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CREATED:20260503T203955Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260503T203955Z UID:7176-1777334400-1778198399@designweekguide.com SUMMARY:Montréal Design Week 2026 DESCRIPTION:Spring 2026 marks a historic milestone for North American design. From April 28 to May 7\, Montréal Design Week 2026 transforms the city into a global design capital. Conceived by Index-Design\, organized by Archi-Design QC\, and presented by Tafisa Canada\, this event also celebrates a prestigious double anniversary: 20 years of Index-Design and 20 years of Montréal as a UNESCO City of Design. \nA new vision for the built environment \nThis first edition expands the renowned Index-Design professional trade show (formerly Complètement Design) into a unifying festival. It brings together the entire built environment industry – architects\, designers\, makers\, and the public – through a constellation of over 60 free events and 10 exclusive professional dates. \n\nDiscover DesignTO 2026 \nComplètement Design 2025. Photo: Alex Lesage\, courtesy Semaine Design de Montréal  \nMontréal Design Week 2026 at a glance\n\nDuration: 10 days of immersion into Quebec’s creative soul.\nAccessibility: Around 60 free destinations including open studios\, exhibitions\, and architectural tours.\nProfessional Impact: Over 10 ticketed or invitation-only events for industry insiders.\nGuest of Honor: The iconoclastic British designer Bethan Laura Wood\, who will headline the Conference Day on April 29.\nKey Highlights: The Index-Design Salon at the Grand Quay (April 30)\, featuring original scenography by Humà Design + Architecture\n\nDouble Entendre Collective: Audrey Demers\, Sarah Yao Rishea\, Étienne Vernier \nExclusive professional events\nFor industry members\, the program offers high-level networking and educational opportunities: \n\nOpening Breakfast (April 28): Presented by Montoni at Sid Lee Architecture (Invitation Only).\nIndex-Design Conference Day (April 29): Presented by Kohler at the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts. A day of deep dives with guest of honor Bethan Laura Wood (Ticketed).\nSalon Index-Design Trade Show (April 30): The flagship event at the Grand Quay of the Port of Montréal. Expect 2\,500 visitors and 70+ exhibitors (Presented by Tafisa\, Ticketed).\nTrade Show Cocktail (April 30): Presented by Vicostone at the Grand Quay.\nIn situ Masterclass (May 1): “Behind the Scenes of a Design Destination” hosted by ROYALMOUNT (Invitation Only).\nDesign Session – Meet Eugeni Quitllet (May 4): Hosted by Roche Bobois (Invitation Only).\nDesign Session – Graphic Design (May 5): Featuring Mathieu Cournoyer\, hosted by Centura (Invitation Only).\nDesign Session – Collection Reveal (May 6): With Marie Saint Pierre\, hosted by Baril (Invitation Only).\nSoirée Index-Design 20/200 (May 7): Presented by Ciot\, hosted by Ciot (Invitation Only)\n\nDiscover Interior Design Show \nFoil Gallery. Photo: Alex Lesage\, courtesy Semaine Design de Montréal \nPublic Program: 60+ events & destinations\nThe city opens its doors to everyone with a rich program of installations\, tours\, and exhibitions. \nArchitectural tours & installations\n\nDRAMA TABLE (April 28 – May 3): A participatory installation by The NNS.\nArt & Design Dialogue (April 30): 5 PM at Desjardins Bherer\, with Avant-Scène and Robertson Ares Gallery.\nLighting Up Montréal City Hall (April 29): At Place Vauquelin by HLB Lightning.\nVilla-Maria Station (May 2): “Between Collective Memory and Movement” by COEX at 11 AM.\nEsquisse (May 7): Interaction design and musical collaboration by Daily tous les jours at Technopôle Angus (4 PM).\nReimagining the Franciscans’ Convent (May 1–3): Building tomorrow’s city by Entremise\, SURCY\, and Nouveau Milieu.\nArchitectural Run (May 1): 7:30 AM departure from 435 rue Beaubien O.\, by Modulor x LeClub.\nHistory Tour of the CCA (May 1): 10 AM at the Canadian Centre for Architecture.\nCorps Habité (May 2): Immersive experience at Studio Idéal by MAAT Gallery\n\nThe Franciscains ConventPhoto: Entremise\, Nouveau Milieu\, Surcy\, courtesy Semaine Design de Montréal \nEssential Design Exhibitions at Montréal Design Week 2026\n\nSoft Goods (April 28 – May 3): By Double Entendre at White Wall Studio.\nOurse x Lambert et Fils (April 28 – May 7): At Galerie 6250.\nLiving Color (May 5–8): At Chapelle de la Cité-des-Hospitalières with Sophie Gaillot\, Richard Pontais\, Laboratoire Textile\, Atelier b\, Annie Legault\, and Studio Minéral.\nPassengers by MOLD Gallery (April 30 – May 1): At WIP. Featuring: Emile Algue\, Geneviève Grenier\, Jacqueline Beaumont\, Jean-Michel Gadoua\, Juliette Dupont\, L.L.Y. Atelier\, Olivier Bonnard\, Philippe Saint-Denis\, Rachel Bussin\, Simon Johns\, and Sophie Murphy.\nEx-tension by Procedures Industry (May 1–8): At Atelier L’Abri. Featuring a massive collective: Alex Lesage\, Arseni Khamzin\, Atelier Igor Zigor\, Atelier Zébulon Perron\, Carmine Tagliamonti\, Ceragres\, David Raymond\, Emmanuelle Roque\, Fomenta\, Gabriel Page\, Henry Acteson\, Inat\, Jacob Boyd\, Jeremy Le Chatelier\, Jeremy Paguet\, Jeta\, Lambert et Fils\, Le Centerpiece\, Mycoaudio\, Olivier Bonnard\, Philippe St-Denis\, Rebecca Murdock\, Reggy St-Surin\, Rosemarie Faille-Faubert\, Stamatios\, and Studio Botté.\nWhile We are Still Here (May 1–3): At Studio Beaumont with Stamatios\, Henri Acteson\, Jérémy Le Chatelier\, and Arseni Khamsin.\nAvenue du Parc (April 29 – May 2): At boutique JETA with JETA\, Sarah-Jeanne Riberdy\, Sangaré\, Séjour Studio\, Atelier Fomenta\, and Jérémy Paguet.\nFull Room (May 1–7): Furniture from the 1960s to today.\nMontreal 1976: An Olympic Feat: Ongoing at the McCord Stewart Museum\n\nComplètement Design 2025. Photo: F-O Paquin\, courtesy Semaine Design de Montréal \nThe Fine Crafts Itinerary & Open Studios\nIn collaboration with CMAQ\, discover the richness of fine craft expertise. \nOpen Studios & Workshops: \n\nAtelier Le Traon: “The woven secrets of tweed” (May 2–3\, by reservation).\nMDT Mobilier\, Hamster Objets de Compagnie & Essai: (May 1–2).\nFjord Intérieurs × Prune Les Fleurs: (April 28 – May 1).\nAtelier Gris: “From Drawing to Welding” (May 6).\nGlass Studios: Clara Jorisch and Verre d’Onge (May 5–6).\nFutil Studio: “The Modern Scagliola Laboratory” (April 28 – May 7).\nSupergrand: Rugs redefining space (April 28 – May 3).\nL’Autre Atelier: “Design Artisan immersion” (May 1–3).\nAtelier Vaste x Mark Krebs: Showroom opening (May 6).\nInāt: Open studio (April 28 – May 7).\nAtelier Retailles: “Point de chute” (April 29 – May 2).\nCentre de céramique Bonsecours: “Deux Artisans” by Vincent Castonguay\, Alexandra Gélinas\, and David Simard (April 28 – May 7).\n\nDiscussions and Dialogue \n\nDesign\, City\, and Identity (April 28): 4 PM at Le Rodier – La Piscine.\nThe Designer as Author (May 2): 7 PM at FOIL Gallery.\nCadre bâti Podcast (May 4): Live recording with Hubert Pelletier (6 PM\, Espace Ville Autrement).\nBois Magique Story Series (May 2–5): Bilingual conversations at Atelier Bon Train with Daria Fontaine Pasquali\, Dihua Wei\, Prune Paycha\, Han-Ruì Jahn\, Alexandra Gélinas\, Anny-Jane\, Michael Fiset\, Lauren Goodman\, and Mitz Takahashi\n\nAlexandre Berthiaume\, TACTIL-PUNCHBAG. Photo: Futil Studio\, courtesy Semaine Design de Montréal \nWhy visit\nMontréal Design Week 2026 is a must-visit celebration marking the city’s 20th anniversary as a UNESCO City of Design with over 60 free events across its most iconic neighborhoods. By visiting\, you gain rare access to the private studios of master artisans and the chance to hear from global icons like Bethan Laura Wood and Eugeni Quitllet. The program transforms the city into a living gallery\, blending high-profile trade shows at the Grand Quay with immersive architectural tours of hidden convents and interactive urban installations. Whether you are discovering the next generation of talent in collective exhibitions or exploring the “Parcours Design” circuit\, you will experience the absolute peak of Quebec’s creative energy during a historic springtime milestone. \nMontréal Design Week\nApril 28 – May 7\, 2026\nSize: around 60 free destinations \nKey Highlights: The Index-Design Salon at the Grand Quay (April 30)\nVisit Semainedesigndemontreal.com for more info \n  URL:https://designweekguide.com/event/montreal-design-week-2026/ LOCATION:Montréal\, Montréal\, H1A CATEGORIES:Design Festivals ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designweekguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/montreal-116707-full_611-48_116707_sc_v2com.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260504T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260504T173000 DTSTAMP:20260406T161044Z CREATED:20260406T161044Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260406T161044Z UID:7065-1777885200-1777915800@designweekguide.com SUMMARY:Munich Creative Business Week (mcbw) Design Summit 2026 DESCRIPTION:How do we design for a world defined by uncertainty? On May 4\, 2026\, the Munich Urban Colab becomes the epicenter of global creative discourse. As the flagship event of Munich Creative Business Week (mcbw)\, the Design Summit 2026 invites visionaries to explore this year’s evocative theme: “Playground of Possibilities.” \nIn an era where AI solves problems and global shifts create doubt\, design is reclaiming its role as a space for sensual\, playful\, and courageous experimentation. \nEvent Overview: mcbw Design Summit 2026\n\nDate: Monday\, May 4\, 2026\nLocation: Munich Urban Colab\, Munich\, Germany\nCore Theme: Playground of Possibilities\nEvening Event: Networking\, drinks\, and snacks starting at 6:00 p.m.\n\nWhy Attend the Design Summit 2026?\nThe Design Summit is not merely a conference; it is a collaborative laboratory. Bringing together designers\, researchers\, and decision-makers from politics and marketing\, the summit fosters an interdisciplinary approach to societal challenges. \nDiscover World Design Congress 2025 \nMunich Creative Business Week 2025 \n1. From Problem Solving to Meaning Making\nAs highlighted by summit speaker Roberto Verganti\, while AI now excels at technical problem solving\, the future of human design lies in “creative meaning making.” The summit explores how design acts as a tool for social\, political\, and environmental change. \n2. A Space for “Productive Stumbling”\nThe “Playground of Possibilities” represents a shift toward trial and error. It is a venue for: \n\nExperimentation: Stepping into the unknown to reimagine the future.\nMultiperspectivity: Overcoming digital polarization through diverse design lenses.\nCircular Economy: Embedding sustainability at the core of product development.\n\nFeatured Speakers & Thought Leaders\nThe 2026 lineup features international pioneers who are redefining the boundaries of the creative industry: \nAlice Rawsthorn: Design as an Agent of Change \nThe award-winning critic and author of Design Emergency argues that design is a fundamental tool for ensuring that technological and social shifts affect us positively rather than negatively. \nRoberto Verganti: The Future of Human-Centric Innovation \nA leading voice from the Stockholm School of Economics\, Verganti explores how designers must pivot from traditional problem-solving to creating deep meaning in an AI-driven world. \nMarije Vogelzang: The Power of Play in Food Design \nThe pioneer of food design views “play” as an essential method for creative research. Her work encourages us to stay humble and humane through the sensory experience of food. \nFriedrich von Borries: AI and Social Development \nA professor at HFBK Hamburg\, von Borries uses his platform getminds.ai to demonstrate how AI can open up new creative possibilities and bridge social divides. \nEmmi Salonen: Designing for Well-being \nFounder of studio Emmi\, she introduces “Positive Creativity\,” focusing on how design can reduce burnout and enhance human flourishing through “micro-passions.” \nHideaki Ogawa: Art as a Catalyst \nThe Artistic Director of Ars Electronica questions the purpose of possibility\, using art to give future visions a tangible meaning. \nFilippo Pagliani: The Intersection of Tradition and Audacity \nThe co-founder of Park Associati explores the intersection of tradition and innovation\, giving form to new futures through a plurality of architectural perspectives. \nJessie Storey: Redefining the Future of Work \nAs a leader at Steelcase\, she explores the intersection of technology\, behavior\, and space\, embedding circular economy principles into product development. \nNetworking and Dialogue: Shaping the Future Together\nThe summit concludes with a focus on enduring ideas. By connecting designers with leaders from government agencies and global brands\, mcbw creates a network that extends far beyond the Munich Urban Colab. \nThe day’s discussions will be moderated by Leonhard Nima\, an expert in social innovation\, and Max Fraser\, Editorial Director at Dezeen\, ensuring a deep and provocative exploration of every topic. \nMunich Creative Business Week 2025 URL:https://designweekguide.com/event/munich-creative-business-week-mcbw-design-summit-2026/ LOCATION:Munich Urban CoLab\, Freddie-Mercury-Straße 5\, Munich\, 87097\, Germany CATEGORIES:Design Summit & Conferences ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://designweekguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/mcbw-2026-designsummit-eventbeitrag-bd-website-1080x600-3-1536x853-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Istanbul:20260513T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Istanbul:20260516T170000 DTSTAMP:20260520T204406Z CREATED:20260509T134435Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260520T204406Z UID:7213-1778666400-1778950800@designweekguide.com SUMMARY:Global Design Forum Istanbul 2026: the first edition DESCRIPTION:From 13 to 16 May 2026\, the inaugural edition of Global Design Forum Istanbul takes place\, marking the first time the London Design Festival’s flagship platform for global discourse expands its footprint to the banks of the Bosphorus. \nPresented in collaboration with the strategic creative platform People Places Ideas (PPI)\, the Forum is set to transform İstanbul into a vibrant stage for creativity. This four-day event is not just a series of talks; it is a citywide celebration comprising public installations\, digital storytelling\, and high-level debate\, all rooted in the city’s rich heritage and contemporary dynamism. \nIstanbul: The Ultimate Design Hub\nIstanbul\, a metropolis of 15 million people bridging two continents\, provides a backdrop like no other. As a city where ancient craftsmanship meets cutting-edge innovation\, its creative economy is a powerhouse. According to UNESCO\, the sector employs over 140\,000 professionals and generates a staggering 74.5% of Türkiye’s creative turnover. \nWith 27 university design programs and over 20 international design events annually\, İstanbul has firmly established itself as a regional hub. Global Design Forum İstanbul leverages this unique position\, reestablishing the city as a gateway between East and West and a vital platform for design exchange. \nVisionary Leadership: The Creative Minds Behind the Forum\nThe event is led by Melek Zeynep Bulut\, serving as the Artistic Director. Bulut oversees the creative ideation and programming\, ensuring the forum celebrates the specific idiosyncrasies and creative energy of İstanbul. She works alongside Ben Evans\, Co-Founder and Chairman of the London Design Festival & Global Design Forum. \nThe intellectual heart of the event – the discussion program – is curated by Beatrice Galilee\, the Forum Content Advisor. Galilee has introduced the theme “Worlds in Contact\,” which explores the material\, political\, and bodily collisions that occur when different worlds meet. \nDiscover the World Design Congress 2025 \nWorld in Contact \nThe Four Pillars: A Program Built on Meaning\nThe Forum is structured around four core principles that guide the audience through the city’s creative landscape: \nDiscussion: “Worlds in Contact” at Hagia Irene \nThe centerpiece of the event is two days of curated keynotes and panels (14-15 May) held in the historic courtyard of Hagia Irene\, within the Topkapı Palace Complex. \nDay One: Thursday\, 14 May \n\nWorlds in Contact: A rapid sequence of provocations from architects and designers from Thailand\, Mexico\, and Europe\, exploring how design can share authorship with ecosystems and non-human minds.\nLiam Young’s Planet City: A radical film and performance piece that imagines the entire human population living in one hyper-dense city\, allowing the rest of the planet to rewild.\nIn Conversation: Tom Dixon & Lina Ghotmeh: A rare dialogue between industry icon Tom Dixon and award-winning Lebanese architect Lina Ghotmeh on sustainability\, materiality\, and sustaining a practice through change.\nKeynote: Hussein Chalayan: The legendary designer reflects on his rigorous practice at the intersection of fashion and technology.\n\nDiscover the World Design Summit 2025 \nTom Dixon and Lina Ghotmeh \nDay Two: Friday\, 15 May \n\nIn Conversation: Lesley Lokko: One of the most influential voices in architecture discusses the colonial structures within the industry and what architecture owes to those it has historically excluded.\nKeynote: Marina Tabassum: Based in the climate-vulnerable Bengal delta\, Tabassum will close the forum by asking the ultimate question: What are we actually designing for?\n\nSerpentine Pavilion 2025\, by Marina Tabassum \nPlacemaking: “Praise of Transience”\nCurated by Melek Zeynep Bulut\, this pillar features public installations that challenge the idea of architecture as a permanent object. \n\nPavilion of the Moment: Designed by Waugh Thistleton Architects using slender pine boards\, this timber structure abstracts the geometry of Hagia Irene. It is lightweight\, demountable\, and designed to be experienced as something temporal and rhythmic.\nNUN Architecture’s Talk Space: An experiential space designed specifically for the forum’s sessions in the Hagia Irene courtyard.\n\nStorytelling: The “İstanbullar” Creative Archive \nTo connect the global audience with the city’s pulse\, the Forum presents İstanbullar\, a dynamic digital map spotlighting 40 creative people\, places\, and ideas. Highlights include: \n\nBarın Han: The studio of calligrapher Emin Barın\, where traditional bookbinding is still practiced.\nZeytinburnu Mosaic Museum: A contemporary “floating box” structure covering 6th-century Roman mosaics.\nZeyrek Çinili Hamam: A 500-year-old Mimar Sinan bathhouse that now hosts a museum and contemporary art in a Byzantine cistern.\nŞehrin Panoları: An online project archiving the unique\, identity-defining signboards of the city.\n\nRethinking: The Yedikule Garden Competition \nThe event will conclude with the launch of an international design competition for the Yedikule district. This project aims to revive the area through contemporary garden and lighting design\, engaging future generations in the preservation and evolution of their urban environment. \nA Global Gathering of Minds\nThe Forum will convene over 30 leading international voices. The roster of delegates includes: \n\nArchitects & Designers: Ma Yansong\, Boonserm Premthada\, Florian Idenburg\, Alper Derinboğaz\, Melike Altınışık\, Han Tümertekin\, and Stephen Burks.\nThinkers & Curators: Beatrice Leanza\, Suhair Khan\, James Bridle\, Beral Madra\, and Olaf Grawert.\nCreative Pioneers: Cooking Sections (Alon Schwabe & Daniel Fernández Pascual)\, Fernando Laposse\, and many more.\n\nGlobal Design Forum: Design as a Shared Language \nGlobal Design Forum İstanbul is more than a conference; it is a multi-voiced gathering and a platform for research. By using design as a shared language for soft power and collaboration\, it positions Istanbul not just as a host\, but as a leader in the global creative sector. \nGlobal Design Forum İstanbul | 13 – 16 May 2026 | Topkapi Palace Complex | Istanbul\nTwo Days of Discussion: 14-15 May\, 2026 at Hagia Irene\, Topkapi Complex Palace URL:https://designweekguide.com/event/global-design-forum-istanbul-2026/ LOCATION:Topkapi Complex Palace\, Cankurtaran\, Babı Hümayun Cad No: 1\, Istanbul\, 34122\, Turkey CATEGORIES:Design Summit & Conferences ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designweekguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Oblique-Land-Alper-Derinbogaz-Salon-Architects_Photo_-Mark-Cocksedge.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260514 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260521 DTSTAMP:20260514T164706Z CREATED:20260506T162557Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260514T164706Z UID:7195-1778716800-1779321599@designweekguide.com SUMMARY:NYCxDESIGN Festival 2026 DESCRIPTION:From May 14 to May 20\, 2026\, in New York City returns the NYCxDESIGN Festival\, for the 14th year. The next edition expects to draw over 163\,000 visitors – including international architects\, interior designers\, tech innovators\, and design lovers\, for a week-long celebration across all the city.\n \nNYCxDESIGN\, New York\, May 14-20\, 2026\nFor professionals and general public\nSize: over 200 events\, around 170\,000 visitors\nVarious locations \nVisit NYCxDESIGN.org for info \nThe Theme: “Design Connects Us”\nUnder the leadership of Jeanny Pak (Interim President & CEO of the New York City Economic Development Corporation – NYCEDC)\, this year’s theme\, Design Connects Us\, highlights the interdisciplinary nature of the industry. The festival aims to show how design bridges the gap between technology\, sustainability\, and social equity.  \nDiscover NYCxDESIGN Map 2026 \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Click to load the interactive map\n \n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n \nSignature Installations\nDesign Pavilion by Lexus – Times Square \nIn 2026\, Lexus returns to Times Square with a monumental installation. This “Design Pavilion” serves as a public interface for the festival\, blending art\, technology\, and the “Lexus Standard of Amazing”. It’s a must-see for anyone interested in how luxury and industrial design interact with public space.  \nDiscover NYCxDesign 2025\n \nNYCxDesign Opening party 2025 \nSHINE at The Seaport \nCurated by the award-winning Harry Allen and presented with COOL HUNTING and Kikkerland Design\, the SHINE exhibition (May 14 – 20) focuses on light. Seventy designers will showcase original light objects that push the boundaries of craft and functional technology. \nScreenshot \nInternational Spotlights at NYCxDesign 2026: France & Italy\nThe 2026 festival emphasizes New York’s role as a global crossroads: \n\nOui Design! (May 14 – 20): Organized by Villa Albertine\, this fourth edition spotlights French craftsmanship. The highlight is a week-long exhibition at the Payne Whitney Mansion\, featuring residents who are debuting their work in the U.S. for the first time.\nItalian Trade Agency Spotlight (May 18 – 19): For those who missed Milan Design Week\, this series of four curated tours through SoHo and NoMad offers exclusive VIP access to the newest collections from Italy’s top manufacturing brands.\n\nThe Portal\, installation at Flatiron – NoMad\, 2024 \nKeynotes & The Future of Technology\nThe festival’s educational and visionary core is stronger than ever in 2026: \n\nSantiago Calatrava (May 16\, h. 5:30-7:30 PM): The legendary architect will give a keynote at the Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church\, followed by a rare tour of the Oculus guided by Gabriel Calatrava.\nFuture Now AI Summit (May 19\, h. 10:00 AM-6:00 PM): Hosted at Cornell Tech and led by Will Hall (Chief Transformation Officer of PreSeason)\, this full-day summit is a deep dive into Artificial Intelligence. Speakers from Google DeepMind\, Adobe\, IBM\, and MIT Media Lab will discuss how AI is redefining authorship and creative acceleration.\nNew York in Light (May 17): A night boat tour guided by Hervé Descottes (supported by Signify Color Kinetics)\, offering a unique perspective on the city’s skyline.\n\nNYCxDESIGN\, IBM Keynote\, 2025 \nDesign Districts & Showroom Crawls \nOn May 15\, the city stays awake for Friday Night on the Town. Participating districts include TriBeCa\, Meatpacking\, Flatiron\, SoHo\, and NoMad. \n\nShowroom Crawls: Includes AN After Dark\, NoMad Night Out\, and Interni’s Big Italy.\nFRATO Opening Breakfast: The Portuguese brand kicks off the day at their Midtown showroom.\nFisher & Paykel Panel: A discussion on “Legacy” at their Experience Center\, featuring a reception by Chef Sam Mason.\n\nTrade Shows & The Salon Series \n\nICFF & WANTED (May 17-19): Located at the Javits Center\, these are the anchors for trade professionals. Key features include the Emerging Designers Spotlight\, Launch Pad\, and the Schools Showcase.\nAfternoon Light Design Fair (May 16-19): Held at WSA\, this fair hosts 80+ exhibitors like Carl Hansen & Søn\, Anglepoise\, and USM\, blending commerce with discovery.\nThe Salon Series: Curated with INC Architecture & Design\, these intimate gatherings occur in studios like Rolls-Royce Motor Cars’ Private Office\, where Global Director of Design Domagoj Dukec will lead conversations on bespoke luxury.                                                                           \n\n\nDiscover ICFF 2026 \nICFF entrance\, 2025. Photo Jenna Bascom\, from ICFF website \nCommunity & Social Impact Tours \nNYCxDESIGN 2026 places a heavy emphasis on urbanism and equity: \n\nBrownsville – Live on Livonia: A tour by the NYC DOT focused on affordable housing and community-led placemaking.\nHarlem Sculpture Gardens: Led by Savona Bailey-McClain\, exploring public art in West Harlem.\nWagner Park Tour: A look at climate adaptation and flood resilience in landscape design.\nHigh School Student Tours: Engaging the next generation by visiting end-of-year shows at Pratt\, Parsons\, FIT\, and Cornell Tech.\n\nClosing the Festival: DUMBO x Design \nThe grand finale takes place on May 20 in DUMBO. The day features activations by world-class firms like BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group)\, Snøhetta\, and Reform\, culminating in the official Festival Closing Party.\n \nWhy visit? \nVisiting the NYCxDESIGN Festival offers a rare opportunity to witness the world’s largest concentration of creative talent through 200+ exclusive events across all five boroughs. You’ll gain firsthand insights into the future of the industry at the Future Now AI Summit and explore iconic landmarks through tours led by legends like Santiago Calatrava. From high-end showroom crawls in NoMad to immersive installations in Times Square\, the festival blends global innovation with New York’s unique cultural energy. \nNYCxDESIGN\, New York\, May 14-20\, 2026\nFor professionals and general public\nSize: over 200 events\, more than 200\,000 visitors\nVarious locations \nVisit NYCxDESIGN.org for info \n  \n  URL:https://designweekguide.com/event/nycxdesign-festival-2026/ LOCATION:New York\, New York\, NY\, 10001\, United States CATEGORIES:Design Festivals ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designweekguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/NYCxDesign-051525_Souvenir_1020654.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260517T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260519T170000 DTSTAMP:20260429T162419Z CREATED:20260429T162419Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260429T162419Z UID:7159-1779012000-1779210000@designweekguide.com SUMMARY:ICFF 2026: the future of global design DESCRIPTION:The design world is descending upon New York City once again. As the anchor of NYCxDESIGN\, the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) returns to the Javits Center from May 17-19\, 2026. \nThis year’s theme\, Common Ground: A Global Dialogue on Design and Shared Values\, marks a pivotal shift for North America’s leading contemporary design platform. ICFF 2026 isn’t just a marketplace; it’s a cross-disciplinary forum tackling the urgent social\, environmental\, and material questions of our time. \nHere is everything you need to know about the partnerships\, exhibitions\, and speakers defining this year’s fair. \n\nDates: May 17-19\, 2026 (May 19 public day)\nLocation: Javits Center\, NYC\nKey Event: ICFF Editors Awards – May 17 at 5:00 PM\nRegistration: Visit icff.com to secure your pass\n\nDiscover ICFF 2025 \nICFF entrance\, 2025. Photo Jenna Bascom\, from ICFF website \nDesign with purpose: the Habitat for Humanity Partnership\nIn a landmark move\, ICFF has announced its first-ever charity partnership with Habitat for Humanity NYC and Westchester. This initiative focuses on equitable housing and affordable homeownership. A portion of all ICFF 2026 registration proceeds will go directly to Habitat’s mission; beyond financial aid\, the partnership includes material resources and in-kind support to build a more inclusive New York. \nDan Rosen at ICCF Editor Awards 2025. Photo Jenna Bascom\, from ICFF website \nLandmark Exhibitions: Bauhaus to healthy materials\nICFF 2026 is bridging the gap between design history and future innovation through two major curated showcases: \n\nRarify x Bauhaus Archive Berlin: In a historic first\, Rarify – in partnership with Tecta and the Bauhaus Archive Berlin – will display original Bauhaus drawings\, prints\, and artifacts. This exhibition marks the first time a living manufacturer has united with the official archive at ICFF\nThe Materials Section: Led by Jonsara Ruth (Healthy Materials Lab at Parsons)\, this new exhibit explores sustainable sourcing and non-toxic building. Sponsored by Hydro\, Cosentino\, and Habitat Matters\, it’s a must-visit for eco-conscious architects\n\nICFF recharge Lounge 2025 \nEmerging Talent & WANTED Expansion at ICFF 2026\nThe WANTED segment continues to be a relevant section of ICFF\, focusing on the next generation of designers: \n\nEmerging Designer Spotlight (EDS): Partnering with Clever and Amy Devers\, this year-long program culminates in a live presentation\nSchools Showcase: Featuring 20+ international design schools\, presented alongside Design Milk\nLaunch Pad: Sponsored by American Standard\, this remains the premier platform for independent designers to debut new prototypes\nLook Book: An expanded gallery of 70+ North American design studios\, presented in partnership with Dezeen\n\n \nThe Talks Program: 90+ Voices on Common Ground \nThe 2026 talks program is the most expansive in the fair’s history. Key speakers and moderators include: \n\nFuture of Housing: William Hanley (Dwell) discusses affordable housing solutions\nDesign Media: Tiffany Jow (Untapped Journal) leads a panel with Lila Allen\, Dan Rubinstein\, and Jill Singer on the evolution of design journalism\nNew York’s Economy: Julie Lasky (The New York Times) moderates a deep dive into the city’s design fiscal landscape\nGlobal Dialogue: Amit Gupta (STIRworld) explores cross-cultural design influences\n\nICFF 2025: Bespoke area \nImmersive Lounges & Networking \nICFF 2026 transforms the Javits Center into a living ecosystem of hospitality and residential design: \n\nBespoke Salon: Designed by Post Company\, focusing on “The Art of Making”\nThe Oasis: A relaxation space sponsored by Ethnicraft\, Leon Speakers\, and Mohawk Group.\nJuniper Recharge Lounge: Featuring expanded lighting programming\nICFF Night Out: On May 15\, the celebration hits the streets of NoMad\, SoHo\, and the Flatiron districts\n\n\n\nDates: May 17-19\, 2026 (May 19 public day)\nLocation: Javits Center\, NYC\nKey Event: ICFF Editors Awards – May 17 at 5:00 PM\nRegistration: Visit icff.com to secure your pass URL:https://designweekguide.com/event/icff-2026-the-future-of-global-design/ LOCATION:Jacob Javits Convention Center\, 429 11th Ave\, New York City\, NY\, 10001\, United States CATEGORIES:Design & Furniture Trade Shows ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designweekguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/icff-road-sign-e1777478766630.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260603 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260608 DTSTAMP:20260518T202352Z CREATED:20260518T150714Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260518T202352Z UID:7267-1780444800-1780876799@designweekguide.com SUMMARY:Genova Design Week 2026: "Balance" DESCRIPTION:Contemporary design blends with the ancient maritime spirit of the city of Genoa. From June 3 to 7\, 2026\, Genova will again become the epicenter of design with the seventh edition of Genoa Design Week (GDW). \nOrganized by DiDe – Genoa Design District\, the event is not merely a showcase for furniture and design objects\, but a driving force for urban and cultural regeneration. For five days\, the city transforms into a vast open-air stage that brings squares\, historic buildings\, and the ancient harborfront to life\, engaging citizens\, professionals\, tourists\, and enthusiasts in a collective experience. \nDiscover Genova Design Week 2025 \nGenova Design Week 2026\nFor professionals and general public\nSize: 141 events\, 142 exhibitors\, 25\,000 visitors\nVarious locations \nVisit Didegenova.it for info \nView of Genoa \nThe 2026 Theme: “Balance”\nAfter exploring key concepts for the world of design such as Diffused Green (2021)\, Time (2022)\, Energy (2023)\, Design in Motion (2024)\, and Matter (2025)\, this year’s event focuses on a fascinating concept: Balance. \nIn an era marked by constant social\, technological\, and economic transitions\, balance is interpreted as the intrinsic ability of design to harmonize seemingly opposing demands. This does not refer to a static state or a compromise\, but rather to a constant dynamic capable of connecting: \n\n Form and function\n Manufacturing tradition and technological innovation\n Individual needs and ecological responsibility toward the environment\n\nEvents of Genoa Design Week 2026\nThe program for Genoa Design Week 2026 is structured around some of the most beloved and recognizable formats\, which have ensured the event’s success over the years. \nContainer 03: “Il Cielo in una Stanza” and the Challenge of Microliving\nInspired by Gino Paoli’s famous and poetic vision\, Genoa’s harbor and sky serve as the backdrop for a striking installation. Curated by Simona Finessi\, the exhibition route winds its way between the Old Port and the Darsena. Here\, ten architecture firms transform ten shipping containers into interior design projects.  \nThis year’s focus is Microliving. In a world ruled by limited spaces and flexible use\, the container becomes a laboratory for experimentation\, reimagining micro-living in a comfortable and innovative way. \nDiscover Tigullio Design District \nContainer 2\, 2025 \nDesigners Under 35 & Design Talk Festival\nThe future of design lives here. Curated by Laura Palazzini\, the Designers Under 35 exhibition offers a crucial showcase for emerging talent\, stimulating the emergence of new design languages focused on functionality and minimalism. In addition to the exhibitions\, young creatives will participate in meetings and workshops with established professionals. \nAt the same time\, the city is opening its most prestigious institutional venues for the Design Talk Festival\, a series of public talks moderated by Simona Finessi and Alfonso Femia. Here are the main events to mark on your calendar: \n\nPalazzo Tursi\, June 4: “City: Culture as the Driving Force Behind Urban Processes” – With Sandy Attia and Matteo Scagnol (MoDus Architects)\, Paolo Verri\, Mattia Palazzi (Mayor of Mantua)\, and Francesca Coppola.\nPalazzo della Regione Liguria\, June 5: “Surf and Turf” – With architects Leonardo Cavalli and Francesca Pintus of the international firm Oneworks\nPalazzo della ex Borsa Valori\, June 6: “Lectio Magistralis by Architect Odile Decq” – The French architect and founder of Studio Odile Decq will speak with Alfonso Femia and Filippo Manuzzi (President of Confindustria Ceramica) in the evocative Sala delle Grida \n\nPiazza Giustiniani\, Genova Historical centre \nWhat’s New in 2026\nThe event’s growth can also be measured by its new and ambitious curatorial\, artistic\, and local partnerships.  \n– F / A FakeAuthentic at Santa Maria di Castello\nFor the first time in Genoa\, the curatorial platform founded by architects Stefania Agostini and Luca Mostarda arrives. The splendid setting of Santa Maria di Castello (Sala della Cisterna)\, will host the exhibition SeeSaw (BILICO)\, an exploration of the unstable boundary between authenticity and artifice\, function and irony. In parallel\, the section MATERIALS IN TRANSIT | 28 Tables: From Discarded to Designed\, created in collaboration with ETH Zürich and curated by Débora Mesa Molina\, will showcase 28 experimental tables created from the recovery of discarded construction and industrial materials. \n– PuntaSanLorenzo: The Urban Beach in the Heart of the City\nFollowing the success of the “Annie” installation in 2025\, the caarpa architecture and landscape studio returns to amaze the public with a new interpretation of Piazza San Lorenzo. The square will be redesigned to resemble a stretch of the Ligurian coastline: beach umbrellas\, beach towels\, and beach gear will temporarily take over one of Genoa’s most monumental squares. An invitation for the public to sit\, linger\, and interact\, to experience the square beyond mere pedestrian traffic. \nPiazza San Lorenzo \n– Interior Architecture in Liguria\nHosted at Palazzo Saluzzo\, this exhibition shines a spotlight on local excellence and craftsmanship\, showcasing interior design projects from 50 architecture firms operating throughout the Liguria region. The exhibition\, enhanced by a special publication from Platform magazine\, will evolve into the Architecture Festival: two days of talks where selected architects will take the stage to share their design ideas and philosophies. \nThe Numbers Behind the Success: A Growing Trend\nTo understand the real impact of this event on the region\, just take a look at the data from the 2025 edition: \n\n141 events in total\, including conferences\, talks\, and cultural events\n142 exhibitors from major Italian cities (Milan\, Turin\, Bologna\, Florence\, Venice) and 5 major international cities (Paris\, Madrid\, Barcelona\, Valencia\, and Amsterdam)\n25 designers under 35 actively involved\nA dense network of architects studios participating in special formats (21 in Container\, 80 in Best Houses Design\, 24 in Design Radar)\n\nWhy visit\n\nA Unique Backdrop: See cutting-edge contemporary design contrast beautifully with Genoa’s historic palaces and ancient maritime waterfront.\nImmersive Installations: Experience the city transformed into an interactive playground—from shipping containers turned into futuristic micro-homes to a monumental city square reimagined as a Ligurian beach.\nGlobal Inspiration: Hear directly from architecture icons like Odile Decq and discover the next wave of global talent shaping the future of sustainable living. \n\nGenova Design Week 2026\nFor professionals and general public\nSize: 141 events\, 142 exhibitors\, 25\,000 visitors\nVarious locations \nVisit Didegenova.it for info \n  \n  URL:https://designweekguide.com/event/genova-design-week-2026-balance/ LOCATION:Genoa\, Genova\, 16100\, Italy CATEGORIES:Design Weeks & Weekends ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designweekguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/genova-dall-alto_L_1778681707.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260610 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260613 DTSTAMP:20260529T194204Z CREATED:20260515T201959Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T194204Z UID:7239-1781049600-1781308799@designweekguide.com SUMMARY:3daysofdesign in Copenhagen 2026: Make This Moment Matter DESCRIPTION:The world of design often finds itself caught between two worlds: the reverence of the past and the speculation of the future. For 3daysofdesign 2026\, the focus shifts to the most profound place of all: the present. \nThe newly announced theme\, “Make This Moment Matter\,” serves as a call to action for designers\, architects\, and creatives worldwide to find purpose in the “now.” \nQuick Facts for 3daysofdesign 2026\n3daysofdesign\, Copenhagen\, June 10-12\, 2026\nFor professionals and general public\nSize: 460+brands\, 600+ events\, 60\,000+ visitors\nVarious locations\, 8 Design Districts\nVisit 3daysofdesign.dk for info \nDiscover 3daysofdesign 2025 \nDiscover the events in our curated map for 3daysofdesign 2026\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Click to load the interactive map\n \n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n3daysofdesign 2026: the main theme\nThe theme for the 2026 edition of Copenhagen’s premier design festival is “Make This Moment Matter.” \nWhile Danish design is rooted in a legendary past and a visionary future\, this theme emphasizes that the only moment with the power to create change is the present. It encourages the global design community to move beyond speculation and take proactive\, meaningful action. \nKey pillars of the 2026 theme: \n\nDefining the “Why”: Design without purpose is static. Meaningful design requires a clear intention behind every creation.\nSustainability & Planet: Choosing materials that do not harm the environment.\nHuman Wellbeing: Crafting interiors and spaces that improve our daily lives.\nCommunity & Belonging: Building inclusive environments that foster connection.\n\nDiscover the history of 3daysofdesign \n3daysofdesign 2025 \nThe visual identity: Artwork by “On Display”\nEvery year\, 3daysofdesign unveils a new visual identity. For 2026\, the artwork was created by On Display\, a cross-disciplinary design studio and collective founded by Anders Gerning\, Marie Heissel\, and Tor S. Johannesen. \nSymbolism of the 2026 Artwork \nThe 2026 visual identity is a poetic collage featuring two primary elements: \n\nThe Black Lily in a Vase: A still life representing the beauty and stillness of the present.\nThe Origami Teller: Superimposed over the lily\, this playful\, universal object represents hidden answers and the anticipation of discovery.\n\nThe juxtaposition of these elements captures the “moment in between”—the transition from what was to what will be. \nWhy “Make This Moment Matter” matters for the design industry\nAs we look toward 2026\, the design industry faces a pivotal moment. The theme suggests that every choice—from material sourcing to spatial layout – has a ripple effect. By focusing on the present\, designers can create a legacy that starts today rather than waiting for an uncertain future. \nDiscover Dutch Design Week 2025 \n  \n \n3daysofdesign 2026: a Guide to the 8 Design Districts\, making this moment matter\nCopenhagen is once again preparing to transform into the global epicenter of creativity. As June 2026 approaches\, the city isn’t just hosting a festival; it’s providing a blueprint for how design can – and should – interact with our world. This year’s theme\, ‘Make This Moment Matter’\, serves as a call to action for intentionality\, clarity\, and care in everything we create and consume. \n3daysofdesign 2025 \nExploring the 8 Design Districts\n– Islands Brygge: The Waterfront Renaissance \nOnce a gritty landscape of warehouses and manufacturing\, Islands Brygge has evolved into a masterclass in urban transformation. Since the late 1990s\, former industrial zones have been reimagined as public spaces. \n\nWhat to expect: Contemporary architecture meeting historic industrial structures\, with the harbor front acting as a vibrant social hub.\n\nVIPP Garage\, at Islands Brygge District \n– District Christianshavn: The Artisan’s Anchor \nFounded by King Christian IV in the 17th century\, this district feels like a “city within a city.” Its Dutch-inspired canals were once the lifeblood of Danish trade. \n\nWhat to expect: A deep focus on craftsmanship and maritime history\, where workshops still echo the skills of centuries past.\n\nMaterial Matters\, exhibition in the Christianshavn District \n– District Holmen: Where Legacy Meets the Launchpad \nHolmen is a 300-year-old naval district that has traded warships for workstations. It is home to the Royal Danish Academy\, making it the literal starting point for the next generation of designers. \n\nWhat to expect: A contrast between old dockside buildings and cutting-edge galleries\, featuring many of the most iconic Danish design brands.\n\nFantoni at Emfima showroom\, in Holmen District \n– District Frederiksstaden: The Height of Sophistication \nIf you’re looking for the “monarchy” of design\, this is it. Planned as a coherent urban ensemble in the 18th century\, it remains one of the finest examples of Rococo architecture in Europe. \n\nWhat to expect: Stately mansions\, intricate ornamentation\, and a sense of power and continuity that remains largely intact.\n\nMutina exhibition\, at Frederiksstaden District \n– District Kongens Nytorv: The Ceremonial Center \nThe “King’s New Square” is the hinge where Copenhagen’s history\, culture\, and luxury meet. From its Baroque roots to its current status as a cultural crossroads\, it is impossible to miss. \n\nWhat to expect: High-energy exhibitions near landmarks like Charlottenborg Palace and the Royal Danish Theatre.\n\nThe sixth edition of the exhibiton Framing\, in the Kongens Nytorv District \n– District Rosengård: The Medieval Gateway \nRosengård represents the transition of Copenhagen from a fortified\, walled enclave into an open\, modern capital. \n\nWhat to expect: A walk through the city’s medieval foundations\, where street names still whisper the location of ancient bastions and moats.\n\nFritz Hansen event at 3daysofdesign 2026 (Rosengård District) \n– District Nordhavn: The Blueprint for the Future \nNordhavn is the most radical experiment in the festival. Built on former industrial piers\, it is being developed into a “five-minute city” – where everything a resident needs is within a five-minute walk. \n\nWhat to expect: Refurbished silos and warehouses that now serve as offices and homes\, showing how raw industry can become high-end\, sustainable living.\n\nAudo Copenhagen\, in the Nordhavn District \n– District Kultur: The Intellectual Heart \nThis district is where design meets democracy. It celebrates how cultural values and traditions imbue objects with meaning beyond simple aesthetics. \n\nWhat to expect: Royal gardens and museums that frame contemporary cultural exchange\, proving that heritage is a living\, breathing thing.\n\nDiscover Homo Faber exhibition at Milan Design Week 2026 \nHomo Faber exhibition (Kultur District) \nNavigating the Festival: The i-Points \nExploring 8 districts can be overwhelming\, which is why 3daysofdesign has expanded the i-Points concept for 2026. These six hubs serve as the nervous system of the festival. \n\nGuidance: Each i-Point is staffed by District Managers and Design Ambassadors ready to help you curate your route.\nConnection: Use these as physical meeting places to pause and plan.\nExploration: The i-Points are the official starting blocks for Design Walks and other curated tours.\n\nWhy visit \nVisit 3daysofdesign 2026 to experience design as a proactive act of purpose and presence. Under the theme “Make This Moment Matter“\, the event showcases innovative projects focused on sustainability\, human wellbeing\, and community. It is the ultimate destination to connect with global creatives\, explore meaningful installations\, and discover how intentional design can create an immediate\, positive impact on our world today. \nQuick Facts for 3daysofdesign 2026\n3daysofdesign\, Copenhagen\, June 10-12\, 2026\nFor professionals and general public\nSize: 460+brands\, 600+ events\, 60\,000+ visitors\nVarious locations\, 8 Design Districts\nVisit 3daysofdesign.dk for info URL:https://designweekguide.com/event/3daysofdesign-in-copenhagen-2026-make-this-moment-matter/ LOCATION:Copenhagen\, Copenhagen\, 1000\, Denmark CATEGORIES:Design Festivals,Design Weeks & Weekends ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designweekguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/make-this-moment-matter.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260620T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Warsaw:20260628T200000 DTSTAMP:20260610T210641Z CREATED:20260610T210641Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260610T210641Z UID:7434-1781956800-1782676800@designweekguide.com SUMMARY:Gdynia Design Days 2026 DESCRIPTION:Gdynia Design Days return for the 19th edition\, from June 20 to 28\, 2026. The festival is a design platform – culminating in its summer festival – dedicated to finding tangible solutions to contemporary challenges. Rather than treating design as an elite luxury\, the organizers view it as a democratic\, universal tool for positive change that impacts everyone’s daily life. \n\nGdynia Design Days 2026\nJune 20-28\n18+ exhibitions\nOpening hours: \nAt PPNT h. 12:00 – 8:00 pm\nExhibitions at other locations around the city will be open according to the descriptions \n  \n\n \nGdynia Design Days 2026 \nThe core theme of this year’s Gdynia Design Days\, “Closer\,” marks a pivotal shift in perspective\, moving away from catastrophic narratives\, information overload\, and the paralyzed pursuit of perfection. Instead\, it champions a grounded approach that focuses on what is immediate\, tangible\, and within human agency. Rather than inventing endless new solutions\, the festival explores how to optimize\, care for\, and improve what already exists. \nThe theme is articulated through five interconnected pillars:\n\nEmpowering Stories & Agency: In a world paralyzed by fear and complex data\, design is utilized as a tool to simplify and organize reality. By replacing anxiety with attentiveness and isolation with collaboration\, the festival brings back the joy of experimentation\, processing\, and mutual learning.\nCommunity & The “Third Place”: Shifting focus from grand gestures to everyday bonds\, this pillar highlights the importance of the spaces between home and work. It fosters a new kind of local patriotism rooted in shared responsibility\, accessibility\, and turning urban infrastructure into spaces for genuine human connection.\nDesigning for Health & Bioregionalism: Environmental care becomes tangible when linked to personal well-being (air quality\, temperature\, and comfort). By adopting a bioregional perspective\, design works in harmony with local natural ecosystems—such as local landscapes\, water\, and greenery—rather than separating humans from nature.\nHuman–Technology Proximity: Instead of viewing Artificial Intelligence as a threat or a replacement\, the festival explores how technology can support human intuition. Paradoxically\, the rise of AI highlights the irreplaceable value of human imperfection\, empathy\, and relationship-building.\nOne Step Bette (Protopia over Utopia): Rejecting unattainable utopian ideals\, the festival introduces protopia—the concept of building a better future through gradual\, small\, and tested adjustments. Looking toward Gdynia’s upcoming centenary\, the theme emphasizes that the future is not a distant\, perfect destination\, but a daily process shaped by incremental\, resilient choices.\n\nGdynia Design Days 2025 – Photo Jan Rusek\, Gdynia Design Days \nThe program: the exhibitions\nZero Waste Lab – Design from Bacteria\nThis exhibition bridges the gap between advanced laboratory bio-science and everyday consumer design. It explores the potential of raw\, 100% biodegradable biopolymers (such as PHA and PHB) as an eco-responsible alternative to traditional plastics\, showcasing real\, durable\, and contemporary prototypes of furniture and home accessories. \nAntyaltana – reversed gazebo\nInstalled outside the festival venue\, this spatial and architectural intervention completely flips the traditional concept of a garden gazebo. The piece challenges visitors to rethink the boundary between public and private space\, questioning how we shield ourselves from\, and interact with\, urban weather elements. \nProject Furniture: Futuro Classic\nAn exhibition dedicated to industrial and interior furniture design that examines the evolution and future standards of design classics. It focuses heavily on manufacturing optimization\, demonstrating how everyday seating and objects can be redesigned to be resilient\, ergonomic\, and closer to real human needs. \nCASTCERAMICS – International Ceramic Exhibition\nAn international collective showcase focusing on the art and craftsmanship of ceramics. It sets up a dialogue between ancient manual techniques\, cultural memory\, and contemporary experimentation\, celebrating material imperfections and the spirit of cross-border artistic cooperation. \nCastceramics\, photo Maja Tybel\, Gdynia Design Days \nLiving Forms: Symbiosis\nAdopting a deeply bioregional and ecological perspective\, this exhibition highlights design projects born from a harmonious dialogue with nature. It explores how human structures (buildings\, objects\, and furniture) can live in perfect symbiosis with local ecosystems\, strengthening regional flora and fauna rather than isolating us from them. \nDoing Nothing\nA highly conceptual and provocative display analyzing the luxury of time\, mental health\, and modern information overload. Through minimalist objects and artistic installations\, the exhibition tackles urban anxiety\, burnout\, and the psychological necessity of rediscovering the therapeutic value of taking a pause. \nPlaything | A Statue Of Felicity\, A Monument to Pure Bliss\nSituated in the outdoor green areas of the venue\, this large-scale interactive installation serves as a physical monument to carefree\, unapologetic play. It intentionally disrupts the rigid\, serious monotony of urban architecture to foster spontaneous joy\, laughter\, and lighthearted interactions among strangers. \nMomento Sospeso. Towards Connection\nHosted within the unique atmosphere of the Barańska Design studio\, this sensory exhibition explores the profound concept of physical and emotional connection. Through the artistic manipulation of glass and light\, it creates a suspended\, meditative atmosphere that urges visitors to reflect on interpersonal proximity. \n100 Vases\nA vast display of one hundred unique pieces celebrating the archetypal form of the vase. Each artifact explores varying materials\, raw textures\, organic imperfections\, and artisanal insights\, serving as a visual metaphor for the creative wealth that emerges when diverse design styles and approaches unite. \nSpiders\nThis exhibition modernizes and reinterprets pająki – traditional Polish straw and paper geometric chandeliers historically hung from rural ceilings. Contemporary designers take these complex\, fragile structures and scale them into modern spatial installations\, showing how ancestral heritage can serve as an emotional anchor today. \nPajaki (Spiders)\, Pawel Blecki\, photo Pawel Blecki\, Gdynia Design Days \nDesire Paths\nDedicated to urban planning guided by actual human behavior\, this exhibition studies “desire paths” (the spontaneous shortcuts people tread across grass). It champions a move away from rigid\, top-down city planning\, arguing instead for an empathetic\, flexible urbanism based on citizens’ true habits. \nCloser to trashes\nA raw and direct exhibition addressing the systemic crisis of urban and industrial waste management. Instead of hiding rubbish from view\, the display physically confronts the visitor with discarded materials\, highlighting innovative recycling and upcycling technologies that transform waste into valuable structural resources. \nDyplomyFest\nThe official showcase collecting the finest graduation projects and theses from the young designers of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk. It offers a fresh\, unedited look into the future of the discipline\, highlighting the anxieties\, dreams\, and drive for agency within the new generation.\n \nWhy visit\nAs one of Poland’s premier cities and a popular Baltic Sea tourist destination\, Gdynia’s seaside location brings a unique and fascinating perspective to its Design Week. The festival’s diverse exhibitions deeply delve into the vast potential of design\, complemented by a rich lineup of guest speakers addressing critical topics like well-being\, harmonious living with nature\, and how design can pave the way toward a better life. From cultivating hydroponic vegetables and researching algae to utilizing recycled materials\, Gdynia Design Days truly serves as a treasure trove of practical solutions for a more sustainable lifestyle. \nGdynia Design Days\, June 20-28\, 2026\nFor professionals and general public\nSize: 18+exhibitions\, 20\,000 visitors\nMain venue: PPNT – Pomeranian Science and Technology Park Gdynia\n(Pomorski Park Naukowo-Technologiczny)\nOpening hours:\nAt PPNT h. 12:00 – 8:00 pm\nExhibitions at other locations around the city will be open according to the descriptions\nVisit Gdyniadesigndays.eu for info URL:https://designweekguide.com/event/gdynia-design-days-2026/ LOCATION:Pomeranian Science and Technology Park Gdynia\, Aleja Zwycięstwa 96/98\, Gdynia\, 81-451\, Poland CATEGORIES:Design Festivals ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designweekguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/zz-GDD-2025-fot.-Jan-Rusek-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20260708T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20260711T180000 DTSTAMP:20260530T141538Z CREATED:20260530T141538Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260530T141538Z UID:7361-1783501200-1783792800@designweekguide.com SUMMARY:China International Building Decoration Fair (CBD Guangzhou) 2026 DESCRIPTION:In today’s rapidly evolving global construction landscape\, the ability to anticipate design trends\, optimize supply chains\, and secure reliable partners has become a decisive competitive advantage. Industry professionals can no longer rely on traditional sourcing methods to keep pace with market demands. \nAgainst this backdrop\, the China International Building Decoration Fair (globally recognized as CBD Guangzhou) continues to solidify its role as the premier global platform for sourcing\, innovation\, and business development. It offers international professionals direct\, unparalleled access to China’s advanced manufacturing ecosystem. \nDiscover CIFF Guanzghou 2026 \nChina International Building Decoration Fair – CBD Guangzhou 2026 \nChina International Building Decoration Fair  – CBD Guangzhou\n\nGuangzhou\, July 8-11\, 2026\nFor professionals only\nSize: 2000 exhibitors\, 200\,000+ professional visitors\nLocation: Canton Fair Complex\nVisit China International Building Decoration Fair for info \nA One-Stop Ecosystem for the Entire Supply Chain\nEstablished in 1999 and organized by the esteemed China Foreign Trade Centre Group (CFTC)\, CBD Guangzhou takes place annually from July 8 to 11 at the world-class Canton Fair Complex. Sharing the same institutional and logistical framework as the iconic Canton Fair\, this massive exhibition spans over 300\,000 square meters. \nThe upcoming CBD – China International Building Decoration Fair 2026 is set to gather more than 2\,000 leading Chinese manufacturing enterprises. It covers the entire spectrum of the industry – ranging from raw components and cutting-edge building decoration materials to finished architectural solutions and advanced production machinery. For international buyers\, it represents a seamless\, comprehensive sourcing platform that connects them directly with scalable production capacity and integrated project solutions. \n \nChina International Building Decoration Fair  – CBD Guangzhou: Data at a Glance\nThe previous 2025 edition proved that the world is looking to Guangzhou for the next wave of industrial evolution. The event saw a massive surge in global interest\, particularly from high-growth regions like the Middle East\, where the appetite for export-ready\, high-quality solutions is booming.\n \nThis rapid international trajectory highlights how the fair has evolved from a regional powerhouse into an indispensable global business hub. \nThe Blueprint for CBD Guangzhou 2026 \nMark your calendars for July 8-11. The CBD Guangzhou 2026 is sharpening its focus with a highly intuitive\, structured layout divided into three core pillars: \n\nINTERIOR: Highlighting interior design\, premium finishes\, and integrated whole-house living solutions.\nEXTERIOR: Focusing on building envelope systems\, including doors\, windows\, and advanced architectural facades.\nMATERIALS: Showcasing next-generation building decoration materials\, hardware\, high-performance coatings\, and manufacturing machinery.\n\nThis structured approach directly reflects a broader industry shift where aesthetics\, structural performance\, and manufacturing efficiency converge. Expect sectors like smart home technology\, modern sanitary ware\, and intelligent manufacturing to take center stage. \n \nA wide-ranging trade fair\nNo matter your specific niche within the built environment\, the trade show offers tailored advantages to upgrade your business operations: \n\nReal Estate Developers & Contractors: Gain direct access to verified\, scalable suppliers equipped with the experience and capacity to handle complex\, high-volume international projects.\nArchitects & Designers: Discover groundbreaking building decoration materials and architectural solutions that perfectly balance bold aesthetics with top-tier technical performance.\nDistributors & Sourcing Managers: Eliminate intermediaries\, negotiate direct commercial partnerships\, and secure highly competitive product lines ready for global export.\nManufacturers & Industrial Operators: Explore the latest smart factory machinery and intelligent production technologies to upgrade your own operational efficiency and product quality.\n\n \nA Strategic Accelerator for Global Business\nWhen supply chain resilience\, cost efficiency\, and speed-to-market are the deciding factors between profit and loss\, CBD Guangzhou offers an unmatched entry point into one of the most dynamic industrial ecosystems in the world. \nMore than just a standard trade show\, it acts as a genuine business accelerator. It is a strategic arena where companies can expand their international footprint\, optimize sourcing portfolios\, and forge resilient\, long-term partnerships. \nThe next phase of your business growth is waiting in Guangzhou from July 8 to 11\, 2026. Plan your visit today and step directly into the future of global construction and design. \n \nWhy visit\n\nVisiting the fair allows you to bypass middlemen and negotiate directly with over 2\,000 factory owners\, securing your entire annual supply chain in just four days across a massive 300\,000 sqm venue. It is your unique opportunity to experience next-generation smart home and material trends before they hit Western markets\, while instantly connecting with export-ready partners built for high-volume\, complex projects. \nChina International Building Decoration Fair  – CBD Guangzhou\n\nGuangzhou\, July 8-11\, 2026\nFor professionals only\nSize: 2000 exhibitors\, 200\,000+ professional visitors\nLocation: Canton Fair Complex\nVisit China International Building Decoration Fair for info URL:https://designweekguide.com/event/china-building-decoration-fair/ LOCATION:Canton Fair Complex\, 382 Yuejiangzhong Road\, Guangzhou\, Guangdong\, 510335\, China CATEGORIES:Design & Furniture Trade Shows ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designweekguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/28_CBD_03_visitors.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20260905T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20260911T180000 DTSTAMP:20261011T131724Z CREATED:20260722T203534Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261011T131724Z UID:7723-1788598800-1789149600@designweekguide.com SUMMARY:CIFF Shanghai 2026: Furniture Fair Highlights DESCRIPTION:Against a global backdrop of deep transformation in the furniture sector\, CIFF – China International Furniture Fair Shanghai 2026 arrives with a sharpened strategic vision built on three pillars: design\, digital intelligence and sustainability. The 58th edition opens this September at Shanghai Hongqiao\, and its ambitions reach well beyond those of a conventional trade fair. The event positions itself as an international platform where business\, innovation\, content and global connections meet – an industrial hub where design culture\, digital technologies and new visions of living converge to redefine the sector. \nCIFF Shanghai\, September\, 5-8\, 2026\nCIFF Shanghai is for professionals only\nSize: over 1\,500 exhibitors\, 100\,000 visitors in 2025\nVenue: National Exhibition and Convention Center Shanghai Hongqiao\nVisit CIFF-sh.com website for more info \n  \nDiscover CIFF Shanghai 2025 \n \nDesign: creating new value for brands\nDesign now sits at the heart of brand identity\, product value and competitive differentiation\, and CIFF Shanghai is leaning into that shift. The fair reinforces its role as a reference point for contemporary design and original furniture in China\, anchored by Design Eden · Contemporary Design Trade Fair—a 50\,000-square-metre area given over to design brands\, creative studios and emerging independent designers\, with exhibitions\, forums\, awards and product launches. \nThe programme also hosts the CIFF Shanghai Design Conference\, bringing together international designers and some of China’s most influential creatives\, alongside the launch of the Golden Creation Award\, dedicated to product innovation and the new benchmarks of design. \nDiscover CIFF Shanghai 2024 \n \nDigital intelligence: new retail models\, greater efficiency\nDigitalisation and intelligent technologies are reshaping the entire supply chain\, from production and distribution through to the point of sale. Among the headline additions this year is a redesigned New Retail Hall\, an 8\,000-square-metre space where 15 leading brands present integrated retail scenarios that blend online and offline channels with data-driven management. \nVirtual and augmented reality bring immersive product and spatial experiences\, while an enhanced online platform—supported by a multilingual official website and an integrated social media ecosystem—offers a full suite of digital services to exhibitors and international buyers. In partnership with Red Star Macalline\, CIFF Shanghai is also launching a national matchmaking programme designed to forge more efficient connections between brands\, distributors and retail channels. \n \nSustainability: competitiveness for the long term\nSustainability has become a shared priority across the industry\, from eco-friendly materials to low-carbon production processes. Running alongside the fair\, the CIFF Shanghai WMF International Woodworking Machinery Fair showcases advanced technologies for more sustainable woodworking and more efficient use of resources. \nThe Golden Creation Award 2026 introduces a dedicated Green Sustainability Award to champion recyclable structures\, eco-compatible materials and low-emission construction solutions. A new International Materials Selection Center presents next-generation sustainable materials\, supporting the green transformation of production chains.\n \nDiscover CIFF Guangzhou 2026 \n \nThree content areas at CIFF Shanghai 2026\nCIFF Shanghai 2026 is organised around three main content zones: Design Eden\, devoted to original design and new product launches; New Retail\, focused on immersive retail scenarios and data-driven business models; and Integrated Home Building\, developed together with the China International Building & Decoration Fair 2026 (Shanghai) in response to growing demand for integrated interior design solutions. \n \nAn increasingly global platform\nTo strengthen its international presence\, CIFF Shanghai continues to invest across five strategic segments: woodworking machinery\, upholstered furniture\, outdoor living\, office spaces\, and living and dining spaces. In parallel\, the fair is expanding its international roadshows\, its collaborations with design media and institutions\, and its matchmaking programmes for global buyers. In 2025\, these initiatives generated more than 470 business meetings and on-site orders worth over 8.14 million US dollars. Building on those results\, the 2026 edition aims to raise the quality of connections between exhibitors and international markets further still. \n \nContent and immersive experiences\nCIFF Shanghai 2026 also deepens its role as a cultural platform through five curated exhibitions: The Hidden Realm Thematic Exhibition\, HOTLINE – Joint Exhibition of Design Creators\, Grand Tea Gala\, The Design & Imagination Contemporary Design Exhibition\, and Design Gravity. Together they explore new relationships between design\, lifestyles\, sustainability and commercial transformation through immersive experiences and interdisciplinary experimentation. \nFrom trade fair to industrial platform\nAs it steadily strengthens its capacity for content creation and resource integration\, CIFF Shanghai is evolving on several fronts: from a single fair into a year-round active platform\, from the simple distribution of information into collaborative content creation\, and from exhibition services into a broader ecosystem of industrial services. \nWith design as the creative engine\, digital intelligence as the tool of transformation and sustainability as the strategic foundation\, CIFF Shanghai 2026 sets out a forward-looking vision for the global furniture industry. This September\, at Shanghai Hongqiao\, the international sector gathers once again to open a new chapter for design\, manufacturing and global trade. \n \nWhy visit\nBecause it’s no longer just a trade fair\, but a year-round industrial platform built on three pillars—design\, digital intelligence and sustainability. You’ll find Design Eden (50\,000 sqm of contemporary design and emerging talent)\, the CIFF Shanghai Design Conference with leading Chinese and international creatives\, and the new Golden Creation Award. The New Retail Hall showcases integrated online-offline retail models\, while a strong sustainability agenda runs through materials\, machinery and a dedicated Green Sustainability Award. With expanded matchmaking\, five curated exhibitions and proven business results\, it’s the key gateway to China’s furniture and interior design market this September at Shanghai Hongqiao. \nCIFF Shanghai\, September\, 5-8\, 2026\nCIFF Shanghai is for professionals only\nSize: over 1\,500 exhibitors\, 100\,000 visitors in 2025 \nVenue: National Exhibition and Convention Center Shanghai Hongqiao\nVisit CIFF-sh.com website for more info \nIn the gallery\, some images from CIFF Shanghai 2025 URL:https://designweekguide.com/event/ciff-shanghai-2026/ LOCATION:National Exhibition & Convention Center Shanghai Hongqiao\, 168 East Yinggang Road\, Shanghai\, China CATEGORIES:Design & Furniture Trade Shows ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designweekguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/58_CIFF-Shanghai_04.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260910 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260920 DTSTAMP:20260827T122131Z CREATED:20260827T081914Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260827T122131Z UID:7895-1788998400-1789862399@designweekguide.com SUMMARY:Paris Design Week 2026: Full Programme & Highlights DESCRIPTION:From September 10 to 19\, 2026\, Paris Design Week comes back for the 16th edition\, with more energy than ever. The programme spreads out across Le Marais\, Saint-Germain-des-Prés\, Opéra and Bastille\, mixing galleries\, showrooms\, schools and heritage venues that open up just for the occasion. This year the event brings in more guest countries and scenes than before\, and it welcomes new addresses that add fresh momentum to a map that keeps growing. \nParis Design Week\, September 10-19\, 2026\nFor professional and general public \nSize: 360 venues\, 543 designers and creators\,\n4 main districts\, 5 major thematic routes\nOver 250\,000 visitors in 2024\nVisit Maison-objet.com/en/paris-design-week for info\n \nDiscover Paris Design Week 2025 \nParis Design Week Factory 2025. Photo Greg Sevaz\, courtesy Paris Design Week \nFactory: a launchpad for emerging talent\nParis Design Week Factory keeps building on its role as a testing ground for emerging creators and collectible design. The route runs through four sites in Le Marais\, curated this year by a new duo\, Jean-Baptiste Durand and Simon Geringer. \nAt Espace Commines\, around forty exhibitors set out to break free from labels like “design”\, “art” and “craft”\, leaving room for pure creativity. Emerging creators bring their pieces into dialogue with each other in a scenography that steers away from a classic trade-fair layout\, at 116 rue de Turenne. At 16 rue des Minimes\, established designers and publishers show pieces at every stage of production\, from prototype to finished object. And at 10 rue de Turenne\, the China Creative Pavilion puts on Bon Goût! Good Taste!\, an exhibition that looks at how taste and aesthetics connect across cultures. \nThe Manufacture des Gobelins also joins in with three exhibitions grouped under “Vivement Demain”\, including a showcase of recent graduates and the finalists of the Prix Jeune Création Mobilier national 2026. \nDiscover Paris Design Week 2024 \nParis Design Week\, Vana Lume. Photo courtesy Paris Design Week \nDeliberate friction\, breaking free from labels\nDurand and Geringer sum up their curatorial line in one phrase: “deliberate friction – breaking free from labels.” Across the three venues\, practices that are sometimes less than five years old sit side by side without hierarchy\, forming what they call an almost museum-like dialogue. At Espace Commines\, around forty proposals unfold inside a scenography built like a photographic studio\, isolating and framing each piece so it takes on an almost sculptural presence. At 116 rue de Turenne\, the space works more like a breathing zone\, where singular worlds overlap and sometimes blend together. \nNames to watch\, and practical details\nNames to watch across the route include Rush Drayton\, Jan Slanina\, Maori Kimura Design Studio\, Lorenzo Tirabosco\, Matthijs Koerts\, Omnibite\, Ludovica Corti\, Hanzhang Studio and Hyacinthe Trottin\, alongside established publishers and studios at 16 rue des Minimes such as Henri Texier\, Mercoeur and Géraldine Pouzet Luminaires. Factory opens to press and professionals on September 9\, then to the public from September 10 to 14. \nDesign sur Cour: heritage sites\, seen anew\nThe “Design sur Cour” programme hands over some of Paris’s most iconic buildings to contemporary designers\, and this edition delivers a run of striking projects. \nAt the Grand Palais\, Julien Sebban for Uchronia fills the Rotonde d’Antin with Le Grand Bouquet\, a monumental floral installation built with several French craft houses. At the Musée Bourdelle\, Anthony Guerrée sets his “free forms” in wood\, glass\, textile and clay in dialogue with Antoine Bourdelle’s sculptures. \nAnthony Guerrée\, photo by Alexandre Onimus\, courtesy Paris Design Week \nThe Hôtel de la Marine hosts two projects at once: Hanjimania\, a Franco-Korean exploration of traditional hanji paper that brings together names like Pierre Yovanovitch and Constance Guisset\, and Astre Mobile\, where Maison Lacmé’s Antoine Tauvel turns a car into a total work of art. \nJoseph Walsh\, this year’s guest of honour\, takes over the orangery\, gardens and main courtyard of the Hôtel de Sully with an installation of ash sculptures that seem to defy gravity. Meanwhile\, at the Arc de Triomphe\, Jeremy Pradier-Jeauneau’s La Tempête turns the climb to the top into an immersive\, sensitive experience. \nAt the Archives Nationales\, Pierre Renart reworks the gardens of the Hôtel de Rohan with Arabesque\, a Moabi-wood installation for Maison Parisienne\, while Johanna de Clisson brings a set of white stoneware sculptures to the Hôtel de Soubise garden. \nDown at Place de la Bastille\, Studio 5.5 wraps the July Column in La Re-prise de la Bastille\, a monumental piece made from recycled clothing that speaks to sustainable fashion and the memory of the site. \nParis and the World\nParis Design Week keeps pulling in perspectives from far beyond France. The Polish Cultural Institute presents “The Matter of the Earth”\, a look at a new generation of Polish collectible design. The Swedish Institut explores order and restraint through “Tout est en ordre”\, and the Maison du Danemark shows off seven Danish names\, from Kodanska’s glassware to Tom Rossau’s paper lamps. \nThe Institut du Monde Arabe announces the winners of its fourth Design Prize on September 9\, celebrating creators from the Arab League countries. Lafayette Anticipations teams up with Arts AlUla\, Design Space AlUla and AFALULA for “The Life of Forms”\, pairing works from AlUla’s design residencies with pieces from its own collection. And at Le Bon Marché\, “The Call of the Archipelago” turns the whole store toward Japan\, alongside countries as varied as the Czech Republic\, Finland\, Mexico\, Guatemala\, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. \nPrix du design de l’Institut du monde arabe 2025\, remise des prix le 3 septembre 2025 à l’auditorium. Photo courtesy Paris Design Week \nNew addresses join the map\nThe 2026 edition brings a wave of new venues into the fold. Pierre Frey opens a 500 m² space dedicated entirely to furniture at 14 rue du Mail. Studio Andrée Putman unveils its own Paris gallery in the 7th arrondissement\, and Aurélien Jeauneau shows his first personal furniture and lighting collection\, titled “The Lions Are Unleashed”. The Galerie Emma Donnersberg opens where collectible design meets contemporary art\, and House of Cassandre debuts an immersive showroom on boulevard Raspail built around sculptural textiles and scent. Karen Swami also takes over a new ceramics space near the Luxembourg Gardens. \nStudio Andrée Putman. Photo Veronese\, courtesy Paris Design Week \nCollectible design takes centre stage\nFor those drawn to rare and exclusive pieces\, the edition offers plenty to track down. The Galerie BSL pairs Pia Maria Raeder’s biomorphic works with Zbeul Studio’s seating in “Organic Frequencies”. Galerie Scène Ouverte marks its tenth anniversary with new pieces by Vincent Dubourg\, KRJST Studio and others. Carpenters Workshop Gallery keeps pushing the line between art and design\, and Cassina shows off its 2026 collection\, including Patricia Urquiola’s Ardys sofa system and reissues from Karakter x Cassina. \nCassina at Paris Design Week \nParis Design Week\, September 10-19\, 2026\nFor professional and general public \nSize: 360 venues\, 543 designers and creators\,\n4 main districts\, 5 major thematic routes\nOver 250\,000 visitors in 2024\nVisit Maison-objet.com/en/paris-design-week for info \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOpening hours:\nEspace Commines / Galerie Joseph (116 rue de Turenne and 16 rue des Minimes) \n\nThursday\, September 10 & Friday\, September 11: 11:00 am – 7:00 pm\nSaturday\, September 12: 11:00 am – 8:00 pm\nSunday\, September 13: 11:00 am – 7:00 pm\, plus an evening event from 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm\nMonday\, September 14: 11:00 am – 6:00 pm\n\nChinese Creative Pavilion (10 rue de Turenne) \n\nThursday\, September 10\, Friday\, September 11 & Saturday\, September 12: 10:30 am – 7:00 pm\nSunday\, September 13: 10:30 am – 10:00 pm\nMonday\, September 14: 10:30 am – 3:00 pm\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVisit Maison-objet.com/en/paris-design-week for complete programme and info\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  URL:https://designweekguide.com/event/paris-design-week-2026full-programme-highlights/ LOCATION:Paris\, Paris\, 75000\, France CATEGORIES:Design Festivals ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designweekguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/paris-design-week-PDW2025_FactoryComminesAlexandreVeillon_015_by-GregSevaz.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260910T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260914T180000 DTSTAMP:20260827T165200Z CREATED:20260827T161953Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260827T165200Z UID:7913-1789032600-1789408800@designweekguide.com SUMMARY:Maison&Objet Pulse: A New Beat for the September 2026 Edition DESCRIPTION:Maison&Objet returns from September 10 to 14\, 2026\, with a fresh name and a clear intent to move things forward. The show launches Maison&Objet Pulse\, and its theme\, Pulse in Motion\, puts energy and action at the center. At a time when many brands pause to analyze instead of act\, this edition wants to bring ideas to life and turn design into a driver of real change. \nMaison & Objet\, September 10-14\, 2026\, Paris Nord Villepinte\nTheme: Pulse in Motion\nAmbassador: Masquespacio\nSize: 2\,300 exhibitors\, over 60\,000 visitors\nFor professional only\nFor info & tickets: Maison-Objet.com\nOpening hours:\nThursday – Sunday h. 9:30 AM- 6:30 PM\nMonday h. 9:30 AM – 6 PM \nThe visitor journey now runs through seven sectors: Decor & Design\, Cook & Share\, Fine Craft – métiers d’art\, Wellness & Beauty\, Fragrance & Ambiance\, Gift & Play\, and Fashion & Accessories. Each one brings together craftsmanship\, new uses\, and fresh ideas that point to where our living spaces are headed. \nDiscover Paris Design Week September 2026 \nMaison & Objet September 2025 \nMasquespacio\, Maison&Objet Pulse Ambassador September 2026\nDesign studio Masquespacio takes on the role of ambassador for September 2026 with FEEL THE SHIFT\, an installation made just for the show. The piece digs into the links between people\, spaces\, and emotions. Masquespacio wants visitors to feel\, in a very physical way\, how a space can shape behavior and a sense of belonging. The studio calls it a spatial manifesto\, and it fits the Pulse in Motion theme well: design as a tool that brings people together and sparks emotion. \nDiscover Maison & Objet 2025 \nMasquespacio installation at Maison & Objet 2026 \nEmerging Design Talent at Paris Design Week and Maison&Objet\nMaison&Objet and Paris Design Week both put a spotlight on emerging creators this September. A handful of programs work toward the same goal: (im)Pulse\, the Rising Talent Awards\, Future On Stage\, and Paris Design Week Factory. \nAt the core of Hall 5A sits the Design District\, curated once again by Hall Haus\, the collective founded by Abdoulaye Niang\, Sammy Bernoussi\, Teddy Sanches\, and Zakari Boukhari. The group has built a name for itself in France’s design scene by mixing scenography\, art direction\, and design. \nDiscover Maison & Objet September 2024 \nMaison & Objet Hall Haus. Photo Marion Gomez\, courtesy Maison & Objet \nInside the Design District\, Future On Stage picks three young companies for their vision and their drive to change everyday habits. The Rising Talent Awards\, meanwhile\, turn to South Africa this year and bring forward seven designers carrying fresh energy from that scene. \nAlongside these established programs\, Maison&Objet launches (im)Pulse: new spaces built to give emerging design brands a real platform to show their work and reach buyers. \nFuture on Stage 2025 \nCook & Share: Design Trends in Kitchen and Tableware\nThe Cook & Share sector takes on cooking and entertaining as spaces for innovation and craft. Chefs cook live on site\, and industry voices share their take on where the sector is headed\, with talks organized as Les Rendez-Vous by Cook & Share by La Filière France. \nThis edition’s guest is Sarah Espeute\, who brings a soft\, poetic touch to table linens and embroidered textiles\, mixing tradition with a contemporary eye. \nWhat’s New In Retail: Pauline Glaizal’s “A New Breath”\nPauline Glaizal curates What’s New? In Retail this year under the title “A New Breath.” Set in Hall 7\, the space guides visitors through a sensory selection of pieces and talents drawn straight from the show floor\, built around “shop the look” picks that make sourcing easier and more direct. \nIn Materia: Fine Craft and Métiers d’Art by Elizabeth Leriche\nAt the entrance to the Fine Craft sector\, Elizabeth Leriche curates In Materia\, a space that gathers unique pieces and limited editions from international artisans. The scenography runs in a circle\, letting artworks\, textures\, and colors speak to each other. Leriche treats material itself as something alive\, shaped over time by craft and by change. \nMaison & Objet\, IN MATERIA \nTalks\, Retail Coaching\, and Pitch My Brand\nThe show’s talk program covers interior design\, hospitality\, retail\, and food culture through Talks\, Retail Coaching sessions\, Les Rendez-Vous Cook & Share by La Filière France\, and Pitch My Brand. The last one is new this year: brands get five minutes to pitch what makes them different\, with a focus on retail and hospitality concepts. \nMOM Marketplace 10th Anniversary at Maison&Objet\nMaison&Objet’s marketplace\, MOM\, marks its tenth birthday with The MOM Village\, built around discovery and exchange. The program runs an exhibition called Design Through the Years\, tracing a decade of trends through key products from the marketplace\, plus The MOM Apartment\, an immersive space by Masquespacio with Visionaries 777 Ltd.\, along with activities and gifts for visitors. \nMOM 10th anniversary \nPAPELARIA’s SUSPENSION: Paper Installation Design\nPAPELARIA studio\, founded by Fabiola and Christian Pentagna\, presents SUSPENSION\, a sculptural paper installation that turns organic curves into a tactile landscape. The piece treats paper as its own medium\, closer to sculpture than to a support material\, and invites visitors to see nature as something that keeps reinventing itself. \nMaison&Objet After Show: Aftershows and Events\nFrom Thursday to Sunday\, starting at 4:30 PM\, the show extends onto the esplanade with Aftershows\, DJ sets and happy hours included\, closing each day on a lighter note. \nWhy Visit Maison&Objet Pulse September 2026\n\nNew Pulse identity across seven redesigned sectors\nExclusive installation by ambassador studio Masquespacio\nFresh talent through (im)Pulse\, Rising Talent Awards\, and Future On Stage\nLive cooking\, craft\, and retail talks all in one show\nMOM marketplace’s 10th anniversary celebrations\n\nMaison & Objet\, September 10-14\, 2026\, Paris Nord Villepinte\nTheme: Pulse in Motion\nAmbassador: Masquespacio\nSize: 2\,300 exhibitors\, over 60\,000 visitors\nFor professional only\nFor info & tickets: Maison-Objet.com\nOpening hours:\nThursday – Sunday h. 9:30 AM- 6:30 PM\nMonday h. 9:30 AM – 6 PM URL:https://designweekguide.com/event/maisonobjet-pulse-a-new-beat-for-the-september-2026-edition/ LOCATION:Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition Center\, ZAC Paris Nord 2\, Villepinte\, Paris\, 93420\, France CATEGORIES:Design & Furniture Trade Shows ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designweekguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/maison-objet-MO_S25_Factory_Ville_de_Paris_0003_GA.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260912 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260921 DTSTAMP:20261011T130454Z CREATED:20260714T140237Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261011T130454Z UID:7636-1789171200-1789948799@designweekguide.com SUMMARY:London Design Festival 2026 DESCRIPTION:The next edition\, the 25th anniversary of London Design Festival\, runs from 18 to 26 September 2027 \nSoho joins the Map\, China and Japan take centre stage\nLondon Design Festival‘s 24th edition runs from 12 to 20 September 2026. Soho becomes the eleventh district\, joining Bankside\, Brompton\, Chelsea\, Dalston to Stokey\, EC1\, Fleet Street Quarter\, Mayfair\, Park Royal\, Blackhorse Creates and the renamed Shoreditch Design Week. The Mayor of London is Principal Supporter this year\, while Bloomberg Philanthropies continues to back the Festival through the Bloomberg Connects digital guide. The stated theme for 2026 is dialogue – East and West\, past and future\, human and non-human – and it shows most clearly in three projects built around Chinese and Japanese craft. \nDiscover Shoreditch Design Week 2026 \nQuick Facts for London Design Festival 2026\nLondon Design Festival\, London\, September 12-20\, 2026\nFor professionals and general public\nSize: 11 Design Districts\, 350\,000+ visitors\nHub: V&A South Kensington\nOther venues: Barbican\, Somerset House\, the Strand\, Wapping\nIn general\, free admission\, some events require paid tickets  \nCheck the complete guide & calendar for opening hours \nVisit londondesignfestival.com for info \nFraming LDF 2026\, Courtesy Pentagram & London Design Festival \nThe Asia Programme\nAt Somerset House\, Chinese media group Sun Media Group presents Reviving Craft — Chinese Intangible Cultural Heritage and Contemporary Design. It’s the third edition of the exhibition\, after the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris in 2024 and Palazzo Serbelloni in Milan in 2025. Curators Su Dan (Tsinghua University\, Academy of Arts & Design) and Yang Lan (broadcaster\, chair of Sun Media Group) bring together more than sixty Chinese and international artisans under the theme Reflection of the Mind. Sun Media Group is also a Programme Partner of the Global Design Forum this year. \nThe Japanese artisans pair with designers\nCraft x Tech returns for its second edition\, curated by Maria Cristina Didero and founded by Hideki Yoshimoto of design studio Tangent. It pairs craftspeople from Japan’s Tokai region with international designers: Australian designer David Caon with third-generation ceramicist Yohei Ito\, Singapore studio Lanzavecchia + Wai with paper-maker Takanori Senda\, Canadian designer Philippe Malouin with Ando Cloisonne\, a metalwork house founded in 1880. \nDiscover Material Matters 2026 \nCraft x Tech Tokai Project group photo. Photo: Noritoshi Kuroki\, courtesy London Design Festival \nMixZ\, a new platform connecting Asia and the UK\, stages two projects: a Dehua porcelain exhibition at the V&A\, and an installation at the Old Selfridges Hotel on future living through Shenzhen’s design and tech sector\, with several Chinese brands making their UK debut. \nThe Landmark Project\nThe Festival’s Landmark Project\, The Pangolin Shield by Studio Saar and Atelier One\, adds an adjacent reading of the same theme: a bamboo pavilion on the Strand built from Indian police shields and rain shields\, positioned facing the bust of Jawaharlal Nehru outside India’s High Commission. \nDetail of The Pangolin Shield drawing\, courtesy London Design Festival \nOther Special Projects at London Design Festival 2026\nMADE x Barbican launches an interiors collection at the Barbican\, developed from archival research into the estate’s interiors and the work of designer Miriam Howitt. The 23-piece collection covers furniture\, lighting\, textiles and accessories\, available from MADE.COM from August 2026. \nMade x Barbican collection \nAt the V&A\, this year’s edition of V&A x LDF is titled Awakenings\, co-curated by Carrie Chan and Kristian Volsing. The programme spans the museum’s galleries and includes work from Henry Svendsen\, Sam Ghantous\, Andre Williams\, Nina Davies and Albert Yonathan Setyawan\, alongside new commissions from Aziza Kadyri\, Eunjo Lee and V&A Emerging Designer 2026\, Playfool. \nDiscover the Global Design Forum 2026 \nThe Design Museum’s LDF programme includes NIGO: From Japan with Love\, the first retrospective on NIGO\, KENZO’s Artistic Director. The museum’s annual PLATFORM series presents new work by designer and artist Simone Brewster\, with a guided tour by curator Hadeel Eltayeb on 12 September and a panel on design practice and motherhood on 15 September\, featuring Brewster\, Laxmi Hussein\, Emefa Cole and Hettie Judah. \nL-Acoustics presents an immersive sound installation at Wapping Hydraulic Power Station\, built in 1890 and open to the public for the first time in 13 years. \nThe eleven Design Districts\nSoho and Shoreditch Design Week carry the most defined programmes this year. \nSoho joins the Festival for the first time\, led by Informare’s Anna King\, with a programme involving architects\, property developers and branding agencies. \nShoreditch Design Week\, the evolution of the former Shoreditch Design Triangle\, is now the Festival’s largest district: more than sixty showrooms and galleries\, running 15–20 September\, with four main exhibition venues concentrated in the first three days around emerging designers and new materials. \nDiscover Shoreditch Design Week first edition \nMaterial Matters at Unlocked \nThe remaining nine districts — Bankside\, Brompton\, Chelsea\, Dalston to Stokey\, EC1\, Fleet Street Quarter\, Mayfair\, Park Royal and Blackhorse Creates — complete the Festival’s map. \nMedals\, Launch Pad and Identity\nThe London Design Medals will be awarded on 14 September across four categories: London Design Medal\, Lifetime Achievement Medal\, Emerging Design Medal and Design Innovation Medal. Winners are announced in early September. \nPith® sponsors five emerging designers through the Festival’s Launch Pad initiative this year\, giving participants a physical or digital platform plus editorial coverage across LDF and Pith® channels. Applications closed 31 July 2026\, with participants announced in August. \nPentagram\, the Festival’s design partner for more than two decades\, developed this year’s graphic identity under the theme Framing LDF. \nWhy visit\nCombined with a new district\, an enlarged Global Design Forum and the Festival’s usual concentration of museum and gallery programming\, it is one of the few weeks in the calendar where these conversations are staged at this scale in one city. For an Asia-focused audience\, LDF26 offers three exhibitions built directly around Chinese and Japanese craft\, backed by institutional partners on both sides — Sun Media Group\, Tsinghua University\, and a first UK platform for a number of Shenzhen design and tech brands.  \nThe V&A’s Awakenings\, the Design Museum’s NIGO retrospective and MADE’s Barbican collection give the week a strong museum-led draw on their own. Soho’s debut and Shoreditch Design Week’s expanded format also make this an edition worth tracking for anyone following how the Festival’s district model evolves. \nQuick Facts for London Design Festival 2026\nLondon Design Festival\, London\, September 12-20\, 2026\nFor professionals and general public\nSize: 11 Design Districts\, 350\,000+ visitors\nHub: V&A South Kensington\nOther venues: Barbican\, Somerset House\, the Strand\, Wapping\nIn general\, free admission\, some events require paid tickets \n\nCheck the complete guide & calendar for opening hours \nVisit londondesignfestival.com for info \nRelated events: Shoreditch Design Week\, Material Matters\, Global Design Forum URL:https://designweekguide.com/event/london-design-festival-2026/ LOCATION:London\, London\, SW1\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Design Festivals ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designweekguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Framing-LDF-2026-Courtesy-Pentagram-London-Design-Festival-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260912T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260914T000000 DTSTAMP:20260904T142439Z CREATED:20260828T160123Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T142439Z UID:7935-1789171200-1789344000@designweekguide.com SUMMARY:Global Design Forum Returns to the V&A: "Worlds in Motion" DESCRIPTION:From 12 to 14 September\, the Global Design Forum comes back to the Lydia and Manfred Gorvy Lecture Theatre at the V&A South Kensington. This is the thought-leadership programme at the heart of the London Design Festival\, and it brings together voices from many fields to talk about where design is heading next. \nThis year’s theme is Worlds in Motion\, curated by Rhiarna Dhaliwal. Over three days\, speakers from different disciplines and different parts of the world will sit down and talk about the exchange of ideas\, culture and know-how — and about how design can act as a driver of change on a global scale. The programme is backed by Bowmore and Sun Media Group as Programme Partners\, and by L-Acoustics as Session Partner. \nDiscover London Design Festival 2026 \nThe Shape of Colour \nWhat to expect\nThe line-up mixes practice and theory. Es Devlin CBE opens the forum with a keynote on Saturday\, right after a session called Shared Intelligence and a screening of Planet City and When Forgiving the Sunlight. Liam Young\, who co-directs Planet City\, is among the speakers too. \nEs Devlin\, keynote speaker \nSunday moves into colour\, sound and material culture\, with talks such as The Shape of Colour and Activating Objects\, plus a session built around L-Acoustics and the role of sound in design. The day closes with a conversation between Snarkitecture’s Alex Mustonen and Bowmore’s Dr Calum Fraser. \nMonday brings the forum to a close with a conversation between Sun Media Group’s Yang Lan and Natalie Melton\, Executive Director of the Crafts Council — a pairing that says a lot about how the festival wants to link London’s design scene with a wider\, international audience. The last two sessions\, Civic Futures and After Extraction\, take the conversation into questions of resource use and collective responsibility. \nWhy it’s worth watching from an Asian point of view\nFor readers who follow the design conversation between Italy and Asia\, this year’s forum offers a useful window. Sun Media Group’s involvement\, and the presence of Yang Lan on the programme\, point to a growing overlap between London’s design institutions and Chinese media and cultural platforms — a trend worth keeping an eye on for anyone working across these two markets. The forum’s broader theme\, about the exchange of ideas across geographies\, fits well with what’s already happening on the ground at events such as CIFF and CBD Guangzhou\, where Western and Asian design worlds increasingly share the same stage. \nGlobal Design Forum 2026 Speakers\nAdam Nathaniel Furman\, Alex Mustonen\, Anna Franklin\, Baum & Leahy\, Betty Zhiqin Lu\, Brendan Cormier\, Claudia Pasquero\, David Miles\, Dr. Calum Fraser\, Es Devlin CBE\, Eunjo Lee\, Francesca Perry\, Grace Xu\, Harry Kumar\, Hideki Yoshimoto\, Hollie Buhagiar\, Janice Li\, Justina Alexandroff\, Kassia St Clair\, Lakwena Maciver\, Liam Young\, Marina Blake\, Ms. Yang Lan\, Mykola Kabluka\, Natalie Melton\, Pita Arreola\, Ruth Lloyd\, Sahra Hesri\, Sam Ghantous\, Sam Jacob\, Samta Nadeem\, Seetal Solanki\, Stephen Dobbie\, Sultan Albadran\, Tobais Revelle\, and Yasaman Sheri. \nTalks Programme\nSaturday 12 September \n\nShared Intelligence – 12:20 pm\nA screening of Planet City and When Forgiving the Sunlight – 1:40 pm\nShared Ecologies – 2:40 pm\nKeynote: Es Devlin CBE – 4:00 pm\n\nSunday 13 September \n\nThe Shape of Colour – 10:30 am\nActivating Objects – 11:45 am\nL-Acoustics: The Power of Sound – 1:00 pm\nIn conversation with Snarkitecture’s Alex Mustonen and Bowmore’s Dr. Calum Fraser – 3:00 pm\n\nMonday 14 September \n\nIn conversation: Sun Media Group’s Yang Lan and Crafts Council’s Natalie Melton – 10:20 am\nCivic Futures – 12:35 pm\nAfter Extraction – 1:50 pm\n\nTickets & Program\nThe talks programme is free to attend\, and tickets can be booked through Eventbrite. The full speaker list and schedule are available on the London Design Festival website \nGlobal Design Forum \nV&A South Kensington\nLydia and Manfred Gorvy Lecture Theatre\nSeptember 12-14\, 2026 URL:https://designweekguide.com/event/global-design-forum-returns-to-the-va-worlds-of-motion/ LOCATION:V&A South Kensington\, Cromwell Road\, London\, SW7 2RL\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Design Summit & Conferences ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designweekguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/global-design-forum.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260912T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260920T190000 DTSTAMP:20260824T153934Z CREATED:20260824T145534Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260824T153934Z UID:7878-1789207200-1789930800@designweekguide.com SUMMARY:Lake Como Design Festival 2026: Border Becomes a Meeting Point DESCRIPTION:Lake Como Design Festival returns for its eighth edition from 12 to 20 September 2026\, and this year it steps outside its usual footprint. Alongside the familiar exhibitions and installations around Como and its lake\, the festival moves for the first time into a set of new venues in Lecco. The theme\, Border\, runs through every part of the programme\, and the organisers treat it less as a dividing line and more as a place where things meet: relationships form\, tensions surface\, and ideas change shape. \nThat idea shows up in a concrete way. By reaching into Lecco\, the festival pushes past the boundary it has kept to since it started. It also launches a new strand of exhibitions built with the region’s higher education institutions: the University of Insubria\, the Como Conservatory\, the Aldo Galli Academy of Como/IED\, and the Politecnico di Milano’s Lecco campus. The goal is to pull younger audiences into design\, architecture\, and art through work they can actually engage with\, and to turn the festival into a place where long-term collaborations can start\, not just a one-off cultural event. \nDiscover Lake Como Design Festival 2025  \n \nVilla del Grumello: Future in the Past\nVilla del Grumello and its park open to the public again\, this time hosting Future in the Past\, an exhibition that looks at how memory feeds design. Rather than treating archives as storage for old material\, the show presents them as active spaces that can still produce something new. \nThe line-up brings together several distinct voices. Artist Lupo Borgonovo shows Disegno Nomade\, large drawings based on buckles once used by nomadic peoples across Eurasia. Designer Nicolò Spinelli teams up with Simonetto\, the Meda woodworking atelier\, on an architectural intervention by Elisa Ossino built from gradient eucalyptus wood panelling. Etel comes back to the festival with a show on Lina Bo Bardi‘s furniture work in Brazil\, including her Carrinho de Chá and Cadeira de Balanço. Annarita Aversa of Architetti Artigiani Anonimi presents Proporzione Mediterranea\, curated by Giustini Stagetti Gallery and rooted in the vaulted houses of the Amalfi Coast. \n \nLake Como Design Festival\nComo & Lecco\, September 12-20\, 2026 \nSeven editions so far\nFor professional and general public\nSize: 20+ site-specific locations\, 650+ designers and galleries involved 100\,000+ visitors \n \nThe Carla Badiali Archive shows drawings from Badiali’s work with Hubert de Givenchy and Pierre Balmain\, and Eredi Marelli brings a 1948 bar cabinet by Paolo Buffa engraved with motifs drawn from Andrea Appiani’s lost decorative cycle for Milan’s Royal Palace. Francesca Brambilla curates 1in16 – A Border Divided\, a Story Shared\, where each artist works on a single sheet of AnimaGrigia® paper that only takes its final form once it’s divided; the resulting notebooks go on sale during the festival\, with proceeds funding Wonderlake Como’s schools programme for 2026–2027. \nIn the park surrounding the villa\, Nella Natura: Stories of Those Who Chose Another Life opens as an outdoor exhibition. Curated by Paola Manfredi with photographs by Selene Magnolia Gatti\, it follows six people who live on the edge between the city and the wild\, offering a quiet counterpoint to the villa’s archive-focused programme. \nDiscover EDIT Napoli 2025  \n \nVilla Saporiti: Contemporary Design Selection\nFor the first time\, the Contemporary Design Selection moves to Villa Saporiti\, a late-18th-century neoclassical building known for its rare elliptical salon and lakeside facade. Curated for the fourth year running by Giovanna Massoni and directed by festival coordinator Francesca Prandelli\, the show gathers more than fifty independent designers\, studios\, artisans\, and galleries from around thirty countries\, all responding to the Border theme through an open call launched in January. \nMassoni frames the selection as a space where different geographies and practices sit side by side rather than compete\, drawing on ideas from Gilles Clément\, Zygmunt Bauman\, Tomás Maldonado\, and Bruno Latour to describe borders as places of exchange rather than separation. The work on show moves across several interpretations of that idea: pieces built from waste materials or biomaterials sit next to reflections on craft and manufacturing; some designers hybridise materials and media\, others build objects meant to shift function depending on how they’re used. Several projects sit at the edge between authored and participatory design\, between individual and collective practice\, and between human and non-human ways of making. \nVilla Saporiti\, new location for 2026 \n  \nNomade: Fine Comune\nInside the former Church of Santa Caterina\, Nomade presents Fine Comune\, developed with Ultrapresent Studio. The show plays on the Latin root of the word border\, con-finis\, which points to a shared edge rather than a wall. Concrete and metal sculptures by Luca Monterastelli sit in the side aisle\, while the main space\, laid out with a soft floor and central seating\, brings together Acerbis’s Free System modular seating\, collectible pieces from Movimento Gallery\, and handcrafted rugs by cc-tapis. \nAlberto Granata: Border People\nAt the Chiostro di Sant’Abbondio\, photographer Alberto Granata shows sculpture photography under the title Gente di Confine\, curated by Eugenio Bitetti. His images sit deliberately between the material and the metaphysical\, giving stone figures a sense of life that pulls them out of pure history. \nIco Parisi Design Archive\nThe Archivio Design Ico Parisi marks its return with Ico Parisi e Giuliano Collina: Arte Condivisa\, tracing the collaboration between the two artists from the 1970s through to 1995\, when La Ruota\, the gallery founded by Ico and Luisa Parisi\, closed. The show includes ceramic pieces the pair made together in 1971 and material connected to Operazione Arcevia\, the alternative community housing project first shown at the Venice Biennale in 1976\, now marking its fiftieth anniversary. \n \nComo Conservatory: Atto Puro\nUltrapresent Studio curates Atto Puro at the Como Conservatory\, built around Cosmos\, the audio system it designed in 2025 to revive a late-1970s composition by Giusto Pio\, originally produced by Franco Battiato. Students from the Conservatory’s electronic music programme work through the space daily\, and visitors are invited to sit in on a live\, evolving listening session. \nAldo Galli Academy: After Evidence\nAfter Evidence\, the third issue of IED’s Notes on Plural Intelligences\, comes out of research into an archive of forensic images. It grew from a collaboration between IED and LABANOF-MUSA\, the University of Milan’s forensic anthropology lab\, which holds a collection of around 20\,000 skeletons spanning nearly 2\,000 years. The show doesn’t try to turn this material into a straightforward story. Instead it sits with fragments\, sound\, and image to ask how something built to establish fact can also become a space for memory and attention. \n \nLecco: three new venues\nThe festival’s move into Lecco brings three projects. Oltre al Vedere\, curated by Francesca Brambilla and developed by Cultura Meccanica at the Politecnico di Milano’s Department of Mechanical Engineering\, builds audio-tactile devices that let blind and partially sighted visitors experience design and art through touch and sound — this year’s centrepiece is a sensory version of Vico Magistretti’s Eclisse lamp. \nAt the Politecnico’s Lecco campus\, Unstable Borders comes out of the AMALPI MORE research project on landslides and Alpine landscape change\, using models and data to make the slow movement of mountains perceptible. Alongside it\, Alpine Landscapes: Traces of Stone\, Community Bonds Between Italy and Switzerland presents the PAESALP project\, which looks at traditional stone construction and craft across the Italy–Switzerland border region. A third Lecco show\, Eterno Femminino\, curated by Francesca Brambilla\, Filippo Invernizzi\, and Fabio Martini\, uses Paleolithic and Neolithic Venus figurines alongside work by contemporary artists to trace how images of femininity have shifted between archetype and stereotype over time. \nStudio Visits and Rationalist Como\nAs in past editions\, the festival runs its Studio Visit programme\, opening design studios\, galleries\, ateliers\, and archives across the region to the public\, alongside a guided tour of Como’s Rationalist architecture. \nWhy visit \nThis year’s edition steps outside Como for the first time\, taking the festival’s design and archive exhibitions into Lecco. With over fifty international designers on show alongside historic archives from Ico Parisi\, Lina Bo Bardi and Carla Badiali\, it’s a rare chance to see contemporary design sit side by side with the region’s design heritage. \nPractical note\nThe festival is genuinely worth the trip\, but accessibility varies a lot by venue. The exhibitions in central Como are easy to reach on foot\, no issues there. Villa del Grumello\, the Serre\, and the Chilometro della Conoscenza involve uneven paths\, stairs\, or distances that can be tough if you have any mobility limitations\, so it’s worth planning ahead if that applies to you. We don’t yet have details on accessibility in Lecco\, since this is its first year as part of the festival. \nLake Como Design Festival\nComo & Lecco\, September 12-20\, 2026 \nSeven editions so far\nFor professional and general public\nSize: 20+ site-specific locations\, 650+ designers and galleries involved 100\,000+ visitors URL:https://designweekguide.com/event/lake-como-design-festival-2026-border-becomes-a-meeting-point/ LOCATION:Como\, Como\, 22100\, Italy CATEGORIES:Design Festivals ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designweekguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/lake-como-design-festival-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260915 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260921 DTSTAMP:20260828T162547Z CREATED:20260620T200436Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260828T162547Z UID:7471-1789430400-1789948799@designweekguide.com SUMMARY:Shoreditch Design Week: dates of the first edition DESCRIPTION:Shoreditch Design Week (SDW)\, a major new annual event taking place as an official part of the London Design Festival (LDF)\, returns from 15 to 20 September 2026. Evolving from the highly successful Shoreditch Design Triangle\, which ran for 18 years\, Shoreditch Design Week will be the largest event of the London Design Festival 2026. This transformation establishes the neighborhood as the most dynamic district within the festival\, dedicated to connecting architects\, interior designers\, specifiers\, developers\, brands\, and design enthusiasts. \nQuick Facts for Shoreditch Design Week 2026\nShoreditch\, East London\, September 15-20\, 2026\nFor professionals and general public\nSize: 60+galleries\, showrooms and brands\, 10\,000+ visitors (Shoreditch Design Triangle data\, 2025) \nThe four main venues/core exhibitions Material Matters\, House of Icon\, Design at Work\, and Kachette on Old Street\, run 15-17 September \nNeuroplaces first edition\, at Protein Studios\, runs 15-17 September \nVisit Shoreditchdesignweek.com for info \nDiscover London Design Festival 2026 \nMaterial Matters at Unlocked \nThe extensive\, district-wide festival will unite over 60 partners. Among them\, showrooms\, independent studios\, galleries\, and pop-up creative spaces host hundreds of events\, product launches\, installations\, talks\, and networking opportunities. At the core of this ambitious programme is a curated network of four major exhibition venues. \nA Strengthened Exhibition Line-up\nAt the center of Shoreditch Design Week is a powerful\, curated exhibition offering that spans workplace\, hospitality\, retail\, and residential design\, bringing together global brands\, material innovation\, and emerging talent across four key venues.  \n\nMaterial Matters at Unlocked: The exhibition dedicated to materials and materiality is relocating to Shoreditch Design Week\, taking over the industrial event space UNLOCKED Shoreditch from 15-17 September. As the London Design Festival’s only other trade-focused fair\, this move significantly reinforces the district’s status as a prime destination for innovation.\n\nHouse of ICON at Shoreditch Town Hall: Returning after a highly successful launch last year\, this venue reinforces the area as a hub for contemporary design\, commercial interiors\, and cultural programming. It will feature Isola Design as a key special project.\n\nDiscover Material Matters 2026 \n \n\nDesign at Work at Protein Studios: Also returning after its successful debut last year\, this venue serves as a focal point for contemporary product design and workplace solutions. It also hosts the inaugural Neuroplaces exhibition.\n\nDesign at Work \n\nKachette on Old Street: This venue is dedicated to spotlighting contemporary product design and next-generation talent. The railway arches will house New Designers Selects\, highlighting the future of British design; the annex will host Design Burger for the launch of The Product Design 100\, celebrating influential international industrial design.\n\nKachette on Old Street \nBeyond these primary venues\, Shoreditch Design Week is collaborating with a diverse network of designers and studios to deliver special projects and experimental installations throughout the entire district. \nThe first edition of Neuroplaces\nThis inaugural edition also marks the debut of Neuroplaces\, the UK very first B2B exhibition and conference dedicated to neuroinclusive and accessible design solutions for workplaces and public spaces. Neuroplaces will co-locate with Design at Work by OnOffice at Protein Studios\, Shoreditch\, from 15-17 September 2026. This collaboration brings the first commercial marketplace for universal design principles directly into the heart of the London Design Festival’s largest trade hub\, maximizing reach and visibility for all involved. \nProgramme Structure and Future Vision\nThe festival lasts six days\, to maximize both business and community engagement. The first half of the week\, from September 15 to 17\, will feature a strict commercial and trade focus\, optimized for industry decision-makers looking to connect directly with brands. As the week progresses toward the weekend\, the schedule will transition into a broader\, public-facing programme featuring immersive tours and cultural activations. \nUltimately\, Shoreditch Design Week is built to showcase the absolute best in British and international design culture. By seamlessly blending commercial platforms\, independent creators\, and institutional talent into a single connected ecosystem\, the event focuses heavily on specification and industry engagement. It is designed to unlock meaningful opportunities for global business\, collaborative innovation\, and creative discovery\, firmly cementing Shoreditch’s position at the absolute forefront of global design.\n \nWhy visit?\n\nVisiting Shoreditch Design Week offers an unparalleled opportunity to experience the largest\, most dynamic official district of the London Design Festival. It plays host to the groundbreaking debut of Neuroplaces\, the UK’s first B2B exhibition for pioneering neuroinclusive and accessible design solutions. Attendees can explore four major exhibition venues\, uncovering cutting-edge material innovation at Material Matters and next-generation global talent through curated showcases. Ultimately\, this event serves as the definitive networking and specification hub\, seamlessly connecting architects\, specifiers\, and leading brands to discover future-facing solutions that will transform public and commercial spaces. \n  \nQuick Facts for Shoreditch Design Week 2026\nShoreditch\, East London\, September 15-20\, 2026\nFor professionals and general public\nSize: 60+galleries\, showrooms and brands\, 10\,000+ visitors (Shoreditch Design Triangle data\, 2025) \nThe four main venues/core exhibitions Material Matters\, House of Icon\, Design at Work\, and Kachette on Old Street\, run 15-17 September \nNeuroplaces first edition\, at Protein Studios\, runs 15-17 September \nVisit Shoreditchdesignweek.com for info \nExhibition opening hours: \nTuesday 15 September:\nh. 10:00 – 18:00 \nWednesday 16 September:\n10:00 – 21:00\nThursday 17 September:\n10:00 – 17:00  \n Showroom and partner opening hours vary\, 15-20 September URL:https://designweekguide.com/event/shoreditch-design-week-dates-of-the-first-edition/ LOCATION:Shoreditch\, London\, E2 8DA\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Design Weeks & Weekends ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://designweekguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/lamps.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260915T100000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260917T180000 DTSTAMP:20260828T162805Z CREATED:20260624T164353Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260828T162805Z UID:7512-1789466400-1789668000@designweekguide.com SUMMARY:Material Matters at Shoreditch Design Week 2026 DESCRIPTION:The Material Matters design fair was founded in September 2022 bt Grant Gibson and William Knight\, and launched as an official fixture of the London Design Festival. \nThe first edition took place at Bargehouse at Oxo Tower Wharf. This raw\, industrial\, four-story former factory on London’s South Bank provided the perfect atmospheric backdrop. Its gritty\, unrefined architecture contrasted beautifully with the cutting-edge design on display.\n \nEvent Details \n\nEvent: Material Matters London\nDates: 15-17 September 2026\n\nExhibitors: over 50 brands\nVisitors: over 6\,000\n\nDiscover Shoreditch Design Week 2026 \nMaterial Matters 2023 \n \n2022–2025: The Bargehouse Era and Curation Focus\nOver its first few years\, the fair rapidly grew from a bold experiment into one of the most anticipated and heavily attended events of the festival. Its success was anchored by a distinct editorial approach to curation\, focusing on three core pillars: \n\nMaterial Innovation: Showcasing experimental biomaterials (such as mycelium\, algae\, and agricultural waste composites) alongside advanced manufacturing and 3D printing techniques.\nThe Circular Economy: Providing a platform for brands and designers dedicated to waste reduction\, recycling\, and sustainable lifecycle design.\nThe Talks Programme: A live extension of the podcast\, bringing together leading global voices in architecture and design to debate the future of resources.\n\n\nMaterial Matters 2023 \nThe New Eastern Chapter: Moving to Shoreditch\nFor its upcoming edition\, the event is relocating eastward from its prior central London locations to Shoreditch\, a district with deep historical roots in the city’s creative sectors. By integrating into Shoreditch Design Week\, Material Matters will sit within a larger network of exhibitions\, presentations\, and installations hosted throughout the neighborhood during the festival. \nThe Venue: UNLOCKED Shoreditch\nThe exhibition will be staged at UNLOCKED Shoreditch\, a multi-story cultural hub located on Curtain Road. This converted warehouse provides approximately 24\,000 sq ft of adaptable space\, perfectly tailored for hosting exhibitions\, pop-up showcases\, and major creative gatherings. \nDiscover London Design Festival 2026 \nMaterial Matters at Unlocked \nCore Elements Remain Intact\nDespite the change of scenery\, the core components of the event stand unchanged. Material Matters London continues to assemble a handpicked blend of international brands\, up-and-coming designers\, and material innovators. Past editions have put the spotlight on everything from biomaterials and recycled composites to cutting-edge manufacturing methods\, complemented by a lecture series featuring prominent figures from the fields of architecture and design. \nShoreditch’s Creative Heritage\nRelocating the fair to Shoreditch also mirrors the district’s modern-day prominence within London’s design landscape. Historically celebrated as a hub for furniture manufacturing\, the area now serves as a home for galleries\, creative studios\, and design gatherings that spotlight the city’s continuously changing creative culture. \nEvent Details \n\nEvent: Material Matters London\nDates: 15-17 September 2026\n\nExhibitors: over 50 brands\nVisitors: over 6\,000 URL:https://designweekguide.com/event/material-matters-at-shoreditch-design-week-2026/ LOCATION:Unlocked\, 118 Curtain Rd\, London\, EC2A 3PJ\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Design & Furniture Trade Shows ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designweekguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/material-matters.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260928 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261005 DTSTAMP:20260628T200155Z CREATED:20260628T171054Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260628T200155Z UID:7528-1790553600-1791158399@designweekguide.com SUMMARY:Tallinn Design Festival 2026 DESCRIPTION:The Baltic region’s premier design event\, Disainiöö (Tallinn Design Festival)\, returns from 28 September to 4 October 2026 at the iconic Põhjala Factory. For over two decades\, the festival has served as a vital international hub where designers\, creative professionals\, students\, and enthusiasts converge to foster innovation and collaboration. Drawing an annual crowd of over 10\,000 attendees\, the event has gained widespread recognition worldwide.\n \nTallinn Design Festival\, September 28 – October 4\, 2026\nFor professionals and general public\nSize: one main venue\, Põhjala Factory\, plus satellite events\, over 100 brands and designers\nAround 10\,000 visitors\nFree admission upon registration for many events\nDesign night party: paid ticket\nInternational Design Conference: paid ticket\nGeneral opening hours: Tuesday-Saturday\, h. 11:00 am – 8:00 pm \nOpening hours may vary in the different venues\nPlease check Disainio.ee for more info and the complete program \nDiscover Tallinn Design Festival 2025 \nDesign exhibition at Tallinn Design Festival 2025 \nTheme 2026: Future of Product Design\n\nThe 2026 edition explores the function of product design within our rapidly evolving landscape\, emphasizing sustainability\, flexibility\, inclusivity\, and an awareness of materials. \nFestival director Ilona Gurjanova observes: “While contemporary focus has largely shifted toward immaterial design\, we must pivot back to the fundamental values of physical product design. Every choice—covering material selection\, form\, manufacturing\, and product lifespan—directly impacts both our daily lives and the health of the planet.” \nThroughout the week\, the festival offers an extensive schedule featuring conferences\, exhibitions\, interactive workshops\, community gatherings\, and commercial design showcases\, integrating design into everyday urban life. Over 100 events are scheduled throughout the city. \nRead more on “Design For Equality\, International Design Conference 2025“\n \nDesign For All at Tallinn Design Festival 2025 \nDesign Festival Highlights \n\nInternational Conference “Future of Product Design” on 1 October\, featuring renowned experts such as Tom Lloyd (Pearson Lloyd\, UK)\, Richard Hall (UK)\, Raffaella Mangiarotti (Italy)\, Jean‑Louis Frechin (France)\, Jonas Pettersson (Sweden)\, Jaume Domenech (Germany)\, and others. \n\n\nInternational Design Conference at Tallinn Design Festival 2025 \n\n“Well Made – What It Means Today\,” a major exhibition curated by Tom Lloyd. Opening 28 September\, it presents nearly 50 international design objects alongside insights from over 20 prominent Estonian contributors\n\nBRUNO Product Design Award 2026 exhibition\, celebrating top-tier Estonian product design across lifestyle\, environmental\, and engineering sectors\n\nFrance Impact Design Award exhibition\, organized in partnership with APCI\, showcasing exemplary French design work\n\nArts Thread Global Graduate Show\, highlighting works from emerging international designers\n\nShowcases from leading Estonian design institutions: Pallas\, EKA\, TÜ Viljandi Culture Academy\, TalTech\, and TLÜ Haapsalu College\n\nAn international poster exhibition courtesy of the Haapsalu Graphic Design Festival\nThe DOM sustainable fashion performance\, serving as the festival’s opening event on 28 September\nDesign Street and the SISUSTUS+ interior and outdoor design section\nPechaKucha Night\, the Design Auction\, and a diverse range of workshops suitable for all ages\nA family-friendly area created in partnership with Vivita Tallinn\nCurated design bike tours through the city’s key design landmarks and venues\nA bustling satellite programme featuring open studios\, art galleries\, and guided city tours\n\nFrench Culture Day – 29 September Partnering with Jazzkaar\, the festival presents French Culture Day\, welcoming top French designers and cultural leaders\, and concluding with a Parisian chanson concert performed by the Rebecca Kontus Trio \nA Festival Shaping the Future “The BRUNO award\, which we present during the festival\, serves as our shared definition of what responsible\, future-ready product design looks like today\,” says Gurjanova. “It honours innovative work that establishes a new benchmark for aesthetics\, functionality\, and sustainability.”\n \nWhy visit \nVisiting the Tallinn Design Festival is an essential experience for anyone looking to explore the cutting edge of global innovation within the unique\, atmospheric setting of the historic Põhjala Factory. As the largest design event in the Baltics\, it offers an immersive program of over 100 activities\, including inspiring international conferences\, world-class exhibitions\, and interactive workshops. Whether you are a professional designer seeking insights into the future of sustainability or an enthusiast eager to discover new creative trends\, the festival provides an unparalleled opportunity to network and engage with the absolute best of contemporary design. \nSome images from Tallinn Design Festival 2025 \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n\nTallinn Design Festival\, September 28 – October 4\, 2026\nFor professionals and general public\nSize: one main venue\, Põhjala Factory\, plus satellite events\, over 100 brands and designers\nAround 10\,000 visitors\nFree admission upon registration \nDesign night party: paid ticket\nInternational Design Conference: paid ticket\nGeneral opening hours: Tuesday-Saturday\, h. 11:00 am – 8:00 pm \nOpening hours may vary in the different venues\nPlease check Disainio.ee for more info and the complete program URL:https://designweekguide.com/event/tallinn-design-festival-2026/ LOCATION:Põhjala Factory\, Marati tn 5\, Tallinn\, 10151\, Estonia CATEGORIES:Design Festivals ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designweekguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Droon_Sander_Hallaste-3-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261002 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261018 DTSTAMP:20260925T161243Z CREATED:20260925T161243Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260925T161243Z UID:8121-1790899200-1792281599@designweekguide.com SUMMARY:Amman Design Week 2026: Accumulations Marks the Comeback DESCRIPTION:After almost seven years of silence\, Amman Design Week 2026 is back with the fourth edition. From 2 to 17 October\, the Jordanian capital opens up its studios\, galleries and old stone houses to designers\, students and the public once again. The fourth edition picks up where the 2019 one left off\, and its theme\, Accumulations\, speaks directly to everything that has been building up in the meantime.\n \nAmman Design Week\, October 2-17\, 2026\nSize: over 220 designers\, more than 60 spaces\nLocations: Various venues across five districts: Ras El Ain\, Jabal Al Lweibdeh\, Jabal Amma\, Iraq Al Amir\, Aqaba\nTickets: Free admission\, registration required for some specific events\nOpening hours: Opening hours vary by specific venue\, exhibition\, and event\, with most main installations and open houses operating daily between 10:00 AM and 10:00 PM \nMore info at Amman Design Week 2026  website \nDiscover Dubai Design Week 2025 \nThe Hangar Exhibition\, 2019. Photo: Edmund Sumner\, courtesy Amman Design Week \nA Look Back at Amman Design Week\nHer Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah founded Amman Design Week in 2016. Three editions followed\, in 2016\, 2017 and 2019\, the last one running from 4 to 12 October 2019. Together they drew 89\,000 visitors\, more than 160 exhibitors and 52 participating spaces\, figures that turned the event into a reference point for design in the region. \nThose editions brought local\, regional and international designers to Amman and kept everything free and open to all: large curated exhibitions\, student and community programs\, workshops\, talks and cultural events across the city. \nWhat sets Amman apart is how the team sees itself. It describes the project less as an event and more as a curatorial platform\, with learning programs\, commissions and mentorship running all year round. The design week is the moment when all this work goes public\, and from now on it will take place every two years. \nThe choice of the “Design Week” name was deliberate as well. It links Amman to the global network of design weeks\, while the focus stays on building a creative movement with a clear social value. \nThe Hangar Exhibition\, 2016 \nAccumulations: The Theme of Amman Design Week 2026\nDesign themes often stay vague. Accumulations does not. The organizers see accumulation not as a pile of things\, but as the slow coming together of experience\, material and history\, a process that people shape together rather than alone. \nIn Jordan\, they argue\, the line between tradition and innovation is thin. Accumulating therefore means negotiating: between past and future\, between scarcity and possibility\, between what people inherit and what they make. \nThe theme also ties back to the long pause. In the organizers’ words\, the six years since the last edition were years in which creative energy\, social change and untapped resources kept stacking up. From here\, Accumulations questions the usual idea of wealth and points instead to human ingenuity\, cooperation\, heritage\, the vision of a new generation and the land itself\, with its layered ecologies where human\, animal and plant life meet. \nFor those working in architecture and interiors\, this is a theme about process and materials rather than polished finished objects.\n \nThe Crafts District\, Amman Design Week 2019 \nFifty Venues Across Amman and Jordan\nAmman Design Week takes place in over 50 venues spread across Ras El Ain\, Jabal Al Lweibdeh\, Jabal Amman\, Iraq al Amir and Aqaba\, with most events in the capital and fringe activities in other Jordanian cities. \nAmong the new entries\, Darat Abu Adnan stands out. It joins the design week for the first time this year and opens one of the few heritage homes still standing in Jabal Al Lweibdeh. Contemporary design set inside historic architecture is one of the strongest draws of this edition. \nOver the years\, the program has grown around a few main pillars: the Hangar Exhibition\, the Crafts District\, the Student Exhibition\, children’s programs\, urban interventions\, workshops and talks\, and a strand on culture and food.\n \nThe Student Exhibition\, 2019. Photo Edward Summer\, courtesy Amman Design Week \nWorkshops Ahead of Amman Design Week 2026\nMuch of the hands-on work happens in the run-up to the event. Francisco Regalado of LAAA (Laboratorio de Arte\, Arquitectura y Arqueología) is leading a two-week intensive workshop on the studio’s approach to rebuilding heritage\, which brings together close research\, digital technology and experimental fabrication. In a city with so many historical layers\, the fit with the theme is clear. \nTracing Amman takes a different path: an analogue photowalk and image-making workshop led by Leen Alfatafta and Lina Khalid of Darkroom Amman\, together with Hannin Alnimri of makāna. Participants have also met at CPF Makerspace to try out the digital fabrication tools available for their projects. \nA Strong Program for Young Designers\nThe student mentorship program is one of the most interesting parts of this edition. It received 203 applications from more than 88 universities\, institutions and high schools across Jordan. The team selected 37 projects by 47 students\, who will now design\, develop and produce a new original piece that may go on show at Amman Design Week 2026. \nFor anyone travelling to the Middle East this autumn\, or simply following the international design calendar\, Amman is well worth keeping in mind. After years of quiet accumulation\, the city has a lot to show. \nWhy visit\n\nAmman Design Week offers something rare on the international calendar: contemporary design shown inside heritage homes and historic neighbourhoods\, free and open to all. It is also a chance to discover new voices from Jordan and the Middle East\, well before they reach the major European design fairs.  \n\nAmman Design Week\, October 2-17\, 2026\nSize: over 220 designers\, more than 60 spaces\nLocations: Various venues across five districts: Ras El Ain\, Jabal Al Lweibdeh\, Jabal Amma\, Iraq Al Amir\, Aqaba\nTickets: Free admission\, registration required for some specific events\nOpening hours: Opening hours vary by specific venue\, exhibition\, and event\, with most main installations and open houses operating daily between 10:00 AM and 10:00 PM \nMore info on Amman Design Week 2026  website \nSome images from the past editions \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n  \n\n\n  URL:https://designweekguide.com/event/amman-design-week-2026-accumulations-marks-the-comeback/ LOCATION:Amman\, Amman\, 11100\, Jordan CATEGORIES:Design Weeks & Weekends ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designweekguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/amman-design-week-the_hangar_2016_RH2476-0042.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20261005T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Mexico_City:20261011T190000 DTSTAMP:20260927T194507Z CREATED:20260927T194507Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260927T194507Z UID:8162-1791190800-1791745200@designweekguide.com SUMMARY:Design Week Mexico 2026: the program of Mexico City's design week DESCRIPTION: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. \nDesign House\, Design Week Mexico 2025 \nSince 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.\n \nChile\, guest country of Design Week Mexico 2026\nChile’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. \nDiscover more on São Paulo Design Week 2026 \nVisión y Tradición at the Museo Nacional de Antropología\nThe 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. \nA 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. \nDesign 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. \nVision & Tradition\, Design Week Mexico 2025 \nInmersiones Creativas México-Francia at Casa Ortega\nCasa 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.\n \nPabellon Audi\, Design Week Mexico 2025 \nDesign House 2026\nDesign 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.\n \nDesign House\, Design Week Mexico 2025 \nInédito at Espacio CDMX\nInédito 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.\n \nInedito\, Design Week Mexico 2025 \nPRINT\, graphic design and illustration\nThe 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.\n \nPRINT\, Design Week Mexico 2025 \nTours de Diseño\, the parallel agenda\nFrom 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. \nWhy visit\nDesign 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. \nDesign Week Mexico 2026: key dates\n\n\n\n\nEvent \n\n\nVenue \n\n\nDates \n\n\nEntry fee \n\n\n\n\nInmersiones Creativas \n\n\nCasa Ortega \n\n\n6-25 October (opening 5 October) \n\n\nFree until 11 October\, then 50 MXN \n\n\n\n\nVisión y Tradición \n\n\nMuseo Nacional de Antropología \n\n\n8 October-1 November (opening 7 Oct) \n\n\nFree \n\n\n\n\nPRINT \n\n\nG.56 Hub Creativo \n\n\n8-31 October (opening 7 October) \n\n\nFree \n\n\n\n\nDesign House +\nDealers de Diseño \n\n\nPaseo de las Palmas 1305 \n\n\n9 October-1 November \n\n\n250-300 MXN \n\n\n\n\nInédito \n\n\nEspacio CDMX \n\n\n10 October 2026-10 January 2027 (opening 9 October) \n\n\nFree \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n\n\n\nTours de Diseño \n\n\nAcross the city \n\n\n1 October-1 November \n\n\nFree \n\n\n\n\nSize: more than 200 events\, over 100 activities; 200\,000+ visitors\nMany events are free\, other require an entry fee\nOpening hours: October 5 – 11\, 2026\, 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM\nDiseño Contenido (Lincoln Park): October 10 and 11\, from 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM\nMain Exhibitions (Design House\, Vision & Tradition\, Inédito\, etc.):\nRun on individual schedules through October and November 2026\nVisit Designmexico.com website for info  \n \n\n  \n\n  \n  URL:https://designweekguide.com/event/design-week-mexico-2026-the-program-of-mexico-citys-design-week/ LOCATION:Mexico City\, Mexico City\, 01000\, Mexico CATEGORIES:Design Festivals,Design Weeks & Weekends ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designweekguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/design-week-mexico-inedito-2025.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20261007T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Prague:20261011T190000 DTSTAMP:20260928T104934Z CREATED:20260928T104934Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260928T104934Z UID:8180-1791367200-1791745200@designweekguide.com SUMMARY:DesignBlok 2026: Prague Design Festival DESCRIPTION:DesignBlok 2026\, the 28th edition of the Prague design festival\, runs from 7 to 11 October 2026 across some of the city’s most striking venues. This year’s theme is Light\, read as a symbol of knowledge\, truth\, hope and life. More than 300 designers\, studios\, brands and guests from the Czech Republic and abroad take part\, while the programme moves between the National Gallery Prague’s Trade Fair Palace\, Prague Castle\, the Museum of Decorative Arts and the Industrial Palace\, which reopens to the public with the festival after four years of work. \nDesignBlok 2026\, Prague\, 7-11\, October\, 2026\nProfessionals’ Day: 6 October\, with the first day of DesignBlok Talks (the conference continues on 7 October)\nSize: six main venues: Trade Fair Palace of the National Gallery Prague; Riding Hall and Chapel of the Holy Cross at Prague Castle; Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague; UMPRUM Technology Centre in Mikulandská; Central Hall of the Industrial Palace at Výstaviště Praha\nAround 50\,000 visitors \nPaid admission\, one ticket for all venues\nMore than 50 showrooms\, galleries\, shops and other venues\nMore info on the website designblok.cz \nDesignblok 2025\, High Craft. Photo Martin Faltejsek\, courtesy DesignBlok \nLight shows up in many forms: as a practical tool\, a technology\, a building block of architecture and design\, and an idea. Through exhibitions\, installations\, talks and presentations\, DesignBlok looks at how light shapes the way people see\, feel and live\, and at what design can do for society. \nDesignblok 2025\, Vystaviste. Photo Martin Faltejsek\, courtesy DesignBlok \nMarcel Wanders\, Guest of Honour at DesignBlok 2026\nDutch designer Marcel Wanders is this year’s main guest. On Thursday 8 October he will pick up the DesignBlok Award for Outstanding Contribution to Global Design in the historic Central Hall of the Industrial Palace at Výstaviště Praha. \nSince the 1990s\, Wanders has blurred the lines between craft and industry\, decoration and structure\, tradition and technology\, and brought emotion and imagination back to the centre of design. His Knotted Chair of 1996 became the symbol of this approach. The Skygarden light for Flos\, his work for Moooi\, the brand he co-founded 25 years ago\, and the layered interiors of the Mondrian Doha hotel show how widely his practice reaches across products\, lighting and interiors. \nLee Broom’s BEACON Lights Up Jan Palach Square\nBritish designer Lee Broom brings BEACON to Prague\, a monumental light installation made with Czech lighting brand Brokis. After its launch in London and a stop at Milan Design Week\, the piece reaches Czech audiences for the first time\, lighting up Jan Palach Square in front of the Rudolfinum. \nDesignBlok Talks: Two Days on the Future of Design\, Architecture and Living\nThe second edition of DesignBlok Talks grows to two days\, on 6 and 7 October\, and moves into the Industrial Palace. More than 40 architects\, designers and experts will take the stage across three strands: Future of Design\, Future of Architecture and Future of Living. The programme is put together with the British platform Dezeen. \nThe international line-up includes Claudio Silvestrin\, Sebastian Herkner\, Laurids Gallée\, Daniel Rybakken\, Christophe Delcourt\, Alberto Perazza\, Hong Kong designer Stanley Wong and Pascale Mussard Siegrist. The Czech scene is represented by studio Dechem\, Jakub Berdych Karpelis\, Maxim Velčovský\, Kateřina Handlová\, Jan Plecháč\, Lucie Koldová\, Václav Mlynář and Eva Eisler. \nDesignblok 2023\, UPM\, Designblok Talent Cards. Photo Adela Havelkova\, courtesy DesignBlok \nThe Trade Fair Palace\, Heart of the Festival\nAfter three years\, DesignBlok goes back to the Trade Fair Palace of the National Gallery Prague\, which once again becomes the core of the festival. Visitors will find more than 250 exhibitions by designers\, brands\, schools and young talents\, along with cafés\, rest areas and large curated projects. \nIn the Small Hall\, supported by KKCG Real Estate Group\, Maxim Velčovský sets up Veranda\, an interactive installation about light\, movement and getting together. On the fifth floor\, DesignBlok Selects picks out 28 objects and new launches from Czech and international design\, among them a limited-edition gold Panton Chair by Vitra and the Axis collection by Laurids Gallée for Moser. \nThe theme also comes through in the mix of exhibitors\, with leading Czech glass and lighting companies side by side with international lighting\, furniture and interior brands. Česká spořitelna and Visa team up with designer Daniel Pošta on an interactive light installation\, Škoda Auto shows two fully electric models\, the Epiq and the Peaq\, and ČEZ uses virtual reality to take visitors inside Czech power plants. The Karel Komárek Family Foundation presents a play installation for preschool children\, designed by students of Tomas Bata University in Zlín. \nDesignBlok 2022\, photo Filip Slapal\, from DesignBlok website \nThe Industrial Palace Reopens with DesignBlok\nDesignBlok is the first major event to open the historic Central Hall of the Industrial Palace after its four-year restoration. The hall will host DesignBlok Talks\, a live design edition of the popular Czech quiz show AZ-kvíz\, the official reopening together with the DesignBlok Awards 2026\, and Saturday’s fashion shows with the Diploma Selection finalists. Guided tours of the palace are organised with Výstaviště Praha\, and a Škoda Auto children’s zone sets up outside as part of DesignBlok for Kids. \nPrague Castle: Václav Havel’s Office and Eva Eisler’s Circle of Silence\nFor the fourth time\, Prague Castle is one of the main venues. The Riding Hall hosts Design for Václav Havel\, marking 90 years since the birth of the first Czech president after the Velvet Revolution. At its centre is Havel’s original presidential office\, back at the Castle after 24 years on loan from Mr and Mrs Kolek. The show is organised by DesignBlok and Prague Castle and curated by Andrea Běhounková and Jana Zielinski. \nThe Riding Hall also hosts the fourth edition of High Craft\, under the patronage of Vogue CS. More than twenty Czech designers and brands rework traditional crafts through new technologies and a careful approach to the environment. Exhibitors include ARTGLASS\, now under the artistic direction of Jakub Berdych Karpelis\, Christmas ornaments by Rautis\, glass by DECHEM and Hana Hillerová\, and sculptures in glass\, bronze and ceramics by Janja Prokić. \nFor the first time\, the deconsecrated Chapel of the Holy Cross in the Castle’s Second Courtyard opens to festival visitors. Here Eva Eisler presents Circle of Silence/Kruh ticha\, an installation that shifts attention away from human making and towards nature\, time and presence. Light is not the subject but the medium that lets visitors take in the space and its silence\, and slow down. \nDesignBlok 2022\, photo Filip Slapal\, from DesignBlok website \nRetro Lamps at the Museum of Decorative Arts\nThe Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague hosts part of Openstudio and the exhibition Retro Lamps: Forgotten Stories of Czechoslovak Design. The show looks at mass-produced table\, floor and pendant lamps made in Czechoslovakia between the 1950s and the 1980s\, and brings back the names of designers often hidden behind the factories that produced their work. It is developed with the Paris gallery Initio Arts & Design and curated by Eva Slunečková. In the museum garden\, designer Bodo Sperlein stages an intervention of his own. \nOpenstudio and Superstudio\nOpenstudio\, split between the Trade Fair Palace and the museum\, focuses on independent projects and smaller brands: PÁR and Blueberries\, a joint collection by Kahotski Eyewear and Petra Ptáčková\, the jewellery project Love is Bling\, embroidery by BRO.\, SKOBA with Jiří Krejčiřík\, and Tititi\, which also celebrates the 100th birthday of the Czech puppet Hurvínek. FLÖTTOTO\, Kultivar and the City of Znojmo join DesignBlok for the first time. \nSuperstudio\, at the Trade Fair Palace\, gathers the large brand installations. Highlights include Lasvit with Rizzoli New York\, the relaunched glassworks Jílek 1905\, a working What a Hut sauna outside the building\, door handles and hooks by Jiří Pelcl for M&T\, furniture by Master & Master with its first light\, a table lamp by Tomáš Král\, a new armchair by Lucie Koldová for LD Seating\, handwoven Slovak rugs by Felmera\, and STOPKA with Italian brand Gallotti&Radice. \nDesignBlok 2023\, Superstudio. Photo Ondrej Holub\, courtesy DesignBlok \nDesignBlok Across Prague\nMore than 50 locations across the city join the festival map\, from showrooms and pop-up stores to galleries\, museums and art schools. Among them are STOPKA\, DEDON Praha\, Minotti Praha and the new Rückl Flagship Store. In Holešovice\, the Konsepti showroom presents new designs by Christophe Delcourt for Molteni&C alongside Magis\, while the nearby Bulb showroom shows icons by Marcel Wanders and Moooi. Křehký brings its Křehký Collectibles to Almanac X Alcron Prague. \nDesignBlok Awards\, Young Talent and Charity\nThe DesignBlok Awards 2026 are handed out at the DesignBlok Gala on 8 October. The international jury is chaired by Max Fraser\, Editor-in-Chief of Dezeen. The Impact Award\, for a project with a strong environmental or social contribution\, comes with CZK 100\,000 from Allwyn. \nDiploma Selection\, run with EUNIC Cluster Prague\, reaches its 12th edition. Fifteen product design finalists show their work at the Trade Fair Palace\, while fashion finalists walk the runway at the Industrial Palace on Saturday 10 October\, when the winners are announced. School Today brings together 19 schools and studios from Central Europe\, with Budapest’s Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design taking part for the first time\, and expands to the UMPRUM Technology Centre in Mikulandská. The DesignBlok Talent Cards\, backed by Česká spořitelna and Visa\, help young designers take their first professional steps. \nThe festival’s main non-profit partner is the AutTalk Foundation\, which supports families of children on the autism spectrum. MONUMENT Office designs an installation for the foundation\, and DesignBlok donates CZK 100\,000 from ticket sales. Porigami\, with a special edition\, and Sue Ryder also take part. \nDesignBlok 2023\, Openstudio\, Design x Science. Photo Petra Hurai\, courtesy DesignBlok \nA Programme for the Whole Family\nThe DesignBlok Stage in the Grand Hall of the Trade Fair Palace hosts talks and meetings with designers throughout the festival\, while the ATLAS space offers workshops and films. Families can count on activities by Designéři dětem and Meander\, and on a festival decathlon quiz with book prizes from Euromedia. There is also a run with the Design(Blok) Lovers community\, ending at the What a Hut sauna\, and evening parties at Kolektor café curated by Cirque.Menu. \nThis is also the first edition under the festival’s new visual identity by Permanent Office\, with a campaign shot by photographer Viktorie Macánová and a new website built with Trau and Offforms to make the large programme easier to find one’s way around. \nWhy visit\nDesignBlok 2026 opens up Prague’s landmark venues\, from Prague Castle to the newly restored Industrial Palace\, to the best of contemporary design. With Marcel Wanders\, Lee Broom and more than 300 Czech and international names in one week\, it is the design event to follow in Central Europe this autumn. \nDesignBlok 2026\, Prague\, 7-11\, October\, 2026\nProfessionals’ Day: 6 October\, with the first day of DesignBlok Talks (the conference continues on 7 October)\nSize: six main venues: Trade Fair Palace of the National Gallery Prague; Riding Hall and Chapel of the Holy Cross at Prague Castle; Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague; UMPRUM Technology Centre in Mikulandská; Central Hall of the Industrial Palace at Výstaviště Praha\nAround 50\,000 visitors\nPaid admission\, one ticket for all venues\nMore than 50 showrooms\, galleries\, shops and other venues\nMore info on the website designblok.cz \nOpening hours: Daily October 7-10\, h. 10:00 AM – 9:00 PM / Sunday 11 October h. 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM\nOpening hours may vary for individual venues\, showrooms and shops across the city\, so it is best to check each one on the festival map before  URL:https://designweekguide.com/event/designblok-2026-prague-design-festival/ LOCATION:Prague\, Prague\, 100 00\, Czech Republic CATEGORIES:Design Festivals,Design Weeks & Weekends ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designweekguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Designblok2022_Odivi_Kakao_foto_Tomas_Hercog.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20261009T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20261011T190000 DTSTAMP:20260916T154900Z CREATED:20260916T150405Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T154900Z UID:7998-1791540000-1791745200@designweekguide.com SUMMARY:EDIT Napoli 2026: Where Design Shapes DESCRIPTION:EDIT Napoli comes back to La Santissima from 9 to 11 October 2026\, with a press preview on 8 October. For its eighth edition\, the fair brings together around 80 exhibitors from Italy and abroad\, plus a delegation of 40 international guests from 12 countries\, backed by ICE\, the Italian trade agency for export and internationalization. New formats and a wider spread of projects across La Santissima and Chiaia push the fair further into international territory\, while staying close to its roots: research\, authorship\, and quality design.  \nEDIT Napoli Essentials\nOctober 9-11\, 2026\nFor professionals and general public\nLocation: La Santissima\, Vico Trinità delle Monache\, 1\, Naples\nOpening hours: h. 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM\nSize: 80 exhibitors\, over 20\,000 visitors\nVisit website EditNapoli.com for more info \nTickets: €20 full price\, €10 reduced (under 25)\, free for under 14\nTickets are available online at editnapoli.com/visit \nDiscover EDIT Napoli 2025  \nEDIT Napoli 2025 at La Santissima \nWhere Design Shapes: the idea behind the 2026 campaign\nThis year’s campaign\, “Where Design Shapes\,” puts the design process back at the center: the materials\, the gestures\, the skills\, the relationships behind an object\, not just the finished result. At a time when design often gets flattened into an image or a trend\, the fair chooses to look at what actually builds culture and new opportunities. \nThat focus fits EDIT Napoli’s identity well. Born to give room to independent designers\, architects\, and small studios\, the fair keeps picking up on the new generation of designers\, studios\, and publishers testing out fresh languages\, materials\, and independent production models. \nEDIT Napoli 2026 La Santissima \nCamera con Vista: a new way to show design\nOne of the big new features this year is Camera con Vista\, a format that asks designers\, studios\, and companies to treat a room as a space to live in and experiment with. The rooms look out symbolically onto Mount Vesuvius\, each one offering a different take on contemporary living through furniture\, objects\, and materials — with the view over the Gulf of Naples as part of the project itself\, not just a backdrop. \nEDIT Napoli: the exhibitors and special projects at La Santissima \nSeveral special projects take shape at La Santissima this year\, built together with partners who bring their own perspective to the fair. \nLancia joins as Main Sponsor for the first time\, sharing the fair’s focus on design\, material research\, and Italian craft tradition. On the first floor\, Lancia teams up with DWA Design Studio for an installation tied to the launch of the new Lancia Gamma\, turning the car’s defining features into a spatial language of light\, material\, and movement. \nFrench designer and artist Olivier Vadrot welcomes visitors with an installation made for EDIT Napoli — a meeting point built to bring people and their surroundings into contact\, in line with his work across art\, design\, and public space. \nAmong this year’s exhibitors\, last edition’s winners Chiara Lionello and Katryna are back\, alongside many returning names and a new group of Italian and international designers\, widening the fair’s scope as a platform for research and experimentation.\n \nEDIT Napoli 2025 at La Santissima \nEDIT Napoli looks outward\nThe international side of the 2026 edition gets a further boost from ICE\, supporting the event for the first time with an incoming program bringing in 40 professionals — architects\, developers\, and media — from Mexico\, the Dominican Republic\, Costa Rica\, El Salvador\, Nicaragua\, the United States\, South Africa\, Switzerland\, the United Kingdom\, Japan\, South Korea\, and Poland. \nSpecial collaborations add to the picture: the dialogue with España Diseño Mediterráneo and the Instituto Cervantes of Naples continues\, and La Santissima hosts Cultural Currencies: Cape Town Furniture Week x EDIT Napoli for the first time. Curated by designer Francesca Lanzavecchia\, the show brings together five South African studios — African Jacquard\, Ananta Design Studio\, James Mudge Furniture Studio x Mungo\, Water Dixon\, and Wiid Design — putting Cape Town and Naples in conversation as two cities shaped by geology\, the sea\, and design that grows out of the land. \nSome previews from EDIT Napoli 2026 \n  \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n  \nEDIT CULT: design meets the city’s heritage\nAlongside the fair\, EDIT CULT returns — the spread-out program of exhibitions\, installations\, and site-specific projects that puts contemporary design in dialogue with the city’s historic and architectural heritage. Over the years it has taken over cloisters\, castles\, charterhouses\, and museums; in 2026\, the CULT route moves into Chiaia\, heading symbolically down toward the sea — a fitting move as Naples looks ahead to hosting the 38th America’s Cup in 2027. Historic palaces and churches\, normally closed to the public\, become the setting for new installations that put the spotlight on designers’ work and the processes behind it. \nThis year’s CULT program \n“Crochet Coral Reef” by Margaret and Christine Wertheim\, with the Museum Frieder Burda\, supported by Crédit Agricole Italia. Made entirely by crochet\, this installation recreates the structure and color of living coral reefs\, turning a handmade craft into a large collective work. Over 4\,000 people from different countries took part\, making more than 40\,000 crocheted coral shapes — together forming the biggest crocheted coral reef ever made. Two of its six “islands” come to Naples. (Museo Diego Aragona Pignatelli Cortes) \nEDIT Napoli Crochet Coral Reef. Photo Nikolaj Kazakov Karlsruhe\, courtesy EDIT Napoli \n“Archetipi di Pace” by Fabrizia Frezza with Felice Limosani. A site-specific installation across the five altars of the Chiesa di San Rocco in Chiaia\, exploring the meaning of peace and encounter through sculpture\, light\, and words. (Chiesa di San Rocco a Chiaia – Fondazione Pietà de’ Turchini) \n“L’Equilibrista” by Lombardini22\, with Mangini and B&B Italia. An immersive environment built around the idea of balance as something human and relational\, not just physical — a space meant to be walked through\, where every movement shifts the whole. (Palazzo Ruffo della Scaletta) \n“Controtempo”\, a show on glass master Massimo Lunardon curated by Domitilla Dardi. More than fifty works trace his collaborations with artists and designers over the years\, alongside a new monograph published by Corraini. (Fondazione Plart) \n  \nControtempo exhibition\, curated by Domitilla Dardi: works by Massimo Lunardon. On this image\, design by Antonio Aricò \nOther Special Exhibitions\n\n“Common Ground” by Margherita Rui\, with NasonMoretti\, Fornace Brioni\, Fortuny\, Imolarte\, and Amenta Incisioni. Five Italian manufacturing excellences come together around the idea of the table as a place for meeting and sharing. (Chiesa di Santa Caterina da Siena – Fondazione Pietà de’ Turchini) \n“Light on Spain”\, curated by EDIT Napoli with support from the PICE program\, featuring Tomás Alía\, Álvaro Catalán de Ocón\, Curro Claret\, Mayice Studio\, Lucas Muñoz Muñoz\, and Jorge Penadés. Six lamps by six Spanish designers take over the historic rooms of Palazzo Cellamare\, a building deeply tied to the long cultural exchange between Naples and Spain. (Palazzo Cellamare) \n  \nLight on Spain\, Lucas Munoz\, photo Francesco Stelitano\, courtesy EDIT Napoli \nThe jury and the awards\nThe award for the best unreleased product shown at the fair will again be handed out by a jury of industry figures: Aliai Forte\, designer and entrepreneur at Rocco Forte Hotels; Francesca Lanzavecchia\, designer; Asad Syrkett\, Head of Editorial Content at AD Italia; and Maria Dolores Uribe\, founder and Creative Director of Studio 84 and UNNO Gallery. The winner gets to come back and exhibit for free at next year’s edition. The jury looks for projects that combine smart design\, respect for cultural heritage\, and a well-thought-out price. \nA new workshop program at EDIT Napoli 2026\nFor the first time\, EDIT Napoli opens up a workshop program to the public\, built to show what design looks like beyond the finished object — through process\, gesture\, technique\, and material. This year\, visitors don’t just walk through the fair: they can stop\, try things out\, and make something alongside other people. \n“Brick after brick: bread after bread” by Studio CoPain. This French design collective invites participants to give stale bread a second life\, turning it into a material to build with. Through sanding\, scorching\, carving\, and cutting\, the group builds a small dream house entirely out of reused bread\, and even learns to make an edible glue and work with “dead dough\,” a traditional pastry mix. The workshop ends around the table\, sharing what everyone made. Duration: 3 hours. Up to 20 participants. Location: La Santissima. Saturday 10 October at 10:00\, Sunday 11 October at 10:00. \n“Woven 3D Shapes – Original Digital Technology” by Alison Grace Martin. This independent artist and researcher looks at the connection between geometry\, craft\, and the structures found in nature\, guiding participants through building woven 3D paper shapes. Inspired by the fragility of flowers and shells\, the workshop focuses on hyperbolic geometry and soft curves\, offering a slow\, hands-on approach to digital design. Duration: 3 hours. Up to 20 participants. Location: La Santissima. Saturday 10 October at 15:00\, Sunday 11 October at 15:00. \n \nWhy visit \nEDIT Napoli 2026 mixes rare\, independent design with real Neapolitan history — see it at La Santissima and inside palaces and churches usually closed to the public. New this year: Camera con Vista\, a Lancia-backed installation\, and hands-on workshops open to everyone. It’s a compact\, walkable fair with real international reach\, from Cape Town to Spain.\n \nEDIT Napoli Essentials\nOctober 9-11\, 2026\nFor professionals and general public\nLocation: La Santissima\, Vico Trinità delle Monache\, 1\, Naples\nOpening hours: h. 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM\nSize: 80 exhibitors\, over 20\,000 visitors\nVisit website EditNapoli.com for more info \nTickets: €20 full price\, €10 reduced (under 25)\, free for under 14\nTickets are available online at editnapoli.com/visit \nSome images from EDIT Napoli 2025 \n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n  URL:https://designweekguide.com/event/edit-napoli-2026-where-design-shapes/ LOCATION:La Santissima\, Vico Trinità delle Monache\, 1\, Napoli\, 80134\, Italy CATEGORIES:Design & Furniture Trade Shows ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designweekguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/edit-napoli-Fondazione-Plart-Sala-della-collezione-permanente_Courtesy-of-Fondazione-Plart.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20261011T100000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20261014T180000 DTSTAMP:20260929T161332Z CREATED:20260929T161236Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260929T161332Z UID:8277-1791712800-1792000800@designweekguide.com SUMMARY:Decorex 2026: the London Show for Bespoke Interior Design DESCRIPTION:Decorex 2026 opens its doors in October\, and for anyone working in high-end interiors it’s one of the key dates of the autumn calendar. Now in its 48th edition\, the show runs from 11 to 14 October at Olympia London. It brings together brands\, makers and designers from across the luxury interiors field. \nDiscover London Design Festival 2026  \nDecorex\, Olympia London \nA new creative identity for Decorex 2026\nThis year the show teams up with decorative artist Claire Coles\, whose work will set the visual tone of the event\, from its digital channels to installations across the show floor. \nThe designer collaborations are back too. Claudia Dorsch is designing the VIP Lounge. The Bar\, created with AEVEN and its co-founders Alex Dauley and Grant Pierrus\, is built around the idea of “A Seat at the Table”\, a shared communal space. \nDecorex 2025 \nProduct launches to look out for\nMany exhibitors save their new collections for Decorex. A few names to put on the list: \n\nRothschild & Bickers\, the British lighting studio (stand F37)\, is launching two new collections\, Diamond Chochin and Twisted Optic.\nSterox Studio\, a London design and manufacturing studio\, will show a new executive desk for the first time.\nOnacara Cushions (stand C33) is bringing out its Autumn/Winter 2026-27 collection.\n\nReturning brands include Arte\, Frato\, Hyde House Bespoke Furniture\, JUNG\, Linwood\, Knots Rugs and The Natural Mat Company. First-time exhibitors include Rachel Dein and Tracy Kendall Wallpaper. \nDecorex Design Talks\, craft and networking\nThe Design Talks programme brings in more than 100 industry voices on trends\, techniques and sustainability\, and sessions will be on line on demand after the show. The 2026 line-up already includes Tiffany Duggan\, founder of Studio Duggan\, Anna Burles\, co-founder of Run For The Hills\, interior designer Roisin Lafferty and Russell Sage of Russell Sage Studio. The full agenda is on the Decorex website\, so it’s worth looking through it early and picking out the sessions that fit your projects. \nFor those who like to see how things are made\, ‘Making Spaces’ hosts live demonstrations and hands-on workshops with artisans. Design Circles offer room for more focused conversations\, and the Café & Bar sits in the National Hall. \nDecorex\, Olympia London \nWhy visit Decorex \nDecorex works as a focused sourcing show. It brings together well-known British brands and small independent studios\, which makes it a good place to spot craft-led suppliers that rarely turn up at the larger European fairs. For international designers working on hospitality and residential projects in the UK\, it’s also a quick way to catch up on the local market in a few days. \nDecorex\, October 11-14\, 2026\nSize: over 12\,500 visitors\, over 280 exhibitors\nOpening hours: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM \nFor professional only \n  URL:https://designweekguide.com/event/decorex-2026-bespoke-interior-design-london/ LOCATION:Olympia London\, Hammersmith Road\, London\, W14 8UX\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Design & Furniture Trade Shows END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261014 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261026 DTSTAMP:20260928T152520Z CREATED:20260928T152520Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260928T152520Z UID:8203-1791936000-1792972799@designweekguide.com SUMMARY:Barcelona Design Week 2026: PRO-TEST and the Value of the Prototype DESCRIPTION:Before a project turns into an object\, a space or a service\, it goes through a stage of trials\, fixes and open questions. This stage is usually hidden behind the final result. Barcelona Design Week 2026 brings it out into the open\, looking at design as a process that experiments\, checks and turns an idea into something that can really find a place in people’s lives. \nFrom 14 to 25 October 2026\, Barcelona hosts the 21st edition of Barcelona Design Week under the theme PRO-TEST: Prototyping and Testing\, curated by Alessandro Manetti. The edition also links up with Barcelona 2026 World Capital of Architecture\, connecting design\, space and new ways of picturing the future. \nDiscover Madrid Design Week 2026\n \nKave\, main sponsor of Barcelona Design Week 2026 \nFrom Project to Prototype\nPRO-TEST shifts the focus from the result to the path that leads to it. The theme builds on two key stages of the design process: prototyping and testing. These are the moments when an idea moves beyond the abstract and starts to deal with real materials\, uses\, needs and people. \nA prototype is not yet a final answer. It helps put an idea to the test\, find out what works\, spot what needs rethinking and open up new possibilities. Seen this way\, the prototype is not just a step towards an end product but a tool to explore and learn. Designing means making assumptions\, checking them against reality and accepting that every proposal can change. \n \nPRO-TEST: Experimenting to Build Alternatives\nThe name also plays on a second reading. “Pro” points to what moves forward\, proposes\, promotes and provokes; “test” stands for trial\, experiment and comparison. Together they suggest protest as a form of proposal\, a way of facing uncertainty not only through criticism but by building visible\, tangible alternatives that stay open to change. \nDesign becomes a way to respond to today’s challenges with solutions that people can see\, discuss and improve\, without claiming to have the final word. As the organisers put it\, BDW 2026 looks at design as a practice able to turn questions into processes\, intuitions into prototypes and alternatives into evidence.\n \nService Design Disrupted\, main sponsor at Barcelona Design Week 2026 \nA Design Week Spread Across the City\nOver eleven days\, Barcelona Design Week 2026 lays out a programme of activities\, exhibitions\, installations\, talks and experiences in different venues across Barcelona. It brings together professionals\, companies\, schools\, institutions and the wider public. \nThe programme also includes OFF BDW\, associated venues and events built together with the local creative community\, linking studios\, schools\, companies\, designers and institutions. The city becomes a kind of lab where visitors can see not only finished products but also ideas still taking shape and design processes open to debate. \nBarcelona as a Lab for New Futures\nThis approach carries extra weight in 2026\, thanks to the dialogue with the World Capital of Architecture. Design and architecture share many of the same questions: how to make spaces more liveable\, how to keep up with social and environmental change\, and how to turn complex needs into real solutions. \nBarcelona Design Week invites visitors to look at these challenges starting from the process. Before building the future\, it has to be imagined\, drawn\, tested and\, when needed\, changed. This space between idea and reality is where Barcelona chooses to place design in 2026.\n \nWMF\, main sponsor at Barcelona Design Week 2026 \nWho Is Behind Barcelona Design Week\nSet up in 2006\, Barcelona Design Week is led and organised by the Barcelona Creativity & Design Foundation\, promoted by Barcelona City Council and Disseny Hub Barcelona (DHub)\, in collaboration with FAD Fostering Arts and Design. It is one of the city’s main creative events and a key date on the international design calendar. \nIts goal is to bring design closer to citizens and to every part of the economy\, connect professionals\, companies\, institutions and the creative community\, and show Barcelona’s creative energy to the world. BDW is also a member of World Design Weeks\, the Barcelona-based network that brings together more than 40 design and creativity events worldwide. \nThe visual identity of the 2026 edition is by the studio Abuela\, which gives shape to the journey from idea to prototype\, from prototype to test\, and from test to real change. \nWhy visit\nBarcelona Design Week 2026 offers a rare look behind the finished product\, showing how ideas are tested\, questioned and improved before they reach people’s lives. Across eleven days and many venues\, it brings together professionals\, companies\, schools and the public\, making it a good chance to meet the local creative community and pick up new ideas. With the added link to the World Capital of Architecture\, this edition is also a timely stop for anyone interested in where design and architecture meet.\n \n \nBarcelona Design Week 2026\, 14-25\, October\, 2026\nSize: over 67\,000 visitors\, more than 130 activities\nLocations: different venues\nAdmission: free\nOpening hours: each event sets its own opening hours\nFor info: Barcelonadesignweek.com website URL:https://designweekguide.com/event/barcelona-design-week-2026-pro-test-and-the-value-of-the-prototype/ LOCATION:Barcelona\, Barcelona\, 08001\, Spain CATEGORIES:Design Festivals,Design Weeks & Weekends ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://designweekguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/barcelona-grafica-featured-image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261017T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20261025T180000 DTSTAMP:20260923T201535Z CREATED:20260923T200710Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260923T201535Z UID:8103-1792234800-1792951200@designweekguide.com SUMMARY:Dutch Design Week 2026: R.A.W. Takes Design Back to Its Roots in Eindhoven DESCRIPTION:Dutch Design Week 2026 returns to Eindhoven from 17 to 25 October with a theme that goes back to the core of the discipline: R.A.W.\, short for Rebel Authentic Worth. At a time when so much of daily life feels optimised\, filtered and packaged\, DDW turns its attention to what can’t be fully controlled. The idea is simple. Design doesn’t start with perfection\, it starts with the urge to break open existing structures\, try things out and ask questions. \nFor nine days\, the 26th edition of the festival will show not only finished work but also early\, rough iterations. Some projects grow across several editions\, so returning visitors can follow how they develop over time. \nDiscover Dutch Design Week 2025 \nDutch Design Week 2025. Photo Max Kneefel\, courtesy Dutch Design Week \nR.A.W.: the DDW 2026 theme explained\nThe organisers point out that the word “design” is now used more widely than ever\, and sometimes that blurs what makes it distinctive. With R.A.W.\, DDW chooses the unpolished and the experimental\, and puts the design process itself at the centre: questioning\, testing and opening up alternatives. \nEindhoven fits this approach well. The city has long been in transition and has built a close bond with design\, with a habit of imagining\, making\, testing and starting over. Its industrial past works less as a backdrop and more as the ground on which a growing design ecosystem keeps building new connections. As DDW puts it\, design at this edition can be confronting\, uncomfortable\, hopeful\, or simply beautiful. \nDiscover Dutch Design Week 2024 \nSonic Maze\, Grand Project Dutch Design Week 2025. Photo Max Kneefel\, courtesy Dutch Design Week \nDutch Design Week 2026 Beacons: Emma van der Leest and Anab Jain\nEach year DDW names its Beacons\, pioneers who put together a project\, event or exhibition for both the public and professionals. Past Beacons include Julia Watson\, Piet Hein Eek\, Lidewij Edelkoort and Yinka Ilori. For 2026\, the Dutch Beacon is biodesigner Emma van der Leest and the international Beacon is Anab Jain of Superflux. Both share a focus on caring for the planet\, though they work at very different scales. \nEmma van der Leest (born 1991) is a Rotterdam-based biodesigner\, researcher\, lecturer and author who works with living organisms such as fungi\, bacteria and algae to develop fully compostable materials. She founded BlueCity Lab\, a circular hub for designers and entrepreneurs. In Hall D of the Klokgebouw she will set up The Biodesign Warehouse – Department Store For Life\, which brings the familiar format of a department store together with science and biology. The aim is to show how biodesign is already moving into everyday life and scaling up into an industry. \nAnab Jain co-founded Superflux in 2009 with Jon Ardern. The studio is known for speculative design and experiential futures\, and in 2022 received the Royal Designer for Industry title from the Royal Society of Arts. Its work has been shown at MoMA\, the V&A\, Tate Modern\, the Vitra Design Museum and the National Museum of China. Jain\, who teaches at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna\, will give a lecture built around one question: what role can design play in a changing world\, shaped by climate extremes and technological and geopolitical shifts? Her answer points to design as a way to make possible futures tangible\, something people can step into rather than just talk about. \n  \nEmma van der Leest and Anab Jain \nEight large-scale installations across Eindhoven\nWorking with Bureau Binnenstad Eindhoven\, DDW turns the city centre and the Strijp-S district into an open-air exhibition. The eight installations came out of an open call for designers and are free to visit throughout the week. Together they form a walking route that touches on inclusion\, community life\, public space and health. \nIn the city centre\n\nBLAUPAUSE\, Kollektiv Plus X (18 Septemberplein): three trailers turn into blue wooden structures\, a stage\, a grandstand and a kiosk\, showing how public space can take on new functions for a short time.\nHuis\, een installatie over drempels\, Studio Kars en Boom x RAUM (Nieuwe Emmasingel): a colourful play space on wheels where children with and without disabilities can play together without barriers.\nFIELD\, Isabel + Helen (Stadhuisplein): wind-powered turbines on wheels that visitors can move around\, creating patterns that keep changing.\nConsultation Room of the Future\, Atelier Van Lieshout (Markt): a seven-metre golden bird perched on a giant egg\, unveiled on 28 August to open the cultural season. Inside the egg\, visitors can get things off their chest\, while the work asks whether AI and robotics really help mental health\, or whether human contact matters more.\nWaiting for the Bus\, Luca Ortmann (Demer): yellow steel tubes shaped into a spot to sit\, lean and wait\, a reminder that pauses are part of city life.\n\nUmbra Pavilion\, Grand Project at Dutch Design Week 2025 \nIn Strijp-S\n\nBlind Spots\, Fairspace × Studio Shruthi Venkat × Sagitta Creatives: a web of cameras\, screens and voices that changes as visitors leave their responses behind\, bringing up hidden differences in how safety is experienced depending on identity.\nColonic Cleansing Clinic\, Atelier Van Lieshout: an intestine-shaped structure that looks at how illness\, treatment and recovery could fit into daily life. Like the golden bird\, it belongs to Van Lieshout’s project Sanitas Futurum on the future of wellbeing and healthcare.\nElectric Grand\, Antoon Versteegde + Bart van Dongen: an electric piano opened up into a bamboo structure\, with each note coming from its own speaker. Visitors stand inside the instrument while the two artists improvise.\n\nPolestar Design Rides and We Harvest Wind\nDDW 2026 also launches a multi-year partnership with Polestar. The Polestar Design Rides will run daily from 17 to 25 October\, carrying visitors between DDW venues in cars topped with design objects. At the Klokgebouw\, artist Thijs Biersteker presents We Harvest Wind\, an interactive installation on renewable energy\, and Polestar will show its new Polestar 4 SUV to the Dutch public for the first time.\n \nWhy visit\n\nFor nine days the whole city gives itself over to design\, with an open\, curious and hands-on mood that feels closer to a lab than a trade fair.\nBuilt on Eindhoven’s industrial past\, the week brings together designers\, companies\, schools and researchers in an ecosystem where new ideas\, partnerships and talent keep coming through. With the theme R.A.W.\, DDW 2026 shows design as it takes shape\, from rough first ideas to finished work.\nEight large-scale installations turn Eindhoven’s city centre and Strijp-S into a free open-air design route.\nThe Beacons\, Emma van der Leest and Anab Jain\, bring biodesign and speculative futures into a public debate.\nWorks by Atelier Van Lieshout\, Thijs Biersteker and young designers take on health\, inclusion and energy.\nPolestar Design Rides make it easy to move around the festival venues from 17 to 25 October. \nDutch Design Week dates and more\nOctober 17-25\, 2026\n\nLocation: Eindhoven\, with main hubs in the city centre and Strijp-S\nSize: 350\,000+ visitors\, 2\,500+ designers\nTheme: R.A.W. (Rebel Authentic Worth)\nBeacons: Emma van der Leest and Anab Jain (Superflux)\nPublic installations: eight\, free to visit\n\nDutch Design Week (DDW) locations are generally open daily from 11 am to 6 pm\, though hours can vary slightly by specific venue or exhibition\nPaid admission: discover more on Dutch Design Week website DDW.nl URL:https://designweekguide.com/event/dutch-design-week-2026-r-a-w-takes-design-back-to-its-roots-in-eindhoven/ LOCATION:Eindhoven\, Eindhoven\, 5502\, Netherlands CATEGORIES:Design Weeks & Weekends ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designweekguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/dutch-design-week-54916700415_891de0bc74_o.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20261020T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20261025T180000 DTSTAMP:20261001T134645Z CREATED:20260917T151929Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261001T134645Z UID:8046-1792490400-1792951200@designweekguide.com SUMMARY:Design Miami Paris 2026 Gallery Highlights DESCRIPTION:Design Miami is back in Paris for its fourth year\, and it’s keeping its home at L’Hôtel de Maisons\, an 18th-century residence in the 7th arrondissement. The fair runs from October 20 to 25\, 2026\, right alongside Art Basel Paris. \nMore than 20 international galleries will take part this year\, and a few clear themes already stand out among the first highlights. \nDesign Miami.Paris\, October 20-25\, 2026\nFor professionals and general public\, paid admission \nSize: one venue\, over 20 galleries\nLocation: L’Hôtel de Maisons\, 51 rue de l’Université\, Paris\nOpening hours: October 21-24\, h. 11:00 am – 7:00 am; October 25\, h. 11:00 am – 6:00 pm\nVisit Design Miami.Paris for info\n \nInvitation-only preview: Tuesday\, October 20 (members 10:00 am – 7:00 pm\, collectors & press 3:00-7:00 pm) \nDiscover Design Miami.Paris 2025 \nDesign Miami Paris 2025 \nFrench Historical Design and Decorative Arts\nParis design history runs through several of this year’s booths. Galerie Mitterrand will bring iconic pieces by Claude and François-Xavier Lalanne\, among them a rare pair of Singes Attentifs and a Pomme de Londres from 2007. \nLaffanour | Galerie Downtown will lean into the way architecture\, craft and design come together in Paris\, showing work by Le Corbusier\, Pierre Jeanneret\, Isamu Noguchi and Charlotte Perriand. \nGalerie Maxime Flatry will look back at 1930s French modernism\, built around a strong group of pieces by Robert Mallet-Stevens alongside work by Pierre Chareau\, Eileen Gray and Pierre Legrain. \nGalerie SCENE OUVERTE will carry on its work on contemporary decorative arts with a show called Around a Desk\, bringing in Studio KRJST\, Adélie Ducasse\, Vincent Dubourg and\, for the first time with the gallery\, Studio Lugo. \nMeubles et Lumières\, which focuses on French and Italian furniture and lighting from the 1950s to the 1980s\, will show pieces by Pierre Guariche\, Pierre Paulin and Gio Ponti next to a few rediscovered names. \nDiscover Design Miami 2025 \nGalerie Scene Ouvert\, Design Miami Paris 2026 \nScandinavian Design Takes Center Stage\nNordic design runs as a strong thread through this edition\, from rare mid-century pieces to new sculptural work. \nModernity\, a Swedish gallery from Stockholm\, will show up as an exhibitor for the first time\, bringing 20th-century Nordic design pieces including a rare wing chair by Frits Henningsen\, a 1930s Flora cabinet by Josef Frank\, and a one-of-a-kind cabinet by Otto Schulz. \nHostler Burrows\, from New York and Los Angeles\, will debut a new hand-tufted rug called September\, made with designer Louise Hederström together with Kasthall in Kinna\, Sweden. The rug pulls in fabric from the archive of designer Gunilla Lagerhem Ullberg and takes its pattern from the shifting shapes of a broadleaf forest. \nGalerie Maria Wettergren will focus on Gjertrud Hals\, whose textile sculptures sit somewhere between structure and form. Her recent piece Jade\, part of the series she started at the Venice Biennale\, will show in Paris for the first time. \nGalerie Eric Philippe will round out the Nordic selection with a rare 1950s floor lamp by Finnish designer Paavo Tynell. \nDesign Miami Paris 2025 \nWearable Art and Artist Jewelry\nJewelry and sculptural wearable pieces come up again and again this year\, sitting right at the point where the body\, material experiments and craft meet. \nGalerie MiniMasterpiece will show a group of wooden necklaces made by Argentine artist Luis Quesada in the 1960s and 70s\, never shown in France before\, plus the first piece of jewelry ever made by German artist Franz Erhard Walther. \nElisabetta Cipriani Gallery\, from London\, will make its Design Miami Paris debut with Shared Grounds: Intimate Monuments\, a show on the link between sculpture and the body through wearable pieces. It includes Sheila Hicks’ Cosmic Jewelry series and Liens d’Amour\, the last necklace made by Sophia Vari before she passed away\, combining ebony\, coral and gold. \nDesign Miami Paris 2025 \nItalian Design\, Past and Present\nItalian design keeps its usual strong presence. NILUFAR\, from Milan\, will bring a mix of vintage masterpieces and contemporary work\, including a 2025 table lamp from Von Pelt Atelier that draws on Spanish silver decorative objects from the 1950s and 70s. \nGalleria Rossella Colombari will build a scene around the classic Italian home\, bringing together Angelo Lelii\, Ico Parisi and other masters of Italian design. \nGalerie Kreo will pair 20th-century French and Italian lamps with limited-edition contemporary pieces by designers including Virgil Abloh and Jasper Morrison\, keeping up its role as what the gallery itself calls a “research lab.” \nDesign at Large: Large-Scale Work Fills the Grounds\nThis year’s Design at Large program takes over the courtyard\, interiors and gardens of L’Hôtel de Maisons with big\, ambitious pieces that mix historical and contemporary design. \nGalerie Patrick Seguin will bring Jean Prouvé’s 1944 6×6 Demountable House\, a landmark piece of postwar architecture built around Prouvé’s belief in industrialized construction. Pierre Renart\, working with Maison Parisienne\, will show a monumental sculptural bench that turns into a chaise longue through one continuous line of wood. Craftica Gallery\, from Warsaw\, will debut Korallion\, a birch plywood bench by Cyryl Zakrzewski that sits between sculpture and architecture. \nJean Prouvé\, Maison D émontable 6X6\, 1944. Galerie Patrick Seguin at Design Miami Paris 2026. Photo courtesy of Galerie Patrick Seguin \nIn the garden\, Galerie Gastou will present swings by Irene Cattaneo cast in bronze\, weighing down an object usually tied to lightness and play\, in a nod to the opening scene of Effi Briest. Tokio.\, from Ljubljana\, will bring Isle Lounge in a bold Klein Blue finish\, while Galerie Negropontes will show Halga\, a two- to three-meter oxidized iron sculpture by Gianluca Pacchioni that carries on his decades-long work with light and openwork structures\, straight out of the courtyard. \nGalerie Gastou\, Irene Cattaneo\, Il Giardino Segreto. Photo Enrico Fiorese\, courtesy Design Miami Paris \nDesign Miami x Apple: Designers of Tomorrow\nFor the second year running\, Apple and Design Miami will keep supporting new talent through Designers of Tomorrow. The 2026 theme\, Design for Presence\, looks at how design can help people slow down\, connect with each other\, and stay in the moment. Under Rodman Primack’s lead\, a jury of design and creative figures will pick four designers to bring Apple technology into their creative process. Their work will show at Design Miami Paris in October 2026. \nDesign Miami.Paris\, October 20-25\, 2026\nFor professionals and general public\, paid admission \nSize: one venue\, over 20 galleries\nLocation: L’Hôtel de Maisons\, 51 rue de l’Université\, Paris\nOpening hours: October 21-24\, h. 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM; October 25\, h. 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM\nVisit Design Miami.Paris for info\n \n\nInvitation-only preview: Tuesday\, October 20 (members 10:00–19:00\, collectors 15:00–19:00\, press 15:00–19:00) URL:https://designweekguide.com/event/design-miami-paris-2026-gallery-highlights/ LOCATION:L’hotel de Maisons\, 51\, Rue de l'Universitè\, Paris\, 75007\, France CATEGORIES:Design & Furniture Trade Shows ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designweekguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Jean-Prouve-Maison-D-emontable-6x6-1944.-Galerie-Patrick-Seguin-at-Design-Miami-Paris-2026.-Image-courtesy-of-Galerie-Patrick-Seguin.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261027 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261101 DTSTAMP:20260929T162503Z CREATED:20260929T120617Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260929T162503Z UID:8238-1793059200-1793491199@designweekguide.com SUMMARY:idd cologne 2026: Cologne's Urban Interiors Event DESCRIPTION:After its debut in 2025\, idd cologne\, short for interior design days cologne\, comes back from 27 to 31 October 2026. The event keeps its urban-only concept\, with no trade fair halls of its own\, and spreads residential interior design across showrooms\, stores and design venues around the city. This year\, it gains a stronger centre: Design Post Köln\, which becomes the heart of the whole programme. \nidd cologne takes place alongside ORGATEC 2026\, the trade fair for workspace and contract solutions\, running from 27 to 30 October. Together they make up Cologne’s interiors week\, and for the first time they share a venue. \nidd cologne 2025 \nAn event built around the city\nidd cologne was designed to take interior design out of the fairgrounds and into Cologne itself. Private and trade visitors move between locations\, discovering brands in settings closer to how people actually live with furniture and objects. \nIn 2026\, Design Post Köln works as the starting point for this route. From here\, visitors can head out to machwerkhaus köln\, Design Season Cologne and a network of independent showrooms and stores. The result is a spread-out experience\, held together by one central meeting place. \nidd cologne 2025 at Design Post Köln \nThe brands at Design Post\nThe line-up at Design Post for idd cologne 2026 brings together names from living\, outdoor\, lighting and contract design: Arco\, Arper\, DEDON\, ECHTSTAHL\, Ferm Living\, Gärsnäs\, GLOSTER\, HOWE\, Lodes\, mdf italia\, Misura Rugs\, Mizetto\, mobitec\, Prostoria\, RIVA 1920\, Secto Design and Tubes. \nAlongside new products and current interiors trends\, the programme includes talks\, events and networking formats aimed at the international design community. \nidd cologne 2025 at Design Post Köln \nA shared venue with ORGATEC 2026\nDesign Post also hosts part of ORGATEC 2026\, with brands such as Flokk\, Hund Office\, Klöber\, Schneeweiss Interior and Wagner Living. For idd cologne visitors\, this means home and work interiors sit side by side in the same building.\nEntrance to Design Post Köln\, to the Mackwerkhaus and other venues is free of charge \nThe Machwerkhaus at idd cologne 2025 \nWhy visit idd cologne 2026\nidd cologne shows interiors where they make the most sense\, in showrooms\, stores and design venues across the city rather than in trade fair halls. At Design Post Köln\, visitors can meet more than twenty international brands in one place\, then head out to machwerkhaus köln\, Design Season Cologne and independent showrooms to discover the local scene. With ORGATEC 2026 running alongside\, one trip covers both home and work interiors. The event is also a good chance to get to know Cologne itself\, from the cathedral and the old town to the banks of the Rhine\, and the extra day on 31 October leaves time to enjoy the city once the fair has closed. \n\n\n\nLooking ahead to 2027\nThe partnership between Koelnmesse\, the organiser of idd cologne\, and Design Post Köln began in July 2025. On 1 January 2027\, Koelnmesse will take over the running of the venue\, with its subsidiary Koelncongress in charge of marketing and operations. \nFor idd cologne\, this suggests a more stable base in the years to come. An urban event needs a recognisable centre\, and Design Post now looks set to fill that role on a lasting basis. \nidd cologne 2026: 27-31 October 2026\nCentral hub: Design Post Köln\, next to the Koelnmesse fairgrounds\nOther locations: machwerkhaus köln\, independent showrooms and stores across Cologne\nSize: 70+ events\nParallel event: ORGATEC 2026\, 27-30 October 2026\nOpening hours: daily\, 27-31 October 2026. Design Post Köln is open from 10:00 to 19:00. Showrooms and store partners set their own hours\, so it is worth checking each location before visiting\nVisit idd-cologne.com for more info\nVisit DesignSeasonCologne.com for a list of the showroom involved \n\n\nSome images from idd cologne 2025 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n \n\n  URL:https://designweekguide.com/event/idd-cologne-2026/ LOCATION:Cologne\, 50667\, Germany CATEGORIES:Design Weeks & Weekends ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designweekguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/05_machwerkhaus.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20261027T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20261030T180000 DTSTAMP:20261001T131917Z CREATED:20260929T081229Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261001T131917Z UID:8223-1793091600-1793383200@designweekguide.com SUMMARY:ORGATEC 2026 DESCRIPTION:ORGATEC 2026\, the leading international trade fair for workspace and contract solutions\, opens in Cologne from 27 to 30 October 2026. This edition comes back with a tighter format built around business\, a second venue in the city at Design Post Köln\, and a special exhibition on the architectural thinking of Charles and Ray Eames. It also runs side by side with idd cologne\, turning the last week of October into a full Cologne interiors week.\n \nORGATEC 2024 \nA leaner ORGATEC 2026\, built around business\nThe furniture industry is going through a hard phase\, and several key European markets are still slow. ORGATEC has responded by reshaping its concept around a single goal: helping exhibitors and visitors do real business. \nThe most visible change is a more compact hall layout. Product segments are now grouped into clusters\, so visitors can find the brands they need faster and move through the halls more easily. For exhibitors\, the organisers expect more focused contact with decision-makers. \n \nWho is exhibiting at ORGATEC 2026\nThe exhibitor list is already long and keeps growing. In Workspace Solutions\, names include Haworth\, Humanscale\, Kinnarps\, Sedus\, Interstuhl\, Brunner\, Bene\, Thonet\, Pedrali\, Nowy Styl / Kusch+Co\, NARBUTAS\, Koleksiyon\, BuzziSpace\, Interface\, Japan’s KOKUYO and China’s Sunon. \nIn Contract Solutions\, visitors will find Artemide\, Muuto\, Kettal\, Lapalma\, Fermob\, Framery\, Viccarbe\, Casala\, COR\, Freifrau\, Crassevig\, String and Ege Carpets\, among others. \nAsia plays a strong part in this edition. Of the roughly 450 exhibitors registered by 21 August\, 139 come from Asian countries. That puts Asia just behind the EU\, which counts 174 exhibitors not including Germany\, and ahead of the 96 German companies. The rest come from other European countries including Turkey (30)\, the Americas (8)\, Oceania (2) and Africa (1). \nThe full ORGATEC exhibitor list and the hall plan are online at orgatec.com and are updated regularly\, which makes it easy to plan visits well ahead.\n \nDiscover imm cologne  \nORGATEC 2024 \nDesign Post Köln joins both ORGATEC and idd cologne\nThe biggest structural news is the role of Design Post Köln. For the first time\, the heritage-listed design venue near the fairgrounds takes part in two events at once. It works as an extra exhibition space for ORGATEC and as the central hub of idd cologne 2026\, the interior design days that run from 27 to 31 October with an urban-only format. \nInside Design Post\, ORGATEC brings in brands such as Flokk\, Hund Office\, Klöber\, Schneeweiss Interior and Wagner Living. On the idd cologne side\, the line-up includes Arper\, DEDON\, Lodes\, mdf italia\, Prostoria\, RIVA\, Ferm Living\, GLOSTER and Tubes. From here\, visitors can move on to machwerkhaus köln\, Design Season Cologne and the independent showrooms spread across the city. \nThis is also a step towards something bigger. On 1 January 2027\, Koelnmesse will take over Design Post and make it a permanent part of its event venues\, with the Koelncongress subsidiary in charge of marketing and operations. \nDesign Post Köln \nThe Eames Pavilion System by Kettal at ORGATEC 2026\nThe cultural highlight of the fair sits in Hall 10.2\, Stand N-048\, where ORGATEC presents the Eames Pavilion System by Kettal\, developed with the Eames Office. Visitors can walk through two full-size pavilions and look at archive material on the architecture of Charles and Ray Eames. \nBehind the project are almost three years of research\, led by Eames Office collaborator Eckart Maise\, starting from the Eames House\, Case Study House No. 8. The result is a modular building system based on a clear grid\, which can be set up for homes\, hotels\, offices\, retail spaces or exhibitions. It fits well with the fair’s theme\, “From rooms to relationships: designing spaces in an ever-changing world”. \nEames Pavilion System by Kettal and Eames Office at ORGATEC 2026\, Hall 10.2 \nTalks and workshops: Wherever Whenever – Work Culture Festival\n\n\n\nAlongside the product halls\, the Wherever Whenever – Work Culture Festival\, run by Germany’s Interior Business Association (IBA e.V.)\, takes over Hall 6 for all four days of ORGATEC. Talks\, panels and workshops look at how work and company cultures are changing\, around three themes: wellbeing and personal growth\, stronger connections within organisations\, and the bold choices needed for sustainable change. \nThe speaker line-up mixes design\, science and sport. It includes Carlo Ratti\, Patrik Schumacher\, Ole Scheeren\, Miriam Meckel\, Julia Hobsbawm and Maja Göpel\, together with former Formula 1 driver Ralf Schumacher and tennis champion Angelique Kerber. Around the stages\, visitors will find an art exhibition\, food courts and a podcast booth\, and on Wednesday 28 October\, from 6 to 10 pm\, the ORGATEC x WW-Festival Party brings everyone together on the Board Stage. \nWherever Whenever Work Culture Festival 2026 in Hall 6 at ORGATEC Cologne \n\n\n\nLess waste at ORGATEC 2026: materials and food donations\nORGATEC 2026 also looks at what happens when the fair closes. Exhibitors can donate leftover stand materials\, such as wood\, banners and carpets\, to social\, charitable or creative projects through the Trash Galore initiative\, giving them a second life instead of sending them to landfill. \nThe same idea applies to food. Thanks to a partnership with Tafel Köln e.V.\, exhibitors can hand over leftover catering from their stands at the end of each fair day\, and the food goes to people in need in Cologne and the surrounding area.\n \nORGATEC\, October 27-30\, 2026\nVenue: Koelnmesse\, Cologne\, plus Design Post Köln\nSize: 500+ Exhibitors\nParallel event: idd cologne\, 27-31 October 2026\nSpecial exhibition: Eames Pavilion System by Kettal\, Hall 10.2\, Stand N-048\nFor tickets and info: visit Orgatec.com\nEntry to Design Post Köln is free of charge URL:https://designweekguide.com/event/orgatec-2026-cologne-guide/ LOCATION:Koelnmesse\, Messeplatz 1\, Cologne\, 50679\, Germany CATEGORIES:Design & Furniture Trade Shows ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://designweekguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/orgatec_24_011_004.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR