The Vienna Design Weeks from 3 to 21 October 2007 will concentrate all the dynamic variety of contemporary Austrian design under a single roof for the first time. It will represent a self-confident Austrian-Viennese entry to the international calendar of festivals and fairs. For a period of two-and-a-half weeks Vienna will present itself as a pulsating creative location. Under the label Vienna Design Weeks a variety of important institutions and protagonists as well as partners from the world of business will come together. Creative designers will link with the producers of design objects. The Vienna Design Weeks , which will be held annually, hone the perception of design, illustrate different approaches and, above all, stimulate a delight in design.

The Vienna Design Weeks also work with design institutions and design platforms that will establish their own thematic focal points in the exhibition and events programme. The following partners have already confirmed their participation: Hofmobiliendepot-Möbel Museum Wien (The Imperial Furniture Collection), MAK Museum für angewandte Kunst / Gegenwartskunst (Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art), designforum, Dorotheum, Liechtensteinmuseum, Walking Chair Gallery, das Möbel, the Technisches Museum Wien, and the Blickfang Design Fair. All dates and event locations will be listed on the homepage and in the guide to the Vienna Design Weeks.

Within the framework of the Vienna Design Weeks the Tendency Group Design plans to introduce a guest country each year. This time the exhibition "Swiss Design" will be shown in the Freiraum / quartier21. Curated by Pierre Keller, who is also head of the renowned design university ECAL in Lausanne, this show is an initiative by the cultural section of the Swiss embassy within the context of the European Football Championships 2008.

The Vienna Design Weeks will end with the fourth design retail fair Blickfang Wien at the MAK from 19 to 21 October 2007.