Get a dose of design for the brain with a range of inspiring talks, panel discussions, and presentations.
This year, we’re proud to feature 85+ presentations with enlightening luminaries and a brand-new Architecture and Design Film Series. Below are some of our favorite educational events by day that you can still snag tickets to.
(For the full list of available events, click here.)
February 16
- “Atomic Ranch” Live, House Hunting: Seminar + Home Tour
- Palm Springs Walk of Stars for Paul R. Williams
- Paul Revere Williams: Architect to the Stars…and Everyone Else
- The Creative Collaboration of Paul R. Williams and A. Quincy Jones
February 17
- Modernism Week Keynote: Martyn Lawrence Bullard and “Palm Springs: A Modernist Paradise”
- “Atomic Ranch” Live, Interior Design: Seminar + Home Tour
- Charles Phoenix: Addicted to Americana
- Donald Osborne on The Look of Things: Selling Design to the Masses in the ‘50s
February 18
- “Atomic Ranch” Live, Renovation + Preservation: Seminar + Home Tour
- Alan Hess Presentation on Frank Lloyd Wright
- Disney • Pixar’s INCREDIBLES 2 – Storytelling with Art & Architecture
- Learning From Los Angeles: Strategies for Saving Modern Buildings
- Making the Modern A-Frame
February 19
Monday with Legendary Women of Design – Ticket Package of 4 Presentations (includes the events below):
- The Sea Ranch and Barbara Stauffacher Solomon
- Ruth Adler Schnee: A Search for Perfection
- Then & Now, Designing Women at General Motors
- Just Add Sunshine: The Extraordinary Career of Gere Kavanaugh
February 20
- Dymaxion House – R. Buckminster Fuller’s 1946 Futuristic Dwelling Machine
- Disney’s Midcentury Modern at Smoke Tree Ranch
- Frank Lloyd Wright’s SAMARA: A Happy Collaboration
- HARRY NEWMAN: Future Perfect
- If You Build It They Will Come: design & social impact of 50s country clubs
February 22
- Palm Springs Walk of Stars Dedication for Nelda Linsk: Humanitarian, “Poolside Gossip”
- Hollywood Revisited: A Glamorous Musical Theater Extravaganza
- Secrets, Lies and Wallpaper: The Life and Designs of Florence Broadhurst
- Snøhetta / Beautiful Function – The Willamette Falls Riverwalk
February 23
- Architecture and Design Film Series
- From Googie to Gehry
- Midday at the Oasis: Marrakesh Modernism Week Event
- Millard Sheets and Midcentury Modern Commercial Architecture
- Sticks & Stones|Steel & Glass
- The Watergate: Inside America’s Most Infamous Address
February 24
- Architecture and Design Film Series
- Commercial Buildings of Hugh Kaptur: Palm Springs Architectural Legend
- Iwan Baan: Shadow of the Sun
- SAVE THE WAVE House: A Bid to Preserve History
February 25
