Exhibitions

7-11 May 2025 | New York

Frieze New York returns to The Shed in New York, featuring over 65 leading galleries from 25+ countries, including Gagosian, White Cube, and David Zwirner. The fair's Focus section spotlights 12 emerging galleries, each showing solo presentations from emerging or under appreicated artists.

18-25 May 2025 | Javits Center, NEW YORK

The International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) in 2025 celebrates global design under the theme 'Designing in Harmony', which emphasizes human-centered, sustainable, and multicultural creativity. The fair introduces a refreshed floor plan, expanded international participation, and new immersive experiences, including exhibits, talks, and networking opportunities. 

Stockholm Design Week 3-9 February 2025 | Stockholm Furniture Fair 4-8 February 2025

Stockholm Design Week 2025, organized by Stockholm Furniture Fair, will feature events, exhibitions, and open showrooms across the city. Stockholm Furniture Fair, Scandinavia’s leading platform for furniture and lighting design, will host exhibitors, stage programs, and industry discussions.

29 June - 13 October 2024 | ROTTERDAM

The 11th edition of the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam in 2024, themed 'Nature of Hope,' focuses on how architecture can restore ecological balance by prioritizing biodiversity and nature. The event will feature an exhibition at the Nieuwe Instituut, a public program, and Botanical Monuments showcasing green spaces in Rotterdam.

12 - 29 September 2024 | ZURICH

The third edition of Zurich Design Weeks is centered on the theme of 'GOOD NEWS,' aiming to highlight positive developments in design over a three-week period. The event seeks to counteract our natural tendency to focus on negative news by showcasing progress, sustainable ideas, and innovations that inspire optimism. It emphasizes design's role as a problem-solving discipline that can create solutions to pressing global issues, making the world more sustainable, beautiful, and efficient.

2 March - 22 September 2024 | South Kensington, LONDON

The Tropical Modernism: Architecture and Independence exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London explores the architectural styles of tropical modernism in West Africa and India. In the late 1940s, British architects Jane Drew and Maxwell Fry adapted a modern aesthetic valuing function over ornament and applied this to the hot, humid conditions of West Africa.

24-28 April 2024 | Reykjavik, ICELAND

DesignMarch 2024 is the 16th edition of the annual design festival in Iceland. The theme this year is 'Where chaos is the norm and the balancing act is art'. The festival includes over 100 exhibitions, 200 events including workshops and guided tours, and 400 participants, bringing together designers, architects, and creative thinkers. The opening ceremony is at Hafnarhúsið, with the international conference DesignTalks at Harpa. DesignMarch

16-21 April 2024 | Triennale, MILAN

As part of Milan Design Week 2024, an exhibition by Jasper Morrison traces the 80-year history of Amercian furniture manufacturer Emeco and its iconic 1006 Navy Chair. Designed in 1944 for the US Navy, the 1006 Navy Chair was to be lightweight, non-corrosive, and fire-resistant. The chair was made from 80% salvaged aluminium and tested to last 150 years.

16-21 April 2024 | Milan, ITALY

The 62nd Edition of the Milan Furniture Fair (Salone del Mobile. Milano) will showcase furniture and designs from over 1,900 international exhibitors, including 600 young talents. The exhibition this year features: EuroCucina presenting 'All You Ever Wanted to Know About Food Design In Six Performances';

17 November 2023 - 3 March 2024 | Danish Architecture Center, Copenhagen, DENMARK

The Changing our Footprint exhibition, organized by Henning Larsen Architects and hosted at the Danish Architecture Center, showcases innovative approaches to carbon-friendly construction, highlighting the urgent need for sustainable architecture in the face of the climate crisis.

8 July 2023 - 10 March 2024 | Design Museum, LONDON.

'How to Build a Low-Carbon Home', an exhibition at London's Design Museum, explores how we can design homes to respond to the climate emergency, given that almost 30% of global carbon emissions are caused by construction and the running of buildings.

SDW 5-11 February 2024 | SFF 6-10 February 2024 at Stockholmsmässan | STOCKHOLM

Stockholm Design Week 2024 features events, exhibitions and open showrooms, coinciding with Stockholm Furniture Fair 2024, welcoming design professionals and the public from around the world. 

This year, the Stockholm Furniture Fair presents a series of exhibitions addressing shifts in design and architecture.

2 September 2023 - 7 July 2024 | The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA

The Museum of Modern Art's exhibition, 'Life Cycles: the Materials of Contemporary Design', exhibits 80 projects by 40 designers, examining the full life cycle of materials - from extraction to recycling, upscaling, or disposal. Featuring projects from MoMA's collection, the exhibition explores the role design can play in addressing current environmental issues. It highlights examples of ingenious reuse, upscaling, and the use of waste as a new material.

21 October 2023 to 3 March 2024 | Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rein, GERMANY.

The Vitra Design Museum will host the first major retrospective showcasing the work of leading architecture and built environment photographer Ivan Baan, who is responsible for many iconic images of the last two decades. The exhibition, 'Iwan Baan: Moments in Architecture', covers Baan's images of works by prominent contemporary architects in the early 21st century, including Rem Koolhaas, Herzog & de Meuron, Kazuyo Sejima, and Tatiana Bilbao.

14 December 2023 to 26 May 2024 | Rome, ITALY.

The exhibition, 'AALTO - Aino Alvar Elissa. The Human Dimension of Design' is curated by architecture and research studio Space Caviar, and hosted at the MAXXI National Museum of 21st Century Arts in Rome, Italy. Studio Aalto was founded in Finland in 1923 during a time of rapid change as Finland was establishing itself as a free nation.

14-18 January 2024 | Köln, GERMANY.

imm Cologne 2024 is Germany's largest interiors trade fair. The theme this year is 'Connecting Communities', encouraging visitors to discover new products, exchange ideas, discuss trends and make new contacts. The exhibition will highlight trends, including sustainability and the shift to flexible living spaces, which also need to function as workspaces. © Koelnmesse / imm cologne. imm Cologne

19-28 January 2024, Toronto, CANADA.

Canada's largest annual design festival, the DesignTO Festival, celebrates its 14th year. It features the work of artists and designers with over 100 free exhibitions, installations, and events across the city of Toronto. The non-profit event aims to bring 'people together to design a better future, one that is more sustainable, just, and joyful'. DesignTO

20 May - 26 November 2023, VENICE.

The 6th edition of the Time Space Existence biennale architecture exhibition in 2023 takes place in parallel with the Venice Biennale and is hosted by the European Culture Centre. This year, the exhibition focuses on sustainability, showcasing projects that investigate new technologies and construction methods aimed at reducing energy consumption through circular design, as well as projects that explore organic and recycled building materials.

11-15 October 2023, REGENTS PARK, LONDON.

Contemporary art fair Frieze London returns to Regents Park to celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2023. Frieze London focuses on contemporary art and living artists, featuring emerging to iconic artists. Over the past few years, it has attracted around 60,000 visitors annually.

31 August - 19 September 2023, ZURICH.

In 2023, Zurich Design Weeks returns for its second edition centred around 'TRANSITION', exploring 'a world undergoing complex changes'. There are over 60 programs comprising exhibitions, events, talks, and walks around the city. Additionally, this year's focus on the Circular Circuit highlights Zurich's role as the first Swiss city to establish a legally recognized circular economy. The information hub for Zurich Design Week is the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich.

8-17 September 2023, HELSINKI, FINLAND

This year, Helsinki Design Week is hosted on the 6th floor of the entire Merikortteli block and the surrounding areas. The industrial inter-war building, which has been converted to studios, will host exhibitions, discussions and workshops. The festival also includes the Children's Design Week event and the 'Design Diplomacy' event at the Uruguay, Netherlands, UK and Latvia ambassadors' residences. Photo of Merlikortteli block © Antilooppi. Helsinki Design Week

10 May - 7 August 2023, PARIS

The Centre Pompidou in Paris will host the largest retrospective of Norman Foster's contribution to architecture spanning six decades. The exhibition, covering almost 2,200 square meters, reveals how the architect 'sought to challenge conventions, reinvent building types and demonstrate an architecture of light and lightness, inspired by nature, which can be about joy as well as being eco-friendly'. Photo © Daniel Jamme / Eiffage. Norman Foster, Centre Pompidou

14 July - 15 October 2023, LONDON

The Royal Academy of Arts in London presents an exhibition of Herzog & de Meuron (H&dM), the Swiss architectural practice founded in Basel in 1978, known for projects such as Tate Modern, Laban Dance Centre, Elbphilharmonie and M+. The exhibition will be in three spaces. The first space displays 400 objects, including models, materials, prints and photographs, covering a range of projects. The second space screens two films exploring people's observations of H&dM projects. The final space focuses on a single project, the Kinderspital Zürich, Switzerland, featuring a 1:1 model of a hospital patent room. Photo © Iwan Baan. Royal Academy

29 November - 1 December 2023, SINGAPORE

The shortlist of completed buildings, landscapes and architectural concepts has been announced for the 16th edition of the World Architecture Festival (WAF), which returns to Singapore in 2023. Finalists include Foster + Partners, UNStudio, Grimshaw Architects, MAD Architects, WilkinsonEyre, Safdie Architects and Nikken Sekkei, together with smaller practices, with projects ranging from residential and cultural to creative re-use. Photo of Santa Maria Goretti Church by Mario Cucinella Architects © Duccio Malagamba. World Architecture Festival

19 February - 29 July 2023, NEW YORK

The Museum of Modern Art features a new exhibition, Architecture Now: New York, New Publics. The exhibition features 12 recently completed projects and is the first in a series that showcases emerging talent and groundbreaking projects in contemporary architecture. Photo SO – IL. Amant. 2021 by Iwan Baan. MoMA

28 June - 1 July 2023 & 5 July - 8 July 2023, LONDON

The New Designers exhibition showcases the work of over 3,000 design graduates at the Business Design Centre in Islington, London. Works include ceramics, fashion, furniture design, graphic design, jewellery design, product design, textiles, illustration and animation. The exhibition also features selected new businesses in the design industry.  New Designers

20 May - 26 November 2023, VENICE.

The 18th International Architecture Exhibition themed 'The Laboratory of the Future' is curated by academic, educator and best selling novelist Lesley Lokko and organised by the La Biennale of Venice. The spotlight this year is on Africa, with over half of the 89 contributors of the main show from Africa or the African Diaspora. Photo of Padiglione Centrale Giardini  by Francesco Galli. Venice Biennale