Name: ORGATEC 2026
Start: 2026-10-27T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-10-30T18:00:00+01:00
Location: Koelnmesse

Salone Contract 2027: OMA’s masterplan

Design & Furniture Trade Shows, Milan Design Week 2027 News

The 65th edition of the Salone del Mobile.Milano, from 13 to 18 April 2027 at Rho Fiera Milano, brings in a new player: Salone Contract. It is the biggest new feature of the year, and it comes with a masterplan by Rem Koolhaas and David Gianotten of OMA, the Rotterdam practice behind some of the most talked-about buildings of the last thirty years.

Salone Contract 2027: a new chapter for the Salone del Mobile.Milano

The idea behind it is simple to state and harder to carry out. In the contract market, value no longer sits in the single object but in the ability to bring together products, services, skills and management inside large and complex projects. Salone Contract sets out to give that market a home in Milan, during the week the design world already treats as its own. “Salone Contract for me is a place where suppliers, clients and people environments can meet and exchange knowledge on designing the environments,” says David Gianotten, Managing Partner of OMA.

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Salone Contract 2027 masterplan by OMA at Salone del Mobile.Milano, B2B Areas
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October 7, 2026/by The Design Week Guide

This Month in Design: October 2026

What's up

October 2026 brings a full calendar of design events across Europe, Asia and the Americas. In Cologne, ORGATEC and IDD Cologne focus on the future of work and interiors, while Design Miami Paris turns the spotlight on collectible design and the meeting point between art and furniture. In Naples, EDIT Napoli brings together independent and editorial design in the city’s historic spaces, and in Prague, Designblok opens up the Czech design scene to an international audience. Further afield, Mumbai hosts India Design ID, the country’s leading design week, and Design Week Mexico wraps up the month in Mexico City, setting local talent alongside international names. This guide lists the key October design events, with dates, venues and highlights to help plan ahead.

Amman Design Week, October 2-17, 2026

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. Read more →

Amman Design Week

Design Week Mexico 2026, October 5-11

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. Read more →

Design House, Design Week Mexico 2025

DesignBlok: Prague Design Festival, October 7-11, 2026

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. Read more →

DesignBlok 2023, Superstudio. Photo Ondrej Holub, courtesy DesignBlok

EDIT Napoli, October 9-11, 2026

The 8th edition 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. Read more →

Decorex, October 11-14, 2026, London

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. Read more →

Decorex, Olympia London

Barcelona Design Week 2026, 14-25, October, 2026

From 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. Read more →

Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, October 17-25, 2026

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. Read more →

Emma Van Der Lain and Anab Jain

Design Miami.Paris, October 20-25, 2026

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. Read more →

Jean Prouvé, Maison D émontable 6X6, 1944. Galerie Patrick Seguin at Design Miami Paris 2026. Photo courtesy of Galerie Patrick Seguin

Design ID Mumbai, October 9-11, 2026

India Design ID returns to Mumbai for its third edition, from 9 to 11 October 2026 at Jio World Garden, BKC. Launched in 2013 as India’s first design fair, it has grown into the country’s leading design week. This year’s theme, The Deep Fathom, looks beyond the finished object to the materials, processes and stories behind it. Over 120 Indian and international brands, from Poliform to Nilaya and No-Mad, fill the exhibition floor, alongside a section for collectible design. The symposium brings in names such as Shigeru Ban, Rahul Kadri and Matteo Cibic, while Undercurrents, curated by fair director Misha Bains, sets out the work of six experimental studios.

idd cologne, October 27-31, 2026

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.

idd 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. Read more →

idd cologne 2026, interior design days cologne at Design Post Köln during Cologne interiors week]

idd cologne 2025

ORGATEC, October 27-30, 2026

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. Read more

October 1, 2026/by The Design Week Guide

CBD Guangzhou 2026: From Trade Fair to Global Design Platform

Design & Furniture Trade Shows, Reports

CBD Guangzhou has spent years building up its trade fair credentials at the Canton Fair Complex. This year, the numbers backed up a bigger claim: the China furniture fair is turning into something closer to a year-round hub for the global building decoration and design industry.

Official post-event figures put the rise in foreign visitors at 33.4%. But the growth wasn’t only about foot traffic. CBD Guangzhou 2026 packed in more than 70 conferences, forums, exhibitions and curated initiatives, and it’s that density of content that marks the real shift in the Chinese design market. This isn’t just a bigger fair. It’s a fair that wants to be a place where producers, architects, designers, buyers and institutions actually talk to each other, not just do business in passing.

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World Connect Lounge and World Connect Forum: A New International Hub

The clearest sign of this shift was the debut of the World Connect Lounge and the World Connect Forum, hosted by CBD Guangzhou and developed by Edimotion. Set up as a space for knowledge-sharing, networking and trade, the Lounge pulled in architects, designers, buyers, media and market experts from all over the world.

One detail from the exhibition floor stuck with me. Part of the Lounge was furnished with armchairs from the Chinese manufacturer Victory, designed by Italian designer Claudio Bellini — a clear example of Italian design in China done from the inside. It’s a small thing, but it says a lot: this wasn’t Italian design shown at a distance, as an import or a reference point. It was Italian design working from inside Chinese production. That’s exactly the dynamic the closing roundtable of the forum ended up talking about.

The forum itself ran across two days, July 8 and 9, and was coordinated by Francesco Scullica of Politecnico di Milano.

Discover CIFF Guangzhou 2026

Architecture, Interiors and Materials

Wednesday’s session opened with Scullica’s introduction, then moved through five presentations, each taking a different angle on interior architecture.

Mauricio Cardenas Laverde, founder of Studio Cardenas Conscious Design and a professor at Shenzhen University, laid out several approaches to interior architecture. Sebastiano Cattiodoro, managing director for the APAC region at Vudafieri Saverino Partners, spoke about interior design and bespoke architecture, drawing on the firm’s experience running offices in both Milan and Shanghai. Danilo Trevisan, CEO of Aleatek Studio in Shenzhen, dug into technological research in interior architecture, and Xavier Travert, CEO of AIRI Lab, took the AI angle, talking about artificial intelligence in contemporary interior architecture.

Qi Yi, professor and associate dean of the School of Architecture and Urban Planning at Shenzhen University, gave one of the standout talks of the day: “Looking East: A Personal Perspective on the Evolving Chinese Design Market, Its Challenges, and the Interstitial Space.” Mario Alessiani, designer and editor of DesignWanted, closed out the individual talks with a look at international trends in smart homes.

A theme that kept coming back across the presentations: materials, especially bamboo and aluminum.

The session wrapped up with a roundtable, “Connecting Spaces: Scenarios, Challenges, and Opportunities in Global Design,” bringing together Jolie Zhang, deputy general manager of the Import/Export division at Luli Group, and Leepy Li, director of exports for Asia at Soundbox.

Zhang has 17 years in international trade behind her, managing global exports of wood, steel and furniture products to more than 40 countries, with deep experience in certifications, cross-border logistics and risk management. Li represents Soundbox, a company founded in 2008 that works on acoustic technology for architecture and industry, from noise reduction to environmental acoustic control, with the goal of making acoustic comfort a basic part of good spaces.

Different backgrounds, but Zhang and Li landed on the same point: Chinese manufacturers want to be treated as partners, not just suppliers. Their products, they argued, are more advanced and better certified than they used to be, and Chinese companies are ready to work with European firms on equal footing, rather than simply carrying out specs handed down to them. It’s a point worth sitting with, since it runs against how a lot of Western buyers still frame China furniture export relationships.

Global Furniture Industry Trends, Exports and the Middle East

Thursday opened with Matteo Grigolini, a partner and senior researcher at CSIL, giving a global overview of the furniture industry.

The numbers he put up are worth pulling out on their own, and they say a lot about where the global furniture industry stands in 2026. Global furniture production sits at roughly $470 billion, and the forecast holds fairly steady through 2025. China alone accounts for 35% of global production, more than the next few countries put together. Global furniture trade hit $172 billion in 2025, up 36% from 2015, with 37% of all production now moving across borders. Grigolini also walked through the megatrends pushing demand: urbanization, aging populations, a growing number of ultra-high-net-worth individuals, environmental pressure and digitalization. He closed by mapping out design trends in contemporary furniture, from a return to tactile, honest materials to a growing overlap between the design languages of kitchen, living room and outdoor spaces.

The second half of the session shifted focus to the Middle East, run in partnership with Construction Week and opened by Pranati Yekula, a columnist for Construction Week Middle East.

Alan George, architect and partner at the Dubai-based firm MKD Design, presented “More Than a Surface: Surface Design Trends for Modern Living,” showing residential and hospitality projects built around stone, wood and other tactile materials.

Sahil Sajan, director of Milano by Danube in Dubai, followed with “Beyond Basics: The Evolution of Middle East Sanitaryware & Ceramics.” He pointed to a Middle East sanitaryware market expected to pass $4.7 billion by 2026, growing at a compound annual rate of 5.5%, driven by construction, renovation and tourism, with the UAE and Saudi Arabia leading demand.

The session closed with a roundtable, “Seamless Living: Integrating Smart Technology into Sanitaryware and Surface Design,” bringing together George, Sajan, Kevin Su (CEO of Flova) and Joe Zhu (deputy general manager of Hongqiu Ceramics), moderated by Yekula.

Beyond the Forum

The World Connect Lounge was the headline story, but it sat alongside a full program of other initiatives that filled out the fair’s ambition to be more than a sourcing platform.

Archi Box, now in its third edition, combined a curated exhibition with a materials library and dedicated forums, creating a direct link between designers, producers and suppliers around new materials and more efficient sourcing.

All In IP looked at new business models for design brands, mixing immersive installations, branded experiences and reusable IP content to show how fairs can become platforms for ongoing brand-building rather than one-off showcases.

Nuan Lili · Smart Age-Friendly Living Space stood out as one of the more forward-looking projects: China’s first immersive exhibition dedicated to age-friendly design, going beyond a purely medical approach to show how architecture, interior design and smart technology can support independence, comfort and wellbeing for an aging population.

THE PLACE, now in its second edition, took a broader look at contemporary living, bringing together designers, brands, urban planners and community organizations to examine how residential spaces, commercial environments and whole neighborhoods are evolving toward something more sustainable and inclusive.

Looking Ahead to CBD Guangzhou 2027

Taken together, these initiatives point to a fair that’s deliberately moving past its trade-show roots, positioning itself instead as a platform for knowledge, innovation and long-term international business. The next edition, the 29th, is set for July 8-11, 2027, at the Canton Fair Complex in Guangzhou.

September 14, 2026/by The Design Week Guide

This Month in Design: September 2026

What's up

September opens one of the busiest stretches on the international design calendar, with dozens of fairs, festivals and platforms running at once across the world. This is not the full list. It’s a reasoned selection: ten events picked for what they signal about where design is heading, from a furniture fair in Shanghai to a festival opening the autumn season in the Baltics. Here’s what’s on, where, and why it made the cut.

CIFF Shanghai 2026

5–11 September 2026 · Shanghai, China

Asia’s leading furniture and interior design fair returns to Shanghai for another edition. Inside, The Italian Lounge marks its fourth year at the fair, a platform built to bring Italian design and lifestyle to the Chinese market with a dedicated space for hospitality, networking and business. Read more →

Paris Design Week 2026

10–19 September 2026 · Paris, France

Paris Design Week reaches its 16th edition, spreading across Le Marais, Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Opéra and Bastille. Galleries, showrooms, schools and heritage venues open their doors for the occasion, and this year’s programme brings in new guest countries and fresh addresses to an already sprawling map. Read more →

Paris Design Week Factory 2025. Photo Greg Sevaz, courtesy Paris Design Week

Maison&Objet September 2026

10–14 September 2026 · Paris, France

Maison&Objet’s September edition steps out under a new name: Pulse. Built around the theme Pulse in Motion, developed with trend agency NellyRodi and fronted by ambassador studio Masquespacio, the fair spans seven sectors, from décor and fine craft to fragrance and fashion. The rebrand marks a split identity for the fair going forward: January stays Maison&Objet Premier, dedicated to craftsmanship and established names, while September becomes the more experimental, sustainability-driven chapter. Read more →

Masquespacio installation at Maison & Objet 2026

London Design Festival 2026

12–20 September 2026 · London, UK

The 24th edition of London Design Festival welcomes Soho as its newest district, joining Bankside, Brompton, Chelsea, Mayfair and the debuting Shoreditch Design Week. The main hub stays at the V&A South Kensington, which this year also hosts a new edition of Material Matters and the Global Design Forum. Read more →

Framing LDF 2026, Courtesy Pentagram & London Design Festival

Global Design Forum at the V&A — Worlds of Motion

12–14 September 2026 · London, UK

Part of London Design Festival, the V&A’s talks programme returns to South Kensington with a line-up of speakers exploring movement as a lens on contemporary design, from materials and making to the wider built environment. Read more →

The Shape of colors

Lake Como Design Festival 2026

12–20 September 2026 · Lake Como, Italy

Now in its eighth edition, Lake Como Design Festival takes Border as its guiding theme, an invitation to think about geographical and creative limits and how design can work across them. Installations and events unfold across the towns and villas along the lake. Read more →

Shoreditch Design Week 2026

15–20 September 2026 · London, UK

London Design Festival’s newest district launches its first edition, adding Shoreditch to a map that already spans Bankside, Brompton, Chelsea and Mayfair, with galleries, studios and independent spaces opening across the neighbourhood. Read more →

Kachette on Old Street

Material Matters London 2026

15–17 September 2026 · London, UK

Held within Shoreditch Design Week, this exhibition puts materials and innovation at the centre of the conversation, bringing together designers, manufacturers and researchers working on new processes, finishes and sustainable alternatives for the industry. Read more →

Material Matters at Unlocked

Design Democracy 2026

18–20 September 2026 · Hyderabad, India

India’s most celebrated design festival returns for its fourth edition at the HITEX Exhibition Centre, bringing together more than 200 brands, 150 speakers and 250 architects and designers, with 30,000 visitors expected. Alongside a curated showcase spanning furniture, lighting and collectible design, the programme includes four themed exhibitions, talks, immersive installations and public art across the venue. Read more on designdemocracy.in →

Tallinn Design Festival 2026

28 September – 4 October 2026 · Tallinn, Estonia

Known locally as Disainiöö, the festival is the leading design event in the Baltic region, closing out September and opening the autumn season with exhibitions, talks and open studios across the Estonian capital. Read more →

August 31, 2026/by The Design Week Guide

KBIS 2026: Driving Global Innovation in Kitchen & Bath

Design & Furniture Trade Shows, Interviews

In conversation with Bill Darcy, Global President & Chief Executive Officer, NKBA | KBIS

KBIS (Kitchen & Bath Industry Show) is North America’s largest trade show dedicated entirely to kitchen and bathroom design. Hosted annually by the National Kitchen & Bath Association, the event serves as the global hub for discovering the latest technological innovations, finishing materials, and industry furnishings, and takes place concurrently with Design & Construction Week in Orlando and Las Vegas, alternating between the two cities every other year.

We spoke with Bill Darcy about bathrooms and kitchens industry, technology, architecture, and the future of trade shows.

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June 8, 2026/by Roberta Mutti

Material Matters Copenhagen 2026

3daysofdesign, Design Festivals

Material Matters Copenhagen returns to 3daysofdesign with a distinctly eclectic and ambitious programme.
From 10 to 12 June, the Ukraine House at Gammel Dok will host nineteen exhibitors from across the globe, all united by a profound interest in materials and manufacturing processes. Collectively, the fair will span wood, glass, textiles, waste, bacteria, concrete, mycelium, rice husks, and paper, with each company deeply committed to demonstrating the importance of material intelligence and its ability to make the world a slightly better place.

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Furniture by recycled material by Recraft Design Studio

May 26, 2026/by The Design Week Guide

Textiles in Contract Design: Innovation, AI & Hospitality Trends

Design & Furniture Trade Shows, Reports, What's up

Market analysis and insights from Heimtextil, the world’s leading trade fair for home and contract textiles, confirm a clear industry shift: fabrics are once again at the center of furniture and interior design, in both residential and contract sectors. Beyond traditional upholstery, textiles now play a strategic role in hospitality and high-traffic environments such as hotels, restaurants, lounges, offices, and public spaces.

Today, fabrics are key to the overall user experience. They help define atmosphere, comfort, and brand identity while improving environmental quality. Curtains, upholstery, wall coverings, and acoustic textiles influence visual perception, tactile comfort, and sound control. New technologies further expand their role, introducing functional finishes and fragrance solutions that enhance wellbeing and sensory impact.

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A growing and global textile market

The renewed importance of textiles is reflected in strong market performance. The global home furnishings and textile sector is growing at an estimated annual rate of 5% to 7%. Growth is driven by urbanization, higher disposable income, and increasing attention to living quality, comfort, and the design of shared spaces. At the same time, demand for durability, sustainability, and performance is reshaping product development and supply strategies.

The industry is also becoming increasingly international. Heimtextil 2026 (Frankfurt, January 13–16) brought together leading manufacturers and buyers from around the world. The top exhibiting countries included China, India, Pakistan, Turkey, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands. Visitors reached an international share of 86%, with strong growth from the United States, Switzerland, Denmark, Finland, and Peru.

Decision-making power was a key feature of the event: 78% of attendees were senior decision-makers. The presence of executives from global companies such as Harrods, IKEA, Marriott Hotels, Sainsbury’s, and XXXLutz confirms Heimtextil’s role as a strategic platform for sourcing, networking, and market insight.

Interior design and hospitality as key growth drivers

According to Heimtextil’s Interior.Architecture.Hospitality program, demand for technical and performance fabrics for contract applications continues to grow. Hospitality, offices, retail environments, and public spaces increasingly rely on textiles to improve comfort, acoustics, safety, and design flexibility.

This trend is opening new opportunities for architects, interior designers, developers, and procurement professionals. Textiles enable more integrated, experience-driven environments while supporting operational performance in high-use settings. Starting in 2027, Heimtextil will further strengthen this focus through a collaboration with Hospitality Interiors Europe (HINT), expanding solutions for global hospitality and interior design projects.

Design as a driver of textile innovation

Design is becoming a key competitive factor in the textile industry. Heimtextil highlights innovation across materials, processes, and creative approaches, bringing together advanced manufacturers, emerging designers, and research initiatives focused on sustainability and circular production.

Among the most notable projects at Heimtextil 2026 was “Craft is a verb”, curated by Alcova. The exhibition identified emerging trends and demonstrated how traditional craftsmanship, advanced manufacturing, and AI-supported design processes are increasingly interconnected.

Some images from “Craft is a verb” exhibition

The installation “among all,” curated by Patricia Urquiola, explored experimental applications of textile innovation. Highlights included robotufted carpets made with ECONYL regenerated yarn, surfaces created from production waste, and bio-based materials such as Ohoskin, derived from Sicilian orange by-products. The project showcased how circular thinking and cross-industry technologies are expanding the possibilities of textile design.

Some images from “among all” exhibition

Artificial Intelligence: a new business enabler

Heimtextil 2026 also emphasized the growing role of artificial intelligence under the theme “Texpertise Focus AI.” AI is becoming an operational tool across the textile value chain, supporting both creativity and efficiency.

Today, AI is used for pattern generation, color development, and realistic material visualization. At the same time, it helps companies manage data, streamline workflows, optimize supply chains, and deliver more personalized customer experiences. As market dynamics accelerate, AI is emerging as a key factor in improving responsiveness, productivity, and competitiveness.

With its international reach and strong focus on innovation, Heimtextil confirms its position as the leading global platform for understanding trends, sourcing advanced materials, and shaping the future of home and contract textiles.

See you at Heimtextil 2027, January 12-15

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February 11, 2026/by Roberta Mutti

Milan Design Week & Salone del Mobile 2025: data & more

Design & Furniture Trade Shows, Milan Design Week 2025, What's up

The Salone del Mobile in Milan presented the second edition of its Report on Milan Design Week. The research was carried out by the Salone in collaboration with the Politecnico di Milano. The University also deployed, among other resources, field observation, thanks to the involvement of 100 students from the Politecnico di Milano’s Schools of Design and Architecture.
A large section is of course dedicated to the Salone del Mobile.Milano, but the research also devotes considerable space to side events, which make the biggest Design Show in the world.

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Milan design week map

The impact of Milan Design Week on the city of Milan

The Report is a very thorough piece of work, which allows for an assessment of the actual impact of Milan Design Week on the city, analyzing traffic flows, events, and cultural production. It provides interesting insights for a wide range of activities. The report provides a fairly accurate picture of how many visitors arrive in Milan, how they travel to the Fair, and how they get around the city. It also provides information on the age and interests of Milan Design Week tourists.

Milan Design Week 2025 events

The Politecnico survey provides a quantitative and qualitative overview of the distribution of events. The results offer a series of insights that can be very useful for anyone planning to organize an event at the Fuorisalone in Milan.
According to the report, in 2025, the City of Milan declared a number of 1,667 Fuorisalone events (the number varies depending on who conducted the census; this is the total number from the City of Milan’s program). The events listed on the Fuorisalone.it website, on the other hand, numbered 1,067.
Compared to 2024, this represents an increase of 25.7%; to get an idea of the increase over the years, the events declared by the Municipality of Milan in 2019 were 986, 650 in 2021, 825 in 2022, 1,200 in 2023, and 1,326 in 2024.

The areas with the highest density of events

Thanks to an analysis carried out using Fastweb-Vodafone data (mobile network operators), the Salone Report provides an overview of traffic flows to the design districts, as well as the presence of Italians and foreigners.
In 2025, the Brera Design District (257 events) recorded a 51.9% increase in foot traffic. The Porta Genova area – the gateway to the Via Tortona area – grew by 41.3%, while Parco Sempione – the Triennale area – recorded a +25.4% increase.

In the Sarpi area, home to the ADI Design Museum and Fabbrica del Vapore, foot traffic increased by 12.2%, while Corso Magenta and Via San Vittore – in the 5VIE district – saw an increase of 9.6%. (5VIE is the name of an intersection of five narrow streets between Piazza Cordusio and Corso Magenta, so part of the traffic in the Duomo area is also involved. Although not directly involved in Milan Design Week, the Duomo area recorded an increase of 19.3%.)

The areas Porta Garibaldi – Porta Nuova (+16.2%), Buenos Aires – Porta Venezia – Porta Monforte (+7.9%), and Stazione Centrale – Ponte Seveso (+7.4%) host Milan Design Week events, but they are also areas of daily commuting, so traffic here is only amplified, not overloaded.

The further out you go towards the suburbs, the less traffic increases. Villapizzone – Cagnola – Bovisasca (Certosa District) saw an increase of 2.3%; Stadera – Chiesa Rossa – Quartiere Torretta – Conca Fallata (Stadera Design District_SDD recorded an increase of 2.8%.

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The detailed map

The catalyst events

There was a very significant increase in traffic flows in some areas of the Milan City Council’s events program, which considers journeys within a 500-meter radius of the event. The areas are Interni-Università degli Studi, DDDesign (Durini Design District), Mosca Partners – Design Variations (Palazzo Litta), Alcova (Varedo), as well as the areas of Tortona and 5VIE; here, 323 events in total. The average growth in traffic flows varied between +20% and +50%, with peaks of 49.2% for the Interni event and +48% for DDDesign (Durini Design District).

Analysis of foreign SIM cards shows that the foreign presence at Alcova events is overwhelmingly in the majority.
The data also allows us to establish the urban and social nature of Milan Design Week (not just the Salone del Mobile, therefore). The highest volume of users is concentrated between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m., but the 8 p.m. to midnight slot still accounts for a quarter of all journeys.

Milan Design Districts: the co-visits during Milan Design Week

The analysis of co-visits is also interesting. The graphs represent the co-visit flows between the Design Week Districts in the city during the Salone del Mobile 2025, highlighting some relevant co-visit patterns, showing the total number of visitors and the percentage breakdown between Italian and foreign visitors. The co-visit maps offer a new insight into the audience’s behavior and mobility, highlighting the spontaneous connections between different districts and events. The values represent cross-flows resulting from successive movements within the same 48-hour period.

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Districts and events co-visits

The event content distribution

The Report also examined event content in depth, analyzing 781 events in detail. This observation allowed us to determine how many industrial product launches, small-scale productions, interior design projects, new materials, interactive installations and experiences, publishing projects, design technologies, and other kinds of projects there were. Even more interestingly, the research allowed to set the distribution of contents for each area of interest. (see image)

The research carried out by Salone del Mobile with the Milan Polytechnic therefore shows how close the relationship between the Fair, Fuorisalone, and the city of Milan is. In fact, in my book on the History of Fuorisalone, I tried to highlight how Fuorisalone changed as Milan changed. Now it would be time to take a next step, a study of the relationship between residents and the many events, to see how the city has changed with the development of Milan Design Week. All topics of great interest.

The event content distribution

December 26, 2025/by The Design Week Guide

China Furniture Fair – CIFF Shanghai 2025

Design & Furniture Trade Shows, Reports, What's up

The 56th edition of the China International Furniture Fair (CIFF Shanghai) took place in September, at the National Exhibition and Convention Center, in Hongqiao. The success confirms it as one of the most dynamic platforms in Asia for design and furniture innovation.
The event recorded significant results: spanning an exhibition area of 300,000 square meters, the fair hosted over 1,500 national and international brands, showcasing their latest collections to 92,709 professional visitors – 80,836 from China and 11,873 from abroad. The 13.23% increase in international attendees compared to the previous year confirms CIFF Shanghai’s growing appeal as a strategic reference point for global business and design excellence. This further strengthens the fair’s central role in facilitating trade exchanges, and creating meaningful connections within the global furniture industry.

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China Furniture Fair Shanghai 2025

November 20, 2025/by The Design Week Guide

Design Miami Paris 2025

Reports, What's up

Design Miami.Paris 2025 opened its third edition at the iconic Hôtel de Maisons in Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Running October 22-26, alongside Art Basel Paris, the fair marks its largest gallery and Design at Large program.

Design Miami.Paris 2025: the themes

This year’s programming reveals strong themes. Zoomorphic forms take center stage. Galerie Gastou and Galerie Desprez-Bréhéret (Paris) explore an Early Birds theme. Galerie Mitterand (Paris) presents animal-inspired works by Claude and François-Xavier Lalanne, including Tortue topiaire III (2000 & 2003), shown in the garden as part of Design at Large. The Future Perfect (New York/Los Angeles) unveils The Soul Garden, an immersive installation by Vikram Goyal Studio with Sissel Tolaas, reimagining India’s ancient animal fables through design, art, and ecology.

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Galerie Patrick Seguin at Design Miami.Paris 2025. Photo Ivan Erofeev, courtesy Design Miami

October 22, 2025/by The Design Week Guide

MIFF 2025: the biggest furniture show in Kuala Lumpur

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The Malaysian International Furniture Fair – MIFF 2025 ended successfully, strengthening its reputation as a vital international sourcing platform. From 1 – 4 March 2025 at the Malaysia International Trade & Exhibition Centre (MITEC) and World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur (WTCKL), MIFF 2025 generated estimated on-site sales of USD 1.31 billion – 3% higher than 2024 – demonstrating strong commercial momentum and buyer confidence.

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MIFF 2025 at MITEC

August 23, 2025/by The Design Week Guide

DesignMiami: the 20th anniversary and 2025 dates

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Design Miami dates in 2025

This year, Design Miami marks its 20th anniversary as the global forum for collectible design. To commemorate this milestone, the brand unveils its 2025 events program and announces the expansion of its international platform with a new initiative: Design Miami.In Situ. Staying true to its mission of championing the most influential voices in design – both historic and contemporary – this year’s programming honors the pioneering galleries and visionary designers who have shaped Design Miami’s legacy, while also casting a bold look toward the future and the expansive influence of design.

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July 3, 2025/by The Design Week Guide

NeoCon 2025

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From June 9 to 11, 2025, the 56th edition of NeoCon, North America’s leading trade fair for the office and contract sectors, returns to Chicago.

As the countdown to NeoCon 2025 begins, THE MART reveals a powerful lineup of showroom expansions and newcomers, making this year’s event a must-see. From rising stars to global leaders, brands are setting the stage for a high-energy showcase.

NeoCon 2025 offers a unique opportunity to discover groundbreaking design solutions, to connect with the industry’s movers and shakers, and to experience immersive activations and next-level conferences.

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Installation on MART facade

May 27, 2025/by The Design Week Guide

CIFF Guangzhou 2025: a great success for the furniture show

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Covering an expansive 850,000 square meters, CIFF Guangzhou 2025 welcomed a record-breaking 4,900+ domestic and international exhibitors. The exhibitors welcomed 363,825 professional attendees hailing from 187 countries and regions. Among them, the number of overseas participants reached 56,794. This is an impressive 10.91% increase compared to the previous year, setting a new milestone for CIFF’s growing international influence. This remarkable achievement underscores CIFF Guangzhou 2025 critical role in reinforcing foreign trade and stimulating market vitality.

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CIFF Guangzhou 2025

May 19, 2025/by The Design Week Guide

Milan Design Week 2025 – Map & agenda

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This article covers the 2025 edition. For Milan Design Week 2027, see our complete guide

Milan Design Week 2025 is back in Milan from April 6 to 13. As usual, Milan Design Week promises to be full of events, exhibitions, and installations, and the global design community will meet in Milan for a week.

Theme: Mondi Connessi

Mondi Connessi (Connected Worlds) is the theme of Fuorisalone 2025, a concept that promotes participatory design while celebrating the art of engagement through design and artificial intelligence.

This theme invites reflection on the crucial role of design in connecting different dimensions of our lives—bridging the natural environment with advanced technologies, cultural traditions with future innovations. It sparks meaningful discussions among professionals, envisioning significant contexts that can be summarized as follows:

New Dialogue Between Physical and Digital
Cultural Connections and Sustainability
Public Spaces and Inclusivity
Urban Mobility and Innovation

Mondi Connessi is a vision of the present that anticipates the future, where design and artificial intelligence collaborate to create a more interactive, immersive, and, above all, connected world. Milan Design Week 2025 will serve as a true laboratory of ideas, shaping the future of design—just as it always has.

The Design Week Guide Trail: our map for Milan Design Week 2025

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March 19, 2025/by Roberta Mutti

Milan Salone del Mobile 2025

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The countdown has begun for the Milan Salone del Mobile 2025, 63d edition (8th-13th April, Fiera Milano, Rho). Once again, it promises to be the industry’s top international event. More than 2,000 exhibitors (38% from abroad) will showcase their work. The event will feature 148 brands, including both first-timers and returning names. The exhibition space spreads over 169,000 square meters.

Read more about Milan Salone del Mobile

A major highlight is the much-anticipated return of the Euroluce Biennial after the success of The City of Lights in 2023. This edition will span over 32,000 square meters and host more than 300 brands from 25 countries. SaloneSatellite will also shine, presenting 700 designers under 35 and 20 international schools and universities.
These figures reflect the result of intense scouting and promotional efforts. Every year, the event gains the trust of a national and international supply chain. The suppliers see Salone as a strategic hub for business, sustainable innovation, and global expansion. The 2024 edition attracted over 370,000 professionals from 146 countries.

The scale of the exhibition speaks for itself. The Italian brands exhibiting in April generate a total turnover of Eur 9,238,429,199. It represents 34% of the national Furnishing Macro System (Eur 21 billion from 21,000 companies). Adding to this, foreign brands contribute Eur 6,989,984,073 in total turnover. These numbers confirm the upward trajectory of Salone, an ecosystem that fuels growth and promotes an innovative, sustainable, and future-oriented business model.

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Entrance at Salone del Mobile.Milano 2024

Milan Salone del Mobile 2025: a visionary cultural programme

New ideas will drive a high-level Cultural Programme featuring three site-specific installations. At the Salone and in the city, visitors will experience:

Pierre-Yves Rochon – Villa Héritage (Pavilions 13-15)
Paolo Sorrentino – La dolce attesa (Pavilions 22)
Robert Wilson – Mother (Museo Pietà Rondanini, Castello Sforzesco)

A multidisciplinary spotlight will focus on lighting design, the star of the first edition of The Euroluce International Lighting Forum (10th-11th April, The Forest of Space Arena by Sou Fujimoto, Hall 2). The Drafting Futures Talks and Round Tables will bring together leading minds from various fields.

Finally, a bold communication campaign, Thought for Humans., will emphasize how every project must cater to human needs with emotional intelligence.

The Euroluce Biennial

Following the success of The City of Light in 2023, excitement is high for Euroluce’s return. More than 300 exhibitors, 46.5% from abroad, will showcase their work. The event will reaffirm itself as the global reference point for lighting design.
Technology, sustainability, AI integration, and biophilic design will shape the sector’s evolution. Users will gain greater control over lighting systems, creating tailored atmospheres and immersive environments.
A major new feature in 2025 is the first edition of The Euroluce International Lighting Forum (10th-11th April, Hall 2). Over two days, more than 20 international speakers -including lighting designers, architects, artists, set designers, scientists, biologists, anthropologists, astronomers, and psychologists – will explore the future of lighting through a multidisciplinary lens.

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Under the surface installation, 2024

The venue, The Forest of Space Arena, will be a striking setting designed by acclaimed Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto. He is known for his metallic cloud at the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion (London, 2013) and the Arbre Blanc residential tower, a purist masterpiece.
Euroluce 2025 hosts also the first edition of The Euroluce International Lighting Forum. The Forum will take place on April 10-11 in Pavilion 2, with the theme “Light for Life, Light for Spaces.” Organized by Annalisa Rosso, Salone’s Editorial Director and Cultural Events Advisor, the forum will bring together lighting designers, architects, artists, set designers, scientists, biologists, anthropologists, astronomers, and psychologists.

Discover the booths at Milan Salone del Mobile 2024

The Cultural Programme

In 2025, the Salone del Mobile.Milano will open with Mother, a site-specific installation by Robert Wilson. On 6th April, at Museo Pietà Rondanini – Castello Sforzesco, the renowned American artist will engage in a dialogue with Michelangelo’s final, unfinished masterpiece, set to music by Arvo Pärt. This event, in collaboration with Milano Art Week and the Municipality of Milan | Culture, will run until 18th May.

Inside the Salone, visitors will encounter two striking projects

Paolo Sorrentino’s La dolce attesa (Pavilions 22-24), a deeply emotional installation by the Oscar-winning filmmaker.
Pierre-Yves Rochon’s Villa Héritage (Pavilions 13-15), a visionary interior design concept by the French architect behind some of the world’s most luxurious hotels, including the Waldorf Astoria New York.
For the third consecutive year, the Formafantasma Arena (Pavilion 14) will host Drafting Futures. Conversations about Next Perspectives. Over five days, renowned thinkers and architects will discuss global challenges. The program, curated by Annalisa Rosso, will feature figures such as:
Lesley Lokko, founder of the Africa Futures Institute and curator of the 18th International Architecture Exhibition at the Venice Biennale
Valeria Segovia, Director and Design Director at Gensler London, the world’s largest architecture firm.
Paolo Sorrentino, who will close the lecture series.

Meanwhile, the Corraini Mobile Bookshop, curated by Corraini Edizioni, will showcase an international selection of over 110 publishers, including independent presses from around the world.

Talk at Milan Salone del Mobile 2024

The first Euroluce International Lighting Forum

The Euroluce International Lighting Forum will also feature a two-day event, Light for Life and Light for Spaces, inside the Forest of Space Arena. It will include:

6 masterclasses
2 round tables
2 workshops
20 international speakers

Among the guests will be:

Stefano Mancuso, pioneer of plant neurobiology
Marjan van Aubel, solar designer
Kaoru Mende, renowned Japanese lighting designer

Together, they will explore lighting design’s evolution through three perspectives: innovation, sustainability, and well-being.

Mother – A Unique Artistic Project
Robert Wilson’s installation Mother will be presented at Museo Pietà Rondanini – Castello Sforzesco, opening on April 6 in collaboration with Comune di Milano | Cultura. Featuring music by Arvo Pärt, the installation engages in a dramaturgical dialogue with Michelangelo’s unfinished Pietà Rondanini. The performance of Stabat Mater, scheduled from April 6-13, will be presented by the ensemble Vox Clamantis, conducted by Jaan-Eick Tulve, and La Risonanza, conducted by Fabio Bonizzoni. Attendance is by reservation, with tickets available at the Castello Sforzesco ticket office.

Mobility and Hospitality at Milan Salone del Mobile 2025

To support sustainable mobility, Salone has partnered with BusForFun to offer free shuttle services between Milan Malpensa and the exhibition venue.
On the hospitality front, Salone del Mobile.Milano has renewed its partnership with MiCodmc, offering an exclusive hotel booking service for attendees (reservations available via the Salone website).
For the first time, in collaboration with fuorisalone.it, Salone will support the Mito Design Connection platform (mitodesignconnections.it). This initiative, promoted by Unione Industriali Torino and the Turin Chamber of Commerce, fosters business relationships between companies in Turin and Milan. It also provides logistical and hospitality support for exhibitors and visitors.
Through the platform, attendees can book hotels and arrange travel between Turin Porta Susa and Rho Fiera.
With its cutting-edge exhibitions, bold cultural programming, and seamless event experience, Salone del Mobile.Milano 2025 is set to be an unmissable event for the design world.

All images are courtesy of Salone del Mobile.Milano

Milan Salone del Mobile 2025
April 8-13
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March 9, 2025/by Roberta Mutti

MIFF 2025 & KL iDesign Week

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The countdown to Asia’s 2025 furniture season is on! The Malaysian International Furniture Fair (MIFF) is back, March 1-4, 2025. Exhibitors are busy finalizing their latest collections for global buyers.
Momentum is strong. With a surge in exhibitors and visitor interest, floor space at Malaysia International Trade & Exhibition Centre (MITEC) and World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur (WTCKL) is nearly sold out.
From March 1 to 4, MIFF 2025 will span 100,000 square meters across 17 exhibition halls in two venues. As Southeast Asia’s largest and most global furniture event, MIFF 2025 has already confirmed nearly 700 exhibitors from 12 countries and regions.

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February 22, 2025/by The Design Week Guide

CIFF Guangzhou 2025 – A trade show for all furniture range

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CIFF Guangzhou 2025: a bigger and more exciting edition

Following the record-breaking success of CIFF Guangzhou 2024, anticipation is high for the 2025 edition, set to take place in March at the Canton Fair Complex. As a premier platform for the global furniture industry, CIFF Guangzhou 2025 fosters innovation, trade, and growth across the entire supply chain, showcasing the best in furniture, home décor, home textile, office and commercial furniture.

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CIFF Guangzhou 2024

Two phases, endless opportunities

Phase 1 (March 18-21, 2025) – Home Furniture
The first phase focuses on home furnishings, showcasing contemporary and international designs across multiple categories, including:

Contemporary Design Fair – A hub for top brands and designers.
International Pavilion – A global marketplace for major furniture companies.
Dining & Living & Upholstered Furniture – Featuring multifunctional solutions for trade, retail, and e-commerce.
Homedecor & Hometextile – Asia’s largest interior décor and home textile showcase.
Outdoor Furniture & Leisure – The leading Asian event for outdoor living solutions.

Phase 2 (March 28-31, 2025) – Office & Commercial Space
This phase presents the world’s largest exhibition dedicated to office and commercial furniture, covering:

Office Environment & Seating – Cutting-edge workspace and professional seating solutions.
Public & Commercial Spaces – Furniture for public venues like airports, hotels, and healthcare facilities.

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CIFF Guangzhou 2024, 1st phase

CIFM/interzum Guangzhou 2025 will run concurrently, showing furniture materials, hardware, and smart manufacturing technologies, alongside machinery manufacturers.

Some images from CIFM/Interzum Guangzhou 2025

CIFF Guangzhou 2025 features 4,700+ exhibitors on 850,000 sqm of exhibition space. The visitors expected are 380,000, from over 200 regions.

CIFF Home decor & Home textile: Asia’s leading interior design platform

From March 18-21, 2025, the Homedecor & Hometextile sector at CIFF Guangzhou 2025 will take center stage in Area D of the Canton Fair Complex.

Under the theme “Renewal”, around 700 exhibitors will present the latest innovations. Products include home accessories, lighting, paintings, ceramics, artistic installations, home textiles, rugs, cushions, and leather goods.

Key highlights at Homedecor & Hometextile:

Home Decoration Brand Hall (Hall 19.1): A focal point featuring cutting-edge designs and trends in home textile.
Five specialized halls (Areas 19.1, 20.1, 19.2-20.2): A balance of commercial functionality and innovation.
“Art Concentrated” Special Exhibition: A creative showcase merging designer visions with brand products for an immersive experience.
Industry Forums: Expert discussions on emerging trends in interior design.

Attracting design studios, retailers, international buyers, e-commerce platforms, furniture manufacturers, real estate developers, and hospitality groups, the event fosters business networking and market innovation.

Some images from CIFF Guangzhou 1st phase 2024

CIFF Guangzhou 2025: a new sustainable ecosystem for office and commercial spaces

The Office and Commercial Space sector aims to redefine the future of workspaces.

The 55th CIFF Guangzhou 2025 arrives at a key moment. In fact, the global office and commercial furniture market is projected to reach $66.1 billion in 2024, with forecasts suggesting $99.3 billion by 2029.

Taking place during Phase 2 (March 28-31, 2025), Office and Commercial Space transforms 24 exhibition halls across Areas A, B, and D into a hub of innovation. With over 240,000 sqm of exhibition space and 1,000+ leading companies, the event will feature three specialized sectors.

Office Environment
Office Seating
Public Commercial Spaces

Discover CIFF Guangzhou 2nd phase 2024

Sustainability at the Core

Sustainability is a key theme for CIFF Guangzhou 2025, with exhibits featuring smart office systems, healthcare furniture, senior care solutions, and intelligent metal furniture. Special themed areas include Linking Design Star, the D&A Culture Centre, and the Guangzhou Office Environment Pavilion.

CIFF Guangzhou’s global influence extends through 1,100+ media partnerships, engaging professionals in nearly 200 countries. The event will take place in two phases: March 18-21 for Home Furniture, and March 28-31 for Office and Commercial Space, expecting over 380,000 professional visitors at the Canton Fair Complex and PWTC Expo.

CIFF 2025 First phase: March 18-21, 2025
Second phase: March 28-31, 2025

January 29, 2025/by The Design Week Guide

Maison&Objet 2025, January 16-20

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From Surrealism to Sur/reality

The central theme of Maison&Objet 2025, taking place January 16-20, is Sur/reality, where Maison&Objet collaborates with Peclers Paris to delve into the resurgence of Surrealism. In its 100th anniversary, Surrealism continues to inspire and fuel creative expression. This theme celebrates the legacy of iconic figures like Magritte and Dalí, whose unique aesthetics have become universal symbols, while firmly grounding the exploration in today’s contemporary context.

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December 23, 2024/by The Design Week Guide

Textile design and recycle: Heimtextil Trends 2025/2026

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

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

November 19, 2024/by Roberta Mutti

EDIT Napoli 2026: Where Design Shapes

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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.

EDIT Napoli Essentials
October 9-11, 2026

For professionals and general public
Location: La Santissima, Vico Trinità delle Monache, 1, Naples
Opening hours: h. 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Size: 80 exhibitors, over 20,000 visitors
Visit website EditNapoli.com for more info

Tickets: €20 full price, €10 reduced (under 25), free for under 14
Tickets are available online at editnapoli.com/visit

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EDIT Napoli 2025 at La Santissima

Where Design Shapes: the idea behind the 2026 campaign

This 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.

That 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.

EDIT Napoli 2026 La Santissima

Camera con Vista: a new way to show design

One 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.

EDIT Napoli: the exhibitors and special projects at La Santissima

Several special projects take shape at La Santissima this year, built together with partners who bring their own perspective to the fair.

Lancia 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.

French 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.

Among 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.

EDIT Napoli 2025 at La Santissima

EDIT Napoli looks outward

The 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.

Special 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.

Some previews from EDIT Napoli 2026

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EDIT Napoli Crochet Coral Reef. Photo Nikolaj Kazakov Karlsruhe, courtesy EDIT Napoli

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Lighting by Lucas Munoz, photo Francesco Stelitano

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EDIT CULT: design meets the city’s heritage

Alongside 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.

This year’s CULT program

“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)

EDIT Napoli Crochet Coral Reef. Photo Nikolaj Kazakov Karlsruhe, courtesy EDIT Napoli

“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)

“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)

“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)

Controtempo exhibition, curated by Domitilla Dardi: works by Massimo Lunardon. On this image, design by Antonio Aricò

Other Special Exhibitions

“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)

“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)

Light on Spain, Lucas Munoz, photo Francesco Stelitano, courtesy EDIT Napoli

The jury and the awards

The 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.

A new workshop program at EDIT Napoli 2026

For 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.

“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.

“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.

Why visit

EDIT 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.

EDIT Napoli Essentials
October 9-11, 2026

For professionals and general public
Location: La Santissima, Vico Trinità delle Monache, 1, Naples
Opening hours: h. 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM
Size: 80 exhibitors, over 20,000 visitors
Visit website EditNapoli.com for more info

Tickets: €20 full price, €10 reduced (under 25), free for under 14
Tickets are available online at editnapoli.com/visit

Some images from EDIT Napoli 2025

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October 9, 2026/by The Design Week Guide

Decorex 2026: the London Show for Bespoke Interior Design

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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.

Discover London Design Festival 2026

Decorex, Olympia London

A new creative identity for Decorex 2026

This 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.

The 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.

Decorex 2025

Product launches to look out for

Many exhibitors save their new collections for Decorex. A few names to put on the list:

Rothschild & Bickers, the British lighting studio (stand F37), is launching two new collections, Diamond Chochin and Twisted Optic.
Sterox Studio, a London design and manufacturing studio, will show a new executive desk for the first time.
Onacara Cushions (stand C33) is bringing out its Autumn/Winter 2026-27 collection.

Returning 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.

Decorex Design Talks, craft and networking

The 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.

For 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.

Decorex, Olympia London

Why visit Decorex

Decorex 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.

Decorex, October 11-14, 2026
Size: over 12,500 visitors, over 280 exhibitors
Opening hours: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
For professional only

October 11, 2026/by The Design Week Guide

Design Miami Paris 2026 Gallery Highlights

Design & Furniture Trade Shows

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.

More than 20 international galleries will take part this year, and a few clear themes already stand out among the first highlights.

Design Miami.Paris, October 20-25, 2026

For professionals and general public, paid admission
Size: one venue, over 20 galleries
Location: L’Hôtel de Maisons, 51 rue de l’Université, Paris
Opening hours: October 21-24, h. 11:00 am – 7:00 am; October 25, h. 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
Visit Design Miami.Paris for info

Invitation-only preview: Tuesday, October 20 (members 10:00 am – 7:00 pm, collectors & press 3:00-7:00 pm)

Discover Design Miami.Paris 2025

Design Miami Paris 2025

French Historical Design and Decorative Arts

Paris 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.

Laffanour | 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.

Galerie 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.

Galerie 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.

Meubles 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.

Discover Design Miami 2025

Galerie Scene Ouvert, Design Miami Paris 2026

Scandinavian Design Takes Center Stage

Nordic design runs as a strong thread through this edition, from rare mid-century pieces to new sculptural work.

Modernity, 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.

Hostler 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.

Galerie 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.

Galerie Eric Philippe will round out the Nordic selection with a rare 1950s floor lamp by Finnish designer Paavo Tynell.

Design Miami Paris 2025

Wearable Art and Artist Jewelry

Jewelry and sculptural wearable pieces come up again and again this year, sitting right at the point where the body, material experiments and craft meet.

Galerie 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.

Elisabetta 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.

Design Miami Paris 2025

Italian Design, Past and Present

Italian 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.

Galleria Rossella Colombari will build a scene around the classic Italian home, bringing together Angelo Lelii, Ico Parisi and other masters of Italian design.

Galerie 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.”

Design at Large: Large-Scale Work Fills the Grounds

This 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.

Galerie 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.

Jean Prouvé, Maison D émontable 6X6, 1944. Galerie Patrick Seguin at Design Miami Paris 2026. Photo courtesy of Galerie Patrick Seguin

In 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.

Galerie Gastou, Irene Cattaneo, Il Giardino Segreto. Photo Enrico Fiorese, courtesy Design Miami Paris

Design Miami x Apple: Designers of Tomorrow

For 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.

Design Miami.Paris, October 20-25, 2026

For professionals and general public, paid admission
Size: one venue, over 20 galleries
Location: L’Hôtel de Maisons, 51 rue de l’Université, Paris
Opening hours: October 21-24, h. 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM; October 25, h. 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Visit Design Miami.Paris for info

Invitation-only preview: Tuesday, October 20 (members 10:00–19:00, collectors 15:00–19:00, press 15:00–19:00)

October 20, 2026/by The Design Week Guide

ORGATEC 2026

Design & Furniture Trade Shows

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.

ORGATEC 2024

A leaner ORGATEC 2026, built around business

The 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.

The 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.

Who is exhibiting at ORGATEC 2026

The 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.

In Contract Solutions, visitors will find Artemide, Muuto, Kettal, Lapalma, Fermob, Framery, Viccarbe, Casala, COR, Freifrau, Crassevig, String and Ege Carpets, among others.

Asia 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).

The 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.

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ORGATEC 2026 hall plan with product clusters at Koelnmesse, Cologne

ORGATEC 2024

Design Post Köln joins both ORGATEC and idd cologne

The 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.

Inside 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.

This 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.

Design Post Köln

The Eames Pavilion System by Kettal at ORGATEC 2026

The 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.

Behind 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”.

Eames Pavilion System by Kettal and Eames Office at ORGATEC 2026, Hall 10.2

Talks and workshops: Wherever Whenever – Work Culture Festival

Alongside 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.

The 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.

Wherever Whenever Work Culture Festival 2026 in Hall 6 at ORGATEC Cologne

Less waste at ORGATEC 2026: materials and food donations

ORGATEC 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.

The 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.

ORGATEC, October 27-30, 2026

Venue: Koelnmesse, Cologne, plus Design Post Köln
Size: 500+ Exhibitors
Parallel event: idd cologne, 27-31 October 2026
Special exhibition: Eames Pavilion System by Kettal, Hall 10.2, Stand N-048
For tickets and info: visit Orgatec.com
Entry to Design Post Köln is free of charge

October 27, 2026/by The Design Week Guide

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