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ICFF 2026: Can design find common ground in a fractured trade world?
Apr 25, 2026by Sunena V Maju Apr 25, 2026
As tariffs reshape global design trade, ICFF returns to New York with a timely call for dialogue, collaboration and shared values.
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Durini District 2026 centres hospitality across space, experience and commerce
Apr 15, 2026by Bansari Paghdar Apr 15, 2026
Connecting the city, people and design, the district is set to unveil four key installations and a talks programme under the theme Design Hospitality – Milan Style at MDW 2026.
Superstudio Design adopts a 'diffused maps' format at Milan Design Week 2026
Apr 14, 2026by Chahna Tank Apr 14, 2026
STIR speaks with Laura Vella, head of Superstudio Design, discussing this edition's expanded format, curatorial frameworks and key highlights across Milan.
Fuorisalone calls for process-centric design thinking at Milan Design Week 2026
Apr 11, 2026by Almas Sadique Apr 11, 2026
From Brera to Isola and 5VIE, Fuorisalone activates Milan Design Week with immersive, dynamic and evolving showcases and discourses shaped by its theme, Be the Project.
Brera Design District activates Milan with eclectic stories and spaces at Fuorisalone
Apr 03, 2026by Almas Sadique Apr 03, 2026
The expansive Brera Design Week is set to host its 17th edition during Milan Design Week 2026 with dynamic designs and discourses amid the neighbourhood’s historic core.
Salone del Mobile.Milano 2026 highlights materiality as the genesis of design
Mar 28, 2026by Almas Sadique Mar 28, 2026
The upcoming edition of the design fair urges creatives to decenter the image of the final design to focus on its materiality, process and craftsmanship.
What to expect as contemporary design takes the stage at Milan Design Week 2026
Mar 25, 2026by Jincy Iype Mar 25, 2026
From Salone del Mobile.Milano to Fuorisalone, Superstudio to Porta Venezia; STIR presents a comprehensive guide through Milan Design Week’s most compelling offerings this year.
Activating space, objects and thresholds at ADFF:STIR Mumbai 2026 with LIVinSET
Feb 11, 2026by Bansari Paghdar Feb 11, 2026
The experiential product gallery at the recent Architecture & Design Film Festival staged a series of encounters including culinary experiences and other cultural programming.
Mumbai, transcribed: Inside the Jaquar Pavilion Park at ADFF:STIR Mumbai 2026
Jan 23, 2026by Jincy Iype Jan 23, 2026
The pavilions at the second edition of ADFF:STIR Mumbai responded to curator Aric Chen’s brief, Mumbai Transcripts, to become activated micro-sites of movement and reflection.
Programmed encounters and sporadic collisions at ADFF:STIR Mumbai 2026
Jan 16, 2026by Bansari Paghdar Jan 16, 2026
Returning for its second edition, the festival featured an array of internationally acclaimed films, architectural pavilions, talks, workshops and eminent discourse at NCPA, Mumbai.
ADFF:STIR Mumbai’s ~log(ue) returns, sparking plural discourse
Jan 08, 2026by Bansari Paghdar Jan 08, 2026
The ~log(ue) programme at the festival’s second edition attempts to reposition talks as slow, rigorous spaces for collective inquiry across design, film and architecture.
LIVinSET at ADFF:STIR Mumbai 2026 turns daily rituals into a cinematic experience
Jan 08, 2026by Aarthi Mohan Jan 08, 2026
A project conceived by Design Circus transforms the domestic interior into a cinematic set, blurring boundaries between object, narrative and mise-en-scène.
Unscripted at ADFF:STIR Mumbai 2026 on how architecture begins with people
Jan 07, 2026by Aarthi Mohan Jan 07, 2026
Part of the Jaguar Pavilion Park, Abin Design Studio’s pavilion draws from Mumbai’s negotiated urban life, where form, movement and people continually reshape space.
Mountain Transcripts unpack Himalayan ritual and craft at ADFF:STIR Mumbai 2026
Jan 06, 2026by Jincy Iype Jan 06, 2026
Employing reclaimed wood, soundscapes and incense, the pavilion by NORTH’s Rahul Bhushan reframes Himalayan architecture as an event within the Jaquar Pavilion Park 2026.
UHA’s Pentad Pavilion at ADFF:STIR Mumbai 2026 unpacks an architecture of debate
Jan 03, 2026by Aarthi Mohan Jan 03, 2026
Combining global parliamentary layouts within a single structure, the pavilion draws on Mumbai’s culture of public gathering to reconsider how civic space is shared.
SJK Architects brings respite at ADFF:STIR Mumbai 2026 with Streets of Aspiration
Jan 02, 2026by Jincy Iype Jan 02, 2026
Supported by BuildKraft India Systems LLP, the pavilion becomes a ‘vessel for stillness’ in the Jaquar Pavilion Park, staging pause and movement amid Mumbai’s bustling spirit.
Transcribing the maximum city with Jaquar Pavilion Park at ADFF:STIR Mumbai 2026
Dec 24, 2025by Jincy Iype Dec 24, 2025
Deriving from The Manhattan Transcripts by Bernard Tschumi, Aric Chen curates the Jaquar Pavilion Park, with ten practices reframing architecture as event, movement and narrative.
The films lineup at ADFF:STIR Mumbai 2026 probes the pluralities of creative practice
Dec 19, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot Dec 19, 2025
With over 30 films to be screened for edition II, the Architecture and Design Film Festival returns to Mumbai with unique perspectives on creatives, creativity and creation.
ADFF:STIR Mumbai 2026 promises a radical vision connecting cinema, space and city
Dec 15, 2025by Jincy Iype Dec 15, 2025
From engaging films to cinematic pavilions and curated talks, STIR unveils what’s in store ahead of the second edition of the Architecture and Design Film Festival in Mumbai.
Design Milestone 2025 to curate intersections that push disciplines to collide
Dec 06, 2025by Aarthi Mohan Dec 06, 2025
From immersive installations to conversations on AI and future homes, the second edition of the design showcase hopes to offer a gaze that is unafraid of the unfamiliar.
At BDNY 2025, design becomes a lens on influence, immersion and industry
Nov 27, 2025by Sunena V Maju Nov 27, 2025
This year’s trade fair revealed how boutique design has evolved beyond aesthetics into a powerful system of influence, emotion, experience and economic optimism across the industry.
Cultural memory and material intelligence to take centre stage at Design Mumbai 2025
Nov 22, 2025by Bansari Paghdar Nov 22, 2025
The upcoming edition of Design Mumbai will present design as an act of participation through a series of installations by renowned ateliers, brands and artists.
Dubai Design Week 2025 exemplified how design can forge common ground
Nov 18, 2025by Aarthi Mohan Nov 18, 2025
Over six days, the annual design festival traced new forms of connection, showing how design can move beyond trends to embody context, care and continuity.
Brands to renew focus on craft, technology and materiality at Design Mumbai 2025
Nov 15, 2025by Jincy Iype Nov 15, 2025
The second edition of Design Mumbai is set to unite distinguished global and Indian designers, brands and studios at Mumbai’s Jio World Garden for a four-day trade event.
Design Mumbai Exchange to explore how design builds with care and context
Nov 11, 2025by Aarthi Mohan Nov 11, 2025
From material intelligence to urban inclusion, the fair’s talks programme will reflect on how architecture and design engage with social, cultural and ecological contexts of our time.
Brinda Somaya and Nathaniel Kahn on the intersection of memory and legacy
Oct 20, 2025by Bansari Paghdar Oct 20, 2025
At the ADFF:STIR Mumbai 2025, the two stalwarts reflected on what makes great architecture, following the screening of the film My Architect (2003).
Global Design Forum 2025 and the making of meaningful design at/from the seams
Oct 16, 2025by Aarthi Mohan Oct 16, 2025
From sonic architecture to circular economies, this year’s edition of GDF traced how creative practice can bear a language of empathy in a rapidly changing world.
Slowness as metaphor and blueprint at the Copenhagen Architecture Biennial
Oct 14, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot Oct 14, 2025
The inaugural edition of the festival in Denmark, curated by Josephine Michau, CEO, CAFx, seeks to explore how the discipline can move away from incessantly extractivist practices.
Dutch Design Week 2025 to trace design from craft to collective experience
Oct 13, 2025by Aarthi Mohan Oct 13, 2025
The edition—spotlighting the theme Past. Present. Possible.—hopes to turn the city into a living canvas for collaboration, discovery and reflection.
UnBroken at Camden Inspire 2025 proffered salvaged stories and second lives in design
Oct 04, 2025by Asmita Singh Oct 04, 2025
Showcased during the London Design Festival 2025, the UnBroken group show rethought consumption through tenacious, inventive acts of repair and material transformation.
ADFF:STIR's London Curtain Raiser sets the stage for 2026 with dialogue and community
Oct 01, 2025by Jincy Iype Oct 01, 2025
With a special screening and vibrant drinks reception, the Curtain Raiser at LDF 2025 showed how ADFF:STIR connects design, cinema, culture and storytelling at the seams.
INDEX Saudi Arabia 2025: designing the future of spaces with a local vision
Sep 25, 2025by Anushka Sharma Sep 25, 2025
The 2025 edition of the interiors trade show united global innovators, regional pioneers and local talent, showcasing the Kingdom’s evolving design landscape.
COLLECTIBLE New York's second edition examined design as a cultural currency
Sep 19, 2025by Sunena V Maju Sep 19, 2025
The fair dedicated to contemporary collectible design wrapped up a lively showcase of 128 exhibitors from 24 countries, confirming its growing place in the city’s design scene.
Avijit Mukul Kishore and Rohan Shivkumar on architecture as autobiography
Sep 16, 2025by Srishti Ojha Sep 16, 2025
At ADFF: STIR Mumbai 2025, the architect-filmmaker duo discussed their film Lovely Villa (2020) and how architecture can be read as a mirror of the nation.
Global Design Forum 2025 proposes critical practices of Design At/From The Seams
Sep 11, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot Sep 11, 2025
In partnership with STIR, this year’s programme for the Global Design Forum at LDF examines radical interdependence and multiplicities that design create.
Spanning creative spectrums, LDF reveals winners of the 2025 London Design Medals
Sep 09, 2025by Bansari Paghdar Sep 09, 2025
This year’s London Design Festival honours Michael Anastassiades OBE, Lord Norman Foster, Sinéad Burke and Rio Kobayashi, highlighting innovation and inclusivity in design.
Architecture and cinema as memory and resistance at ADFF:STIR Mumbai 2025
Sep 04, 2025by Anushka Sharma Sep 04, 2025
Sameep Padora, Megha Ramaswamy and Kyle Bergman reflected on the tryst between the real and reel in a ~multilog(ue) framing human narratives and experiences in cities.
Carl Press of FIND Design Fair Asia on enabling dialogues in and through design
Sep 03, 2025by Mrinmayee Bhoot Sep 03, 2025
Speaking with STIR, the event director of FIND Design Fair Asia discusses the exhibits for this year, design forecasts for Asia and the value of design in the global market.
Tess Joseph and Gaurav Ogale on practising care as culture at ADFF:STIR Mumbai 2025
Aug 29, 2025by Jincy Iype Aug 29, 2025
Holding stories, holding people: The creative duo reflected on archives, imperfection and empathy to frame care as both practice and philosophy in this evocative ~log(ue).
FIND Design Fair Asia 2025 to explore Pan-Asian cultures and collective identity
Aug 25, 2025by Bansari Paghdar Aug 25, 2025
The upcoming edition looks forward to offering a layered, multidisciplinary series of presentations and dialogues examining Pan-Asian design within a transnational landscape.
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