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About

About

About

the UK's leading design festival

Clerkenwell is home to more creative businesses and architects per square mile than anywhere else on the planet, making it truly one of the most important design hubs in the world. To celebrate this rich and diverse community, Clerkenwell Design Week has created a truly unique way of showcasing the world’s leading interiors brands.

Featuring 600+ showroom events, 16+ curated exhibitions, striking installations, topical talks, design destinations, a fringe programme, food and drink partners and more, the award-winning CDW has firmly established itself as the UK’s leading design festival.

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What to expect

CDW is a jam packed design festival consisting of 16+ exhibition venues, 180+ showrooms, engaging installations, topical talks with leading creatives, hundreds of programmed events, fringe activities from local practices and tantalising deals across EC1's restaurants and bars. Find out more about what to see and do at CDW below.

Exhibition venues

Discover multiple exhibition venues across the festival trail, each with a different curatorial focus. 

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Showrooms

180+ showrooms take part each year, highlighting the natural growth of EC1 as a creative area.

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Internantional Collections

International Collections dotted across EC1, all showcase a curated mix of leading brands and emerging talent covering furniture, lighting, textiles, surfaces, accessories and product design from around the world. 

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Installations & brand activations

During the three days, street spectacles, temporary installations and brand activations pop-up along the festival route. 

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Conversations at Clerkenwell

Listen in on in-depth industry talks with established and new design talent across a 3-day programme of talks.

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Programme

Take part in a series of specially curated events including product launches and parties. There's plenty of Prosecco too!

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Fringe

Explore a selection of local practices who open their doors to the festival’s visitors hosting workshops, displays and much more.

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Food & Drink

Sample some of Clerkenwell's world-leading restaurants and eateries as they offer up a variety of discounts and deals for CDW visitors.

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Take a look at some of the highlights below

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2026 Partners

Thank you to our sponsors and partners.
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  • The Peel is a charity that’s been building a connected community in Clerkenwell since 1898. They run activities for adults, activities for children and young people and mental health awareness project ...

 

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INTERESTED IN BECOMING A PARTNER?

If you're interested in partnering with CDW, get in touch with the team today. Whether you're a media partner looking to collaborate or have an idea that could form part of our programme, we want to hear from you! 

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