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Business of Home
It’s been a whirlwind week and a half for design aficionados, including yours truly. From hand-painted cloud pendants to chairs made from recycled sneakers, here are 15 of the most memorable launches this market editor saw throughout the city.
Azure
After co-locating with WantedDesign Manhattan since 2019, ICFF appointed WantedDesign co-founders Odile Hainaut and Claire Pijoulat as its co-brand directors late last year. The announcement was an exciting one — Hainaut and Pijoulat have always managed to strike a savvy balance between the commercial and creative aspects of the industry, presenting beautiful designs while also encouraging deeper reflection about the ideas behind them.
Architectural Record
At the core of New York Design Week is the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF), which for the past few years has been paired with former offsite fair WantedDesign Manhattan at the Javits Center. Held from May 21 to 23, this year’s edition featured hundreds of exhibitors, including a slew of independent studios hailing from across North America.
Architonic
What’s new in design? ICFF and WantedDesign Manhattan 2023 adopt a shared vision
Design Milk
Presenting the 2023 WantedDesign Manhattan’s Launch Pad Final Participants
Harper's Bazaar Italy
2023 marks the return of major face-to-face events also for design. Here are the ones not to be missed in spring to learn about tomorrow's housing trends between novelties and great throwbacks from the past.
archiproducts
A "Show Within the Show": ICFF + WantedDesign Manhattan Are Back in May
Business of Home
A vintage boom, social media retaliation and more: 23 industry forecasts for 2023
Design Milk
Are you an emerging designer we should know about? Have you been looking for a platform to get your name and designs out in the world? Here’s your chance to show us what you’re made of!
Design Milk
Taking home the Best of Schools prize, the School of Visual Arts MFA in Products of Design (PoD) wowed the jury with RE-ACTORS, a series of five installations designed to create “re-physicalizing” and “re-socializing” experiences that trigger specific emotional reactions from its visitors. For the Best of Students prize, Bill Carroll was chosen for his Dust Chair as part of RISD’s Embodied & Imbued exhibition.
Design Milk
We’re excited to share that at this year’s WantedDesign Manhattan 2022 Launch Pad program, sponsored by American Standard, Erika Cross was the chosen winner for the Best of Launch Pad for the Furniture category! Design Milk was the official media partner for the competition and assisted in the jurying process.
Design Milk
Design Milk was the official media partner for the 2022 WantedDesign Manhattan Launch Pad program, sponsored by American Standard, and today, we’re excited to present the winner for the Lighting category: Tianning Zhao for his Astral lamp design!
The Design Edit
DESIGN WEEKS ANYWHERE usually involve running from studios to galleries to alternative exhibition spaces. NYCxDESIGN is no exception and to catch the best the week has to offer can be quite a challenge. That’s where WantedDesign Manhattan stands out: nestled inside the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF), at Wanted (as the fair is known), one can see the latest trends from commercial manufacturers whilst also checking out the freshest new ideas from emerging designers from all over the world.
AN Interior
After COVID postponements, cancellations, and downsizings, NYCxDESIGN is returning in full force this May. The tenth-anniversary edition of the festival, which runs from May 10 to 20, will flood New York’s five boroughs with design in all its forms.
designwell
ICFF + WantedDesign Manhattan Mini-Recap: 8 Thoughtful Designs and Products. This year’s show proved to be a hotbed of sustainably focused and human-centered design.
Intramuros
For this post-health-crisis 2022 edition, the ICFF + WantedDesign thought big, and in synergy, in a sharing of spaces. In fact, 378 exhibitors – including 107 new participants -, from 23 countries, were present at the two shows to present the latest design innovations.
archiproducts
Topographies by Sten Studio: from the Profundities of Earth to the Faraway Confines of Galaxies. The Mexican based studio presents a series of table, accessories and complements made by minerals, stones and metals.
Sight Unseen
New York Design Week, We Missed You — Here Are 25 Favorites From the Festival That Was
Design Milk
Best of ICFF + WantedDesign 2022: From Concrete Collaborative, Thatcher + More
Seen Today
This was the second edition of WantedDesign held at Javits following the fair’s departure from the Terminal Stores space (aka the Tunnel) in 2018.
Business of Home
It’s been a whirlwind week and a half for design devotees. From sheepskin-upholstered aluminum chairs to weatherproof side tables lined in brass fringe, here are some of the most memorable launches we saw throughout the city.
Archipanic
Seven design highlights at ICFF and WantedDesign Manhattan 2022: from therapeutic glassware to Brutalist poetic furniture and shelves hanging on a thread.
Design City
Ten designers that are pushing the sustainability agenda at WantedDesign Manhattan’s Launch Pad 2022
Architects + Artisans
SUSDESIGN Design Studio & Consultancy was founded by Ana Mestre in 2005, and focuses on sustainability-related activities: Sustainable interior and product design, research, education, and consultancy.
archiproducts
Anony New Products at at WantedDesign Manhattan 2022. Three innovative new light fixtures, and the first design that isn’t a light: stone tableware
archiproducts
Colors and Architectural Monolithic Shapes: Wanderland by Mana Sazegara. The New York designer unveils a super-colorful furniture collection that asks you to expand your imagination
Designers Today
See the hottest new finds from ICFF. First-time exhibitors as well as long-established brands from across the globe highlighted their newest product introductions at the recent ICFF and WantedDesign shows at the Jacob K. Javits Center in New York. Here are a few of the new furniture, lighting and accessories items we saw there.
DANIEL+LAUREN
SUSDESIGN’s story of no-waste chair at ICFF + WantedDesign ECO Solidarity
Wallpaper
With open-studio design crawls off the beaten path, a vibrant array of exhibitions and, of course, the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) – which again joins forces with WantedDesign Manhattan to take place at the Javits Center – there will be plenty to see all over the city.
archiproducts
Digital Design Blends with Artisan Craft: The Creative Experimentation of Forma Rosa Studio. Wave and Botryidal lighting collections presented on the occasion of WantedDesign Manhattan 2022
archiproducts
From Eggshell to Suspension Lamp: Hatch by Studio Yellowdot A ceiling pendant created from eggshell waste created everyday in large amounts, on show at Wanted Design Manhattan - Launch Pad
Interior Design
NYCxDESIGN Celebrates 10 Years With a Stellar Lineup of Festival Events and Live Awards Ceremony
AN INTERIOR
In mid-May, design took center stage across the entirety of New York City as thousands of creatives gathered for ten days to celebrate NYCxDESIGN. In its tenth year, the festival included hundreds of events across all five boroughs, the largest of which was ICFF + WantedDesign Manhattan.
AN Interior
Pg. 24-27 | After Covid postponements, cancellations and downsizings, NYCxDESIGN is returning in full force this May.
intramuros
Furniture, lighting, kitchen, bathroom, textiles, seats, wall and floor coverings, rugs, accessories, materials... WantedDesign Manhattan and the ICFF, the most important design fairs in North America, are back from 15 to May 17 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York.
Business of Home
As the weather warms up next month, design industry events are showing out in full force. Read on for BOH’s monthly calendar highlights, including conferences, trade shows, showhouses and design discussions.
ArchiProducts
The International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) and WantedDesign Manhattan will debut the best in new and innovative design-driven products for the residential, contract, and hospitality markets. These fairs bring over 300 established and emerging design brands from more than 16 countries worldwide.
Architectural Digest
Top Moments You May Have Missed From Design Weeks Across the Country This Year
Archdaily
ECO Solidarity 2022 brings together a diverse group of design practitioners from nine European Union countries, represented by EUNIC NY, who explore radical sustainability in architecture, urban planning, product design and development, energy and waste, standing in solidarity in the face of global humanitarian, public health, and ecological crises.
The Design Edit
WantedDesign TDE's top picks from the New York platform for emerging designers.
INTERIOR DESIGN
The NYCxDESIGN Festival Returns With a Lineup That Reflects the City’s Unshakeable Spirit
Business of Home
Paloma Contreras’s collaboration with Visual Comfort, new debuts from Tomma Bloom, and more
Architonic
WantedDesign Manhattan is back, doing what it does best: nurturing fresh local and global design talent
designboom
ICFF and wanteddesign manhattan 2022: building a better future. All eyes will be on New York from 15 to 17 May as ICFF and WantedDesign Manhattan return, this year with a focus on new design approaches, sustainability and the next generation of talent.
Design Milk
Announcing the Participants of the 2021 Launch Pad, Hosted by WantedDesign Manhattan
Design Milk
ECO Solidarity Unites 8 Designers + 8 Institutions to Address Climate Change Through Sustainable Design
Design Milk
Odile Hainaut + Claire Pijoulat on Starting Your Career as a Designer, Wondering How?
iDea HUNTR
ECO Solidarity Unites 8 Designers + 8 Institutions to Address Climate Change Through Sustainable Design
INTERIOR DESIGN
WantedDesign Keeps Students Connected With Conscious Design Awards and Online Workshops.
Architectural Digest
From significant business changes to noteworthy product launches, there’s always something new happening in the world of design.
Home & Decor Singapore
From experimental furniture designs to ones that achieve perfect harmony and a creative use of materials, here are the main takeaways from New York’s annual WantedDesign show.
Cranbrook Art Museum
Nina Cho named recipient of WantedDesign's 2020 American Design Honors.
Architectural Digest
And the honor goes to: Nina Cho. The Detroit-based, Seoul-raised, and Cranbrook Academy of Art –educated designer is known for her clean-lined and contemporary work.
Darc Magazine
WantedDesign Manhattan announces 2020 programme.
Hospitality Design
Detroit-based Nina Cho receives the 6th Annual American Design Honors by WantedDesign.
Design Week
From an editorial influenced graphic style to a changing education landscape and a burgeoning international outlook, what defines design in New York?
Design Milk
Design Milk will once again be teaming up with WantedDesign to sponsor the 2020 Launch Pad at WantedDesign Manhattan in May 2020.
BUSINESS OF HOME
New leadership is shaking up New York’s Design Week, old-guard trade show ICFF and independent-minded festival WantedDesign are joining forces.
Design Boom
Camille Walala unveiled her largest mural to date commissioned by WanteDdesign for the industry city's design festival.
Fast Company
For the first time ever, the event’s large commercial show WantedDesign had a pavilion dedicated just to designers from Egypt who are currently recognized for overcoming myriad challenges to bring a unique perspective on craft and history to the rest of the world.
Metropolis
WantedDesign's founders Odile Hainaut and Claire Pijoulat discuss with Metropolis Magazine the importance of having a platform for socially and environmentally responsible design.
Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
Warsaw, Poland.
The Faculty of Design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw was founded in 1977. Our programme follows holistic thinking about design. It combines product design, visual communication and fashion design with market knowledge, technology, social sciences, art and culture. The three fundamental pillars of our programme are design, art and theory. DesignFuture is the new MA programme. Its aim is to direct research and design towards our main goal that is the restoration of harmony between humanity and nature. This strategic goal requires sensitivity to social issues as well as synergy with developing technologies in order to build a new and ethical economy. Research and teaching concentrates around three wide, evolving, current subject areas: society, culture and the planet and their interconnectedness.
Instagram: @wydzial_wzornictwa
Facebook: AkademiaSztukPieknychwWarszawie
Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London | CSM
London, United Kingdom.
Central Saint Martins, UAL (CSM) is internationally renowned for the creative energy of its students, staff and graduates; and has an exceptional reputation for educating foundation, undergraduate, postgraduate and research students in arts, design and performance. UAL is second in the QS rankings of the top art and design universities in the world. Product, Ceramic & Industrial Design brings together four courses of study to engage in design through materiality and materiality through design: BA Product & Industrial Design, BA Ceramic Design, MA Industrial Design, MA Design Furniture, Ceramics and Jewellery.
Instagram: @csm_pcid
Twitter: shape_the_world