The Open Call for the festival programme is now open!

This September, we celebrate the 20th anniversary of Helsinki Design Week, and you are warmly welcome to join us!

Are you planning a launch, an open house, a dinner event, or a workshop? Thinking about an installation, a pitching or networking session, a panel discussion, a walking tour, or simply a great excuse to bring friends and colleagues together under one roof?

Remember, at HDW, design is a broad concept. Our programme welcomes events from architecture, urban planning, fashion, design education, and material research. Over the past 20 years, we’ve been part of organising concerts, urban takeovers, group runs, all-night dance parties, and designer inspiration trips to waste treatment centres, artist studios in the city’s archipelago, and underground bomb shelters.

Helsinki Design Week’s programme offers inspiration and experiences for both creative professionals and the wider city community. You can find more details about our anniversary theme here.

The Open Call for events for the festival programme is now live, and you can submit your own event to be part of the official programme until early June. Find the application form here.

Hey companies selling high-quality interior products, furniture, clothing, and accessories – don’t forget to apply as a vendors at Design Market!

Helsinki locals know that an early autumn weekend is best spent at the Cable Factory, especially when the ground floor once again hosts the hugely popular HDW classic – the Design Market. Companies selling high-quality interior products, furniture, clothing, and accessories are welcome to apply as vendors.To mark HDW’s 20th anniversary, we’re also planning special additional programming – including a festive edition of the HDW Children’s Design Weekend! Apply for a vendor spot before 1 June here.

Design Market 6–7 September, Helsinki Design Week 5–14 September. More details can be found here.