This year marks the first Montreal Design Week. Open studios, exhibitions, installations, evening events, and a trade show—it will run for ten days, from April 28 through May 7, 2026.
Montreal has so much design and architecture that you can walk right past without noticing it because you’re arguing with your partner over text or because you’ve got your head tucked into your shoulders against the wind. Design Week is a chance to take a closer look at the city’s design and designers.
Our (almost entirely) free schedule for Design Week features an artistic mix of exhibitions, tours, and evening events.
For the full program of Montreal Design Week 2026, click hereTuesday, April 28 – DRAMA TABLE installation presented by the creative studio The NNS
DRAMA TABLE installation presented by the creative studio The NNS / The installation is like a trippy dinner party with impossible utensils, sliding cloches, and chairs where you sit down to become part of the installation.
Thursday, April 30 – “Passagers” Exhibition by MOLD at WIP Gallery
Passagers by MOLD / The exhibition, presented by the nomadic gallery MOLD for its launch, showcases the work of a dozen artists who push the boundaries of art and form
Friday, May 1 – Opening of the exhibition “Objets Mous ” presented by the art collective Double Entendre
Opening of the exhibition “Objets Mous ” presented by the art collective Double Entendre on May 1 starting at 5 p.m. /
The exhibition explores the transformation of soft materials into figures and objects that challenge notions of creation and structure. It’s a group show worth seeing to take your mind off chairs and metal bells—because design can also be pure art.
Saturday, May 2 – Jazz night and vinyl selection at Subterra
Jazz night and vinyl selection at Subterra / the bar at Montreal’s SonoLux Hotel is the best spot for music lovers and anyone looking for a great atmosphere after a day of wandering and sharp angles during Design Week
Saturday, May 2 / 8:00 PM – 12 :00 AM / STÉPHANE COCKE / Vinyl DJ
Sunday, May 3: From the Useful to the Sublime: 600 Years of Decorative Art and Design at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
From the Useful to the Sublime: 600 Years of Decorative Art and Design at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts /
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts has set up its design exhibition in the newly renovated Liliane and David M. Stewart Pavilion—a concrete and glass marvel we’d almost forgotten about.
The exhibition: a showcase of rediscovered treasures— vintage monochromes, intricate PVC chairs, portable televisions, and miraculous metal soup tureens.
The works and objects are arranged not by decade (the kind of organization you’d expect for a “classic” design exhibition) but by theme. Transportation, hygiene, office… The exhibition is “transcultural and transhistorical.”
The spotlight is on Quebec and Canadian designers and artists, including Julien Hébert and the original design of “Terre des Hommes,” the theme of Expo ’67 that continues to make Montreal one of the most fantastical cities in international design. In one of the videos projected onto the pavilion’s walls, he explains how he created it…
You must purchase a general admission ticket to enter the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
Tuesday, May 5 – Coffee and a tour of Fabrique Allwood
Café Découverte + Talk at Fabrique Allwood / coffee and a tour of Fabrique Allwood, a zero-waste furniture workshop specializing in steel and solid wood
Wednesday, May 6 – Studio tour: Clara Jorisch & Verre d’Onge
Studio tour: Clara Jorisch & Verre d’Onge / blown glass, fired glass, molded and transformed glass—glass as an element of design and architecture
Thursday, May 7 – Happy Hour at the Audiotopie Showroom
Studio Tour & Audiotopie Showroom Launch : The Sound Environment and Design / The Audiotopie cooperative, which creates multisensory and contemplative sound experiences, opens the doors to its studio and its creative and manufacturing process and inaugurates a showroom featuring installations that blend sound and design
