Every year, Ambiente honours an up-and-coming design talent as Ambiente Designer of the Year. The selected designers receive an exclusively designed special presentation at the trade fair. With the Designer Community, Ambiente creates space for an intensive and direct exchange within the industry and offers an exclusive programme.
Ambiente Designer 2026: Katty Schiebeck
Katty Schiebeck has been named Ambiente Designer of the Year 2026. With her clear design language, refined sense for atmosphere, and uncompromising commitment to quality, Katty Schiebeck is considered one of the most innovative voices in contemporary interior architecture.
Born in Uruguay and of German heritage, she founded her studio in Barcelona – a city whose creativity and Mediterranean lightness continue to shape her style to this day. Schiebeck’s designs combine warm materials such as wood and marble with minimalist lines and architectural balance. She stands for high-end interior and furniture design, particularly in the luxury and hospitality sectors. The result: spaces that radiate both tranquillity and presence.
Her international projects in cities such as Hong Kong, Doha, and Lisbon underline the global relevance of her work. One of the most prestigious is the interior design of the new royal palace for the Qatari royal family.
Through the blog and Instagram format “Somewhere I Would Like To Live,” which she launched together with photographer Rubén Ortiz, she reaches a worldwide audience. More than 850,000 followers draw inspiration there from extraordinary architecture, design, and aesthetics.
Katty Schiebeck has been recognised multiple times by Architectural Digest (Condé Nast) as one of the world’s top 100 interior designers. In 2026, she takes centre stage at Ambiente as Designer of the Year.
Interior Design & Architecture Hub
With the Interior Design & Architecture Hub, Ambiente presents a forward-looking format that specifically targets designers, interior architects and architects. Katty Schiebeck will design the area in 2026, thereby emphasising the curatorial aspirations of the concept.
The space she creates forms an inspiring bridge between product staging, hospitality concepts and applied design – reinforcing Ambiente’s position as a leading platform for design expertise in the contract business sector.
LOCATION: Hall 3.1
Designer Community Ambiente
Ambiente has created the Designer Community to facilitate an intensive and direct exchange between designers, exhibitors and visitors.
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Designer Day
A whole day full of ideas, shapes, colours, new impulses and inspiration. In cooperation with the 'Rat für Formgebung' (German Design Council), Ambiente has put together an extraordinary programme at the Designer Day.
