FAQs

Female Design Council is a design resource and membership organization. We provide an inclusive community and professional opportunities for ALL womxn in design, architecture and the applied arts.

Our members are Industrial and Product Designers, Ceramicists, Furniture Makers, Architects, Interior Designers, Jewelry Designers, Artists, Painters, Design and Interior Photographers, Stylists, Textile Designers, Fashion Designers, Art Advisors, Design Communicators (& PR), Curators, Gallerists, Design Writers, Design Students, and others who consider themselves design professionals.

FDC was born out of an inclusive energy and support for an under-supported group: womxn in design. We believe it is important to clarify our gender inclusivity. When we use the gender descriptive of ‘women' or 'female-identified’ or womxn this includes anyone identifying as female, gender fluid, gender non-conforming, trans and intersex people who live their daily lives as women and all transgender persons assigned female at birth who feel they have a connection to and respect for the community.

At the moment we are happy to have men attend appropriate FDC industry events, however we are only extending official membership to female identified creatives (see above for clarification). We are not excluding anyone, but rather focusing our energy on this much needed female-identified group. The male perspective is always useful in our discussions and we welcome any female supportive, male-identifying person(s) to our open meetings and to paid events.

FDC presents one to two events per month, rotating quarterly panel discussions, professional development workshops, community meetings and social networking events throughout the year. Please check our Events page for up-to-date information.

Volunteer opportunities are generally limited to members only. We rely on member volunteers to drive our organization forward, and there are many opportunities to volunteer.

If you have an interest in supporting FDC in other ways (event ideas, corporate contacts or brands looking to support our mission), please email info@femaledesigncouncil.org

Members are welcome to publicize their events and campaigns to fellow members through FDC email newsletters.

To submit an event, please fill out this form. Include a description of the event, your involvement, and any relevant dates, times, locations, costs, and links to register in the body of the email. Send a high res logo or photo too. If you and/or the project are on social media, send us your tags so we can give you shout outs on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.