Twenty of the best design events in 2024 from Dezeen Events Guide
Design festivals Stockholm Design Week, NYCxDesign and Design Doha are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide for 2024.
Other events taking place in 2023 include the IDS Toronto, Miami art week and Design Shanghai.
Read on for the 2024 highlights and see Dezeen Events Guide for more design events around the world.
IDS Toronto
18 to 21 January, Canada
Trade show IDS Toronto returns to the Metro Toronto Convention Centre for its 25th edition in 2024, hosting talks, seminars and an exhibition across five days.
The event's exhibition features almost 200 brands across fashion, textiles, furniture, landscaping, surfaces, wellbeing, design objects and accessories.
Among the talks are two held on 18 January, led by Ben Dreith, Dezeen's US editor. Dreith explores the concept of a circular economy and product development with designers Russell Greenberg, Ranee Lee and Guy Snover, and career development with architect Alison Brooks.
Dezeen is a media partner for IDS Toronto 2024.
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Stockholm Design Week
5 to 11 February, Sweden
Stockholm Design Week presents a schedule of open studios and showrooms, talks, exhibitions and installations.
Stockholm Furniture Fair is the largest event taking place during the festival, hosting an exhibition, discussions and awards programme.
The fair presents over 200 furniture, textiles, surfaces and lighting brands from 6 to 10 February.
Dezeen is releasing a guide to Stockholm Design Week 2024. Find out more here.
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Design Doha
24 to 28 February, Qatar
The first edition of Design Doha launches in 2024, taking place across Qatar's capital city across five days in February. The biennial is predominantly located Doha Design District, which can be found in the Msheireb region.
The festival explores multiple disciplines, including crafts, textiles, ceramics, architecture, wood and glass work, graphic design and landscaping through exhibitions, commissioned projects, talks and workshops.
The event is organised by art and culture institution Qatar Museums.
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DW! Sao Paulo Design Week
14 to 24 March, Brazil
Sao Paulo's annual design week returns in March for its 13th edition. The event focuses on innovation in design, architecture, urban planning and art.
Taking place across seven districts in the city, last year's DW! Sao Paulo Design Week hosted more than 220 events and 120 exhibitors.
Brazil's 11-day festival serves as a platform for exhibitions, talks, fairs, workshops, tours and product launches, as well as networking for architects, designers and enthusiasts.
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Design Shenzhen
21 to 24 March, China
Design Shenzhen is a trade show that launched in 2023 and spotlights global design brands in furniture, lighting, surfaces and textiles.
Alongside the exhibition, the event hosts a forum following the theme The Fusion of Design and Technology, with talks led by creative directors, founders and strategists in the architecture and design industries.
The trade show's Rural Future Awards programme praises architecture in rural areas of China, with a focus on sustainability. There are three awards under the programme: Construction, Reactivation and Symbiosis.
Design Shenzhen 2024 takes place at the Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Centre.
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Milan design week
15 to 21 April, Italy
Each year, the largest annual design event in the world Milan design week returns in April, spanning hundreds of venues in design districts across the city.
The Italian festival's fringe events such as exhibitions, open studios and tours are known as Fuorisalone and take place across seven days.
Design fair Salone del Mobile is the largest event of the week, running from 16 to 21 April at Fiera Milano. Every year, the fair alternates between the EuroCucina kitchen and Euroluce lighting exhibition, this year hosting EuroCucina.
Dezeen will be releasing a guide to Milan design week 2024. Take a look at last year's guide here.
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DesignMarch
24 to 28 April, Iceland
The 16th DesignMarch festival takes place in 2024, showcasing Nordic and global designs across nine regions of Reykjavík, Iceland.
The districts are Downtown Reykjavík, Elliðaárdalur, Garðabær, Grandi, Gufunes, Hafnartorg, Kópavogur, Skeifan and Vatnsmýri.
Last year's programme included open studios, solo and group exhibitions, discussions, tours and product launches, as well as the DesignTalks conference co-hosted by Dezeen's editor Tom Ravenscroft.
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NYCxDesign
16 to 23 May, USA
Design festival NYCxDesign is hosted in Spring, and while the programme is yet to be announced, the festival expects to feature trade shows, exhibitions, art and design fairs, installations and talks.
ICFF and WantedDesign Manhattan and Lightfair are two of the largest trade shows taking place in the city during the festival.
The events take place across all five of New York's boroughs, fringe events include the Design Homecoming student showcase, the Design Corps social initiative and the Design Pavilion outdoor exhibition, which takes place later in the year in October.
Dezeen will be releasing a guide to NYCxDesign 2024. Take a look at last year's guide here.
See Dezeen Events Guide for more details.
Melbourne Design Week
23 May to 2 June, Australia
Also in May, Melbourne Design Week welcomes its ninth edition with the theme Ecology, Ethics and Energy.
The more than 350 events at the festival include workshops, installations, talks, tours, exhibitions and launches, which take place in Melbourne and wider Victoria.
Art and design galleries, universities, studios, stores, cultural institutions, gardens and other public spaces are all expected to partake in the festival, which is organised by the National Gallery of Victoria.
See Dezeen Events Guide for more details.
3 Days of Design
12 to 14 June, Denmark
Copenhagen's 3 Days of Design is located across 13 districts in the Danish capital, with each region named after a landmark situated nearby.
Launched in 2013, the festival celebrates its 11th anniversary with more than 250 global brands and designers expected to partake in the exhibitions, talks, open studios and fairs.
The events showcase and explore different aspects of design, such as furniture, materials, accessories and lighting.
Dezeen will be releasing a guide to 3 Days of Design 2024. Take a look at last year's guide here.
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Design Shanghai
19 to 22 June, China
The sister event to Design Shenzhen, trade show Design Shangai takes place at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition and Convention Center.
Products on display at the trade show are separated into three categories across the building's halls: furniture and lighting; kitchen and bathroom appliances; and living and lifestyle design.
As part of the four-day event, the Design Shanghai Design Forum provides a platform for 40 speakers, with last year's following the theme Beyond Sustainability lies Re-Creative Design – Design for Wellbeing.
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Helsinki Design Week
6 to 15 September, Finland
The 20th edition of Helsinki Design Week invites architecture and design professionals and enthusiasts to celebrate creativity and innovation in Finland.
The week hosts exhibitions, parties, open showrooms, talks, workshops and tours centred around fashion, interiors, graphic design, urban planning and material development.
Each year follows a theme, and while the 2024 one is yet to be announced, previous editions have been titled Once Upon a Time, We Are Open and What is Wise to Design Now?
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London Design Festival
14 to 22 September, UK
London Design Festival returns to the UK in 2024 for its 22nd edition, with installations, exhibitions, talks and workshops taking place across nine days in the capital city.
The festival is expanding year-on-year, with last year's edition introducing four new districts, bringing the total to 13.
Dezeen held two collaborative events during last year's festival: the Tala showroom launch party and the Bentley Lighthouse Talk, held by editorial director Max Fraser.
Dezeen will be releasing a guide to London Design Festival 2024. Take a look at last year's guide here.
See Dezeen Events Guide for more details.
Singapore Design Week
September, Singapore
While the dates for Singapore's design week are yet to be announced, the festival usually takes place each year in September.
Organised by the DesignSingapore Council (Dsg), the programme includes events such as design fair FIND and the Design Futures Forum, as well as exhibitions, open studios, workshops and networking opportunities.
Last year's festival was located across three districts in Singapore: Bras Basah.Bugis, Marina Bay and Orchard Road Design District.
Design Week Lagos
16 to 27 October
Design Week Lagos explores the "economic, social, cultural and environmental" impact of design in Nigeria and beyond.
Following its launch in 2019, the design week has grown each year to host the annual fair MADE by Design Show
and DWL Design and Innovation Exhibition, among talks and other fringe events.
Founded by Nigerian designer Titi Ogufere, this year's advisory board includes textile designer Nike Davies-Okundaye and architect Olajumoke Adenowo.
See Dezeen Events Guide for more details.
Dutch Design Week
19 to 27 October, The Netherlands
Eindhoven-based festival Dutch Design Week presents workshops, films, music, exhibitions, seminars and talks.
The nine-day event addresses multiple disciplines, including social, graphic, landscape, animation, game, graphic, circular and bio design.
In 2023, the design week launched the interCHANGES initiative, creating interactive events that focus on safe spaces for future planning. The events explored themes of the environment, health, wellbeing and social equity, and digital and innovation.
See Dezeen Events Guide for more details.
Designart Tokyo
October, Japan
Expected to return in October 2024, Designart Tokyo is a city-wide festival that takes place at various locations, including galleries, department stores and museums.
The event follows an annual theme, with last year's being Sparks: Freeing Your Thoughts, addressing computational design.
The 2023 edition welcomed over 200,00 attendees to its opening ceremony, parties and exhibitions across Tokyo.
Design Week Mexico
October, Mexico
The 16th edition of Design Week Mexico is expected to take place in Mexico City in October this year, with a new guest nation and guest state of Mexico to be honoured in exhibitions.
The last festival spotlighted the relationship between Mexico and France, highlighting cultural exchanges between the nations at the French Design Expo.
The design week also hosts the annual Design House exhibition, which invites visitors to explore a recently renovated or remodelled space.
Dubai Design Week
November, UAE
2024 marks the 10th edition of Dubai Design Week, a festival organised in partnership with Dubai Design District (d3).
The event, which is yet to confirm dates for its latest edition, hosts workshops, exhibitions, installations and talks spotlighting craft, furniture making, cultural design and materials.
The largest event taking place during the festival is design fair Downtown Design, which has previously taken place across four days at the Waterfront Terrace.
Miami art week
December, USA
Miami art week encompasses a series of art fairs, exhibitions, installations and pop-up events predominatly located in the Miami Design District and Miami beach areas of the city.
The week-long festival takes place annually in December, hosting events such as Art Basel and Design Miami. In 2023, Milan-based fair Alcova hosted its first international event at Miami art week.
The events attract art and design professionals and enthusiasts to explore the programme contributed to by over 1,000 global galleries.
Dezeen will be releasing a guide to Miami art week 2024. Take a look at last year's guide here.
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