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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.

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​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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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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