The Noho Design District is produced and curated annually by Monica Khemsurov and Jill Singer of Sight Unseen in partnership with NoHo-Bowery Stakeholders, to coincide with the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) and NYCxDESIGN. In just four years, the Noho Design District has become New York Design Week’s most exciting incubator for new ideas and emerging talents — a dynamic destination for those attending the fair at the Javits, centered in a neighborhood that is already considered a hub for design and creativity. With the Noho Design District, Sight Unseen has created a vibrant, collaborative experience that reflects both the offbeat sophistication of its brand and the high-end cool that characterizes the Noho area.
For the Noho Design District, Sight Unseen brings together design brands, young designers, local businesses and retailers as part of a four-day design festival that includes pop-up shops, exhibitions, parties, and performances. An engaging, experimental, and accessible experience that speaks to design lovers, residents, and tourists alike, the Noho Design District is a public design celebration, one that any citizen of or visitor to the city can enjoy.
LOCATION
Noho neighborhood, bounded by Broadway and the Bowery, Houston Street and Cooper Square
2013 EVENT DATES
Friday, May 17 through Monday, May 20
ABOUT THE ORGANIZERS
Former editors at I.D., the influential design magazine, Jill Singer and Monica Khemsurov are the co-founders of Sight Unseen, a journalistic and curatorial consultancy whose projects include www.sightunseen.com, the online design and culture magazine devoted to inspiration and process, and the Sight Unseen Shop, an online retail venture devoted to the sale of handmade and one-of-a-kind objects by artists and designers. Project director Maria Cristina Rueda is a multidisciplinary designer with experience and interest in different mediums like print, type, branding, layout, installations, exhibitions, and events. Currently Rueda works at Uhuru Design as project manager for special events and graphic design.
The Noho Design District is co-produced by and developed in partnership with NoHoManhattan.org and NoHo-Bowery Stakeholders, a nonprofit community-benefit organization that collectively advocates for and participates in the civic life of the NoHo and The Bowery, from Houston St. to Astor Place and Lafayette St. to the Bowery. Its Board of Directors and members are led by president Zella Jones.
2013 PRESS COVERAGE
Wallpaper
The New York Times
Dwell
The Scout
Remodelista
Object Based
The Editor at Large
Artinfo
Core77
Core77 2
CoolHunting
Yatzer
Design Miami blog
Design Milk
2012 PRESS COVERAGE
Wallpaper
The New York Times / Home & Garden
Dwell
Core77
Core77 2
Design Milk
Metropolis
Mocoloco 1
Mocoloco 2
New York Magazine / Home Design
New York Magazine / grubstreet.com
Artinfo
Artinfo 2
Artinfo 3
Elle Decor
The Scout
Azure
Designboom
Editor at Large
The Standard blog
Marthastewart.com
Notcot
Jeanniejeannie.com
Otto-otto.com
WGSN
Youhavebeenheresometime
Trendhunter.com
Foodbeast.com
2011 PRESS COVERAGE
Wallpaper
T magazine / The Moment
The New York Times / Currents
The New York Times / Thursday Styles
The New York Times / Home & Garden
New York Magazine / Design Hunting
The Architect’s Newspaper
LA Times
Dwell magazine
Core 77 1
Core 77 2
Cool Hunting
Metropolis
The Huffington Post
Urban Outfitters blog
New York Magazine / The Cut
Dossier Journal
Azure magazine
Fair Folks and a Goat 1
Fair Folks and a Goat 2
Interior Design magazine
The Scout
Design Applause
Sub-Studio Design Blog
Fab.com