Every design year has a rhythm: Stockholm and Toronto in winter, Milan in April, Copenhagen in June, London in September, Eindhoven in October, Miami to close. We have been following these weeks for more than fifteen years, and this is our guide to the festivals worth the trip, ordered by the month in which they usually take place.
Dates change with every edition, so for each festival we give the usual period and a link to the official website, where you will find the current programme.
January
- DesignTO Festival
Toronto, Canada. Late January. A city-wide festival of art and design in galleries, showrooms and public spaces, running alongside the IDS Toronto trade show. - Maison&Objet
Paris, France. January and September. The twice-yearly Paris fair for interiors, furniture and decorative objects.
February
- Stockholm Design Week
Stockholm, Sweden. Early February. Open showrooms, exhibitions and talks across the city, alongside the Stockholm Furniture Fair: the annual appointment for Scandinavian design. - Madrid Design Festival
Madrid, Spain. February into March. A month-long programme of exhibitions, talks and installations across the Spanish capital. - DW! Semana de Design
São Paulo, Brazil. February or March. Hundreds of events across the city’s design districts, from open studios to talks and fairs.
March
- Design Shanghai
Shanghai, China. March. One of Asia’s largest design trade shows, with furniture, lighting, materials and a conference programme. - Collectible
Brussels, Belgium. March. A fair dedicated to collectible and contemporary design, from established galleries to independent studios.
April
- Salone del Mobile.Milano and Fuorisalone
Milan, Italy. April. The largest design week of the year: the furniture fair at Rho and hundreds of events across the city’s districts. City programme on fuorisalone.it. - Bogotá Design Festival
Bogotá, Colombia. April. A design festival in the Colombian capital, with exhibitions and talks.
May
- DesignMarch
Reykjavík, Iceland. May, despite the name. Iceland’s annual design festival, opened by the DesignTalks conference. - NYCxDESIGN
New York, USA. May. Exhibitions, open showrooms and talks across Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens, with the ICFF fair at its centre. - Melbourne Design Week
Melbourne, Australia. May. Talks, tours, workshops and exhibitions across Melbourne and the state of Victoria. - Clerkenwell Design Week
London, UK. May. Three days of showrooms, installations and talks in London’s architecture and design district. - Lisbon Design Week
Lisbon, Portugal. Late May. Studios, galleries and showrooms opening across the Portuguese capital.
June
- 3daysofdesign
Copenhagen, Denmark. June. Brands, showrooms and galleries open across Copenhagen’s districts: a key date for Scandinavian furniture and interiors. - LA Design Festival
Los Angeles, USA. June. Exhibitions, tours and events across Los Angeles.
August
- Helsinki Design Week
Helsinki, Finland. Late August into September. A programme spanning industrial, urban, graphic and interior design, alongside the Habitare fair.
September
- London Design Festival
London, UK. September. The UK’s largest design festival, spread across neighbourhoods from Brompton to Shoreditch. - Lake Como Design Festival
Como, Italy. September. Design exhibitions staged in historic buildings in and around Como. - Zagreb Design Week
Zagreb, Croatia. September. Exhibitions and events showcasing Croatian and international design. - Vienna Design Week
Vienna, Austria. Late September into October. Austria’s largest curated design festival, with a headquarters that moves to a different district every year.
October
- Design Week Mexico
Mexico City, Mexico. October. Pavilions, exhibitions and installations, with a different guest country each edition. - Designblok
Prague, Czech Republic. October. Prague’s international design and fashion festival. - Venice Design Week
Venice, Italy. October. Exhibitions and events across the lagoon city. - Barcelona Design Week
Barcelona, Spain. October. Talks, exhibitions and professional events across the Catalan capital. - Dutch Design Week
Eindhoven, Netherlands. October. The largest design event in Northern Europe, with a strong focus on graduates and experimental work. - Designart Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan. Late October into November. Design, art and interiors shown in around a hundred venues across Tokyo.
November
- Dubai Design Week
Dubai, UAE. November. The main platform for design from the Middle East and beyond, based in Dubai Design District. - Seoul Design Festival
Seoul, South Korea. Late in the year. A long-running design fair showing Korean designers and brands.
December
- Design Miami
Miami Beach, USA. December, during Miami Art Week, with a second edition in Paris in October. The reference fair for collectible design.
Missing a festival? Write to us at info@feeldesain.com. Last updated September 2026.