2026 AGENDA
The fourth annual Design Victoria festival took place from April 30-May 3, 2026.
Browse the 2026 agenda to see what kinds of events took place. You can filter by day or type of event (see below). You can also check out the PDF Map/Event Listing for reference.
Design Victoria will return in next year: from April 29-May 2, 2027.
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THURSDAY, ApRIL 30
TIME
EVENT NAME
SECTOR
Location
PRICE
FRIDAY, MAY 1
TIME
EVENT NAME
SECTOR
Location
PRICE
9:30 am
Coffee & Community
Design Victoria & Indigenous Roots Coffee
Design
The Rotunda at 1515 Douglas St.
FREE
9:30 am
Coffee & Community
Design Victoria & Indigenous Roots Coffee
The Rotunda at 1515 Douglas St.
FREE
10:00 am
Designing the world we work In
Gabriel Ross Contract
Workplace Strategies & Design
1319 Government St.
FREE
10:00 am
Designing the world we work In
Gabriel Ross Contract
1319 Government St.
FREE
10:30 am
Experience What’s Possible: Trane’s Interactive Digital Session
Trane Canada
Development & Construction
29 - 560 Johnson St.
FREE
10:30 am
Experience What’s Possible: Trane’s Interactive Digital Session
Trane Canada
29 - 560 Johnson St.
FREE
1:00 pm
Muuto’s Neuroaesthetics: A Space That Just Feels Right
Gabriel Ross Inc.
Furniture Design
1319 Government St.
FREE
1:00 pm
Muuto’s Neuroaesthetics: A Space That Just Feels Right
Gabriel Ross Inc.
1319 Government St.
FREE
1:30 pm
The Shape of Performance: The Evolution of the Porsche 911
Autonomous Furniture
Product & Furniture Design
2110 Store St.
FREE
1:30 pm
The Shape of Performance: The Evolution of the Porsche 911
Autonomous Furniture
2110 Store St.
FREE
3:00 pm
Public Values: What Do Our Shared Spaces Say About Us?
DAU Studio
Urban Design
The Rotunda at 1515 Douglas St.
FREE
3:00 pm
Public Values: What Do Our Shared Spaces Say About Us?
DAU Studio
The Rotunda at 1515 Douglas St.
FREE
3:00 pm
Dance Victoria: Re-imagining a Visual Identity
Dance Victoria x Becoming
738 Fort St Second Floor
Free
3:00 pm
Dance Victoria: Re-imagining a Visual Identity
Dance Victoria x Becoming
738 Fort St Second Floor
Free
5:00 pm
Evolution of an Artwork: colour achieving emotional surprises
Hermann Valentin Schmitt, Artist
Artists & Makers
Boardroom, KWENCH, 2031 Store St.
FREE
5:00 pm
Evolution of an Artwork: colour achieving emotional surprises
Hermann Valentin Schmitt, Artist
Boardroom, KWENCH, 2031 Store St.
FREE
SATURDAY, MAY 2
TIME
EVENT NAME
SECTOR
Location
PRICE
9:30 am
Grounds for Equity
Building Equity in Architecture - West (BEA West)
Architecture
1515 Douglas St.
FREE
9:30 am
Grounds for Equity
Building Equity in Architecture - West (BEA West)
1515 Douglas St.
FREE
10:00 am
Talk: Softer Drink
Softer Drink
architecture/ interior design/ artists & makers
760 Broughton St.
FREE
10:00 am
Talk: Softer Drink
Softer Drink
760 Broughton St.
FREE
10:30 am
Veins of the City: how would nature design a street?
Christine Lintott Architects
Architecture
The Atrium - 800 Yates St.
FREE
10:30 am
Veins of the City: how would nature design a street?
Christine Lintott Architects
The Atrium - 800 Yates St.
FREE
SUNDAY, MAY 3
TIME
EVENT NAME
SECTOR
Location
PRICE
9:30 am
Coffee & Community
OUR DWTN, CLA & Indigenous Roots Coffee
Design
The Rotunda at 1515 Douglas St.
FREE
9:30 am
Coffee & Community
OUR DWTN, CLA & Indigenous Roots Coffee
The Rotunda at 1515 Douglas St.
FREE
10:30 am
Peter Cotton: A Life In Design
Wentworth Villa Architectural Heritage Museum
architecture/product and furniture design
1156 Fort St.
FREE
10:30 am
Peter Cotton: A Life In Design
Wentworth Villa Architectural Heritage Museum
1156 Fort St.
FREE
Multi-day
TIME
EVENT NAME
SECTOR
Location
PRICE
9:00 am
Shaped by Air
South Island Glass Artists
Artists & Makers
Sarah Mulligan Glass, Bridge Street Corner, 2524 Bridge Street, Victoria BC, V8T 5H3
FREE
9:00 am
Shaped by Air
South Island Glass Artists
Sarah Mulligan Glass, Bridge Street Corner, 2524 Bridge Street, Victoria BC, V8T 5H3
FREE
