Five designers and studios to look out for at Sight Unseen Offsite 2017
This year's Sight Unseen Offsite exhibition kicks off in New York next week, and our US editor Dan Howarth has selected five highlights from the lineup of exhibitors. More
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Fort Standard unveils range of minimal metal furniture
New York studio Fort Standard has launched a set of easy-to-assemble metal furniture, including a raw brass side table and a white powder-coated shelving unit. More
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Bec Brittain launches Aries lighting collection among galactic projections
New York lighting designer Bec Brittain has debuted her latest range of fixtures, featuring slender frames and refracting prisms, as part of an installation of cosmic imagery at her Chelsea showroom. More
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Dezeen, Tom Dixon and neighbours to throw Block Party on New York's Howard Street
Dezeen is teaming up with British designer Tom Dixon and his neighbours on Howard Street in New York's SoHo to throw an evening party on Friday 19 May 2017. More
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Lindsey Adelman's Afterglow show features lighting with cascading chains and spine-like frames
Wall lamps with draping metal chains by New York designer Lindsey Adelman and huge modular lights that bend in different directions by her colleague Karl Zahn feature in a tropical-themed display. More
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Sight Unseen pairs Norwegian and American designers for New York exhibition
US magazine Sight Unseen has partnered five New York and five Norwegian design studios to create products for its annual Offsite exhibition, with results including brick furniture, a bent-steel bench and colourful glass vases. More
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Karim Rashid "deconstructs" wine bottle to create faceted Decanter
New York designer Karim Rashid has cut up the shape of a wine bottle and then pieced it back together as an offset stack, to make it easier to hold and so it decants while pouring. More
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Electric wallpaper connects speakers, lights and fans in installaton by UM Project and Flavor Paper
Lines of conductive ink thread between the protruding speakers and light boxes that form this interactive wall display, designed by UM Project and Flavor Paper. More
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Soft-toned installation combines designs by Ladies & Gentlemen and SP01
Products by Brooklyn-based Ladies & Gentlemen Studio are on display alongside furniture by new Australian design brand SP01 at a pastel-coloured installation in New York. More
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Dezeen's New York Pinterest board is an ideal city guide for design month
With New York's design season well underway, our updated Pinterest board showcases the best architecture and design from around the Big Apple, including SHoP Architects' recently completed "dancing" skyscrapers along the East River and Piet Boon's Dutch-inspired apartments on Park Avenue. Follow Dezeen on Pinterest ›
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Women designers display objects of protest and empowerment at New York's Chamber gallery
New York gallery Chamber is hosting an domestic-focussed showcase that features work by only women designers – the second all-female exhibition to open in the city this week. More
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Anish Kapoor's seemingly bottomless whirlpool installed in Brooklyn Bridge Park
Artist Anish Kapoor's Descension – a giant pool of continuously spiralling water – has been unveiled in Brooklyn Bridge Park, marking the official launch of New York's annual NYCxDesign festival. More
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Six of the best showcases from New York's Collective Design fair 2017
Icy tables and electric wallpaper are among US editor Dan Howarth's pick of the best furniture and installations from the Collective Design fair, taking place in New York this week. More
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Egg Collective's Designing Women exhibition unites New York's female designers
New York design studio Egg Collective has brought together furniture and homeware by other women designers in the city for an "empowering" exhibition at its West Soho showroom. More
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Othr 3D-prints abstract vessels by emerging designers for Collective Design
A series of limited-edition items 3D-printed by Othr in materials including steel and porcelain are debuting at the Collective Design fair in New York today. More
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New furniture brand Les Basic by Alexander Lotersztain wants to help millennials slow down
A modular sofa called Homework, a recycled wombat, and a bedside table that doubles as a drinks trolley feature in Alexander Lotersztain's new furniture brand targeting the millennial generation. More
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"Mexico is a booming growth market for design and architecture" says Luteca
Mexico's luxury resort boom is leading to a surge in demand for locally sourced products, according to Mexican design brand Luteca. More
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Neri&Hu's Ren furniture for Poltrona Frau functions like "little butlers"
New York 2016: Shanghai studio Neri&Hu has designed a collection of furniture for Italian brand Poltrona Frau that provides decorative storage solutions (+ slideshow). More
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Daniel Rybakken and Francisco Gomez Paz create dramatic chandeliers for Luceplan
Designers Daniel Rybakken and Francisco Gomez Paz have both unveiled their latest chandelier designs for Italian lighting brand Luceplan. More
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Five New York designers and studios to watch
New York 2016: in the wake of last month's New York design week, Dezeen's US editor Dan Howarth highlights five designers and studios that are set to become an important part of the city's design scene (+ slideshow). More
