
The 23rd edition of the London Design Festival will take place on 13–21 September 2025.
Launched in 2003, the festival celebrates and promotes the city as a design capital on the global stage. Building on London’s existing design activity, the concept was to create an annual event that would promote the city’s creativity, drawing in the country’s greatest thinkers, practitioners, retailers and educators to a deliver an unmissable celebration of design – 22 years later, this vision remains.
‘London and design go hand in hand. It is part of our story,’ said Ben Evans CBE, who along with Sir John Sorrell CBE, launched the London Design Festival in 2003. ‘London Design Festival is a platform for hundreds of design stories to be told. Each of them talks to an expanding audience hungry for design ideas and enjoying the quality and diversity of what’s on offer. It all confirms London’s status as the global centre of design.’
‘London Design Festival is a fantastic event, which brings together designers from across the globe and demonstrates the capital’s position as a powerhouse for the creative industries,’ said Sadiq Khan, mayor of London. ‘London is known for its creativity and continues to attract the best companies and talent from around the world. I’m delighted to support London Design Festival, which shows that London is open to great ideas, innovation and people from all backgrounds.’