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June 2021
London Design Biennale
Established in 2016 by Sir John Sorrell CBE and Ben Evans CBE, London Design Biennale promotes international collaboration and the global role of design with exhibitions and installations that "demonstrate the ambition to create universal solutions to problems which concern us all." The 2018 Biennale welcomed the world’s most exciting and ambitious designers, innovators and cultural bodies to the capital, and the third edition of London Design Biennale will take place from 1-27 June 2021, curated by Artistic Director Es…
Find out more »December 2021
World Architecture Festival
World Architecture Festival, the world’s largest annual international architectural event, originally scheduled to take place in Lisbon this year, will be going ahead as a live-streamed event, from 1 to 3 December. Delegates from around the world are invited to partake in the conference in its live digital format; with plans confirmed for the festival to return as a hybrid event in Lisbon in 2022. World Architecture Festival is the world's largest, live, global architectural awards programme. Anyone can enter…
Find out more »INSIDE World Festival of Interiors
In response to continuing COVID-19 travel restrictions World Architecture Festival is to migrate its 2021 event in December to a live and interactive digital format, along with sister event INSIDE World Festival of Interiors. World Architecture Festival, the world’s largest annual international architectural event, originally scheduled to take place in Lisbon this year, will be going ahead as a live-streamed event, from 1 to 3 December. Delegates from around the world are invited to partake in the conference in its…
Find out more »January 2022
DesignTO Festival
Formerly known as the Toronto Design Offsite Festival, the DesignTO Festival is Canada’s largest cultural celebration of design with over 100 exhibitions and events forming Toronto’s design week. The DesignTO Festival transforms Toronto into a hub for creativity, taking design and art out of the studio and into the urban sphere, bringing people together to celebrate contemporary culture. We provide opportunities for emerging talent and engage the community with exceptional and accessible public programming. The DesignTO Festival advances design culture…
Find out more »February 2022
U.S. National Tile Day
The first U.S. National Tile Day took place on February 23, 2017. Declared by the Registrar at National Day Calendar to be observed annually every February 23, National Tile Day celebrates this timeless element of architecture and design and helps raise awareness of the benefits and beauty tile offers consumers.
Find out more »March 2022
Arctic Design Week
Arctic Design Week, founded in 2009, is the world's northernmost design festival. The City of Rovaniemi, renowned for its winter wonderland landscapes, invites you to come and experience the 7-day city-wide festival held annually in March. Arctic Design Week brings together professionals in the fields of business and design in its mission to highlight design from the Arctic regions and to display the vital role design plays in our lives. The Arctic Design Week is organised by the City of…
Find out more »Architecture & Design Film Festival – DC
The Architecture & Design Film Festival is the nation's largest film festival celebrating the creative spirit of architecture and design. ADFF showcases more than 30 films, and many panel discussions, book signings and Q&A's with design leaders and film makers from around the world.
Find out more »April 2022
CODAsummit: Experience
CODAsummit: Experience This first-of-its-kind, 2 day-long conference gives leaders responsible for civic engagement, revitalization, and tourism a unique opportunity to partner with public art creatives to realize iconic experiences unique to their communities and institutions. CODAsummit: Experience will include examples of successful programs built on experiential artwork and inspirational speakers. Case studies provide practical information drawing from artists, creative collaborators, and heads of public art programs and government agencies focused on economic development. Keynote speakers will present on themes such…
Find out more »Nairobi Design Week
Nairobi Design Week is an annual festival that promotes the Kenyan design community, in collaboration with local and international partners. The annual festival gives citizens a chance to explore the scene and participate in projects and conversations concerning their city. By focusing on a theme every year, we curate a select number of events and projects that aim to keep an open dialogue and create tangible outcomes. Beyond the festival, they work with partners to create an engaging calendar of…
Find out more »Design Museum Week
Join Design Museum Everywhere online for Design Museum Week to celebrate accomplishments, share new ideas, and inspire through design. The week will re-conceptualize design’s role in 21st century systems and issues through dozens of events that mash-up 12 impact areas: workplace, business, play, entrepreneurship, sustainability, education, healthcare, social impact, data visualization, diversity, vibrant cities, and civic innovation. Design Museum Week 2022 will feature five days of hybrid online-offline events that spark conversation, inspire leaders, and educate professionals, working in all…
Find out more »Boston Design Week
Boston Design Week seeks to increase public awareness and appreciation of all aspects of design, foster recognition of the vital role design plays in our lives, and bring new audiences to a wide array of design industries and organizations. Their vision is to encourage the public to explore all aspects of design. 2022 Boston Design Week Theme & special focus tracks • SPECIAL FESTIVAL THEME: BOSTON RETHINKS DESIGN They are looking for events in all categories and in all fields…
Find out more »Bogota Design Festival
The Bogota Design Festival is a 4-day event that promotes and brings together creativity, innovation and design in all its states, whether in industrial and artisan objects, artistic, graphic, digital, gastronomic, visual, interior design or fashion, where the creative industries and design are the transversal subjects, that impact both commercially and culturally, as well as our identity as a city.
Find out more »May 2022
NYCxDESIGN
The NYCxDESIGN Festival returns on May 10-20, 2022 for its tenth anniversary edition. Be part of the design week that for a decade has attracted thousands of visitors to New York City to celebrate global creative accomplishments, share new ideas, and inspire through design. This special anniversary edition of the Festival will showcase the immense talent and diversity of the city’s designers, makers, and manufacturers, along with cutting-edge design businesses and districts, and world-class cultural and academic design institutions. National…
Find out more »Lodz Design Festival
Lodz Design Festival (LDF) is an idea, people, action. The festival was created in 2007, adopting at its beginning a formula for reviewing the achievements of Polish design. Thanks to the dialogue with recipients from the very beginning, the festival program was enriched with new elements until it reached the current shape. Lodz Design Festival was created in 2007 as a review of the achievements of Polish design. From the beginning, it presents design in various aspects - from industrial…
Find out more »WantedDesign Manhattan
WantedDesign is a platform dedicated to promoting design and fostering the international creative community at large throughout the year. Founded in New York City in 2011 by Odile Hainaut and Claire Pijoulat, WantedDesign has established itself as a constant and staunch supporter of U.S. and international design via events, conversations, and partnerships and its yearly programming aims to nurture New York City’s design dialogue. WantedDesign’s original event location, the landmark Terminal Stores building on 11th Avenue in West Chelsea’s Historic…
Find out more »International Museum Day
Each year since 1977, the International Council of Museums (ICOM) has organized International Museum Day, which represents a unique moment for the international museum community. The objective of International Museum Day is to raise awareness about the fact that, “Museums are an important means of cultural exchange, enrichment of cultures and development of mutual understanding, cooperation and peace among peoples.” Organized on May 18th each year or around this date, the events and activities planned to celebrate International Museum Day…
Find out more »Clerkenwell Design Week
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 showcases leading UK and international brands and companies in a series of showroom events, exhibitions and special installations that take place across the area. With over 100 resident showrooms, an array of exhibitors and local practices taking part, CDW…
Find out more »IFI World Interiors Day
Hosted annually, IFI World Interiors Day is a long-standing program that engages a broad range of people and communities around the world. The program is structured around a topical area of focus selected by IFI’s professional community of Interior Architecture/Design associations and their members around the world. Design professionals, students and enthusiasts, together with institutions, agencies and members of the public, are invited to organize activities and events that explore and dissect the IFI WID theme for that year. Participation…
Find out more »September 2022
Stockholm Design Week
Stockholm Design Week is the most important week of the year for Scandinavian design. The first-ever Stockholm Design Week was held in 2002 and has since then developed into the most important week of the year for Scandinavian Design, where just about everyone in anyway connected to or interested in Scandinavian design meet and thrive, bringing home new impulses, contacts and inspiration. Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair is the initiator behind Stockholm Design Week, which functions as a meeting place…
Find out more »Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair
Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair features the latest innovations within interior design and lighting for both homes and public spaces. New products, new materials, new knowledge, new trends and new environmental and technological solutions are displayed in a both informative and inspirational manner. Over 40,000 people will visit the fair from over 60 countries, making it a truly international fair with visitors from the whole world. Stockholm Furniture and Light Fair is held during Stockholm Design Week, which presents more…
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