Mayfair Design District 2026

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Mayfair Design District (MDD) presents What Matters Now, a district-wide programme exploring the ideas, objects and experiences defining culture today and shaping the world of tomorrow. Established in 2017 by co-founders James Malcolm Green and Anne-Laure Pingreoun, Mayfair Design District brings together the neighbourhood's leading and emerging voices across art, design, craftsmanship and hospitality. For 2026, the District turns its focus to relevance, asking what deserves our attention, what we choose to preserve and what we carry forward.

Across Mayfair, galleries, design destinations, global brands and cultural spaces will present a curated programme of exhibitions, installations, product launches, talks, new commissions and creative encounters, transforming the neighbourhood into a platform for contemporary cultural dialogue.

This year's programme features the opening of Charles Burnand Gallery's new permanent Mayfair home, launching with Under Wraps, alongside Monologue's Afterimage, conceived by Pavel Klimczak and designed by Paraforma, which transforms the showroom into an immersive landscape of light, reflection and contemporary collectible design.

Major exhibitions also include Sarah Myerscough Gallery's BADLANDS by Christopher Kurtz, and MINT Gallery's Blueprint, exploring how emerging ideas, from bio-design to regenerative thinking, are reshaping collectible design.

HIGHLIGHTS:
V-ZUG – The Fifth Taste: Table Rituals: A multi-sensory installation and exhibition bringing together contemporary art, gastronomy, scent and design at V-ZUG’s Wigmore Street flagship.
Stoneline – New Mayfair Gallery: The opening of Stoneline’s new Mayfair home on Wigmore Street, with a week-long programme of events, talks and maker sessions celebrating natural stone.
Monologue – Afterimage: An immersive installation conceived by Pavel Klimczak and designed by Paraforma, exploring light, reflection and contemporary collectible design.
HOLLY HUNT – The Onward Collection: The debut furniture collection by Design Director Chris Eitel, presented alongside selected works from the iconic Vladimir Kagan Unicorn Collection.
MINT Gallery – Blueprint: An exhibition exploring how bio-design, regenerative thinking and new approaches to making are reshaping the future of collectible design.
Charles Burnand Gallery – Under Wraps: The opening of Charles Burnand Gallery’s new permanent Mayfair home, launching with Under Wraps.
Mandarin Oriental Mayfair – Reflections: A major group exhibition exploring reflection through art, design and materiality, alongside the international Curated Connections programme.
Savoir x Ozwald Boateng: The unveiling of a new bed created in collaboration with British fashion designer Ozwald Boateng, bringing together Savoir’s craftsmanship with Boateng’s distinctive approach to colour, pattern and cultural identity.