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Business of Design Week (BODW), Asia’s premier annual event on design, innovation and brands since 2002, is organised by Hong Kong Design Centre. The week-long mega event will feature a variety of programmes, including the BODW Summit, BODW in the City, GBA Creative Fortnight, as well as concurrent exhibitions and forums. The event provides a […]
In the 1968 sci-fi classic 2001: A Space Odyssey, an ape gains intelligence after encountering a mysterious black monolith, marking the dawn of its awareness of tools. Today, amidst the global AI boom, we’re like pioneers of a new Neolithic Age, eagerly exploring this brand-new “stone tool.” The 2024 Taiwan Design Week Theme Pavilion is […]
Exactly 100 years since the Surrealist Manifesto, this artistic movement continues to inspire, provoke, and electrify creation in all its forms. Starting in January, with the theme Sur/Reality, Maison&Objet will tap into its ever-fertile energy and the lasting resonance it holds for consumers.
DesignTO Festival isn’t just about events, it’s about making real change. Celebrating 15 years of impact, DesignTO brings people together to design a better future that’s sustainable, just, and joyful. As Canada’s largest non-profit design festival, the 10-day event features 100+ free events and exhibitions, both online and in-person, across Toronto.
BLR Design Week (BDW) highlights the constantly evolving nature of design and its ever-increasing role in shaping our city. We are proud to announce Bengaluru's nomination as the inaugural World Design Protopolis by the World Design Organization. Over the next five years (2023-2028), this transformative program will empower Bengaluru with invaluable design knowledge, fostering positive […]
February 3–9 2025, Stockholm Design Week invites all to a city buzzing with events, exhibitions and open showrooms. The design week welcomes professionals, industry insiders and the public from all over the world to participate in design events and product launches in the city – to meet, mingle and network. Our aim is to push […]
Design needs to be celebrated, for it is a gleaming testimony of the ability of human beings to translate thoughts into patterns which can be understood and forged into applications to further enhance lives of all species. Ahmedabad Design Week (ADW) is a global confluence of designers, thinkers, academicians, researchers, industry captains, and entrepreneurs who […]
Auckland Design Week is all about sparking collaboration, interaction, and the exchange of ideas within the design community – whilst also inspiring and educating design enthusiasts. Our curated programme is designed to foster creativity and innovation, with a focus on driving commercial growth across the design sector.
Nairobi Design Week 2025 invites us to view ourselves through a profound lens: as ancestors. This theme encourages us to think about the legacy we are creating and the impact we have on future generations. It is a call to action for all designers, creatives, and artists, to contribute to a narrative that transcends time. […]
Perth Design Week is a ‘coalition of the willing’ - a group of people and organisations Sandy and David are leading, working together to create this event. The project started as a collaboration, the idea being that there is a broad array of design based organisations with budgets for their own individual annual events. If […]
Traditional GoinGreenGlobal Design Week 2025, taking place from March 31 to April 4, 2025, the event will feature lectures, interactive workshops, Design Talk roundtables, student exhibitions, and the 8th international scientific conference A.L.I.C.E., under the theme "Designing a Sustainable Future: Society 5.0 & Global Innovation." A key event in collaboration with WDO’s Young Designers Circle, […]
Iceland's annual design festival that transforms the most northerly capital of the world into one big venue for design. Join us in Reykjavík and explore the Icelandic design scene! From fashion to furniture, architecture to the environment, food to product design, digital design to innovation, the festival showcases the best of the local design scene […]
Tigullio Design District - TDD is the first international event organized in Liguria, Italy, dedicated to design and specifically to major themes related to the sea and nautic, the outdoor and obviously lifestyle, being developed in the splendid scenery of Gulf of Tigullio, between Genoa and the 5 lands. A new design location for all […]
The 2025 Salone del Mobile is back as the star of the design calendar: the leading international event for the design industry will be held from 8th to 13th April, at Milan’s Rho Fiera fairgrounds. Set up in 1961, the trade fair boasts a wide range of furnishing products, distinguished by their expressive power and […]
To implement the vision of strengthening industrial cooperation between China Guangdong and Italy in design, fashion, and investment, the 2025 Shenzhen & Milan Lifestyle Week will be held during Milan Design Week. The event will include activities like Shenzhen-Milan brand exchanges, culture sharing, and industry-innovation integration. It will foster investment between Shenzhen Longhua and Milan, […]
"Radical Laboratory" is the theme that Tijuana Design Week 2025 will address, where design is bold experimentation and worldviews take shape, are questioned and transformed.Inspired by the concept of "Weltanschauung", that is, the vision of the world, this radical laboratory not only seeks solutions for human needs, but integrates all living beings and the planet […]
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 nine days, we annually bring together designers, design enthusiasts, companies, and students from all design-related fields and industries to promote interdisciplinary exchange and make the relevance […]
The motto for the 2025 edition is a reminder of how beneficial it is for all of us to maintain our sanity and inner compass in the midst of disruptive innovation and global paradigm shifts. To look for things that unite us instead of dividing us into generations, target groups and camps. To create solutions […]
Lisbon Design Week is an annual cultural event taking place in Lisbon. This festival focuses on contemporary design and high craft, celebrating the talents of the local creative community. It takes place each year in May alongside ARCO Lisbon art fair. Our mission is to create a unifying event that supports the cultural avant-garde, uncovers […]
Valencia Design Week is an initiative of the Association of Designers of the Valencian Community (ADCV) that has been held annually since 2009. During this week, society has the opportunity to discover what design is and what it is used for through different activities aimed at raising the profile of Valencian design and showcasing the […]
