Mission Launch 10.23.26
About PHXDW ORBIT
This year, we invite designers, thinkers, and collaborators to enter one another’s orbit and celebrate the relationships, conversations, intersections, and creative forces that surround the work and give it meaning. Each of us follows our own path, yet together we create a larger field of connection, energy, and possibility. Together, we create gravity by design.
Conference: OCT. 23–24, 2026
Design Week: Oct. 26–30, 2026
What to Expect
Days
Keynotes
Breakouts
Lunch 'N' Learns
-
Paul Mendoza
Experience Designer
Appaulled Events & Experiences -
Andrea Vega
Creative Director
Desert Financial -
Ben Shown
Head of Design
Blink UX -
Cami Kwan
Co-Owner & Director
Apartment D Films -
Chuong Bui
Co-founder & Partner
Counsel for Creators -
Don Clark
Principal/Owner
Invisible Creature -
Megan Greco
Senior Design Lead
Greenlight -
Tad Carpenter
Creative Director
Carpenter Collective
Get Your Boarding Pass Now!
Get your boarding pass now—you won’t want to miss the mission. Join Arizona’s creative community for two days of ideas, connection, and collective momentum. Secure your seat and get ready to enter orbit.
$299
AIGA Member
$349
Affiliate Orgs/
Non Profit
$399
Non-AIGA
Member
$179
Student/Faculty
AIGA Member
$249
Student/Faculty
Non-Member
student Sponsorship
Phoenix Design Week is powered by the people and partners who bring it to life. Whether you want to volunteer your time, support the week as a sponsor, or simply connect with the team, this is your launch point. Help us build the energy, momentum, and gravity that make Phoenix Design Week possible.
Submit a Design Week Event
Hosting a creative event during Phoenix Design Week 2026? We’d love to include it on the official PHXDW calendar. If you’re organizing a design, marketing, art, or creative community event in Arizona during the week of October 23–30, please submit it to celebrate the creativity, collaboration, and connections across our state.
Become a Mission Sponsor
Support Phoenix Design Week and invest in the designers, makers, educators, and creative leaders who are shaping Arizona’s future. Through sponsorship, in-kind support, or a custom partnership, you help build the momentum and connections that make PHXDW possible.
Convince Your Boss Kit
Ready to make your case? Download the PHXDW Convince Your Boss Mission Kit for everything you need to demonstrate the value of attending, build your case, and get your team on board.
Phoenix Design Week 2026 Leadership Team
Cory Skaaren
Executive Director
Kathy Morgan
Executive Producer
Morgan Clark
Logistical Support
Kylie Dukes
Designer
Aaron Frisbie
Audiovisual Manager
Jess Green
Facilities Director & Volunteer Coordinator
Alex Paquin
Project Manager & Speaker Liaison
Nicollette Pesqueira Diaz
Hospitality Coordinator
Jonathon Peters
Audiovisual & Stage Manager
Patience Walton
Events Director
Matt Adams
Web Team Lead
Fabian Tejada
Videography & Animation
Ward Andrews
Music & Sound Design
Eric Torres
Illustration Design
Jenn Monroy
Day Of Comms
Elizabeth Tullo
Day of Social
Arianna Green
Day of Social
Daniella Damiano
Day of Social
Ashley Cordoba
Photographer
Brandon Sullivan
Photographer
Claudia Johnstone
Photographer
THE PHXDW Story
Phoenix Design Week began as a grassroots effort created by designer Mark Dudlik in 2009. His passionate open letter to the community gained immediate interest and support, which led to the first large-scale effort in Arizona showcasing all the visual design disciplines in one local event. Since then, Phoenix Design Week has grown to become the premier annual event presented by AIGA Arizona for our state’s creative community.
