TC Design Week
REGIONAL DESIGNER SHOWCASE
The 2026 TCDW Regional Designer Showcase will be on view starting October 5th, on both the first and second floor of Commongrounds, open from 8am-6pm. The exhibition highlights local designers in a variety of disciplines and highlights the process and problem-solving inherent within each design project.
Projects and designers include: UMBO by Synecdoche Design, Everyday Cookery with Abra Berens, Edouard Fousset Film deep dive, Allium Hill & Sunrise Stoneware place setting collab, GreenLight Marketing developing a brand, Steven McQuown Sensory Station, Broken Glass Co. for PennyLane, Marcel interactive art by Many Many, Interlochen Theater Dept, Placehood app and more!
CLOSING CELEBRATION
October 10 | 6–9 PM | The Alluvion | $30
Traverse City Design Week culminates at The Alluvion with one big night celebrating Northern Michigan’s creative community. From 6–7 PM, guests can enjoy cocktails, culinary bites, and creative activities while meeting the designers featured in the 2026 Regional Designer Showcase, on display throughout the first and second floors of Commongrounds.
Then at 7:30 PM, the evening shifts into Design Outside the Box Live, hosted by SkyeLea and featuring keynote duo Geoffrey Holstad + Micah Middaugh, followed by acclaimed singer-songwriters Ruby Amanfu + Sam Ashworth.
Immersive visuals, unexpected creative moments, and a room filled with designers, artists, makers, and creative leaders make the evening a fitting convergence of the community TCDW brings together all week.
TCDW is supported by our sponsors including The Alluvion, Bay View Flooring & Design, & Britten, Inc.
- Also on view -
Jesse Hickman
Exhibition on view on the 3rd Floor of Commongrounds.
The Roost (3rd Floor lounge) features a collection of works by Northport artist, Jesse Hickman. Hickman is a prolific artist, always pushing the edges of his daily art practice. By exploring scale, shape, color, texture, composition and materials, Hickman produces intuitive work that always feels fresh. One can easily imagine Hickman in his studio, following his intuition where ever it may take him.
Hickman was born in Chicago and studied photography at the Institute of Design. Hickman’s work has been exhibited extensively throughout Michigan, but also in prominnant spaces such as the MCA, Young- Hoffman Gallery, and the Walker Art Center (among others).