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The new "Brick" collection by Dutch designer Floris Wubben makes its debut at The Future Perfect gallery in New York for NYCxDESIGN. The construction brick, as historically significant in the Netherlands as in New York, takes on new and unique applications: benches, chandeliers, mirror frames, wall decorations... But also new, unprecedented forms created using an extrusion technique he experimented with on clay extracted from the Dollard (a bay in the Wadden Sea between the Netherlands and Germany), resulting in elongated, curved, and wavy lines. This serves as a reminder that 400 years ago, Dutch settlers arrived on Manhattan Island with their bricks to create New Amsterdam, renamed New York in 1664 by the English.
In 2022, in Milan, to celebrate the 15th anniversary of his brand, Lee Broom focused on ecclesiastical architecture. This year, the British designer explores an other spiritual theme with his new collection "Alchemist". Inspired by astrology, mythology, and folklore, this serie of chandeliers, pendant lights, and wall sconces draws from the universe of Paulo Coelho's famous novel, mystically set in his New York penthouse.
Founded in 2015, Konekt is a family-run studio established by Eric, Helena, and Natasha Sultan. Drawing on the senses and a multitude of influences, Konekt creates pieces rich in materiality. For the New York festival, the studio unveils two new collections that continue its exploration of contrasts between strength and fragility, soft curves and sharp lines, ornamentation and restraint. The first, "Silo," is a series of solid wood tables supported by cylindrical legs made of latten or stainless steel, inspired by the shape and function of grain silos, establishing a balance between functionality and aesthetics. The second, "Rib," consists of lighting fixtures made of hand-blown glass in Italy, delicately framed with thin ribs of brass, leather, or suede.
Ten years after co-organizing the charity auction Reclaim NYC and founding her cooperative gallery Colony, Jean Lin is leaving her dilapidated loft on Canal Street to establish a new pied-à-terre in Tribeca, where she will now showcase emerging American designers. Last year, for the inaugural presentation of her artist residency, she notably launched Marmar Studio and Alexis & Ginger. This year, she is celebrating the release of her new book: What We Keep at NYCxDESIGN.
Aware of the male dominance in architecture, the three co-founders of Egg Collective (Stephanie Beamer, Crystal Ellis, and Hillary Petrie), each holding a degree in this field, celebrate women architects worldwide with their exhibition series "Designing Women." The latest exhibition pays homage to the "House for Two Sculptors," an architectural work by Eileen Gray designed in 1933, which never progressed beyond the pencil-on-paper stage. Through highly realistic 3D renderings and an installation presented in Tribeca, Egg Collective immerses visitors in the atmosphere of this imagined architecture to unveil its sculptural pieces alongside creations by two contemporary sculptor friends: Taylor Kibby and Molly Haynes.
Uchronia's Candy Box has traveled across the continent to join the Prelle showroom in New York. Presented in Paris during Paris Déco Off 2024, the collaboration between Univers Uchronia and the Prelle Manufacture continues in the New York flagship of the French silk house, inviting a colorful dialogue between the pop universe of the brand founded by Julien Sebban and Prelle's historical expertise. The "Waving Flower," developed in the form of a three-dimensional flower, sets the tone for the space.
Brooklyn-based American designer-metallurgist Micah Rosenblatt made his debut at NYCxDESIGN with his first solo show "City Block". Presented at the Front Gallery in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, his collection consists of sixteen pieces made from glass bricks, steel wrought iron, aluminum, copper, and household linens. Blending forms from antiquity with those of modernity, it reflects his sustainable, intuitive, and experimental approach to design.
Over more than 8,000-square-foot-space of a 19th-century loft in Tribeca, In Common With, a Brooklyn-based lighting publisher, has established a new living and evolving space. There: a shop, wine bar, event space, gallery, showroom, and showcase for the design studio. During the day, visitors are invited to explore its lighting collections and an eclectic selection of design pieces. In the evening, the space hosts temporary installations, dinners, and other immersive events.
Since 1996, Lindsey Adelman has been illuminating every floor. She founded her studio in New York in 2006 before establishing a site in Los Angeles. Her blown glass pieces explore the immaterial essence of light and its relationship with emptiness. For the American gallery TIWA, the designer returns to the foundations of her philosophical interest in light through 32 oil lamps that play with perceptions of time and space, inspired by ancient spiritual rituals, and engage in a dialogue with the patchwork creations of Nigerian-American textile artist Sarah Nsikak.
Presented by the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) at WantedDesign Manhattan, the "Material Opulence" exhibition is a reinvention of luxury and grandeur through a collection of chairs and domestic objects using common materials: aluminum, indigo, paper, and ceramics. In their ability to recognize and engage critically, the showcased designers envision a present and future that prioritize generativity, equity, solidarity, and sustainability over extraction and competition.
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10 Highlights from NYCxDesign 2024
A few weeks after Milan Design Week, it’s time for American design to take center stage, from the East Coast (New York Design Week) to the West Coast (DESIGN MIAMI.LA). Proving that the Big Apple is a major player, from May 16 to 23, creatives from around the world have converged on the city that never sleeps to celebrate the decorative arts. Events are helded in showrooms, studios, and galleries in Manhattan and Brooklyn for the NYCxDESIGN 2024 festival, and at Hudson Yards for the ICFF fair.
Far from ostentatious bling, the exhibitions and collections presented, showcase an American design scene that is sharper and more relevant than ever. This year’s theme, « Design is All Around Us, » emphasizes history, community, inclusivity, and interdisciplinarity.
For instance, mysticism was invoked by Lee Broom and Lindsey Adelman in their lighting collections; the city’s colonial past was reincarnated by Floris Wubben and the « BRICK » series at The Future Perfect; and the architectural work of Eileen Gray was resurrected at Egg Collective. Here are the editorial team’s 10 highlights.
Floris Wubben x The Future Perfect
BRICK Collection by Floris Wubben at The Future Perfect © Joe Kramm
The new "Brick" collection by Dutch designer Floris Wubben makes its debut at The Future Perfect gallery in New York for NYCxDESIGN. The construction brick, as historically significant in the Netherlands as in New York, takes on new and unique applications: benches, chandeliers, mirror frames, wall decorations... But also new, unprecedented forms created using an extrusion technique he experimented with on clay extracted from the Dollard (a bay in the Wadden Sea between the Netherlands and Germany), resulting in elongated, curved, and wavy lines. This serves as a reminder that 400 years ago, Dutch settlers arrived on Manhattan Island with their bricks to create New Amsterdam, renamed New York in 1664 by the English.
BRICK Collection by Floris Wubben at The Future Perfect © Joe Kramm
Lee Broom
"Alchemist" Collection by Lee Broom © Arthur Woodcroft
In 2022, in Milan, to celebrate the 15th anniversary of his brand, Lee Broom focused on ecclesiastical architecture. This year, the British designer explores an other spiritual theme with his new collection "Alchemist". Inspired by astrology, mythology, and folklore, this serie of chandeliers, pendant lights, and wall sconces draws from the universe of Paulo Coelho's famous novel, mystically set in his New York penthouse.
"Alchemist" Collection by Lee Broom © Arthur Woodcroft
Konekt
Silo Collection by Konekt © Joe Kramm
Founded in 2015, Konekt is a family-run studio established by Eric, Helena, and Natasha Sultan. Drawing on the senses and a multitude of influences, Konekt creates pieces rich in materiality. For the New York festival, the studio unveils two new collections that continue its exploration of contrasts between strength and fragility, soft curves and sharp lines, ornamentation and restraint. The first, "Silo," is a series of solid wood tables supported by cylindrical legs made of latten or stainless steel, inspired by the shape and function of grain silos, establishing a balance between functionality and aesthetics. The second, "Rib," consists of lighting fixtures made of hand-blown glass in Italy, delicately framed with thin ribs of brass, leather, or suede.
Colony
Colony new showroom in Tribeca, New York © Brooke Holm
Ten years after co-organizing the charity auction Reclaim NYC and founding her cooperative gallery Colony, Jean Lin is leaving her dilapidated loft on Canal Street to establish a new pied-à-terre in Tribeca, where she will now showcase emerging American designers. Last year, for the inaugural presentation of her artist residency, she notably launched Marmar Studio and Alexis & Ginger. This year, she is celebrating the release of her new book: What We Keep at NYCxDESIGN.
Colony new showroom in Tribeca, New York © Brooke Holm
Egg Collective
Designing Women IV Eileen Gray’s House for Two Sculptors par Egg Collective
Aware of the male dominance in architecture, the three co-founders of Egg Collective (Stephanie Beamer, Crystal Ellis, and Hillary Petrie), each holding a degree in this field, celebrate women architects worldwide with their exhibition series "Designing Women." The latest exhibition pays homage to the "House for Two Sculptors," an architectural work by Eileen Gray designed in 1933, which never progressed beyond the pencil-on-paper stage. Through highly realistic 3D renderings and an installation presented in Tribeca, Egg Collective immerses visitors in the atmosphere of this imagined architecture to unveil its sculptural pieces alongside creations by two contemporary sculptor friends: Taylor Kibby and Molly Haynes.
Designing Women IV Eileen Gray’s House for Two Sculptors par Egg Collective
Uchronia x Prelle New York
Exposition Candy Box par Uchronia au Showroom Prelle New York © Sean Davidson
Uchronia's Candy Box has traveled across the continent to join the Prelle showroom in New York. Presented in Paris during Paris Déco Off 2024, the collaboration between Univers Uchronia and the Prelle Manufacture continues in the New York flagship of the French silk house, inviting a colorful dialogue between the pop universe of the brand founded by Julien Sebban and Prelle's historical expertise. The "Waving Flower," developed in the form of a three-dimensional flower, sets the tone for the space.
Exposition Candy Box par Uchronia au Showroom Prelle New York © Sean Davidson
Micah Rosenblatt
"City Block" par Micah Rosenblatt © Marco Galloway
Brooklyn-based American designer-metallurgist Micah Rosenblatt made his debut at NYCxDESIGN with his first solo show "City Block". Presented at the Front Gallery in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, his collection consists of sixteen pieces made from glass bricks, steel wrought iron, aluminum, copper, and household linens. Blending forms from antiquity with those of modernity, it reflects his sustainable, intuitive, and experimental approach to design.
"City Block" par Micah Rosenblatt © Marco Galloway
Quarters by In Common With
Quarters par In Common With à Tribeca (New York) © William Jess Laird
Over more than 8,000-square-foot-space of a 19th-century loft in Tribeca, In Common With, a Brooklyn-based lighting publisher, has established a new living and evolving space. There: a shop, wine bar, event space, gallery, showroom, and showcase for the design studio. During the day, visitors are invited to explore its lighting collections and an eclectic selection of design pieces. In the evening, the space hosts temporary installations, dinners, and other immersive events.
Quarters par In Common With à New York © William Jess Laird
Lindsey Adelman Studio x TIWA Gallery
Exposition "A Realm of Light" par Lindsey Adelman Studio à la TIWA Gallery, New York © Brian Ferry
Since 1996, Lindsey Adelman has been illuminating every floor. She founded her studio in New York in 2006 before establishing a site in Los Angeles. Her blown glass pieces explore the immaterial essence of light and its relationship with emptiness. For the American gallery TIWA, the designer returns to the foundations of her philosophical interest in light through 32 oil lamps that play with perceptions of time and space, inspired by ancient spiritual rituals, and engage in a dialogue with the patchwork creations of Nigerian-American textile artist Sarah Nsikak.
Exposition "A Realm of Light" par Lindsey Adelman © Brian Ferry
RISD Furniture Design x WantedDesign
"Material Opulence" par RISD Furniture Design à WantedDesign Manhattan 2024 © Erik Gould
Presented by the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) at WantedDesign Manhattan, the "Material Opulence" exhibition is a reinvention of luxury and grandeur through a collection of chairs and domestic objects using common materials: aluminum, indigo, paper, and ceramics. In their ability to recognize and engage critically, the showcased designers envision a present and future that prioritize generativity, equity, solidarity, and sustainability over extraction and competition.
"Material Opulence" par RISD Furniture Design à WantedDesign Manhattan 2024
