Malta Design Week will be one of the many events taking place during Notte Bianca on 1 October. All events during Notte Bianca will be free of charge and museums will be open for free till late. There will be performances of dance, theatre, and music as well as many exhibitions and culture tours all over Valletta.

Malta Design Week will be held between 1 - 8 October and will be spread across several venues, the main events will take place at the Old University Building in Merchants Street Valletta, while satellite events will be held in schools, furniture and design stores, fashion outlets, artists’ and designers’ studios an showrooms. Malta Design Week aims to place various design disciplines on the same platform. It will host exhibitions, talks, workshops and launches bringing together local and foreign designers, architects, artists, artisans, journalists, critics, academics and entrepreneurs. Malta Design Week's primary purpose is to provide a platform for the expanding local design talent to interact and experience work and designers from a broad international scene, right at home.

There will be several exhibitions by the Foundation in Design Studies, MCAST Institute of Art and Design, Violet Kulewska and Adrian Abela, Malcolm Bonello, Christiane Stelberg, Boryana Chaneva and Alberto Favaro, Nadege Cassar, Alexia Medici, BE&A (Hons) students, Steve DeMicoli, Carla Grima, Julian Mallia, Chris Briffa Architects, Ceramika Maltija. There will also be short films presented by Kinemastik.

Malta Design Week is supported by the Malta Arts Fund, the University of Malta, MCAST and local importers of designer brands. For more information about Notte Bianca please visit www.maltaculture.com and www.maltadesignweek.com