Event
Barcelona Design Week 2026
Barcelona beats once again to the rhythm of design with Barcelona Design Week 2026, celebrating its 21st edition and reaffirming the city as one of the world’s creative capitals. Organised by the Barcelona Creativity & Design Foundation and supported by the Ajuntament de Barcelona and the Disseny Hub (DHub), BDW turns every corner of the city into a space for experimentation, reflection and functional beauty.
About this event
Every design begins long before it appears finished. Sometimes with an uncertain line on paper. Barcelona Design Week 2026 starts precisely from that moment to build the identity of its 21st edition, designed by the studio Abuela.
Under the motto PRO-TEST, the event champions the sketch as a territory for experimentation: a place where an idea can be mistaken, change direction, be questioned and end up becoming something completely different. That is why the pencil takes centre stage in a campaign that speaks less about perfect results and more about the process that makes them possible.
The identity does not come from a single hand either. Architects, designers, illustrators, students and other creators have contributed hand-drawn illustrations to form a collective image in constant evolution. Participants include Altherr Désile Park, Forma&Co;, Nomon Design, David Vera, Héctor Ayuso and students from ELISAVA and LCI Barcelona.
Thus, Barcelona Design Week once again presents design not only as an aesthetic matter, but as a tool for testing, discussing and shaping ideas that have yet to be written.
All dates 2
- Tue, 7 October 2025 · past
- Wed, 14 October 2026
Categories
- Exhibitions
- Festivals
Characteristics
- Theme
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- Contemporary art
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Related topics
- Barcelona Design Week 2025
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