Meridian Brooklyn
Attention NYC UX/UI, mobile, and digital product designers: Curious about VR, XR, MR, and spatial computing? This event is for you.
Meridian Meetups are global gatherings for mobile app designers and developers exploring the next frontier—spatial computing. Join us at L+R’s Brooklyn studio for the inaugural Meridian Brooklyn, hosted during NYCxDESIGN Festival 2025. It’ll be a relaxed evening of conversation, demos, and networking with others bridging the gap between mobile and spatial design.
We’ll showcase real projects, demo tools like ShapesXR, and invite voices from the Apple Vision Pro and Meta Quest design and development communities to share insights. Whether you’re actively working in this space or just spatially curious, welcome to all interesed in conversation on how design and development are evolving as we move from 2D experiences to real-world, spatial environments.
Emerging Furniture Designers
M Collection Home + Design is proud to showcase some incredible, unique and innovate design pieces from new emerging designers in the furniture, lighting and art space .
DUMBOxDESIGN OPEN STUDIOS
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.
The Tea & Design Experience
A sensory tea ritual experience blending traditional tea culture with design and mindfulness practices, promoting emotional balance, artistic appreciation, and intercultural connection.
JAPAN MADE | A Study in Stillness and Form
A sensory, design-forward exhibition where visitors move through a minimal, immersive environment curated to highlight material, craftsmanship, and spatial philosophy — the essence of AREA.
Aruliden Open Studio
Aruliden, Material’s award-winning design studio, invites the broader industrial design community to an open studio night featuring recent client work, networking and engaging conversations. Discover how Aruliden brings brands to life – from strategic foundations to physical and digital expressions – through the lens of a multi-disciplinary experience design team.
Light/Lite
UrbanGlass welcomes you for an exhibition of lighting design from regional and local makers in glass.
New Lighting Collection Launch & Open Studio
You’re invited to the debut of our newest lighting collection—a series five years in the making!
Inspired by early 20th-century pressed glass, train signal lamps and crystalline forms, the series reimagines industrial materials into prismatic geometries.
Featuring seven new designs, this collection will premiere in our showroom during Open Studio.
Villa AM Garden Party
Villa AM the brainchild of Salon Design founder Amanda Pratt, unveils its inaugural sculpture garden installation with Artifacts, an evocative presentation curated by Cola Studios. Join us for cocktails in the villa’s courtyard-like garden in the West Village on Saturday April 17th from 2-5 pm.
Experience Design Day
Eight Inc. is a global experience design agency behind some of the world’s most iconic brand moments. This NYCxDESIGN, we’re dedicating a full day to the craft of Experience Design exploring how meaningful, human-centered experiences shape brands. Join us for talks, insights and connections at our studio overlooking Bryant Park.
