UCDA Events

Design Conference Add-On:Offsite Visit to ArtCenter College of Design Thursday, November 13 9:00–11:30 a.m.ArtCenter College of Design, Hillside Campus1700 Lida St, Pasadena, CA 91103FREE (inlcudes round trip transportation) Shuttle departs Westin Pasadena at 8:30 a.m. and returns at approximately 12:00 p.m. …

Design Conference Add-On:Offsite Lunch & Learn with Typecraft Wednesday, November 12 12:30-1:30 p.m.Typecraft, Wood, and Jones2040 East Walnut Street, Pasadena, CA 91107Cost: $25 (inlcudes lunch and transportation) Shuttle departs Westin Pasadena at 12:15 p.m. and returns at approximately 1:45 p.m. Note: This …

Design Conference Add-On:Cyanotype Workshop with Amina Cruz Tuesday, November 11 12:30-2:30 p.m.Westin PasadenaCost: $50 Note: This workshop is an add-on event for attendees of the 2025 Design Conference only. Register for the 2025 UCDA Design Conference.  Workshop DescriptionEarly photographers used a method …

2025 UCDA Design Conference: Resilience UCDA is going back to Cali! Join us in iconic Pasadena, California, for the 55th annual UCDA Design Conference: November 10-13, 2025. This year we draw inspiration from the strength of the communities in Greater Los …

2024 UCDA Design Conference Thursday, September 26 - Sunday, September 29JW Marriott  |  Indianapolis, Indiana Join us for the 54th UCDA Design Conference at the beautiful JW Marriott in Indianapolis, Indiana. Known as the Crossroads of America, this centrally located, mid-size city is a …

UCDA Design Conference: Confluence The beautiful thing about our line of work is there are a multitude of paths to take to accomplish the same goal. A project often begins with a concept, that concept evolves into a network of …

Storytellers: UCDA Design Conference Humankind has historically sought out unique ways of getting things done. We share new ideas and adopt behaviors from communities and influences beyond our own. Blending of cultures, history, and ideas is shared, quite simply, through …

Bringing the Conference Experience to You— The UCDA Design Conference has everything you want—the place, the people, and the presentations—and this past October we brought you something we have not had in over a year. We gathered for a live …

Live and In-Person—We’re Back The UCDA Design Conference has everything you want—the place, the people, and the presentations—and this October we will be bringing you something we have not had in over a year. We will be gathering in beautiful …

Here is what conference attendees thought of the first Virtual UCDA Design Conference originally held October 11-13, 2020: “What an amazing and overwhelming (in a good way) time! This was my first UCDA conference (and certainly not my last).” “(While) …