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These are the design exhibitions to see in London during Frieze Week
We round up the best design events happening in London in conjunction with Frieze Week 2025: discover collectible design and craft across the city
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'They're like my friends:’ Max Lamb exhibits a decade of chairs in a former church hall
The British designer’s new London show, ‘Exercises in Seating 3' (until 2 November 2025), brings together over 30 diverse works in a circle of connection
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Sculpture meets jewellery meets sport? Kelly Wearstler’s latest venture is doing something completely new
The designer is launching a new curatorial platform, Side Hustle, free from the limitations of commercial commissions and aiming to foster truly original, experimental and interdisciplinary work
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The brands and trends to know from Feria Hábitat València 2025, Spain’s leading design fair
Wallpaper* reports from the fair, where Spanish design brands showcased technical innovations, customisable versatility, and sensory, nature-inspired collections
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Vienna Design Week 2025 is a pit stop for the future
Vienna Design Week (until 5 October 2025) continues its nomadic journey – revisiting forgotten spaces, rethinking ageing and tradition, and exploring what design means in a world defined by movement and change
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Exploring tsu tsu mu: a new exhibition in Tokyo reframes the Japanese way of wrapping anything
‘Tsu-tsu-mu’, on view until 13 October 2025 at Matsuya Ginza, reframes the popular Japanese concept of wrapping into a mindset for caring for others
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Svenskt Tenn shrinks a century of interiors into miniature form
The Swedish design company creates dollhouse-sized fabrics and furnishings for its latest exhibition, ‘Svenskt Tenn on a Small Scale’ (until 19 October 2025)
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Lake Como’s rationalist past inspires future creative ideas
The work of emerging designers, iconic architects, and sustainable makers combined to shape fresh ideas at Lake Como Design Festival 2025
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London Design Festival 2025: live updates from the Wallpaper* team
From 11-21 September, London is celebrating design in all its forms. Here's the latest news, launches and other goings-on from London Design Festival 2025, as seen by Wallpaper* editors
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These benches are made from £2.5m worth of shredded banknotes
You could be sitting on a fortune this London Design Festival, as the Bank of England Museum explores the creative repurposing of waste with furniture made from decommissioned banknotes
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Material Matters: Grant Gibson reflects on his popular design fair, about to open at LDF 2025
As Material Matters returns to London Design Festival from 17-21 September, we catch up with founder Grant Gibson to learn more about crucial material conversations in contemporary design
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Can happiness be designed? A Helsinki exhibition looks for an answer
‘Happiness is both deeply personal and undeniably collective,’ says curator Anniina Koivu, whose exhibition explored the perfect equation for happiness at Helsinki Design Week 2025
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A family home turns into an immersive exhibition space for London Design Festival
Ceramicist Emma Louise Payne displays design in domestic surrounds for group show ‘The Objects We Live By’
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Ramzi Mallat’s London Design Festival installation is a bittersweet ode to Beirut
Created as a memorial to the 2020 Beirut Port Blast, Mallat's ‘Not Your Martyr’ installation at the V&A (until 19 October 2025) is made of 260 colourful glass ma’amouls
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Bocci and Anna Carnick join forces on a showcase of evocative design practices in Berlin
'Crafting Community' is on view at Berlin's Wilhelm Hallen until 14 September 2025
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A travelling exhibition of chairs hits the road for London Design Festival 2025
Organised by Design Everything, ‘A Seat at the Table’ travels to different venues in the city, where the chairs support communal events
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Norman Foster and nine other architects design birdhouses for charity – you can bid
‘Architects for the Birds’ is spearheaded by Norman Foster and the Tessa Jowell Foundation to raise funds to improve treatment for brain cancer. Ten architect-designed birdhouses will go up for auction
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What not to miss at London Design Festival 2025
We bring you the best new installations, exhibitions and products to launch at London Design Festival 2025 (13–21 September)
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How do you design a country? Singapore Design Week 2025 looks back at the state's transformation over 60 years
Singapore Design Week 2025 (11-21 September) returns with the theme 'Nation by Design'
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Dieter Rams is awarded the World Design Medal 2025
The Braun alumnus, famous for his ‘less but better’ approach, has been recognised for his invaluable contributions to the world of industrial design
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This Paris Design Week exhibition is conceived as a disco
‘Design Disco Club’, curated by Christopher Dessus during Paris Design Week 2025, presents 30 emerging designers in a dark, disco-like environment
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Postcard from Paris Design Week 2025
As the French capital inaugurates the autumn design calendar, we look at the highlights from Paris Design Week 2025 (4-13 September)
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Design Miami in Seoul: inside the fair’s spectacular South Korean debut
As Design Miami launches its inaugural Seoul event, we discover its showcases spotlighting South Korean designers who have shaped the country’s creative landscape, from traditional craft to pioneering design innovations
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Modernist and contemporary Brazilian furniture face off in this LA exhibition
‘Lightness & Tension’ (5-19 September 2025) features the work of Joaquim Tenreiro and Lucas Simões, as curator and dealer Ulysses de Santi explores the trajectory of Brazilian furniture design
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Lee Broom’s brutalist-inspired ‘Beacon’ will light up London as Big Ben strikes the hour
Set to pulse through London Design Festival 2025 (13-22 September) and beyond, the British industrial designer’s sculptural light installation on the South Bank draws on its surroundings
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Yuri Suzuki turns sound into architecture at Camden Arts Projects
The sound designer unveils ‘Utooto’, an interactive installation at London’s Camden Arts Projects (until 5 October 2025), in which visitors collaboratively build a sonic piece of architecture
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Design postcard from Indonesia: Jia Curated is an ecosystem of creativity in the heart of Bali
Want to find out about design in Indonesia? Look no further than Jia Curated, a spotlight on local creative culture housed in an abandoned theme park with 'an Indiana Jones vibe'
