Austin Design Community

Upcoming Austin ASID Events

Download a PDF of the following events with more detail HERE.

January 13 (5:00 PM – 7:30 PM) | Inside Track Town Hall: Austin 2026 with Event Host Stratus Surfaces

February 6 (11:00 AM – 3:00 PM) | Student Symposium & Design Continuum | DESIGNERS, PLEASE SIGN UP TO BE MENTORS FOR THIS EVENT HERE

March 30 (4:30 PM – 7:30 PM) | 3rd Annual Membership Mixer with Event Host Wilsonart

April 17 (9:30 AM – 11:30 AM) | Product Knowledge Speed Sessions with Event Host Tri-Supply

May 19 (11:00 AM – 2:00 PM) | Designing Better Business: A CEU Event

June 12 (7:00 PM – 10:00 PM) | Design Excellence Awards & Designer’s Choice Awards

July 20 (10:00 AM – 11:30 AM) | Industry Member Workshop: Design Partnerships & Sample Library Tour

August 26 (6:00 PM – 8:00 PM) | Creative Connections Potluck with Event Host Cabinet Couture

September 16-18 | ASID National Conference GATHER Catalyst – in conjuction with Dallas Market Center’s Dallas Design Week (Sep 15-17) and ArchLIGHT Summit (Sep 15-16) in Dallas

Visit our EVENTS calendar to find events planned by Industry members, other ASID Texas Design Communities and/or ASID Headquarters.
 

Recent Past Events

November 17 (2:00 PM – 4:00 PM) | Puppy Yoga at Inner Diva Studios with Event Host Texoma Patio, in partnership with Ratana International and Berlin Gardens

September 5 | Student Symposium & Practitioner Development Session at Daltile Stone & Slab Center

August 17-19 | ASID National Conference GATHER in Atlanta, Georgia

July 16-18 | ASID Texas Chapter Conference Celebrating Design Texas: Education, Expo & Awards in Dallas

June 5 | Urban Reverie & Designer’s Choice Awards at The Marketplace ATX

May 1 | Product Knowledge Speed Sessions at Four Hands

2025-2026 Committee of Volunteers for Austin

Programming is only possible with the help of volunteers. Thank you to the following members for taking the time to bring value to the members of this Design Community.

Chair – Maudie Edwards, ASID Affiliate
Financial Chair – Yana Ashim, ASID Allied
Communications Chair – Micah Shae, ASID Allied
Fundraising Chair – Natalie Simpson, ASID Allied

Austin Design Excellence Awards (DEX)

2026 Competition Entries

Timeline:

• Feb 16 @ 8:00 AM - Submissions open w/ Early Bird pricing
• Feb 22 @ 8:00 AM - Early Bird pricing ends
• Mar 30 @ 5:00 PM - Submissions close

Pro Tip: When you enter DEX, you may save any individual entry to be entered into the entire ASID Texas Chapter’s Celebrating Design Texas (CDT) Awards, which will open April 17. This convenient feature allows entrants simply to pay the fee for the CDT entries they want to transfer and not to have to take the time to re-upload the entries. The 2026 CDT Awards event will be held in conjunction with 2026 GATHER Catalyst, the ASID National Conference, in Dallas during the week of September 14.

2026 Awards Event

The Awards Event will place Friday, June 12 in conjunction with the Austin DC’s Designer’s Choice Awards at a location TBA.