Explore the top 2025 exhibitions highlighted by Dezeen Events Guide, including Designing Motherhood: Things that Make and Break Our Births, a show that investigates the journey of human reproduction through the perspective of design.
Also featured in this year’s Dezeen Events Guide are the exhibitions Design You Can Feel and Design and Disability, which focus on innovative approaches in architecture and design.
Other notable events from 2025 include Difficult Sites: Architecture Against the Odds and Coherence by Karin Mørch.
Designing Motherhood: Things that Make and Break Our Births
4 October 2025 to 15 March 2026, USA
At the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) in New York City, visitors can view over 250 products, artworks, and projects that explore reproductive themes.
This exhibition examines how design has influenced fertility, infertility, pregnancy, postpartum experiences, and parenthood over the past 150 years.
Difficult Sites: Architecture Against the Odds
11 October 2024 to 31 May 2025, UK
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) presented Difficult Sites: Architecture Against the Odds, an exhibition examining architectural solutions for complex and challenging environments.
Held in London, the display included models, drawings, plans, and photographs of projects designed for uniquely shaped plots or uneven terrain.
Nakagin and Kiyotomo: Architectural Icons from Tokyo, 1970s–1980s
2 November 2024 to 28 February 2026, Hong Kong
A capsule from Kurokawa Kisho’s Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo is displayed at the Nakagin and Kiyotomo: Architectural Icons from Tokyo, 1970s–1980s exhibition in Hong Kong.
Hosted at the M+ museum, the exhibition presents this capsule, which once served as a compact residential or office space.
Ahryun Lee: Hoppy Marvels
16 January to 6 February 2025, USA
J. Lohmann Gallery, based in New York City, collaborated with ceramicist Ahryun Lee to showcase her work in a dedicated exhibition.
Known as Hoppy Marvels, the exhibition highlighted whimsical, tactile design objects created with vibrant colour palettes.
Coherence by Karin Mørch
17 March to 25 April 2025, UK
Danish artist Karin Mørch’s Coherence exhibition was held at Vessel Gallery in London, exploring the qualities and creative possibilities of glass.
Mørch drew inspiration from architectural forms, as well as music and dance, to produce a series of glass design pieces.
Design You Can Feel
8 to 13 April 2025, Italy
During Milan Design Week, Dezeen collaborated once again with technology company ASUS to present the latest edition of Design You Can Feel, an installation originally launched at the previous year’s London Design Festival.
This year’s installation, held at the historic Galleria Meravigli from the 1920s, featured semi-transparent wings that responded interactively to visitors’ movements.</p
