Warmth is a connecting principle.
The goal of Transcendent Experience Design (ZX) is to build worlds where people experience the necessary warmth of interconnectedness - with one another, the living earth, and the cosmos.
Do you recall encountering someone with a warm personality and feeling seen, like you mattered, like you belonged?
It turns out, this warmth is real.
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Cultures around the world know the principles of human connection by the same name; “warmth.”
Science, religions, and philosophy all teach that warmth is highly prioritized by the biological brain and spiritual heart alike.
Yet, the design of our modern worlds focusses too much on the individual.
To often, the human in “human-centered design” is really just this one human, just this one time.
I’m sharing principles for designing warmth in workshops, immersions, lectures, and conferences.
Upcoming Events
July 2026
“Designing Warmth: A Human-centered Approach to Connection and Collective Wellbeing”
Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA
Past Events
September 2025
Prototyping Utopia, w/ Killeen Hanson, Parsons School of Design
New York City, NY
September 2025
“Designing Warmth” (private event) Coforma
Washington, D.C.
August 2025
“UX Talks” Conference, DENSO
Tokyo, Japan
May 2025
“Designing for Warmth: Creating Transcendent User Experiences”
Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA
February 2025
Lecture on Designing Warmth for Rosenfeld Community
Rosenfeld Media, w/ Louis Rosenfeld
May 2025
Lecture on Designing Warmth at California Institute of the Arts
San Francisco, CA. w/ Hugh Dubberly
Enfield Shaker Museum, June 2024
“The Human-Centered Design of the Shakers”
Enfield Shaker Museum’s Spring Forum
March 2024
Lecture at Prototyping Utopia Residency
Parsons School of Design, w/ Killeen Hanson
May 2024
Master Class “Designing Warmth”
SCAD, Future Leaders of User Experience (FLUX), w/BC Hwang
