10th Anniversary Boston Design Week

The 10th Anniversary Boston Design Week will take place April 25-May 7, 2023, featuring dozens of in-person, virtual and outdoor events citywide, including the annual Design Week Awards, Friday, May 5th. This 12-day design festival offers renowned guest speakers, panel discussions, exhibitions, and more hosted by design-oriented businesses, universities, museums, non-profit organizations, and professional societies. Most events are free of charge with registration, and all events must be open to the public.

With sustainability, environmental impact and climate change in mind, the special festival theme this year is: Design For Tomorrow, Today! The festival organizers seek events and programs in all categories and in all fields of design that are groundbreaking, disrupt previous ideas, or challenge conventional thinking, processes or materials, with particular interest in design that responds to the economic, social and environmental imperatives of the city of Boston, the United States and the world.