Stay ahead of the curve with our Design Radar, your curated guide to the most influential design fairs, exhibitions, and creative events across the UK and Europe. From iconic annual showcases to hidden gems, we bring you a year-round calendar of must-attend happenings in architecture, art, interiors, and design. Whether you’re looking to network, gain inspiration, or discover the latest trends, our Design Radar ensures you never miss a beat.
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October
11-14 October 2026
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Decorex is one of the UK’s premier luxury design fairs, bringing together leading interior designers, artisans, and high-end brands to showcase the very best in contemporary furniture, lighting, materials, and decorative arts. Held annually in London, the event is a hub for inspiration, offering visitors the chance to explore innovative design concepts, emerging talent, and bespoke craftsmanship in an intimate and highly curated setting.
Dutch Design Week is one of the world’s leading design events. Showcasing the work and ideas of over 2,600 designers, DDW attracts more than 300,000 visitors from around the globe. Spread across 110+ locations in the city, the event features a great variety of exhibitions, lectures, award ceremonies, events, debates, and festive gatherings.
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October 2026 TBC
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Berkeley Square - 45 Berkeley Square, London W1J 5AS
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Founded in 2007 by fourth-generation Parisian antique dealer Patrick Perrin, PAD London is the only fair in the UK exclusively dedicated to 20th-century and contemporary Design. The week-long event takes place every October on Berkeley Square, in the heart of London’s affluent Mayfair district. PAD London is the sister fair to PAD Paris which was launched in 1998 and takes place every April in the Jardin des Tuileries.
A permanent fixture on the two capital’s vibrant art and design circuits, PAD fairs have become a byword for connoisseurship, exquisite taste and curatorial flair, showcasing the very best in modern and contemporary design and historical design from the world’s leading galleries. With their distinct approach to collecting, PAD fairs epitomize how artistic genres across time and periods interact to reveal astonishing combinations and create the most individual and striking interiors.
PAD fairs cultivate eclecticism, authenticity and connoisseurship with unparalleled passion and flair. Their refined setting is designed to inspire collectors, art consultants, museum curators, interior specialists, design practitioners and the public, making PAD the only event of its kind.
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October 2026 TBC
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The Regent’s Park, London NW1 4HG
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rieze is a leading global contemporary art organization, renowned for its art fairs, publications and digital presence. Founded in 1991 with the launch of frieze magazine, the brand has grown to encompass seven of the most significant art fairs worldwide in cities including Chicago, London, Los Angeles, New York and Seoul. These events attract leading artists, galleries and collectors, fostering innovative dialogues and practices within the art community. frieze magazine continues to set the benchmark for insightful art criticism and commentary, while frieze.com serves as a vital online resource. Committed to expanding the reach and understanding of contemporary art, Frieze also hosts year-round curated programs and associated initiatives, such as No.9 Cork Street and Frieze 91, that enrich the cultural landscape. With a dedicated team passionate about the arts, Frieze remains at the forefront of artistic exploration and cultural discourse, connecting diverse audiences with groundbreaking artists and their work. Frieze is part of the IMG network.
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18-26 October 2025
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Multiple locations across the city of Eindhoven.
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Dutch Design Week (DDW) is all about the design of the future and the future of design. DDW opens up, inspires, shares and connects. During the nine-day event, Eindhoven is bursting with creativity and mind-blowing ideas. Discover how designers shape our future, covering a wide range of topics.
Dutch Design Week is one of the world’s leading design events. Showcasing the work and ideas of over 2,600 designers, DDW attracts more than 300,000 visitors from around the globe. Spread across 110+ locations in the city, the event features a great variety of exhibitions, lectures, award ceremonies, events, debates, and festive gatherings.
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24-26 October 2025
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Art Basel Paris is the Paris edition of the world-renowned Art Basel fairs, showcasing leading contemporary and modern art from top galleries around the globe. Bringing together collectors, curators, and artists, the fair offers a platform for discovering groundbreaking works across painting, sculpture, photography, and more, reinforcing Paris’ status as a central hub for the international art scene.
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21-26 October 2025
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Design Miami/Paris is a premier international fair celebrating collectible design, bringing together visionary designers, galleries, and collectors from around the world. The Paris edition combines contemporary design, rare pieces, and historical works, offering an immersive experience that highlights innovation, craftsmanship, and the evolving dialogue between art and design in a city renowned for its creative legacy.
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28 October - 02 November 2025
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Berkeley Square
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LAPADA London is the UK’s leading association for art and antiques dealers, showcasing a curated selection of exceptional artworks, design pieces, and antiques from both established and emerging galleries. The fair offers collectors and design enthusiasts the opportunity to discover unique, high-quality objects while engaging directly with experts, blending heritage, craftsmanship, and contemporary sensibilities in one prestigious London setting.
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January
15-19 January 2026
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Paris Nord Villepinte exhibition center
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For the past three decades, Maison & Objet has established itself as the only international event that brings together interior decoration and furniture.
True to its DNA, the brand celebrates its unique ability to reveal inspiring Lifestyle trends, where each object gives soul and character to the Home.
Held twice a year in January and September, the show reinvents itself every time to meet the evolving expectations of industry professionals better.
Each of its two shows meets the specific needs of professionals, whether they're looking for design innovations or decorative inspiration.
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February
25 February - 01 March 2026
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Somerset House
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For the past three decades, Maison & Objet has established itself as the only international event that brings together interior decoration and furniture.
True to its DNA, the brand celebrates its unique ability to reveal inspiring Lifestyle trends, where each object gives soul and character to the Home.
Held twice a year in January and September, the show reinvents itself every time to meet the evolving expectations of industry professionals better.
Each of its two shows meets the specific needs of professionals, whether they're looking for design innovations or decorative inspiration.
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02-08 February 2026
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Miltiple locations around the city of Stockholm.
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February 2–8, 2026, Stockholm Design Week invites all to a city filled with events, exhibitions and open showrooms. The design week welcomes professionals, industry insiders and the public from all over the world to participate in design events and product launches in the city – to meet, mingle and network. Stockholm Design Week is organised by Stockholm Furniture Fair, with the aim to push the Scandinavian design industry forward and to make design engage both professionals and enthusiasts alike.
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March
March 2026 (Dates TBC)
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Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour, Lots Rd, London SW10 0XE
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At spring’s unmissable design event, Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour will welcome thousands of visitors to view the ultimate design collective from more than 600 international brands, discover defining design directions and get the inside track at over 100 events.
Sharing knowledge, making connections and sparking conversation ensures visitors are kept one step ahead.
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March 2026 (Dates TBC)
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Various locations in Boden, Kiruna, Luleå and Messaure, Sweden.
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The intersection between Art and Architecture is the starting point for the 2024 edition of the Luleå Biennial with the aim to address the drastic changes in Norrbotten’s built and natural environments. The artistic directors Aude Christel Mgba and Bruno Alves de Almeida present On the threshold of 1:1, which will gather artistic and architectural positions that shed light on the resilient practices and empowering alternatives emerging from contexts of profound transition and transformation. The Luleå Biennial will take place in Boden, Kiruna, Luleå and Messaure between 2 March – 26 May 2024.
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April
April 2026 (Dates TBC)
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Paris Nord Villepinte exhibition centre.
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Launched in Milan in 1961 as a vehicle for promoting Italian exports of furnishing and accessories, the Salone Internazionale del Mobile is the global benchmark event for the furnishing and design sector.
The Salone is held in Milan in April every year, along with the biennial Euroluce exhibition in odd years and EuroCucina and the International Bathroom Exhibition in even years, and in tandem with the annual International Furnishing Accessories Exhibition and Workplace3.0. These events are flanked by FTK (Technology For the Kitchen), EuroCucina’s collateral event and S.Project, the exhibition devoted to design products and decorative and technical furnishing solutions. Since 1998, the trade fair has been rounded off by SaloneSatellite, the launchpad for young designers and a point of reference for companies on the look out for new talent.
Under the umbrella of the Salone del Mobile.Milano, these events cover a net area of almost 210,000 square metres overall at the Rho Fiera Milano fairgrounds, showcasing more than 2,300 of the most dynamic and creative companies on the global market each year.
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April 2026 (Dates TBC)
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Multiple locations around Iceland.
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DesignMarch, Iceland´s annual festival of design and architecture will be held for the 17th time from April 2nd - 6th 2025 under the theme Source and it will be accompanied by the overwhelming power of the beginning, joy and sparkle throughout the city. The program is exceptionally exciting this time around, fun and even a bit bizarre at times, but also down to earth and addressing important topics. Reflecting the diversity of the design professions, it clearly shows how design and architecture addresses all aspects of society with exhibitions, conversations and diverse events on urban design by children, the return of craft traditions, painting made from algae and an exhibition titled salted pussy, to name a few.
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April 2026 (Dates TBC)
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Jardin des Tuileries - Place de la Concorde, 75001 Paris, France
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Created in 1998, PAD was the 1st created Design fair in the world, and after 27 editions remains the leading event for international Design collectors.
PAD brings together the best International and French galleries of Historical and Contemporary Design.
PAD discerns the aesthetic aspirations of its time and offers the best of Design.
Each edition is an evolution which brings to the visitor’s attention a new dialogue between Historical and Contemporary Design.
Over the years, the PAD has asserted its unique personality and point of view on the Art of Living and Collecting.
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May
19-21 May 2026
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Multiple locations around the Clerkenwell neighbourhood.
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Clerkenwell is home to more creative businesses and architects per square mile than anywhere else on the planet, making it truly one of the most important design hubs in the world. To celebrate this rich and diverse community, Clerkenwell Design Week has created a truly unique way of showcasing the world’s leading interiors brands.
Featuring 600+ showroom events, 11+ curated exhibitions, striking installations, topical talks, design destinations, a fringe programme, food and drink partners and more, the award-winning CDW has firmly established itself as the UK’s leading design festival.
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09 May - 22 November 2026
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Giardini della Biennale - Calle Giazzo, 30122 Venezia VE, Italy
Arsenale di Venezia - Campo de la Tana, 2169, 30122 Venezia VE, Italy
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The 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia – In Minor Keys by Koyo Kouoh – will run from Saturday 9 May to Sunday 22 November 2026 (preview 6, 7, 8 May) at the Giardini and the Arsenale venues, and in various locations around Venice.
With the full support of Koyo Kouoh’s family, La Biennale di Venezia decided to carry out her Exhibition. It will do so by following the project just as she conceived and defined it, with the purpose of preserving, enhancing and disseminating her ideas and the work she pursued.
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June
July 2026 TBC
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Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour, Lots Rd, London SW10 0XE
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Step into a world where design dreams come to life, where creativity knows no bounds, and where every corner exudes wonder and inspiration. Welcome to WOW!house, the award-winning showhouse presented by Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour.
Built within the Design Avenue, WOW!house is a one-of-a-kind showhouse stretching 600 sq m. See 21 full-size rooms and outdoor spaces — each uniquely designed by world-class interior designers, working in collaboration with globally recognised design brands and incredible suppliers. It is a remarkable testament to a moment when creativity and philanthropy are celebrated and encouraged.
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10-12 June 2026
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Multiple locations around the city of Copenhagen.
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A platform to showcase & celebrate great design, 3daysofdesign is a festival for dreamers, doers and the design curious.
The festival takes place in showrooms, shops, streets, galleries, and various other venues throughout Denmark's capital. Copenhagen hosts a growing community of design enthusiasts who gather at 3daysofdesign to celebrate creativity.
The festival provides a platform for both emerging and established design brands from Denmark and around the globe. It's a diverse programme full of unexpected surprises, as well as familiar favourites.
You will have the opportunity to meet the designers shaping the creative landscape of tomorrow, and to see masterpieces by legends who paved the way before them. -
September
September 2026 TBC
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Multiple locations across the city of London
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London Design Festival was launched by Sir John Sorrell CBE and Ben Evans CBE in 2003. Building on London’s existing design activity, their concept was to create an annual event that would promote the city’s creativity, drawing in the country’s greatest thinkers, practitioners, retailers and educators to a deliver an unmissable celebration of design. The launch of the first Festival took place at Bloomberg on 25 March 2003, with a show of support from design, education, government and London organisations. 22 years later, this vision remains ever strong.
In 2019, the Festival welcomed a record-breaking 600,000 individual visitors from over 75 countries. Celebrating its 22nd anniversary in 2024, London Design Festival is now well into a new decade, celebrating how it has played a key role in the growth of the design industry, bolstering London’s position as a global destination for business, culture and tourism, and contributed to the UK’s reputation as a creative powerhouse. As one of the world’s leading design events, the Festival has also served as the blueprint for design weeks and festivals globally and continues to be a key moment on the cultural calendar.
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10-14 September 2026
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Paris Nord Villepinte exhibition center
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For the past three decades, Maison & Objet has established itself as the only international event that brings together interior decoration and furniture.
True to its DNA, the brand celebrates its unique ability to reveal inspiring Lifestyle trends, where each object gives soul and character to the Home.
Held twice a year in January and September, the show reinvents itself every time to meet the evolving expectations of industry professionals better.
Each of its two shows meets the specific needs of professionals, whether they're looking for design innovations or decorative inspiration.
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September 2026 TBC
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Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour, Lots Rd, London SW10 0XE
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For the first time, the Design Centre’s flagship autumn show had an extended stay, filling the three weeks following Focus/24 with even more to see and do. Focus/24:The Longer View saw pop-up House Guests retained in the Design Avenue, with additional brands coming on board, too.
Aimed to coincide with a time when the vibrant London scene is buzzing with art and design, it brought refreshed creativity to the Design Centre, with opportunities for professional designers, specifiers and design enthusiasts to see more inspirational exhibitors for a longer period.
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07-09 September 2026
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Royal Chelsea Hospital
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Marquee is London’s exhibition for prime residential interior design, taking place in the prestigious grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea.
The iconic venue boasts a boutique portfolio of celebrated events including the world-famous RHS Chelsea Flower Show, and with its rich design history this evocative, heritage site now once again celebrates interior design.
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