China’s biggest furniture stage just rewrote its own rules
For anyone tracking where the global furniture industry is actually heading — not just where it’s been — CIFF Shanghai […]
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Design events bring together designers, brands, institutions and audiences to present new ideas, products and research. This section covers design weeks, fairs, exhibitions, festivals and installations taking place across the international design calendar. From global events to independent initiatives, these occasions offer a snapshot of the industry's current priorities and emerging conversations. On DesignWanted, event coverage goes beyond launches to document the projects, exhibitions and people defining each edition.
“Don’t call me collectible!”: exploring furniture as a research object
An exasperating trend has settled over the design world in the last decade, and it is collectible design. What began […]
Moving walls and street basket: the new face of sport by 2050+
For festivals such as Concéntrico – the international architecture and design festival held every year in Logroño – the selection […]
Logroño as an urban laboratory: Concéntrico’s 12th edition
Twenty participants, three themes, and a city reconfigured through ephemeral architecture and design gestures: this is how the 12th edition […]
A vending machine became a storefront for independent design
The conventional design market has many steps: galleries, companies, showrooms, retailers, which all add markups to products, leaving the designer […]
Ten years of shaping design in Central and Eastern Europe
There is a part of Europe whose design industry has transformed almost beyond recognition over the past decade. Central and […]
Why have we forgotten about office chairs?
The average person spends roughly eight years of their working life in an office chair. Yet, of the thousands of […]
A public installation that turns Jacksonville’s musical heritage into a living score
There is something quietly radical about a public artwork designed, from the outset, to remain unfinished. A Cappella, the new […]
The UK’s longest-running graduate design showcase is set for a new edition
New Designers 2026 is the moment the UK’s design industry goes to see what’s coming next. Not trend forecasts, not […]
A charming bracelet can translate between sign and spoken language
In May 2026, Samuel Nagel and Paul Feiler, two students from the University of Design in Schwäbisch Gmünd, were awarded […]
Smart living, materials innovation, and global sourcing meet under one roof
If you want to understand where the built environment is heading — not in five years, but now, at the […]
3daysofdesign 2026: making this moment matter
Copenhagen is once again preparing to become the epicentre of the international design scene. But this edition, 3daysofdesign 2026, appears […]
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