Remembering Bill

Photo by Kevin Smith.

Please join us on Saturday, March 1, from 4 to 6pm, when we will be remembering our founder and publisher, dear friend and design leader William Drenttel.

The memorial service will be held at the School of Visual Arts in New York City in the Beatrice Theater.

Seating is limited and we ask that you please RSVP to [email protected].

Tax-deductible donations in Bill's memory can be sent to the Winterhouse Institute, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting design throughout the world as a tool and methodology for social impact and innovation.

Design Observer was founded by Michael Bierut, and Jessica Helfand.

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