Mission
Founded in 1980, Design Evanston is a 501(c)(3) organization that unites the power of design with community engagement to create positive change in Evanston, IL.
What We Do
We create opportunities for professional design practitioners and design enthusiasts to apply their experience and expertise to make Evanston more livable, sustainable, and resilient through Advocacy, Community, Education, and Service.
Members
Design Evanston welcomes professional design practitioners and design enthusiasts who live, work, or shape Evanston’s lived experience and believe in the power of good design to improve daily life.
Design Evanston members include, among others: planners, architects, landscape architects, interior designers, graphic designers, and visual or experiential designers.
Advocacy. Community. Education. Service. (A.C.E.S.)
Design Evanston is an active and vocal observer of the city’s review process and a supporter of early review of projects for owners and organizations. Since its founding, Design Evanston has prepared design guidelines for the Public Library design competition, sponsored public forums on design excellence, and has granted over one hundred awards for completed projects of merit through its Design Evanston Awards program.
- 2024 Design Evanston Chronology pdf
- 2019 Library Parking Lot Report pdf
- 2016 Fountain Square Review pdf
- 2016 Design Evanston @35 book pdf
- 2012 City Signage Report (pdf)
- 2005 Design Preference Survey pdf
- 2004 Manifesto pdf
