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Now in its sixth year, Design Week Portland is a week-long, city-wide series of programs exploring the process, craft and practice of design across all disciplines.

The goal is to increase appreciation and awareness about design and its effects on society and culture, including community development, education and the economy.

Running April 14-21, Design Week Portland stitches together hundreds of events, talks, gallery showcases, tours, unique experiences, workshops and open studios that aim to connect, educate and inspire.

鈥淲e think about design as a tool for drawing out important civic conversations,鈥� said Tsilli Pines, the festival鈥檚 director and cofounder. 鈥淢any of our efforts, collaborations and exhibitions are about how we use design to amplify citizen voices.鈥�

Last year the festival attracted 7,000 people who participated in at least one event, and this year festival organizers are expecting the same. The presentations and events explore a variety of design disciples, ranging from architecture to manufacturing to graphic design and more.

The event is created by and for designers 鈥� and anyone else curious about the role design plays in society. Programming throughout the week will illustrate what is new and interesting in the field of design from the perspective of designers who work across many practices.

鈥淚t鈥檚 an opportunity to really increase the appreciation and awareness about design and its far-reaching effects,鈥� festival spokeswoman Kimberly Davis said. 鈥淭he real magic happens when we see collaboration across disciplines.鈥�

The week kicks off with drinks and music at the opening party, 7-11 p.m., Saturday, April 14, at Custom Blocks, 900-998 S.E. Main St. Attendees will get a first look inside , a creative office space in Central Eastside, and connect with each other at the party that launches more than 300 events across the city.

The party will include design activations from the new local design studio Plastic Sunshine, a parklet installation competition in partnership with the Portland Bureau of Transportation and an auction of refurbished mid-century benches via PDX Originals.

Design Week events range from serious to educational to lighthearted and fun. Some feature guest panelists, while others encourage collaborative work. Still other events are walking history tours or open houses. This year, organizers tried to make the event more accessible by creating various itineraries: there鈥檚 one for specific disciplines, one geared toward people not in the design industry, and one with a list of free or low-cost events.

鈥淎t the end of the day, we are about connection and contribution through design,鈥� Pines said.

Design Week culminates in a closing party, 7-11 p.m. Saturday, April 21, at Marmoset Music HQ, 2105 S.E. 7th Ave., where there will be an interactive mural allowing visitors to make music.

Most events are free or low cost. Register for each event separately 鈥� there is no central pass. The full list of events can be found at .

With so many events, tough, it can be difficult to narrow down the choices. So here are a few suggestions to get you started:

Monday, April 16, 6-8 p.m. at Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA), 511 NW Broadway

A rapid-fire evening where designers will present the 鈥渘ext Portland鈥� 鈥� soon-to-be-built innovative buildings and landscapes, big and small, that will shape the urban landscape presented on-stage by their designers. From radical new work space to the first high-rise school west of the Mississippi to an Oregon take on the Doric column, this event will feature the latest work by a range of architects.

Wednesday, April 18, 6-7:30 p.m. at Bud Clark Commons, 650 N.W. Irving St.

Portland is rapidly growing and experiencing a housing and homelessness crisis. Leveraging the expertise of policy makers, community activists, social service providers and affordable housing designers, this panel explores how we got here, what is being done to address it, what more can be done and how design can help. Panelists include Deborah Kafoury, Multnomah County Chair; Kevin Cavanaugh, Guerrilla Development; Kaia Sand, Street Roots; Stacy Borke, Transition Projects; and Ashley Henry, Business for a Better Portland. Organized by Holst Architecture, all proceeds from this panel will be donated to Transition Projects.

Tuesday, April 17, 5-6 p.m. at Faubion School + Concordia University, 2930 N.E. Dekum St.

Engage with the architect, principal, university faculty and curriculum designers in a talk and tour to find out how design is destiny for over 800 students and their families in NE Portland. The first of its kind in the nation, 3 to PhD was developed as a new public-private collaboration to create safer, healthier, more educated communities. Participants can experience a day in the life inside Portland’s first newly constructed school in two decades, which opened in fall 2017, and includes Faubion PK-8, Concordia University’s College of Education, an early childhood center, the 3 to PhD Kaiser Permanente Wellness Center, STEAM/maker spaces, and a food club.

Tuesday, April 17, 5-6:45 p.m. at Ziba Auditorium, 810 N.W. Marshall St.

in real life examples, this panel, co-hosted by ZGF and ZIBA, aggregates design leaders to explore how high performing, sustainable design enriches lives by promoting individual health and well-being, workforce productivity and economic resilience. Speakers include Bill Browning, co-founder of Terrapin Bright Green; Eric Park, director of business design at Cambia Health and Ziba Design Fellow; Gene Sandoval, design partner at ZGF; and Kathy Berg, partner at ZGF.

GRIT Building Solutions Green Learning Center, 919 S.W. Taylor St., Suite 800

Come see the latest in virtual reality technology for design and build in the brand new Green Learning Center opening in spring 2018. Attendees will be among the first in the market to try ICE intelligent, interactive virtual reality. It completely changes the way people experience design and ideation. Attendees will even have their own avatars to explore together and be some of the first people in the world to see this intelligent VR leap out of the goggles and onto a phone.