Events, talks and workshops at DSC
by Design Season Cologne Team
Discover the Full Programme & Calendar.
* Registration required: Advance (free) registration is required for this programme item.
** Paid registration: A paid ticket or binding advance registration is required for this programme item.
Tip: Secure your place early, as participant numbers are limited for some events.
MONDAY, 26 OCTOBER 2026
17:00 | Designpost Köln md evening event: “Towards a Future Without a Blueprint: Office Planning Today”
18:00 | machwerkhaus köln sonderausstellung prototyp | exhibition opening
TUESDAY, 27 OCTOBER 2026
09:30 | Designpost Köln Opening Talk
11:00 | Designpost Köln Stage Talk: How Images Emerge from Noise
12:00–12:45 | Designpost Köln Talk: From Workplace to Wellbeing Space – with Carpus+Partner
13:00–14:00 | designdirektive Workshop: Turning Flooring into Furniture - From By-product to Business – and a Table You Can Assemble Yourself*
13:00 | Designpost Köln Stage Talk: FROM FACTORY TO SECOND LIFE
14:00 | Designpost Köln Stage Talk: Use Longer. Preserve Value. The Circular Approach of Gärsnäs
15:00–16:00 | designdirektive Talk: Adaptive Reuse Is the Real Design Challenge – A Discussion of Our Work*
15:00 | Designpost Köln Stage Talk: Beyond Colour with Alina Schartner – Leather & Meaningful Design
16:00 | Designpost Köln Stage Akuart Talk: Structured by Design & Performance
16:00–19:00 | Kartell Flagstore Aperitivo con Kartell
16:00 | Circular Gallery Exhibition
16:30 | Designers Tower Industry Event for Trade Professionals & Special Guests* Exclusively for invited opening guests and press
17:00–18:00 | designdirektive Talk + Product Presentation: Madaster Match – The Digital Building Component Catalogue – Premiere on the CircBuild Stage*
17:00–19:00 | Designpost Köln idd cologne Aperitif: ORGATEC × idd cologne × Design Post × H.O.M.E.
17:00–22:00 | LAUFEN COLOGNE GALLERY OPENING*
18:00–19:00 | designdirektive Talk: Treasure Hunting in Existing Buildings – What Deconstruction and Reuse Really Mean in Practice*
18:00–23:00 | machwerkhaus köln wandellust | Premiere with Maja Göpel**
From 19:00 | MAGAZIN Versandhandelsgesellschaft mbH Panel Talk: DIALOG
WEDNESDAY, 28 OCTOBER 2026
09:00 | Monkey Bar, 25hours Hotel The Circle, 8th floor iF Design × H.O.M.E. Breakfast*
From 10:00 | Designpost Köln Inspire Walk
10:00–15:30 | MAGAZIN Versandhandelsgesellschaft mbH Workshop: FOKUS FARBE
11:00 | Designpost Köln Stage Talk: FROM FACTORY TO SECOND LIFE
12:00–12:45 | Designpost Köln Stage Workshop: Let's Stop Using Boring White Radiators!
13:00–13:50 | Designpost Köln Stage Talk: Room for next – Planning on a New Scale
13:00–14:00 | designdirektive Workshop: Madaster Match in Practice – Two Perspectives on the Same Existing Building Stock: Deconstruction and Planning*
14:00 | Designpost Köln Talk: The Life and Work of Verner Panton
14:30–16:30 | designdirektive Workshop: Emotional Lighting Design – The Golden Rules of Lighting Design, Followed by Your Own Design Exercise*
15:00 | Designpost Köln Stage Talk: FROM FACTORY TO SECOND LIFE
16:00–17:00 | designdirektive Talk: Those Who Manufacture Bear Responsibility – What B Corp and Cradle to Cradle Certification Really Mean for a Furniture Manufacturer*
16:00–19:00 | Kartell Flagstore Aperitivo con Kartell
17:00–18:00 | machwerkhaus köln Expert Talk: The Authenticity Formula*
17:30 | Designpost Köln Stage Programme item to be announced
17:30–18:30 | designdirektive Talk: The Circular Economy Starts in the Mind – Why Sustainable Design Needs New Questions and People Willing to Answer Them*
17:45 | Circular Gallery Guest Talk: Paul Ketz – Sustainable Design: The Pfandring Deposit Ring
18:00–23:00 | machwerkhaus köln built to last – exhibition opening
18:30–20:00 | designdirektive Open Discussion: ALL CIRCBUILD PARTNERS Roundtable*
19:00–21:00 | R8M “Art and Design Are Good Friends!” – Happy Hour
THURSDAY, 29 OCTOBER 2026
09:00 | Designpost Köln Business Breakfast: AI in the Workplace
09:00–11:00 | MAGAZIN Versandhandelsgesellschaft mbH COFFEE, CROISSANT, MAGAZIN
09:30–11:00 | machwerkhaus köln Breakfast Talk with Designer Hanne Willmann*
From 10:00 | Designpost Köln Inspire Walk
11:00 | Designpost Köln Stage Talk: FROM FACTORY TO SECOND LIFE
12:00–14:00 | designdirektive Emotional Lighting Design – The Golden Rules of Lighting Design, Followed by Your Own Design Exercise*
13:00–13:50 | Designpost Köln Stage Talk: Room for next – Planning on a New Scale
14:30–15:15 | designdirektive Rethinking Acoustics Through Circularity · mogu*
15:00 | Designpost Köln Stage Talk: FROM FACTORY TO SECOND LIFE
16:00 | Designpost Köln Stage Panel Talk: Sustainable. Circular. Credible? – Sustainability Beyond the Buzzwords, Followed by Drinks, Finger Food & Networking
16:00–19:00 | Designpost Köln Stage Sustainable. Circular. Credible? – Panel Talk × bdia × nateria | ORGATEC
16:00–16:30 | designdirektive What Lasts Doesn't Need Replacing · sonoro*
16:00–19:00 | Kartell Flagstore Aperitivo con Kartell
16:00–22:00 | QUEER MADE MIDISSAGE LIVE EVENT
16:30–18:00 | designdirektive Audio Talk: Sound as a Design Tool – With Hands-on Experiments*
17:45 | Circular Gallery Guest Talk: Form and Fungi – Design Made from Fungal Mycelium
18:00–22:00 | machwerkhaus köln Cowerkplatz – Opening*
19:00–22:00 | GOLDKANT Exhibition Opening, Followed by a Design Talk with JBNG
From 19:30 | designdirektive After-Show Party at the Venue*
FRIDAY, 30 OCTOBER 2026
09:00 | Designpost Köln Business Breakfast: AI in the Workplace
From 10:00 | Designpost Köln Inspire Walk
11:00 | Designpost Köln Stage Talk: FROM FACTORY TO SECOND LIFE
12:15–13:15 | designdirektive Workshop: Turning Flooring into Furniture – From By-product to Business, and a Table You Can Assemble Yourself*
13:00–13:50 | Designpost Köln Stage Talk: One Product. One Digital Twin
13:30–14:30 | designdirektive Talk: Adaptive Reuse Is the Real Design Challenge
14:00 | Designpost Köln Stage Talk: FROM FACTORY TO SECOND LIFE
14:30–16:00 | designdirektive Workshop: Material That Grows – Get Hands-on with Mycelium and Create Your Own Material Sample
16:00–17:00 | designdirektive Workshop: How to Create a Truly One-of-a-Kind Logo
16:00–19:00 | Kartell Flagstore Aperitivo con Kartell
17:45 | Circular Gallery Guest Talk: The Circular Economists – A Network for Circularity
18:00 | machwerkhaus köln UPPER|DOWNER – Exhibition Opening
From 19:00 | machwerkhaus köln die feierei zur machwerkschau × official design season closing*
19:00–22:00 | Circular Gallery Come Together | Drinks | Music
SATURDAY, 31 OCTOBER 2026
11:00–16:00 | Various Locations idd INSPIRE WALK with PURE LINN*
Stops:
11:00 – Markanto Depot
11:50 – Line 15 from Chlodwigplatz, taking the tram to the Ring
12:10 – Bretz
12:35 – Fermob
13:00 – Stoll Wohnbedarf + Objekt
13:45 – Kartell
14:20 – MAGAZIN
15:15 – Jan Kath Design
16:00–19:00 | Kartell Flagstore Aperitivo con Kartell
17:45 | Circular Gallery Guest Talk: Naturbaunetz – A Hub for Sustainable Architecture
DESIGN SEASON COLOGNE 2026
26–31 October 2026
6 days · 7 design districts · 23 locations · 32 exhibitions · Over 140 brands.
www.designseasoncologne.com
