New York Design Week

An Inspiring Visual Tour of New York Design Week

May 14-20 New York Citys official design week. 10 Design Disciplines, 250+Events, 7 Days, One Festival At the heart of NYCxDESIGN is the NYCxDESIGN Festival, an annual, citywide celebration that highlights hundreds of events - from exhibits and trade shows to talks and tours - drawing design enthusiasts from around the globe. As the city's most influential design event, the festival ...

From May 1420, NYCxDesign Festival 2026 will take over New York City as its official design week, bringing together 250+ events across 10 design disciplines in 7 days. It is one of the most influential moments on the global design calendar, where architecture, urbanism, interiors, product design, technology, art, and more converge into a single, []

NYCxDESIGN 2026 turns New York City into a living gallery from May 1420. Heres a working designers fully verified playbook covering every major confirmed event, the best neighborhoods to explore, and the practical tips to make the most of New York Design Week 2026.

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New York Design Week

Moving forward, it's essential to keep these visual contexts in mind when discussing New York Design Week.

The week in May is just the tip of the iceberg of a much deeper undertaking. New York in May, under the sign of design: seven days to understand why this city remains, year after year, one of the most stimulating in the world for anyone interested in how we make our environment.

From the heart of Manhattan's design district to NYC's innovative outskirts, see our major exhibition highlights and ones to watch at New York Design Week.

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New York Design Week

New York Design Week is set to return from May 16 to May 23, and the itinerary is chock-full of shows, exhibitions, and talks to attend.

With New York Design Week around the corner, and plenty to do and see in the city before then, invitations to exciting installations, exhibitions, fairs, panels, restaurant openings, parties, and more await...

Ahead of design week NYCxDesign 2026, Dezeen has rounded up exhibitions around New York City, from exhibitions by large brands to collectives of independent designers, such as one show dedicated to nightlights and another to birds.

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