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Relive Forward Festival Berlin and watch the official aftermovie!

Max Siedentopf on discipline, discomfort, and the art of absurdity.

2026 is shaping up as a playground for bold ideas, human-centered aesthetics, and tech-driven magic.

Bold concepts, striking visuals: These are the mots boundary pushing AI shortest films of our competition!

The sequence moves from tension and stillness into pure energy – ideas colliding, igniting, and transforming into something unstoppable.⁠ ⁠

From Kendrick Lamar's stellar Super Bowl performance to the one-of-a-kind marketing campaign for the movie Marty Supreme – 2025 was stacked with brilliant creative moments.

Some ideas quietly live on moodboards. Others reshape entire industries.

Forward's refined vision encourages creatives to act on their dreams.

In conversation, Found's Creative Lead Ambrogio Bergamaschi takes us behind the scenes of the 2025 Festival title sequence.

Our top takeaways from the Festival are here – designed to fuel your creativity and turn vision into reality.

Dive into this year's winner projects by Total View and Sara Mlakar and Natalia Shepeleva.

How Ariel Lu transformed her passion into a career in 3D art.

Music and design collective Public Possession hand-picked their favorite tunes for this playlist

The 2025 edition of Adobe MAX just wrapped – three days packed with creative input, bold ideas, and the newest tools to help you turn ideas into action.

Found Studio’s main titles teasers set the stage for Forward Festival 2025.

Random Studio in conversation about designing spaces that respond, provoke, and evolve.

Relive all the highlights of Forward Festival Vienna and watch the official aftermovie!

Stephanie Specht dives into how fearless experimentation sparks innovation—and why staying true to your vision matters more than ever.

Our fresh Forward merch just landed: timeless tees in bold black & white with prints that hit different – always in season, always Forward.

Creative Director Till Wiedeck his early creative influences, the organic growth of HelloMe, and the philosophy that drives the studio’s work.

Ines Alpha, Claudia Rafael, and Christina Worner in conversation about pushing the boundaries of digital art.

A curated guide through the city of Berlin for the creatively curious.

The must-steal lessons from Forward Vienna are here - learn how to turn ideas into action!

Take a dive into the minds of the Georgian design-duo Holy Motors

A restless mind and an expressive rebel in the simplistic: meet Bráulio Amado

Cinematographer Luis Perez talks about translating music into visuals, embracing experimentation, and following instinct on set.

Creative Director Zeynep Orbay speaks about leading global campaigns for Nike and Hennessy, embracing creative blocks, and why the best ideas start with a gut feeling.

Aurélia de Azambuja in conversation about design as a tool for change, and what drives her creativity

Floriane Rousselot paints a personal cartography of creativity

Daily Dialogue’s new website sharpens their focus on Identity, Design, and Editorial.

A weekend with Alfa Romeo through the lens of photographer Maša Stanic.

Digital artist Lucy Hardcastle selected her most-listened to songs in this playlist – tune in and get in the mood for her talk at Forward Festival!

Digital artist Chris Kore dives deep into her creative journey and speaks about pushing boundaries technology.

Photographer Stig de Block speaks about capturing subcultures in this interview.

Forward Festival speaker Studio Herrström hand-picked their favorite songs and gathered them in this playlist.

How Nicole McLaughlin became the sustainability queen of the 2020s.

Alice Isaac in conversation about how mixed media art found her.

Creativity, innovation, and impact: Explore the best the creative world offered in 2024!

Tune into this curated playlist by Forward CEO and founder Othmar Handl as he wraps up the year 2024.

Vienna has long been a pioneer in acknowledging the transformative power of the creative industries. The Vienna Business Agency plays a central role in fostering this vibrant sector, supporting emerging talents, and creating vital networks that drive both economic and cultural innovation.