Each week, we explore a handful of global design headlines, from standout projects to innovative product launches and industry moments. This week, we celebrate craftsmanship, creativity, and contemporary design with highlights from NYCxDESIGN 2025.
Modern Mythologies in Wood
Egg Collective’s Knock on Wood explores the sacred, storied nature of wood through works by contemporary artists, revealing its myth, memory, and material power.
Pierre Paulin’s F300 Lands in NYC
Celebrating the return of an icon, GUBI and Design Within Reach reintroduced Pierre Paulin’s F300 lounge chair in SoHo, bringing his radical 1965 vision into a bold new era.
Italian Design in Manhattan
SEM joins Simple Flair Apartment NYC—a year-long creative hub in Manhattan honouring Italian design culture in an immersive and authentic setting.
Bocci x The Future Perfect
Now on view in a West Village townhouse, two new lighting works from Bocci explore the poetic potential of glass and form—marking 20 years of material innovation.
From Paris to New York
Pierre Augustin Rose brings its sculptural French design sensibility to New York with the opening of its first international gallery inside SoHo’s historic Odd Fellows Hall.
The Shape of Hundō
Salt Lake City–based designer Emily Thurman debuts Hundō at NYCxDESIGN—an evocative collection of furniture, lighting, and objects shaped by collaboration, material experimentation, and sculptural craft.