‘La Línea Sueña’ exhibition curated by Javier Riera at Madrid Design Festival 2025 – ®Jorquera, courtesy of MDF.
Design. The Madrid Design Festival 2025 took over the Spanish capital with more than 200 exhibitions, events, and installations. Madrid differs from Milan, Copenhagen, and London, which pride themselves on a strong design culture and a thriving industry. Nonetheless, its vibrant and fast-growing design community is committed to putting it on the map. Now in its eighth edition, the festival, organised by La Fábrica, explores the theme of Redesigning the World. Some exhibitions run through March 15.
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La Línea Sueña exhibition
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The exhibition La Línea Sueña —The Line Dreams—is curated by Javier Riera and examines the interplay of light and space at the Fernán Gómez Theatre. It featured the works of 45 artists through 70 diverse pieces, ranging from interior lighting designs to lamp creation and more. On show were works by Davide Groppi, Andreu Carulla, Michael Anastassiades, Lucas Muñoz Muñoz, Álvaro Catalán de Ocón, Eliurpi, Massimilian Marchesani, and more.
Uprooted exhibition by Jorge Penadés
Courtesy of the designer and Madrid Design Festival 2025.
At Espacio Gaviota, Jorge Penadés celebrated 10 years of his career with Uproot, an exhibition showing how the discarded roots of olive trees could be upcycled into design objects. In Andalusia, olive roots and wood are generally sold as firewood despite their unique aesthetic and properties. From here, the Spanish designer worked on and nobilitated the humble material to create chairs, shelves, libraries, and stools. Uprooted was curated by Seetal Solanki of the material research design studio Ma•tt•er.
COLAB: Sancal x Lucas Muñoz Muñoz
Courtesy of Sancal and MDF.
Spanish furniture brand Sancal teamed up with Madrid-based designer Lucas Muñoz Muñoz to create a showroom on the fourth floor of the historic O’Donnell building. The designer brought to light the original materials of the architecture (floor, pillars, walls) covered or hidden by various interventions in the past decades. At the same time, he gave new purpose to floor tiles, neon, plasterboard, and channels obtained during the dismantling to create new architectural elements.
Fiesta Design festival
Fiesta Design: exhibition by UDIT, Universidad de Diseño, Innovación y Tecnología – ®Jorquera, courtesy of MDF.
At the ILE–Institución Libre de Enseñanza, Fiesta Design was a festival within the festival. It featured installations by MUT Design and Inma Bermúdez, exhibitions by Amazon, MINI, IKEA, and Sancal, along with displays from some of the most influential design schools. Formica Group presented a limited edition furniture collection developed in collaboration with Nacho Álvarez, Manuel Espejo, Sigfrido Serra, and Virginia Albuja.
‘Welcome Indoor Creatures’ installation by Spanish studio WANNA for ACTIU – ®fheartstudio and ACTIU, courtesy of MDF.
The Welcome Indoor Creatures installation by Spanish studio WANNA for corporate workspace company ACTIU is a biophilic micro-architecture conceived as an alcove for professionals’ well-being and healthy mindfulness. Another installation celebrated Guatemala’s cultural richness and creativity through the work of 14 contemporary designers and artisans, highlighting the country’s ancestral and contemporary imprint.
Guest City: Berlin
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At Fiesta Design, Madrid Design Festival 2025 celebrated Berlin, the UNESCO Design Capital for 2025. Jorge Gonzalez and Judith Haase of the Berlin-based studio Gonzalez Haase curated an exhibition featuring the work of emerging talents who are redefining the city’s cultural and design scene.
Tejiendo Redes: a woolly design celebration
‘Oro Blanco’ installation at the ‘Tejiendo Redes’ exhibition – ©jorquera, courtesy of MDF.
The Tejiendo Redes—Weaving Network—exhibition highlighted the critical situation of the wool sector in Spain, its historical role, and its potential as a sustainable and culturally significant resource. The showcase made woolmakers’ work visible, demonstrating how design can be key to reversing the current crisis. The Oro Blanco project, in collaboration with Amazon, featured virtuous projects such as the development of a unique collection made from the wool of endangered sheep, led by designers Inés Sistiaga and Regina Dejiménez.
Formica Group’s exhibition at Fiesta Design – ®Jorquera, courtesy of MDF.
All photos are courtesy of Madrid Design Festival 2025.
Guatemala exhibition at Fiesta Design – ©Jorquera, courtesy of MDF.
