Clerkenwell Grad Week (CGW)
July 2026

Clerkenwell Grad Week (CGW) July 2026

Clerkenwell Showrooms (CS) has the largest collection of furniture and contract material showrooms in Europe. It has a long tradition of supporting design students.

CGW is helping regional Design Universities in the UK place their students into central London showrooms to show their work and network with design contacts.

Clerkenwell Grad Week (CGW) - a celebration of the best of British design from regional design universities. The event will occur in July to run alongside ‘New Designers’ show at Business Design Centre in Islington.

CS is seeking support from corporate sponsors to:
- promote and drive visitor traffic to the district
- reduce costs for travel and accommodation

Clerkenwell Showrooms (CS)
CS plan to partner every Showrooms with at least one design university. Typically, there is a synergy between the design course and the showroom products.

Interior Educators (IE) Awards
Interior Educators (IE) host their awards at Miller Knoll.

Regional Design Universities
CS welcomes interest for regional design universities in the UK that wish to participate in CGW.

Expanding on New Designers
Starting as an off-site for ‘New Designers’ at Business Design Centre, CS plan for Clerkenwell Grad Week to become a celebration of regional design excellence - hosted by Showrooms in the Clerkenwell District.

CGW Showroom Design Partners

Showroom. University. Course / Lead
1. Flexiform Nottingham Trent Interior Design
2. Rak Ceramics Northumbria - Interior Design
3. Frem Group TBC
4. 5 Albemarle TBC
5. Abstracta TBC
6. Fritz Fryer TBC
7 . Bisley TBC
8. Interface TBC
10. Egger Teesside University 

Note: Register below to be added to the list.

A collaboration between Interior Educators and Clerkenwell Showrooms in support of UK Design Graduates.

Clerkenwell Grad Week (CGW) July 2026.

The Clerkenwell District will be supporting Design Graduates in July during New Designers Show:
- IE Awards: July 2026
- New Designers: July 2026

Showroom Design Partnerships

CS Showrooms will be partnering with compatible Design Universities to host students and examples of their work at CGW.

IE Awards July 2026.

Interior Educators have been challenging design students with a competition every year since 2016. The IE Awards is the culmination students work over the year with winning entries displayed at the Miller Knoll showroom.

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