Creative & Design festival aims at sharing visions and achievements that revitalize the potentials of Bangkok
Bangkok Design Week (BKKDW) proposes the prominence of Bangkok’s design and creative works. Through these works, the festival presents ambitious ideas and new possibilities of Bangkok, now and in the future.
Celebrated in the creative districts, these creative works range from experimental pieces to the works with social and business impacts. With fun activities and memorable experiences, the festival is blended beautifully with the charm of Bangkok and attracts visitors from across the world to experience Bangkok’s latest happening.
BKKDW has long been a fixture on the Bangkok event calendar: it contributes to the growth of the creative industries and propels Bangkok to stand out as a UNESCO Creative City Network, Bangkok City of Design. The event is organized by Creative Economy Agency (Public Organization) or CEA, in collaboration with over 60 state agencies, public organizations, academia, and international institutions, as well as 2,000 designers and creative businesses, which draws an estimated number of 400,000 visitors at home and abroad.
With over 1,750,000 visitors and a total economic value of up to 1,368,000,000 baht generated in 5 times of the festival, BKKDW has been presenting new possibilities and significant potential of creators, entrepreneurs, public and private sectors, educational institutes, as well as various cooperation agencies, both domestic and international.
BKKDW is a growth engine for Thailand’s creative industries in a variety of ways, including showcasing creative businesses and designs, stimulating competitiveness, providing a local and international business networking opportunity, and generating economic momentum for downstream businesses such as marketing, printing, online media, galleries, cafes, restaurants, gifts & souvenirs, travel, hotels, and public transportation.
About CEA
Established on 14 August 2018, the organization formerly known as Thailand Creative and Design Center (TCDC) is now Creative Economy Agency (Public Organization): CEA. Under the supervision of the Office of the Prime Minister, CEA has taken on a stronger role in fostering the creative economy for the sustainable economic development of Thailand.
One of CEA’s missions is to put forth the development of the creative district. By promoting the district and its conducive atmosphere to new businesses, CEA is aiming to connect the local community with each stakeholder.
With creativity as a key driver for leveling up businesses and quality of life, CEA is tasked with enhancing the prominence and competitiveness of Thai entrepreneurs and the creative network to advance Thai creative industries.
Contact us
Creative Economy Agency (Public Organization)
The Grand Postal Building, 1160 Charoenkrung Road, Bangrak, Bangkok 10500
(66) 2 105 7400 (Tuesday – Sunday | 10.30 – 19.00)
DESIGN S/O/S
Secure Domestic / Outreach Opportunities / Sustainable Future
29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026
In the time when the world is in the grip of chaos and challenges, the ordered world collapses into disorder, global warming with rising turmoil, never-ending controversies, eventually lead to inevitable economic warfare. In the midst of everything falling apart, how do we survive as a whole?
‘What can design do?’ The question has always been the heart of Bangkok Design Week. But this year, it is no longer a question, but an urgent call to action, to seek for new solutions and new paths for survival, even more practical than ever.
Bangkok Design Week 2026 is sending out the signal DESIGN S/O/S — not a call for help, but a declaration of “DESIGN” as a powerful tool and force to help us through this state of “S/O/S”.
S – Secure Domestic
Design to Strive – Setting new standards, awakening waves that boost the domestic market.
O – Outreach Opportunities
Design to Offer – Creating new opportunities, fostering collaborations, and confidently taking a step towards the global state.
S – Sustainable Future
Design to Survive – Exploring bold and innovative paths to a sustainable future, ready to take on every challenge ahead.
Design is not only for the design industry itself, but it is for everyone to survive, for businesses to thrive, for cities that leave no one behind, and for the world to be more sustainable than ever.
Do not wait for the crisis to arrive. Now is the time to activate your creative mode and unleash your “survival” ideas you’ve been waiting to “actualize”. No matter who you are, a creator, a designer, an entrepreneur, a thinker, a dreamer, a critic, a connector or a doer, this is a call for you to join us. Let’s “take action” in design, and survive — together.
Bangkok Design Week 2026 (BKKDW2026) on its 9th edition will be held from 29 January – 8 February 2026 under the theme DESIGN S/O/S across various districts of Bangkok. We welcome different ideas that spark changes in different ways, offering opportunities for people of all ages and industries to build business connections and collaborations, to expand their reach even further onto the international stage.
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