Bangkok Design Week 2026
January 29 @ 8:00 am - February 7 @ 5:00 pm
Free
Overview
Bangkok Design Week 2026 is a city design and creative festival that takes place throughout Bangkok Thailand. The event displays design work through its exhibitions and talks and workshops and tours and markets which take place throughout the city during eight days.
Focus
The festival studies how design functions as more than aesthetic value because it serves as a solution for economic and social and environmental problems. The Design S/O/S theme shows how design creates urban resilience and economic opportunities and permanent urban sustainability through its various activities.
Program
The program includes exhibitions and installations and talks and workshops and creative markets and tours that take place throughout Bangkok’s artistic areas. The event features local designers and international designers who participate in business matching sessions and youth programs and student programs and interactive installations and public space experiments and design events.
Audience
The festival attracts designers and architects and creative professionals and students and entrepreneurs and members of the public who want to learn about modern design and its effects on urban environments and society.
Event Details
| Dates | Venue | Event Type | Access | Fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 29 — February 8, 2026 | Creative districts throughout Bangkok, Thailand | Design festival with exhibitions, talks, workshops, tours, markets | Open public access | Free attendance; some activities may require registration |
✦ ArchUp Editorial Insight
The Bangkok Design Week 2026 event shows its complete dedication to urban design and creative work by demonstrating how these two fields connect through their visual design elements and their effects on society and nature. The design interventions for the city operate in public spaces, but the different locations of the events restrict people from studying the projects at a deep level. The festival shows new methods through its multiple fields of study, but its wide range of activities makes it hard to study architectural design principles and material testing and space design methods. The event shows how design has become important for creating urban areas that can withstand environmental challenges, but it needs to show how design work will be handled and what it will achieve.
Closing Note
Bangkok Design Week 2026 sustains its role as one of Southeast Asia’s larger creative festivals. The city-wide distribution of activities enables design to become part of daily urban activities while showing how creative work functions as a solution for current urban problems.
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