For its 2026 edition, Destination Design is taking a bold new direction. From 18 to 20 January, the fair at the Klokgebouw in Eindhoven will no longer separate young designers from established brands. Instead, all exhibitors will be integrated into one continuous design environment, with emerging talent embedded directly within major brand presentations.
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Under the theme Welcome Home, Destination Design focuses on meaningful encounters between designers, makers, brands, retailers and editors. The fair positions itself not only as a place to discover innovations, but as a platform where the future of design is actively shaped.
A strong emphasis on young designers forms one of the core values of Destination Design 2026. Exhibitors are encouraged to collaborate with emerging talent, whether as co-designers, partners in development or new voices within a brand's design narrative.
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Curator Gertrude van den Brink explains:
"Young designers too often end up at the margins of design fairs. At Destination Design we do the opposite: we weave them into the design community and bring them together with established brands. That is where real relationships and future collaborations begin."
Examples of integrated collaborations
- QLIV x Stijn van Aardenne – merging lighting and furniture for a layered presentation.
- Label van den Berg x Daphna Laurens x Byborre – continuing an established collaboration with a new textile edition and additional pieces by Laurens.
- COR x Lukas Hentschel – expanding the collection with a new side table by an emerging designer.
- Saloni x Derin Savaşır & Haluk Özbek – an intergenerational collaboration resulting in a flexible modular sofa.
Product previews and launches
The 2026 edition highlights how young talent, craftsmanship and established design visions come together in new products, including:
- QLIV – Fasset, a sculptural dining table by Remy Meijers
- BW Bielefelder Werkstätten – Nimbo Armchair by Lucie Koldova
- Woak – Cairn Coffee Table by Matteo Zorzenoni
- Pode – Chablo, a modular seating concept
- Joli – Pulse Table Collection by Mathias De Ferm
- Artifort – Vega Chair designed by Jasper Morrison
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Expanded tour programme
The much-loved tours return with an expanded line-up, growing from three to seven tours. Editors, designers and trend watchers guide visitors through selected presentations from their own professional perspectives.
Returning and new tour guides include:
- Evelien Reich (Editor-in-Chief MANERA Benelux), with Sten Stas
- Gertrude van den Brink, curator
- Jan Agelink, trend forecaster and curator
- Kvadrat, presenting a textile tour
- Nicolas Blok, Editor-in-Chief Interior Pulp
- Studio La Bolleur, on the spatial design of the fair
- An additional Expert Insight is offered by Simon Keane-Cowell (Editor-in-Chief, Architonic).
All tours are free of charge and limited to 20 participants.
Participating brands
Anvia | Arco | Artisan | Artifort | ASCO | Aventura | BEEK | BW Bielefelder Werkstätten | Bolia | Bretz | BRYCK | Castelijn | Coesel | COR | CS Rugs | De Ploeg | Designs of the Time | Dutch Originals | Freistil Rolf Benz | Galvanitas | Gealux | Gelderland | Harvink | Hofstede Raanhuis | Ignore | Ijcoon | IP Design | Ivo by Ferrolight | Jan Kurtz | Japth | Jess | Joli | JORI | KETTNAKER | KFF | Kvadrat | Label Van den Berg | Leolux | Metaform | Millenerpoort | Molinari Design | Montis | Ohmann Leather | Pastoe | Papadatos | Perletta | Pilat & Pilat | Piure | Pode | QLIV | Rolf Benz | Saloni | Saunaco | Skovby | Slowwood | Spinder Design | Steiner 1888 | They & Me | Unlit Studio | Van Besouw | Woak
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Practical information
Dates:
- Sunday 18 January 2026, 10:00–18:00
- Monday 19 January 2026, 10:00–20:00 (press day)
- Tuesday 20 January 2026, 10:00–18:00
Venue:
Klokgebouw, Eindhoven
Access:
Free for professionals (registration required)
Press moments: Monday 19 January at 10:30 and 16:00.
More information:
Design Destination
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www.destinationdesign.nl
