Entries open for 2025 New Furniture Maker Awards

14/05/2025
Entries open for 2025 New Furniture Maker Awards
The Furniture Makers’ Company has opened entries for its 2025 New Furniture Maker Awards. The awards are part of the New Furniture Makers Exhibition, scheduled to take place in October in the City of London.

Organised by the livery company for the furnishings industry, the exhibition and awards programme showcases furniture and furnishing design talent from GCSE-level students to recent graduates. The New Furniture Maker Awards are the student equivalent of the Guild Marks and aim to highlight future potential and excellence in design.

A large number of entries are submitted each year across multiple categories. The 2025 edition will also include work by finalists from the Church of England’s Empty Chair Competition.

Among the categories is the Leather Prize, which is open to young designer makers using leather in furniture design and construction.

The 2023 Leather Prize was awarded to Holly Preece for her Hide Armchair (pictured)