The largest design festival in the Baltics, the week-long Tallinn Design Festival is bringing the best of Estonian and international design to an unexpected corner of the capital – and even beyond the city. Many visitors to won’t go further than the picturesque old town, but the Tallinn Design Festival (Disainiöö) draws visiting design aficionados – and local ones too – out of the city centre to discover both future-facing design and a unique slice of Tallinn history. Set on a post-industrial site, the Krulli Quarter played host last night (16 September) to opening show ‘TAKE SPACE, MAKE SPACE, BAKE SPACE’, dedicated to the design-led transformation of barren industrial space and leaning into this year’s theme: ‘Make room for design’.
This week, Krulli will welcome the local design industry’s top event, the Estonian Design Awards Gala; intriguing exhibition ‘Dearest Pinocchio’, which sees Italian designers and graphic designers redesign the world’s most famous puppet; expansive show ‘Rendezvous: Evi Tihemets and Kaupo Kikkas’, presenting over 60 years of history via the two artists’ works; as well as a roster of workshops and discussion events. If fashion is more your area, the DOM sustainable fashion and clothing design show promises to delight with local wearable design, while the rising generation of Estonian and international designers will take centre stage at the Arts Thread Global Design Graduate Show and the Estonian design and arch.
