Lighting manufacturer Gantri partnered with vintage furniture dealer Rarify on a modular 3D-printed light system using elements from Swiss furniture studio USM, showcased with local designer Studio Guapo for NYCxDesign. More about Rarify collaborates with Gantri on "infinitely expandable" 3D-printed light
With New York's annual NYCxDesign showcase in full swing, here are a few trending materials and methods for furniture and objects to look out for. More about NYCxDesign 2025 material trends to look out for
Photographer Tatsuya Tanaka used everyday objects like staplers and soap dispensers from Japanese design brand Muji to create a series of tiny artworks, on display as part of NYCxDesign 2025. More about Tatsuya Tanaka transforms Muji products into miniature dioramas
Art and design collective MSCHF has integrated auto parts from Mercedes-AMG vehicles into a furniture collection, including a couch with headlight armrests and a step-on trash can with car pedals during NYCxDesign. More about MSCHF creates furniture collection from "pile of car parts"
Design gallery Casa Valle has collaborated with furniture producer BD Barcelona on a limited edition version of Antoni Gaudí’s Battló Chair that is on show as part of NYCxDesign 2025. More about Casa Valle cloaks Gaudí's Battló Chair in dark ebony stain
Design brand Vitra has opened a showroom in a loft overlooking the Manhattan Bridge gateway in Chinatown to act as a retail and events space filled with new and classic products. More about Vitra unveils Manhattan showroom in industrial Chinatown loft
American studio TenBerke has released designs for a proposed residential skyscraper in Downtown Brooklyn, which will integrate an "outdated" office structure and be the second-tallest building in the borough if completed. More about TenBerke designs 395 Flatbush Avenue skyscraper to integrate existing building
As the yearly festival NYCxDesign 2025 begins in New York, we have rounded up 12 restaurants, bars and cafes around New York City where festival-goers can rest, recharge and admire design during the busy week. More about Twelve design-oriented cafes and restaurants to visit during NYCxDesign
Brooklyn company Airco has teamed up with design studio Mythology to create a New York concept shop featuring a freeze-dried sandwich, space gear and a motorbike to showcase different aspects of carbon conversion technology. More about Airco creates pop-up store with futuristic pumping station to promote carbon conversion
From exhibitions of historic design, such as designer Poul Kjærholm's furniture, to a collection of miniatures by Japanese retailer Muji and the much-talked-about freshman fair Shelter, here are 16 must-see events during this year's NYCxDesign. More about Sixteen key exhibitions to see during NYCxDesign 2025
Design trade show Shelter has been organised to bring the "razzle dazzle" of Milan to New York during NYCxDesign, according to this exclusive interview with showrunners Deirdre Maloney and Minya Quirk. More about Shelter fair seeks to surprise even "jaded designers" during NYCxDesign
New York-based Selldorf Architects has unveiled the renovation and expansion of a historic Upper East Side mansion that houses The Frick Collection of art. More about Selldorf Architects completes The Frick Collection renovation in New York
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has designed a large-scale installation with camouflage netting for the launch of the Art X Freedom public art program on Roosevelt Island in New York City. More about Ai Weiwei designs large-scale camouflage installation for New York
A skyscraper with a tiered, masonry facade designed by architecture studio Robert A M Stern Architects and informed by buildings of the Upper East Side is under construction in Manhattan. More about RAMSA New York skyscraper to feature classical details for "life today"
American studios SOM and Gensler have completed a headquarters for media company Disney in New York City that references the local architecture but uses stand-out terracotta cladding. More about Green terracotta covers Disney New York headquarters by SOM and Gensler
Much of the exterior cladding and superstructural work has been completed on the 270 Park Avenue supertall skyscraper in New York, designed by UK architecture studio Foster + Partners to be "all-electric". More about Foster + Partners supertall skyscraper for JP Morgan progresses in New York
New York's Metropolitan Transport Authority has released a redesigned map of its subway system, which maintains the colours of the prior one while "simplifying" it. More about New York City releases first new subway map in decades
New York City has passed several bills aimed at reducing the nearly 400 miles of scaffolding sheds covering buildings in the city, some of which have been installed for more than five years. More about New York City passes "Get Sheds Down" legislation to reduce city's scaffolding
US studio OJB Landscape Architecture has released updated designs for a five-acre park surrounding the prospective Freedom Plaza skyscraper complex designed by BIG in New York City. More about OJB designs park for BIG Freedom Plaza skyscraper development in Manhattan
Designer Laura Gonzalez has overhauled two floors of retail space in New York City's historic One Wall Street skyscraper for the US flagship of French department store Printemps. More about Laura Gonzalez creates Printemps New York with "no boundaries" in art deco skyscraper