The magic of glass from Italy: Venice Design Week

The 16th edition of Venice Design Week took place in Venice, October 11 to 2024, with a focus on Murano glass, from Venice, as usual. Since 2010, every year in autumn, Venice has become the home of design for a week.
The 2024 edition saw the participation of 84 designers and 25 artisans, an increase over the previous edition.
The physical audience reached 6,647 people. The official Venice Design Week website recorded 6,691 active users during the design week, an increase from the 5,408 unique users in 2023. Engagement on Instagram also marked a 40 percent growth over last year, confirming the public’s growing interest in social media.

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Julie Conway at Simone Cenedese

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Taiwan Design Expo 2024

Taiwan Design Expo 2024 was back in Tainan for the fifth time, October 10 to 26, attracting more than 4.2 million visitors during the 16-day event. Themed “The Next 400” and celebrating the 400th anniversary of Tainan’s founding, the Expo showcased Tainan’s historical culture, circular design, future urban planning, and revitalized cultural monuments and shopping streets. This year’s Expo focused on Tainan’s profound cultural heritage and the innovative creativity that will lead its industries into the future.

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“Rely on the Market” invited visitors on a journey to uncover the lost history of the traditional market and welcome its bright future through cyberpunk-inspired art installations

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Textile design and recycle: Heimtextil Trends 2025/2026

Textiles speak, and they tell our story. They document social changes and reflect eras. This premise, and the study of textile tradition unravel the research conducted by Alcova. Milan’s design exhibition platform explores trends in the textile industry, textile design, and textile recycle, to be seen at Heimtextil 2025. Valentina Ciuffi and Joseph Grima, the founders of Alcova, developed a pathway, Future Continuous, exploring the evolution of textiles through the ages, and identifying today’s trends.

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Left to right: Olaf Schmidt, Shirley Tale, Valentina Ciuffi and Joseph Grima (photo courtesy Messe Frankfurt/Pietro Sutera)

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Passagen Cologne 2025: the first time without imm cologne

In 2025, imm cologne is taking a break, leaving many to wonder how this will impact Passagen, Cologne’s celebrated design festival. Passagen 2025 should take place in Cologne from January 10 to 16, 2025, anyway. Festival founder Sabine Voggenreiter addressed these concerns in a recent interview with the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger. “The cancellation of the trade fair will, of course, affect us,” Voggenreiter acknowledged, “especially after the challenging years we faced during the COVID pandemic. However, we’ve since recovered well.”

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