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.

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

Studio Anselm Dastner 618 E 9th St. FRNT 1, New York, NY 10009, USA

What Comes After No One? Future Artifacts for a Final Generation presents artists and designers exploring a speculative world where microplastic pollution has made human procreation impossible. Through art, design, and creative technology, they interrogate the aesthetic, material, and emotional consequences of extinction, adaptation, and the limits of human ingenuity.