Updated: Sep 30, 2026 at 4:28 AM PT # Design events at LA Tech Week 2026 > Design gets 17 events at LA Tech Week 2026, Monday, Oct 12 to Saturday, Oct 17, and they run small, with a median of 16 RSVPs against a higher median for the week as a whole. Chancity tracks 800 LA Tech Week events (updated Sep 30, 2026); this page lists 17. Sources: the official Tech Week calendar (https://www.tech-week.com/calendar/la) and each event's own page. ## At a glance - Small rooms: 16 RSVPs is the median here. - Santa Monica holds 5 of the 17. - Only 2 mention food, a smaller share than across the week. ## Subscribe - Calendar feed (ICS, new events appear automatically): https://www.chancity.ai/events/la-tech-week/design/calendar.ics - Webcal: webcal://www.chancity.ai/events/la-tech-week/design/calendar.ics ## Events Columns: Time is Pacific time. Access: RSVP means a plain RSVP, Apply means the host approves each guest. Status: open, waitlist, closed or sold out, from the official Tech Week calendar. Food and Drinks: the host's own words ("mentions", not a promise). Price: only where the listing shows a price; a dash means no price listed. Featured: featured on the official Tech Week calendar. | Date | Time | Event | Host | Area | Access | Status | Food | Price | Featured | RSVP | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Mon, Oct 12 | 5 PM to 11 PM | Playable Worlds: The Future of Games, 3D and Interactive AI | Tripo, Aiko Dai | Santa Monica | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/PMkNtkyb6GGnX8TN64ZX?ref=chancity) | | Mon, Oct 12 | 5 PM to 7 PM | SpookyAF | FYI.AI (will.i.am), Julie Pilat, Roneal Madlani | Hollywood | RSVP | open | Dinner | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/y8NvWS4N7NvWZWuZun0j?ref=chancity) | | Mon, Oct 12 | 6 PM | AV design leaves Visio: a browser tool your studio owns | Workflow Builder, Mateusz Masiczak, Mateusz Jagodziński | Marina del Rey | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/DBr8qBPGBLoXqCc5L8gO?ref=chancity) | | Mon, Oct 12 | 6 PM | Product & Design Happy Hour - Pma.la | Product Managers Association of Los Angeles (PMA LA), Ana Torres | Venice | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/BNjNSC9MZ7BfR7pXSxzM?ref=chancity) | | Mon, Oct 12 | 7 PM | [Genius Is Not Generated] | Tripo, Aiko Dai | Santa Monica | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/hVNA7yBDCnQ0x8nfLMjE?ref=chancity) | | Mon, Oct 12 | 8 PM | CAD + AI LA | Raven CAD, Mo | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/9NRRMl95XU4is57yF325?ref=chancity) | | Tue, Oct 13 | 4 PM to 6 PM | Beyond Burnout: Designing for the Senses | InnovatorX, Sike Li | Pasadena | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/A58F2DNp8FZJ5gEEYSkJ?ref=chancity) | | Tue, Oct 13 | 7 PM to 9 PM | Design, Aerospace, and Storytelling: How Fiction Hardens Into Infrastructure | Fuser, Dalena, Hirad, Laure Michelon, Alice Scope | Arts District | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/tyunzveLsYF5g1ISB6aD?ref=chancity) | | Thu, Oct 15 | 4 PM to 5:30 PM | Never Finished: Creativity, Reimagined / A Dialogue on Reinvention | Gap Inc., Fal, Brittany McG, Lilly Abbo | West Hollywood | Apply | open | Snacks | - | yes | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/STg1eJrPTO14OpwysakA?ref=chancity) | | Thu, Oct 15 | 5:30 PM to 9:30 PM | Can AI Have Taste? | Skyveil AI, Galya, Angela Song, Mia Yang, Marcella Faingold Jacob, Maayan Barsade | Santa Monica | RSVP | open | - | - | - | [RSVP](https://partiful.com/e/eWyj63P4rbTFpMFKmY6u?ref=chancity) | | Fri, Oct 16 | 10:30 AM | MOLTEN hackathon - build the space around you | Field Lab, Iana Lin, Sissi Wang | Santa Monica | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/AgP5K9z8FR9TTWVMJIVC?ref=chancity) | | Fri, Oct 16 | 3 PM | Spatial Storytelling: The Next Generation of Content | Lureo, Ellen Ryall, Michael Guerin | Santa Monica | RSVP | waitlist | Drinks | - | - | [View](https://partiful.com/e/IVWy89rGPgLZnaksOp0B?ref=chancity) | | Fri, Oct 16 | 7 PM | Steal My Studio | Workbuddy, Aimee | Arts District | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/5Ao1lfBKaDnfILDcFCCM?ref=chancity) | | Sat, Oct 17 | 12 PM | Behind The Product: How Great Products Get Built | Rita Sargsyan | Westwood | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/BEkQEBMzSJXEqWQe4Azv?ref=chancity) | | Sat, Oct 17 | 2 PM | [DFA Designathon] | Design For America + USC, aanya lall | Downtown | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/Vq6GdF8nwFwe9kwdpbYb?ref=chancity) | | Sat, Oct 17 | 2 PM to 5 PM | Graphic Design & Digital Printing Meetup | Big Frog Custom T-Shirts & More of West LA, Lizzy Christian | Westside | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/l0vBMP3ckQVr8ATG71EE?ref=chancity) | | Sat, Oct 17 | 5:30 PM | [WARDROBE DEBUG] | Soullink AI, Yingdi xiong | Arts District | Apply | open | - | - | - | [Apply](https://partiful.com/e/HDZZBerWqedKc9g4v4MN?ref=chancity) | ## Who is there - Hosting: Aiko Dai (2) ([X](https://x.com/AikoDai_)); Tripo (2); aanya lall (1); Aimee (1); Alice Scope (1); Ana Torres (1); Angela Song (1); Big Frog Custom T-Shirts & More of West LA (1); Brittany McG (1); Dalena (1); Design For America + USC (1); Ellen Ryall (1) - Speaking: Danica Vallone; Sven Gerjets; Gorkem Yurtseven; Barbara Ford; Shawn Barrett; Grace Ling ## FAQ ### Which Design events can I join without applying? 3 of the 17 are open RSVP; the other 14 ask you to apply. Near the top are Spatial Storytelling: The Next Generation of Content (Fri 3:00 PM), SpookyAF (Mon 5:00 PM) and Can AI Have Taste? (Thu 5:30 PM). ### What do hosts ask when you apply? Across 14 Design events with an application form, 14 ask for a job title, 14 for a company, 14 for LinkedIn and 12 for GitHub. ### What are the main Design events on Monday, Oct 12? 6 Design events are listed for Monday, Oct 12, led by Product & Design Happy Hour - Pma.la and CAD + AI LA. ### What are the main Design events on Friday, Oct 16? 3 Design events are listed for Friday, Oct 16, led by Spatial Storytelling: The Next Generation of Content and MOLTEN hackathon - build the space around you. Spatial Storytelling: The Next Generation of Content (Fri 3 PM, Lureo); MOLTEN hackathon - build the space around you (Fri 10:30 AM, Field Lab); Steal My Studio (Fri 7 PM, Workbuddy). ### Which Design events have food? 2 of the 17 mention food (1 snacks, 1 dinner). ### Which Design events have drinks? 1 mention drinks: 1 alcohol. Spatial Storytelling: The Next Generation of Content (Fri 3 PM, Lureo). ### Which Design events have the most RSVPs? Product & Design Happy Hour - Pma.la has the most, 147 going. Product & Design Happy Hour - Pma.la (Mon 6 PM, Product Managers Association of Los Angeles (PMA LA)); Spatial Storytelling: The Next Generation of Content (Fri 3 PM, Lureo); Design, Aerospace, and Storytelling: How Fiction Hardens Into Infrastructure (Tue 7 PM, Fuser); Never Finished: Creativity, Reimagined | A Dialogue on Reinvention (Thu 4 PM, Gap Inc.); CAD + AI LA (Mon 8 PM, Raven CAD). ### Who hosts the most Design events? Tripo hosts 2. ## Same page at the other tech week - At SF Tech Week (Oct 5 to 11): 32 Design events: https://www.chancity.ai/events/sf-tech-week/design Both weeks: https://www.chancity.ai/events/tech-week/design --- HTML version: https://www.chancity.ai/events/la-tech-week/design Full LA Tech Week schedule: https://www.chancity.ai/events/la-tech-week/schedule For AI agents: https://www.chancity.ai/events/la-tech-week/agent