Now entering its third year, Desert Design Week will bring a series of unique events to Phoenix and Scottsdale from April 16–23, 2026. This biannual celebration of art, design, architecture, and community spotlights artists, architects, designers, makers, and creatives through workshops, shoppable pop-ups, home tours, and more. The decentralized festival has earned a passionate following, and interested attendees are encouraged to add their name to the list at desertdesignweek.com for first dibs at tickets as they become available.
Desert Design Week founder Ruth Price says the Spring 2026 edition of Desert Design Week will bring a mix of events. “My goal with Desert Design Week is to offer a selection of varied experiences that bring people together around a shared love of art, design, and architecture. Some will be more intimate, and others on a grand scale. I urge those interested in attending to sign up at desertdesignweek.com because events tend to sell out quickly!”
Sponsors for Desert Design Week include Arista Stones, Arizona Foothills Magazine, Build Magazine, Cameron Custom Homes & Renovations, Handcrafted Tile, Hello Sun Studio, McCully Construction, Phoenix Home & Garden, Plush Delicate Installation, and Red Development.
The Desert Design Week Spring Edition Preliminary Schedule follows. Additional events will be added.
April 17
Âme Bohème x Feng Shui by Jen
Step into Âme Bohème by Bohemy Houz, a serene retreat that captures the ease of resort architecture and opens out to sweeping views over Paradise Valley. Led by Feng Shui by Jen, the session explores classic Feng Shui as a practical framework for design and architecture. We’ll look at how flow, thresholds, orientation, and placement shape the way a home feels, and how thoughtful adjustments can support daily life with more clarity and harmony. Mount Sunny will be onsite offering acupressure and serving wellness tonics created with their tinctures, along with giveaways for guests to take home.
April 17
Wild Echoes Original Art Group Show
Curated by Blayne Pearche and produced by Stephanie Ketty & Ben Latham.
April 18
Makers Market at Local Nomad
A curated art market featuring original objects and art from local and regional artists.
April 18
Red Modern x Vodlines
A journey where design, destiny, ego and architecture collide. Presented exhibition style, we’re celebrating the debut of Victor Irizarry (aka @vodlines)’s graphic novel HOMEDEUS, a story about an architect chosen for a journey where design, destiny, ego, and architecture collide. Explore prints and original drawings from HOMEDEUS as the story jumps off the page and onto the walls. Meet Victor in person as he signs books and talks through the inspiration behind the work, from early sketches to the final world he built panel by panel.
April 19
Green Room: Landscape as Architecture
Explore three different outdoor spaces designed by The Green Room Landscape Architecture. Get inspired by design that’s at one with the place. This event explores the philosophy behind their work: a sensitivity to ecology, a reverence for natural textures, and a belief that every landscape should feel specific to its place. From hardscape selections to desert-adapted plantings, this tour will highlight how thoughtful material choices shape environments that are both functional and resonant with their surroundings.
April 20
A Conversation about Marketing / Branding with Ashley Murphy of Rare Beauty
Hosted in collaboration with Plush Delicate Installations. Creative branding and marketing insights for the design-driven professional.
April 21
Wiseman & Gale x Studio Mike Diaz
A conversation with Scott Burdick, Managing Partner at Wiseman & Gale and Mike Diaz of Studio Mike Diaz, a Mexico City–based decorative artist and esthete known for eye-catching furnishings and objects that play with history, symbolism, and scale in the most irresistible way. His work is celebrated for its rustic, whimsical character, bold forms, and generous proportions, often carrying ceremonial themes with an ironic edge. For more than twenty years, he has collaborated with artisans and workshops in Michoacán and Guerrero, alongside a wider network of experts in popular and fine art, shaping pieces that feel tactile, collected, and full of presence. In the design world, Mike Díaz is known for pulling from a wide range of references, leaning into Mexican Baroque and Mexico’s visual history, then translating it into something unmistakably his.
April 22
Design Notes: JHL Design & Holly Freres
Designing the Business: Building Culture That Supports Growth
A workshop for interior designers Ready to Scale Without Losing Their Soul. In this interactive workshop, Holly Freres, Principal of JHL Design, shares practical lessons from building a multi-market design studio. She will focus on how intentional culture becomes the foundation for sustainable growth. This session is designed for small but ambitious design firms who are beginning to hire, delegate, and think bigger. Growing a design firm isn’t just about landing bigger projects or hiring more people. It’s about building an internal culture strong enough to hold that growth…creatively, financially, and emotionally.
April 22
In the Making: A Dinner Celebrating Design by Modern Nest
Immersive experience in a home under construction designed by Ranch Mine architecture. Light bites and refreshments from Lauren Culinary Events.
April 23
Panel Discussion Hosted by Cameron Custom Homes & Renovations at The Silverleaf Club
April 23
First Bites of Phoenix with House of Form
Experience food and hospitality interior design with a good vibe.
