"Craft roots keep Lisbon Design Week on the cutting edge. Compared to showcases in other European design capitals, Lisbon Design Week is a more intimate affair that celebrates the closeness of its craft traditions. [...]
While other European creative scenes trade off their industrial manufacturing prowess, a lack of major furniture brands and clearly established career pathways means that many Portuguese designers pay more attention to materials, techniques and connection – to the land, to traditions and to each other. The result is a creative culture of experimentation and learning by doing."
Craft roots keep Lisbon Design Week on the cutting edge
Monocle
"A luz. Ese es el secreto de Lisboa. Entra por donde debe y siempre se queda lo justo y necesario. Lo suficiente para hacer que cada pieza que hemos descubierto en la Lisbon Design Week –una cerámica, una luminaria, una silla– parezca un acto divino. Es lo que la hace distinta al resto de semanas del diseño repartidas por el mundo. Eso, y que aquí no gritan las marcas ni los grandes showrooms, sino que susurran los materiales, las manos de los artesanos. No hay obsesión por la novedad, ni prisa por declarar tendencias."
Esto es todo lo que nos ha gustado de la Lisbon Design Week
Manera
"Spread across 11 neighbourhoods and featuring over 250 makers. The week saw established designers, emerging talent, and international studios converge in venues ranging from hotel lobbies to convents and the city’s top galleries. [...]
This year’s theme, though unofficial, felt grounded in a collective return to nature. Organic materials, raw finishes, and handcrafted techniques permeated the programming, with many of the standouts celebrating locality not just in form and method, but in mood. As founder Michèle Fajtmann noted, the week aimed to be more than a 'festival where shops and ateliers are open to the public,' instead inviting 'dialogue, discovery, collaborations, and experimentation' across the city.
The Best Things We Saw at Lisbon Design Week
Surface Magazine
"Portugal is a land of emerging talents navigating an international system that often feels saturated, standardized, and creatively fatigued. Focusing on local and marginal perspectives with fresh attention allows us to detect the strength of subtle signals. When nurtured, these signals have the potential to flourish and resonate."
Lisbon Design Week 2025: A City Reclaims Its Creative Pulse
Yatzer
“Nuestra plataforma busca celebrar la rica comunidad de diseño y artesanía de Portugal”, explica Michèle Fajtmann, fundadora y organizadora de la Lisbon Design Week. “Nuestro objetivo es convertirnos en una plataforma digital accesible, centrada en los creadores y que muestre el trabajo de diseñadores, artesanos y arquitectos portugueses, así como de otros participantes del ecosistema, como galerías, salas de exposición e instituciones culturales”.
10 cosas que no nos queremos perder en la Lisbon Design Week 2025
AD Spain
"Des grottes néo-aquatiques aux tabourets baroques en bronze, la Lisboa Design Week 2025 a donné à voir un Portugal du design résolument pluriel, affranchi des étiquettes. Douze créateurs, douze propositions, entre hommage aux gestes ancestraux, hybridation culturelle et expérimentations sensorielles. Résultat ? Une cartographie mouvante, foisonnante, impossible à enfermer dans une seule esthétique.
Si le but initial de Michèle Fajtmann, à l’origine de la Lisbon Design Week, était de créer des quartiers dédiés au design dans la capitale portugaise, elle a atteint son objectif."
Design Week de Lisbonne, capitale d’un design multiple et indomptable
IDEAT
