Seattle Department of Design Wants to Make Civic Pride Cool
Sponsored JK The seal—featuring Chief Seattle—looked official and, as a visual arts nerd, I wondered whether Seattle really had a citywide design department. (We do not.) Officially launched in April, the Seattle Department of Design (SDOD) is a project founded by friends and collaborators Ryan Hunt and Nate Hoe that releases mostly wearable merchandise celebrating often-forgot-about graphic designs from Seattle's history. In short, they are trying to make civic pride cool. The two met while working at a menswear store in Fremont several years ago, bonding over their shared l...