DESIGN Cultural Highlights from This Year’s Detroit Month of Design Detroit celebrates a decade as the U.S.’s only UNESCO City of Design, revealing how the city’s design-forward thinking extends far beyond the festival calendar. …This year’s Detroit Month of Design embraced the theme “City of Design” to mark the 10th anniversary of its designation as the first (and only) UNESCO U.S. City of Design and to highlight how a new generation of artists, makers, and architects are reimagining its creative landscape. With over 500 participants across 95 events throughout September, the festival’s fifteenth installment showcases the breadth of Detroit’s design culture, blending art, architecture, product, and community-driven projects. Mixed-use adaptive reuse projects like Core City and The Shepherd are shaping new gathering spaces, while a broader wave of Midwest talent is drawing fresh attention to the region’s design culture. Courtesy of PD Rearick …“Detroit’s design story is constantly evolving, rooted in a deep legacy but driven by experimentation, collaboration, and community,” said Kiana Wenzell, co-executive director of Design Core Detroit.