Satelite Events
March 1-4
Free events hosted in showrooms across Tāmaki Makaurau. RSVP required, and most fill within the first week or two.
NZ Design Week 2027
NZDW celebrates collaboration, creativity, and cross-disciplinary exchange - supporting innovation and commercial growth through a curated programme of exhibitions, talks, workshops, and immersive experiences.
More about NZDW
Restore +
Reimagine
Restore + Reimagine explores how design can repair, renew, and reimagine the systems that shape our world.
At a time when environmental, social, and economic pressures demand new ways of thinking, design has the power to move beyond extraction and excess toward restoration and regeneration. From adaptive reuse and circular materials to indigenous knowledge and future-focused technologies, designers are rethinking how we work with what already exists.
NZDW 2027 invites everyone - from creatives to the creatively curious - to explore how design can restore what has been overlooked, reimagine what is possible, and help shape more resilient futures for people, communities, and planet.
At a time when environmental, social, and economic pressures demand new ways of thinking, design has the power to move beyond extraction and excess toward restoration and regeneration. From adaptive reuse and circular materials to indigenous knowledge and future-focused technologies, designers are rethinking how we work with what already exists.
NZDW 2027 invites everyone - from creatives to the creatively curious - to explore how design can restore what has been overlooked, reimagine what is possible, and help shape more resilient futures for people, communities, and planet.
The week
at a glance
Partner Events
March 5-7
Ticketed events created with partners, featuring capped attendance. These popular events sell out fast.
Local Design Conference
March 8
A day of local Aotearoa speakers at Shed 10. Single-day ticket, or take both days together.
Global Design Conference
March 9
International keynote speakers at Shed 10. Single-day ticket, or take both days together.
Residency
March 7-9
What's on
4 districts What
they say
The breadth of speakers, designers, and experiences present across multiple quality venues, make it a very enriching experience, just want more of everything!
Te Ari Prendergast
Warren & Mahoney
Thank you for curating such a thoughtful collection of diverse perspectives and for encouraging robust engagement around the design challenges facing creative professions in this unique moment in time—both in New Zealand and around the world.”
Rebecca McCarthy AIA PLA
AIA PLA
ADW brought our design community together brilliantly! As both speaker and attendee, I saw firsthand how this event connects diverse design disciplines in ways we've been missing.”
Rod Acevedo
RUSH Digital
The Design Conference opened my mind to what was happening outside of my own industry and left me thinking about things for days after. An invaluable day if you are a design professional living in Aotearoa.
Stephen
Creative Designer
