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.

INTERNI Cre-Action / Big Italy in New York

Join INTERNI at ICFF – Javits Center on May 18th (12:00–12:45 PM) for “Cre-Action / Big Italy in New York”, a dynamic talk moderated by Carlo Biasia and featuring Francesca […]

Cornell Tech Studio Visit with 2024 Backslash Artist Noah Feehan

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.

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.

Student Showcase Night

The annual NYCxDESIGN Student Showcase Night, hosted this year by Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), features presentations from selected design students from The Cooper Union, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York Institute of Technology, Parsons School of Design, Pratt Institute, and School of Visual Arts. The theme of this year’s event is “Perseverance.”

China-US Co-creation: Innovation-Driven Global Strategy for Chinese Design Brands

This online panel forum explores strategies for Chinese brands to thrive on the global stage, with a focus on navigating the challenges of today’s U.S. market amid escalating trade and tax tensions. Discussions cover market differentiation, smart manufacturing, cross-border marketing, supply chain integration, and effective cultural narratives.