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The magic of glass from Italy: Venice Design Week

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

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Julie Conway at Simone Cenedese

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Passagen Cologne 2025: the first time without imm cologne

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

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Passagen 2024

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Milan Design Events 2025

The Milan Design Week for exhibitors and visitors

People often ask me about Design Week Milan. Both visitors and would-be exhibitors. So, I thought I would write this short guide explaining the essential info about the Milan Design Week and the Milan Design Events, 2025. 

Milan Design Week and Events 2025 Essentials

Dates: April, 6-13, 2025
Tickets: Free for events in town, paid admission to the Salone del Mobile (Milan Furniture Fair)

Size: 10 Districts, over 1000 events

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Exhibition by Jacopo Foggini at Milan Design Week 1999. Photo Andreas Otero, courtesy Jacopo Foggini

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Milan Design Week 2025

Connected Worlds is the theme of the Fuorisalone, an essential part of Milan Design Week 2025, which will take place from 7 to 13 April 2025. Like every year, in conjunction with the Salone del Mobile.Milano, 8-13 April 2025, Milan will host the Fuorisalone, which, together with the Salone, creates the Milan Design Week.

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Lasvit at Milan Design Week 2024

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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.

This is an interactive map with a selection of events

 

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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People at Superdesign Show

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Maison & Objet 2024: what to expect

Maison&Objet 2024 celebrates 30 years of French inspiration in furniture, design and lifestyle. To celebrate this anniversary, the show will take visitors on a journey into an enchanted future, where technology and nature coexist in harmony. The underlying theme of Maison&Objet 2024 is TECH EDEN: the fair, Maison & Objet in the City, and the virtual platform M.O.M. will develop around this thread.

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Outonomy – installation by Mathieu Lehanneur

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Design Post Cologne 2024

Design Post, in Cologne, is not quite an event. In fact, it is a permanent showroom, which comes alive at certain, particularly representative trade fairs. Design Post is located at Deutz-Mülheimer-Strasse 22a in Cologne, so exactly opposite the halls of Koelnmesse. This is a forward-looking location that allows companies to have a permanent showroom, and attract trade fair visitors to the adjacent halls. In addition, Design Post, carved out of a Post Office building, is a particularly striking and attractive location with post-industrial architecture.

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The Design Post building in Cologne. Photo: Lucas Hardonk, courtesy Design Post

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Guangzhou Design Week 2024

The first Guangzhou Design Week took place in 2006, under the Chinese government promotion. Since 2007, it has been jointly approved and promoted by IFI, ICSID, and ICOGRADA. After 19 years of development, Guangzhou Design Week has become one of the most important design events in Asia. In addition, it is a platform for resource integration and actively works to connect emerging designers worldwide.

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C&C Pavilion by C&C Design at Guangzhou Design Week 2015

Guangzhou Design Week 2024

The Guangzhou Design Week 2024 hosts more than 1,000 brand enterprises and institutions from 20+ countries around the world, taking part in this new format of contemporary living aesthetics. The fields are design cultural creativity, art, trend, intelligence, soft decoration, materials, and high-end custom. Moreover, the exhibition includes 40+ super curatorial projects, with new products, technologies, and trends.

Alongside the exhibition, there are other wonderful activities. 150+ themed activities covering “new business, cultural creativity, real estate, design, art, fashion, trendy toys, artificial intelligence, life aesthetics” and other directions will bring together 400+ celebrities to “speak” and guide the direction of design-related industries.

The theme for 2024 is Come Together.

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Guangzhou Fair venues for Guangzhou Design Week 

Guangzhou Design Week takes place in some speciale sections of Guangzhou Fair, at Poly World Trade Center Expo + Guangzhou International Procurement Center + Nanfeng International Convention and Exhibition Center. 

What you can find at Guangzhou Design Week 2024

Exquisite furniture and lighting
Various design-type finished furniture suitable for private houses and new commercial spaces, high-quality custom-made furniture; and various intelligent decorative lamps, functional lamps, lighting equipment, switch electrical and intelligent control systems, etc.

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Sansi House at Guangzhou Design Week 2023

Fashion home furnishing
All kinds of household utensils, curtains, fabrics, carpets, flowers, plants, wall decorations, space decoration art, etc.

Good life design
Space/art/product/lighting/brand and trend design related to private houses and new business formats, as well as design-driven lifestyle brands and various life aesthetic utensils emphasizing the sense of design, etc.

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Daniel Palillo x Grado in 2021

Fixed home system
Advanced fixed systems suitable for private houses and new commercial spaces, kitchen and bathroom systems, heating systems, fresh air systems, dust removal systems, water treatment systems, hot water systems, solar energy, air energy, smart home systems, paint 

Smart whole-house decoration
Products, technologies and services suitable for whole-house decoration for private houses and new commercial spaces, including various integrated customized products, floor materials, decorative materials, doors and windows, sunshades, hardware, equipment and solutions etc.

Building decoration materials
All kinds of new decoration and decoration materials and products related to ceilings, floors, walls, acoustics, light and shadow, and electricians applicable to indoor and outdoor decoration projects of private houses and new businesses.

Why visit

Guangzhou Design Week is one of the most exciting design events in all of Asia. The event includes several exhibition formats. One fair welcomes more than 1,000 brands, from over 20 countries. Products for contemporary living aesthetics can be found here, blending design, trends and creativity. More than 40 curatorial projects showcase the best of new products and trends.

In addition to the fair, a set of more than 150 thematic activities offers a fresh look at contemporary living culture. Finally, more than 400 industry personalities meet, to talk about the state of the art in design.

Guangzhou Design Week, December 6-9, 2024

For professionals only, free entrance upon registration
Size: three venues, 1,000+ exhibitors, 150+ activities, over 450,000 visitors
Venues: NICEC (Nan Fung International Exhibition & Convention Center), PWTC (Guanzghou Poly World Trade Center Expo), ISC (Guangzhou International Sourcing Center)
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The Gateway: Taiwan Design Week 2024

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The second edition of the Taiwan Design Week, 2024, runs in Taipei, from December 7 to 15. Under the theme “The Gateway,” the event explores the fusion of technology and human imagination. Designers, artists, scholars, and tech companies from Taiwan will present groundbreaking works. These creations push the limits of design and cultural narratives, leveraging Taiwan’s AI hardware expertise.

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AI as a Creative Catalyst

TDW 2024 frames AI as a modern-day monolith, sparking creativity. Like the iconic scene in 2001: A Space Odyssey, AI redefines design frontiers. In past decades, personal computers and the Internet revolutionized the world. Today, AI leads as a co-creator, inspiring new possibilities, like in the movie “The Gateway”. The exhibition invites visitors to see AI as both a tool and a collaborator.

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Innovative AI-Driven Installations

The event features cutting-edge installations. “Digital Home” by SHARE LAB and MMR Team converts subconscious inputs into dynamic visuals. AI translates these into 3D-printed designs.

“New Taipei Station: The Digital Nomad’s Playground” reimagines Taipei’s station. Created by Tunghai University, the project uses AI to adapt the station’s architecture to modern needs. It reflects the fragmented, fast-paced digital era.

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New Taipei Main Station, The Digital Nomad Playground

Other projects explore AI’s influence on architecture and culture. “Every Building’s OOTD” turns textile patterns into architectural concepts. “Infinite Evolution: Local Mascots” uses AI to adapt traditions to modern society.

TDW 2024 also tackles AI’s challenges. “Project Patching: AI & Geo-cultural Bias” critiques AI’s cultural biases and offers localized solutions for inclusivity.

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Digital Home at Taiwan Design Week 2024

Talks and Forums on AI and Design

The event extends beyond exhibitions with forums and discussions. Key highlights include:

  • Design Without Borders: A dialogue between Taiwan and Poland.
  • AI-Driven Design Talks: Insights from the Busan Design Center and World Design Organization.
  • Design Research Forum: Focused on micromobility, generative AI, and material innovation.

Global Platform for Innovation

TDW 2024 positions Taiwan as a leader in AI-driven design. Under the theme “The Gateway”, it examines AI’s influence on design, architecture, and culture. Global audiences will explore new opportunities and challenges in creative fields.

The Gateway: exhibition theme

This is a creative gathering where humans and AI dance together. As you step into the exhibition, a new world unfolds before your eyes.

Three Main Sections
Located in the Taiwan Design Museum at Songshan Cultural Park (Room 03), the long, rectangular space is divided into three main areas.​　　​

The Manufacturing Center  
Here, you’ll find works by Taiwanese artists, designers, and industrial sectors. Every piece bears traces of AI’s involvement-whether generating content or awaiting your interaction. The intangible AI is transformed into tangible tools for you to explore.

The Experiment Field  
This section features projects from the “Intelligent Environment Design” at Tunghai University. Students utilize AI for various forms of data analysis, experimenting with the boundaries of AI’s understanding of humanity.

The Inspiration Pool 
Here, you’ll see recorded interviews with 14 experts. They will share insights on AI’s anticipated developments and applications across various industries.

Why visit?

Supported by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and led by the Taiwan Design Research Institute, TDW connects Taiwan’s design community to the global stage. It showcases Taiwan’s design talent and positions “Designed in Taiwan” as a global standard for innovation. The first Taiwan Design Week, in 2023, hosted over 100 designers and experts presented fascinating designs and creative ideas. With 220,000 visitors in total, it indicated high interests in design in Taiwan.

Taiwan Design Week, Taipei, December 7-15, 2024

For professional and general public
Size: over 100 designers, 220.000 visitors (in 2023, first edition)
Over 70 speakers in Design Forum
Visit Taiwan Design Week Instagram and Facebook profiles for more info

Some images from Taiwan Design Week 2023