Indonesia Design Week continues to strengthen its role as a vibrant collaborative platform, bringing together brands, designers, creative practitioners, institutions, students and the international design community. Through this dynamic exchange, diverse perspectives meet, new ideas take shape and meaningful partnerships begin.
Indonesia Design Week (IDW) is shaped by encounters. It is where different disciplines meet, fresh ideas are exchanged and connections grow into meaningful creative partnerships. More than a showcase of finished work, the event offers an open platform for experimentation, dialogue and collective progress.
This collaborative spirit comes alive through IDW Collabs, which pairs brands with designers and creative practitioners to explore new possibilities. Morph Asia, Kitchen Art and Sub-Zero Wolf join forces in a cross-brand installation, while Mamo Studio, Paulus Setyabudi and Bobos Design collaborate with Wline to create exhibitions that bring professional perspectives into conversation with materials, products and industry expertise. Each project demonstrates how design becomes richer when different voices contribute to a shared vision.
IDW also serves as a gateway for international creative exchange. Through ADIR, the collaboration between Indonesia Design District and the French Embassy opens connections between Indonesia’s design ecosystem and creative communities in France. Meanwhile, the partnership between Bali-based CushCush and Tokyo’s Ishinomaki Lab brings Indonesian and Japanese practices together through a thoughtful exchange of knowledge, culture and approaches to making.
At home, IDW provides visibility for Indonesia’s growing creative potential. A collaboration between EKRAF RI and ICAD creates an exhibition platform for local creative intellectual properties, introducing their ideas to wider audiences and highlighting their cultural and commercial relevance.
The event also welcomes the next generation through the IDD Insight Trip. Students can experience exhibitions first-hand, meet designers and brands, and gain a clearer understanding of how the design industry operates. It is an important bridge between education and professional practice, encouraging young creatives to see themselves as active participants in the ecosystem.
Alongside its exhibitions and installations, IDW creates space for knowledge exchange through a programme of talks. Local and international voices, including Stephen Todd, Amy Lim, Eko Priharseno and Antonius Richard of RADAR, share perspectives that invite reflection and spark new conversations.
Together, these encounters make Indonesia Design Week more than an annual design event. It is a meeting point where ideas travel, partnerships begin and creativity becomes a genuinely collective endeavour.