Vienna Design Week Headquarters

VIENNA DESIGN WEEK is Austria´s largest design festival, with a variaty of locations and events in Vienna. Last year it delighted over 30.900 visitors. The festival, curated by Lilli Hollein, will enter its 8th round this year.

Festival Headquarters

Concealed behind the high-spray fountain on Schwarzenbergplatz, the noble Palais Schwarzenberg has in recent years been something of a sleeping beauty. Before the historical palace and gardens will be returned to a new use by a new owner, the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK is enabling the public once more to have a look inside; it will use rooms that have not been accessible since a long time, including the Orangery, the “Silver Cabinet” and the “Czech Rooms” – a tribute will be dedicated to the latter. As a venue for tightly packed events, the headquarters will host an abundance of exhibitions and presentations. A pop-up café on site invites the festival guests to chill, the Meeting Point not only is the starting point of the Shuttle, which brings people to selected locations on two Saturday afternoons, but also of several guided tours. Moreover the Infopoint provides festival-goers with all the information they might need.