Attending to some of the best design events are a great opportunity to inspire us with the best-talented people in the design industry. These events offer a complete and diverse selection of the different areas that shape the design, from the latest trends to new creators.
We have prepared a selected list of conferences, design tradeshows, and festivals you should attend year after year.
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IMM COLOGNE
January 15-21, 2018
At the imm Cologne, suppliers, and decision-makers from the sector’s major markets around the world will be setting the course for successful future business. The imm cologne showcases inspiring interior design ideas for trendsetters and provides markets with new impetus.
MAISON & OBJET
January 19-23, 2018
This semi-annual interior trade fair is a mecca for fans of European furniture and product design. Maison et Objet is the major evebusiness professionals working in the art of living in all its rich and varied expressions. Keep on top of evolving consumer trends, inspiring experiences, and brand offers, with the show that takes you into three major sections, including two new spaces dedicated to textiles.
MILAN DESIGN WEEK
April 17-22, 2018
The Milan Design Week is not a trade fair; He was born spontaneously in the early eighties by the companies operating in the furniture and industrial design industry. Even to this day, the individual promoters organize themselves to create a great collective event that focuses during the month of April, to coincide with the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan.
SALONE DEL MOBILE MILANO
April 17-22, 2018
The biggest date on the world’s furniture calendar always falls on a Tuesday in April, marking the start of the annual Salone Internazionale del Mobile, a week packed with events, exhibitions and presentations, where everyone who’s anyone on the international furniture design and manufacturing scene comes together to keep up with the latest developments in the field.
16TH BIENNALE ARCHITETTURA
May 26 to November 25, 2018
The 16th Biennale Architettura Exhibition will take place from 26th May to 25th November 2018, curated by Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara.
ICFF
May 20-23, 2018
North America’s premier showcase for contemporary design, the ICFF annually lures those in determined pursuit of design’s timely truths and latest trends to an encyclopedic exhibition of up-to-the-moment offerings, as well as a series of fascinating, fun, edifying programs, and a packed schedule of exhibits and features.
Art BASEL Basel
June 12-17, 2018
Art Basel’s three shows in Basel, Hong Kong and Miami Beach are the premier art shows of their kind, presenting modern and contemporary art with a strong curatorial perspective.
LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL
September 14-23, 2018
The London Design Festival is an annual event, held to celebrate and promote London as the design capital of the world, and as the gateway to the international creative community. This festival gathers other design events like:
LONDON DESIGN BIENNALE 2018 September 14-23, 2018
The 2018 London Design Biennale will be devoted to the theme, Emotional States. National entries will explore how design affects every aspect of our lives – the way we live and how we live – and influences our very being, emotions, and experiences.
100% DESIGN September 14-23, 2018
100% Design is officially the UK’s largest design trade event with over 27,000 visitors including architects, interior designers, retailers, and designers.
DESIGNJUNCTION September 14-23, 2018
Design Junction presents more than 200 of the world’s most iconic design brands to the world’s leading design professionals. It is a junction connecting the industry – a place to meet, do business and be inspired. After its most successful show to date in 2016, the seventh edition of designjunction returns to the spectacular King’s Cross site.
DUBAI DESIGN WEEK
November 2018
Activating more than 60 separate activities and projects throughout the week, a major element of Dubai Design Week will be made up of a programme of talks, lectures, and workshops which will educate, support and promote local talent to an international audience.
DESIGN MIAMI/
December 2018
Design Miami/ is the global forum for design. Each fair brings together the most influential collectors, gallerists, designers, curators and critics from around the world in celebration of design culture and commerce. Occurring alongside the Art Basel fairs in Miami, USA each December and Basel, Switzerland each June, the design event has become the premier venue for collecting, exhibiting, discussing and creating a collectible design.
