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.

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6 events,

Exhibition: Scott Sueme at Uprise Art

Lin Cheung | Sampler

Parsons Festival

Curated By Lexus

Saya Woolfalk: Empathic Universe

Jewel Box

Jewel Box

7 events,

The Dumbo Projection Project

8 events,

Soft Landing

Soft Landing

9 events,

IDSA Design Leadership Bootcamp

11 events,

POVISON PRESENTS: THE EFFORTLESS HOME PREMIERE

The Family Show by LOVE HOUSE

13 events,

Design Pavilion by Lexus at Hudson Yards

Light/Lite

Light/Lite

15 events,

Union Square Partnership’s Annual 14th Street Mural Installation

Creative Week

Creative Week

19 events,

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POLMAR Gallery – The Art of Craft: Redefining Collectible Design

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Stephanis Sabbe and Dennis Scully Share Stories

22 events,

Egg Collective presents Knock on Wood

Shifting Matter

School of Constructed Environments End of Year Exhibition 2025

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CASA ITALIANA X ITALY ON MADISON TALK “Where Design meets History”

86 events,

HAA Digital Art Exhibition

DWR SoHo: GUBI x Pierre Paulin

The Print Lab Podcast

Executive AI Creative Summit

A&DNOW Open House

Vitra New Showroom Tours

3rd Annual Madison Avenue Design Week

Co-Designing the Classroom

ETHAN ALLEN PRESENTS the Art of Modern Elegance

NoMad Design District

A WAY OF LIVING

ELEMENTI:
OPEN STUDIO

Launch: Myr & Mylla by Note Design Studio

Poliform Celebrates New Ernest Collection During NYCxDESIGN

The Rêveries

The Rêveries

Luke Lamp Co. Open Showroom

NYCxDESIGN Souvenir

Hundō

Hundō

AMG x MSCHF

AMG x MSCHF

BENSEN at modernlink

The Shape of Care Exhibition

Here Today: School of Visual Arts- MFA ixD, POD, DSI showcase

Cornell Tech Made in MakerLAB Exhibition

What Comes After No One? Future Artifacts for a Final Generation

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

Pratt Shows: Design

The Light Show: A Celebration of Illuminating Ceramics

Pop-Up Exhibition at the Payne Whitney Mansion

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D&D Building Spring Market

120 events,

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

“Small MUJI” Exhibition

Cornell Design Tech Exhibition at Cornell Tech

Tuleste Factory presents: Crimson Vortex

High School Tours

Space Theory Dumbo Showroom Opening

OUT OF THE BLUE: Glass, Craft, and the Future of Johnnie Walker Blue Label

Isla Porter Open House

Songs of a Decoy

Light Reset

Light Reset

Fractured Horizons Exhibition

In Bloom

In Bloom

Contour: A Decade of Photography for Coca-Cola® Global Design by Guy Aroch and Anna Palma

Infinite Weave Art x Design Festival

MIOS: OPEN STUDIO

CHROMA: A Vibrant Experience of Swiss Design

Design Sale Event

Still Growing

Still Growing

USE Me-A Group Exhibition of Ceramic Objects

Rimadesio Presents: Modernity Flow

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Powerhouse Arts Architecture & Fabrication Tour

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ASID NY Presents Screening of “Beyond Zero”: Design’s Power to Shape a Sustainable Future

114 events,

TM Italia NYC Showroom First Look

THIS IS NOT A STRUT

Bisazza NoMad Showroom Opening

FAD Market

FAD Market

Shelter by Afternoon Light

Factory and Showroom visit

SPRING DESIGN SHOWCASE

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Atlantic Avenue Day of Design

95 events,

RE-CRAFT

RE-CRAFT

ICFF

ICFF

Italian Pavilion at ICFF

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INTERNI Cre-Action / Big Italy in New York

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Grand Central Madison – A New Landmark and Cultural Corridor

100 events,

Wonders From the Paris Flea Market

The Extraordinary Italian Design

Artful Living

Artful Living

2025 Exhibition Openings: BFA/MFA Thesis Projects, MPS Studio Projects

Forced Perspective

Origins – The Heritage of Italian Design

NYCxDESIGN Awards Ceremony

109 events,

ALU Temporary Showroom

CARExDESIGN = Co-created + Hand-Crafted + Free

Sri + Lawton Mull: ORDINARY SPLENDOR

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Universal Design 2.0

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In Conversation: Longchamp and Thomas Heatherwick Discuss La Maison Unique – When Visionary Design meets Creative Retail

82 events,

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Chilewich Garden Party & Book Signing

Inside the Design Studios: Studio DB, Alfredo Paredes, The Brownstone Boys & Steve Cordony

15 events,

Hundō

Hundō

In Bloom

Hundō

In Bloom

Hundō

RE-CRAFT

ICFF

In Bloom

Hundō

In Bloom

RE-CRAFT

ICFF

Hundō

In Bloom

RE-CRAFT

ICFF

Hundō

In Bloom

In Bloom

In Bloom