7 reasons to visit India Design ID 2026, Delhi

Clear your schedule for the exhibit’s 14th edition: bigger, bolder, better!

13 Feb 2026

Pavilions brimming with the finest names in design. Discoveries abounding every corner. The 14th edition of India Design ID returns to the national capital, armed with a curation that is unmissable for any design enthusiast. This year, the exhibit explores The Age of Design Syncretism, examining the modern-day fluidity between tradition and modernity, craft and technology, and local narratives vis a vis global perspectives.

Peruse through bespoke creations at the ID Exhibit, bringing together 150 of the most prominent Indian and international brands under one roof. Hear from luminaries like Mateo Kries and India Mahdavi, as well as new-age visionaries like Iram Sultan and Ravi Vazirani at talk sessions hosted under ID Symposium. Meet design’s tomorrow at ID Special Project, an exhibit curated by Misha Bains, Fair Director of India Design ID.

All this and more awaits at the NSIC Grounds in Okhla from 19th to 22nd February. Mark your calendars, and grab your tickets now!

Glimpses of ID Symposium from India Design ID 2025 in Delhi

#1 Engage with the vanguards of design at ID Symposium

ID Symposium feels less like a conventional conference and more like design’s most animated group chat brought to life! Bringing together 40 plus architects, designers and cultural thinkers, the forum skips surface trends and dives straight into the ideas shaping how we live, learn and build. The 2026 theme, The Age of Design Syncretism, introduces co-authored sessions with Business France, The Design Village and Wallmakers, adding unexpected cross-currents to the programme. With speakers such as Mateo Kries, India Mahdavi and Samuel Ross, the rooms promise sharp insights, lively debates and that satisfying feeling of hearing tomorrow’s ideas a little before everyone else.

Catch Mateo Kris, Director, Vitra Design Museum, at ID Symposium, India Design ID 2026 in Delhi

Beyond Designs, an exhibitor at India Design ID

#2 Discoveries, curios, and collectibles at ID Exhibit

ID Exhibit convenes over 150 Indian and international luxury brands across furniture, lighting, décor and complete interior solutions, offering a compact view of contemporary design excellence. The line-up includes names such as Asian Paints, KOHLER, Jaipur Rugs and Sonos. Segments like Experience & Editions, Design, The New Guard and ID Collectible map everything from new global launches and craft reinterpretations to emerging studios and large-scale immersive works.

A clear must-see this year? French Art de Vivre, presented with Business France, is a dedicated pavilion that spotlights contemporary French creativity and offers a refined cultural detour within the larger design landscape.

#3 Meet the next wave rewriting design rules at ID New Guard

Meet four rising design studios who aren’t just stepping into the spotlight — they’re flipping it on its head. The New Guard celebrates a new generation of creatives shaking up the Indian design scene with bold ideas, playful experimentation and perspectives that feel anything but predictable. Think fresh voices, fearless forms and futures being built in real time.

#4 ID Special Project: DESIGN, TOMORROW, brought to you today!

Within India Design ID, ID Special Project spotlights experimental practices where art, architecture and design blur into one another. Its 2026 centrepiece, DESIGN, TOMORROW, curated by Misha Bains, Fair Director of India Design ID, treats the future of design as something already unfolding through material innovation, cultural shifts and new ideas of sustainability and luxury.

Spanning furniture, textiles and objets d’art, the showcase captures a moment where craft meets technology and Indian design steps confidently into a global dialogue. Think of it as a preview of tomorrow’s design icons before the rest of the world catches up!

Eitri, a part of ID Special Project at India Design ID

Rahi Gallery Bench by Project 810, the brainchild of EDIDA 2025 Designer of the Year Vritima Wadhwa

#5 Meet the winners of EDIDA India 2025

Their ideas? Bold. Their winning creations? Unmissable! Meet the new vanguards of product design at India Design ID, as the victors of the 24th edition of the ELLE DECO INTERNATIONAL DESIGN AWARDS (EDIDA) India 2025 display their award-winning creations. Catch glimpses of spaces crafted by Iram Sultan, as well as objects by Jenny Pinto, Jagdish Sutar, Ashish Bajoria, Suman Kanodia, Farah Ahmed, Dhaval Shellugar, Ariane Thakore Ginwala, Radhika Sanghvi, Kunaal Maniar, Pranav Jagtiani, Brinda Patel, Sonal and Bobbi Tuli, Rajesh Pratap Singh, Ashiesh Shah, Eeshaan Kashyap, Rajiv Parekh, Abhirup Dutta And Deeptashree Saha.

Keep an eye out for the objets d’art crafted by Vritima Wadhwa of Project 810, who cinched the Designer of the Year trophy for her unique melding of structure, softness and warmth in the 810/Two Black Edition!

#6 What’s Asian Paints ColourNext 2026?

Colour trend predictions are a weighty affair, closely analysing trends, public sentiments, and cherrypicking details that best fit public consensus — or capture a moment in time with a hue you’d never anticipated!

What colour will precede Cardinal, the purple hue suffused with nostalgia that took centrestage as Asian Paint’s ColourNext colour of the year prediction for 2025? Reign in your guesses and keep your eyes peeled for the grand reveal at India Design ID!

Vritima Wadhwa, the EDIDA India 2025 Designer of the Year

Ligne Roset, an exhibitor at India Design ID

#7 Did someone say food?

Come hungry, leave fulfilled — not just mentally, but literally, too! Think flavour meets flair with pop-ups from CAARA (in collaboration with Punit Jasuja), Dos by Tres, Evoo Eatery, Fig & Anjeer, Subko Roastery and Monique. From farmer’s-market freshness and seasonal global plates to cosy Italian classics and a cheeky Indo-French menu, a mini food-and-design adventure awaits!

We’ll see you there! Grab tickets for this one-of-a-kind design extravaganza in Delhi, taking place from 19th to 22nd February, here!