Madrid Design Festival 2026

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The ninth edition of Madrid Design Festival, organized by La Fábrica, will once again turn the city into a major international stage for design between 5 February and mid-March 2026.

The festival reaffirms its vocation as a platform that promotes design as an essential tool for transforming processes, systems and ways of life, with a broad outlook that encompasses industry, craft, innovation, the economy and everyday life.

Under the theme “Redesigning the World”, the MDF26 program is structured around four dimensions that define the value of design.

Responsibility, as the capacity to address real needs and respond to contemporary challenges.
Transcendence, which allows each design decision to leave a lasting mark on how we inhabit the world.
Impact, which shows how design transforms environments, economies and social structures.
And transmission, which underlines the link between generations and the continuity of knowledge.

The MDF26 program will address bio-design and biotechnology, traceability and new-generation alternative materials, circular economy and mobility, as well as how this discipline contributes to improving our models of relationship.
The social and community dimension will also have its place, along with craft understood as a territory where identity, culture and material heritage are interwoven, showcasing exemplary practices both inside and outside Spain.

FORMA Design Fair
Madrid Design Festival presents FORMA Design Fair, the first Spanish fair devoted to collectible design. It will be held from 4 to 8 March and will open up a professional space aimed at strengthening the sector’s economic value, generating opportunities for designers, studios, brands and galleries, and consolidating Madrid as a key destination for contemporary design. The fair, curated by Antonio Luna and Emerio Arena, will bring together a carefully selected group of agents in collectible design and will feature a professional program called (Per)FORMA.

Madrid Design PRO
The Madrid Design PRO program will bring together national and international professionals to share knowledge, methodologies and case studies that strengthen the professional network.
These sessions provide a contemporary vision of design practice and the challenges faced by companies, institutions and designers, addressing issues such as social design, circular design, bio-design, fashion and craft, alternative materials, architecture, digital architecture, and contemporary graphic and visual design.

MDF Awards
The Madrid Design Festival Awards celebrate creative excellence and the international impact of design every year, recognizing figures whose careers have transformed the discipline from innovative, cultural and social perspectives. This year’s awardees are Rossana Orlandi, Konstantin Grcic and Juli Capella.

Diseñoesfera and the economic dimension of design
Diseñoesfera is the strategic pillar of Madrid Design Festival dedicated to structuring collaboration between institutions, companies and designers, acting as an active bridge between creative talent and the agents driving innovation in the city.
The program is structured around three key initiatives.
Design à Trois, a day of meetings between companies, designers and students where ideas are shared, opportunities are generated and potential joint projects are set in motion.
Viveros - A program resulting from collaboration between Tetuán Crea and Norte Joven.
Rediseña Madrid Industrial - A call addressed to design studios and professionals to activate and revalue industrial estates in the Community of Madrid as more accessible, connected and sustainable productive spaces.

MINI Design Awards
The MINI Design Award once again takes a prominent place in the festival’s program as a leading platform for imagining new ways of inhabiting the city. Over its six editions, the award has promoted projects that rethink mobility, shared spaces and urban sustainability, becoming a privileged observatory of innovation applied to the urban environment.