The Aspen Design Conference is built through long-term, evolving collaborations with leading design, research, and cultural organizations.
Our collaborators return year after year in different forms — curating panels, leading workshops, and guiding site-specific experiences that give back to our community.
This ongoing, hands-on model allows ADC to remain responsive, interdisciplinary, and deeply embedded in both global design discourse and the Aspen community — setting it apart from conventional conference formats.
Our lead cultural partners
“It was a true honor to participate in the inaugural Aspen Design Conference. Having attended many design and thought-leadership gatherings over the years, I found this one to possess a rare quality: a genuine sense of community and grassroots energy that felt both transformative and original—something increasingly difficult to cultivate in today’s landscape.
The conversations were deeply compelling and the community that formed around them felt both thoughtful and generous. I am grateful to have been part of the inaugural gathering and look forward to participating again in the years ahead.”
— Maya Crowne. Founder of Alkemis Paint 
“Growing up, the old International Design Conference felt like mythology — a place where Steve Jobs galvanized a generation of makers, where technology and nature collided. Speaking at the new ADC closed the loop for me. It renewed my belief that we can build something just as optimistic and grand as what came before, this time with a deeper understanding of how we protect the world we've damaged along the way.
The new guard is standing on the shoulders of giants — and I can't wait to come back.”
— Adam Salah, Founder of Presq Studio and Steve Jobs Archive FellowWith support from our sponsors
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