On the Radar: NYCx Design Week
Alexia Rossetti Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at 10:00AM 
View of the Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan
New Yorkers are gearing up for a big city-wide design month in May called NYCx Design. Different venues in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens including galleries, museums, warehouses, and stores, will offer access to current designers across several fields.
The Collective Design Fair will kick off the design month on May 8th at Pier 57, a huge industrial space. The Collective, comprised of designers, curators, gallery owners, and collectors, founded and curated this design fair to showcase contemporary art and design. Some of the exhibitors will include:
- 21st Twenty First – will present limited edition furniture.
- Casati Gallery – will show mid-20th century Italian furniture.
- Modernity –a leading design gallery in Northern Europe will display mid-century Scandinavian furniture – including those of Hans Wegner, Alvar Aalto.
- Wexler Gallery - showing fine art, sculpture, glassworks, and furniture
Ecosystems sofa-tableBrooklyn Designs begins their annual exhibit on May 10-12. Held at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Dumbo, Brooklyn. The show will display local designers of furniture, lighting, and accessories. In the above photo, Brooklyn-company, Ecosystems, displays their versatile furniture called the BADA - a table that transforms into a sofa - great for tight spaces.
City museums are presenting special exhibits as well: Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) offers After the Museum: The Home Front starting on May 10th. This show will examine the museum’s role in presenting design to the public and how it could change. The MOMA offers an exhibit on applied design until Jan. 31, exploring the many diverse areas a designer may choose to work in – including video games, bioengineering, consumer products and furniture.
For more events and information, please check out the NYCx Design website.
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