The event will include 112 international participants from 46 countries along with 62 Italian participants.

The Meetings on Architecture brings together scholars and architects from around the world to address this year's theme through a series of lectures and panel discussions.

Berlin Design Week 2021

26 May – 6 June 2021
Berlin, German

Berlin Design Week is an 11-day event that hosts a programme of exhibitions, showrooms, talks, guided tours, workshops, screenings and conferences.

The theme for the 2021 edition is New Traditions and explores how design could contribute to the evolution of structures and processes in a post-pandemic world.

The event also features Design Pool, a trade show where studios and designers present their products from across the home and lifestyle accessories, furniture and lighting sectors.

Southern Sweden Design Days

27–30 May 2021
Malmö, Sweden

Over the course of four days, this new online and in-person design festival focuses on sustainability, collaboration, development and innovation.

It hosts a variety of exhibitions, seminars and networking events that will be centred around the event's theme "1 + 1 = 3". The organisers hope that this theme will encourage collaboration and inspire designers to solve future and existing issues surrounding sustainability.

With 200 participants from design, architecture and crafts backgrounds, Southern Sweden Design Days aims to promote the city as a hub for creativity, sustainability and culture.

Isola Design Festival

12 April – 10 September 2021
Online, Milan, Italy

For the first time, Milan design week's Isola Design District hosts its own festival, which features a series of online exhibitions, project presentations and live-streamed events, plus a real-world event in September.

The event, which runs over the course of six months, is dedicated to emerging international designers and independent design studios.

Isola Design Festival takes place virtually from 12 April and will culminate in a physical event taking place during Milan design week in September.

London Design Festival

1–27 June 2021
London, UK

Held at Somerset House, London Design Biennale features installations from international designers, curators and design institutes.

Participants from 50 different countries are asked to create original designs and installations in response to the event's theme, Resonance. our fast-paced digital age.

Artists and designer Es Devlin is the Artistic Director of the London Design Biennale's third edition.

4 June – 25 July 2021
Porto, Portugal

Through a programme of exhibitions, conferences, workshops and publications, Porto Design Biennale aims to stimulate the debate around design’s ability to create solutions for the new challenges that the world faces.

The second edition of the biennale, which takes place in Porto and Matosinhos, discusses the uncertainty surrounding the usage, planning and sustainability of urban centres and the mobility of city dwellers.

The theme of the Porto Design Biennale is Alter-Realities: Designing the Present. France is the guest country for the event and has a dedicated program of events that are in line with the theme.

7–13 June 2021
Online

For the second year running, San Francisco Design Week takes place online and features a series of talks, webinars, conferences and virtual tours.

Returning for its 15th edition and following the success of its 2020 digital format, the six-day online event invites the public and design community to explore the way people think about power to understand how it can be redistributed and used equitably.