Events

13th edition of the Copenhagen design festival founded 2013 by Signe Byrdal Terenziani, 10–12 June 2026 under the 'Make This Moment Matter' theme; 460+ exhibitors and 600+ events …

Copenhagen design week, edition 2026; venue for Fritz Hansen's Technics collaboration preview and Sound Club installation.

61st International Art Exhibition (Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte) of La Biennale di Venezia, 6 May – 19 October 2026, themed "Minor Keys". Edition marked by the return of …

Tenth-anniversary edition of Business of Fashion's invitation-only annual gathering, held 1–4 December 2026 at Soho Farmhouse in Oxfordshire; the 2026 programme headlines five …

Christopher Bailey joined a small investor group to acquire Burleigh from administrators after parent Denby Pottery's 31 March 2026 collapse. Terms not disclosed. Bailey takes a …

Italian industrial-design award conferred by ADI; Joe Colombo received it in 1970 in recognition of his broader research, capping a run that also included the IN-Arch prize (1964) …

29th edition of ADI's Compasso d'Oro, Italy's national industrial-design prize, presented at the ADI Design Museum in Milan on 22 May 2026; 20 winning projects, 38 honourable …

Public programming of the Fondazione Dries Van Noten debuted April 2026 at interim site Studio San Polo, following the December 2025 announcement and the May 2025 acquisition of …

Off-site programme of Milan Design Week. Districts include Brera, Tortona, 5Vie, Isola.

Florence investor day at which new Kering CEO Luca de Meo unveiled the "ReconKering" strategy in a presentation running past three hours. Targets included more than doubling the …

Annual international prize founded 2016 under Jonathan Anderson.

24th annual citywide festival across London's design districts; 2026 host of Craft x Tech Tokai exhibition leg following its Tokyo premiere.

LVMH agreed to sell Marc Jacobs to WHP Global and G-III Apparel for US$850 million on 14 May 2026, with each buyer taking equal $425 million stakes. Marc Jacobs the person remains …

Chanel named Marie-Laure Cérède director of its jewellery creation studio on 9 June 2026, effective October 2026, reporting to Frédéric Grangié. Cérède arrives from Cartier …

City-wide. Includes Salone del Mobile and Fuorisalone.

Citywide design festival running 14–20 May 2026, anchoring New York Design Week with showroom openings, exhibitions and parties across Manhattan and Brooklyn. Audo Copenhagen's …

Autumn/Winter 2025 womenswear edition of Paris Fashion Week, organised by the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode and held in Paris from 3 to 11 March 2025.

Direct-to-consumer luxury brand launched by Phoebe Philo on 30 October 2023 with minority LVMH investment, after her departure from Celine. Inaugural collection emphasized …

Pritzker Architecture Prize awarded to Toyo Ito in 2013, recognising a body of work spanning conceptual housing (White U, Silver Hut, Pao), the Sendai Mediatheque, the Yokohama …

64th edition. Over 1,900 exhibitors. Held at Rho Fiera.

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Annual temporary architecture commission on the Serpentine South lawn in Kensington Gardens, begun in 2000 with Zaha Hadid. Each architect must not have completed a building in the …

MoMu's first museum-scale survey of the Antwerp Six, marking the 40th anniversary of their 1986 London British Designer Show breakthrough. Co-curated by Geert Bruloot, Romy Cockx …

Annual Tokyo design exhibition staged across Meiji Jingu Gaien and partner venues in central Tokyo, founded in 1986 and historically organised around the Designers Week and …

20th International Architecture Exhibition, curated by Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu of Amateur Architecture Studio. Opens at the Giardini, the Arsenale and sites across Venice on 8 May …