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DesignTO Festival isn’t just about events, it’s about making real change. Celebrating 16 years of impact, DesignTO brings people together to design a better future that’s sustainable, just, and joyful. As Canada’s largest annual design festival, the 10-day event features 100+ free events and exhibitions, both online and in-person, across Toronto. Learn more: https://designto.org/
Artificial Intelligence today is an ocean of vast, deep, and constantly expanding knowledge. Within this ocean lie possibilities reshaping every field, and the creative industry is no exception. Design, art, communication, film, media, and beyond, AI is transforming the way ideas are imagined, produced, and experienced. But while technology offers infinite potential, it is the […]
Bhubaneswar Design Week (BDW) marks the evolution of the much-celebrated Odisha Design Week, returning with a renewed vision to position Bhubaneswar as a thriving epicentre of creativity, innovation, and cultural dialogue. Tentatively scheduled for 7–11 February 2026, BDW aims to bring together designers, thinkers, makers, educators, and citizens in a collaborative celebration of design that is rooted in […]
From 12 to 15 March 2026, the second edition of MUNICH DESIGN DAYS will take place. The central location Praterinsel will be expanded to include the Praterinsel Ateliers, and the MUNICH DESIGN DAYS CITY will also be further developed to integrate additional showrooms and locations throughout Munich’s city center. Trade visitors can look forward to […]
GoinGreenGlobal is a long-standing international academic and professional event that brings together distinguished practitioners, researchers, and lecturers from across Europe. Throughout one intensive week, the Faculty becomes an open platform for knowledge exchange, interdisciplinary dialogue, and collaborative exploration of contemporary design challenges. Learn more: https://en.fd.si/goingreenglobal-2026-traditional-international-design-week-at-faculty-of-design.html WDO Member: Faculty of Design
The Liguria Design Cultural Association organizes the Tigullio Design District (TDD), the first international event dedicated to nautical, outdoor, and lifestyle design in the Gulf of Tigullio ( Portofino in Liguria - Italy ). Supported by regional institutions, TDD promotes Ligurian design and territory, creating cultural, economic, and identity value while positioning Liguria on the […]
Semaine Design de Montréal (Montreal Design Week) celebrates design in all its forms—architecture, interior design, manufacturers, boutiques, emerging and established designers. For professionals—the Index-Design Show, a day of conferences and exclusive events. For everyone—official design addresses and events throughout the city. Learn more (in French only): https://www.semainedesigndemontreal.com
Germany's biggest design event #designconnects Empowered by bayern design, the mcbw is the biggest design event in Germany and an important meeting point for the national and international creative and design industries. During its seven days, we annually bring together designers, design enthusiasts, companies, and students from all design-related fields and industries to promote interdisciplinary […]
What does design mean for cities today? As part of Semaine Design de Montréal, join World Design Organization at the MEM – Centre des mémoires montréalaises for a special screening of its first documentary short, From Tradition to Transformation: World Design Capital Valencia 2022 (Spanish with English subtitles). The 40-minute film offers a powerful look into how […]
BERLIN DESIGN WEEK celebrates design as a driving force for solving problems – whether small or significant. In urban Berlin locations, leading design agencies spanning product design, interior, architecture, strategic branding and digital transformation come together with Next Generation designers from across Europe and international design professionals. The result: Europe’s most exciting design dialogue in […]
Melbourne Design Week (MDW) is Australia’s leading design festival, held annually over 11 days in Melbourne and regional Victoria. Driven by ideas, MDW provides a platform for designers, thinkers, educators, businesses, and enthusiasts to come together to share perspectives, showcase new work, and consider how design can be a force for good in an increasingly […]
Clerkenwell is home to more creative businesses and architects per square mile than anywhere else on the planet, making it truly one of the most important design hubs in the world. To celebrate this rich and diverse community, Clerkenwell Design Week has created a truly unique way of showcasing world leading interiors brands and emerging design […]
Tijuana Design Week is an annual design festival to create interdisciplinary links from a community perspective through exhibitions, conferences, networking, talks and celebrations in this city of constant change and necessary transformations. As a passionate, optimistic and realistic proposal from design, TJDW seeks to solve individual and collective challenges in order to move into the […]
For 16 years, Paris Design Week, in synergy with Maison&Objet from September 10 to 14, has asserted its uniqueness among European design weeks. From September 10 to 19, 2026, international creativity willmake its comeback with Paris Design Week. Visitors, whether professionals or design enthusiasts, all show the same enthusiasm. Learn more
Design for Everyone is an invitation for all of San Diego to explore and celebrate design. Design shapes everything around us: what we wear, the spaces we live in, the products we use, the digital world we navigate, and the culture we enjoy, yet too few people get to see it up close. Design Week […]
After a remarkable 2025 edition, France Design Week returns from September 18 to 30, 2026, opening up Paris Design Week, for a new series dedicated to creation and innovation. This year, the festival revolves around a committed and open theme: "D pour Design, D pour Défi" (D for Design, D for Challenge). It's an invitation to examine […]
In the context of Rome Future Week® 2026, a conversation dedicated to the Dynamic brand methodology as a model for designing identities capable of adapting, growing, and building relationships over time. Drawing from the book Dynamic brand, Emanuele Cappelli will join Paola Bellin in a Reading Room curated by Design Festival, exploring the brand as […]
Design Week Mexico (DWM) is an annual festival celebrating architectural innovation, industrial design, and contemporary craftsmanship. The upcoming edition will take place from October 5 to October 11, 2026, bringing together top architects, emerging creators, and design enthusiasts across various iconic hubs in Mexico City. Since 2009, the festival serves as a collaborative platform to […]
Design Week Philippines is back, and this year we invite everyone to Sama All—show up, join in, and design together! Now on its 15th year, we are going bigger, bringing in more regional partners, and officially joining the World Design Weeks community. From 10 to 18 October, expect a week packed with things to see, […]
Arab Architecture Week is an annual cultural program organized by ArchiNet to celebrate Arab architectural thought. Over five days, fifteen speakers from across the Arab world deliver live lectures on identity and context, place, the human experience of architecture, documentation and preservation, and the future of urban planning. Now in its seventh edition, the week […]
