Clerkenwell Design Week (CDW) has announced its return to London’s EC1 from 20-22 May 2025, with its 14th edition set to be the largest yet.
Since making its debut back in 2009, Clerkenwell Design Week (CDW) has provided a platform for brands local to Clerkenwell, to showcase their products and for many local creative showrooms and studios to open their doors to new audiences with product events, networking and more. 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 creative and design hubs in the world.
For the 2025 CDW programme of specially curated events throughout Clerkenwell, with international exhibitors and new products showcased across over 16 venues and over 160 local design showrooms, there is everything from workshops to product launches, topical talks and a plethora of parties, coffee meet-ups and other food and drink events.
This year’s show will also introduce three new exhibition venues.
Among the new are the new exhibition venues are the historic medieval and Tudor buildings of The Charterhouse and Charterhouse Square. Then there is the capital’s oldest parish church, St Bartholomew the Great; and Studio Smithfield, a Grade II-listed building above the Smithfield Market in the heart of the Culture Mile.
Clerkenwell Design Week 2025 Programme
There is some 600+ showroom events, 15+ curated exhibitions and striking installations making for over 200 different events each day of the Clerkenwell Design Week 2025 Programme, which runs across the three days of Tuesday May 20th, Wednesday May 21st and Thursday May 22nd.
See the full programme here - https://www.clerkenwelldesignweek.com/programme
“We’re thrilled to be back in Clerkenwell this May with our largest programme yet, both in scale and content,” says Marlon Cera-Marle, from Media 10, the organiser of the annual design festival.
Marlon Cera-Marle added “The new venues, including some of London’s most historic landmarks, will provide a stunning backdrop for presenting some of the world’s most exciting design brands. We’re also partnering with incredible international names, from country pavilions to leading media outlets from the UK and US.”
For the 2025 Clerkenwell Design Week, across all venues, the event will feature over 350 design brands, showcasing furniture, lighting, textiles, surfaces, home accessories and product design.
Confirmed exhibitors include Chelsom, Vincent Sheppard, Ethimo, Kirkby Design, Morgan, Another Country, Universal Fibers, Arte and Ultrafabrics.
Integral to the festival are the local resident design showrooms, who partner with Clerkenwell Design Week every year. This year more than 160 showroom partners will also host product launches, talks and workshops. These include Allermuir, Ferm Living, Bolon, Tarkett, Duravit, Hansgrohe, Ideal Standard, Secto Design, J. Adams and Co, Bert Frank, Cosentino and Viaduct.
Amongst the kitchen and bathroom brands pening their showroom doors will be:
Cosentino - and their showroom at 1 Hatton Garden, EC1N 8SJ
Duravit - and their showroom at 36-42 Clerkenwell Rd, London, EC1M 5PS
Blum - and their showroom at 1 Dallington Street, EC1 0BH
Cocoon - and their showroom at Senso, 28-32 Old St, London EC1V 9AB
Hansgrohe UK - and their showroom at 12-16 Clerkenwell Road, EC1M 5PQ
Rak Ceramics - and their showroom at 100 St John Street, EC1M 4EH
The Splash Lab - and their showroom at 60-62 Clerkenwell Road, EC1M 5PX
VADO - and their showroom at Bourne & Hollingsworth, 42 Northampton Rd, London EC1R 0HU
Villeroy & Boch - and their showroom at 76 Clerkenwell Rd, EC1M 5QA
VitrA - and their showroom at Turnmill Building, 64 Turnmill Street, EC1M 5RR
Zip Water - and their showroom at 56-58 Clerkenwell Rd, EC1M 5PX
Architects and interior designers will also have the opportunity to join guided specialist tours covering topics ranging from sustainability to emerging design talent.
