On May 13-15, Dwell on Design and designjunction are partnering to host New York's most exciting destination during NYCxDesign. Taking place at ArtBeam in Chelsea, the event will feature 20 international design brands, a co-working pop-up, and a vibrant cafe. Plus, over the course of the three days, we'll invite industry leaders to the stage to engage in discussions about everything from branding to landscape design. See our full programming lineup below, and make sure to register now for tickets!
Friday, May 1311:00-11:45am: Living up to Legacies: Design Work by Dorothy Cosonas and Tim deFiebre
Dorothy Cosonas (Creative Director, KnollTextiles); Tim deFiebre (Furniture Designer and former assistant to Ward Bennett)
Creative husband-and-wife duo Dorothy Cosonas, creative director of KnollTextiles, and Tim deFiebre, furniture designer and a former assistant to the late Ward Bennett, discuss their experiences as stewards of modern design legacies-and how these legacies have, in turn, shaped and influenced their design approaches, alongside their multidisciplinary backgrounds.
11:50am-12:20pm: Civic Architecture and Access for the People
Richard Olcott and Todd Schliemann (Design Partners, Ennead); Gregory Wessner (Executive Director, Open House New York)
Richard Olcott and Todd Schliemann, design partners of global architecture firm Ennead Architects, join Gregory Wessner, executive director of Open House New York, to discuss the importance of integrating civic buildings into the public realm, and the role of design as a catalyst for change.
12:25-12:55pm: Making a Difference Through Design
Johanna Osburn (Executive Director, DIFFA); Sha Hwang (Cofounder, Nava)
Good design is about addressing problems, delivering practical and convenient solutions where there once were none. This panel will explore how philanthropists, designers, and others can harness that creative energy to make a positive difference for charitable and social causes.
1:00-1:30pm
Work and Play: The New Wave of Interiors
Paulo Kos (VP Design, West Elm Workspace); Devin Vermeulen (Creative Director, Physical Product, WeWork)
Creatives today are constantly online and on-the-go, with digital tools that allow for a more mobile workday than ever before. Paulo Kos of West Elm and Devin Vermeulen of WeWork will discuss how digital culture is shaping the increasingly fluid boundaries between residential and office design today.
1:30-2:30pm: Public Housing and the Power of Design
Alexander Gorlin (Founder, Alexander Gorlin Architects); Matthew Bremer (Founder, Architecture in Formation)
The success of affordable housing projects depends on numerous political and economical factors, but good design is equally important in determining whether a project will achieve its goals to create a safe, comfortable, and lasting community for its residents. Two New York architects, Alexander Gorlin and Matthew Bremer, break down their approaches to public housing, sharing how they've dealt with challenges of slow-moving policy and limited resources to create projects that will benefit underserved populations.
2:45-3:45pm: Driverless Cars and the Future of Green Space
Kinder Baumgardner (President, SWA Group)
While the race to the autonomous car has captured our attention, most people have no concept of how dramatically these driverless cars will impact our day-to-day life. Kinder Baumgardner of SWA Group, an award-winning architecture, landscape design, and planning firm, will share his vision of the most dramatic shifts to occur in our cities and suburbs within the next century.
4:00-5:00pm: Design Entrepreneurship: How to Become Your Own Boss
David Weeks (Founder, David Weeks Studio); Chad Phillips (Creative Director, Kwambio); Kiel Mead (Founding Member, American Design Club); Gregory Buntain (Cofounder, Fort Standard)
Lighting designer David Weeks engages a panel of fellow independent design entrepreneurs in a conversation about the risks and rewards of going it alone. Drawing upon firsthand lessons from each of their own practices, Chad Phillips, Kiel Mead, and Gregory Buntain will share how they've survived, created, and scaled in today's marketplace.
5:15-6:15pm: Telling a Brand Story Through Design
Jeff Miller (VP Product Design, Poppin); Shelly Lynch-Sparks (Head of Commercial Design, Homepolish); Mesve Vardar (Director of Industrial Design, Humanscale)
Differentiating oneself in a space as crowded as office design requires a holistic brand approach-one that considers everything from the logo to the end-product as part of the same story. Three industry leaders share how they have succeeded in communicating their companies' visions.
6:30-7:30pm: The State of the Art Since 1950
Keynote by Bob Gill
With decades of experience as a legendary illustrator, graphic designer, and educator, Bob Gill, 85, will deliver a keynote lecture on his perspectives on art and design over the past 65 years.
Saturday, May 1411:00am-12:00pm: Designing for Taste: Contemporary Restaurant Design
Stephanie Goto (Founder, Stephanie Goto); Sandy Chilewich (Founder and Creative Director, Chilewich); Andrew Carmellini (Chef and Restaurateur)
From the texture of table linens to the shape of a fork, design informs the dining experience in immeasurable ways. Sandy Chilewich, founder and creator of textile brand Chilewich; Stephanie Goto, founder and principal of an eponymous architecture and design firm; and chef Andrew Carmellini, who runs the kitchens of popular establishments Lafayette, The Dutch, Locanda Verde, and more, join us to muse on the intersection of design and food.
12:15-1:15pm: Wayfinding in the Modern City
Hamish Smyth and Jesse Reed (Cofounders of Standards Manual and Associate Partners at Pentagram)
As new technologies for pedestrian wayfinding, from interactive maps to widgets, continue to emerge, graphic design is reasserting itself as our most fundamental tool for understanding the city. Jesse Reed and Hamish Smyth will address how the art of visual communication can bridge traditional and digital modes of navigation.
1:30-2:30pm: The Power of Research and Human-Centered Design
Matthias Hollwich (Cofounder, HWKN); Mikael Ydholm (Head of Research, IKEA)
Architect Matthias Hollwich and Mikael Ydholm, head of research at IKEA, will join us to discuss the ways architects and designers are using humancentered research to identify and address today's emerging problems, from aging in place to the future of urban apartment living.
2:45-3:45pm: The Benefits of Boredom to the Creative Process
Rosanne Somerson (President, Rhode Island School of Design); Quintel Gwinn (Founder, Quin Gwinn Interior Architecture & Design Studio); Constantin Boym (Chair of Industrial Design, Pratt Institute)
In today's digital culture, we are so rarely disconnected, with every minute accounted for in the age of social media. How has this behavior shift affected the much-needed "downtime," or boredom, that can enable great leaps of creativity?
4:00-5:00pm: Pioneering the Digital Space
Julia Kaganskiy (Director, NEW INC); Jake Levine (Founder, Electric Objects); Meredith Finkelstein (Cofounder, Print All Over Me)
New mediums and platforms are reshaping how designers produce, promote, and exhibit their work. Julia Kaganisky of NEW INC, Jake Levine of Electric Objects, and Meredith Finkelstein of Print All Over Me will reflect on the intersection of design and technology and their own careers in digital entrepreneurship.
5:15-6:15pm: Civics Class: How Architecture Can Engage the Public
Dong-Ping Wong and Oana Stanescu (Cofounders, Family); Will Prince (Founder, PARC Office)
Discover the new and imaginative ways architects and designers are creating works for the public user. With projects ranging from a pool in the middle of New York's East River to a digital museum lab in Paris, principals from Family and PARC Office will discuss the challenges of designing engaging, active spaces and what the design community can do to open the conversation about architecture to the wider general public.
Sunday, May 1511:00am-12:00pm: Online, Offline, and Everywhere In-Between: Navigating Across Platforms
Bradford Shellhammer (Head of Curation and Merchandising, eBay); Maria Molland Selby (Cofounder, Splacer); Teddy Fong (Cofounder, Capsule)
With the rise of online commerce has come a swell of direct-to-consumer business models-but that doesn't mean tactile products, spaces, and experiences have fallen by the wayside. Bradford Shellhammer of eBay, Maria Molland Selby of Splacer, and Teddy Fong of Capsule will discuss the ways in which digital platforms can engage with users and bridge the gap with a brick-and-mortar presence.
12:15-1:15pm: Artek and the Aaltos: Creating a Modern World
Nina Stritzler-Levine (Director, Bard Graduate Center Gallery)
Curator Nina Stritzler-Levine discusses Aino Marsio-Aalto's work, bringing it to the forefront of public attention, particularly the interior projects that she designed for many of Alvar Aalto's greatest buildings and independent Artek interior commissions.
1:30-2:30pm: Reinterpreting Legacies: The Future of the Noguchi Museum
Dakin Hart (Senior Curator, Noguchi Museum); Tom Sachs (Artist)
Since 1985, the Noguchi Museum in Long Island City, Queens, has honored the heritage and wideranging work of modern artist and designer Isamu Noguchi. Artist Tom Sachs-whose current show, Tom Sachs: Tea Ceremony, marks the museum's first-ever solo exhibition by an individual other than Noguchi-joins senior curator Dakin Hart to discuss new perspectives on the legendary designer's continuing, cross-disciplinary influence.
2:45-3:45pm: Landscape and the Role of Cultural Institutions
Caroline Baumann (Director, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum); Margie Ruddick (Founder, Margie Ruddick Landscape)
Caroline Baumann of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, and landscape designer Margie Ruddick come together to discuss landscape as an important discipline and aspect of design, as well as a national museum's civic responsibility for preserving green space. Baumann will discuss the Cooper Hewitt grounds, which include a historic garden that's open toeveryone-not just museum patrons. Ruddick, a National Design Award-winner, wrote about the Cooper Hewitt garden in the Fall 2015 issue of the museum's Design Journal and is the author of the forthcoming book about urban green space called Wild by Design.