During Dutch Design Week Eindhoven, Dutch Design Daily publishes a daily report on one of the many venues. Today’s feature is Building TX with the exhibitions Forward Furniture, ECHO, Stool Society en Gijs Schalks.
Liv Vaisberg Office x DDW – Forward Furniture
Forward Furniture, curated by Liv Vaisberg with Dutch Design Week, is an exhibition focused exclusively on Signature & Collectible Design, bringing together contemporary furniture defined by a strong individual design language. From unique pieces and limited editions to new approaches to craftsmanship, materials and making, the exhibition reflects the breadth of the field today.
Each designer presents three furniture pieces from one cohesive collection. This format is central to Forward Furniture: rather than encountering a single object, visitors discover a body of work that reveals the designer’s vision, vocabulary and approach, offering a deeper understanding of their practice.
ECHO – Alu Edition – From Residue To Form
ECHO is a curated design platform in which each edition focuses on a different residual material. For Alu Edition, aluminium becomes the starting point for new objects, furniture, installations and experiments.
The designers work with aluminium offcuts from extrusion profiles and street lighting production. Rather than choosing a material from scratch, they respond to what already exists: its shapes, dimensions, properties and limitations. Each maker approaches the same material from their own discipline, creating different objects and experiments from one shared starting point.
Participating designers: Atelier Arjen Witteveen, Billie-Jo, Eenvoud Ontwerp, Frank Penders, Frederik Wasseur, Jan-Willem van Elten, Marc Th. van der Voorn, Gigengack, Ritsert Mans, 10-4 Studio, Studio Beeks, Studio Jeroen van Veluw, Studio Kars en Boom, Studio Metaform, Studio Wantia.
Labo & Friends – Stool Society
100 stools, 100 ideas For Dutch Design Weekend, Labo Collectief is bringing together a unique collection. From functional to quirky, from minimalist to surprising — each stool tells its own story about form, material and design.
Gijs Schalkx – On the way to a future
With every solution comes a problem. Gijs Schalkx examines our relationship with technology, energy and mobility in his own way. A motorcycle running on swamp gas, a car running on waste plastic, or an electric flying bicycle may seem absurd, but are more logical than you think.
Building TX
Dutch Design Week
17 – 25 October, 2026
ddw.nl
Photography: Dutch Design Daily
