Art, furniture, installations, and more NYCxDesign, aka New York Design Week, aka New York Design Month (since events happen throughout May), officially kicks off today?and it?s another one to follow closely for design lovers everywhere.
This year?s festivities will once again spill over into all five boroughs of New York, with headlining furniture fair ICFF returning to the Javits Center, and ever-dynamic smaller-scale shows like Sight Unseen Offsite and WantedDesign Manhattan and Brooklyn editions turning a spotlight on emerging artists, designers, and more.
As new products are unveiled, connections are made, and the seeds of future collaborations are planted, Curbed editors will be pounding the pavement to take it all in, from pure beauty moments to trends in the making. Below, we round up some of the must-sees this time around?and what we?ll be watching out for and reporting back on. Ensemble shows: a guaranteed visual feast
Somewhere between the overwhelming scope of ICFF and the specificity of individual showroom presentations are exhibitions that round up a carefully selected group of talent in a carefully installed space.
A standout show of the sort from last year?s NYCxDesign is back for a second edition. Design studio Egg Collective?s ?Designing Women II: Masters, Mavericks, and Mavens,? co-curated with Lora Appleton of kinder MODERN, brings together over 40 works from both contemporary and historical female designers.

Hannah Whitaker
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