Tallinn Design Festival

XX Tallinn Design Festival
The region's biggest design festival celebrates its anniversary with the theme ‘Design for All’

Main events 2025

International Design conference

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Tallinn Design Festival's international conference returns as part of the main program. The theme this year carries the title of "Celebrating Diversity, Creating Equality"

The conference aims to explore the principles and practices of inclusive design, bringing together a diverse range of speakers and experts from around the world. The event will feature keynote addresses, panel discussions, and presentations on various aspects of inclusive design.

Keynote speakers include Patricia Moore from the USA, Rama Gheerawo from the UK, Jannicke Hølen & Knut Bang from Norway, Anders Berggreen from Denmark, and Jakob Rosin & Kristo-Adam Priks from Estonia, who will share their insights and experiences in promoting universal design.

Ilona Gurjanova will provide an introduction, setting the stage for the day's discussions. Following this, representatives from Estonia, Belgium, Norway, Italy, and Poland will share their perspectives on inclusive design and its impact on different communities.

The conference will also include a panel discussion featuring Pete Kercher and other experts, providing a platform for in-depth conversations on the challenges and opportunities in implementing Design For All principles across various domains.

Join us for a day of learning, inspiration, and collaboration as we work towards creating environments that are accessible and beneficial to all individuals, regardless of their abilities or backgrounds.

SCHEDULE

10:45 / Gathering with coffee

11:00 / Introduction - Ilona Gurjanova (president of the Estonian Association of Designers / founder of Tallinn Design Festival)

11:15 / Patricia Moore (USA / Moore Design Associates)

12:00 / Rama Gheerawo (UK / President of EIDD Design For All)

12:45 / Jannicke Hølen & Knut Bang (Norway / DOGA)

13:10 / Anders Berggreen (Denmark / byACRE)

13:30 / Kristo-Adam Priks (The Estonian Chamber of Disabled People)

13:50 / Lunch

14:20 / Jakob Rosin (Estonia / Ligipääsuke)

14:50 / Jasmien Herssens (Belgium / fourmind)

15:20 / Antonio D. De Antonis (Italy, AIPI president)

15:40 / Beata Fabisiak (Poland, Poznan University of Life Sciences)

16:00 / Jonathan W. Williams (USA, Pace University)

16:20 / panel discussion - moderator Pete Kercher (Italy, ambassador of EIDD Design For All)

17:00 / End of conference

The event will take place in English.

DOM – DESIGN IS IN FASHION

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It's not just a fashion show, it's a spectacle!

At DOM we present modern clothing design that fits our sense of style also tomorrow, and that deals with the questions of the day after tomorrow. Could design be fashionable – and for more than one season? When it comes to design, you can be sure that the value will remain even after years.

DOM is a performance dedicated to clothing design. A variety of ambitious designers from Estonia will be presented. The concepts of brands unfold through a location-specific experience, an inspiring and entertaining one-time event.

Hair by: KEVIN.MURPHY & RandRilu salong

Make-up by: Karaja

Welcome drinks by HAAGE & Mionetto

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Arts Thread Global Graduate Show

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The always exciting Arts Thread Global Graduate Show will take place for the fifth time, and, of course, selected works will also find their way to Tallinn!

The Tallinn Design Festival showcase will feature a couple of dozen works by young talents recognised by the jury and the public. How does the future of global design look like? Well, you have to drop by to find out!

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Design Street

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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.

Opening Show of XX Tallinn Design Festival

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The opening shows of Tallinn Design Festival have always been a powerful and playful Monday night kick-offs to the whole design week.

In keeping with the festival's twentieth birthday, visitors will be treated to a spectacular showcase, led by fashion designer and educator Reet Aus.

Photos from previous festival opening shows

INTERIOR+ mini-fair

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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 – in the form of exhibition in the inspiring industrial landscape of the Krulli Quarter.

HGDF international graphic design exhibition "Caring"

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The works of the Haapsalu Graphic Design Festival's international graphics design exhibition are inspired by the political, economic and ecological situation of the world and the human relations between us and around us. Authors from different schools of thought and age spectrums from around the world are represented.

The topic PARADOX is dissected on a wide scale, from political messages to the presentation of personal opinion. Various design graphics techniques and techniques are used.

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Leather Handbag workshop with designer Anthony Luciano

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With over 25 years of experience in the accessory industry, NYC designer and master craftsman Anthony Luciano will share his techniques of preparation, cutting and finishing your own custom leather handbag.

His work has been featured in dozens of publications, including Vogue, Worth, InStyle, Elle, and Harper’s Bazaar, and his clients include world-famous stars such as Judith Light, Meryl Streep, Debra Messing, Cameron Diaz, Megan Mullally, etc.

The price includes all materials and tools; one complimentary adult beverage and the most fun time. No experience necessary - only a creative mind!

Design Auction

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May we please have your attention! The program welcomes once again "the lost son" - that is, a former program favorite Design Auction!

The auction is an entertaining meeting place for design lovers, where you can buy cool things while supporting charity and Estonian design.

The auction's collection is made up of unique products, including fashion, product, jewellery, and furniture design, as well as art.

Behind each item is a designer and a unique story, some of which you will hear from the designers themselves at the auction!

So.. are you already sold?

PechaKucha Night

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Ready... set... go!

Flash talk format PechaKucha returns to Tallinn Design Festival program for a reason. PechaKucha (Japanese for “chit chat”) with its compact format – 20 slides x 20 seconds for presenting your idea – forces the person on stage to think out of the standard presentation’s framework, thus guaranteeing freshness.

PechaKucha was developed in 2003 by designers from the Tokyo-based architecture firm Klein&Dytham as a way of sharing ideas and creations with others. PechaKucha is a global fenomenon used by more than four million people.

The contact of PechaKucha Night Tallinn is Sandra Luks.

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Estonian Design and Architecture Schools Showcase

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The Estonian Design and Architecture Schools Showcase, which has become one of the integral parts of the Tallinn Design Festival, 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.

Krulli Quarter tours

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Join the Krulli Quarter tours on Friday and Saturday!

AS Franz Krull was a metalworking and engineering company founded in 1865 in Narva by Franz Krull, a coppersmith, during the Russian Empire and the first Estonian Republic. In 1875, AS Franz Krull moved to Tallinn, where it developed over time into one of Estonia's largest and most modern machine-building companies.

Specifically in Kopli, one of Tallinn's oldest large factories, the Krull factory, opened its doors 110 years ago. This and much more will be spoken about on the tour!