When Boundaries Disappear, New Experiences Emerge

The motto of Budapest Design Week 2025 is Fluid Boundaries, exploring the idea of blurred borders. This guiding theme provides a shared conceptual framework for the program series: it encourages us to move beyond familiar limits, to experiment, and to make room for new ideas in shaping our common future.

Design cannot be confined to a single box. It is becoming increasingly natural for materials, technologies, and artistic disciplines to converge and create something entirely new. Think of the moments when artificial intelligence meets craftsmanship, when a fashion show transforms into an exhibition, or when a workshop evolves into a collective experience.

The 2025 motto of Budapest Design Week thus highlights the crossing of boundaries between materials, technologies, platforms, as well as the roles of makers and designers.

Fluid Boundaries is more than just a slogan—it is an invitation: to discovery, to fresh perspectives, and to co-creation. It reminds us of the exciting things that can emerge when we leave our comfort zones and allow collaboration, rather than division, to guide us. This year, Budapest Design Week invites us all to explore together how design can reinvent itself, inspire, and bring different worlds closer to one another.