Design Events
The best of the year's design events calendar, compiled by Wallpaper*
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Ten things to see at 3 Days of Design 2026Copenhagen’s 3 Days of Design festival returns from 10-12 June 2026, with exhibitions and product launches following the theme of ‘Make this Moment Matter’
By Francesca Perry Last updated
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Seek these design goings-on in the south of France sun this summerEverything you need to know about the major exhibitions in design, art and architecture happening from Saint-Tropez to Montpellier this summer
By Harriet Thorpe Published
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Ancient Japanese techniques meet contemporary design at Craft x TechInternational designers and local makers came together at the Japanese design initiative to reimagine centuries-old traditions
By Danielle Demetriou Published
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Japanese design is interpreted through a Danish lens at 3 Days Of DesignAt 3 Days of Design 2026 (10-12 June), Jens H Jensen and OEO Studio curate a showcase of contemporary Japanese makers, revealing a design culture shaped by pragmatism, exacting craftsmanship and close collaboration
By Ali Morris Published
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New York Design Week 2026: Live updates from the Wallpaper* teamDesign is taking over the Big Apple from 14-20 May – and our editors are here for the action. Here are the latest news, launches and goings-on from NYCxDesign
By Anna Fixsen Last updated
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Inside the Cooper Hewitt's star-studded National Design Awards galaThe annual celebration served up cakes shaped like design icons and dished out subtle rebukes
By Anna Fixsen Published
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Our favourite things presented at Afternoon Light this yearFrom rare reissues to bespoke listening rooms, these are the best presentations and launches at the New York design fair, now in its sophomore year
By Adrian Madlener Published
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Inside Wallpaper's epic New York Design Week party with Hello Human and Public RecordsWe headed to Brooklyn Friday night to celebrate New York's diverse creative scene – and dance the night away
By Tianna Williams Published
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Five things to see at London Craft Week 2026With an emphasis on keeping heritage crafts alive, London Craft Week 2026 (11-17 May) offers a city-wide programme of exhibitions to discover artisanal excellence from established and emerging makers
By Francesca Perry Published
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Joris Laarman is reimagining design’s relationship with natureThe Dutch designer’s exhibition at Friedman Benda in New York (until 24 July 2026) suggests a future in which furniture can provide a resting place for non-human life, too
By Malaika Byng Published
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The late, great Pauline Deltour is honoured with an exhibition at the newly revamped MADD BordeauxDesigned by Konstantin Grcic and Caroline Perret, ‘Pauline Deltour: An Apparent Simplicity’ (until 21 September 2026) is one of the inaugural exhibitions of the reborn Musée Des Arts Décoratifs Et Du Design
By Minako Norimatsu Published
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Discover Andrea Branzi through the eyes of his friend, Toyo Ito, at a major new exhibitionBespoke Partnership
Conceived by Branzi’s long-term friend and collaborator, the exhibition at Triennale Milano offers a fluid, personal reading while tracing a career that reshaped contemporary design
By Gavin Hastings Published
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Milan Design Week by night: the best parties from a week of designFrom a dinner on the stage of La Scala to a late party with Honey Dijon on the decks, these are some of our favourite after-dark happenings at Milan Design Week 2026
By Rosa Bertoli Published
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Milan Design Week 2026: everything the Wallpaper* team saw in MilanAll the news from Salone Del Mobile and Milan Design Week (20-26 April 2026). Follow our team to Milan to discover the latest furniture launches, installations, collaborations, places to visit and more
By Rosa Bertoli Last updated
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Giacomo Moor gives this Salone del Mobile fair booth a second lifeThe Milan-based designer Giacomo Moor has devised a novel construction system that will allow QuadroDesign’s Salone del Mobile 2026 booth to be repurposed as a public restroom in rural Zambia
By Laura May Todd Published
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Seven experiential installations to see, hear, smell and interact with in MilanAttention please, these spaces populated by self-playing instruments, a pink maze, a mythical garden and wafting foliage are all trying to tell us something at Milan Design Week
By Ifeoluwa Adedeji Published
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Rosewood’s ‘Objects That Speak, a conversation continued with Andrea Branzi’ gets Milan Design Week talkingBespoke Partnership
Rosewood’s immersive installation explores design as a reflection of place, bringing together works by Andrea Branzi and a global roster of contemporary designers, artists and makers
By Gavin Hastings Published
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What is Contract? Everything you need to know about Salone 2027’s biggest innovationSalone Contract 2027 was announced earlier this year as one of Salone del Mobile’s major shake-ups under the presidency of Maria Porro; here, we explain everything about the global design fair’s newest project, led by OMA
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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The female creatives defining Milan Design Week 2026For Milan Design Week 2026, we look at the work of nine leading female designers, curators and entrepreneurs who are defining creativity during design’s most exciting week of the year
By Rosa Bertoli Published
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Ikea reveals new furniture, teases a meatball lollipop and feeds design fans at Milan Design WeekThe Swedish brand blends gastronomy and design in an immersive showcase, ‘Food for Thought’, at Spazio Maiocchi
By Cristina Kiran Piotti Published
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‘I had to build my own hotel to get a room in Milan’: Tom Dixon gets into beds with VispringThe two British brands showcase the results of their collaboration with a takeover of the Mua Mua Hotel on Milan’s Mulino Estate
By Ifeoluwa Adedeji Published
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Alcova transforms a modernist villa and military hospital for Milan Design Week 2026A previously unseen Albini armchair, an immersive chapel installation and the fact that these venues are rarely open to the public make them two of the most talked-about stops of the week
By Anna Solomon Published
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Chopsticks you can eat? The humble tool is reimagined every which way at Milan Design WeekNew exhibition ‘Chopstick 箸’ is a feast for the eyes as the simple sticks are transformed into visually striking and surprising objects in the hands of innovative designers
By Kanae Hasegawa Published
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Paper logs, paper chairs and eerie sculptural forms have landed at Issey Miyake in MilanDuring Milan Design Week 2026, ‘The Paper Log: Shell and Core’, at the Issey Miyake Milan flagship store, explores the potential of paper as a three-dimensional material
By Danielle Demetriou Published
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Design adventures in glass mark 70 years of Gallotti & Radice at Milan Design Week 2026As Gallotti & Radice turns 70, it reflects on its past, present and future as a glass pioneer, and showcases new work by female designers in Milan
By Laura May Todd Published
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12 designers draw on Uzbek craft for a mesmerising Milan Design Week showUzbekistan’s intricate traditional bread stamps, local flora and suzani tapestries inspire contemporary creations by international designers, on show now in Milan
By Marwa El Mubark Published
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Ai Weiwei redefines textile art with Rubelli at Milan Design Week 2026An immersive installation in Milan weaves together history, activism and experimentation with precious threads; we speak with Ai Weiwei about his first foray into silk
By Cristina Kiran Piotti Published


