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This Month in Design: October 2026

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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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. 

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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]

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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 

 

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This Month in Design: September 2026

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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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Homo Faber Fellowship in Copenhagen

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In an era dominated by rapid automation, mass production, and fleeting digital trends, there is a quiet yet profound revolution taking place in the world of artisanal craft. It’s a movement dedicated to preserving the intangible human touch, the ancient secrets of material manipulation, and the priceless heritage of handmade arts.
At the forefront of this cultural renaissance is the Homo Faber Fellowship.

Homo Faber Fellowhisp: Today’s Masters Meet Tomorrow’s Talents
Bianca D’Alessandro Gallery
Frederiksholms Kanal 28A
1220 Copenhagen

June, 10-12, 2026
Opening hours: h. 10:00 am – 6:00 pm 

For info: Homofaber.com

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Resonances, Harumi Sugiura, Artisan, and Marcella Giannini, Fellow. Photo Christian Sinibaldi, courtesy Michelangelo Foundation

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

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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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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.

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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.

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The event content distribution

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Design for equality: Tallinn Design Festival

An annual celebration of creativity and innovation: this is the Tallinn Design Festival, which hosted the 20th edition from September 29 to October 5, 2025. The program was notably rich, as usual, including exhibitions, design markets, and conferences, like most city design festivals. In fact, the integration between events and town is a festival feature. The headquarters is in an old industrial district undergoing regeneration, a really fascinating location. Moreover, many showrooms display their latest products. This way, Tallinn experiences the Design Festival as a big town festival, inviting visitors to explore even the most out-of-the-way areas.
The theme of the 2025 Festival was “Design for All”: how design can help equality.

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International Design Conference at Tallinn Design Festival 2025

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Genova Design Week 2025: Container design and more

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For six years in a row, Genova Design Week (Genoa Design Week) proved itself a widespread hub of design culture and innovation. In 2025, it featured over 140 events – exhibitions, immersive installations, and leading names in contemporary architecture. A new highlight this year: 146 architecture firms participated, 80 percent from all over Italy, across Container 02 (21), Best Houses Design (80), Design Radar (24), Festival Design Talk (3), plus 18 general events.

More than 25,000 design professionals and enthusiasts attended. Over five days, they filled alleyways and squares in the historic center, as well as the Darsena area. There, they discovered the thirteen female-led Container 02 design installations. 

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Milan Design Week 2025 – Map & agenda

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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Design event: Bangkok Design Week 2025 – BKKDW

Design Up+Rising: understanding the ideas behind Bangkok Design Week 2025

In 2025, the biggest design event in Bangkok is back. Bangkok Design Week returns for its 8th edition, continuing its mission to make creativity and design accessible to everyone—not just those in the creative industries. The festival serves as a catalyst for driving people, society, and the city forward in all dimensions.
The 8th edition, 2025, takes place from February 8 to 23. 

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Taiwan Design Expo 2024

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

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

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Milan Design Week 2024

Milan Design Week 2024 is back in Milan from April 14 to 21. This year, Milano Design Week promises to be full of events, exhibitions, and installations, and the global design community will meet in Milan for a week.

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Fuorisalone.it, for Milan Design Week 2024, suggests a theme: Materia Natura (Matter Nature). Design practices are fundamental to developing a conscious design culture,  emphasizing sustainability as a guiding principle and core value in the creative process. The Fuorisalone will take place as usual in conjunction with the Salone del Mobile.Milano. It focuses on the themes of circular economy, reuse, and sustainability of methods and materials. 

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Bangkok Design Week 2024

The seventh edition of Bangkok Design Week 2024 (BKKDW2024) will take place from January 27 to February 4, 2024. The theme of the 2024 edition is “Livable Scape: The More people act, the better the city.” Bangkok Design Week comprises more than 400 events spread across various districts in the city, including Charoenkrung-Talad Noi, Samyan-Siam, Ari-Pradipat, Phra Nakhon, Phrom Phong, and others. Among the various activities are exhibitions, conferences, and workshops, with initiatives and ideas to encourage change.

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