Indonesia Design Week 2026 expands the conversation around design, connecting Indonesia’s creative community with industry and international networks to create new opportunities for collaboration.
Indonesia Design Week (IDW) 2026 successfully concluded its latest edition, bringing together designers, creative practitioners, students, industry players, institutions, and the wider public for 10 days of design, culture, and creative exchange across PIK2.
Held from the 18th to the 27th of September, 2026, this year’s edition centred on the theme “Collective Culture”, exploring how different disciplines, perspectives, and communities shape the way design evolves. The programme extended beyond Indonesia Design District (IDD) PIK2 to Batavia PIK, Pantjoran PIK, Central Market PIK, By The Sea PIK, Land’s End, Orange Groves PIK2, and Aloha PIK, placing design alongside culture, heritage, commerce, and everyday life.
The event welcomed participants throughout its 10-day programme, alongside 1,878 students from 28 universities across Jakarta, Tangerang, Depok, and Bandung. The mix of participants reflected a design scene that extends beyond designers and studios, involving brands, institutions, creative communities, educators, and wider audiences.
That diversity was also reflected in the programme. Exhibitions and installations were complemented by talks, discussions, workshops, community activities, brand activations, and satellite programmes. Rather than presenting design as a single discipline, IDW offered different ways to engage with the field, from contemporary design and craftsmanship to culture, commerce, and the built environment.
Its expanded footprint gave “Collective Culture” a physical dimension. Across different destinations, visitors encountered design in settings ranging from dedicated exhibition spaces to cultural and lifestyle destinations, offering a view of how design can influence not only objects and interiors, but also the environments and experiences around them.
The international programme added another layer to this perspective. For the first time in Indonesia, IDD PIK2 presented the SaloneSatellite Permanent Collection Exhibition, featuring 55 objects from its archive spanning 1998 to 2026. Showcasing work by emerging designers from around the world, the exhibition introduced Indonesian audiences to ideas and approaches shaping the next generation of global design.
Maria Porro, President of Salone del Mobile.Milano, and Marva Griffin, Founder and Curator of SaloneSatellite, were also present, further strengthening the relationship between Indonesia and the international design community. Following IDD’s participation at Salone del Mobile.Milano earlier this year, the collaboration created another opportunity for Indonesian designers and industry players to engage with an established global network.
France was also part of the international programme, with the involvement of the French Ambassador highlighting how design can serve as a space for cultural exchange and diplomatic engagement. These interactions offered Indonesian creative practitioners exposure to different perspectives, while giving international partners a closer view of Indonesia’s evolving design landscape.
Young creatives formed another important part of the programme. Through the IDW Students Visit, students explored exhibitions, installations, and destinations across PIK2 while engaging directly with designers, brands, and industry practitioners. The experience offered a closer look at the realities of creative work and the people shaping the industry beyond the classroom.
For established players, the programme also created space to encounter emerging talent. Such interactions point to a design industry where education, professional practice, creative business, and the built environment increasingly overlap.
“Collective Culture reflects how we see the future of design. It is shaped by different voices, disciplines, and experiences coming together. Through IDW, we want to create a space where these connections can happen organically, where ideas can be exchanged, new collaborations can emerge, and different perspectives can contribute to a more dynamic design landscape,” said Ipeng Widjojo, CEO of IDD PIK2.
Across 10 days and multiple destinations, IDW 2026 offered a broader view of design and the people shaping it. More than presenting what design looks like today, the programme showed how the field continues to evolve through culture, industry, education, and international exchange.