Press Highlights
Our inaugural exhibit, “Suturing the Border: Re-Membering BAW/TAF,” or Border Art Workshop/Taller de Arte Fronterizo, opening on Friday, documents and builds upon a groundbreaking initiative that incubated definitive Chicana/o artists and signaled the borderlands as a critical site for creative work.
Modern Luxury San Diego (circulation: 35,000) in the piece titled, “” The feature highlights key WDC events throughout the year and includes images of design spotlights. (Print)
KPBS Port of Entry Podcast: WDC 2024: Design comes to Town(s)!
The episode showcases WDC in the San Diego Tijuana region and notes events are coming throughout the year. The episode interviewed Diana Cervera noting the community celebration and kick-off event, she talks about being a transborder artist and her role in WDC connecting community initiatives. They also included a snippet of Thomas Garvey’s speech from the event and connected with Katalina Silva and Jorge Francisco Sánchez to discuss how San Diego Tijuana WDC came about. They discussed some design focuses and interviewed Don Norman to discuss humanity-centered design.
San Diego Magazine: New Guidebook Highlights Our Binational Community
Author Megan shares that WDC was announced for San Diego Tijuana around the time she was finishing the book and that WDC can help move the dial.
Highlighting the James Hubbell exhibition.
¨Quisiera invitarte a experimentar Tijuana San Diego para que conozcas de cerca la razón de su nominación como la Capital Mundial del Diseño 2024. Del primero al cinco de mayo realizaremos el Festival Mundial del Diseño en Tijuana en donde se mostrará el talento y las habilidades regionales únicas, que definen el diseño como en ningún otro lugar del mundo.¨Laura Araujo