Cardiff Design Festival

I’m really looking forward to this year’s Design Festival, mainly because it is their fifth birthday and I love love love the number five, but also because they are having a Design-​themed Poetry Slam. The festival is an annual celebration of Design and provides a showcase of Design talent in Wales, and if you’ve been keeping track of my Unilocal reviews you’ll spot that I have a mad keen interest in all things design. During October they’ll host a programme of Design related events that should inform, inspire and provoke their audience.
The Festival provides a spotlight on the design sector and shows how design affects every aspect of our lives from the beds we sleep in to the way cereal packets keep our breakfast fresh, how journeys to work are signposted and our work places are designed.
There will be a series of talks, exhibitions and events that will run from 1^st to 16^th October this year and whether you’re a designer or not you’ll love what they have planned.

This annual celebration of Welsh design talent takes place each October, packing in stacks of design-​related events.
Aimed at members of the public, businesses and fellow designers, the festival showcases Welsh design by turning the spotlight on a wide range of areas within the sector, hosting talks, exhibitions and even drawing workshops where you can turn up and try out your own design and drawing skills with Cardiff School of Art & Design, and Cardiff Open Art School tutor and artist Christopher Holloway.
Events take place in various venues, so you need to check out the website’s events page to find out more — for example the drawing workshop mentioned above takes place in a unit within Morgan Arcade, just opposite Neal’s Yard Remedies, while other events take place at the art college.
The ‘Best of Welsh Design’ awards event, announcing this year’s winners, is also incorporated into the festival — having received submissions earlier in the year (and with the shortlist announced today, 1 October!).

This is definitely one for your diary!!!
The Cardiff Design Festival really is an annual treat! Hosted at various venues around our nations capital, it is a positively splendid affair! Held every October it showcases ‘The Best of Welsh Design’, which really is more diverse than you might think!
There’s also a programme of design related events curated with the intention of educating and informing, as well as to inspire and perhaps even provoke. In addition there’s also a series of talks, alongside the exhibitions and events. These run from 1^st to 16^th October. Don’t miss it, especially if you are looking for that wow factor for your home!