20 from 4:00-6:00 for our Family/Community STEM Night at Moffet Elmentary! There will be so many guests delivering amazing Science Technology Engineering and Math based activities including: The Franklin Institute, Design Gym, Girls Inc, the Need Project, Farmer Jawn, Women in Bio, all of the Moffet STEM Clubs and more!

Special thanks to the sponsor, the Philadelphia Special Services District!

We continue the party during the official weekend launch to earlier in the day on Saturday, February 1st! Come on in dressed in (something) purple and…

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 anytime during the three hours we are open to check out upcoming workshops + Open Gym, and meet our founder/head coach Erike De Veyra. We’ll have light refreshments, activities, and a mini-workshop for all to enjoy!

Watch the space turn purple to close out the afternoon.

FREE + OPEN TO THE PUBLIC