THAT WAS BDW 2026 · THANK YOU, BERLIN AND ALL OUR GUESTS · SEE YOU IN 2027 · 

THAT WAS BDW 2026 · THANK YOU, BERLIN AND ALL OUR GUESTS · SEE YOU IN 2027 · 

THAT WAS BDW 2026 · THANK YOU, BERLIN AND ALL OUR GUESTS · SEE YOU IN 2027 · 

THAT WAS BDW 2026 · THANK YOU, BERLIN AND ALL OUR GUESTS · SEE YOU IN 2027 · 

PROGRAMME

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See Deeper
  • May 30, 2026
  • |May 31, 2026
Alef gioielli
  • product
See Deeper is a project by Alef Gioielli that challenges the idea of jewelry as purely decorative. What may appear as a simple ring, a stone, or a familiar shape reveals, upon closer observation, a de…
Tour 4 – Schöneberg
  • May 28, 2026
  • Meet & Greet
  • |Tour
A curated walking tour in cooperation with tip Berlin: five stops on Schöneberg's creative axis from Eisenacher Str. to Tiergarten – including an exclusive finale at Budapester Salon, usually reserved…
INSIDE MYKITA HAUS
  • May 28, 2026
MYKITA
  • product
  • Tour
Founded in Berlin in 2003, MYKITA is a design house for pioneering eyewear known for its pure yet radical aesthetic. From the outset, the company took an industrial design approach to eyewear, rethink…
Move Wood. Get Answers — AKO Workshop
  • May 31, 2026
ALLEN KAUFMANN OBJECTS
  • material
  • Workshop
A hands-on workshop with AKO (ALLEN KAUFMANN OBJECTS), developed by ALLEN KAUFMANN ARCHITEKTEN, winner of the ArchDaily Building of the Year 2026 in Interior Architecture. Starting from a flat stack o…
Design + Science Slam: Saxony × Brandenburg
  • May 30, 2026
Sächsischer Staatspreis für Design & Designpreis Brandenburg
  • circular design
  • |communication design
  • |experience
  • |health
  • |industrial
  • |material
  • |mobility
  • |product
  • |science & research
  • |social design
  • |spatial design
  • bdw-talk
  • |Talk
The Designpreis Brandenburg hosts the Sächsischer Staatspreis für Design for the Design & Science Slam—a format that looks where research and design work together across disciplines: in materials, pro…
Open Showroom - Shapes of Light
  • May 28, 2026
  • |May 28, 2026
Polyluma GmbH
  • architecture
  • |interior
  • |process
  • Showroom
  • |Showroom
Polyluma is a Berlin-based lighting manufactory that combines cutting-edge 3D printing with traditional craftsmanship to bring light into unique shapes. For Berlin Design Week, we're opening the door…
Let the play begin – Communication design in games
  • May 28, 2026
Whitecliffe University of Applied Sciences (former Berlin International)
  • communication design
  • |experience
  • |graphic
  • Exhibition
'Let the Play Begin' is a collaboration between Whitecliffe University of Applied Sciences and the Turkish toy manufacturer Play-Toys. Over the course of a semester, our international graphic design s…
VDID New Talents Award 2025
  • May 28, 2026
  • |May 29, 2026
  • |May 30, 2026
  • |May 31, 2026
VDID
  • industrial
  • |process
  • |product
The VDID New Talents Award stands for design concepts that inspire desirable futures. We support young designers who address relevant problems with well-thought-out, innovative ideas, challenging the …
ART & ARCHITECTURALS
  • May 28, 2026
Archicon Architectural Intelligence & Galerie Anna Probst
  • architecture
  • |interior
  • |spatial design
  • Showroom
The furniture agency Archicon Architectural Intelligence and the Anna Probst Gallery are opening their doors for an exclusive, one-of-a-kind co-exhibition. Come experience expressive works of art and …
UDK x ERCO | Hands-On Light
  • May 28, 2026
  • |May 29, 2026
  • |May 30, 2026
Universität der Künste Berlin / ERCO
  • process
  • |product
  • |science & research
  • Exhibition
EVENING EVENT & DRINKS Friday 29. May 18:00 - 22:00 UDK’s Product Design Master Programme has teamed up with ERCO to explore future concepts for end-user specific lighting solutions. ‘Hands-on Lig…
Soolista
  • May 30, 2026
  • |May 31, 2026
Soolista s.r.o.
SOOLISTA is a Prague-based contemporary fashion brand founded in 2012 by designer and architect Zuzana Basterrech. The brand explores clothing as a form of spatial and architectural expression, transl…
Urban Signals
  • May 30, 2026
  • |May 31, 2026
Neuendorf Arterior
  • interior
  • |product
  • |spatial design
Urban Signals is the first furniture collection by Neuendorf Arterior and explores how visual codes in the urban environment shape human behavior. Markings, guidance systems and elements of defensi…
Tour 7 – Central South
  • May 28, 2026
  • Meet & Greet
  • |Tour
From Alexanderplatz via Hackescher Markt to the furniture flagship: five stops across architecture, interior and ceramics – modernity meets tradition, all within walking distance. Thursday, 28 May 20…
Dear Anni, I wove with a 3D Printer
  • May 28, 2026
U8 HAUS
  • material
  • Exhibition
For Berlin Design Week, U8 HAUS presents “Dear Anni, I wove with a 3D Printer” by designer and artist Mia Akhavan. The exhibition is framed as a speculative letter to Anni Albers, the Berlin-born text…
Tylko Space
  • May 28, 2026
  • |May 29, 2026
  • |May 30, 2026
Tylko
  • product
Tylko Space Berlin is not a conventional showroom. As a brand known for disrupting its industry, Tylko now brings its world offline creating a place where design, music, and community meet. Part ca…
RIO jewellery
  • May 30, 2026
  • |May 31, 2026
RIO Schmuck Berlin
  • craft
  • |fashion
  • Exhibition
RIO Jewelry, founded by Barbara Kranz, designs and manufactures jewelry in Germany and Berlin – piece by piece. Key feature: Color is our currency. The collection includes earrings, necklaces, bracel…
Open Studio and Workshop – Cooking, Crafting & Taste
  • May 28, 2026
BARTMANN.
  • craft
  • |interior
  • |product
  • Tour
  • |Meet & Greet
Design and production under one roof – that's what BARTMANN has stood for for almost 20 years. For Berlin Design Night, we're opening our studio and workshop, warmly inviting you to a delicious evenin…
Berlin Design Day
  • May 28, 2026
state of DESIGN
  • industrial
  • Conference
  • |Talk
  • |bdw-talk
DESIGN REAL. The opening belongs to Berlin. The Berlin Design Day kicks off Berlin Design Week 2026 – with talks, a panel and genuine exchange about design and creative practice. An open event for …
Opening Vernissage - Crafting New Design Narratives
  • May 28, 2026
White Label Project
  • circular design
  • |interior
  • |material
  • Meet & Greet
To mark the opening of its showroom: Crafting New Design Narratives, White Label Project warmly invites you to enjoy a drink, while discovering the designers together and engaging in an open exchange …
Tour 1 – City West
  • May 28, 2026
  • Meet & Greet
  • |Tour
From the Spree River through the Ku'damm to the Terrazza: six stops between international design retail, interior studios, and a golden closing party in the heart of West Berlin. [bdw_tour_zeitfenste…
Designer
  • May 31, 2026
  • |May 30, 2026
Alex Valder
  • product
Valet stand – it cares for the clothes that adorned you throughout the day. Often it's completely unrecognizable, constantly changing its shape and appearance, only to reappear in all its clarity when…
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MAP

  • Age Bombs & BEYDES
  • Alef gioielli
  • Alex Valder
  • ALLEN KAUFMANN OBJECTS
  • Anna Rave
  • Archicon Architectural Intelligence & Galerie Anna Probst
  • Atelier Haußmann and friends at Budapester Salon
  • BARTMANN.
  • Bröhan Museum
  • Budapester Salon
  • Clayground x Designing Between Worlds
  • CONSTIN GmbH
  • deSede / Cramer Möbel Berlin
  • Designpreis Brandenburg 2025—The Exhibition
  • Dipl. Ing . Silvia Wald
  • Disruptive Materials Institute & Brave.New Design
  • enarai
  • Erik Spiekermann & Hacking Gutenberg
  • FABIAN FREYTAG STUDIO
  • FH Potsdam
  • German International University Berlin
  • GOLEM Baukeramik
  • GUBI A/S
  • Haute Innovation
  • Havaianas x Zalando
  • Instituto Guatemalteco de Turismo (INGUAT) / Guatemalan Tourism Institute (INGUAT) / Guatemaltekisches Institut für Tourismus (INGUAT)
  • Internationales Design Zentrum Berlin e. V.
  • IRIS CERAMICA GROUP
  • KALDEWEI
  • Kempfer-Raumkonzepte
  • LINDA PRO
  • LIVING BERLIN in Kooperation mit THE LINK / Jan Dimog & Hendrik Bohle
  • LucasFonts
  • macharten
  • MATTER of COURSE
  • Mendel Heit
  • MYKITA
  • Neuendorf Arterior
  • noo.ma flagship store
  • Otherwise
  • PIROL Studios
  • Polyluma GmbH
  • RAA
  • RIO Schmuck Berlin
  • School of the Art Institute of Chicago
  • Soolista s.r.o.
  • state of DESIGN
  • Sächsischer Staatspreis für Design & Designpreis Brandenburg
  • TOMAS
  • Tomas Bata University in Zlín & Technical University of Ostrava
  • Ton.eu
  • Tylko
  • U8 HAUS
  • Unique Factory Berlin
  • Universität der Künste Berlin - Produktdesign
  • Universität der Künste Berlin / ERCO
  • unyt.berlin GmbH & Co. KG
  • VDID
  • VELT
  • Velt Studio
  • Verena Martensen
  • VONDINGEN / jakob timpe spaces + objects
  • White Label Project
  • Whitecliffe University of Applied Sciences (former Berlin International)
  • Österreichisches Kulturforum Berlin, Technische Universität Wien, Polytechnikum Lwiw, OeAD-Kooperationsbüro Lwiw/Lemberg, Ukraine Office Austria

SPEAKER

Marc Niegel
Stadler Deutschland GmbH
Abteilungsleiter, Kommerzielle Projektleitung I
MMag. Andreas Wenninger
OeAD Cooperation Office Lviv
Leiter des OeAD-Kooperationsbüros in Lemberg und Attaché der ÖB Kyjiw für Wissenschafts- und Bildungsangelegenheiten
Julia Krüger
Berlin Partner für Wirtschaft und Technologie GmbH
Senior Managerin Innovation
Ake Rudolf
Internationales Design Zentrum Berlin (IDZ)
Strategische Leitung

Partner 2026