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.

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.

Recess // Reset: Conversations for Design Tomorrow

Parsons School of Design Parsons, The New School, Starr Foundation Hall University Center, UL102, 63 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York, United States

Parsons School of Design presents Recess // Reset: Conversations for Design Tomorrow—a fast-paced talk series with top experts exploring AGI, future design jobs, new teaching methods, and urgent ethical questions.

Cornell Tech Studio Visit with 2024 Backslash Artist Noah Feehan

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

Noah Feehan, a 2024 Backslash Artist at Cornell Tech, is collaborating with Associate Professor Wendy Ju on Swoon Routine, a drone performance artwork. During this event, Feehan will discuss this artwork and his overall creative practice, which is highly interdisciplinary and experiments with technology's creative capacities to create mechanical magic.

The Future of the Intersection Between Design and Technology

Tata Innovation Center on the Cornell Tech Campus (Room 131) Cornell Tech 2 West Loop Road, New York, NY, United States

Join Jenny Sabin, Chair of Cornell’s Department of Design Tech, for an engaging panel discussion on the future of the intersection between design and technology. In conjunction with the Design Tech Exhibition at Cornell Tech, this talk will explore how emerging technologies are transforming design practices and solving global challenges.

NYCxDESIGN Keynote: By Design: The Healthy Way of Life

Soho House Meatpacking 29-35 9th Ave Vinyl Room, New York, United States

A well-lived life doesn’t happen by accident — it’s designed. From how we move, to what we eat, to the spaces we escape to, wellness is shaped by the brands, places, and experiences we choose.

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

POWERHOUSE Books 28 Adams Street, Brooklyn, United States

Top interior designers, including Studio DB, Alfredo Paredes, The Brownstone Boys, and Steve Cordony—known for their work with high-profile clients—join a panel at POWERHOUSE Books for Dumbo Design Day. Moderated by a leading design journalist, they’ll discuss monographs, running a studio, and the future of interior design.