A modern chair with a metallic frame and colorful striped cushions sits on a blue and white geometric patterned tiled floor in sunlight.
Photography by Inês Silva Sá.

June 3, 2026

Words: Rebecca Thienes

11 Top Picks From Lisbon Design Week

The fourth edition of the burgeoning citywide design show featured high craft, local sustainable materials, folkloric motifs, and organic forms mostly in neutral hues—to name just a few of the themes. It also coincided with ARCO art fair and Lisbon By Design, thus the European city was bursting at the seams with events in showrooms, private spaces, art galleries, and even a basilica or two. With 80 venues spanning 11 neighborhoods and featuring the work of over 150 designers and artists truncated into just five days from May 27-31, here are our selected standouts from the action-packed 2026 edition.

Spotlight on Lisbon Design Week

MINE(ral) by Nick Valentijn x ST VINCENTS x Studio Gamiero

A sculptural, angular bronze chair sits in a minimalist room with a matching bronze wall sconce above and neutral-colored walls.
Photography by Luís Miguel.
A tall, abstract wooden sculpture with a yellow light on top stands in a minimalist room with gray tile flooring and plain walls; a small wall light is mounted nearby.
Photography by Luís Miguel.


Nick Valentijn’s MINE(ral) collection developed in dialogue with architect João Gameiro of Studio Gameiro and shown by Antwerp-based ST VINCENTS gallery showcased patinated copper as the material of choice for an anthropomorphic floor lamp, generous armchair, low table, and wall sconce, proving warm finishes reign supreme.

Coro by Macheia

A modern floor lamp with three illuminated square panels stacked vertically on a rectangular brown base, set against a plain grey wall.
Photography by Otzi Studio.
Two pairs of hands reach toward a brightly lit, frosted glass panel positioned vertically against a plain white background.
Photography by Otzi Studio.

‘Sotaque’ at Moldo Studios included Macheia’s Coro lighting made in collaboration with OTZI studio. The floor lamp consists of stretched calfskin vellum shades over smoked oak frames and was inspired by Portuguese ‘Adule’ frame drums traditionally played by women.

NKYINKYIM by Armando Cabral for USM

  • A person stands indoors by large windows, surrounded by green potted plants and colorful striped cushions on brown benches.
    Photography by Inês Silva Sá.
  • A modern chair with a metallic frame and colorful striped cushions sits on a blue and white geometric patterned tiled floor in sunlight.
    Photography by Inês Silva Sá.
  • A man sits in a modern armchair next to an empty, striped armchair on a patterned tile floor with sunlight streaming in.
    Photography by Inês Silva Sá.

The Swiss manufacturer’s furniture system donned custom upholstery by Fabricaal—the Portuguese maker of heirloom weaving patterns—for the designer’s NKYINKYIM showcase named after a symbol from the Akan people of Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire that represents transformation and non-linear growth.

Soldita by André Teoman Studio

  • Asymmetrical metal desk with geometric legs and engraved patterns, featuring a small angled shelf beneath the tabletop.
    Photography courtesy of André Teoman Studio.
  • A person in black walks past geometric, sculptural metal furniture pieces in a bright, minimalist white room.
    Photography courtesy of André Teoman Studio.
  • A man in dark clothing sits on a wooden stool in a workshop, surrounded by geometric metal sculptures with engraved patterns.
    Photography courtesy of André Teoman Studio.

At the exhibition Luso Collective set in the city’s Estrela Basilica: André Teoman and Ana Rita Pires of André Teoman Studio showed their Soldita console featuring scar-like welded ornamentation that is part of a larger collection of iron furniture.

Wovenware and AOA by Lia Raquel Marques

A wooden table with a marble top holds a stack of books and a decorative woven object shaped like a bow.
Photography by Matilde Viegas.
A blue woven stool with a round top, vertical and horizontal slats, and white accent lines, set against a dark brown background.
Photography by Matilde Viegas.

Also at ‘Sotaque’: Lia Raquel Marques’s delicate-yet-refined Wovenware table lamps (as well as wall-mounted mirrors and other objects in their Wovenware and An Object Archive series) interpret Angolan basket patterns into woven clay by the Royal College of Art-trained maker.

Plane Tree Cabinet by DUBLO Studio

A beige cabinet on wooden legs with abstract brown and green textured shapes on its open doors, revealing three empty shelves inside.
Photography by Annika Weertz.
A modern white cabinet with wood legs and abstract brown and rust-colored patterns on its doors and sides, placed against a plain concrete wall.
Photography by Franzi Vehring.

Also at Luso Collective: DUBLO Studio’s creative director Verena Witthuhn’s cabinet-on-stand inlayed real plane tree bark in CNC-milled fiberboard to create playful splotch-like decoration in contrast to the case good’s linear form.

Burnt Cork by Made In Situ

A sculptural stone chair sits in a grassy field, surrounded by tall grass and leafless trees under natural sunlight.
Photography by Clement Chevelt.

Founding the brand after moving to Portugal in 2017, French designer Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance’s Burnt Cork chair combines curved shapes into an upright seat rendered in the country’s great local commodity: cork.

Alma Mater by AB+AC Architects x Molteni&C

Metal rectangular tubes of varying heights are arranged vertically on a dark surface, resembling a miniature city skyline, with a white wall in the background.
Photography by Polina Buneeva.

Shown at Molteni&C’s Lisbon flagship store, founder Arianna Bavuso of AB+AC Architects displayed a limited-edition collection of functional objects dubbed Alma Mater and made of stainless steel, hand-chiseled beeswax, and cork.

Espirito by Alan Louis

A brown velvet armchair with straight lines and wide, textured wooden armrests, photographed against a plain white background.
Photography by Fanny Leselbaum.

The French maker showed limited edition ceramics, sculptural objects, and furniture from his Jupiter collection at real estate boutique Fantastic Frank; meanwhile at collectible fair Lisbon By Design he showcased his Espirito armchair upholstered in Pierre Frey’s velvet mohair and incorporating a unique ceramic base and armrests glazed in loupe d’orme.

Quilt 1, 2, and 3 by Carolina de la Parra x Flores Studio, Ceramic Plinths by Jérémy Bellina

Minimalist room with arched stone walls, two hanging textile installations, three textured stools, a small table, and floating wooden shelves with decorative items.
Photography by Emily Jean Vanweydeveld.
A close-up of a modern, minimalist stone bench with a rough-edged seat and geometric supports set on a tiled floor.
Photography by Emily Jean Vanweydeveld.

Ceramic artist Jérémy Bellina paired his lava glaze ceramic plinths with a textured glass surface by Lo-Invisible Studio that slid into place care of integrated brackets and reflected light like sunshine on water. Quilts made by Carolina de la Parra incorporated recomposed textile remnants from Flores Studio and draped from metal hoops to complete the space, all part of their ‘Holding the Fall’ group exhibition.

Dance With Chaos by Pangea

Person holding a large, house-shaped kite decorated with landscape art against a clear blue sky; their head is covered with a light blue cloth.
Photography by Valentina Riccardi.

Pangea is a collaboration between artist Laëtitia Rouget and creative director Colombine Jubert; their textile exhibition ‘Dance With Chaos’ shown at Studio Mirante featured textile works with silk painting and hand embroidery addressing the complexity and noise of today’s political climate.

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