NYCxDESIGN

From newcomers Chapel Petrassi and Studio Ini to established stars including Luca Nichetto, these 20 designers, artists and creatives shone with new furniture and lighting launches – and immersive installations – at NYCxDesign. 

This weekend, the ICFF furniture fair kicks off as the central event of the month-long NYCxDesign festival. Here are 10 furniture and lighting debuts at the fair and beyond that we’re most looking forward to. 

In New York, the curated Colony furniture gallery boldly reinvents the retail model.

Celebrated SITE founder James Wines reinvents another icon with the Foscarini Lightbulb Series.

Zero Waste Bistro, an evocation of Helsinki restaurant Nolla, served up food and thought at WantedDesign’s iconic Terminal Stores venue.

In two Flos re-editions and a star-studded exhibition, the Italian maestro Achille Castiglioni is celebrated on the centenary of his birthday. We spoke with his daughter Giovanna Castiglioni, who keeps his memory alive.

Last week, Azure was in New York for NYCxDesign, and here is what we saw and loved – from a dream house full of Memphis finds to an explosion of Canadian talent.

Celebrating the best design from around the world, NYCxDESIGN has grown exponentially over the past five years. The event reaches over five boroughs and nearly the entire month of May. As this year’s three-week run wraps up, here are four events, installations and pop-ups you don’t want to miss.

Each chair and bench in the new Absolute Beige furniture line by Brooklyn studio Wintercheck Factory employs an unlikely material: slabs of industrial rubber.

From ICFF to the offsite shows, lighting stole the show at every turn at NYCxDesign last month. Our favourite launches include novelties by Apparatus, Foscarini and Pelle.