The Latinx Designers You Need to Know from New York Design Week
From monumental park sculptures to arrival-inspired furniture, Latinx designers brought some of the most compelling work to this year’s NYCxDESIGN.
Light Fantastic: Twelve eccentric lighting designs shine in NYC
NYCxDESIGN 2026: the eccentric lighting designs turning New York’s nights into something worth staying up for.
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.
The ‘Paraphernalia: Desire’ exhibition in New York showcases gentle acts of design
From a hand mirror with the ergonomics of a river stone to a real-time depiction of our solar system. At the ‘Paraphernalia: Desire’ showcase, even the smallest objects can hold our biggest emotions.
‘The Independents’ exhibition by Colony celebrates New York City’s indie design scene
Creative platform Colony reaffirms its commitment to empowering a design community with ‘The Independents’ exhibition during NYCxDESIGN.
NYCxDESIGN 2025: 14 must-visit exhibitions at New York Design Week
Best of NYCxDESIGN 2025: a tribute to independent designers, a provocative showcase questioning misinformation, miniature dioramas, a poetic take on wood, and more.
CHROMA multi-sensory exhibition celebrates Swiss design in NYC
The CHROMA exhibition is a “playground for the senses,” inviting visitors to touch, feel, and explore Swiss craftsmanship and design.
‘small MUJI’ exhibition: Tatsuya Tanaka transforms MUJI products into tiny worlds
Socket boards become skyscrapers, biscuits become furniture, and Times Square is made of rubber stamps. The ‘small MUJI’ exhibition is about serendipitous ingenuity.
WANTED 2024: Eight highlights at the ‘Look Book’ design exhibition
WANTED 2024: Postmodern apocalyptic furniture, repurposed lobster cages, Arab lighthouse-inspired lamps, and more.
ICFF 2024: Seven highlights at ‘The Crossroads’ exhibition dedicated to responsible American design
ICFF 2024: A design tool kit upcycling unwanted t-shirts, Meccano-like furniture, seats harnessing the sustainable culture of cork production, and more.
Under Present Conditions: New Sustainable Design Perspectives from New York
Paul Cocksedge, Max Lamb, Estúdio Campana, Erez Nevi Pana, and other designers explore unconventional furniture-making techniques at Friedman Benda’s ‘Under Present Conditions’ exhibition.
The ‘Chromatic Stance’ exhibition is a vibrant design exploration of colour and form
Tuleste Factory’s ‘Chromatic Stance’ exhibition in New York City guides visitors through colour-themed spaces with vibrant artwork and furniture design.
Design Dysphoria gives voice to queer designers in New York City
The Design Dysphoria exhibition features works by 17 women, nonbinary, and trans designers exploring the impact of queer creative spaces on art and design.
NYCxDESIGN 2024: 15 design highlights in New York City
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!
Design Wanted Manhattan 2023: seven standing out furniture and lighting designs
Ghost limb furniture and yellow-coated plate steel totemic lamps. Seven highlights at Design Wanted Manhattan 2023.
NYCxDesign 2023: 16 must-visit exhibitions in New York City
Urban beehives, a narration on contemporary symbolism, funky sculptures, and a tit-for-tat exhibition against plagiarism are among the 16 must-visit exhibitions of NYCxDesign 2023, New York’s celebration of design.
Seven design highlights at ICFF and WantedDesign Manhattan 2022
ICFF and WantedDesign Manhattan 2022: from therapeutic glassware to Brutalist poetic furniture and shelves hanging on a thread.
Mana Sazegara unveils vibrant furniture design collections in New York City
Architectural benches, multi-dimensional mirrors, modular stools and pop rugs. Mana Sazegara presents two brand-new design collections playing with geometry and colour.
NYCxDESIGN 2022: 12 must-visit design exhibitions in New York City
Best of NYXxDESIGN 2022 celebrates New York City’s creative community with a peaceful oasis in the heart of Times Square, flower design exhibitions, indie-design group shows and more.
September floor lamp by Fernando Mastrangelo celebrates Nature in the Post-Antropocene
With its carved organic body and brass branches embracing a luminous glass globe, Fernando Mastrangelo’s ‘September’ floor lamp delivers a ‘sort of’ optimistic message on the climate change issue. Because Nature will survive us and thrive again.
NYCXDESIGN 2021: 10 furniture designs on show at ICFF + Wanted Design Manhattan
ICFF + Wanted Design Manhattan 2021: pendant lamps inspired by fireflies in the Mexican forest, an ergonomic seat doubling as a tool for posture exercises, ethical carpets combating illegal child labor and more…
Colony’s ‘Join’ exhibition in New York explores togetherness through design
Colony, the designers’ co-op, presents the ‘Join’ exhibition featuring new work from 12 independent American designers exploring the tactile meanings and emotional complexities of togetherness. A mother/son lighting design, two armchairs for slow conversation and shared meditation and a set of urns/vessels in honor of a beloved family member lost during the pandemic.
New York Design Week 2021: 7 must-see exhibitions, fairs and destinations
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.
WantedDesign 2019: 10 rising designers on show
A mountainous ‘crumbling’ cabinet, an astro-mathematical lamp, a Caribbean architecture-inspired side table and a recycled rubber squishy daybed… Check our top picks at WantedDesign 2019.
NYCxDESIGN 2019, the survival guide to New York’s design festival
NYCxDESIGN 2019 kicked off! Discover what’s going on at ICFF, WantedDesign and Brooklyn Designs as well as some highlights in New York’s prominent design districts.
Memphis-inspired mural by Camille Walala in New York
Camille Walala permanently reinvented the façade of a seven-storey historic building in Brooklyn with a Memphis-inspired mural for Wanted Design. The designer created also a interactive and playful installation composed of magnetic textiles.
NYCxDESIGN 2018: 10 eclectic lighting designs shining in New York
Telescopic luminous globes, architectural zodiacs and philosophical rocking lamps. Archipanic selects 10 eclectic lighting designs shining in New York.
Another Human creates quirky Memphis school-inspired lamps
The playful chrome-plated geometries of the new Memphis school-inspired lamps by L.A. based Another Studio debut in New York.
Designing Women II: Masters, Mavericks, Mavens: Egg Collective celebrates female designers’ creativity
The creative power of renown and emerging female designers across the globe goes on show at the Egg Collective’s exhibition Designing Women II: Masters, Mavericks, Mavens.
NYCxDESIGN 2018: 12 must-see exhibitions in New York
NYCxDESIGN 2018 – An inflatable pavilion in Times Square and a giant Sottsass-inspired mural in Brooklyn’s Industry City but also a contemporary take on Shakers’ furniture and Norwegian-American collaborations. The best of New York Design Festival is on Archipanic.