Glasgow
Tuesday 24 – Thursday 26 March, 2026
Venue: Il Salotto, Fourth Floor, 20 Bell street, Glasgow
Event Calendar: We’re excited to bring #DesignPopUp back to its beautiful, permanent space, Il Salotto!
Three full days and evenings of exciting product discovery, celebration of design, architectural presentations, hands-on workshops, and unbeatable networking opportunities - all under one roof. Plus, the crowd-favourite Parmesan and Prosecco Party is back too!
Tuesday, 24 March
Wednesday, 25 March
10 am
Exhibition opens
12.30 – 2 pm
Lunch & Learn
Cooking for Calm
How can we boost our energy levels and keep stress under control through what we eat.
With Blas Dining.
10 am
Exhibition opens
12.30 – 1.30 pm
Lunch & Learn
"The Workplace Melting Pot: a recipe for vibrancy & belonging…."
MLA Strategic Consultants Lucy Galloway and Evelyn Gallagher will guide an interative discussion on psychological belonging and the sensory influences that makeup the workplace experience of tomorrow.
With MLA - Book Your Seat
1.30pm-2.30pm
Workshop
Designing with Communities
A playful, hands-on creative workshop where the designer becomes the participant. This session is all about learning through doing, forgetting about the technicalities and stresses of the design process. Through mark-making, drawing, and painting, you’ll be guided to explore ideas of intuitive art making. Experimentation and joyfulness at the centre of the workshop.
With Finni Porter Chambers-Book Your Seat
5.30 – 8.30 pm
Panel Talk
Urban Regeneration: Building Inclusive City Centres.
As cities continue to evolve, the regeneration of our city centres demands more than isolated interventions — it requires genuine collaboration across sectors, disciplines and communities.
Thursday, 26 March
10 am
Exhibition opens
12.30 – 1.30 pm
Lunch & Learn
Fire Safety CPD
This RIBA accredited CPD is a 60 minute presentation, focusing on Fire Related glass and door systems, as well as the challenges involved when achieving compliant solutions to meet design intent and requirements.
With Radii Planet Group.
6 – 9 pm
Parmesan & Prosecco Party
Parmesan & Prosecco is back. Enough said.
**Please note that all side events, talks, social gatherings, and networking opportunities associated with #DesignPopUp are exclusively reserved for exhibiting companies and registered attendees. Manufacturers who are not exhibiting at the show are unfortunately not able to access these events. This policy is in place to protect the value of participation for our exhibitors and to ensure a curated, high-quality experience for all involved.
2026 Talks & Party
Cooking For Calm
Tuesday, 24 March 2026
Join us for an inspiring lunchtime event with Darren Morton, where food meets wellbeing.
Our mega chef and nutrition expert will cook live while sharing simple, practical insights into how what we eat can support our mental health, boost energy levels, and help keep everyday stress at bay.
Expect nourishing food, thoughtful conversation, and ideas you can take straight back to your own kitchen — all served in a relaxed, feel-good lunchtime setting.
Urban Regeneration: Building Inclusive City Centres
Wednesday, 25 March 2026
As cities continue to evolve, the regeneration of our city centres demands more than isolated interventions — it requires genuine collaboration across sectors, disciplines and communities
Panel discussion with:
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Gina Colley, Threesixty Architecture
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Angela Higgins, Resonance Capital
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Bruce Patrick, Math Real Estate
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Peter Kerr, Cameron Kerr and BCO Scotland
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Lisa Blyth, 7N Architecture
Chaired by: Sara Seravalli, Il Salotto
Fire-rated Glass and Door Specification Points
Thursday, 26th March 2026
This RIBA accredited CPD is a 60 minute presentation, focusing on Fire Rated glass and door systems, as well as the challenges involved when achieving compliant solutions to meet design intent and requirements. The CPD will encompass the understanding required in respect of H&S and system buildability against differing fire rated performances. Capturing of quality, aesthetics and cost, which are aligned to the new RIBA Plan of Works 2020, are also discussed.
The Fire Rated CPD covers four of RIBA's Core Curriculum:
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Fire Rated: performance and type of support compatibility to design intent
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Being Safe: health & safety, being compliant, composition of the selected material
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Design and Build: understanding the design construction and buildability facets
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Industry Standard: regulations, certifications and build.
Speaker:
Matt Cassinadri.
Matt is Specification Manager for the North at Radii Planet, supporting architects and designers with technical guidance to help deliver the best design solutions. With nearly 20 years of experience in sales and business development, including almost a decade working closely with the A&D community across the North and Scotland, he has a strong track record of building relationships and developing new business in the construction and interior design sector.
By RadiiPlanet Group.
The Workplace Melting Pot: A Recipe for Vibrancy & Belonging
Wednesday, 25th March 2026.
MLA Strategic Consultants Lucy Galloway and Evelyn Gallagher will guide an interactive discussion on psychological belonging and the sensory influences that makeup the workplace experience of tomorrow.
Designing with Communities
Wednesday, 25th March 2026.
A playful, hands-on creative workshop where the designer becomes the participant.
This session is all about learning through doing, forgetting about the technicalities and stresses of the design process. Through mark-making, drawing and painting, you'll be guided to explore ideas of intuitive art making. Experimentation and joyfulness at the centre of the workshop.
In the second half, we'll shift into reflection, exploring what it really means to design with communities. Together, we'll unpack best practices or meaningful engagement, particularly when working with vulnerable groups, and discuss how to create inclusive, authentic, and artful collaborative processes.
Led by Finni Porter Chambers, a spatial designer and researcher working at the intersection of socially engaged and regenerative design. Her recent work includes The Nook (SAMH), developed with Anna Campbell Jones, a mental health space in Glasgow
Parmesan & Prosecco Party
Thursday, 26 March 2026
Parmesan & Prosecco is back… resistance is futile.
2026 Exhibitors
See you soon, Glasgow!
Tuesday 25 – Thursday 27 March, 2025
Venue: Il Salotto, Fourth Floor, 20 Bell Street, Glasgow, G1 1LG
To answer any of your questions about the event, including attending talks and exhibiting your brand, you can reach us on any of the contact options below.