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Why participate?
International Audience
Dutch Design Week welcomes more than 350,000 visitors annually, including collectors, galleries, curators, architects, interior designers, manufacturers, journalists and design enthusiasts from around the world.
Curated Context
Forward Furniture offers a carefully selected exhibition environment where participants are presented alongside some of today's most exciting furniture designers.
Visibility
The exhibition benefits from dedicated international communication through both Forward Furniture and Dutch Design Week, supported by targeted press outreach and social media promotion.
Networking
Meet collectors, galleries, architects, interior designers, commissioners, manufacturers and fellow designers during one of Europe's leading design events.
Accessible Participation
Forward Furniture is committed to making participation accessible through straightforward and competitively priced exhibition formats, allowing designers to present their work within a highly curated international context.
Concept
Forward Furniture is an exhibition curated by Liv Vaisberg in collaboration with Dutch Design Week, dedicated exclusively to contemporary furniture design.
Returning for its second edition following a successful debut in 2025, the exhibition brings together emerging and established designers, galleries and editors from around the world. It presents realised furniture collections exploring new directions in collectible design, limited editions, craftsmanship, material innovation and conceptual thinking.
Each participating designer is required to present a cohesive collection of Three Furniture Pieces that together express a clear design vision.
Taking place in a spectacular industrial building, Forward Furniture will bring together around 100 international participants in one carefully curated exhibition.
Venue
Forward Furniture will take place in a striking new industrial building at CAAI, one of Dutch Design Week's main destinations and official ticketing locations.
Located adjacent to last year's venue and only a short walk from Kiki & Joost, the exhibition occupies more than 2,000 sqm of raw architectural space with generous volumes, abundant natural light and a distinctive industrial atmosphere. As one of Dutch Design Week's official ticketing points, the venue benefits from exceptional visibility and a continuous flow of visitors throughout the event.
Curator
Liv Vaisberg is a curator, creative director and founder of Liv Vaisberg Office, an independent curatorial office specialising in contemporary design, art and cultural strategy.
She is the co-founder and artistic director of COLLECTIBLE, the leading international fair dedicated exclusively to 21st-century collectible design, held annually in Brussels and New York. She is also the co-founder and artistic director of the Design Biennale Rotterdam.
Alongside these initiatives, she curates exhibitions and advises institutions, brands and cultural organisations internationally. Her projects include collaborations with Maison&Objet, Vienna Design Week, Huidenclub Rotterdam, and numerous independent cultural initiatives across Europe and beyond.
Her work focuses on discovering emerging talent, supporting contemporary design practices, and creating ambitious international platforms that connect designers with collectors, institutions and design professionals.
Past Exhibitors 2026
9+1, Aga Blonska, André Jacob, APR/MAY,
ARCh - Carmine Papa, Architetti e Designers, Ariane van Dievoet, Atelier Serruys, CCONTINUA + MAMT, Chai Dienn, Charlie Boyden, Czech Centre Brussels, David Bühler, DUBLO studio, Elin Visser, Elvis Wesley, Emanuel Spiecker, Familiar Form, Felix Bell, Finn Rosseel, Florian Knöbl, Lena Ringel, Lukas Klein, Florian Post, Forever Studio, Fusion F., Gabriel Colon-Amador, Gaia Pezzini, Giulia Cosenza X, Salon Poisson, Giuliano Wai Ging Sammarro, Romy Johanna Klose, GLINA³, Gloriana, goodesign, Hannah Kuhlmann, Herman Hals, Hung Hin Chan, Ineke Hans, Jamie Koetzier and Timo Erkens, Jordan Artisan, Josephine Bourdariat, Luana Meneux, Jules Levasseur | Métiers Vivants, Julian Spanbroek, Kasper Boelens, Siiri Oksanen, Kelly Begiazi, Kooij, Laura Mrksa, Liepa Gradauskaitė, Justina Stipinaitė, Paulina Vasiliauskaitė, Lieve de Vreede, Lionel T Dean - FutureFactories Studio, Livia Ribichini, Lozee, LS Gomma, Lucas Zito, Luis Marie, MAAK INClusief, Marco Paulon and Nick Radlein, Marion Gaudino, Marlo Lyda, MARUXI - Maria Murphy, Milan Dop, MJ Fraser, Nagot, Noa Haim, Oficina for Useful Structures, Pablo Octavio, Pas Mal by Romeo, Pepe Valenti, Pierre Castignola, Plasticiet, Romain Basile Petrot, Rutger de Regt, Sai.E Studio, Sanghyeok Lee, Sára Drobíková, Jakub Komárek, Sheyang Li, Six Dots Design Limited, Sjang Niederwieser, Stijn Weski, Studio C.A.R.E., Studio CoPain, Studio Dogtooth, Studio Douze Degres, Studio Paars, Studio Roseman, Studio Zoran Strijbosch, The New Raw, Tim Teven Studio, Valentin Jager, Veenweide Atelier, Walter Mingledorff, What’s Wrong Duo, Yardshedoffice, Yu-Ching Chen, Yvonne Mak