TCDW 2026
2026 THEME:
Design Outside the Box
This year's theme celebrates bold thinking, creative problem-solving, and interdisciplinary collaboration that challenges assumptions, sparks conversation, and pushes limits.
We encourage submissions from every design discipline and creative practice that explore design as a catalyst for connection, innovation, and positive change.
THE VOXBOX
Step Inside the DESIGN Conversation.
This year's festival features the VoxBox, a shipping container transformed into an interactive public design studio where curiosity and collaboration take center stage.
Throughout Design Week, local designers will host open hours, inviting community members to step inside and ask questions, explore real-life design challenges, and interact directly with the people shaping their everyday places and experiences.
Designer schedule & event details coming soon!
The VoxBox is supported by the Pitch Haus grant from the Michigan Growth Office, in partnership with Creative Place Consulting and Studio M Detroit. Traverse City Design Week was one of four Michigan organizations selected to receive a $25,000 grant to bring Pitch Haus, “ a mobile, multi-functional creative activation” into their communities.
GET INVOLVED
Host an event! We’re seeking individuals or businesses to host an event such as a workshop, panel, or open house that fosters connection and conversation in the interdisciplinary design community!
Share your work! We’re seeking regional designers of all disciplines to submit their work for consideration in the annual TCDW exhibition hosted by Alluvion Arts at Commongrounds.
Share your work! We’re seeking regional designers of all disciplines to submit their work for consideration in the annual TCDW exhibition hosted by Alluvion Arts at Commongrounds.
Share your work! We’re seeking regional designers of all disciplines to submit their work for consideration in the annual TCDW exhibition hosted by Alluvion Arts at Commongrounds.