🏆 My NYCxDesign Short List 🏆
So much to see, but here are my top three
It’s Design Week here in New York, which means there are a billion and one different things to see across the city for us design lovers. I was out every night last week cramming in as much as I could and I wanted to share my three very favorite shows that you still have plenty of time to see.
“Every Shadow is a Color” at Assembly Line
On view through June 22, Atlantic Ave design shop Assembly Line’s show for this year’s NYCxDesign is centered on wood furniture by Juntos Projects. I was particularly taken with the distinct stains used in this collection—they’re the type of pieces that look great on screen, yes, but really have a gravitational pull when you see them in person. I loved the bed in the General Assembly–designed residence at 144 Vanderbilt earlier this year, so I was glad to see another bed by Danish brand Rye on view in this show too.
“Inner Woven” at The Standard East Village
Up until May 31, this show curated by Of the Cloth features pieces by four female designers, namely Sarah Nsikak, Nefemi Ogunro, Beonicia Dunn, and Karla Smith Brown. At a panel moderated by Sydney Gore of
last Monday, they talked about the role that their craft plays in their lives and combating burnout. In furniture, soft goods, and artwork, all of the pieces have a distinct sense of personality and warmth. The care that each designer puts into her work feels palpable in the space.
“This Is Not A Strut” at Blu Dot NoMad
Between their display at Shelter that presented exciting new work from 50+ designers and “This Is Not A Strut” at Blu Dot’s NoMad location, it’s been a very JONALDDUDD week. (If you’re not familiar, JONALDDUDD is an independent design NYC Design Week exhibition + they just opened DUDD HAUS, a collective gallery in Philly.) Shelter was only open Saturday through Monday, but there’s still time to make it to the latter. Blu Dot’s Strut table turns 20 this year and they collaborated with DUDD HAUS to commission 21 new works for the show.
The pieces on view are inspired by “Strut” as a concept, not just Blu Dot’s table, or the structural component, but the verb itself. The show is markedly playful, with some delightfully loose interpretations on view and a hot dog stand on one end of the room making the space, let’s say, multi-sensory. (Vegan and beef hot dogs were available over the weekend. Better than most light bites for sure….) The show is on display through May 26!
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