The largest design festival in the Baltics, Disainiöö / Tallinn Design Festival, will take place from 28 September to 4 October 2026 at Põhjala Factory in Tallinn.
For over two decades, Disainiöö has brought together design professionals, creative entrepreneurs, students and design enthusiasts, becoming an important international platform where ideas, innovation and collaboration meet. The festival attracts over 10,000 visitors annually and has been featured across leading international media platforms such as Dezeen, Euronews, DesignWanted, Monthly Design+ (Korea), WDO, BEDA and others.
The 2026 theme, “Future of Product Design”, focuses on the role of product design in a rapidly changing world. It explores how sustainability, adaptability, inclusivity and material awareness are shaping the next generation of products and services.
Throughout the week, the festival presents a diverse programme of conferences, exhibitions, workshops, community-driven events and design commerce, bringing design into urban space and everyday life.
Festival highlights include Design Street, the SISUSTUS+ interior and outdoor design area, the DOM fashion show, and the BRUNO Product Design Award exhibition and gala, showcasing Estonia’s leading design achievements.
See you at Põhjala.
Save the date — the full programme will be announced in summer.
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It’s more than a fashion show – it’s a spectacle!
DOM is a modern clothing design show that embodies today’s aesthetic while thoughtfully engaging with the ideas and questions shaping the future. Can design be fashionable and remain relevant beyond countless seasons ahead? At DOM, we believe it can. True design holds its value for years to come.
DOM is a performance devoted to clothing design. Showcasing the vision of ambitious Estonian designers, it transforms fashion design into a location-specific experience – immersive, inspiring, and unique.
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Let's rev up – the renowned Design Street opens once again as a part of the festival weekend.
No driver’s license is needed to explore the Design Street and there's plenty of room for wanderers on foot! Here you can stroll through and discover lots of great fashion-, accessory-, product- and interior design.
In addition, the “alley” next to Design Street deserves a visit already from the first day of the festival, because the mini-fair INTERIOR+ is returning for the second year in a row. So go on, get acquainted with local interior and industrial products.
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The international exhibition “Well Made – what it means today” is coming to Tallinn’s Põhjala Factory as part of the Tallinn Design Festival.
Curated by the London-based design studio Pearson Lloyd, the exhibition explores what “well made” means in contemporary design. The focus is on materials, production methods, and design practices that meet the growing need for sustainability and responsible manufacturing.
The Tallinn special edition brings together international designers and the Estonian design community, offering a unique perspective on how local materials, skills, and culture influence contemporary design. This creates an extraordinary dialogue between the global and the local.
The exhibition features nearly 50 objects—ranging from everyday items to experimental solutions—all of which ask: what does “well made” actually mean? The question is not limited to form or function, but also encompasses the impact of production, lifespan, and environmental footprint.
“Well Made” is not merely an exhibition, but part of a growing international collection and thought platform that explores the role of design in shaping the future.
More information: https://www.wellmade.org.uk/
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Applications are now open – learn more here!
The awards will be presented on Friday, October 2, 2026, at the Estonian Design Awards 2026 gala at the Põhjala factory.
The BRUNO product design award is awarded every two years to an exceptional product or product series, manufactured either at the designer's own initiative, as a collaboration, or as a commission by a manufacturer/entrepreneur. Production-ready prototypes created during the past two years, or industrial products or product series already in production qualify to enter.
Three categories - lifestyle, human environment and engineering - can be seen in the exhibition. A total of 99 projects applied for BRUNO last year!
In order to value design and the profession of designer, the Estonian Association of Designers decided in 2006 to start giving out the Estonian Design Award. The first Design Award was given out in the eighties by Tallinn Art Institute Department of Design at the initiative of Bruno Tomberg, after whom the Estonian Design Award has been named. Among the award-winners are experienced professionals like Matti Õunapuu, Heikki Zoova etc.
Starting from 2012, Estonian Design Awards, including BRUNO, are jointly presented in cooperation with Estonian Design Centre, ADC*Estonia, Estonian Service Industry Association and Estonian Academy of Arts. Estonian Design Centre organises the Design Awards and gala takes place during the Tallinn Design Festival.
The Estonian Association of Designers wishes to present innovative, high-standard new products to the public that would prompt Estonians to consume domestic design and motivate entrepreneurs to involve professional designers in product development. The recognition would encourage designers to create new interesting products and motivate them to learn about tendencies in design on the international level. For the design-knowledgeable entrepreneur participating in the competition with a designer and the public sector, product development from the aspect of design and design management would bring recognition and would be a good role model for others. In the long-term perspective, the Design Award is a springboard for new products and brands to the international arena.
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The Arts Thread Global Graduate Showcase is an international competition bringing emerging designers from around the world to Tallinn Design Festival for the fifth year now.
In line with this year’s theme, the shortlisted works address inclusivity, sustainability, cultural heritage and accessibility, offering visitors a rare chance to experience how the next generation is shaping the future of design and opening new horizons of creativity.
The showcase will feature over twenty innovative works. What are the hot topics in design? Come and find out!
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The Estonian Design and Architecture Schools Showcase has become one of the integral parts of the Tallinn Design Festival! Exhibiting Estonia’s own schools’ is increasingly important in a rapidly changing world, because aren't educational and research institutions the places where the play between experimentation and tradition "saves the day"? In the shade of various global crises, there is an increasing need for the light of youthful and clever design.
Showcased are the works of Pallas University of Applied Sciences (Departments of Media Design, Furniture, Leather Design and Textile), University of Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy (Native Crafts studies and the Creative Applications of Cultural Heritage curriculum), Tallinn University Haapsalu College (Craft Technologies and Design) and Estonian Academy of Arts (Product Design).
Pallas University of Applied Sciences: Design That Considers Everyone
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Pallas's exhibition highlights design as a universal tool that considers people’s diverse needs, experiences and backgrounds. The presented works of the Departments of Media Design, Furniture, Leather Design and Textile demonstrate sensitivity to form and function, user-centeredness, and sustainable use of materials, while also expressing individuality and accessibility.
The exhibition also includes the joint project MÕTESTADES BRUNOT / RETHINKING BRUNO by the Furniture and Textile Departments.
Students’ graduation works: Triinu Sibul, Sandra-Saskia Kärmas, Karita Jakobson, Isabel Mündel, Martin Soome, Egel Talv, Janika Autor, Merilin Kask, Regita Lepla, India Maria Emilia Kiisler, Brigitte Mihkelson.
RETHINKING BRUNO students: Minna Arukaevu, Christina Kasesalu, Sigre Kodasma, Markus Margus, Hanna-Maria Org, Grete Ottis, Lisandra Pekkenen, Miina Aleksandra Piho, Liisi Tasso.
Exhibition curators: Professor Aet Ollisaar, Head of the Department of Textile at Pallas, and Madis Liplap, the Chief Artist at Pallas.
NEW OLD LIFE: Tallinn University Haapsalu College
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Tallinn University Haapsalu College Handicraft Technology and Design curriculum binds handicraft and product design. In our curriculum, we have combined traditional and modern technologies, sustainability and entrepreneurship, and environmentally friendly mind-set with sustainable product development.
Design is an ability to create and develop products, services and solutions that are more universal, nature and user-friendly. We have workshops, where students can realize their ideas.
The Native Crafts studies at the University of Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy
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The Native Crafts studies at UT VCA combine excellent craftsmanship, heritage knowledge, and creative thinking. We aim to apply the values of heritage responsibly and sustainably to serve contemporary society. As part of the university, we value research and development.
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The modular urban furniture set BENK is the winning entry in Estonia's first 3D concrete printing competition.
The trapezoidal modules can be placed individually or in combination with each other. Thanks to the universal base shape, both the functions and proportions of the modules can be changed.
The product aims to provide a user- and location-specific solution without the additional costs of mold making and labor.
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This year you will also find the B2C
Mini-fair INTERIOR+ from the programme, with the aim of showcasing a wider range of interior and industrial products and
demonstrating
newest trends in the furniture scene.
This offers Estonian and foreign manufacturers the opportunity to showcase their products in a creative environment slightly different from large fairs
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in the form of exhibition in the inspiring industrial landscape of the Krulli Quarter.
Participating brands are:
Pesuliisu
MÖÖF
Vorestik
MUUNI.EE
Pehmö
PAA
Flokk / Tool & Tool
AXOR
K-Studio
Phileas Fogg Gallery
Tarmo Luisk
Softrend
Arne Maasik
Yaki
SEOS
Radis
Ra Sun & Loreida Hein
Kard Subbi
4ROOM
Estonian Design House
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