WHAT. A. WEEK. Design Week 2026 has officially come to a close… we’re leaving feeling inspired, excited, and connected.
Thank you to everyone who made this event possible and engaged in all of the events! Building community across design disciplines is what this event is for and thank you all for showing up.
See you next year! 👋
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THE FINAL EVENT IS HERE! 🤝 Open and free to students and the creative community of Fort Collins, come together to celebrate design in all areas. Meet design professionals, connect with firms and agencies, and start creative conversations. Light drinks and snacks will be provided.
Find us here:
⚡Creative Community Mixer
⏰5pm-7pm
📍CSU Visual Arts Building, Electronic Art Gallery H106
We’re going to the moon! 🚀 Our Agency in a Box workshop was an incredible mix of imagination, construction, ideation, and collaboration across all areas. Huge thanks to all the creative experts that came and joined us and shared their expertise with us! See you soon, on the moon 🌖
FINAL EVENT!
Creative Mixer
5-7pm
CSU Electronic Arts Gallery
✏️ Build a campus on the moon! Work alongside creative professionals in this engaging design scenario, tackling various challenges with an agency-mindset. Collaborate, learn, and grow in this fast-paced workshop.
Find us here:
⚡Agency in a Box Workshop
⏰12pm-1:30pm
📍CSU Visual Arts Building, Rm M102
Learned so much from Jedd Rose tonight at his keynote, Design Across Terrain! Huge thanks to Jedd for sharing his story and the ways design in all areas of life informs your practice. And a question for all of us to think about… how do you design your life?
UP NEXT:
Agency in a Box Workshop
12-1:30
Visual Arts Building Room M102
💡There’s still more to come! Hear from @topodesigns Co-Founder Jedd Rose’s story about building a creative life through art, design, and brand.
Find us here:
⚡Design Across Terrain
⏰5pm-7pm
📍Nancy Richardson Design Center Rm 313
✏️ This morning we generated passion projects with @yamz.world ! Huge thanks to Brayan for sharing his story, the power of passion projects in his practice, and the ways we can build real projects into what excites us.
NEXT UP!
Hear from @topodesigns co-founder Jedd Rose about his journey through design. 5-7 at the Nancy Richardson Design Building!
✏️WEDNESDAY: Join illustrator Brayan Montes AKA YAMZ WORLD as we walk through and create personal projects that resonate with your lived experience and will blow away future clients and employers. Denver based artist Brayan Montes-Terrazas is an award winning designer and illustrator who has worked with clients like XBOX, New Belgium, Nestle and DoorDash. His work focuses on uplifting marginalized voices and putting those stories at the forefront of the conversation we have.
Find us here:
⚡Passion Project Workshop
⏰10am-11:30am
📍Nancy Richardson Design Center Rm 313
Tonight’s panel discussion covered all things from firework art to material sourcing to client expectations to life missions. Thank you to our wonderful panelists who shared their design experiences and stories with us!
UP NEXT: Passion Project Workshop with @yamz.world
10-11:30am in the Nancy Richardson Design Building Rm 313!
See you there 👋
💡NEXT UP! Hear from an apparel product developer, illustrator, graphic designer, and landscape architect in an open Q&A discussion. Bring your questions and learn from local creatives approaching design in various ways.
Light drinks and snacks will be provided!
Find us here:
⚡Creatives Panel Discussion
⏰5pm-7pm
📍CSU Visual Arts Building, Rm M108
✅ Design week workshop #1 is complete!! Design thinking professor Mark Schreiber walked us through the empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and test steps as we created new gift prototypes.
Join us tonight for the creatives panel discussion from 5-7 at the Visual Arts Building! So much more creativity to come. 👏
DESIGN WEEK KICKS OFF TOMORROW! Come find us at our first event…
✏️ Interactive workshop introducing human-centered design as a method for solving real societal problems. Engage in interdisciplinary design and prototype ideas that improve everyday experiences.
Find us here:
⚡Design Thinking Workshop
⏰12:30pm-2pm
📍Nancy Richardson Design Center Rm 312
