Calendar of Events

 

Do you have an upcoming design event that you would like to post on our calendar?
Send us your event information by filling our form.

Please note that not all events listed here are endorsed by WDO.

  • London Design Festival

    London , United Kingdom

    London Design Festival celebrates and promotes the city as a design capital on the global stage. London Design Festival was launched by Sir John Sorrell CBE and Ben Evans CBE in 2003. Building on London’s existing design activity, their concept was to create an annual event that would promote the city’s creativity, drawing in the […]

  • XIX Tallinn Design Festival

    Tallinn (Estonia) Tallinn, Estonia

    The largest design festival in the Baltics opens its doors in the industrially infused Krulli Quarter (Kopli 70a, 10412 Tallinn). Attracting over 10,000 visitors from Estonia and abroad, the week-long Tallinn Design Festival showcases the achievements of Estonian and international designers and initiates discussions on design’s position in today's society. For the first time, the main programme […]

  • Around 3D Design Festival

    London , United Kingdom

    This year's two day event will be themed around Digital Craftsmanship, where we’ll cut through the noise of technology to explore how 3D tools redefine collaboration. Connect with industry experts, dive into hands-on workshops, and be part of the conversation on craftsmanship in digital design.

  • Dundee Design Festival 2024

    Dundee Dundee, United Kingdom

    Running from 23–29 September 2024, Dundee Design Festival’s programme, now revealed, includes free activities, exhibitions and talks featuring the work of over 150 designers all under one roof in 10,000 sqm of Michelin Scotland Innovation Parc. Scotland’s biggest festival of contemporary design – celebrating the 10 year designation of Dundee as a UNESCO City of […]

  • What Design Can Do Mexico 2024

    Mexico City (Mexico) Mexico City, Mexico

    This year, WDCD Mexico delves into the exploration of play, collectivity, and collaborative processes within design to showcase projects that address some of the world’s most urgent challenges such as climate change, gender inequality, economic disparity, and the colonisation of creative thinking in an impactful way. This edition focuses on diverse initiatives and designers from […]

  • Feria Hábitat Valencia

    Valencia , Spain

    Feria Valencia will host next year a new joint call for large international monographic fairs around the habitat sectors. Thus, from September 30 to October 3, 2024, a new edition of Feria Hábitat València, TEXTILHOGAR Home Textiles Premium and Espacio Cocina SICI will be held simultaneously. Both the furniture, lighting and decoration event and the […]

  • Wonder Creativity Festival

    Kortrijk (Belgium) Kortrijk, Belgium

    From 17 October to 3 November 2024, WONDER in the Kortrijk city centre pushes the boundaries of your imagination. Young creative force and established names from all walks of life and disciplines - from design, innovation, technology to art - will present their vision of a better future. WONDER takes you along a free tour […]

  • Design for Planet Festival 24

    Manchester, United Kingdom Manchester, United Kingdom

    Design for Planet Festival is back for the fourth year and this time we are heading to Manchester School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University. Join our incredible online programme of Manchester-based businesses, government leaders and design experts to discover how design can achieve both economic and environmental good. WDO Member: Design Council

  • DesignTO 2025

    Toronto , Canada

    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.

  • 2025 Finnish Architecture and Design Days

    Helsinki (Finland) Helsinki, Finland

    The 2025 Finnish Architecture and Design Days will be celebrated from 31 January to 7 February under the theme 'Traces of use'. Now in its fifth year, the national festival will focus on celebrating the use, maintenance and repair of buildings and objects. The theme explores our relationship with tolerating patina and imperfections, and highlights […]

  • Madrid Design Festival 2025

    Madrid , Spain

    The eighth edition of the festival will once again make the city the focal point. An event where design displays its transformative power, best practices, initiatives and projects that reveal how design is an essential tool to address multiple challenges of a constantly changing society. Through its extensive programming, and under the theme Redesigning the […]

  • Open Call: Detroit Month of Design

    Detroit MI, United States

    From September 1-30, 2025, the city will transform into a showcase of cutting-edge design, bringing together creatives, innovators, and visionaries from around the world.  Events span every corner of Detroit, offering immersive exhibitions, hands-on workshops, installations, and more—all highlighting the creative energy that makes Detroit a UNESCO City of Design. The open call to participate […]

  • WDCD Live Delhi 2025

    New Delhi (India) New Delhi, India

    WDCD Live Delhi 2025, marks What Design Can Do’s South Asian debut, addressing climate action and social change. Hosted at the India Habitat Centre, the festival will gather designers and changemakers to explore regenerative solutions, community-driven design, and the role of emerging technologies. In partnership with Unbox Cultural Futures and The Design Village, the event […]

  • NYCxDesign Festival 2025

    New York , United States

    The NYCxDESIGN Festival is New York City’s official celebration of design, and its most impactful annual design event. Each year the Festival is an opportunity to spotlight New York City as a leading global design center, build opportunities for diverse design voices, and key to our position as a cultural capital.

  • Festival of Circular Economy.

    Second Home 68 Hanbury St, London, United Kingdom

    The world’s biggest challenges demand the world’s biggest solutions. Join changemakers and thought leaders from around the globe for three dynamic days of virtual live-streams and in-person connections. Dive into practical insights and inspiring use cases from the built environment and textiles sectors—two of the most resource-intensive industries. Gain strategies from sector trailblazers, explore innovative […]

  • Łódź Design Festival 2025

    Lodz , Poland

    The theme nie_koniec / un_end defines the character of Łódź Design Festival 2025, emphasizing constant inquisitiveness and curiosity in design. Its open concept fosters alternative, adaptive paths for design and architecture in a changing world. nie_koniec / un_end also speaks of the infinite relationship between the individual, such as the role of the designer in creative processes, with […]

  • Detroit Month of Design

    Detroit MI, United States

    Detroit Month of Design is a citywide collaboration of creativity that gathers designers and the greater community to celebrate Detroit’s role as a national and global design capital. Detroit Month of Design returns for its 15th annual edition this September 1-30, 2025! Every September, partners across Detroit—from emerging studios to established companies and educational institutions—come […]

  • London Design Festival 2025

    London , United Kingdom

    London Design Festival was launched by Sir John Sorrell CBE and Ben Evans CBE in 2003. Building on London’s existing design activity, their concept was to create an annual event that would promote the city’s creativity, drawing in the country’s greatest thinkers, practitioners, retailers and educators to a deliver an unmissable celebration of design. The […]

  • Seoul Design Festival 2025

    Seoul , Korea, Republic of

    Seoul Design Festival is a design-specialized exhibition based on contents accumulated by DESIGN magazine since 1976 and networks of domestic and foreign design industry. The first Seoul Design Festival was held in 2002. Seoul Design Festival is designed to enhance design competitiveness of domestic and foreign brands by showing design trends along with corporate brands […]

  • Luxembourg Design Festival 2025

    Luxembourg Luxembourg, Luxembourg

    The Luxembourg Design Festival will take place from 13 to 16 November 2025. Building on the success of the European Design Festival 2023, this new event will feature a rich and varied programme, including conferences, workshops, exhibitions, immersive experiences, and much more. Several iconic venues across the City of Luxembourg will host activities, with the […]