Workspace Design Show (25–26 February 2026, Business Design Centre, London) returns with a powerful series of immersive installations that bring the show’s 2026 theme, Connected Realities, to life. Designed by leading architecture and workplace design studios, these installations explore how physical environments, digital systems, material innovation and human experience are becoming increasingly interconnected in the modern workplace.
Together, the installations form a journey across the show floor, inviting visitors to pause, interact, reflect and reimagine how workplaces are designed, experienced and sustained.
Designed by MCM in partnership with Future Works, innovation venture of The Furniture Practice, the Circular Hub is a dedicated space exploring circularity across a range of product typologies. Materials are traced from raw to refined, with natural and synthetic options displayed side by side to reveal different circular pathways. The space features material and product contributions from Nested Living, Materials Assemble, Tate, Vitra and Planteria.
A programme of hands-on challenges invites participants to dismantle and rebuild a piece of furniture, putting adaptability, repair and reuse into practice. The stand itself functions as a live prototype, demonstrating a minimal, near zero-waste exhibition approach rooted in learning, experimentation and reuse.
Peldon Rose presents Exhale: a pavilion for deep listening. Attention softens, breath slows, and ideas settle. Between talks, a twenty-minute exhale unfolds, an architectural weather shift shaped by scent and light, renewing the atmosphere and re-tuning the space. This is the new home for Sustainability Talks & Occupiers Forum.
Merge invites visitors to explore the evolving relationship between craft and technology. It's split into two journeys, one designed and one to discover. The installation shows how integrated workplace technology supports flexibility and real-time responsiveness. Suppliers include Camira, Viccarbe, Osol, Planteria and Steelcase.
Through intuitive digital interfaces, people can personalise elements such as lighting and colour, actively transforming the space around them. This interaction softens the boundary between user and environment, showing how future workplaces are shaped not only for people, but also by them.
Inspired by this year’s theme “Connected Realities,” the stage design moves between physical and digital realms. Transporting visitors into a new dimension, cosmic colours fade into gentle gradients, forming a calm yet mysterious space. At the centre, a circular stage brings the focus back to people, suggesting that in our shifting worlds, human connection remains our true ground.
“These installations are not visual statements alone. They are experiences designed to provoke conversation, reflection and interaction,” says Esha Bark-Jones, Show Director, Workspace Design Show. “Connected Realities is about how workplaces are evolving in real time, and these installations allow visitors to experience that evolution first-hand.”
Following the installations, visitors can explore the wider exhibition featuring hundreds of workplace products from international and UK brands, alongside four dedicated talks stages Workspace Design Talks, Sustainability Talks, Occupiers Forum and the FIS Conference, delivering a comprehensive conference programme across the two days. With over 120 speakers, the programme brings together leading architects, designers, occupiers and workplace strategists to discuss the ideas, challenges and opportunities shaping the future of work.
Register now to attend the exhibition and explore these installations in-person: workspaceshow.co.uk
About Workspace Design Show
Workspace Design Show brings together the entire commercial interiors community to discover and discuss tomorrow’s workspaces. Featuring an exhibition, a strategic conference as well as numerous networking functions, Workspace Show offers attendees the chance to explore the latest products & innovations that have been developed on the back of the disruption caused by the pandemic.
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Discover new-season launches from 135+ showrooms and 30+ pop-up House Guests, and immerse yourself in inspiration, knowledge and creativity via an outstanding programme of events.
Be inspired by new collection launches from names you won’t find anywhere else, with big international brands sharing the limelight with boutique ateliers. Showrooms pull out all the stops to connect and engage with thousands of visitors via a huge programme of free events, from panel discussions to hands-on making. Pop-up House Guests add another layer of creativity to London Design Week 2026. These interior design brands have been carefully curated to complement the showroom offering.
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Registration is now officially open for Workspace Design Show London, returning to the Business Design Centre on 25–26 February 2026 with its most forward-thinking edition yet. The 2026 show will push even further under its new theme, Connected Realities, exploring how physical spaces and digital layers are increasingly merging to shape the workplaces of tomorrow.
Across two days, the event will transform the BDC into a dynamic landscape of ideas and innovation, featuring leading UK and international brands unveiling the latest in furniture, lighting, acoustics, flooring, sustainability, digital workplace tools and materials for next-generation environments. Visitors can expect a show floor rich with new launches from companies including König + Neurath, Sedus, Kvadrat, Pedrali, Interface, Forbo and more, alongside a wider range of workplace product innovators shaping the future of work.
Building on its reputation for curating one of the strongest speaker line-ups in the sector, this edition will bring together 140+ speakers and 40+ power-packed sessions, featuring leaders from AECOM, VirginMediaO2, Overbury, tp bennett, Sidley Austin, Octopus Energy, Hawkins\Brown, CBRE and many more voices shaping the way we design, work and live.
The content programme will once again span the full spectrum of workplace design and strategy, with sessions exploring design excellence, human behaviour, culture, technology, transformation, sustainability, creative leadership and the evolving role of the physical office. Visitors will experience discussions that cut across design, real estate and people experience reflecting how today’s workplaces sit at the intersection of spatial thinking, digital systems and organisational change.
Adding to the show’s creative impact, design partners Gensler, Peldon Rose, MCM Architecture, M Moser Associates and Area will bring the Connected Realities theme to life through a series of experiential installations and lounges across the venue. These spaces will reflect the frictionless blend between physical environments and digital augmentation, inviting visitors to explore new ways people engage with space, technology, materials and each other. The event will offer moments of immersion, interaction and inspiration woven throughout the entire visitor journey.
A major highlight of 2026 will be the launch of the new Workspace Design Awards, taking place on 25 February and celebrating exceptional workplace projects from around the world. The Awards Evening will be followed by the Networking Party, sponsored by Mute, bringing studios, occupiers, developers, product brands and thought leaders together for a night of connection and celebration right on the show floor.
Workspace Design Show continues to serve as the UK’s annual meeting point for workplace leaders across architecture, design, corporate real estate, HR, facilities management, development, construction and workplace experience. The 2026 edition will be a deeper, richer and more integrated perspective on how work environments are designed, built and experienced at a moment when organisations are rethinking the role of the workplace more profoundly than ever.
Visitor registration is now open, and design professionals can get their free pass at: workspaceshow.co.uk
Downtown Design Riyadh returns for its second edition 15 - 18 September 2026 at JAX District, a cultural hub set against the historic backdrop of Diriyah. As Saudi Arabia's first high-quality design fair, Downtown Design Riyadh continues to connect global design brands with the Kingdom's creative community, in strategic partnership with the Architecture and Design Commission of the Ministry of Culture. The fair showcases original, high-quality design and limited-edition works from both international and regional studios.
Long established as a leading destination for material innovation, SDS26 will deliver an immersive exhibition of pioneering surfaces and finishes, encouraging architects and designers to see, touch and engage with the future of material design.
At the core of the 2026 edition is the theme Material Evolution, which challenges traditional notions of “newness” and urges the industry to rethink value. Rather than focusing solely on the novel, the show reframes innovation as a process of reinvention transforming waste into worth through circular design, material transparency and responsible production. Reuse, rediscovery and regeneration sit alongside scientific and technological advancement as key drivers of progress.
SDS26 will feature an expanded programme, welcoming back popular elements such as Surface Spotlight, Stone Tapestry, the Innovation Gallery, Green Grads and the Surface Design Awards. A major new development for 2026 is a partnership with the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), which will host two of its flagship annual events at the show.
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Discover autumn launches from a raft of leading brands and enjoy an essential programme of events that aims to inspire every visitor. Focus/26 on Design features top design brands that do not exhibit anywhere else in the UK – and this is the first place you'll be able to see their new launches.
Taking place in the showrooms, free Access All Areas events include meet-the-designer sessions and conversations with industry leaders. Expect more than 30 additional interior design brands to pop up in the Design Avenue, complementing the showrooms and offering even more to see.
As one of the world's premier design events, the Festival showcases the diversity and dynamism of the global design community while highlighting London's pivotal role as a hub of creativity.
Since its inception 40 years ago, New Designers has provided a platform for over 2,500 graduates every year to present their visionary ideas to industry professionals and the public. In 2026 the event will take place in one week, with all design disciplines presented side by side, spanning fashion, textiles, furniture, product design, illustration and more, to better represent the interdisciplinary nature of design today.
The NeoCon exhibition is complemented by first-class educational and inspirational programming offering expertise and insight into the most relevant topics in the industry today.
Uniting over 9,000 industry professionals, 400+ leading brands and start-ups and 550+ inspiring speakers across eight CPD-accredited stages. Futurebuild 2026 is the UK’s most influential event for the built environment.
This year’s theme Connect, highlights the transformative power of collaboration linking people, ideas and technologies to drive real change. It’s about uniting the built environment to foster partnerships and solutions that shape a sustainable future.
Join architects, engineers, deveopers, tier 1 contractors, local authorities and sustainability leaders who are shaping a better, more resilient built environment.
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