MIX Design Day 2025: Cornerstone of Design

Schedule

Thu Oct 02 2025 at 09:00 am to 05:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

The Catalyst Center | Kalamazoo, MI

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A full day of hands-on sessions, bold ideas, and networking that redefine design through creativity, leadership, and connection.
About this Event

Cornerstone of Design: Where Creativity Meets Connection

Get ready for a lively day of hands-on sessions and big ideas that dig into what truly shapes great design. Whether you are a student or a seasoned professional, you will explore how failure sparks innovation, uncover the hidden forces behind teamwork, define what success really looks like, and discover the power of design leadership. This is more than a conference. It is a collaborative experience designed to inspire, challenge, and connect creative minds across all levels.


Sessions

Fail Forward: Designing Through Setbacks: Explore the value of failure as a powerful teacher in the design process. Through real stories and honest insights, learn how missteps reveal missing building blocks and open the door to deeper growth and stronger outcomes.

Core Constructs: Uncover the essential elements that quietly support every successful design. Through hands-on exploration and group insight, reveal the often-overlooked forces that shape strong creative outcomes.

Success, By Design: What makes a design truly successful? Is it innovation, measurable impact, industry accolades, or the clarity of solving the right problem? In this session, learn how aligning on a definition of success from the outset can sharpen your process, guide better decisions, and shape the story your work tells.

Guiding the Creative Current: Leadership by Design: Great design begins with great leadership. Leaders inspire vision, nurture talent, and ignite collaboration. This session celebrates the vital role design leaders play in shaping not just projects, but the culture that empowers teams to innovate boldly and create with purpose.


Tickets

General Admission Early Bird $100 through September 24

General Admission Standard $120 after September 24

Student Admission $50 (limit 40)


Agenda

Registration opens at 8:15 am. The program begins at 9:00 am and concludes at 4:00 pm. The day closes with the MIX Networking and Reception from 4:00 to 5:30 pm.

Join us and be part of the foundation for the future of design. Register today and start shaping your creative journey.


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Where is it happening?

The Catalyst Center, 180 East Water Street, Kalamazoo, United States

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