Collectible returns to New York from November 6 to 8, 2026, with more than 110 exhibitors from 27 countries. This year the collectible design fair fills the old Upper East Side AMC Orpheum 7 cinema.
The collectible design fair concentrates on 21st-century collectible furnishings made by independent designers. It was founded in Brussels in 2017, and Liv Vaisberg is a co-founder. This New York showing is its third edition, and co-founder Vaisberg says the response from local audiences has shaped it. “The enthusiasm of the community and audience here has affirmed our place in the city,” she says.
The fair has moved to November, placing it beside blue-chip gallery fair Salon Art + Design and hospitality showcase BDNY. Collectible is aiming for a different audience of collectors, interior designers and architects.
The building was once the AMC Orpheum 7 cinema. Its soaring ceilings and double-height rooms give the works a sense of occasion. Once the fair closes, the space is set to become an outpost of the upscale food market Happier Grocery.
Material experiments at the collectible design fair
Materials are the clearest thread through the fair. Furniture here is made from clay, stone, wood and metal, and many exhibitors push those materials in unfamiliar directions.
If the wood and metal pieces at this fair caught your eye, our look at bent wood furniture Bent wood furniture: Moccle bicycle and Sori chair shows how bending techniques shape everyday objects.
New York studio Streicher Goods, run by Ethan Streicher, showed a new collection of glazed ceramic pieces. Streicher hand-builds each piece in stoneware at his studio in Brooklyn‘s Greenpoint neighborhood.
Georgian practice Studio Gypsandconcrete appears in a presentation by upstate New York gallery Jamieri. Its bent stainless-steel mirrors use reflection as a structural idea rather than decoration.
Elsewhere in the building, Anjuli Bernstein makes tapestries that depict pictures through unlikely raw matter. Boym Partners contributes painted bark sconces. Louis Filosa‘s Scentry project pairs lamps with perfumes, each one meant to evoke a different person.
Ka’b Juun describes itself as New York’s first permanent gallery for Mexican design. Its new works draw on materials native to Mexico.
Heirlooms in the making
Several presentations at this collectible design fair ask a basic question: what makes a piece valuable enough to pass down? Coryander Friend, founder of Montana-based gallery Placed, argues that today’s collectible design talents belong to a fourth industrial revolution. Many of them teach themselves new skills or train for them.
Friend says designers “should be going baroque in order to not go broke.” That idea runs through the gallery’s booth, titled “A Future for History.” It includes Faye Hadfield’s toothy ceramics and a chainmail lampshade by Wretched Flowers.
Other standouts at this collectible design fair include a lacquer screen with jewel-like finials from New York’s iitem studio. Brooklyn studio Overt Cove made a room divider from upcycled phone cords, shown by Philadelphia cooperative gallery Dudd Haus. Bunce Studio‘s precision-engineered tables, benches and shelves pick up industrial cues.
For another look at how chairs can carry an avant-garde idea beyond the gallery, see Christie’s Beverly Hills chair showcase with 50 designs, a sale-floor survey of unusual seating.
A corporate fantasy
Alex Tieghi-Walker, founder of TIWA Select, leads the Curated section. The section, which Tieghi-Walker describes as a “corporate fantasy,” is built around an office-themed vignette.
The vignette, titled “Human Resources,” arranges a series of office cells. Smaller objects by designers such as Tino Seubert and Adi Asia disrupt the uniformity of the setting.
Tieghi-Walker frames the installation as a proposal. “The installation is an invitation to designers to imagine a different kind of working environment,” he says. The idea is a workplace that leaves room for personality, and where the objects around us “might inspire us as much as they serve us.”
The fair’s program ends on that note. A chair, a lamp or a screen can do more than its job, and those are the objects that tend to outlast the trends around them.
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Frequently asked questions
When and where is the Collectible design fair taking place in 2026?
Collectible returns to New York from November 6 to 8, 2026, and fills the former Upper East Side AMC Orpheum 7 cinema. The article does not say anything beyond these dates and location.
How many exhibitors does the Collectible design fair have this year?
The fair has more than 110 exhibitors from 27 countries. It focuses on 21st-century collectible furnishings made by independent designers.
Where was the Collectible design fair founded, and when?
Collectible was founded in Brussels in 2017, and Liv Vaisberg is one of its co-founders. This New York edition is its third.
What will the former cinema space become after the design fair closes?
Once the fair closes, the space is set to become an outpost of the upscale food market Happier Grocery. The building was previously the AMC Orpheum 7 cinema.
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