5 NOVEMBER 2025
Submissions open for must have 2026 plebiscite.
28 FEBRUARY 2026
Submissions close for must have 2026 plebiscite. Application form in on until 23:59 (CET).
MARCH 2026
The Board of Experts’s deliberations.
Notification of the selected group of awardees.
MAY 2026
Announcement of the list of products/collections distinguished in the plebiscite.
15–24 MAY 2026
Presentation of products distinguished with the must have 2026 quality mark at the exhibition during the 20th Łódź Design Festival.
23 MAY 2026
must have gala.