The 17th Month of Design attracted the most proactive creators from the 19 Southeast European countries by means of its increasingly popular regional awards that were granted in four main categories product design and fashion, interior design, wood design and creative tourism. The central Month of Design event was represented by the international BigSEE exhibition that displayed the awarded projects from all four categories in the national pavilions of the Southeast European countries.

Four main festival days were Design Expo, Big Architecture, Wood Icon and Creative tourism, while the whole month there were several events and exhibitions in the city of Ljubljana (Design in the City).