Design Heads 2026 : creation of tomorrow

Exhibition of the Design Prizes 2025

Opening : jeudi 29.01.26 à 18h00
Exhibition : du 29.01.26 au 01.02.26  

Palexpo
Route François-Peyrot 30,
1218 Le Grand-Saconnex, Suisse,

More than thirty distinct visions, radically different mediums, and yet projects that still echo and resonate with one another. The HEAD Design Prizes 2025 reveal, in filigree, the urgency of a generation. How are these young designers to respond to a present for which they bear no responsibility? By asking concrete, sensitive questions rooted in the body, in spatiality, and in sensory experience, they work to reclaim narratives in order to make sense of the world, while also shaping practical ways forward.  

Each year, HEAD – Genève is fortunate to rely on dedicated partners who support emerging talent in art and design through a range of prizes and grants, showcased in this exhibition. For its second edition, Design Heads: Creation of Tomorrow presents a guest exhibition featuring alums from the Product, Jewellery & Accessories Design department. Their contributions further these lines of inquiry and reflect a generation that is clear-sighted, committed, and firmly looking to the future.  

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PROGRAMME :  

  • Thursday 29.01.2026  – Exhibition : 12:00PM - 8:00PM 
    Opening : 6:00PM - 7:30PM    
     
  • Friday 01.01.2026 – Exhibition  : 12:00PM - 8:00PM 
    5:00 PM : Guided tour with the designers 
    6:00 PM : Lecture by Matali Crasset, designer, in conversation with Alexandra Midal, historian and design theorist, professor at HEAD
     
  • Saturday 31.01.2026 Exhibition  : 12:00PM - 7:00PM 

    2:00PM - 3:00PM : Workshop for children aged 8 - 12 
    3:00PM - 4:00PM : Workshop for children aged 8 - 12
    3:00PM - 4:00PM : Guided tour with the designers 
    5:00PM - 6:00PM : PIAGET x HEAD Panel – Moderation by Donatella Zappieri, Professor and Consultant in Jewellery and Fashion Strategy   
    Materiality and Intimacy: Rethinking Body-Worn Jewellery 
    Stéphanie Sivrière, Creative Director of Jewellery and Watchmaking, PIAGET 
    David Roux-Fouillet, Head of the Product Design, Jewellery and Accessories programme, HEAD – Genève,
    Enzo Melchiorre, HEAD Alum, Senior Jewellery Designer, Dolce & Gabbana,
    Zoé Kiner-Wolf, Practitioner and PhD Theorist, Contemporary Jewellery and New Corporalities, 1970 to the Present 
     

  • Sunday 01.02.2026 –  Exhibition : 12:00PM - 5:00PM  
    3:00PM - 4:00PM : Workshop for children aged 8 – 12
    3:00PM - 4:00PM : Guided tour with the designers 

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Curation : Lara Granchamp and Joanna Haefeli 
Scenography Design Heads : Pisoni-lab
Scenography Guest exhibition : François Dumas and Zoé Châtelier

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