New York Design Week 2026 is back in full swing and the Wallpaper* team is here (including members from across the pond!) for the action. From 14-20 May, we’ll be criss-crossing the city to bring you live reportage from the hundreds of shows, debuts and parties popping up around the Big Apple. If you’re in town, be sure to bookmark this page (and our handy-dandy map of happenings) for NYCxDesign, the city's official design celebration, as well as news straight from the city's hottest showroom and galleries; the convention floor of ICFF; plus the sophomore edition of Afternoon Light. Also not to miss, our takeover of everyone’s favourite magazine store, Casa, with our newly-released travel guides, including a special edition devoted to New York. Get it while it’s hot.
Meet the editors
Anna Fixsen is a Brooklyn-based editor and journalist with 13 years of experience reporting on architecture, design and more New York Design Weeks than she can count.
For the last decade, Olly Mason has brought a unique design perspective to Wallpaper* through her styling work and oversight of the magazine's interior section. Her longstanding relationships with designers and brands have provided invaluable insight into the global design culture and conversation.
Dan Howarth is a British design and lifestyle writer, editor, photographer and creative consultant based in New York City. His writing has appeared in Vogue, Architectural Digest, Wallpaper*, Galerie and Dezeen, as well as his own travel-focused newsletter, Far-Flung Corners.
Adrian Madlener is a Brussels-born, New York-based writer covering architecture and design. He's the author of Crafting Character, a monograph about Czech architecture firm Chybik Kristof, and a co-author of Vincenzo De Cotiis's Interiors book. Madlener has also curated exhibitions on tool theory, contemporary glass and counterfeit culture.
Here’s what to see at NYCxDesign 2026, according to our editors
New York Design Week is a multi-borough affair, making it tricky to decide what might be worth a look. To make your life easier, we’ve identified some of the top things to do and see during New York Design Week. Here’s what’s on our radar, from fairs to showroom open-houses to museum exhibitions.
Kvadrat launches new accessories with Raf Simons
Out of the hundreds of textile collaborations out there, none carry quite the same IYKYK notoriety of Raf Simons’ ongoing partnership with Danish company Kvadrat. I still cherish my pebbly bouclé tote bag from 2014 (the first year of the collection) and we recently gave Simons’ adorable kids collection a Wallpaper* design award.
Last night at Kvadrat’s Park Avenue flagship, the brand revealed the latest drop of Raf Simons merch, which includes new textiles (including a buttery-soft waffle-weave velvet, inspired by the checkerboard patterns of the Viennese Secession movement) as well as fashion accessories including a baseball cap, toiletry bag and – my personal favourite – a pair of slippers. Get ‘em while they’re still in stock here. – Anna Fixsen
475 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10022.
A Snøhetta Soirée
There’s a truism about architects: they work hard and they play hard. That's why when I heard Snøhetta was having a housewarming to celebrate their new offices in Brooklyn last night, I couldn’t resist. As far as architecture offices go, this is one of the most impressive I’ve seen, with a prime Dumbo location (I had to swim through tourists snapping selfies in front of the Manhattan Bridge to get in), a roof terrace and an airy open plan illuminated by a skylight and (for the night anyway) a disco ball. Architects and design professionals mingled with journos over wine and snacks. Other notable cameos: Bjarke Ingels (a Dumbo neighbour) and a drag performer. – Anna Fixsen
‘The Espasso Apartment': Office of Tangible Space and VERSO come together
Office of Tangible Space and VERSO present an exploration of the enduring nature of creative influence. The exhibition pairs work by contemporary designers with historic design pieces to reflect on the continuity of ideas across time and propose that innovation is never created in isolation, but shaped by precedent, process, and lived experience.
‘The Espasso Apartment’ - found upstairs of the VERSO x Office of Tangible Space exhibition - showcases Brazilian and South American design amongst other international designers:
Featuring works by: Etel Carmona, Arthur Casas, Color Atelier, ETEL, Kat Howard, Kawabi
Fernando Mendes, Claudia Moreira Salles, Carlos Motta, Oscar Niemeyer, Office of Tangible Space, Sergio Rodrigues, Ronald Sasson, Giuseppe Scapinelli, Peter St. Lawrence, Joaquim Tenreiro, Waves and Frequencies, Jorge Zalszupin. – Olly Mason
144 Vanderbilt Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11205
Maiden Home's collection is an ode to the American Arts and Crafts movement
Presented during New York Design Week, this installation marks the debut of the Eva Collection, Maiden Home's second collectible series. Designed in their Tribeca studio, the collection-comprising a sideboard and an anmoire reflects an evolving expression of American design. Maiden Home nods to the American Arts and Crafts movement with touches of ceramic and timber frames, a friendly ode to both craft traditions and techniques. This is brought to life by artisans in upstate New York, who shape the wood. and a husband-and-wite ceramic duo in Colorado, who mold and glaze each tile before it is hand set into the facades.
Writer Olly Mason
34 Little West 12th Street, New York, NY 10014
Come dine with Molteni&C
A distinctly uptown dress code was adorned for this downtown dinner, hosted by Italian furniture giant Molteni&C at Casa Cipriani—the lacquered wood-lined members club across the upper floors of the historic Battery Maritime Building. Harbor views backdropped the celebration of Cristián Mohaded’s leather-strapped Corsetto armchair, fresh from its Milan debut. After martinis and champagne, Mohaded sat down (on a Corsetto, naturally) with Molteni Group’s CMO Giulia Molteni and PIN-UP magazine founder Felix Burrichter for a quick chat, before an Italian feast was served alongside a live jazz performance. Photos were not permitted, though a pro was on-hand to snap George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg, Eny Lee Parker, Adam Charlap Hyman and other notable guests. – Dan Howarth
10 South St, New York, NY 10004
Hardware gets hip with For-Scale and Bankston
Wednesday, For-Scale founder David Michon partnered with high-end architectural hardware brand Bankston took over Colbo Next Door, a newly opened, cozy wine and vinyl bar adjacent to hip boutique Colbo. Guests sipping orange wine packed into the narrow bar and spilled into Orchard and Allen streets at either end. Those able to slide into the exhibition, 'A Manifesto on Touch,' could glimpse Bankston’s collaborations with buzzy studios Sans-Arc, Edition Office, Civilian and YSG Studio. Open by appointment through 17 May. – Dan Howarth
51 Orchard St, New York, NY 10002
Take in a peepshow, Apparatus style
At Apparatus's midtown headquarters, a sumptuous 'peepshow' offers viewers furtive glimpses of sublime Puiforcat tableware. Through the exhibition, in which viewers sit on Apparatus's tubular Episode chairs, visitors get the opportunity to contemplate each silver piece – the hours of craftsmanship revealed; the importance of time and dedication to each object celebrated. In addition to the peepshow, pieces of furniture and lighting from Apparatus dot the space.– Olly Mason
At 124 West 30th Street, Floor 4, New York, NY 10001, United States
Soothe your senses with Suchi Reddy's new wallpaper
For prolific New York-based architect and designer Suchi Reddy, light is much more than a visual effect – It has the power to influence one’s mood and wellbeing. A lot of her work lately has dealt with the emerging field of neuroaesthetics—a science exploring the biological and psychological effects of aesthetic experience. Commemorated with an intimate dinner at Manhattan restaurant Bridges, her new Luminous wallcovering collection for Calico harnesses colour, pattern and various image-making techniques to help shape perception – how a space will look, but also feel. Catch the installation from 15-19 May. at Calico's Tribeca showroom.–Adrian Madlener
57 Lispenard St, New York, NY 10013
Watering Cans, and Other Rolled Sheet Metal Accessories, at Maharam
Students from the Leon Ransmeier-led industrial design program at Cranbrook Academy of Art spent a week in Guadalajara last October working with artist/designer Fabien Cappello to develop a series of watering cans produced by local craftspeople specialised in the hojalata technique: turning locally sourced tin into ornamental objects. Rolling and embossing metal almost like paper, they created experimental yet products. Presented at American heritage textile brand Maharam’s Manhattan showroom, as part of the Objetos de Hojalata para el Hogar exhibit, the dozen or so concept designs are as varied in shape as they are functionally configured. Writer: Adrian Madlener.
Maharam, 251 Park Ave S #15, New York, NY 10010
A Look Back at Tom Sachs' DIY Designs at Salon 94 Gallery
Collectible design gallery Salon94 has allocated its entire Upper East Side townhouse to a full retrospective of New York creative maverick Tom Sachs, known for cleverly combining salvaged items found on the street into prankish yet coherent furnishings. Works on view include Crate Chair No. 6, created with wooden barriers used by New York energy company CoEd. The Furniture exhibit demonstrates how through his ‘bricolage’ D.I.Y. approach, the polymath deftly blends high and low materials (ceramics and natural stone with styrofoam and duct tape) in bold ‘democratic’ concept designs. In doing so, he positions himself in a line of seminal ‘problem solvers': Frank Gehry, the Eameses, Noguchi, Brancusi, and so on. As of 15 May, the exhibition is also featuring wares by Satan Ceramics, a collective Sachs has been a part of for over a decade. Writer: Adrian Madlener.
Salon 94, 3 East 89th Street, New York, NY 10128
Gantri Wireless Launch Party at TIWA Select Gallery
Alex Tieghi-Walker’s Tribeca loft gallery-residence TIWA Select has a packed schedule this week, kicking off with the launch of California brand Gantri’s first collection of wireless lighting. Designed in collaboration with San Francisco-based design studio Ammunition, the series of geometric lamps fall into three styles – Drift, Pier, and Eave – and draw their colours such as Spruce, Magnolia, and Lichen from the West Coast landscape. These compact cordless lights were scattered through the space, tucked into nooks on the bookshelves, placed on side tables and desks, and positioned on the busy bar as if they belonged there all along. Writer: Dan Howarth
TIWA Select, 86 Walker Street, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10013
A night (and some lights) in Venice
The design crowd at large packed into In Common With’s Tribeca gallery, Quarters, Thursday for a celebration of the lighting brand’s debut foray into glassware. The Lido Series, produced in partnership with Venetian glass atelier Laguna~B and made in Murano, comprises four lighting designs and two drinking glasses embellished with colorful floral patterns. These were echoed in the impressive arrangements throughout the multi-room gallery, where the martinis (a common recurrence this week) flowed well beyond the scheduled closing time—a sign of a good party! – Dan Howarth
383 Broadway, Floor 2, New York NY 10013
Devin Wilde and Astraeus Clarke team up for the season's 'it' fixture
There have been several fortuitous designer collaborations launched at this year’s New York Design Week as independent studios and talents come together to complement each other’s expertise and intuition. One of the highlights of the week is a new lighting collection from ceramic artist Devin Wilde and design studio Astraeus Clarke. Friday night, the creative collaborators revealed Staccato, a new series of modular light fixtures that capture the allure of a sun-washed Italian villa, with a distinctly contemporary edge. Each fixture features Astraeus Clarke’s signature star-shaped shade holders topped with Wilde’s conical ceramic shades. It’s the result of a shared aesthetic and a real friendship. ‘We both came to the table with ideas, sketches and instincts, but it quickly became clear that there was a shared sensibility, we weren’t forcing anything,’ says Jacob Starley of Astraeus Clarke. ‘The forms just made sense together.’ Equally logical? The Italian-style amaro that flowed during the launch party last night. – Adrian Madlener
Getting crafty with Sarah Sherman Samuel at colony
To launch her first monograph, The Intersection of Art and Design, celebrated Michigan-based designer Sarah Sherman Samuel has teamed up with Colony gallery to reveal her new exhibition, Weight & Wonder. On view are Samuel's signature furnishings like the Fort Credenza and Ledge Dining Table. She's also launching a new group of stone tables, called Pop Pop, specially for the show. Guests at the opening were treated to chocolates from Detroit and flavoured tequilas. And as an added fun activity bonus, they were also invited to paint Samuel-designed tiles and take them home. - Adrian Madlener
196 West Broadway New York, NY 10013
Inside our epic bash with Hello Human and Public Records
Wallpaper* editors know a thing or two about design. We also know how to have a good time. Friday night, Wallpaper* teamed up with communications and storytelling platform Hello Human, and the Brooklyn-based cultural space, Public Records, to throw what was arguably the party of New York Design Week.
As soon as the sun went down, guests from across New York’s creative scene flocked to Brooklyn’s industrial Gowanus neighbourhood to celebrate in style. At Public Records guests queued to mingle over mezcal cocktails; mill around the venue’s tree-shaded courtyard, and, of course, dance the night away to one of the best sound systems in town.
Read the recap (and see who turned up!) here.
Furniture finds its foodie side at USM
At USM Modular Furniture’s SoHo flagship, the Swiss brand’s signature storage system provided multiple stages for culinary experiments by Pinch Food Design. A host of inventive drinks and snacks were presented on, around and inside the minimalist steel structures, inviting guests to help themselves to the feast. Wine-filled glass amphorae were suspended from towering frames, while desserts such as red velvet monkey-shaped cookies, chocolate eclairs and passionfruit-glazed churros were hidden inside drawers. In the name of journalism, I sampled them all (it was a lot…), and the tastiest were the wafer-thin chips with a ranch coating, yellow carrot and cheese tartlets presented on cross-shaped shelves, and mole-coated polenta churros hooked onto rails. Luckily this week’s step count has been high enough to burn this all off! – Dan Howarth
28-30 Greene St, New York, NY 10013
Take in a sky-high design showing
Eighty floors above Manhattan, Galerie Gabriel is showcasing a collection of 20th-century and contemporary masterworks set against sweeping skyline views. The duplex penthouse in the Sutton Tower has been framed as a collectors’ home by interior designer Julie Hillman, who has assembled a variety of furniture pieces by the likes of Jean Royère, Gio Ponti, Charlotte Perriand, Osvaldo Borsani and many more for the project titled The Cultivated Eye. The items are dispersed through the expansive residence alongside contemporary and custom designs, as well as artwork provided by Creative Art Partners and curated by Paige Israel. Highlights include a bespoke double-sided cream sofa with wooden lion feet that’s positioned in the centre of the vast, triple-aspect living room, and a series of Aboriginal artworks and artefacts sourced from D’Lan Galleries. And don’t miss the powder room for a slightly dizzying experience. – Dan Howarth
Open to the public by appointment until 30 November 2026. 80th Floor, Sutton Tower, 430 E 58th St, New York, NY 10022.
Go on a field trip with BluDot
Tired of the New York-iness of New York Design Week? Head over to Blu Dot's Madison Avenue flagship to take a trip up north, more specifically to Minneapolis, Minnesota. For its 'Field Trip' presentation, Blu Dot tapped Twin Cities area photographer Galen Fletcher (a protege of fellow Minnesotan Alec Soth) to photograph the brand's Field lounge chair in recognisable places throughout the region, from the frozen Minnehaha Falls to the famed First Avenue music venue. As a Minnesotan, this one hits particularly close to home. – Anna Fixsen
Blu Dot, 79 Madison Avenue, New York, NY
Channel your inner child with Soft Geometry's new lighting
This Design Week, husband-and-wife duo Soft Geometry introduced a series of lighting that explored childhood memories growing up in India during the 1990s. The group, presented in an exhibition called 'Flowers in Our Hair,' brought together two expressive sconces – one flower-shaped, the other evoking long plaited hair styles – to explore the aesthetic links between how we decorate our spaces and our bodies. – Olly Mason
Kartik Research, 61 Orchard St.New York, NY 10002
A final call for ICFF
It's the final day of ICFF, one of America's largest furniture shows. It's also the final time you'll catch the fair before it moves to a new slot on the design calendar, November 2027. Wallpaper* editors scoured the fair floor during the preview day on Sunday, but there is still time to catch all of this year's offerings.
Out of the thousands of furnishings, light fixtures and accessories on view, lighting stood out. We particularly loved the work of Brooklyn-based designer Anna Dawson, who introduced a series of glass lights that draw on her childhood memories of ribbon dancing with her grandmother. Dawson uses kiln-formed glass, in glowing reds, oranges and golds, to create fluid shapes that evoke movement and warmth.
W*400 designer Virginia Sin also had a strong booth, the highlight of which was her new Field lighting collection. The clever system, which arrives flat-packed, features a ceramic backplate and six different shade options made from materials including moiré, parchment and paper-thin cork. Each shade folds, origami-like, over the bulb, creating diffuse, atmospheric lighting for virtually any environment. Talk about a bright idea! -Anna Fixsen & Olly Mason
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, 655 W 34th St, New York, NY 10001
SIN's new Field lighting system.
Offerings from Anna Dawson.
Warp & Weft marks its 25th anniversary with the debut of its Crossroads collection at ICFF
Warp & Weft marks its 25th anniversary with the debut of its Crossroads collection at ICFF
Warp & Weft marks its 25th anniversary with the debut of its Crossroads collection at ICFF
Tasteful nudes at the Ace Hotel Brooklyn
If you've got it, flaunt it. At the Ace Hotel Brooklyn this Design Week, that specifically meant life-drawing skills. Monday evening, the perennially-hip hospitality outpost teamed up with the design Substack For Scale (see their collab with Bankston below) for an evening of good ol' fashioned figure drawing. During two evening sessions during the event, Furniture With Life, burgeoning artists, charcoal pencils and drawing pads in hand, gathered around a styled tableau, complete with furnishings and lighting from Rarify, Beni Rugs and Santa & Cole – plus an in-the-buff model, who was none other than writer and design historian Michael Diaz-Griffith. Talk about naked ambition! – Anna Fixsen
252 Schermerhorn St., Brooklyn, NY 11217
DESIGN HOTELS x LUMENS
‘The New York Edit’ - a Design Hotels and Lumens presentation, curated by Simple Flair, at 11 Howard
Featuring design from:
In Common With
Rosie Li
Roll & Hill with Christopher Merchant
SIN
Forma Rosa Studio
PELLE
Caroline Kable
Episode
Umberto Bellardi Ricci
Rafael Prieto
Sunfish
Writer Olly Mason
At 11 Howard St, New York, NY 10013, United States
A star-studded evening with the Cooper Hewitt
The National Design Awards mark one of the most prestigious honours in American design. Tuesday evening, in a glittering ceremony in Lower Manhattan, the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum honoured the ten 2026 recipients, plus a handful of other luminaries. High-profile attendees included Martha Stewart, Thom Browne, Maya Lin, Jenna Lyons and Tory Burch, who all received special recognition at the awards banquet. The night culminated with a special dessert performance from artist Laila Gohar, complete with a marching band and cakes in the shape of objects from the Cooper Hewitt’s permanent collection. Read our full report on the evening here. – Anna Fixsen
Bright ideas from Lucifer Lighting
Here’s a secret: one of the best art galleries in New York isn’t in a Chelsea Gallery, but in a Tribeca lighting showroom. Lucifer Lighting, the family-run, San Antonio, Texas-based company that’s been a go-to source for architects and designers for 45 years, has recently partnered with Pace gallery to install a joyful survey of works from the late American pop artist Robert Indiana. Yes, you’ll spy a mini Love sculpture, but also, in honour of America’s 250th birthday, a variety of patriotic prints – all beautifully lit, of course. To celebrate, Lucifer hosted a panel discussion moderated by journalist Ian Volner that included architect Marlon Blackwell, Lucifer founder Gilbert Mathews, Robert Indiana Legacy Initiative director Emeline Salama-Caro and Grammy Award-winner Randall Poster on a discussion surrounding the meaning of ‘made in America.’ This lighting company is clearly serving up bright ideas in more ways than one. – Anna Fixsen
11 Jay Street, New York, NY 10013
