An exhibition about nightclubs at the V&A Dundee and the first-ever Mexico Design Fair are among the events listed in Dezeen Events Guide this May, while the Venice Architecture Biennale is also taking place after its postponement last year.
Other in-person events this month include NYCxDesign, Iceland's largest design festival DesignMarch and the debut International Architecture Film Festival Barcelona, as a number of countries around the world tentatively ease coronavirus restrictions.
Head over to Dezeen Events Guide for a comprehensive list of the architecture and design events happening in May and beyond, or read on for some of the highlights this month.
Top image: the Night Fever exhibition features a socially distanced silent disco as photographed by Michael McGurk. Above: the inaugural Mexico Design Fair will be taking place at Casa Naila Night Fever: Designing Club Culture

1 May 2021 to 9 January 2022

While music venues remain closed across the UK, the V&A Dundee is opening its doors for the first time this year with an exhibition celebrating nightclubs as a "total design experience" that aims to unify sound, lighting, architecture, fashion and performance into one immersive spectacle.
From Italian discos in the 60s to today's virtual pandemic raves, the show explores club culture as an environment that encourages radical design and takes a look at iconic spaces from Berlin's Berghain to B018 in Beirut and the Hacienda in Manchester.
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