They include SQ1, Archive, Outreach, Being, Context, AREA, Lens, ReadySetProto and Offsite! Advanced Design (AD) is a community where designers can share, educate, learn, and connect. It is a place that supports students and professionals alike, from high schoolers to tenured designers with decades of experience. Through our Initiatives, AD explores a diverse range of topics including making, medi
a, culture, and mental health, free of charge. With our headquarters in Chicago, AD additionally operates in New York, San Francisco, and internationally in both Canada and France. COMMUNAL
The backbone of AD is its community. We are inclusive and accessible for anyone who takes an interest in design. CREATIVE
What is innate to designers is their creativity. AD supports the work of human expression and in turn generates content that is forward thinking and remixes the old with the new. CELEBRATORY
AD celebrates design. It showcases leading designers and their work and champions the potential design has to impact people’s lives. We are positive, uplifting, and celebrate diverse voices.
