NYCxDESIGN is guided by core values of community, creativity, inclusivity, diversity, and sustainable design for the greater good. Beyond our annual Festival, our year-round programming provides a platform for NYC’s diverse design talent, from students and emerging designers to seasoned professionals. Each program fosters connection, education, and inspiration, empowering the next generation to use design as a powerful tool for positive impact and addressing the world’s most pressing needs.

Jewel Box

Allen Street Gallery 65 Allen Street, New York, NY, United States

Curated by Leroy Street Studio Interiors, Jewel Box is a lighting exhibition exploring the sculptural and functional poetry of the wall sconce.

IDSA Design Leadership Bootcamp

PARK Academy is partnering once again with the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) to proudly offer another exclusive intensive and impactful professional design leadership training program to the design community.

This annual Bootcamp with a growing community of esteemed empowered alumni will be celebrating its fifth consecutive bootcamp as which coincides with IDSA's 60th Anniversary.

This intensive interactive 6-week training program will help you build the competencies (knowledge, skills, and attitude) in 5 key subject areas to help you step up and stand out in leading design for business.

Learn how to manage the complexities between leading and managing design across people, processes, and content. Learn how to speak the language of design for business and how to deliver more value and more positive impact across the triple (people, planet profit) bottom line.

“Future by Design: Re-thinking Processes of Making for Healthier Futures”

New York Institute of Technology. NYC campus in Manhattan 1855 Broadway, New York, USA

The event, promoted by SoAD Dean Maria Perbellini, showcases student work as the culmination of two semesters of Thesis Studio (Fall 2024–Spring 2025), part of New York Tech’s B.Arch program at both the New York City and Long Island campuses.

Cornell Design Tech Exhibition at Cornell Tech

Cornell Tech MakerLAB in the Tata Innovation Center Cornell Tech 2 West Loop Road, New York, New York, United States

Experience groundbreaking student projects at Cornell’s Design Tech exhibition, which blends design, robotics, 3D printing, and sustainable solutions. This exhibition will demonstrate how Cornell’s interdisciplinary approach is shaping the future of architecture, technology, and beyond, with projects addressing global challenges and industry needs.

E.1027 – Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea

IFC Center 323 6th Ave, New York, NY, United States

In 1929, Irish designer Eileen Gray created E.1027 on the sun-soaked Côte d'Azur – a bold and hidden gem of avant-garde architecture. This striking house was meant to be a personal refuge.

But when the legendary architect Le Corbusier stumbled upon it, fascination turned to obsession. He covered its walls with his murals, completely disregarding Gray's wishes and her vision. His defiant act ignited a battle for creative control, with Gray demanding restitution for the destruction of her work, He ignored her wishes and instead built his famous Cabanon house directly behind E.1027.

E.1027 – Eileen Gray and the House By the Sea is an unusual hybrid docu-fiction film that tells a story about the power of one woman’s creative expression and a man’s desire to control it.

In Bloom

Muuto Showroom 251 Park Ave S 9th Floor, New York, New York, United States

In celebration of design, New York’s top design studios will present original works using vases by Muuto. Each piece showcasing the studio’s unique design perspective, exploring materiality, form, and color. In Bloom will be on view at Muuto’s NYC showroom at 251 Park Avenue S, 9th floor, during NYCxDesign.

SYNERGY IN MOTION

Studio Zung 41 Grand Street, New York City, New York, United States

Studio Zung + Buckminster Fuller Partners Foundation present "Artifacts for Tomorrow"

Light Reset

Davide Groppi New York 192 Lexington Ave, USA

Lightness and invention.
These are the ingredients of our collection, on display during NYCxDesign in our space Davide Groppi in New York.

DUMBOxDESIGN OPEN STUDIOS

Dumbo, Brooklyn 45 Main Street, Brooklyn, United States

Pop into some of Dumbo's most exciting Design Firms - from BIG to Henrybuilt - furniture makers, interior designers and many more - for DUMBOxDESIGN Open Studios. See website for the final listing. Locations include: 45 Main Street, 55 Washington Street, 68 Jay Street, 20 Jay Street and various other buildings.