The NYCxDESIGN FESTIVAL is New York City’s official celebration of design, and its most impactful annual design event. Each year the Festival is an opportunity to spotlight New York City as a leading global design center. building opportunities for diverse design voices, and key to our position as a cultural capital.
Festival Features
NYCxDESIGN highlights community, inclusivity, and the broad coalition of design disciplines.
Our emblematic theme—Design is All Around Us—is showcased through our original programs.
2024 marks the inauguration of the NYCxDESIGN Keynote series, a daily keynote through the festival week. We have invited designers and brands of all disciplines from around the world to share inspiring stories and vision.
Explore NYCxDESIGN Festival with our digital guide on Bloomberg Connects, the free arts and culture app.
To kick off the NYCxDESIGN Festival week, join us at Mercer Labs to raise a toast to the upcoming exciting festivities, exhibitions, and events.
The opening day celebration continues at Spring Studios for the NYCxDESIGN Opening Night After Party, presented by Kouros and sponsored by Surface Magazine.
There is a time honored tradition to mark celebratory events with special souvenirs. To carry on this practice, for this exhibition, we called on 50+ New York designers to propose souvenir objects that celebrate New York City with all its character, energy and diversity.
NYCxDESIGN and Arts Thread have teamed up again to showcase projects in a variety of disciplines by up and coming designers.
NYCxDESIGN invites you to experience the joy and possibilities of New York City through the eyes of leading and emerging designers with An Ode to NYC.
International Spotlight
NYCxDESIGN presents International Spotlight, a glimpse at the 2024 design festival presentations offered by New York City based consulates and trade commissions from around the world.
Villa Albertine announces the second edition of Oui Design!, a curated path of open studios, workshops, designer talks and exclusive events.
Discover the soul of Estonian Design: Tradition meets the future in circularity and digital innovation
For the second year in a row, the Italian Trade Agency will feature standout Made-in-Italy brands to promote Italian design excellence across Manhattan.
Special Spotlights
This year, SDD celebrates its 10th anniversary: 10 years of design experiences, networking, and creativity in the company of the best design brands and an ever-growing community of professionals and design lovers.
A groundbreaking public technology sculpture known as “The Portal” is set to form a visual bridge between New York City and Dublin, Ireland, launching this spring.
STAYxDESIGN
Book your visit to New York City this May 16-23 with our STAYxDESIGN hotel partners, offering special discount rates for Festival guests.
Hotel AKA NoMad offers an elevated urban experience that combines sophisticated style and residential comfort.
Unconventional, playful, and approachable, Moxy Williamsburg is a boutique hotel and neighborhood haven.
We thank our on-going supporters
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