COLLABORATIVE EFFORT: From left, DESIGNxRI Executive Director Ellie Brown, Program and Events Manager Davin Samuels and marketing associate Rue Sakayama at the nonprofit’s Providence office. PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY
PBN Innovative Companies 2022 NONPROFIT: DESIGNxRI DESIGN AND INNOVATION go hand in hand at DESIGNxRI. The Providence-based nonprofit creates economic development opportunities for Rhode Island designers, design businesses and for the design sector to grow and thrive. Executive Director Ellie Brown says the nonprofit’s goal is to “let the rest of the country and the…