NYCxDESIGN 2026: seventeen must-visit exhibitions in New York City

Biophylic benches, quirky creatures, listening bar consoles, and more. We rounded up some of the best exhibitions and installations at NYCxDESIGN 2026.

Biophylic benches, quirky creatures, listening bar consoles, and more. We rounded up some of the best exhibitions and installations at NYCxDESIGN 2026.

Creative platform Colony reaffirms its commitment to empowering a design community with ‘The Independents’ exhibition during NYCxDESIGN.

Best of NYCxDESIGN 2025: a tribute to independent designers, a provocative showcase questioning misinformation, miniature dioramas, a poetic take on wood, and more.

NYCxDESIGN 2024: New York gears up for a healthy design dose. The metropolis-wide creative festival takes over the city. Check out what we like the most!

New York Design Week 2021: a collective showcase reflecting on the power of post-pandemic togetherness, a wall-light anchoring ourselves among the chaos and psychedelic furniture drawing from the natural and biological world.

The white-washed warehouse spaces of the Colony design collective feature one-of-a-kind pieces by 14 of the top independent American designers who were tasked to collaborate with artists of their choosing for the ‘Pas de Deux’ exhibition.

At New York Design Week 7 women-powered exhibitions show how female designers can truly make a difference and lead innovation on an international stage. It was about time!

Is ‘true balance’ a design lie? New York’s designer Co-op Colony explores the tilting boundaries of the perfect equilibrium with the Balance-Unbalance exhibition.

In the wake of Donald Trump’s election, independent designers at COLONY react with an all-white exhibition exploring the full spectrum of lightness.