Ithra Design Week 2026
Ithra Design Week is the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra) annual celebration of design, creativity, and innovation, and a leading regional hub for design practices from Ithra and beyond. The program celebrates creativity and innovation across industries, where design can make a tangible impact. Evolving from the legacy of Tanween, Ithra Design Week expands from a platform for designers into a dynamic design ecosystem. It brings together international and regional designers, studios, thinkers, and institutions through a curated program of exhibitions, talks, workshops, masterclasses, installations, design challenges, and public engagement programs. Rooted in Saudi Arabia and connected globally, Ithra Design Week aims to be a globally leading design ecosystem
that reflects the region’s transformation while contributing meaningfully to international design practice. It serves as a space that cultivates, develops and accelerates design content, through nurturing ideas, experimentation and collaborations that shape the growth, visibility and relevance of the design scene within a global context. Moving beyond design as mere product or aesthetics, Ithra Design Week positions design as a lens for inquiry, interpretation and future-making, fostering exchange across disciplines, cultures and ways of thinking.
