Dutch Design Week 2026 (DDW26)
R.A.W. — Rebel Authentic Worth
Dutch Design Week (DDW) 2026 will take place from 17–25 October 2026 in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. As one of the leading international design events, DDW brings together designers, researchers, companies, and creative communities to present innovative ideas shaping the future of design.
The event explores new approaches to materials, technology, sustainability, and human-centred design. With a strong focus on experimentation and innovation, Dutch Design Week provides a platform for emerging solutions in areas such as circular design, future living, and responsible production.
For InterioTecture, DDW 2026 represents an important opportunity to follow how designers are transforming the relationship between materials, spaces, and everyday life. The event reflects key themes connected to sustainable interior architecture, including circularity, material innovation, and new ways of creating meaningful environments.
Source: https://ddw.nl/
Expo Design 2026 Montréal
AI Meets Materiality: How Technology Is Changing Interior Design
Expo Design 2026 Montréal, taking place October 7–8 at the Palais des congrès de Montréal, brings together professionals from design, architecture, manufacturing, and interior solutions. The event combines an exhibition with conferences and technical presentations exploring new materials, technologies, and approaches to contemporary design.
One of the particularly relevant sessions is “Specification in the Age of Artificial Intelligence,” presented by Philippe Hébert of Lightbeans. The session explores how the next generation of designers can visualize, select, and integrate real materials into their projects using visualization tools and hyperrealistic 3D textures.
The program also addresses circularity and reuse, including a conference on mapping Montréal’s reuse ecosystem. Together, these topics highlight how AI, digital visualization, material selection, and circular design are increasingly connected—an important development for the future of interior architecture and design. Source: Expo Design 2026 — Official Program & Schedule
New European Bauhaus Prizes 2026
Celebrating Ideas for a More Beautiful, Sustainable and Inclusive Europe
The New European Bauhaus (NEB) Prizes 2026 are approaching their final stage, celebrating inspiring projects and ideas that contribute to a more sustainable, beautiful and inclusive future.
The 2026 edition brings together innovative projects and initiatives from Europe and beyond, including the international prizes featuring projects and ideas from Brazil and Japan. The finalists have now been announced, while the public vote has closed.
The NEB Prizes provide an important platform for architects, designers, artists, communities and other innovators who are exploring new ways to connect sustainability, inclusion, culture, creativity and design. Alongside the main prizes, the NEB Boost for Small Municipalities highlights the role of smaller communities in creating more sustainable, inclusive and beautiful places.
The winners of the New European Bauhaus Prizes 2026 and the NEB Boost for Small Municipalities will be announced at the NEB Awards Ceremony on 15 October 2026. The announcement will provide an opportunity to discover the projects and ideas selected as examples of how design and innovation can contribute to a better future.
Discover the finalists and follow the winners announcement:
New European Bauhaus Prizes 2026 – Official Website
Regenerative Design 2026
Bringing the built environment together to turn ambition into action
Regenerative Design 2026, taking place from 1–30 October 2026 at The Building Centre in London, brings together an exhibition and programme of talks, seminars and discussions focused on how regenerative design can move from theory into practice. The programme is structured around three key themes: being a good ancestor, co-evolving with nature, and building a just space for people.
For interior designers, the event is particularly relevant because regenerative design expands the role of design beyond simply reducing environmental impact. It encourages designers to think about the whole life of spaces, materials and resources, while considering their relationship with nature, communities and future generations. This perspective can influence decisions about material selection, reuse, adaptability, spatial quality and the long-term value of interiors.
The event also provides an opportunity for interior designers to engage with a wider community of architects, clients, consultants, contractors, policymakers and sustainability professionals. For designers interested in circular design, adaptive reuse and low-carbon interiors, it offers a valuable opportunity to discover current approaches and exchange ideas about how the built environment can become more regenerative. Source: Regenerative Design 2026 – Official Website
The 24th edition of London Design Festival
Take part and share your stories with global audiences.
The London Design Festival (LDF) is one of the world’s leading design events, transforming London into a global stage for creativity, innovation, and design dialogue. Held annually across the city, the festival brings together interior architects, designers, architects, furniture makers, lighting specialists, artists, brands, and creative thinkers to explore the future of design through exhibitions, installations, talks, and collaborative projects.
Since its foundation, London Design Festival has become an important meeting point for discovering emerging design trends and new approaches to materials, spaces, and human experiences. The event highlights how design can respond to contemporary challenges, from sustainability and circularity to wellbeing, technology, and changing lifestyles.
For interior architecture and design professionals, LDF provides valuable insights into the evolution of interiors beyond aesthetics. It explores how furniture, lighting, colour, sound, materials, and spatial experiences can shape more meaningful and responsible environments. The festival’s Global Design Forum brings together international voices from architecture, design, and creative industries to discuss ideas that influence the future of the built environment.
Aligned with the principles of the New European Bauhaus (NEB), London Design Festival offers inspiration around creating spaces that are sustainable, inclusive, and beautiful. Many projects presented during the festival demonstrate how innovation, craftsmanship, and environmental responsibility can work together to redefine contemporary living.
London Design Festival is an important source of inspiration for exploring emerging designers, innovative materials, future furniture concepts, lighting solutions, and new sensory experiences in interior design. It provides a valuable platform to identify ideas that can shape the next generation of sustainable and human-centred interiors.
For more details, visit the official announcement on the London Design Festival .
ECIA 2026 General Assembly and Forum
Uniting Europe’s Interior Architecture Community
The European interior architecture community is set to gather in Warsaw, Poland, from 17–20 September 2026, for a landmark event: the ECIA General Assembly 2026, hosted as part of the international forum “Interior Architecture Connects Europe 2026.” This marks the first time Poland will host this pivotal gathering, underscoring the country’s growing influence in the design world.
A Forum for Collaboration and Progress
The four-day event promises a rich programme designed to strengthen international collaboration and shape the future of the interior architecture profession across Europe. Attendees—including representatives from ECIA member organisations, universities, professional associations, designers, manufacturers, and creative industry leaders—will engage in:
Professional debates and workshops tackling pressing topics such as professional regulation, collaboration between academia and practice, design innovation, craftsmanship, and revitalisation projects.
Significant networking opportunities to foster new partnerships and share knowledge across borders.
Celebrating Excellence: The ECIA Best Interior Design in Europe Awards
A highlight of the forum will be the ECIA Best Interior Design in Europe Award Ceremony, taking place on 18 September 2026. This prestigious ceremony celebrates excellence and innovation in interior architecture across the continent, recognising projects that set new standards for the profession.
Shaping the Future: The Warsaw Declaration
The official ECIA General Assembly will be held on 19 September 2026. A key moment will be the signing of the Warsaw Declaration, a milestone initiative aimed at fostering future cooperation and professional development across Europe. This declaration is expected to serve as a guiding document for the profession’s evolution in the coming years.
For more details, visit the official announcement on the ECIA website.
Helsinki Design Week 2026
When the City Becomes an Interior
Helsinki Design Week 2026 (Aug 28 – Sep 6) reimagines the relationship between interior space and the city. Under the theme “The Oncoming Other” , the festival explores how design fosters encounter, community, and shared urban experience through HDW Meeting Points across Helsinki.
Key Highlights
Interior Architecture Expanded: The festival asks “What if the city became an interior?” — transforming ordinary places through furniture, lighting, materials, colour, and spatial arrangements to create new atmosphere, identity, and meaning. This aligns with New European Bauhaus principles of beauty, sustainability, and inclusion.
Sustainability & Innovation: Aalto University’s “Designs for a Cooler Planet” exhibition (Sept 1 – Oct 30) showcases 20+ sustainable solutions, from bio-based materials to circular economy experiments. The Shimber coating launch and “Re-Think Re-Form” exhibition emphasize material innovation and craftsmanship.
Community & Encounter: “Design Diplomacy” opens ambassadors’ residences for cross-cultural dialogue, while the ARTEFAKTI Graduation Show (Sept 3-9) merges traditional crafts with experimental design.
By treating the city as an interior, Helsinki Design Week 2026 demonstrates how design can create environments with new meaning—prioritizing human connection, sustainability, and inclusive community.
For the full programme and to verify details, please visit: Official Helsinki Design Week 2026 Programme
Plant Life: When Biology Becomes a Building Material
What happens when the materials of our interiors are grown rather than manufactured?
Opening at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia on 28 August 2026, the exhibition brings together more than 60 works spanning furniture, architecture, decorative arts, craft, photography and film.But the significance of Plant Life goes beyond an exhibition about plants.
It examines a fundamental shift in material thinking: from treating nature as a source of raw materials to working with biological systems as active collaborators in design.
The exhibition features experiments with fungi-grown leather, light-reactive bioplastics, hemp fibreboard and bio-resins, alongside work by designers including Formafantasma, Joris Laarman,
Crafting Plastics and Beirut-based EAST Architecture Studio.
For interior architects and designers, this raises a more consequential question:
Can the next generation of interiors be grown?
Instead of simply specifying wood, stone, plastic or composite products, designers may increasingly work with materials whose production processes are biological, regenerative or agricultural.
That possibility is particularly interesting in relation to furniture, lighting, surfaces and interior finishes—the scale at which material decisions become part of everyday human experience.
One of the exhibition’s particularly relevant contributions comes from EAST Architecture Studio, whose work explores the reuse of date-palm waste—an agricultural by-product with strong connections to the Middle East.
This makes the exhibition especially relevant beyond Australia and Europe. In regions where agricultural waste, water scarcity and resource consumption are increasingly pressing design questions, biological materials could become not simply an environmental alternative but a regional design resource.
Why INTEIROTECTURE is watching
Plant Life represents a transition that deserves attention:
Nature → resource
Resource → material
Material → design system
Design system → regenerative practice
The important story is therefore not simply that designers are “using natural materials.”
It is that biology itself may become part of the design process.
And that could fundamentally change how interior architects think about what a material is—and where it comes from.
The official NGV page is here: NGV — Plant Life: The Nature of Design
JAPAN BUILD OSAKA 2026
A Showcase of Sustainable Materials and Green Building Innovation.
As the construction industry accelerates its response to climate challenges, the 10th JAPAN BUILD OSAKA exhibition—taking place from August 26–28, 2026 at INTEX Osaka—has emerged as a critical platform for sustainable building solutions. Positioned as western Japan’s largest building and construction trade show, this event brings together 210 exhibitors across 11 specialised exhibitions, with a strong emphasis on environmentally friendly materials and decarbonisation technologies.
Dedicated Green Building Zone
At the heart of the exhibition is the Green Building Expo (GX BUILD), a dedicated zone focusing on Green Transformation (GX) solutions. Here, visitors can explore the latest innovations in CO₂ visualisation, energy-efficient HVAC systems, LED lighting, solar power, storage batteries, and sustainable building materials. The exhibition also features a dedicated “Building Decarbonisation Expo” that showcases insulation materials, heat-shielding coatings, and other products designed to reduce building emissions.
Sustainable Building Materials on Display
For professionals seeking new interior and architectural materials, the Building Material & Equipment Expo offers a comprehensive overview. This zone features:
Insulation and heat-shielding materials for improved energy performance
Sustainable building materials and eco-friendly design products
Flooring, wall, and exterior materials with reduced environmental impact
Wood products and innovative composite materials
Clean Energy Solutions for Construction Sites
EcoFlow Technology Japan is presenting portable power stations and solar panels designed to support decarbonisation at construction sites. These solutions address the growing need for emission-free, quiet power sources that can replace traditional generators—particularly valuable for indoor and underground construction work.
Next-Generation Construction Equipment
A special “Next-Generation Construction Machinery Pavilion” features battery-powered excavators such as the Hitachi Construction Machinery ZX55U-6EB and the Nishio Rent All ECR25, demonstrating zero-emission alternatives for construction operations.
Why This Matters
With Japan’s construction workforce declining from 6.85 million in 1997 to 4.78 million by 2025, and with decarbonisation and disaster prevention becoming urgent priorities, JAPAN BUILD OSAKA 2026 offers a vital glimpse into the future of sustainable building practices. For architects, builders, and interior designers seeking environmentally responsible materials, this exhibition presents an unparalleled opportunity to discover, compare, and source the innovations that will define the next generation of green architecture.
Free admission with advance registration required Here
34th CASACOR Brasília
Creating homes as places of healing and refugeld, under the theme “Mind and Heart.”
CASACOR Brasília 2026: Where Architecture Meets Emotion
The 34th edition of Latin America’s premier architecture and design exhibition returns to the iconic Casa do Candango from August 12 to October 12, 2026, under the evocative theme “Mente e Coração” (Mind and Heart) .
A Journey of Senses and Healing
In a world that grows increasingly hyperconnected and fast-paced, the 2026 edition proposes a timely reflection on the home as a sanctuary—a space for physical and psychological healing. The exhibition’s masterplan invites visitors to explore pathways that rescue the essential, encouraging a slower, more conscious way of living through thoughtfully designed architectural projects .
The historic Casa do Candango, a cherished landmark from 1977 located at SGAS 603, serves as the perfect backdrop for this immersive experience. The building has been completely restored to host the event, reinforcing CASACOR’s commitment to urban development and the preservation of Brasília’s cultural heritage .
A Diverse Ensemble of Talent
This year’s edition brings together 53 professionals who will design 40 distinct environments, ranging from seasoned veterans to exciting new talents . Among the notable participants are architects who have helped shape the history of CASACOR Brasília over the decades: Walléria Teixeira, celebrating her 28th participation; Miguel Gustavo, with 25 editions; and Hélio Albuquerque, who has participated 23 times . Their experience merges with a new generation of designers making their debut, creating a rich tapestry of styles and perspectives .
Visitors can also explore commercial spaces integrated into the exhibition, including the Aroma restaurant with a menu by renowned chef Ronny Peterson, the Lilie – Patisserie and Boulangerie, and the LaBarr chocolaterie, making the visit a complete cultural and sensory experience .
An Accessible and Inclusive Event
The CASACOR Brasília experience is designed to be accessible to all. The show is open from Tuesday to Friday, 3 PM to 10 PM; Saturdays and holidays, 12 PM to 10 PM; and Sundays, 12 PM to 9 PM. Tickets are priced at R110.00(fullprice)andR 55.00 (half price for students, teachers, people with disabilities, and seniors), with free entry for children up to 11 years old .
For more details, visit the official source: https://visitebrasilia.com.br/noticias/casacor-brasilia-2026-apresenta-o-elenco-da-34-edicao
The Festival of the New European Bauhaus
“First life, then spaces, then buildings. The other way around never works.”
This was the guiding philosophy of the third edition of the Festival of the New European Bauhaus, held from 9 to 13 June 2026 at the Art & History Museum and Cinquantenaire Park in Brussels.
The biennial event was organised by the European Commission to showcase how the clean transition could be brought to our built environments, improving everyday life for everyone through sustainability, inclusion, and beauty. This edition brought together more than 4,000 participants, over 60 exhibitors, and featured more than 200 satellite events across Europe and beyond.
The Festival’s Purpose and Themes
The Festival was a biennial celebration that took stock of the NEB’s progress and invited communities to reimagine their living spaces. Its goal was to demonstrate how an inclusive, sustainable, and high-quality built environment could foster community, strengthen resilience, and boost competitiveness.
The 2026 edition focused on two central themes:
Democratic Engagement: Highlighting how citizens could be actively involved in shaping their communities. High-level discussions explored the crucial role of citizen participation in restoring trust in public institutions and strengthening community cohesion. The NEB approach, which builds with and for citizens, was illustrated by examples from Ukraine, where the NEB method is helping to rebuild social resilience and a sense of belonging in communities affected by war.
Affordable Housing: The shortage of affordable housing in Europe was a central topic of debate. European Council President António Costa presented it as a key factor driving citizen disillusionment. The Festival showcased NEB projects that provide tangible, sustainable, and inclusive housing solutions for local communities. Discussions also highlighted the potential of renovating existing heritage, vacant buildings, and office spaces as a more sustainable, low-carbon alternative to new construction.
The Four Pillars of the Festival
The programme was structured around four key pillars:
Forum: A platform for engaging discussions and the exchange of ideas on the future of Europe’s built environment. It brought together policymakers, experts, and community leaders to debate the challenges and opportunities facing our cities and neighbourhoods.
Fair: A living laboratory and exhibition showcasing over 60 projects and prototypes that embodied NEB values. Visitors could explore innovative solutions in sustainable materials, circular design, and inclusive architecture. The Fair served as a meeting point for project leaders, researchers, and designers to present their work to a European audience.
Fest: A vibrant cultural celebration that united art, music, dance, and hands-on creative workshops for all ages. Highlights included flamenco adapted for deaf audiences, recycled fabric tapestry workshops, and performances by international artists. The Fest programme featured 40 live performances by more than 100 artists from 18 countries, filling the Parc du Cinquantenaire with creativity and joy.
Satellite Events: Independent events across Europe and beyond that extended the conversation to local communities. For instance, Spain hosted 14 events between June 9 and 14, including workshops, festivals, and forums in cities like Murcia, Madrid, and Barcelona. A notable satellite event in Delft, the Netherlands, co-organised by the Minority Report Project, focused on climate-resilient urban regeneration and participatory governance.
Key Milestones and Announcements
The Festival Forum marked several significant milestones for the NEB initiative:
€50 Million for the NEB Academy: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced an additional €50 million for the NEB Academy over the next two years, reinforcing its role as a hub for skills, knowledge, and innovation in the built environment.
New Funding through EIT: The EIT Community announced €6 million in new funding through the NEB Academy, driven by its Knowledge and Innovation Community, EIT Culture & Creativity.
NEB Blueprints Launch: A new catalogue of NEB blueprints on affordable and resilient homes was officially launched, providing practical guidance for communities and policymakers.
NEB Trophy Winner Revealed: Commissioner Jessika Roswall announced the winner of the first-ever NEB Trophy design competition. The winning design, Aurora by Luca Ambrosi from Italy, features ascending, interlocking acrylic plates in the NEB’s signature colours, symbolising hope and renewal.
NEB Prizes Public Vote: Executive Vice-President Raffaele Fitto opened the public vote for the NEB Prizes 2026, which remained open until 10 July.
Looking Ahead: Circularity and Global Expansion
Commissioner Jessika Roswall closed the debates by highlighting the immense, untapped potential of circularity in the construction sector, noting that currently, only 1% of demolition materials are reused. The NEB demonstrates that beauty, inclusion, and sustainability are not opposing goals but mutually reinforcing ones.
The Festival also set the direction for the NEB’s future, with plans for international expansion, including a first hub in Ukraine and prospects for hubs in Japan and Brazil.
When Is the Next Festival?
The New European Bauhaus Festival is a biennial event, meaning it takes place every two years. The first edition was held in 2022, and this was the third edition. The next Festival is scheduled for 2028.
Photos: Official photos from the Festival can be found on the New European Bauhaus website’s press and media section. Read more