Back to EventsOpening Night | FDW2026 & Imagine: Material Stories
with DesignFreo
Kick off 11 days of design goodness and community as we launch the third biennial Fremantle Design Week (FDW2026) and the exhibition Imagine: Material Stories.
The FDW2026 theme is ‘imagine’ – it’s an invitation to seek out joy and creativity in challenging times. Start here!
The bar will be open, DJ Kester Sappho will be on the decks, and we’re looking forward to celebrating an exciting program of events across the port city.
Fremantle Design Week will be officially opened by the Minister for Creative Industries, Simone McGurk. Special guest Dr Alice Payne, Dean, School of Fashion, RMIT, will open the exhibition Imagine: Material Stories, which brings circular materials to life as furniture and fashion.
This is a free event – all are welcome! RSVP is essential.
Fremantle Design Week is a biennial festival of design and design ideas. Western Australia’s first multi-disciplinary design festival, it’s an 11-day feast of of talks, exhibitions, tours, workshops, open studios and special events.
The festival celebrates Western Australia’s exceptional design talent while connecting audiences with the people, projects and movements shaping design globally. Fremantle’s architects, designers, makers, artists and creative thinkers will be joined by some of Australia’s leading design voices in a program with local roots and national significance.
Fremantle Design Week is presented by DesignFreo, a platform celebrating design and designers in the port city of Fremantle / Walyalup and beyond.
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