Bar­ce­lo­na Design Week

Bar­ce­lo­na Design Week, crea­ted in 2006 and orga­nis­ed by the Bar­ce­lo­na Crea­ti­vi­ty & Design Foun­da­ti­on, is one of the city’s lea­ding crea­ti­ve events and one of the key Design Weeks on the inter­na­tio­nal calendar.

Its aim is to bring design and crea­ti­vi­ty clo­ser to citi­zens and dif­fe­rent sec­tors of the eco­no­my, con­nect pro­fes­sio­nals, com­pa­nies, insti­tu­ti­ons and the crea­ti­ve com­mu­ni­ty, and show­ca­se Barcelona’s crea­ti­ve vita­li­ty to the world.

Bar­ce­lo­na Design Week is an oppor­tu­ni­ty to inspi­re, con­nect and mobi­li­se local and inter­na­tio­nal com­mu­ni­ties, high­light­ing the poten­ti­al of design as a tool to ques­ti­on, expe­ri­ment and respond to the chal­lenges of today and tomorrow.

The 21st edi­ti­on of Bar­ce­lo­na Design Week, taking place from 14 to 25 Octo­ber 2026, is held under the the­me PRO-TEST: Pro­to­ty­p­ing and Test­ing and is cura­ted by Ales­san­dro Manetti.

PRO-TEST focu­ses on pro­cess, expe­ri­men­ta­ti­on and test­ing as essen­ti­al parts of crea­ti­ve prac­ti­ce. It is an invi­ta­ti­on to move bey­ond fixed solu­ti­ons, put ide­as to the test, ques­ti­on estab­lished ways of thin­king, and under­stand the pro­to­ty­pe not sim­ply as a step towards a final out­co­me, but as a tool for explo­ring, lear­ning and ope­ning up new possibilities.

Over ele­ven days, BDW26 pres­ents a pro­gram­me of acti­vi­ties, exhi­bi­ti­ons, instal­la­ti­ons, con­ver­sa­ti­ons and expe­ri­en­ces, brin­ging tog­e­ther pro­fes­sio­nals, com­pa­nies, schools, insti­tu­ti­ons and the wider public across dif­fe­rent venues in Barcelona.BDW is a mem­ber of the glo­bal World Design Weeks – a Bar­ce­lo­na-based orga­niza­ti­on brin­ging tog­e­ther more than 40 inter­na­tio­nal events across the fields of design and creativity.

Bar­ce­lo­na Design Week is led and orga­ni­zed by the Bar­ce­lo­na Crea­ti­vi­ty & Design Foun­da­ti­on, pro­mo­ted by Bar­ce­lo­na City Coun­cil and Dis­se­ny Hub Bar­ce­lo­na (DHub), in col­la­bo­ra­ti­on with FAD Fos­te­ring Arts and Design.