Design Events
The best of the year's design events calendar, compiled by Wallpaper*
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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)
By Rosa Bertoli Last updated
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The David Collins Foundation celebrates creativity in all its forms at London Design Festival
The David Collins Foundation presents ‘Convergence’ at the Lavery during London Design Festival 2025 (on view until 19 September), featuring works from the Arts Foundation’s annual Futures Awards
By Rosa Bertoli Published
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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'
By Daven Wu Published
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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
By Anna Solomon Published
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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
By Brian Ng Published
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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)
By Brian Ng Published
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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
By SuhYoung Yun Published
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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
By Francesca Perry Published
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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
By Tianna Williams Published
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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'
By Giovanna Dunmall Published
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Alex Tieghi-Walker unveils his plans for Brompton Design District 2025
Ahead of London Design Festival 2025, we catch up with New York gallerist Alex Tieghi-Walker about his appointment as curator of the Brompton Design District programme
By Ali Morris Published
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‘The point was giving ordinary people access to bold taste’: how Ikea brought pattern into the home
‘Ikea: Magical Patterns’ at Dovecot Gallery in Edinburgh tells the story of a brand that gave us not only furniture, but a new way of seeing our homes – as canvases for self-expression
By Anna Solomon Published
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Design beyond humans: a new exhibition argues that the world doesn’t revolve around us
‘More Than Human’ at London's Design Museum (until 5 October 2025) asks what happens when design focuses on the perspectives and needs of other species, from bees to seaweed
By Anna Solomon Published
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‘100 Years, 60 Designers, 1 Future’: 1882 Ltd plate auction supports ceramic craft
The ceramics brand’s founder Emily Johnson asked 60 artists, designers, musicians and architects – from John Pawson to Robbie Williams – to design plates, which will be auctioned to fund the next generation of craftspeople
By Malaika Byng Published
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Reimagining roots: highlights from Design Shanghai 2025
The 12th edition of Design Shanghai reflected the evolution of Chinese creativity despite challenges to the sector, with participants exploring the intersection of tradition and innovation
By Yoko Choy Published
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3 Days of Design 2025: live updates from the Wallpaper* team
From 18-20 June, design is taking over Copenhagen. Follow along with the latest news, launches and other goings-on from 3 Days of Design, as seen by Wallpaper* editors.
By Hugo Macdonald Last updated
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O Milano! Design's epic annual spectacle in photos
Call us biased, but we believe that Milan Design Week is, at this moment in time, the greatest show on earth
By Hugo Macdonald Published
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‘Disabled people have always been here’: a new V&A show centres on disability in design
Curator Natalie Kane takes us through five key exhibits from the London show, where design points the way to a more inclusive society
By Francesca Perry Published
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Ralph Pucci’s new Provence exhibition celebrates sculpture in its purest form
To mark 70 years of Ralph Pucci International, the New York gallery is collaborating with top designers to bring scaled, textural forms to Château La Coste
By Anna Solomon Published
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A postcard from Malmö’s Southern Sweden Design Days 2025
Southern Sweden Design Days offers a more gentle approach to a design festival, and an opportunity to discover new talent
By Francesca Perry Published
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Malta’s London Design Biennale installation ‘reclaims death as a moment of reflection, not fear’
Wallpaper* speaks with Andrew Borg Wirth, curator of Malta's installation, ‘URNA’, which reimagines cremation rituals
By Hiba Alobaydi Published
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How did the Shakers influence modern design? A new exhibition considers the progressive philosophy of the free church
‘The Shakers: A World in the Making’ positions the 18th-century sect as a pioneer of simple, functional and democratic design – principles that still guide aesthetics today
By Anna Solomon Published
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The animals came in two by two, hurrah!
Jonathan Baldock’s ‘WYRD’ menagerie takes up residence at Scotland’s Jupiter Artland for the summer
By Hugo Macdonald Published
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New York Design Week 2025: live updates from the Wallpaper* team
Now through 21 May, design is taking over the Big Apple. Here's the latest news, launches and other goings-on from NYCxDesign, as seen by Wallpaper* editors.
By Anna Fixsen Last updated
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11 things that caught our eye at Clerkenwell Design Week 2025
The Wallpaper* team bring you highlights from London’s Clerkenwell Design Week (20-22 May) – from public installations to product launches and a biscuit bar
By Ali Morris Published
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Aberto’s first international show celebrates Brazilian design in Paris at a modernist gem
Brazilian exhibition platform Aberto takes over modernist properties for art and design showcases. As it brings its concept to Europe, Wallpaper* is at Maison La Roche to explore South American icons
By Amy Serafin Published
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For its 24th edition, Triennale Milano's International Exhibition examines the theme of ‘Inequality’
The design institution shines a light on events such as the Grenfell disaster, climate crises and the Israel-Hamas war through architecture, art, products, technology and data
By Will Jennings Published


