Design Week Mexico 2026  takes  place in Mexico City from 5 to 11 October, although most of its exhibitions stay open well into November, and one runs until January 2027. Founded in 2009 by Emilio Cabrero, Andrea Cesarman, Marco Coello and Jaime Hernández, it’s now in its 18th year. Over the years, DWM has built a wide program of exhibitions, talks, installations and documentaries that brings professionals, students and the general public together.

Since 2013, each edition also welcomed a guest country, which brings its own design scene into the program. Brazil opened the series in 2013, followed by the United Kingdom in 2014 and Italy in 2015. DWM26 brings together design, architecture, craft and art-object, with Chile as guest country and a shared curatorial line, “Perspectives from the Global South“. Almost all venues sit within the Miguel Hidalgo borough, between Polanco, Chapultepec and Lomas, so the week can be covered on foot and by short rides.

Chile, guest country of Design Week Mexico 2026

Chile’s presence builds on an open call for Chilean designers living in Chile or elsewhere in Latin America. Five of them were picked to work side by side with Mexican artisans: Camilo Huinca (Onlyjoke), ceramist Catalina Zarhi, Paula Corrales, Raúl Hernández Tralma of Trufquen, known for combining Pomaire clay with mouth-blown glass, and Rodrigo Bravo Ferretti of Bravo Estudio in Santiago. The project is backed by Chile’s Ministry of Cultures, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Chilean Embassy in Mexico.

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Visión y Tradición at the Museo Nacional de Antropología

The results of these residencies go on show in the half-moon gallery of the Museo Nacional de Antropología, from 8 October to 1 November, with free entry. Each Chilean designer teamed up with a workshop in a different state: Rodrigo Bravo with a stone workshop in Yucatán that carves local limestones, Raúl Hernández Tralma with a potter from Amatenango del Valle in Chiapas, Camilo Huinca with a family studio in Uruapan working with maque inlay lacquer, Paula Corrales with a horsehair workshop in Jalisco, and Catalina Zarhi with a young Mata Ortiz potter from Chihuahua.

A Mexican section pairs local designers with artisans too, among them Aura Carpio with a family of coppersmiths from Santa Clara del Cobre and Gustavo Pacheco, already seen at SaloneSatellite in Milan, with a collective of Rarámuri textile makers.

Design Week Mexico 2026 runs 5-11 October in Mexico City with Chile as guest country. Full guide to the DWM26 program, venues, dates and tickets.

Inmersiones Creativas México-Francia at Casa Ortega

Casa Ortega hosts a look back at three years of residencies between French designers and Mexican craftspeople, carried out with the French Embassy, IFAL, Institut Français and Mobilier National in the year France and Mexico mark two centuries of diplomatic relations. More than thirty French creatives have travelled across the country since 2023. The 2026 pairings include Matali Crasset with the brand and Jacob, working on marble and blown glass, Wendy Andreu with a Guadalajara stone company, Théophile Blandet with Toro Manifesto on a kinetic lamp inspired by the Voladores de Papantla ritual, and Fanny Serouart with Taller Maya on henequen fibre and leather. The show opens on 5 October and runs until 25 October, free until 11 October.

Design House 2026

Design House, the flagship project of Design Week Mexico, reaches its 17th edition inside a 1970s house by architect Fernando Jackson, on Paseo de las Palmas in Lomas de Chapultepec. Leading Mexican architecture and interior studios fit out each room, among them Ezequiel Farca, C Cúbica Arquitectos, Uribe Krayer and Toro Manifesto. Italian brands also show up through two pairings, Arditti with Molteni&C and Colectivo ERRA with La Marzocco. Furniture, lighting and finishes come from the Dealers de Diseño, which share the same venue and dates. Open daily from 9 October to 1 November, tickets on Eventbrite.

Inédito at Espacio CDMX

Inédito turns twelve and remains the main platform for utilitarian design and art-object in Mexico. At Espacio CDMX, in Chapultepec forest, it gathers more than seventy professional studios, design schools and emerging makers, all showing pieces never seen before. Biomaterials, reuse of resources, new manufacturing methods and fair dealings with traditional crafts are the recurring topics. Free entry from 10 October to 10 January.

PRINT, graphic design and illustration

The third edition of PRINT takes over the White Box of G.56 Hub Creativo in San Miguel Chapultepec. It picks up the same Global South theme through graphic design, illustration, typography and printed media selected by an international jury, which hands out a 20,000-peso PRINT Prize. Free, from 8 to 31 October.

Tours de Diseño, the parallel agenda

From 1 October to 1 November, the Tours de Diseño link up showrooms, workshops and design shops across Mexico City, covering both contemporary and craft-based Mexican design. The circuit gives dozens of local makers a chance to open their doors during the busiest month of the year for design in the city. The full calendar of events and openings is published on the Design Week Mexico website, alongside the DWM26 map.

Why visit

Design Week Mexico offers a rare chance to see contemporary design and traditional craft side by side, in residencies that pair designers with artisans from all over the country. The venues are part of the experience too, from the Museo Nacional de Antropología to a 1970s house in Lomas de Chapultepec, and most exhibitions are free. With Chile as guest country and a strong focus on Latin America, DWM26 is a good way to catch up with the design scenes of the Global South. Since many shows stay open well into November, there is plenty of time to take everything in.

Design Week Mexico 2026: key dates

Event	Venue	Dates	Entry fee
Inmersiones Creativas	Casa Ortega	6-25 October (opening 5 October)	Free until 11 October, then 50 MXN
Visión y Tradición	Museo Nacional de Antropología	8 October-1 November (opening 7 Oct)	Free
PRINT	G.56 Hub Creativo	8-31 October (opening 7 October)	Free
Design House + Dealers de Diseño	Paseo de las Palmas 1305	9 October-1 November	250-300 MXN
Inédito	Espacio CDMX	10 October 2026-10 January 2027 (opening 9 October)	Free
Tours de Diseño	Across the city	1 October-1 November	Free

Size: more than 200 events, over 100 activities; 200,000+ visitors
Many events are free, other require an entry fee
Opening hours: October 5 – 11, 2026, 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Diseño Contenido (Lincoln Park): October 10 and 11, from 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM
Main Exhibitions (Design House, Vision & Tradition, Inédito, etc.):
Run on individual schedules through October and November 2026
Visit Designmexico.com website for info