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.

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.