WantedDesign is a platform dedicated to promoting design and fostering the local and international creative community throughout the year.
Supporting design students who are experiencing a great challenge in graduating and starting their professional lives in the context of this pandemic is one of WantedDesign’s top priorities. As most schools have a digital presentation of their student projects available, WantedDesign maintained its annual “Conscious Design” Best Student Projects Awards and opened it to all…
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WantedDesign congratulates all their designers and studios recognized by the annual NYCxDESIGN Awards as winners and honorees. In a virtual ceremony on May 18th, Interior Design magazine editor-in-chief Cindy Allen announced the winners. Maung Maung Mirrors, Nina ChoWINNER – Accessories Product CategoryAmerican Design Honors 2020 recipientninacho.com Emerging designers selected for Launch Pad 2020, presented by…
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Presented with Polish Cultural Institute New York. Hosted by Jaime Derringer of Design Milk, with designer Tomek Rygalik, the founder of TRE Product and Studio Rygalik, and faculty at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw; Joel Towers, Parsons School of Design; and Carolina Rubio-MacWright, Touching Land. Carolina Rubio-MacWrightTomek RygalikJoel TowersJaime Derringer Eco-Solidarity is a…
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Caroline Baumann, former Director, Cooper Hewitt, leading a lively conversation with 4 dynamic “originals” in the design world who have shifted their missions and re-imagined their life and their work. Moderated by Caroline Baumann, Changemaker, former Director, Cooper Hewitt Museum; with John Edelman, Consultant; former CEO, Design Within Reach; Bruce Mau, Chief Design Officer, Freeman;…
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Leadership insights and best practices that can help sustain other art/design schools. A conversation hosted by Amy Devers of Clever, with Rosanne Somerson, President of RISD; Samuel Hoi, President of MICA and Lorne Buchman, President of ArtCenter. Rosanne Somerson, RISDSamuel Hoi, MICALorne Buchman, ArtCenterAmy Devers, Clever We discussed during the live conversation some of the…
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“RIT’s Interior Design junior studio, Exhibition and Merchandising Design, charged 20 students with creating avant-garde themed proposals for the 2020 Wanted Interiors installation at WantedDesign Manhattan. To help celebrate the 10th year of WantedDesign, in its new venue, students were challenged to make an unforgettable lounge space with a distinct identity and fresh perspective where…
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A conversation presented by Amy Devers of Clever and co-hosted by Jerry Helling of Bernhardt Design, with Roberto Juárez from El Salvador. This is the story of how design is making the world a better place, one street at a time, in the most impoverished gang ravaged neighborhoods in El Salvador. Designer Roberto Juárez, co-founder…
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A conversation hosted by Odile Hainaut and Claire Pijoulat, with Deborah Wang, DesignTO; Emilio Cabrero and Andrea Cesarman, Design Week Mexico; Olga Stella, Design Core Detroit. What does it mean today to plan an international design event? How do we pivot from what we used to do to what we will need to do to…
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WantedDesign partners with Design Milk + Clever to keep WantedDesign Manhattan Conversation series alive! In response to the cancellation of the 2020 fair, we put together an online program with new episodes of Clever podcast and live talks, between May 11 and May 22, 2020. “At first, when we heard about the cancellation of WantedDesign Manhattan.…
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