Vancouver Design Nerds
- Website vancouver.designnerds.org
- Date Founded 2004
- Founders Eesmyal Santos-Brault, Ruban Anderson, Alex Grunenfelder, Carla Crawford
- Venture Type Non-Profit Society
Founded in 2004 and originally running out of Eesmyal’s living room, Vancouver Design Nerds is an award-winning network of collaborating designers and artists who share a desire to engage design opportunities with a spirit of creative play and to challenge the normative environment of the city.
VDNS has completed dozens of member-driven projects, and has been commissioned to create dozens of public art and design installations, as well as hosted numerous events including the City of Vancouver’s Greenest City initiative.