Design conferences
There are 12 design conferences with a public sponsor or exhibitor list or published sponsorship prices. The biggest is NeoCon 2027, with 390 companies listed. 6 publish their prices, and their cheapest package has a median of $2,750.
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Type
Trade shows: 100 or more exhibitors, or an expo floor on the organizer’s own description.
12 events
| # | Conference | Companies | New | Returning | Packages from |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. NeoCon Jun 13–16, 2027 · Chicago, United States | 390companies | ||||
2. DesignCon 2027 | 175companies | +30new | 72%returning | ||
| 165companies | +7new | 47%returning | |||
4. Design for Freedom Summit Mar 31, 2027 | 41companies | from$3,000 | |||
5. AIA Conference on Architecture & Design May 19–22, 2027 · Philadelphia, United States | 34companies | ||||
6. Warsaw Home & Contract Oct 21–24, 2026 · Warsaw, Poland | 17companies | ||||
7. Future of NYC Design Conference May 10, 2026 · Brooklyn, United States | 10companies | from$50 | |||
8. Productized Conference Jun 18–19, 2026 · Lisbon, Portugal | 10companies | ||||
9. Converge Oct 21–22, 2026 · Gateshead, United Kingdom | 7companies | from$2,500 | |||
10. TxA26 Annual Conference & Design Expo Oct 15–17, 2026 · San Antonio, United States | 1companies | from$3,500 | |||
11. AIA International Conference Mar 20–22, 2025 · Colombo, Sri Lanka | from$1,000 | ||||
12. International Design Conference (IDC) Aug 18–21, 2026 · Pasadena, United States | from$3,000 |
Companies: sponsors and exhibitors on each event’s current edition, read from its own directory, sponsor page or prospectus. New: not listed at the previous edition. Returning: share of the previous edition’s companies listed again.
Key facts
Across the 12 design conferences.
Companies at the most design conferences
The sponsors and exhibitors that turn up across this industry's events. The list to work from when you sell sponsorships in it.
| # | Company | Design events |
|---|---|---|
1. Sherwin-Williams sherwin-williams.com | 3design events | |
2. ASSA ABLOY assaabloy.com | 2design events | |
3. Benjamin Moore & Co. benjaminmoore.com | 2design events | |
4. Blick dickblick.com | 2design events | |
5. emuamericas, llc emuamericas.com | 2design events | |
6. Figma figma.com | 2design events | |
7. GM Lighting LLC gmlighting.net | 2design events | |
8. Miro miro.com | 2design events | |
9. Nucor nucor.com | 2design events | |
10. Shaw Contract shawcontract.com | 2design events |
Questions
What are the biggest design conferences?
By companies listed at their current edition: NeoCon (390), DesignCon (175), ASLA Conference on Landscape Architecture (165), Design for Freedom Summit (41), AIA Conference on Architecture & Design (34).
How much does it cost to sponsor design conferences?
6 of these 12 events publish sponsorship prices. Their cheapest package has a median of $2,750 and their top package a median of $28k, against $2,500 for the cheapest package across all conferences.
Which design conferences are coming up next?
TxA26 Annual Conference & Design Expo (Oct 15–17, 2026, San Antonio); Warsaw Home & Contract (Oct 21–24, 2026, Warsaw); Converge (Oct 21–22, 2026, Gateshead); Design for Freedom Summit (Mar 31, 2027).