ZX26: Designing Warmth

ZX26 is an intimate, inaugural gathering of world-builders—people who design human experience in digital or physical spaces—responding to a new era of responsibility in design. Over four days in the Berkshires, attendees will learn, explore, and experience the principles of Transcendent Experience (ZX) Design: a new perspective on UX that looks beyond the individual and prioritizes warmth through connection with other people, the natural world, and the cosmos.

Learn more about ZX 26 and Designing for Warmth.

Register to:

• Learn from inspiring, unexpected examples of designing warmth across digital and physical worlds.
• Differentiate yourself and articulate the value of ZX to clients, teams, and organizations.
• Join a crucial course-correction in the design of human experience and define new priorities.
• Recharge creative energy through a thoughtfully curated program of warm places, spaces, and ideas.

Agenda

• Day 1 (Sept 30)
  Arrival · Chef's Cookout · Fireside Keynote
• Day 2 (Oct 1)
  Yoga/river time · ZX Introduction · Shaker Village immersion · "A Braver Collective" lecture · Shaker-inspired dinner
• Day 3 (Oct 2)
  Yoga/forest time · ZX Principles · MASS MoCA "Technologies of Relation" tour · Fred Rogers Institute lecture · James Turrell Skyspace at dusk · Dinner with Chef Tu at STATE
• Day 4 (Oct 3)
  "After Glow" closing with special guest

Featured Speakers

• Daniel Gloyd, Founder, Designing Warmth · Human Experience Designer
• Scott Dille, Founder & Executive Director, Braver Collective
• Emma Swift Lee, Director, Fred Rogers Institute
• Tu Lee, Chef & Owner, STATE Food & Drink, North Adams

Organizing Committee

• Daniel Gloyd
• Sarah Margolis-Pineo
• Killeen Hanson
• Stephanie Smith

Tickets

Early bird: $1,750 (through August 15) · Standard: $2,000
Includes all meals, event admissions, workshops, shuttles, daily receptions, and flex activities.
Fully refundable up to September 2, 2026.