We're Talking About a Place Called Assssssspen

You may add it to the list of design conferences you might not be able to afford, but this is one you should definitely pass on to your most successful do-gooder friend: the Aspen Design Summit is celebrating over 50 years of giving designers a Rocky Mountain high.

Since 1949, Aspen’s been the place where creatives summer when they want to make a difference. Eero Saarinen designed the conference’s first tent (Herbert Bayer did the second), Matt Groening’s dad used to tell him stories about his visits, and the 2003 conference is where Paola Antonelli’s “SAFE: Design Takes On Risk” show at MoMA took shape.

Once mired in the early 90’s what-are-we-doing