Following NYCxDesign, we’ve selected some materials and forms that featured heavily in the exhibitions throughout the week, including lights shrouded in linen and furniture covered in tiny bulbs.
In addition to other trends highlighted during the week, such as caged lighting and seating covered in ornate fabrics, a few other trends emerged from the showcases of decorative furniture held during New York’s design week this May.
Below are three trends that stood out.
Fabric light coverings
Lamps and pendents covered in silks and cotton were found throughout several exhibitions, including at The Family Show at Love House gallery and Amelie du Chalard gallery in SoHo.
For the Family Show, New York-based design studio Known Work created The Mother pendant. Informed by “the mother as a symbol of the family unit”, the light hangs suspended from chains and is draped in elongated pieces of embroidered ivory linen that flowed onto the floor.
In the Still Growing show at Amelie du Chalard gallery, New York-based design studio Alexis and Ginger showcased The Venus floor lamp, a geometric volume shrouded in pleated fabric and placed on feet of “steel pearls”.
Elsewhere, in the Lower East Side, design studio Item: Enso displayed lights at clothing store Colbo for its new Soft Grounds collection. While most were wrapped in cages of metal or wood, a single pendant featured panels of silk printed with light green flowers.
At the Forced Perspective show held in Greenpoint curated by local designers Kiti Goti, Caleb Ferris, Vincent Staropoli and NJ Roseti, Ferris displayed the tiered Regolith Rush lamp wrapped in silk dyed with soil from the designer’s home state of Oklahoma.
Regolith Rush explored the implications of the 1889 Oklahoma Land Rush and humanity’s ongoing attempt to colonise Mars through horse motifs representative of “American expansion” and rover tracks laser-etched onto the shade.
Bulbed furniture
Furniture affixed with bulbs also featured throughout multiple exhibitions, including pieces by local designers James Burial, Danny Kaplan with Joseph Algieri, and Studio Zollo.
At the exhibition This is Not a Strut curated by furniture brand Blu Dot and design collective Dudd Haus, Burial showcased a six-legged stool covered in small wooden spheres.
Elsewhere, at his New York showroom, Kaplan displayed a collection of resin mirrors made in collaboration with designer Joe Algieri. Made from sculpted clay moulds, the candy-coloured Divot Mirrors feature circular dimples and mini spheres affixed to the frame.
Tiny spheres also ran along the thin, solid bentwood ash legs of a floor lamp and coffee table by Anthony Zollo of Studio Zollo at the group exhibition Tangent held in Greenpoint.
Fantastical ceramics
Ceramic pieces continue to have a growing presence within the design industry, with several designers showcasing pieces tucked into the nooks and crannies in exhibitions.
At design fair ICFF, Brooklyn designers Ethan Streicher and Virginia Sin each showed collections of ceramic home goods, including colourful stools by Streicher in collaboration with designer Ian Love and lamps made with woven, stoneware bases by Sin.
At Forced Perspective, Queens-based designer Ellen Pong showcased several wood-fired porcelain vessels, while designer Tika Shelia of Around the Studio showed a spread of ceramic drinkware at Georgian design space Jamieri in Red Hook.
Elsewhere in Brooklyn at jewellery store Mociun, a set of woven mirrors by Bower Studios was paired with an assortment of jewel-toned vessels by ceramicist Emily Mullin, some of which were no taller than three inches.
NYCxDesign ran from 15 to 21 May throughout New York City. Visit Dezeen Events Guide for more global architecture exhibitions, events and talks in architecture and design.
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