On Sunday afternoon, an artist from BAGGU will be stationed at Rogan flagship on Bowery, hand-painting the brand’s super-soft, covetable Leather Pouches with emoticon inspired faces: choose your eyes, a nose, and a mouth to create a custom emotional accessory!
Rogan, 330 Bowery
Sunday May 20, 12PM-5PM
Areaware presents a conceptual installation of two rooms within a room filled with Areaware objects. Experience sight and sound overload with a site-specific video by Grave of Seagulls introducing Bank in the Form of a Pig GLOW by Harry Allen.
22 Bond
Friday May 18–Monday May 21, 12PM to 7PM
Works by Sonni is the second exhibit in a rotating public art program for Artist Alley @ Extra Place that reclaims the concrete sidewalk as a blank canvas. The exhibit is the latest in a series of temporary art installations in atypical locations in the East Village through the 4th Arts Block’s ArtUp program.
Extra Place, enter mid-block on East 1st Street (between Bowery & 2nd Ave)
Artist Reception, Saturday, May 19, 2PM
In 2011, Caroline Linder, Lisa Smith, Michael Savona, Thomas Moran, and Steven Haulenbeek created an on-site Balloon Factory at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. This year, the handmade balloons come to New York, designed and fabricated especially for Japan Premium Beef and the Noho Design District.
Japan Premium Beef, 57 Great Jones Street
Friday May 18–Sunday May 21, 10AM to 8PM
Bec Brittain and Fort Standard (Gregory Buntain and Ian Collings) are joining forces for an exhibition on the ground floor of a large industrial space at 22 Bond Street. The installation will be a combination of new lighting by Bec Brittain and new furniture and lighting by Fort Standard, along with the debut of a special collaborative project designed just for this show.
22 Bond Street
Friday May 18–Monday May 21, 12PM to 7PM
From Broadway to Rockaway, Pelham to Freshkills, 8.2 million people call New York City home. On the occasion of New York Design Week 2012, Core77 takes a moment to survey the landscape of all five boroughs with an open call to designers to represent their hometown.
350 Bowery
Friday May 18–Tuesday May 22, 11AM to 6PM
This showcase features a range of objects by designers living and working in Berlin, reflecting the creative diversity of the city’s vibrant design scene. The designers include: Werner Aisslinger, Mark Braun, Uli Budde, Coordination Berlin, David Geckeler, hettler.tullmann, Ronen Kadushin, Aylin Kayser, Läufer + Keichel, llotllov, Osko Deichmann, Zascho Petkow, roomsafari, Maria Volokhova, and Hermann August Weizenegger.
22 Bond
Friday May 18–Monday May 21st, 12PM to 7PM
The design studio and Project no. 8 showroom Various Projects displays its recent projects, plus an installation of Fort Makers’ Candlestick City. Made by artist Noah Spencer, Candlestick City is constructed out of geometrically cut and polished mixed woods, appealing to anyone who was a fan of building blocks, Lincoln Logs, or Legos as a kid.
Various Projects showroom, 2 Bond Street (behind C’H'C’M')
Friday May 18–Sunday May 20, 12PM-6PM
At the new Standard, East Village hotel, Sight Unseen presents Hotel California, a showcase of the best and brightest designers hailing from the Golden State, hand-picked by Monica Khemsurov and Jill Singer in collaboration with Brooks Hudson Thomas of Specific Merchandise.
The Standard, East Village, 25 Cooper Square
Friday May 18 – Monday May 21, 12PM to 7PM
For Tom Dixon’s first satellite show in the States, the UK design studio will unite British eccentricity with classic New York cool, outfitting the darkened basement of an old Noho theater with a Luminosity installation, a ‘60s Pop-inspired broadcasting station from Surface magazine, and a pop-up shop by Fab.com.
Bleecker Street Theater, 45 Bleecker Street
Thursday May 17–Tuesday May 22. Thurs, Sun, Mon & Tues 11AM to 6PM; Fri & Sat 11AM to 7PM
For MAKING 01, the Irish homegoods brand will highlight the making of a simple stool, looking at process as an intellectual and physical activity. Wicklow woodworker James Carroll will be on-site, crafting a series of green wooden stools for use and purchase, and a collection of Irish objects will accompany the installation.
The Standard East Village, 25 Cooper Square
Friday May 18–Monday May 21, 12PM to 7PM
Built in 1832, the Merchant’s House is New York City’s only family home preserved intact, inside and out, from the 19th century. A group of designers working with modern craft techniques — including Paul Loebach, Sit and Read, Louis Lim, Nine Stories Furniture, and Colgate Searle — have infiltrated the house’s time-capsule interior with a beautiful juxtaposition of contemporary objects.
Merchant’s House Museum, 29 E. 4th St.
Fri & Sat, 12PM-7PM; Sun & Mon, 12PM-5PM
Seattle-based Ladies & Gentlemen Studio (Jean Lee & Dylan Davis) will launch a new collection of furniture and lighting at the Zero + Maria Cornejo flagship in their first appearance at Noho Design District. The show “Natural Selection” explores the relationship between the natural and the man-made through basic materials and forms.
Zero + Maria Cornejo, 33 Bleecker Street
Friday May 18–Monday May 21, Fri, Sat, Mon 11AM to 7PM, Sun 12:30PM to 6:30PM
For 2012, Noho’s third annual emerging talent showcase partners with the American Design Club. A handful of its members have been chosen by Sight Unseen to install their latest works in storefront windows throughout Noho, including Farrah Sit + Bryce Wymer, Emily Rothschild, Jen Turner, Iacoli & McAllister + MOCIUN, and So Takahashi.
Locations vary, click through for more info
This year’s official Noho Design District celebration takes place at the Bowery Hotel on Sunday, May 20, from 8PM to 11PM, and features an installation by Lindsey Adelman of items from her 2012 collection, Dusk to Dawn. Adelman will create vignettes of objects inspired by what grows on the dark side.
The Bowery Hotel, 335 Bowery
Sunday, May 20, 8PM to 11PM
Curated by Jaime Kopke and former Dwell editor Jordan Kushins, Once Removed invites nine designers — including Atelier Takagi, Brendan Ravenhill, Craighton Berman, Rachel Boxnboim, and Studio Swine — to create a new piece inspired by personal snapshots from the daily life of another designer in the group.
22 Bond Street
Friday May 18–Monday May 21, 12PM to 7PM
Andy Spade’s curiosity shop hosts an exhibition of 30 children’s chairs from the collection of Mondo Cane Gallery. Plus, Crafting Design, a chair workshop by Alabama Chanin May 19 from 12PM-4PM.
Partners & Spade, 40 Great Jones Street
Thursday May 17–Sunday Jun 10, Sat 2PM-7PM and Sun 12PM-6PM
In conjunction with ICFF, the American lighting brand Roll & Hill will open a temporary 3,500-square-foot showroom on the ground floor of 2 Cooper Square, featuring the company’s full collection along with new products for 2012, including Blow by Lindsey Adelman, Mini Endless by Jason Miller, Rudi by Lukas Peet, and Silk Road by Jonah Takagi.
2 Cooper Square
Friday May 18–Tuesday June 12, 10AM to 7PM
Architecture is seldom just about walls, floors, and ceilings—it’s also about the pieces that fill those spaces and define how they are used. For this year’s Noho Design District, Architizer, Cool Hunting, and Dwell magazine are teaming up to curate a collection of furniture and furnishings designed by architects and designers for the spaces they create.
The Standard East Village, 25 Cooper Square
Friday May 18–Monday May 21, 12PM to 7PM
The Sonos Listening Library at The Standard, East Village is a custom space debuting one-of-a-kind furniture and design pieces along with Sonos home audio speakers, to create the optimal high-quality music-listening experience. The focal point is a custom Sonos “Soundalier” created by Kiel Mead and Lindsey Adelman.
The Standard, East Village Library, 25 Cooper Square
Friday May 18 – Monday May 21, 12PM to 7PM