Here are the designs, installations, and trends that stood out What used to be a few days of New York City design events centered around the annual furniture fair each May at Javits Center has now sprawled into a full month of happenings, officially called NYCxDesign 2018. This week, as Curbed editors emerge from the frenzy of showroom appointments, exhibitions, talks, and the International Contemporary Furniture Fair, we?re rehashing the design moments that we can?t stop dreaming about, fuming about, #latergramming?you get the idea.
So, without further ado, here are the standout projects and trends to know, from perfectly plump furniture to a growing focus on circular design in home goods, architecture, and more.
Most eye-popping design of the week
The STUNNING woven interior of Chris Wolston's new Tropical Cabinet @chriswolston #chriswolston #lostinparadise #thefutureperfect A post shared by The Future Perfect (@thefutureperfect) on May 22, 2018 at 5:11pm PDT

We?ve been highly enthused about the tropical modernism trend for a while now?in fact, editor in chief Kelsey Keith called for a rattan resurgence after Salone del Mobile in 2015?and Chris Wolston?s Tropical Cabinet, shown at the Future Perfect in all its anodized aluminum, rattan, and powder-coated-steel glory, is the answer we didn?t know we needed. Wolston spent much of the past year working in Colombia on a Fulbright grant and worked with manufacturers and craftsmen there to produce the cabi...