OFFF 2026 programme brings global creatives to Barcelona
OFFF Barcelona returns for its 26th edition on April 16, 17 and 18 at Disseny Hub Barcelona, continuing its role as a major international benchmark in creativity, art and digital design.
Since its founding in 2001, the festival has maintained the same goal: to create a meeting point for innovative and outstanding talents in the industry, while giving audiences direct access to their creative processes.
The 2026 edition reinforces that mission with a programme shaped around global voices, multidisciplinary practices and new public-facing moments across the city.
This year’s line-up brings together industry leaders, internationally recognised creatives and influential studios working across design, branding, animation, 3D, art direction, strategy and communication.
Speakers and contributors include Emmy award winner Seth Epstein, Nils Leonard, Reuben Wu, Maggie West, Valtteri, Björn Kusoffsky and Noah Dillon, alongside studios and groups such as LOS YORK, Stockholm Design Lab, teamLab, Volvox Labs, Moment Factory and Silent Partners Studio.
The programme reflects a wide range of creative contexts and professional experiences, reinforcing OFFF’s position as a platform for exchange across disciplines.
A key focus of OFFF 2026 is its collaboration with Uncommon Creative Studio, which developed the festival’s visual campaign. Titled What We Make It, the campaign marks the official kick-off of the festival and will be presented by Uncommon co-founder Nils Leonard.
The concept describes creativity as something shaped through the collection and curation of references, ideas and perspectives from a living, collaborative community.
It advances the idea that the industry, design and culture are shaped through collaboration, shared agency and intentional growth.
The campaign also frames collaboration as an active method. OFFF and Uncommon present a shared approach in which conversation, experimentation and determination generate new forms collectively.
In this context, What We Make It also operates as an open invitation to the design community, encouraging participation in a culture shaped by many contributors.
This aligns with OFFF’s long-standing format as a space where creative communities gather, present work and exchange processes in person.
The 2026 programme also broadens its scope through architecture, responding to Barcelona’s selection as UNESCO World Capital of Architecture 2026.
Talks by Foster+Partners and CODA are included to honour this recognition and connect the festival programme to the city’s architectural moment.
Photography also has a strong presence this year, with artists including Nathalie Gordon, Reuben Wu and Noah Dillon, identified in the text as the photographer behind the cover of Rosalía’s LUX album.
Another public-facing highlight is this year’s Main Titles, designed by PJ Richardson, which will be screened outdoors for the first time on the Disseny Hub façade as part of The Screen festival programme.
This section is open to the public. Full Pass tickets for all three days are available via the official website, while Day Tickets and afterparty tickets will go on sale soon.
The afterparty will take place on Saturday, April 18 at La Paloma, and two pre-festival mixer events are planned for New York City and London.
All images courtesy of OFFF Barcelona
