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Sri Lanka Design Festival 2024*

Now in its 15th edition, SLDF presents a robust program featuring expertly curated design exhibitions, fashion shows, industry conferences, talks, workshops, art viewings, craft showcases, and performances. As an unmissable event on the creative calendar, SLDF is a platform rich with opportunity. It’s a stimulating meeting of creative minds, promotes business, culture, great ideas that stimulate economic growth and people from diverse backgrounds coming together to create, design, and innovate.

The Sri Lanka Design Festival is not just an event; it’s a celebration honoring our resilience and creativity that define our nation. Come join us!

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Upcoming Events

  • REFLECT: REFRAME: RENEW - Mercedes-Benz Art
    REFLECT: REFRAME: RENEW - Mercedes-Benz Art
    Fri, 08 Nov
    Cinnamon Life Colombo
    08 Nov 2024, 10:00 – 10 Nov 2024, 18:00
    Cinnamon Life Colombo, 02 Glennie St, Colombo 00200, Sri Lanka
    08 Nov 2024, 10:00 – 10 Nov 2024, 18:00
    Cinnamon Life Colombo, 02 Glennie St, Colombo 00200, Sri Lanka
    Art exhibition by Anoma Wijewardene
  • Interior Design Inspiration with Shenali
    Interior Design Inspiration with Shenali
    Fri, 08 Nov
    Colombo
    08 Nov 2024, 11:30 – 12:30
    Colombo, 02 Glennie St, Colombo 00200, Sri Lanka
    08 Nov 2024, 11:30 – 12:30
    Colombo, 02 Glennie St, Colombo 00200, Sri Lanka
    Shenali De Fonseka is the Founder and Creative Director of Shenali De Fonseka Interior Design, a firm known for its attention to detail and creating functional, distinctive spaces in both residential and commercial projects.
  • Waste to Wear: Kimono-making Workshop with Handloom Scraps
    Waste to Wear: Kimono-making Workshop with Handloom Scraps
    Fri, 08 Nov
    Colombo
    08 Nov 2024, 14:00 – 16:30
    Colombo, 02 Glennie St, Colombo 00200, Sri Lanka
    08 Nov 2024, 14:00 – 16:30
    Colombo, 02 Glennie St, Colombo 00200, Sri Lanka
    With Ruwanthi Gajadeera
  • Alive with Possibility: What Makes a Kinetic Spatial Experience
    Alive with Possibility: What Makes a Kinetic Spatial Experience
    Fri, 08 Nov
    Colombo
    08 Nov 2024, 15:00 – 16:00
    Colombo, 02 Glennie St, Colombo 00200, Sri Lanka
    08 Nov 2024, 15:00 – 16:00
    Colombo, 02 Glennie St, Colombo 00200, Sri Lanka
    Balmond CLIR Tour 60mins FREE event | Limited capacity
  • Extending the Life of Luxury Fashion: A public Talk
    Extending the Life of Luxury Fashion: A public Talk
    Fri, 08 Nov
    Colombo
    08 Nov 2024, 15:00 – 16:00
    Colombo, 02 Glennie St, Colombo 00200, Sri Lanka
    08 Nov 2024, 15:00 – 16:00
    Colombo, 02 Glennie St, Colombo 00200, Sri Lanka
    By Aimee Kyffin, Service Designer, Experience Designer, and Innovation Consultant at Chemistry
  • LSN Global The Future is Now: How to better understand what’s driving your customers’ consumer behaviour
    LSN Global The Future is Now: How to better understand what’s driving your customers’ consumer behaviour
    Fri, 08 Nov
    Colombo
    08 Nov 2024, 15:00 – 16:00
    Colombo, 02 Glennie St, Colombo 00200, Sri Lanka
    08 Nov 2024, 15:00 – 16:00
    Colombo, 02 Glennie St, Colombo 00200, Sri Lanka
    By Chris Sanderson & Martyn Raymond - Future Lab
  • Shaping Society Through Design: Using Creativity for Impact
    Shaping Society Through Design: Using Creativity for Impact
    Sat, 09 Nov
    Colombo
    09 Nov 2024, 10:00 – 11:00
    Colombo, 02 Glennie St, Colombo 00200, Sri Lanka
    09 Nov 2024, 10:00 – 11:00
    Colombo, 02 Glennie St, Colombo 00200, Sri Lanka
    Shine 50 - Aadhitya Jayaseelan, Dinara Punchihewa, Deanna Jayasundera. Moderated by Safra Anver
  • Letters of Legacy: Hands-on Calligraphy Reconstructing Traditional Sinhala Letterforms
    Letters of Legacy: Hands-on Calligraphy Reconstructing Traditional Sinhala Letterforms
    Sat, 09 Nov
    Colombo
    09 Nov 2024, 10:00 – 11:30
    Colombo, 02 Glennie St, Colombo 00200, Sri Lanka
    09 Nov 2024, 10:00 – 11:30
    Colombo, 02 Glennie St, Colombo 00200, Sri Lanka
    with Dr. Sumanthri Samarawickrama
  • Architectural Alchemy: The Magic and the Method of Designing Cinnamon Life
    Architectural Alchemy: The Magic and the Method of Designing Cinnamon Life
    Sat, 09 Nov
    Colombo
    09 Nov 2024, 10:00 – 11:00
    Colombo, 02 Glennie St, Colombo 00200, Sri Lanka
    09 Nov 2024, 10:00 – 11:00
    Colombo, 02 Glennie St, Colombo 00200, Sri Lanka
    by James Balmond - Creative director, Balmond Studios FREE Event
  • The Geometry of Life: Patterns in Form and Structure Balmond CLIR Tour
    The Geometry of Life: Patterns in Form and Structure Balmond CLIR Tour
    Sat, 09 Nov
    Colombo
    09 Nov 2024, 11:30 – 12:30
    Colombo, 02 Glennie St, Colombo 00200, Sri Lanka
    09 Nov 2024, 11:30 – 12:30
    Colombo, 02 Glennie St, Colombo 00200, Sri Lanka
  • Voices of Renewal: Art and Women as Catalysts for Change
    Voices of Renewal: Art and Women as Catalysts for Change
    Sat, 09 Nov
    Cinnamon Life Colombo
    09 Nov 2024, 11:30 – 12:30
    Cinnamon Life Colombo, 02 Glennie St, Colombo 00200, Sri Lanka
    09 Nov 2024, 11:30 – 12:30
    Cinnamon Life Colombo, 02 Glennie St, Colombo 00200, Sri Lanka
    Anoma Wijewardena, Ramaya Jirasinghe, Rosanna Flamer Caldera, Moderated by Radhika Hettiarachchi
  • Welcome to informal space
    Welcome to informal space
    Sat, 09 Nov
    Colombo
    09 Nov 2024, 15:00 – 16:00
    Colombo, 02 Glennie St, Colombo 00200, Sri Lanka
    09 Nov 2024, 15:00 – 16:00
    Colombo, 02 Glennie St, Colombo 00200, Sri Lanka
    Architectural dichotomies: Navigating Thematic Opposites and Contrasts in Space - Balmond CLIR Tour 60 mins
  • Architectural Diplomacy; Leveraging Soft Power Through Sri Lankan Creativity
    Architectural Diplomacy; Leveraging Soft Power Through Sri Lankan Creativity
    Sun, 10 Nov
    Colombo
    10 Nov 2024, 10:00 – 11:00
    Colombo, 02 Glennie St, Colombo 00200, Sri Lanka
    10 Nov 2024, 10:00 – 11:00
    Colombo, 02 Glennie St, Colombo 00200, Sri Lanka
    with Channa Daswatte and Palinda Kannangara
  • Space Unbound: Abstracting Reality through Architecture
    Space Unbound: Abstracting Reality through Architecture
    Sun, 10 Nov
    Colombo
    10 Nov 2024, 11:30 – 12:30
    Colombo, 02 Glennie St, Colombo 00200, Sri Lanka
    10 Nov 2024, 11:30 – 12:30
    Colombo, 02 Glennie St, Colombo 00200, Sri Lanka
    Balmond Studios
  • Art, Memory, and the Pursuit for Unity
    Art, Memory, and the Pursuit for Unity
    Sun, 10 Nov
    Colombo
    10 Nov 2024, 11:30 – 12:30
    Colombo, 02 Glennie St, Colombo 00200, Sri Lanka
    10 Nov 2024, 11:30 – 12:30
    Colombo, 02 Glennie St, Colombo 00200, Sri Lanka
    Anoma Wijewardene x Radhika Hettiarachchi

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