NYCxDESIGN
x SOUVENIR

Industrial + Product Design
NYCxDESIGN x Souvenir
Partnered with Cool Hunting
Sponsored by Kikkerland Design
Curation and Exhibit Design by Boym Partners
NYCxDESIGN x Souvenir
Partnered with Cool Hunting
Sponsored by Kikkerland Design
Curation and Exhibit Design by Boym Partners
Back by popular demand for a second year, the NYCxDESIGN x Souvenir exhibition returns as one of the most anticipated highlights of the NYCxDESIGN Festival. In an inspired collaboration with Cool Hunting, sponsored by Kikkerland Design, and brought to life through an exhibition design by Boym Partners, this original showcase redefines what a souvenir can be—transforming the ordinary into thoughtful design.
This year’s exhibition features an exciting lineup of 72 visionary designers. Each has created a one-of-a-kind, collectible object inspired by the vibrant energy, culture, contradictions, and charm of New York City itself. From witty to wondrous, the pieces capture personal reflections of the city’s character—making for a truly unique keepsake experience.
Housed in The Canvas Gallery at the Oculus, this immersive exhibition invites the public to explore, experience, and even purchase select on-of-a-kind works from May 15–21, open daily from 11:00am to 7:00pm.
Whether you’re a design lover, a curious traveler, or a devoted New Yorker, xSouvenir promises a playful celebration of the city we love – by design.
The 2025 NYCxDESIGN Souvenirs and Designers

Adam Wrigley & Mary Chimenti
Adam Wrigley and Mary Chimenti are award winning industrial designers and artists based in Brooklyn, NY. They have designed furniture, consumer electronics, medical products, and more for some of the world’s largest companies, as well as countless sculptures and art pieces exhibited throughout NYC.

The Rat of Wall Street
“The Rat of Wall Street” is a bronze sculpture which mimics the pose of the famous “Charging Bull” sculpture on Wall Street, using a more location-appropriate animal.
Adam Wrigley & Mary Chimenti

Alicia Lee
Alicia Lee is a designer working at the intersection of impact and play. Based in New York City and Providence, her work centers on crafting moments of engagement—designing objects and experiences that spark joy, curiosity, and connection.
Alicia is a Northwestern University alumna, where she combined studies in Communications and Human-Centered Design. She is currently deepening her practice as a Master’s candidate in Industrial Design at the Rhode Island School of Design, where she brings storytelling into tangible, crafted experiences.

Pigeon Grill
In 2023 and 2024, I hosted a series of dinner parties in my studio apartment, seeking connection amidst the fast pace and occasional isolation of city life. Each month, I invited 11 strangers from diverse backgrounds to share a home-cooked, three-course meal. To create a more intimate and memorable experience, I crafted all the ceramic dinnerware—bowls, plates, coasters, etc.—by hand.
One standout piece from these gatherings was the Pigeon Grill. On it, we grilled an eclectic mix of hot dogs, KBBQ meats, and kebabs, symbolizing the vibrant fusion of cultures that New York City embodies. This piece reflects my philosophy of functional art as a catalyst for connection. The pigeon, often called the city’s mascot (sorry, rats), represents resilience, adaptability, and community. Just as pigeons thrive in the city’s chaos, this piece invites people to gather, share stories, and find warmth in the heart of New York.
Alicia Lee

Alicia Lee
AXIS + AXIOM is a collaboration between Alicia Tam Wei and Ann T. Dinh, NYC-based designers and educators exploring Third Culture design pedagogy.
Alicia is a designer tackling complex challenges in a turbulent world. Her work has been showcased at Wanted Design, the Surface Design Show and she won the 2023 LAMP International Lighting Design Competition. She is an Assistant Professor of Product + Industrial Design at Parsons. She previously taught at RISD and Barnard + Columbia Architecture. Alicia holds degrees from Yale, the Royal College of Art and Imperial College London.
Ann is a designer and educator working at the intersection of architecture and industrial design. Her work focuses on user experience and identity and has been featured at Wanted Design and the RISD Triennial. She is an AICAD Teaching Fellow at Pratt and previously taught at Drexel and Temple University. Ann holds degrees from Temple and RISD.

New Yawker Tote Bag
Inspired by the gritty streets of New York and our love of Humans of NY, we present our “Animals of New Yawk” collection with our Bodega Cat, Pizza Rat and Pigeon Bro. We developed character designs and imagined them playing a game of poker for a parody “New Yawker” Magazine cover.
Alicia Tam-Wei & Ann T. Dinh / Axis + Axiom

Allen Wilpon / Allen Wilpon Design
The expression for simplicity and elegance is key in the work of Allen Wilpon…a graduate of both Pratt Institute and Domus Academy in Milan with Masters in Industrial Design and Architecture.
Allen is an award winning designer who’s personal work spans the globe with designs in the permanent collection of the Pompidou Museum in Paris. Allen has collaborated with Morris Lapidus, Ettore Sottsass, Arquitectonica, Donovan and Green, Lutron Electronics and Estee Lauder. Allen is currently a working on Selected Projects as well as being an adjunct Professor of Industrial Design at Pratt Institute.
LOVE WHAT YOU DO.

Bridge to Gotham
A Dream to Enter the Magical World of Gotham.
Allen Wilpon / Allen Wilpon Design

Alvaro Uribe / Alvaro Uribe Design
Alvaro Uribe is an American born, Colombian-raised, New York-based designer known for blending poetry with function across disciplines and materials. A Pratt Institute honors graduate, he founded his Brooklyn-based studio, quickly gaining international recognition with the innovative Plum Series 1, and luxury work in Stainless Steel and Crystal.
His work has been embraced by top luxury brands, including BMW, Nambe, Nachtmann, Rosenthal, and Vista Alegre. At the core of his practice is the concept of emotional function—creating products that go beyond utility to inspire joy, magic, and curiosity. His designs draw from nature, architecture, and culture, celebrating the interplay of color, form, and material in unexpected ways.

Manhattan Vase
After two decades of living in New York, I’m still captivated by the breathtaking sight of the city from afar. Its grandeur inspires ambition, resilience, power, and the unwavering perseverance of the human spirit.
This vase is designed with independent vertical elements, each representing the architectural character and rich history of the Manhattan skyline. Its modular structure creates a dynamic interplay of forms, offering a distinct visual experience from every angle—just like the ever-evolving beauty of New York City itself.
New York remains one of the most inspiring cities in the world, celebrated for its artistic vibrancy and cultural diversity. This design seeks to encapsulate that magnificence in a rectilinear form, evoking the uplifting energy one feels when gazing at its iconic skyline.
Alvaro Uribe / Alvaro Uribe Design

Ann T. Dinh
Ann T. Dinh is an educator and designer who combines architecture and industrial design. She is dedicated to pushing boundaries and exploring innovative intersections between the two disciplines. In addition to her role in academia, Ann has an emerging practice that embraces multimedia projects across various scales. Whether speculative or practical, her work consistently centers around the user experience, delving into their histories, identities, and envisioned futures.

Caffeinated Liberty
“Caffeinated Liberty” plays on the foam Statute of Liberty crown and the iconic Greek coffee cups found at your typical bodega. This headdress is a celebration of the things that make the city – from the food and the little critters to the architecture – that, in combination, is how New York so New York.
Ann T. Dinh

Annabelle Schneider / Experience Design Studio Annabelle Schneider
Annabelle Schneider is a Swiss-born, New York-based experience designer, installation artist, and brand strategist. She creates immersive environments that blend physical and digital elements to foster well-being, connection, and sensory engagement. Her work reimagines spatial storytelling, using conceptual design and technology to craft multi-sensory experiences that inspire reflection and presence.
With a background in branding for Vitra and Laufen, Annabelle merges strategic storytelling with spatial design, transforming interiors into narrative-driven experiences. Her notable projects include Breathe with Me (2024), showcased at WSA NY, Design Week Barcelona, and Swiss Days in Tashkent, and Being in Bed (2023), featured at Art Basel Miami and SWAB Contemporary Art Fair.
Annabelle has worked with brands like Kartell, Snarkitecture, and Eyesight Group, as well as visionaries such as Virgil Abloh and Daniel Arsham. Through technology, sensory elements, and innovative storytelling, she redefines spaces as environments of connection and belonging.

NYC Trashbag Candle
NYC Trash Bag Candle – A Souvenir of Waste and Wonder
The NYC Trash Bag Candle transforms an everyday sight—towering piles of black trash bags—into an object of contemplation. Made from waste-derived waxes and infused with scent, it challenges perceptions of value, blurring the line between disposable and desirable.
As the candle burns, its sculptural layers melt and shift, mirroring the fleeting nature of consumption and the ever-changing cityscape. Its warm glow invites stillness in a fast-moving world. Is it trash or treasure? What do we truly keep?
A playful surprise awaits: once fully burned, a golden brass rat is revealed—a nod to urban resilience and hidden worth. As an experience designer, I create immersive moments of discovery, where transformation becomes part of the narrative. More than a souvenir, the NYC Trash Bag Candle is an evolving journey, turning waste into wonder, excess into intimacy, and impermanence into beauty.
Annabelle Schneider / Experience Design Studio Annabelle Schneider

Annabelle Schneider / Experience Design Studio Annabelle Schneider
Antenna Design New York was founded in 1997 by Masamichi Udagawa and Sigi Moeslinger. Their aim is to make the experience of objects and environments more useful, enjoyable and meaningful.
Antenna’s work spans physical and digital space for public and corporate clients as well as for cultural institutions. Antenna’s design of New York City and Washington DC subway cars affects the urban experience of millions of people daily. When addressing complex problems, such as technological change and the transformation of culture, Antenna’s approach to design, which is rooted in the belief that design is about shaping people’s behavior, helps to deal with the unfamiliar.
Antenna’s work has won numerous awards, including the National Design Award in Product Design from the Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum. Antenna’s “Help Point Intercom” for the New York MTA is included in the permanent collection of the MoMA in New York.

NYC Green Lung
Central Park is the “green lung” of NYC, bringing nature into the center of Manhattan, allowing people to experience the changing flora of the seasons. This vase brings a little Central Park to the center of your table with a hint of nature and the memory of New York. You can reflect the seasons with your own flower arrangements
Antenna Design New York Inc

Annabelle Schneider / Experience Design Studio Annabelle Schneider
Barent Roth, director and co-founder of Circular Economy Mfg, is a designer, educator, activist and now entrepreneur dedicated to sustainable products, practices, and services. An design educator for nearly 30 years, he now serves as the Director of the Product Design program at Parsons, The New School in New York City. In addition to educating/advocating about the urgency to transition to a Circular Economy, he works to continuously improve his own personal impact by supporting sustainable businesses and cooperatives, enjoying a vegan lifestyle, and purchasing renewable energy for his family.
In 2019 his design consultancy was selected as a winner of the NYC Curb-to-Market Challenge asking for ideas to turn New York City’s waste into products. This award enabled the launch of Circular Economy Manufacturing and the assembly of their first 100% solar powered MicroFactory now operating on Governors Island, recycling single use plastic into well designed durable products.

SOL Souvenir
SOL Souvenir.
A Climate Change warning.
If we continue a Linear Economy –
all of the Earth’s ice will melt,
causing sea level to rise 230 feet (70 meters),
submerging Lady Liberty half way under water.
Barent Roth / Circular Economy Manufacturing

Bart Ruijpers / Loket Design
Bart Ruijpers is the founder of Loket Design, an independent industrial design studio based in Brooklyn. Originally from the Netherlands, he earned a Master’s Degree in Industrial Design Engineering from Delft University of Technology.
His design philosophy, which he calls iconic functionalism, blends bold, distinctive aesthetics with smart functionalities, and considers every feature of a product’s success, from manufacturability and sustainability to ergonomics and brand identity. This approach has led to dozens of successful market launches and numerous design awards won.
Bart began his career in New York, working with Karim Rashid, where he rose to Lead Industrial Designer. He later served as VP of Brand and Design at EOS Products, shaping the company’s design vision. In 2019, he launched Loket Design to bring his unique perspective to a broad range of projects.

New York Train Dominoes
Taking the NYC subway is always like a game of chance, which train will show up, and will you make your connection? New York Train Dominoes turns that daily challenge into a game, sharpening your commuting instincts through a mix of strategy, luck, and fellow commuters.
This is more than just a game, it’s a tribute to the city’s pulse, its iconic beauty, and the complex web of connections that keeps us all moving.
Bart Ruijpers / Loket Design

Beeep
Beeep is a design studio that explores the intersection of form, function, and narrative. Founded by Jung Park and Yoon Lee, Beeep crafts collectible design objects that weave stories of delight and unique identity, transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary. More than just a place for creativity, the studio serves as a playground where imagination meets tangible reality. By leveraging the power of design, Beeep infuses each piece with a touch of intrigue, while respecting its core functions and the intricacies of the manufacturing process.
Instagram: @project_beeep

Slice Doorstop
Product Name: Slice Doorstop
Material: Silicone
Description: A playful nod to New York’s love for pizza and its infamous sidewalk spills, Slice Doorstop is designed to be reminiscent of a dropped slice. The triangular shape features a stepped “melted cheese” texture that reinforces the playful aesthetic while serving a functional purpose, allowing the wedge to accommodate different door heights for a secure hold. Made from durable, non-slip rubber, Slice Doorstop holds doors in place while adding a bit of humor and personality to any space, bringing a touch of NYC’s street life into the home.
Beeep

Bella Boak Weinstein / ReBrew
New York City born and based, Bella Boak Weinstein is an entrepreneur who works at the intersection between sustainability and design. In her professional career, Bella worked in sustainability focused roles for Galaxy Active (Reebok, Gaiam, And1 etc), Circular Economy Manufacturing, Bobbelhaus, the United Nations Development Programme and now at ReBrew as Founder/CEO.
Bella recognizes one cannot solve problems they don’t understand. With extensive travel experience exploring 30+ countries, Bella’s work stems from a globalized mindset and research background to deeply understand problems, believing creation derives from research. Seeing design as encompassing the full ecosystem from the product itself to the business model and supply chain, Bella’s work emphasizes intentionality to create impactful solutions that integrate sustainability into every choice. Bella is graduating from Parsons School of Design this spring and is actively seeking employment opportunities. In her free time, Bella enjoys hiking, skiing, and working on her ‘74 Volkswagen-MiniBus.

ReBrew: The Café Collection
Coffee fuels New York City; powering early mornings, late nights, and everything in between, yet most used coffee grounds are discarded to landfills. This project reimagines that waste, transforming it into a bio-ink for fabric printing.
Using coffee grounds collected from local NYC cafés, these Coffee Towels pay homage to the places that have shaped the city’s coffee culture. Each design reflects an iconic NYC café, turning food waste into a tangible connection between coffee, community, and sustainability. The collection features graphics inspired by these historical cafes:
Veniero’s Pasticceria & Caffe (East Village, 1894)
A beloved Italian cafe serving espresso and traditional pastries.
Caffe Reggio (Greenwich Village, 1927)
Credited with bringing the first cappuccinos to America, this cafe remains a charming community hub.
Porto Rico Importing Co. (Greenwich Village, 1907)
A New York coffee institution offering over 130 different varieties of coffee, with fresh daily roasts.
Bella Boak Weinstein / ReBrew

Berk Ilhan / Berk Ilhan Design Studio
Berk Ilhan is a New York-based designer and artist specializing in interactive products and immersive experiences. His work blends functionality and storytelling, creating objects that engage people and add meaning to everyday moments.
One of his signature projects, Mürror, is an interactive mirror that only reflects when you smile, designed to encourage self-compassion and joy. He also leads multidisciplinary teams to develop immersive experience centers and brand activations, crafting product and brand experiences that seamlessly blend design, technology, and performance.
At NYCxDESIGN, Berk presents the City Grid Pen Organizer, inspired by Manhattan’s iconic street grid. This functional sculpture reimagines pens as skyscrapers, transforming a desk into a miniature skyline that captures the city’s structured yet dynamic spirit.
Berk holds an MFA from the School of Visual Arts (Products of Design) and has received over 30 international awards, including Red Dot Best of the Best and Fast Company Innovation Award.

City Grid Pen Organizer
The City Grid Pen Organizer is inspired by the iconic grid layout of Manhattan—a city that looks so compact and orderly on the map but unfolds as an ocean of experiences. Each neighborhood and every corner of the blocks hold countless memories, stories, and moments.
New York City has been my home for over a decade—a place where I’ve faced challenges, celebrated victories, and grown into who I am today. Its diverse culture and relentless spirit have shaped me, just as much as its streets and skyscrapers shape the city itself.
I wanted to play with the idea of skyscrapers as pens and the grid map as a vessel—a functional sculpture that turns your desk into a miniature skyline. It’s more than just an organizer; it’s a tribute to the city’s dynamic energy, capturing both its structured form and limitless stories.
Berk Ilhan / Berk Ilhan Design Studio

Blanca Codina Bernat
Spanish-born designer and maker Blanca Codina specializes in the fields of products, furniture, and lighting design. Her work challenges the conventional idea that form follows function by seeking new and unexpected ways objects can behave and be merged.
Blanca holds an undergraduate degree in Industrial Design Engineering from Elisava School of Design in Barcelona and a Masters Degree in Industrial Design from Parsons the New School for Design in NYC.
Her pieces have been shown in exhibitions such as WantedDesign at ICFF and Sommwhere Ludlow. Her work has also been recognized by the NYCxDesign, Core77, iF and LIT Design Awards among others.
She is currently represented by Otras Formas Gallery and is a co-founder and Creative Director of Souper Studio.

NYC AMBIANCE NOISE MACHINE
NYC AMBIANCE NOISE MACHINE. A traffic cone-shaped noise machine with three push buttons that control sound modes inspired by the iconic noises of New York City: Traffic Jam, Subway, and Construction Noise. Powered by a battery pack.
Blanca Codina Bernat

Bruce Hannah / Hannah Design
Hannah is a professor Emeritus at Pratt Institute and a visiting Lecturer at CUNY’s City Tech where he and his cohorts are creating a new Industrial design Program. In 2024 Knoll reintroduced The Office Chair designed By Bruce & Andy Morrison 50 years ago. “SEEDS” a project to grow furniture is being developed as an alternative to factory produced products. Bruce continues to write for Innovation Magazine.

NYC VASES
Creating vases in the shapes of the 5 boroughs of New York City is homage to Alvar Aalto’s Italia Vases that use the Finish Lakes as a metaphor for holding water. The NYC Vase Collection uses the square miles and the population of each borough to determine its height in relation to its area. The vases are intended as an ironic visualization of how we look at NYC. Each glass vase is intended to contain something that stands for or possibly how we see it. In one scenario Manhattan would be filled with silver dollars, Staten Island with motorcycles, Brooklyn with beards, Queens with airplanes, and the Bronx with Yankees. Maybe there is a series of scenarios with the vases installed with different kinds of things that make us think of the boroughs in different ways.
Bruce Hannah / Hannah Design

Carly Young / Pratt Institute
Carly is currently studying Industrial Design at Pratt Institute. She has experience working both three-dimensionally as well as two-dimensionally, with her scope ranging from marketing to furniture to jewelry design. She is currently finishing up her undergraduate degree at Pratt and hopes to bring her passion for creating into the next step in her career.

Stacked Communities
Stacked Communities embodies the vibrant, playful, and creative energy that pulses through the five boroughs. This collection of trinket boxes invites the user to explore each layer, unveiling hidden references to the city. I wanted to tap into the city’s spirit of curiosity and exploration, which I brought to life through the bold, colorful illustrations that adorn the walls of each box.
Carly Young / Pratt Institute

Charlie Ruiz and Leon Bora
Charlie Ruiz and Leon Bora are multidisciplinary designers pursuing MFAs in Industrial Design at Parsons School of Design. Charlie, a Queens-born designer specializing in fashion accessories, jewelry, and home decor, integrates traditional craft and industrial design to explore new design possibilities. Rooted in her NYC upbringing, her work reflects a dynamic fusion of urban energy and a keen eye for visually compelling, interactive design. Her work has been featured in publications such as Hypebeast and Vogue Runway.
Leon, originally from Amsterdam, focuses on industrial design, wearable technology, and user experience. His design philosophy emphasizes the intersection of aesthetics and function, using digital fabrication and material innovation to create objects that are both intuitive and thought-provoking. His work has been exhibited at Salone del Mobile and Glasshouse Helsinki, showcasing a research-driven approach.
Both designers push contemporary design forward, blending experimentation, craftsmanship, and cultural storytelling to create meaningful, forward-thinking work.

Borough Nosh Set
The Borough Nosh Set is a sleek metal dish set designed for serving snacks, or “noshes,” as they’re known within NYC lingo. The abstracted forms are inspired by the five boroughs of New York City, creating a modular system that can be arranged flush together or separated across a table for an elegant display. The Borough Nosh Set captures the essence of the city, unlike traditional souvenirs, which often lean on kitsch. The set offers a sophisticated, design-forward take on NYC memorabilia, making it ideal for both locals and visitors who appreciate modern craftsmanship and iconic urban references.
Charlie Ruiz and Leon Bora

Constantin Boym / Boym Partners
Constantin Boym’s founded his design studio in New York in 1986, together with his partner Laurene Leon Boym. Boym Partners bring a critical, experimental approach to a range of products and environments that infuse humor and wit into the everyday. In 2009 Boym Partners won the National Design Award in Product Design. Their work is included in the permanent collection of Museum of Modern Art in New York.
From 2015 to 2022 Constantin served as Chair of Industrial Design at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY, where he is presently a Professor of Industrial Design.
A book devoted to the work of Boym Partners, Curious Boym: Design Works, was published by Princeton Architectural Press in 2002. Constantin’s most recent books are Keepsakes: A Design Memoir, published by Pointed Leaf Press (2015) and Ecophilia, published by Available Items (2023).

Liberty Upended
Liberty Upended is a polemical souvenir that reflects on the reality of the current political climate in New York City, and elsewhere in the United States of America.
In this object, an overturned miniature of the Liberty is marked with the inauguration date of the nation’s 47th President: January 20, 2025.
The Statue of Liberty is one of New York’s principal icons. Resin miniature copies of the monument are widely offered in multiple souvenir shops in the city. I would like to imagine the upended copy offered alongside the old familiar version.
Constantin Boym / Boym Partners

David Block
David Block is an industrial designer, strategist, and founder of Studio RedEye, where he transforms ideas into market-leading products. After earning his Master of Industrial Design from Pratt Institute in 2005, he began his career at Desgrippes Gobe (now Brand Image), specializing in luxury packaging before expanding his expertise with top consultancy firms.
In 2013, he founded Studio RedEye, focusing on juvenile, kitchen, and sports equipment design. With a deep understanding of materials, manufacturing, and emerging market trends, David develops commercially successful, user-centered products that balance innovation with real-world functionality.
A trusted partner to startups and established brands, he helps businesses create new products by aligning design, strategy, and consumer insights. His approach blends creativity, technical execution, and market awareness, ensuring that every product he develops resonates with consumers.

Pigeon Party
A quintessential New York moment, Pigeon Party captures the lively chaos of the city’s most notorious yet beloved residents—its pigeons. Inside this reimagined souvenir snow globe, a spirited flock gathers in a city park, pecking at scattered crumbs in an impromptu feast, a scene familiar to every New York resident or visitor.
With each shake, a flurry of white and gray swirls around, echoing the sudden burst of wings that startles and delights onlookers. More than just a keepsake, this globe celebrates the beauty in the every day—the way pigeons bring movement, mischief, and an unexpected touch of magic to the city’s streets.
Equal parts playful and nostalgic, Pigeon Party transforms an everyday encounter into something worth holding onto—a reminder that even in the most ordinary moments, the spirit of New York is alive, unpredictable, and always in motion.
David Block

David Block
David Block is an industrial designer, strategist, and founder of Studio RedEye, where he transforms ideas into market-leading products. After earning his Master of Industrial Design from Pratt Institute in 2005, he began his career at Desgrippes Gobe (now Brand Image), specializing in luxury packaging before expanding his expertise with top consultancy firms.
In 2013, he founded Studio RedEye, focusing on juvenile, kitchen, and sports equipment design. With a deep understanding of materials, manufacturing, and emerging market trends, David develops commercially successful, user-centered products that balance innovation with real-world functionality.
A trusted partner to startups and established brands, he helps businesses create new products by aligning design, strategy, and consumer insights. His approach blends creativity, technical execution, and market awareness, ensuring that every product he develops resonates with consumers.

Lonely City Night Light
Night settles in. Midnight passes and much of the building goes dark. A few remain lit. Insomnia? Finishing a manuscript? Wordle? Eventually only two windows are lit, but these windows are on different floors with several floors between them. Do they know each other? They’ve seen each other on the elevator but they’ve never said more than hello. Sadly they will never know about each other’s pre-sleep routine of shoeless River Dance.
A miniaturized block of 15th-16th Street & 5th-6th Avenue modeled as a nightlight. LED lights illuminate building windows creating a late night New York City skyline.
David Weeks

Efe Kutuk / Think Like Design
Efecem Kutuk is a design academician and practitioner specializing in ethical and social design, product safety, sustainability, design entrepreneurship, IoT, and commercial goods. With a well-rounded background and global perspective, his design philosophy is shaped by diverse international experiences.
His portfolio includes award-winning designs, with both his work and student projects showcased in national and international exhibitions, as well as featured in renowned design magazines and blogs. He has taught at Drexel University, Montclair State University, New Jersey Institute of Technology, and Parsons School of Design, sharing his expertise with the next generation of designers.
Currently, Efecem is an Associate Professor and Program Coordinator of Industrial Design at Michael Graves College, Kean University in Union, NJ. He holds a BFA in Interior Architecture and Environmental Design from Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey, and a Master’s in Industrial Design from Scuola Politecnica di Design in Milan, Italy.

None of My Business
A pair of quirky, oversized blinkers that captures the essence of New Yorkers’ famous minding-my-own-business attitude.
Subtle text reads “Ain’t my problem” on one side and “Didn’t see a thing” on the other.
Because in NYC, the weirder it gets, the less you react!
Efe Kutuk / Think Like Design

Eugeni Quitllet / EQ DESIGN NYC
Eugeni Quitllet is a Catalan Creator born in Ibiza in April 1972, based in NEW YORK City.
He defines himself as a DISOÑADOR, a dream designer, a creative Genius that like to challenge mater and function and multidimensional shapes to create magic objects of any kind.
This original way to play with space and time putting them together on the same page, has given origin to creations such as the Masters chair for Kartell one of the XXI century Design Icons. From small to big his design has no scale limits.
Designer of the year in 2016 by Maison Object, Paris.
He creates the Dream Catcher Lounge Chair Project, a family of designs that have been thought in way to capture the creativity that comes from another dimension.
Inspiration from beyond and bring it to our reality.

Apple Heart Vase
Eugeni creates bestselling objects between drawings and sculptures, mastering fullness and voids to reveal elegant silhouettes hidden in the material. His creative vocabulary surpasses the simple relationship between function and style, introducing new objects to the contemporary design scene, always with unwavering enthusiasm.
He uses the most advanced production process and materials like plastic injection and aluminium in way his ideas can be mas production, a way to share the qualities of a unique piece to the infinity…
His excellence for imagining the tomorrow world, has brought him to design the GalaXsea Project, a unique Space mega yacht 3D printed in Space. @galaxseaproject.com
His brand signature is EQ* with a heart, abbreviation of Eugeni Quitllet and Emotional Quotient.
A natural definition of his work, with this energy Eugeni puts his eye on the world to make us rediscover it.
Eugeni Quitllet / EQ DESIGN NYC

Evan Landau / Landau Design
Evan is the founder of Landau Design, a freelance industrial design and research practice based in NYC that works with a variety of startups & agencies, as well as big brands such as Google.
He focuses on purpose-driven design and research projects, particularly on sustainable materials and manufacturing. Client work and independent exploration covers topics like the circular economy, hyper-local manufacturing, carbon removal & utilization, and diversion of waste streams. This all manifests through the means of concept design, 3D printing / prototyping, ethnographic interviews, material exploration, system design, fabrication, and more.
Evan has a background in qualitative/ethnographic research, strategy and branding, mechanical engineering, and woodworking. Ultimately, this all adds up to a deep and well-rounded understanding of both how the physical world works, and how people act within it.

The Eagle Keyhook
The Eagle is a 3D printed key hook inspired by the Chrysler Building’s metal Art Deco gargoyles that stoically look over NYC. The product features a Neodymium magnet to suspend your personal effects from its beak. The simple, satisfying touch of connecting a set of keys quickly becomes a new habitual marker of returning home, whether in your city apartment or elsewhere as a reminder of the Big Apple.
Evan Landau / Landau Design

Forrest Truman
Born and raised in Charlotte, NC, Forrest taught himself how to sew and design, which then led to him studying fashion design at Northwest School of the Arts and industrial design at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY. He specializes in board game, children’s toy, and soft good design. In his free time, Forrest is a cosplayer and game player.

Curbside Classic
After walking around the city for hours, you step outside and eye the blue and yellow umbrella coupled with the smell of a savory snack that you can’t resist. While the hot dog you order is nothing compared to what you had on West 46th St. last night, it quenches your need for something quick and tasty. Curbside Classic takes the notable hot dog carts from the city and turns them into a caricatured mini figurine.
Forrest Truman

Hannah Berkin-Harper / Street Lab
Hannah Berkin-Harper is the Design Lead at Street Lab (streetlab.org), a non-profit that creates and shares pop-up design and programming in New York City where she works with community groups and New York City agencies on new designs for open streets and public spaces. Hannah is an Associate Professor at NJIT’s Hiller College of Architecture and Design where she teaches Industrial Design courses and researches public space and community participatory design processes.

I ❤️NYC Open Streets
The French barricade is the unofficial symbol of New York City’s Open Streets program, started during the Covid-19 pandemic. The program is ground-breaking and world renowned, but fragile and reliant on community groups and nonprofits. Street Lab is a nonprofit that works with communities to create, activate and improve public spaces. These mini barricades are flat packs, designed similarly to Street Lab’s furniture, each one celebrating a community partner and Open Street location. Collect them all!
Hannah Berkin-Harper / Street Lab

Harvey Bernstein
Harvey Bernstein is a CCE Tenured Professor Pratt Institute, Professor and Cejas Scholar Florida International University.
His client list includes Knoll, Hallmark, Sony, Just Bulbs, American Institute of Graphic Arts, The American Crafts Museum ,The New York Art Directors Club and The Atlanta Olympics ; over four hundred retail stores including Speedo, Calvin Klein, Just Bulbs, and Penhaligons Perfumers.
He is a past President of the New York Chapter of the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) and a member of its board of directors, as well as a member of the American Institute of Graphics Arts (AIGA). He has served on Juries for ID Magazine, Accent on Design, The Lumen Awards, New York Art Directors Club, East Meets West. He has also served on the Nissan advisory board and at the Corning design conference. Recipient of IDSA Gold and Silver and multiple Interior Magazine awards. He lectures and teaches internationally.

Will
I have been working on a series of wire models one of which is a full-size man juggling air plants (cactus). It was exhibited at gardens of Jack Lenor Larsens Longhouse Reserve in Easthampton. In addition, I continue to design figures using bent wire. Some of these can be scanned and 3D printed. Will is one of those that can be reproduced this way.
Harvey Bernstein

Jason Lempieri / T O M B I N O
Jason Lempieri has a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Pratt Institute and a Master’s degree in Industrial Design from the University of the Arts. A devout urbanist and city resident, he is the principal and owner of the design firm RethinkTANK and the brand Tombino. He has taught architecture and design at The University of Pennsylvania, the former Philadelphia University and UArts, and has contributed architectural criticism to Hidden City and the Philadelphia Inquirer, where his award-winning design work has been published. His work has also been published in Monocle Magazine and Metropolis Magazine. He has served as a board member of COLLAB, the design collection group for the Philadelphia Museum of Art. A self-described catalyst, Jason Lempieri investigates subversion, history, and collective memory in his work. He designs from the perspective that form follows meaning.

New York Municipal Railway Manhole Cover Puzzle
NYC is an ever-evolving city with a long history. Many networks and systems that make the city run are hidden underground. The manhole covers dotting the five boroughs’ streets, sidewalks, and parks are the visual points that speak to these unseen systems. Yet, these covers, many of which are over a century old, are often overlooked while underfoot. Their attractive, vernacular illustrations are designed for grip and are varied throughout the city. This cover is found in many locations and features a radial design with a central logo from the former New York Municipal Railway. Found on a sidewalk in Manhattan, a rubbing was made on-site and then the illustration was redrawn and scaled for production. Enjoy putting this puzzle together and discovering the art that is underfoot.
Jason Lempieri / T O M B I N O

Jen Long
Jen Long is an award-winning Industrial Designer. A 1994 grad of Cleveland Institute of Art, Jen’s innovative thinking earned patents for Fisher Price’s Kick & Play Piano (first kick-activated baby toy) and the Remote Control Slumbertime Soother (first remote-activated crib toy). Jen won an IDSA Bronze for Playskool’s Two-in-One Tummytime Gym and has received fan mail for her Generation 3 refresh of My Little Pony (2003), including Pinkie Pie.
Since 2017, Jen has ceased designing plastic toys due to concern for the children who will inherit industrially produced problems of climate change and ocean plastics. Instead she’s been developing her line of 100% organic artisan bandanas under the moniker BeneDana Bandanas.
She is also the creator of The Whale Guitar, an Instrument of Change for Ocean Literacy, inspired by the literature of Melville’s “Moby-Dick”.
Jen has taught Toy Studio at Rhode Island School of Design and currently teaches Design Principles II.

NYC Themed Pocket Triangle Bandana
Designer Jen Long once designed the My Little Ponies you may have played with as a child. An encounter with ocean plastics put her soul on a search for a non-plastic design direction – which led straight to her love of bandanas. Presenting the New York On My Mind Pocket-Triangle Bandana! 100% organic cotton with ocean friendly digital ink! This super soft bandana with iconic NYC imagery is the perfect souvenir! It’s attractive, versatile, and one size fits all. Its small package saves retail space, yet offers a big effect: it dresses up any pocket it’s put in! How? By transforming bandana corners into pocket triangles! So pop it in your pocket, wrap your head in it or style it as a necktie to stoke that Big Apple feeling! Hang it on a wall, drape it over a table – just stock up before Christmas: it’s the perfect stocking stuffer!
Jen Long / Pivotal Design

Jess Park
Jess Park is an industrial designer and educator based in New York City. After graduating with a Master of Fine Arts in Industrial Design from the Parsons School of Design, she began working in the home product industry and established her design studio. In addition to her design work, Jess serves as a faculty member at the Pratt Institute, teaching industrial design. As a designer, her goal is to improve people’s quality of life through meaningful, long-lasting designs that can be passed down through generations. She prioritizes this sustainability by carefully considering the materials and processes used in her work.

Metro Mobile
New York City, famously nicknamed “the melting pot”, is one of the most diverse cities in the world. As someone with a diverse background and experiences, I immediately fell in love with how each NYC neighborhood and borough has its own unique culture, traditions, and history. The MTA is a place that New Yorkers from every corner of the city visit, both literally and metaphorically. My “Metro Mobile” captures this connection, featuring a subway globe connecting the colors of all boroughs.
Jess Park

Jimmy
Jimmy Rojas is a Colombian industrial designer and artist based in New York City. With a background in product design and a passion for art, he creates objects that reframe the way we interact with the everyday, infusing functionality with emotion, wonder, and poetry. Jimmy’s work draws from his own journey as a dreamer, immigrant, and maker. His process is rooted in curiosity and cultural awareness, blending playful elegance with material-driven experimentation. Whether developing home goods, lighting, or conceptual objects, he explores how design can shift behavior, spark reflection, and inspire people to find beauty in their daily lives.
A graduate of SCAD, Jimmy has worked across the design and home industries, with projects spanning beauty, kitchenware, and decor. His work has been featured during Milan Design Week and exhibited internationally. He believes that even the smallest object can be a meaningful part of someone’s story.

Subway Door Decor Mini Mirror
New York is a city where people come to chase their dreams or visit to experience its unmatched energy. In the middle of that constant motion, the subway becomes more than just transportation; it’s a daily ritual, a moment of stillness, and sometimes, a reminder of why you’re here.
The Subway Vanity Mirror captures that spirit in a small, meaningful object inspired by the bold design of MTA subway system. It allows people to take home a piece of the city’s character—a functional decor piece that turns the act of checking your reflection into a quiet moment of reconnection. Just like the subway, it becomes a checkpoint between where you’ve been and where you’re going—an everyday object that holds a little bit of New York’s magic.
Jimmy

Jimmy
Joanne Wu is an interdisciplinary urban designer and strategist at the intersection of placekeeping, public space, and participatory design. With a background in industrial design, her work amplifies the stories of marginalized communities in New York City by ensuring that spaces are designed and led by the communities that experience them. Currently a Community Design Associate at NYCHA, she uses her multi-faceted experience to facilitate the co-creation of open spaces at public housing developments all across New York City.

Green Globe
Green Globe is a table lamp inspired by the iconic green lamps that mark entrances to New York City’s MTA subway stations. The subway lamps act not only as points of wayfinding for New Yorkers traveling around the city, but have also become a warm and familiar symbol of New York’s beloved subway system.
Joanne Wu

Joey Zeledón
Joey Zeledón (he/they/she) doesn’t just design things—they elevate them, helping products reach their higher purpose in life. Joey is an award-winning designer, with nearly two decades of experience working with top industry names like HP, Steelcase, Smart Design, Continuum, and Clarks. Their work, from everyday items to thoughtfully reimagined furniture, blends emotional depth with practicality, always with an eye on comfort and connection. They’re the author of “Design is Trans,” which examines how the design process is a vehicle for self discovery and for expressing the true identity of the objects we design. They’re also the author of Touchy/Feely, which explores the idea of emotional ergonomics, reminding us that design isn’t just about how something looks or works, but about how it feels.

The Tallest Building in the World
I don’t just design things—I elevate them, helping products reach their higher purpose in life. I do this by creating aspirational narrative identities – sticky stories that drive meaning – for product archetypes. Is it just a printer? or could it be furniture that prints? Is it just a coffee maker? or could it be a barista in your kitchen? Is it just a clothes hanger? Or could it be a closet you can sit on? In 2022, I founded a design studio based on this approach.
Joey Zeledón / Joey Zeledón Studio

Josh Owen
Josh Owen is an internationally renowned industrial designer, educator, and author. He is the president of his eponymous design studio, Josh Owen LLC, and is the Vignelli Distinguished Professor of Design and Director of the Vignelli Center for Design Studies at The Rochester Institute of Technology. Owen’s projects are produced by major manufacturers and have won many awards. His work is included in the permanent design collections of the Brussels Design Museum, Centre Georges Pompidou, the Chicago Athenaeum, the Corning Museum of Glass, the Denver Art Museum, the Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal, the National Museum of American Jewish History, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Red Dot Design Museum, and the Taiwan Design Museum. He is the author of the book Lenses for Design. Learn more at joshowen.com.

Vignelli Token
Title: Vignelli Token
Design: Josh Owen
Typography: Jason Alger
Description: It is difficult to think of navigating New York City without experiencing the mark that Lella and Massimo Vignelli left. The Vignelli Token memorializes the dynamic duo’s impact by referencing the dimensions and materiality of the particular MTA subway token which was in circulation during the period that the famous identity and wayfinding system was implemented. As a souvenir, this item is made to be produced in a numbered sequence allowing those who purchase it to be part of a lineage, carrying the Vignelli x NYC ethos with them, forward into the future – by design. Originally designed as a concept for the inaugural NYC x Design x Souvenir 2024 exhibition, this item is now available in numbered edition inside a leather presentation box when one becomes a Friend of the Vignelli Center for Design Studies at the Design Champion level.
Josh Owen

Josh Owen
Josh Cruz is an educator, designer, and fabricator born, raised, and based in Brooklyn. He received his Bachelor of Architecture from Pratt Institute and is pursuing his Master of Industrial Design.
His professional interests lie in interrogating materials and fabrication processes, both analog and digital, to create unique design solutions that challenge the way we make things. He’s still determining the direction of his practice, but he is refining it through his education.
Josh is the recipient of the Outstanding Career and Technical Educator Award presented by the United Federation of Teachers, the Teaching Excellence Award from the Brooklyn STEAM Center, and the Stefan Karfakis Memorial Scholarship from the Center for Metal Arts.

New York City Garbage
New York City Garbage elevates one of our city’s most ubiquitous icons into coveted art. Each meticulously curated 3.5″ × 3.5″ × 4.4″ cube contains hand-picked NYC garbage, sealed and preserved in signed, numbered, and dated boxes.
This project began in 2001 when a colleague challenged the importance of packaging design. To prove them wrong, I sought something no one would ever buy to package and sell. The streets of Times Square provided the perfect answer: garbage.
The art lies not only in the execution but in the transaction itself. With over 1,400 cubes now treasured by collectors in 30+ countries, these time capsules transform the disposable into the collectible, challenging conventional notions of value while preserving moments of New York City’s ever-changing street life.
After a 13-year hiatus, the project was revived in December 2024. The limited release of 50 cubes at $100 each sold out in 90 minutes.
Joshua Cruz

Justin Gignac
Along with being a Garbage Salesman, Justin Gignac co-founded Working Not Working, a curated, global platform connecting the world’s best creative talent with the most innovative companies.
Before Working Not Working, Justin was an award-winning Art Director and Creative Director at ad agencies nationwide. Perhaps he’s best known for helping create the original ElfYourself.com and unexpectedly unleashing the world’s elf fetish, with over 2 billion elves created since its inception in 2006.
He has also gained notoriety and participated in exhibitions for his various art projects, including Wants for Sale, Needs for Sale, QRapping Paper, and Nudes of Chatroulette. In 2011, as part of a collaboration between UNICEF and Needs for Sale, they sold perhaps the world’s most expensive t-shirt for $300,000.
Justin splits his time between the Catskills and Queens, NY, with his wife, Ashley, and daughter, River, because every kid should know how to charm bears and rats.

New York City Garbage
New York City Garbage elevates one of our city’s most ubiquitous icons into coveted art. Each meticulously curated 3.5″ × 3.5″ × 4.4″ cube contains hand-picked NYC garbage, sealed and preserved in signed, numbered, and dated boxes.
This project began in 2001 when a colleague challenged the importance of packaging design. To prove them wrong, I sought something no one would ever buy to package and sell. The streets of Times Square provided the perfect answer: garbage.
The art lies not only in the execution but in the transaction itself. With over 1,400 cubes now treasured by collectors in 30+ countries, these time capsules transform the disposable into the collectible, challenging conventional notions of value while preserving moments of New York City’s ever-changing street life.
After a 13-year hiatus, the project was revived in December 2024. The limited release of 50 cubes at $100 each sold out in 90 minutes.
Justin Gignac

Karim Rashid
Visionary and prolific, Karim Rashid is one of the most unique voices in design today. With more than 4000 designs in production, over 400 awards, and client work in 47 countries, Karim’s ability to transcend typology continues to make him a force among designers of his generation. Karim has collaborated with clients to create award winning designs for Method, Umbra, Dirt Devil, Artemide, BoConcept, Citibank, Hugo Boss, Paul Mitchell, Samsung, Veuve Clicquot and Issey Miyake, to name a few. His reach expands into interior design for Naples University Metro Station, Radisson, NH Hotel Group, Temptation Resort, and exhibitions for Corian and Pepsi. Karim’s work is featured in 20 permanent collections, and he exhibits art in galleries worldwide. Numerous awards and accolades including the American Prize for Design Lifetime Achievement award, Red Dot award, Chicago Athenaeum Good Design award, and Pentaward attest to Karim’s contribution to the world of design.

Eye Heart NY
My career started in 1993 (when I was 33) when I moved to New York City, penniless but romanticizing about the beautiful world I always wanted to shape. New York is truly a global melting pot, its diversities, its complexities, its globalism and pluralism are inspiring. I have always felt global, not a New Yorker, not an Egyptian, not an American, not a Canadian, not English, but part of the world, and New York is one of the few places where integration and a global spirit is omnipresent. Now I am so busy I never seem to have time to really enjoy the city but there is an energy, that I get via osmosis. The energy and passion of life is everywhere.
Karim Rashid

Keen Gat
Currently, I divide my time between two complementary roles: working as a technical designer at Daedalus, a Brooklyn Navy Yard fabrication shop, and teaching design studio at Parsons. At Daedalus, I collaborate with colleagues to transform concepts into buildable forms using CAD and digital fabrication technologies. At Parsons, I guide students in developing strong design concepts while cultivating essential collaborative skills. I studied design at Pratt, and that experience continues to inform both my approach to designing for fabrication and my teaching methodology.

Native Flora Glasses
These glasses emerged from my interest in local ecological history and the layered ways we might think about the landscapes we inhabit. Made by NYC based glass artisans and sandblasted with patterns based on indigenous NYC area plants, they are meant to draw attention to ephemeral details of the ecosystem underlying and displaced by the city. They take inspiration from vintage etched glassware and the poetic absurdity of botanical common names like “Eastern Bottlebrush’ and ‘Wild Bleeding Heart”.
Keen Gat

Kelin Carolyn Zhang & Ryan Mather
Studio Bokito is a creative design studio founded by designers Kelin Carolyn Zhang & Ryan Mather, based in Brooklyn & Hudson Valley. “Bokito” stands for “Bouba Kiki Toys,” reflecting their commitment to creating playful and universally intuitive products.
Their practice spans designing novel AI products, educational initiatives, and creating technology with a soul. Their previous experience and client base includes companies like Google, Twitter, Meta, Apple, and littleBits. They have served as adjunct faculty at RISD and SVA.

Poetry Camera
Poetry Camera challenges our relationship with memory and documentation by reimagining the capture of experience through poetic language rather than visual imagery. In a world defined by cameras and constant visual recording, this work asks: what emerges when we preserve only the poetic description of a moment?
This installation positions photography and poetry as raw materials in a new interactive experience. While generative models can produce infinite words and images instantaneously, Poetry Camera explores what happens when poems become *intermediaries* in the creative process, rather than end products.
The work cultivates a playful dialogue between human and machine.
Kelin Carolyn Zhang & Ryan Mather / Studio Bokito

Kelin Carolyn Zhang & Ryan Mather / Studio Bokito
LAURENE LEON BOYM
http://www.boym.com
I am a founder of Boym Partners, Inc. alongside Constantin Boym from 1994. Our studio designs products, exhibitions & experiences for international manufacturers & museums. We were recognized by our peers with a National Design Award Winner in Product Design, 2009. We were
finalists in the same category, 2005, 2008.
Work in museum collections: Authentics Use-it & Babel Blocks both in MOMA; Use-it & Chip & Dip are in Museé Des Arts Decoratifs in Montreal; There are full sets of Buildings of Disaster in Brooklyn Museum, MUDAC, SFMOMA, & Bunker Art Space.
A documentary of Buildings of Disaster was made by Arte.TV in 2024. Boym Partners’ project’s have been featured on CNN, FOX, CNBC. Their work is featured in exhibitions at the V&A; Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, All-Russian Decorative Arts Museum, Moscow, American Craft Museum, New York; Denver Art Museum.

Kaleidoscope
Kaleidoscope
Designer: Laurene Leon Boym
Snow globes are one of the most loved and purchased souvenir typologies. Their aqueous mini-worlds are displayed inside a hard plastic shell, containing a miniature of a famous landmark and pieces of its surroundings. When shaken gently, the contents inside become momentarily scrambled, transforming this mini-universe into a chaotic vortex until everything settles back down at the bottom.
At the center of “Kaleidoscope”, there is a iPhone photo of the Brooklyn Bridge, the frequently visited tourist destination. Around this image, there is the opportunity to create a story of 1:24 free floating kawaii icons: BEC; an empty Tide bottle; a mini Statue of Liberty; etc.
A defining feature of the Kaleidoscope is an open ended idea with the selection of items inside can morph into any narrative, any place. It’s an object that can bring hours of laughter, beauty and contemplation to any interior.
Laurene Leon Boym / Boym Partners Inc.

Laurie Rosenwald / rosenworld.com
Author, painter, designer, illustrator. Rhode Island School BFA 1977.
A New York native, she still lives in Manhattan.
Clients: Sony Music, Warner Bros, The Sundance Channel, Bloomingdale’s, J. Walter Thompson, Bravo, Conde Nast, The Whitney Museum, Vintage Books, Little Brown, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and Knopf, among countless others. Her typeface, Loupot, designed in collaboration with Cyrus Highsmith, published by Occupant.
Group Exhibitions: Dietch Projects, SpringBreak NYC 2020, 22,23, and LA 2022, Galerie Pixi, Paris.
Illustrations in The New Yorker, The New York Times, New York Magazine, The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, Vanity Fair, The Baffler, etc
Books: How to Makes Mistakes on Purpose (Hachette), All the Wrong People Have Self-Esteem (Bloomsbury), And to Name but Just a Few: Red, Yellow, Green, Blue (Blue Apple Books), and New York Notebook (Chronicle Books).
Teacher: The School of Visual Arts and Parsons School of Design, NYU, Pratt Institute.

NYC POSTCARDS
Proposal: Set of 10 colorful die cut oval postcards with cheeky New York City- themed anecdotes and sayings written on them. Similar to popular set designed by Rosenwald for The Whitney Museum. 5 of them are on display here.
Laurie Rosenwald / rosenworld.com

Luis Angarita / Arizona State University/CD&I Associates
Head of the Industrial Design Program, Co-Director of the Master of Ventureship and Innovation, Associate Professor, and Senior Global Futures Scientist at ASU. A Colombo-Canadian designer, product innovator, consultant, and entrepreneur, he has shaped design education and driven innovation in startups and global companies across America and Europe.
His accolades include the Red Dot Design Award, Arts & Business Personality of Montreal, three-time Steel Pencil winner, and nominations for Innovators of America and the Portfolio Award. His work has been featured in the Ibero-American and Shanghai Design Biennials.
As co-founder of CD&I Associates, Luis has impacted startups and global companies through innovative product design. He has restructured Strategic Design at UPB, created the Chair of Strategic Innovation at UN in Colombia, redesigned Design Management at TMU, contributed to OCAD’s Master of Design for Health in Canada, and advises NABA Milan.
He focuses on fostering innovation and solving global challenges through design.

NYLSkylight
NYLSkylight emerged from my fascination with how cities exist simultaneously as physical spaces and as collections of stories. New York City, a place of fleeting moments, unforgettable nights, and countless narratives served as the perfect inspiration.
Through this piece, I sought to capture more than just buildings; I wanted to evoke the feeling of New York itself. The lamp invites viewers to experience the city’s essence through the interplay of light, shadow, and silhouette. When illuminated, the projection transforms ordinary walls into canvases where the city’s architectural marvels come alive.
By deliberately focusing on recognizable landmarks, I aimed to create an immediate connection with viewers while encouraging closer observation of the smaller details. The contrast between the lamp’s minimalist daytime presence and its dramatic nighttime transformation mirrors New York’s own dual nature, pragmatic yet magical, familiar yet constantly revealing new perspectives. Look closely, and you’ll see more than just buildings.
Luis Angarita / Arizona State University/CD&I Associates

Lynn Lin
Lynn Lin is a Chinese-Canadian industrial designer and multimedia artist based in New York. Her work spans mass-produced consumer products to bespoke, one-of-a-kind collectibles, specializing in products, objects, furniture, lighting, and packaging. She extracts abstraction from the ordinary, uncovering hidden beauty in everyday experiences. Believing in the power of storytelling through design, she creates function-informed forms and emotion-empowered experiences to forge a streamlined and enlightened contemporary lifestyle.
With a deep interest in materiality, Lynn constantly explores new materials to push the boundaries of sustainable design. She sees the material as an active participant in storytelling, shaping meaning through form, function, and transformation. Her practice bridges art and design to foster cultural preservation, social engagement, and environmental awareness.

Greenlight
“Greenlight” is a 3D printed table lamp featuring two NYC pedestrian traffic light figures walking hand-in-hand. Dimension: 10”x 10”x 5”
“Greenlight” is a table lamp that pays tribute to the relentless energy and fearless spirit of New York City. Inspired by the city’s iconic jaywalking culture—officially legalized in September 2024—the design features two pedestrian traffic light figures walking hand-in-hand. Greenlight captures the camaraderie, confidence, and bold defiance that define New Yorkers, as well as their unwavering determination to chase their dreams. In New York, we move forward together. In New York, the light is always green.
Lynn Lin

Mana Mohammadkhani / MMO Studio
Mana Mohammadkhani is a Brooklyn-based designer and founder of MMO Studio, an architecture and interior design practice. With a background in both architecture and interiors, Mana creates spaces that are visually compelling, immersive, and emotionally resonant. Her work spans residential, commercial, and experiential projects—always grounded in materiality and atmosphere.
In addition to traditional design, Mana brings experience in immersive experience design, incorporating light, media, and sensory elements to transform spaces into multi-sensory environments. This cross-disciplinary approach continues to shape her work, allowing her to craft designs that tell a story and leave a lasting impression.

Nuts 4 NY Candle
The scent of caramelized nuts drifting from a street cart is one of New York City’s most nostalgic experiences—warm, sweet, and impossible to ignore. Nuts 4 NY captures that memory in a multi-sensory, scent-driven souvenir.
Designed to resemble the classic paper nut bag, the candle’s container holds a roasted nuts scent candle that fills the space with familiar street-side sweetness. The lid, cast from real roasted nuts in resin, completes the experience—part object, part memory.
More than a candle, Nuts 4 NY is a playful homage to an everyday ritual of the city—one that lingers in your senses long after the flame is out.
Mana Mohammadkhani / MMO Studio

Maria Rybina / MURENA
We are MURENA — a NYC-based small collective crafting 3D-printed wearable accessories dedicated to talents from every walk of life who inspire us with their creativity, background, and impact.

Clothesline Charms; Shoe Tossing Charm ; Pigeon Charm
In our tribute to the city, we looked up—not at high-rises or bridges, but at the clotheslines, pigeons, and wires crisscrossing the tight streets. The kind of details that give the city its character and live in our hearts rent-free.
Clothesline.
A rare sight in the modern city, but still around. A nostalgic nod to tight spaces, urban creativity, and shared living. Clotheslines reflect closeness, community, and the charm of everyday life.
Shoe Tossing.
It’s the city’s quiet history. They might mark a block’s identity, memorialize someone, or just be a joke that stuck. They carry meaning beyond what meets the eye—part sign, part story, part skyline.
Pigeons.
A staple of New York’s urban wildlife. They coo, glide in sync, and crowd wires like they own the place. Some feed them; others call them flying rats. Love them or not, they’re early settlers. Just don’t stand under their favorite hangouts.
Maria Rybina / MURENA

Mark Prommel / PENSA
Mark is a Partner and the Design Lead at PENSA, a design and invention firm in Brooklyn, NYC where he works alongside and mentors a diverse group of multi-faceted designers at the crossroads of design, invention and brand.
Throughout his 25+ years in product design, he has followed his passion for shaping beautiful, physical products that enhance everyday life. Mark has received numerous design awards including multiple IDEA Gold awards, Fast Company Innovation by Design awards, Core 77 Design Awards, Architizer A+, CLIO and Good Design Awards. His work has been selected for the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum Triennial and published in The International Design Yearbook. He is an inventor on dozens of design and utility patents.
In addition to his many years of successful client-based work, he has led the design teams on PENSA’s award winning internal efforts such as Street Charge and the Merge Urban Bicycle.
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Welcome
“Welcome” is a bowl referencing New York Harbor’s iconic, enduring, and welcoming symbol of hope. It can be placed at the entrance of a home or dwelling.
Mark Prommel / PENSA

Marya Triandafellos / Marya.NYC
Marya Triandafellos is a visual artist exploring the intersection of technology, public art, and human engagement. With a dual background in design and visual art, she brings a sense of play and wonder to create installations that foster joy, connection, and reflection.
An early pioneer in digital art, Triandafellos utilizes digital and AI tools, expressed through digital fabrication. A NYFA award winner, she has created a video installation for the Hilton Times Square and an 80-foot mural for a major New York institution. Additionally, she has exhibited at the MvVo Ad Art Show, Frieze NYC, Superfine Art Fair, The Other Art Fair, and in private collections.
Recent and in-progress installations include vinyl banners exhibited in a Tribeca park, projection mapping in Asbury Park, an exhibition of acrylic prints in a midtown lobby, and a mural for a New York City hospital lobby.
Triandafellos earned an MA from NYU’s Gallatin School.

Born Again Road Kill
In my Born Again Road Kill (BARK) series, I transform ‘accidental metals’ found on New York streets into figurative sculptures. These pieces oscillate between their mundane origins as mechanical parts and their new life as imagined characters. By chance, they endure vehicular impacts that distort their form and erase their intended functions.
Acting as an urban archaeologist, I discover and repurpose these materials into sculptural forms. This activity is integral to my daily life; as I roam New York’s streets, I peripherally search for these hidden gems, maintaining a spirit of play through this perpetual treasure hunt.
This series showcases creativity as a transformative force, turning the trampled into the beautiful. It encourages viewers to engage more deeply with their surroundings. Ultimately, I aim for the audience to leave with a renewed appreciation for environmental sustainability and the untapped creative potential within our urban landscape.
Marya Triandafellos / Marya.NYC

Matte Berit Nyberg
Based in Brooklyn, Matte Berit Nyberg is a maker and ceramicist with a Master of Industrial Design. Her artistic expression is deeply rooted in ceramics, where she explores cultural behaviors through the design of everyday objects. Matte’s work encourages a reflective examination of how design shapes daily experiences, transforming utilitarian items into narrative pieces that challenge societal norms and practices. Her creations are not just functional but serve as critical commentaries on our everyday interactions with the designed world.

Timelines of Transit
This project reimagines the New York City subway map as a tactile, soft object that prioritizes travel time over geographic distance. Unlike traditional maps, which represent physical space, this piece reflects the lived experience of subway riders— one measured in minutes rather than miles. By removing the spatial constraints of the surface world, the map centers on the true currency of underground travel: time.
Acting as an urban archaeologist, I discover and repurpose these materials into sculptural forms. This activity is integral to my daily life; as I roam New York’s streets, I peripherally search for these hidden gems, maintaining a spirit of play through this perpetual treasure hunt.
This series showcases creativity as a transformative force, turning the trampled into the beautiful. It encourages viewers to engage more deeply with their surroundings. Ultimately, I aim for the audience to leave with a renewed appreciation for environmental sustainability and the untapped creative potential within our urban landscape.
Matte Berit Nyberg

Melis Dizdar + Meltem Parlak
Meltem Parlak is a multidisciplinary designer passionate about improving lives through human-centered design. As the founder of Parlak +, she creates meaningful solutions that inspire and connect. With over eight years of experience, she has led projects from ideation to development, collaborating with clients like Birsel + Seck, Staples, Facebook, Delish, The SCAN Foundation, and Kale Seramik.
Melis Dizdar is an industrial designer passionate about creating innovative, user-centered solutions that blend creativity with functionality. As the co-founder of KAVI Design and Engineering Studio, she develops products that inspire and enhance everyday experiences, earning multiple national and international awards. Her work spans public installations, consumer electronics, and inclusive design, including a patented OLED TV concept in collaboration with TCL Electronics.

Paw District
Paw District is a playful celebration of New York City’s diverse personality through its neighborhoods and their canine counterparts. This series of 15 illustrated postcards pairs each district with a dog breed that embodies its distinct energy, charm, and character. From the sleek Italian Greyhound representing SoHo’s stylish creative crowd to the bold Dalmatian mirroring Chelsea’s artistic flair, each design reflects the social and cultural essence of its neighborhood. Printed on high-quality, textured cardstock with a soft touch finish, the postcards are designed to be both collectible and functional. More than a souvenir, Paw District is a love letter to the city, capturing the humor and vibrancy that define life in NYC. Whether framed as art or sent as a thoughtful keepsake, each postcard offers a fresh, lighthearted perspective on the connection between place and personality.
Melis Dizdar + Meltem Parlak

Michael Bambino
Michael Bambino is a New York-based artist and designer. He runs Facility, an industrial design consultancy, teaches at Parsons and The Cooper Union, and makes things whenever possible—sometimes beautiful, sometimes strange, occasionally dead-looking.

Rat Candle
Nothing says New York like a street rat. This life-sized candle salutes the city’s most infamous resident—gross, glorious, and burning red like roadkill.
Michael Bambino

Milja Bannwart / Studio Vuono
Milja Bannwart is a Finnish-Swiss ceramic artist and industrial designer based in Brooklyn, whose work spans ceramics, product design, packaging, and branding. In 2023, she established her Brooklyn ceramics studio, VUONO. Drawing inspiration from the beauty of pristine natural surroundings, she creates sculptural ceramics that emphasize form. Milja studied Industrial Design at the Berlin University of the Arts and holds a Master of Industrial Design from Pratt Institute.

Bodega Cat
The Bodega Cat.
A NYC icon and a beloved fixture of the neighborhood corner store, the bodega cat symbolizes the city’s character and laid-back attitude. Typically perched atop a stack of boxes or newspapers, it greets customers with charm and a hint of mischief. More than just a shop cat, the bodega cat stands for the city’s local culture.
Material: Slip cast porcelain, blue oxide stain and clear glaze
Milja Bannwart / Studio Vuono

Multiplayer / Multiplayer.studio
Multiplayer Studio is a multidisciplinary design studio where the best products emerge when people unite around a clear purpose and enjoy working together. Researchers, digital designers and industrial designers build products that work for people. We can do our best work when form follows happiness. Team Adam Wrigley, Lindsay Malatesta, Pranav Solanki, Tucker Viemeister.

Urban Labyrinth
“Urban Labyrinth” is a reimagining of the popular wooden maze game, incorporating the infamously labyrinthian NYC street grid. The game recreates a common NYC experience: challenging users to get across town to JFK airport – passing by miniature recreations of iconic bridges and other famous NYC landmarks.
Multiplayer / Multiplayer.studio

MUNIRE (MIMI)KIRMACI
Munire Kirmaci, known as Mimi, is a Brooklyn-based industrial and interior designer originally from Turkey. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Interior Architecture and Environmental Design from Bilkent University in 2001 and later completed her MFA in Industrial Design at Pratt Institute. Kirmaci’s design debut came in 2008 at the MoMA Design Store with her Salt and Pepper Shaker in One, which quickly sold out. Her Wounded Vase was exhibited at the Guggenheim Museum in 2010, and she was selected for Talents at Ambiente in Frankfurt in 2011. That same year, her Co-Cane Walking Stick was featured in the Arigato Project during Tokyo Design Week. Now in her third year teaching sophomores in Pratt Institute’s Industrial Design department, Kirmaci has collaborated with notable names such as Harry Allen, Benza Design, Ferhat Dorkip, Birsel+Seck, Ralph Lauren, Knoll, Chelsea Atelier and leading museums including MoMA, the Guggenheim, and the Brooklyn Museum.

MINIATURE ICONS INSENCE HOLDERS
Experience the essence of NYC in an entirely new way, Miniature Icons incense holders are not merely souvenirs; they are interactive objects that encapsulate the spirit of NYC as an emotion. By harmonizing architecture with scent, they evoke memories through meaningful rituals. These intentional symbols are inspired by iconic landmarks of NY, such as the Chrysler Building—my personal favorite—and the Empire State Building. And like the real thing, the structures are crafted from metal. Designed to hold incense vertically, they mimic the steam rising from subway grates and the dynamic skyline of the city.
MUNIRE (MIMI)KIRMACI

Office of Tangible Space
Office of Tangible Space is a interdisciplinary design studio grounded in a human-centric ethos founded by Michael Yarinsky and Kelley Perumbeti. They specialize in architecture, interiors, furniture and curation and range in scale from intimate objects to the urban. They have offices in Brooklyn and San Francisco and work internationally.
The work of the studio seeks to create a dialogue with the people who use their spaces and objects and foster an interpersonal relationship with the immediate environment. They believe that curiosity, warmth, materiality, and play are essential to crafting spaces that invite connection. Their design aspires to evoke a sense of belonging. They hope to make you feel something through their work.

Souvenir Case
The Souvenir Case is a tool to create an archive of a place through the collection and documentation of specimens. Be they pebbles, plants, trash, or animal bones, the objects collected become a map and a memento of the more realistic side of travelling to a new place. Included are specimen bags, tongs, labels and assorted basic tools and compartments to hold various objects. A case for every place.
Office of Tangible Space

Oscar Tangen
Oscar Tangen is an industrial designer driven by sustainability, originality, and material exploration. His practice spans traditional design and experimental processes, informed by a decade-long apprenticeship with ceramicist Carina Ciscato, original designs developed at Piet Hein Eek’s Netherlands studio, and product innovation leadership at MIT’s design studio. Oscar has collaborated with West Elm, championed sustainability initiatives through Design for America and Brown/RISD’s Biodesign Challenge, and believes meaningful innovation emerges when diverse perspectives come together. His mission is to create joyful, impactful designs that honour both people and the planet.

Urban Labyrinth
Remember those toy kits you built as a kid? You know—the ones with model aeroplanes attached to plastic grids of “sprues,” waiting to be twisted free or snipped off before assembly?
I’ve recreated that childhood nostalgia with iconic NYC scenes any true New Yorker will recognize. Pop them out, arrange your own miniature city diorama, or keep them pristine—like a ‘real’ collector—in their blister packaging.
Scenes include:
•“What’s That Smell?” (3 editions made)
A classic NYC street-construction vignette [NOW FEATURING authentic, completely odourless NYC steam straight from a smokestack!]
•“I Know a Spot” (3 editions made)
A romantic NYC fire escape, perfectly set for date night [NOW FEATURING iconic skyline views, soon to be blocked by luxury condos!]
•“4 AM Slice” (3 editions made)
The definitive late-night pizza experience [NOW FEATURING the only slice in town worth lining up all night for!]
Oscar Tangen

Oscar Tangen
OrangeHOWELL, is Paula Zanger’s colorful moniker, established in 2010. Named for her great-grandfather, an American Quaker with ties to the Underground Railroad. An American story—gender-neutral, fruity brand about color, motifs and pattern. Clients have included abc home, Neiman Marcus, The Little Nell, The Plaza Hotel, The Ritz-Carlton. Presently, new work focuses on Baroque motifs, drawn onsite as a Visiting Artist at the American Academy in Rome.
Paula’s innovative design approach spans several decades, from the 1980s, when she created silk-screened surfaces inspired by “old school” pre-digital energy of the East Village to the 1990s, when she developed licensed home collections, to the 2000s, when as Creative Director and Designer, she rebranded Lunt Silversmiths to sell while overseeing their gift licenses (Oscar de la Renta, NYBG, MFA-Boston, Disney, U.S. Embassies).
Academically inclined, Paula has taught at Parsons, SCAD, RISD, Jefferson and F.I.T., and participated on Advisory Boards.

Oysters Rockefeller, Precious Keepsakes.
OrangeHOWELL’s “Oysters Rockefeller” is a lovely celebration of nature’s beauty and uniqueness, fused with humanity’s voracious appetite for precious luxuries. The concept was originally birthed at an elegant East Village hideaway, where the mollusks’ rustic appeal was noted and compared to the personalities and foibles of individuals in our diverse, democratic society, albeit politically polarized.
In a parallel universe, fine gilding techniques were acquired at Alpha Workshops, by fusing ornamental techniques with the bivalve’s oceanic appeal—and epicurean urbanity—“Oysters Rockefeller” was born. Mother Nature’s discarded leavings transformed during meditative acts of repurposing and accentuating an individualized beautification.
Reminiscent of Portuguese Manueline architecture, marks the transition from Late Gothic to the Renaissance periods of OrangeHOWELL’s reinterpretation of iconic motifs. This timeless riff, codified luxury, beautifies the quotidian to instill relevant perspectives, amid the “Trumponian” atmosphere, it gilds refuse. Regifted garbage, the Oyster Rockefeller souvenir, exemplifies: “We the people” are all One-of-a-kinds, together.
Paula Zanger / OrangeHOWELL

Peter Yeadon / Yeadon Space Agency
Peter Yeadon is a designer, inventor, architect, and educator.

Xclusives
These luxury end caps for common foam earplugs contain messages that say “DON’T” or “NO” or “FUCK” or “OFF”. Ideal for the subway, or at work and such, these precious metal caps are easily removed when the foam plugs need to be replaced with fresh ones.
Peter Yeadon / Yeadon Space Agency

Rebeccah Pailes-Friedman + Yukiko Naoi / Interwoven Design Group
Interwoven Design Group is a Brooklyn-based product design and development studio specializing in wearable technology, smart textiles, and medical, health, and consumer product innovations. Led by founder and principal Rebeccah Pailes-Friedman and design director Yukiko Naoi, the studio merges fashion, engineering, and material science to create human-centered solutions.
Rebeccah, an expert in wearable technology and soft goods, has worked with NASA, Nevro, and HeroWear. An IDSA Fellow and Professor of Industrial Design at Pratt Institute, she brings decades of product innovation experience.
Yukiko, a specialist in medical and packaging design, has led projects for AstraZeneca, Bausch + Lomb, and Johnson & Johnson. Her expertise in usability, regulatory compliance, and healthcare innovation strengthens Interwoven’s medical design practice.
Together, they push the boundaries of wearable health technology and product innovation, earning recognition like the 2024 Fast Company Innovation by Design Award.

NYC Souvenir Pop-Up Post Cards
New York City is our home and our inspiration. Its skyline, energy, and movement shape the way we see and design the world. At Interwoven Design Group, we thrive at the intersection of innovation and storytelling, creating designs that engage and surprise.
Our NYC Souvenir Pop-Up Cards transform from flat designs into intricate, three-dimensional cityscapes, capturing the magic of Fifth Avenue, the Statue of Liberty, and the Empire State Building. These keepsakes are love letters to the city—small moments of wonder that unfold in your hands.
Just as our studio merges technology, material science, and human experience, this collection brings structure to life in an interactive way. Whether for a visitor or a lifelong New Yorker, these pop-ups offer a fresh perspective—one that celebrates the heartbeat of the city we love.
Rebeccah Pailes-Friedman + Yukiko Naoi / Interwoven Design Group

Ridima Jain, Manav Singla / Ridezign
Ridima Jain and Manav Singla bring a shared vision to Ridezign—to make the ephemeral feel eternal.
As industrial designers from India, their work is shaped by a deep respect for materiality, craftsmanship, and the narratives embedded in objects. They believe design is more than function—it is an experience, a memory, a moment suspended in time.
At Ridezign, they merge advanced manufacturing with timeless artistry, reimagining everyday materials in unexpected ways. Whether through sculptural lighting, tactile surfaces, or experimental forms, their work challenges conventional perceptions and fosters a sense of wonder.
Guided by principles of sustainability and innovation, Ridima and Manav explore new possibilities in fabrication, pushing the boundaries of 3D printing and material reuse. Their designs celebrate contrast—precision and fluidity, structure and light, permanence and transformation—always seeking to evoke emotion and connection.

Tesser 5:8 Lamp
Tesser is a sculptural lighting collection that transforms light into a spatial and emotional experience. Inspired by fleeting glimpses of life through New York City’s skyscrapers, each piece captures the tension between movement and stillness, presence and absence. Light becomes an architectural gesture—framing space, revealing depth, and evoking human connection.
Guided by the Fibonacci sequence, Tesser achieves a sense of harmony and proportion, embodying the natural rhythms found in both design and nature. The collection is crafted using advanced 3D printing technology, repurposing recycled ocean plastic into luminous, heirloom-quality objects. By elevating discarded materials into precision-engineered forms, Tesser challenges perceptions of plastic as disposable.
At its core, Tesser is a meditation on contrast—the rigid grid of the city softened by the glow of light, the vast urban landscape distilled into intimate moments. It invites viewers to pause, observe, and rediscover the beauty hidden in the everyday.
Ridima Jain, Manav Singla / Ridezign

Rio Chen
Rio makes designed objects in conjunction with architectural language and popular culture. He communicates through objects, graphics, and casual conversation. From Taiwan, now based in Brooklyn, NY

Water Tower Lamp
Blocks Lamps explores cubes and boxes as symbols of movement, transition, and time. Inspired by urban architecture, the sculptural table lamps resemble a modular cityscape, drawing from libraries, towers, and townhouses. Wood grain-imprinted shades transfer organic textures, capturing time’s passage. The interplay of light, shadow, and materiality blurs the line between lighting and architecture, reflecting how objects shift, accumulate, and shape the perception of space and memory.
Rio Chen

Rodolfo Agrella / RADS — Rodolfo Agrella Design Studio
Rodolfo Agrella imbues its one-of-a-kind design concepts with bold color, deft composition, and captivating contrast. His New York-based eponymous design studio, RADS, pulls from a vast array of resources and references when conceiving holistic design concepts, synthesizing and distilling diverse point inspirations and requirements into playful, seemingly effortless, yet sophisticated projects.
RADS ultimate goal is to make something complex appear simple. Founded in 2015 as a way for this team to encompass its different endeavors and the various typologies it treats: art and creative direction; spatial interventions, products and graphic design, for renown manufacturing companies, particulars and cultural institutions. It comprises a team of multi-hyphenate and multi-cultural practitioners, poised to achieve a variety of outcomes, answering the distinct needs of different clients.
For Agrella, color and light are critical tools to enhance what’s being created and communicated, facilitating an emotional response from the end user, tapping into resourceful sensibility.

Rush-Hour Trays
Blocks Lamps explores cubes and boxes as symbols of movement, transition, and time. Inspired by urban architecture, the sculptural table lamps resemble a modular cityscape, drawing from libraries, towers, and townhouses. Wood grain-imprinted shades transfer organic textures, capturing time’s passage. The interplay of light, shadow, and materiality blurs the line between lighting and architecture, reflecting how objects shift, accumulate, and shape the perception of space and memory.
Rodolfo Agrella / RADS — Rodolfo Agrella Design Studio

Sabrina Merayo Nuñez
Sabrina Merayo Nuñez is an artist working at the intersection of biomaterials, sculpture, technology, and nature. Her practice explores the transformative potential of organic matter, engaging with biological systems to create works that evolve, decay, and interact with their environments. Drawing from both historical material traditions and contemporary bio-design, she develops her own biodegradable bioplastic formulas and experiments with living organisms as co-creators in her process.
She has exhibited internationally at Milan Design Week, London Design Festival, Collectible Fair, and Material Matters Fair, showcasing her research-driven approach to materiality and sustainable design. Her work has also been featured by Tocco Earth, recognizing her contributions to innovative material exploration.
Through tactile, sensory-driven experiences, she challenges the boundaries between control and organic spontaneity, inviting viewers to engage with materials that shift, respond, and reveal hidden layers over time.

New Yorker's Serenity Tool
This is a serenity tool designed to counter the relentless chaos of New
York City. A small, circular device with a surveillance mirror, it behaves
like an ordinary reflective surface—until you engage with it. When lifted, a sensor detects your face, turning the mirror translucent to reveal a wild mushroom grown from the city’s urban landscape.
Powered by solar energy, the device offers an alternative to digital distractions. Instead of losing yourself in a screen, you pause—disconnecting from the city’s frantic pulse to observe a fragment of untamed life in your hands.
When the motion sensor activates, lights turn on, and the mirror becomes transparent. When inactive, it remains opaque, reflecting your image.
Crafted from the artist’s own 100% biodegradable bioplastic—derived from algae and collagen—it embodies both ephemerality and renewal, blending nature, technology, and reflection into a quiet moment of connection.
Sabrina Merayo Nuñez

Scott Henderson / Scott Henderson Inc.
Scott Henderson is an American industrial designer from New York City where he has risen to the pinnacle of his profession.
Scott has designed iconic, best-selling products for companies including OXO, Microsoft, Krups, Intel, Skip Hop and Alessi, and over fifteen of Scott’s products have been best sellers at the Museum of Modern Art. Scott believes that the goal of good design is to meet the mind of the user with unimpeded flow.
Scott has spoken about design throughout the world; he has won over fifty international design awards including a 2023 Red Dot Award and a 2024 Fast Company Innovation By Design Award, he has officially represented the United States as their Design Ambassador, he has chaired the International Design Conference (IDC), and his work is included in the permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum, the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian National Design Museum and the Alessi Museum.

SLICE
“SLICE”, by Scott Henderson, is a sculpture that captures the quintessential New York City pizza moment—the instant a folded, triangular slice is lifted from its signature paper plate, with gooey, melted cheese stretching gloriously between them. This piece pays homage to NYC’s legendary pizza, a culinary icon shaped in part by the city’s mineral-rich tap water (the same secret behind its unrivaled bagels).
Artists and designers have the unique ability to find beauty in the everyday—seeing what others overlook and transforming it into forms that resonate, even subconsciously, with the world around them. SLICE re-imagines this familiar experience, turning an ordinary slice of pizza into a bold, vertical statement, frozen in time just before the first bite is taken.
Scott Henderson / Scott Henderson Inc.

Sergio Mannino / Sergio Mannino Studio
Founded in 2008 in New York City, Sergio Mannino Studio is an award-winning architectural branding agency renowned for its retail design and branding expertise.
With a strong foundation in Italian Design and aesthetics, the studio has gained international recognition by completing hundreds of projects worldwide, often featured in prestigious magazines, books, and blogs throughout Europe, China, and the United States.
The studio is fueled by a deep passion for creating unique spaces that capture the spirit of our time and reflect the ideas of the society we dream of, combining Italian Design culture and aesthetics with a contemporary international twist.
Under the leadership of Sergio Mannino, the studio is composed of a dedicated team of architects, interior designers, graphic designers, and branding consultants.
While initially focused on retail design, the agency has diversified its portfolio in recent years, engaging in various residential, branding, and furniture design ventures.

NYC Treasures
Souvenirs often follow predictable patterns. They are mass-produced objects, usually made of plastic, that accumulate in drawers or end up as waste. This project offers a way to create a truly personal souvenir while trying to reduce waste.
Instead of producing new objects, we propose a system of decals designed to be applied to vintage finds sourced from New York’s flea markets and secondhand shops. A simple process transforms an ordinary glass, plate, or ceramic piece into a unique memory of the city. The result is a one-of-a-kind souvenir that carries both the history of its original form and the personal story of its selection and customization.
This idea moves beyond traditional souvenir production by minimizing waste, avoiding plastic, and encouraging a more thoughtful connection between people and the objects they take home.
Our souvenir is about the experience of finding, choosing, and making—turning an everyday act into something memorable.
Sergio Mannino / Sergio Mannino Studio

Solomon Choi & Giseok Jang / Sliit
Solomon and Giseok are New York-based designers and co-founders of SLIIT, a product design studio dedicated to creating everyday objects that transform ordinary moments into extraordinary, emotionally engaging experiences.
Solomon has a background from the Parsons School of Design, where he majored in Product and Industrial Design. He has previously designed speakers, furniture, and a diverse range of products. His work reflects a deep commitment to human-centered design, ensuring that every object he creates has a clear purpose and a compelling presence.
Giseok has a background from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, specializing in graphic design and sculptural objects. His work exists at the intersection of art and design, challenging conventional aesthetics across both two- and three-dimensional forms.

NYC Scaffold Vessel
When people think of a New York City souvenir, they often picture scale models of iconic landmarks. But we wanted to challenge this idea by asking: What is the most frequently seen structure while walking in NYC?
This led us to design a souvenir inspired by scaffolding, an omnipresent yet overlooked part of the cityscape. With roughly 9,000 scaffolds across NYC, they fade into daily life.
Our design reimagines scaffolding as a versatile vessel, usable as a pencil holder, flower vase, or magazine stand. Emphasizing its essence, we included an assembly process with aluminum pipes and 3D-printed joints, inviting users to take part in its construction.
Solomon Choi & Giseok Jang / Sliit

Sonja Stein
I am a designer from Southeastern Wisconsin graduating with a Bachelor of Industrial Design At Pratt Institute in Brooklyn NY. I highly value sustainability and playful designs. I am interested in soft goods, toy, and shoe design. I get inspired by nature, antiques, and crafts. Most importantly I love to have fun well designing.

The Rats of NYC Themed Cat Toys
These 3 NYC-themed cat toys are inspired by Lady Liberty, NYC tourist t-shirts, & the New York slice. The rats squeak like the real rats of the city being perfect for the NYC cats.
Living in the city for the past 3.5 years I have fallen in love with both the rats and cats of the city. I have found that New Yorkers treat their cats well so to honor that I designed this line of cat toys dedicated to the city. And I thought what is more New York than the rats that rule the city? So I designed each rat to represent an iconic part of NYC.
Sonja Stein

Stephan James Clambaneva IDSA WDO
Stephan Clambaneva is a visionary designer and creative polymath whose work bridges the worlds of artistry, innovation, and sustainability. Rooted in a lifelong passion for design, his love for jewelry craftsmanship was inspired by his father and remains deeply personal—creating unique, meaningful pieces for himself, his wife, and his family.
Beyond his jewelry work, Stephan is the Managing Director of PARK, where he shapes the future of design & design-driven innovation. With over a decade on the Board of Directors for the Industrial Designers Society of America, he has been a steadfast advocate for design’s transformative power.
A thought leader and educator, he mentors the next generation through the Design Leadership Academy and contributes to NYCxDesign’s Advisory Committee. Whether consulting, speaking, or crafting exquisite jewelry, Stephan is dedicated to advancing design from human-centered to humanity-driven—pushing towards a regenerative, sustainable future where creativity and purpose align.

The X bracelet
The x bracelet is a sculptural exploration of form, identity, and structure, inspired by the bold geometry of the NYCxDesign aesthetic. By transforming the “x” into a wearable architectural piece, the design seamlessly fuses typography with jewelry, creating a statement of both style and meaning.
Crafted in polished silver and blackened silver, the bracelet’s fluid yet structured form wraps around the wrist, striking a balance between rigidity and movement. The oversized X serves as a focal point—bold, unbroken, and powerful—symbolizing intersection, connection, and creative expression.
This piece is more than an accessory; it is an extension of design as identity, embodying the energy of innovation and artistic craftsmanship of our New York Design Community. The X Bracelet challenges traditional jewelry forms, redefining adornment as both a sculptural and personal statement.
#IAmNYCxDesign.
Stephan James Clambaneva IDSA WDO

Steve Cozzolino / Cozzolino Studio
Steve Cozzolino, an award winning and distinguished industrial designer, earned a BFA in Industrial Design from the University of Notre Dame in 1993. In 2001, Steve collaborated with Eva Zeisel on a collection for Nambe. From 2002-2006, Steve was Design Director at Karim Rashid Inc. where he worked on consumer product, cosmetic packaging, housewares, electronics, furniture, and lighting projects.
In 2006, Steve launched cozzolino studio LLC, a full-service product design, strategy, and branding studio in New York City: www.cozzolinostudio.com.
Steve is featured on the CBS Design and Innovation series, America By Design. Cozzolino Studio has been featured in The New York Times, Fortune Magazine, MOMA Design Store, Cooper Hewitt Museum and was honored by New York City with an “Excellence in Design” Award. Cozzolino Studio has repeatedly won “Red Dot” Design Awards, Global Innovation Awards, “Good Design” Awards, and has received numerous design patents.

"Eight"
“Eight” is an abstract representation of the iconic pigeon of NYC and inspired by the “Eames House Bird” to honor the Eames “Case Study House #8” which was almost destroyed by the LA wildfires.
Steve Cozzolino / Cozzolino Studio

Theo Hall
Theo Hall is a Brooklyn-based designer and artist whose work explores the connections between people and their objects. Through personification, character design, and a sense of whimsy, his work seeks to cultivate the mindful use of everyday items. Working primarily in ceramics and industrial design, he uses methods of production such as 3D-printing and mold making along with hand sculpting. He holds a Bachelor of Industrial Design from Pratt Institute and currently works as a ceramic fabricator.

Book Barricade
Book Barricade is a bookend inspired by the traffic blockades which line the streets of New York City. These miniature versions of the classic orange-striped barricades trade the asphalt for the bookshelf—organizing books instead of redirecting traffic. Unlike their full-sized counterparts, which often clutter the city streets without clear purpose, these bookends serve a dedicated function in the home.
Theo Hall

Victoria Milne
Virginia Italia Harper is a New York-based designer with a global perspective, blending industrial design, interiors, and product innovation. A fifth-generation New Yorker inspired by the city’s rich architectural heritage, she earned her Master’s in Industrial Design from Domus Academy in Milan and collaborated with renowned brands like Cassina and Illy. Returning to the U.S. in 2006, Virginia honed her craft at Peter Marino and Rockwell Group and led store design for Guerlain US under LVMH.
Currently Head of Store Design for Estée Lauder, Virginia shapes immersive retail experiences worldwide. In 2019, she relaunched Virginia Harper Design, debuting her furniture line for De Sede at Salone del Mobile. Her work includes collaborations with Poltrona Frau, Draenert, Giorgetti, and DDC. A passionate advocate for timeless yet forward-thinking design, she recently submitted a concept for NYCxDESIGN’s Souvenir Exhibit, celebrating her deep connection to New York City through iconic forms.

New York City Design Charm Bracelet
The spirit of “souvenirs” for NYCxDesign evokes all the years of innovation and interesting people and projects who have lit up New York’s design community over the years. This is an utterly incomplete start on just a few of the highlights, and we hope to continue adding in the future. I hope you see an old favorite.
Vistoria Milne / 6¢ Design

Virginia Harper / Virginia Harper Design
Virginia Italia Harper is a New York-based designer with a global perspective, blending industrial design, interiors, and product innovation. A fifth-generation New Yorker inspired by the city’s rich architectural heritage, she earned her Master’s in Industrial Design from Domus Academy in Milan and collaborated with renowned brands like Cassina and Illy. Returning to the U.S. in 2006, Virginia honed her craft at Peter Marino and Rockwell Group and led store design for Guerlain US under LVMH.
Currently Head of Store Design for Estée Lauder, Virginia shapes immersive retail experiences worldwide. In 2019, she relaunched Virginia Harper Design, debuting her furniture line for De Sede at Salone del Mobile. Her work includes collaborations with Poltrona Frau, Draenert, Giorgetti, and DDC. A passionate advocate for timeless yet forward-thinking design, she recently submitted a concept for NYCxDESIGN’s Souvenir Exhibit, celebrating her deep connection to New York City through iconic forms.

Skyline Sips Cocktail Shaker
Skyline Sips: NYC-Inspired Cocktail Set
Inspired by the iconic water towers that grace New York City’s rooftops, this cocktail set blends urban charm with functional elegance. The centerpiece is a thick glass cocktail shaker, its cylindrical form mirroring the silhouette of water towers, complete with a supportive stand (in metal, wood or leather) that pays homage to their sturdy bases.
Complementing the shaker is a tumbler featuring a rounded top and squared base, echoing the architectural geometry of these rooftop icons. This design celebrates the essence of NYC—cocktails, socializing, and vibrant city life—transforming everyday barware into a tribute to the city that never sleeps.
Virginia Harper / Virginia Harper Design

Wendy Brawer / Modern World Design
IDSA opened doors for me when I joined in the late 80’s. I was developing a deep interest in sustainable design and became the chair of the IDSA Environmental Committee a few years later. Seeking to impact all designers, we worked on the organization’s code of ethics and annual competition criteria; later, after I had passed the baton to Philip White, the committee developed Okala, an IDSA-backed eco design curriculum. By then, my work had shifted toward mapmaking and directing the non profit Green Map System as it grew to impact communities in 65 countries. I was Designer in Residence at the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum in 1997, just as I was diversifying with energy, waste reduction and greening neighborhoods. Everything continues – Green Map is now open source and I’m part of several climate design and preparedness projects today.

20th Anniversary Souvenir
This is a real souvenir! Since Christo and Jeanne-Claude had a 26 year struggle to produce this iconic work, everyone wanted an authentic piece. I collected a handful of these souvenirs in the park and subsequently gave them to hosts and friends when traveling. There is still a square in my little travel case so it’s been everywhere with me since 2005, helping me feel connected to our island even when I was at The Hague, in Nice, Shanghai, Seoul, Victoria BC, Detroit, etc. It’s a touchstone worth celebrating.
Frame from Materials for the Arts. Special thanks to Laurene Leon Boym for her support and consultation.
Wendy Brawer / Modern World Design

Xusheng Yu
Xusheng Yu is an industrial designer and mechanical engineer. A graduate of Parsons School of Design and the University of Alberta, Xusheng combines his technical background with imaginative wonder and creates functional physical artifacts that invite creative reinterpretation. He has experience designing digital hardware for the exhibit and museum industry, with works at the Seattle Space Needle, Da Vinci Science Center in Pennsylvania, and the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. When not knee-deep in prototyping and 3D printing, Xusheng enjoys Citibiking through NYC traffic as well as exploring New Mexico arroyos on his fat tire e-bike.
