Being a Latin designer in a city as open-minded as New York comes with fewer barriers than one might expect — yet, as Hazel Villena notes, there remains a quiet pressure: “expectation that our work should look visibly Latin.”
From monumental park sculptures to arrival-inspired furniture, Latinx designers brought some of the most compelling work to this year’s NYCxDESIGN.
NYCxDESIGN 2026: the eccentric lighting designs turning New York’s nights into something worth staying up for.
Biophylic benches, quirky creatures, listening bar consoles, and more. We rounded up some of the best exhibitions and installations at NYCxDESIGN 2026.
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.
A giant digitally-designed stool at Musée des Archives Nationales, Sou Fujimoto’s nature-driven architecture, emerging international talents in Vertbois rising creative neighborhood and more… 10 must-see exhibitions at Paris Design Week 2019.
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.
