Calendar
New York design events
Fairs, festivals, exhibitions, openings, talks, tours, workshops, and markets from New York's design community — updated continuously.
58 events
Sun, Aug 9
Apr 20, 2024 – Oct 4, 2026
OUT of the Jewelry Box
Museum of Arts and Design · Columbus Circle
Oct 18, 2025 – Aug 8, 2027
Public Address by Alex Strada
Storefront for Art and Architecture · Manhattan
Dec 12, 2025 – Aug 16, 2026
Devon Turnbull: HiFi Pursuit Listening Room Dream No. 3
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum · Carnegie Hill
Dec 12, 2025 – Sep 27, 2026
Made in America: The Industrial Photography of Christopher Payne
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum · Carnegie Hill
Feb 4 – Sep 13
Noguchi's New York
The Noguchi Museum · Long Island City
Feb 13 – Aug 16
Art of Noise
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum · Carnegie Hill
Feb 24 – Dec 31
The Invention of Park Avenue
The Skyscraper Museum · Battery Park City
Feb 28 – Oct 4
2025 Burke Prize: Hai-Wen Lin
Museum of Arts and Design · Columbus Circle
Feb 28 – Oct 4
Alice Riehl's Porcelain Florilegium
Museum of Arts and Design · Columbus Circle
Mar 13 – Sep 6
Act Black: Posters from Black American Stage & Screen
Poster House · Chelsea
Mar 13 – Sep 6
Love & Fury: New York's Fight Against AIDS
Poster House · Chelsea
Mar 19 – Aug 16
Christelle Oyiri: Belief May Vary
Amant (932 Grand) · East Williamsburg
Mar 19 – Aug 16
Kim Gordon: Count Your Chickens
Amant (Géza, 306 Maujer) · East Williamsburg
Apr 8 – Aug 14
Haas Brothers: Tree House
R & Company · Tribeca
Apr 11 – Aug 16
Haas Brothers: Uncanny Valley
Museum of Arts and Design · Columbus Circle
Apr 23 – Nov 1
From Monarchy to Modernity: Travel, Identity, & the Czechoslovak First Republic (1918–1938)
Poster House · Chelsea
Reading Under Fire: Arming Minds & Hearts During Wartime
Poster House · Chelsea
May 6 – Sep 13
Light and Stone: Revisiting Noguchi's 1986 Venice Biennale
The Noguchi Museum · Long Island City
May 7 – Sep 2
AIANY Design Awards 2026
Center for Architecture · Greenwich Village
May 7 – Sep 2
CFA Lab: Repair – Democracy and Urban Spaces
Center for Architecture · Greenwich Village
May 7 – Sep 2
Gerrit Rietveld: Wealth of Sobriety
Center for Architecture · Greenwich Village
May 10, 2026 – Jan 10, 2027
Costume Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Museum Mile
May 12 – Aug 31
Assembler I
The Future Perfect - St. Luke's Townhouse · West Village
May 12 – Aug 31
D'Haene Studio
The Future Perfect - St. Luke's Townhouse · West Village
May 12 – Oct 18 · 11 AM ET
reSOUND New York: reSENSE
HERO at Rockefeller Center · Midtown
d'strict
May 13 – Oct 18
Material Intent: Color and Form
Carpenters Workshop Gallery · Midtown
May 13 – Oct 18
Terence Woodgate X John Barnard: Lightness of Form
Carpenters Workshop Gallery · Midtown
May 15 – Oct 2
High-Touch
MillerKnoll New York Gallery · Flatiron District
May 16 – Dec 6
Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses
Brooklyn Museum · Prospect Heights
May 20 – Dec 6
Roberto Lugo: Alfarero del Barrio (Village Potter)
Madison Square Park · NoMad
R & Company
May 30, 2026 – Apr 18, 2027
Jessica Lichtenstein: Rewilding
Museum of Arts and Design · Columbus Circle
Jun 15 – Sep 15
Pratt Institute x The Village West: Windows on 14th Street
The Village West · Manhattan
Pratt Institute
Jun 26 – Sep 5
Beyond Digital: Living Systems & Distributed Intelligence
Pratt Manhattan Gallery · Chelsea
Pratt Institute
Jun 26, 2026 – Oct 22, 2028
Design Across Time: Exploring the Smithsonian's Design Collection
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum · Carnegie Hill
Jun 26 – Aug 14
Egeværk: Forms of Belonging
HB381 Tribeca · Tribeca
Hostler Burrows
The Substitute
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum · Carnegie Hill
Jul 5, 2026 – Jan 2, 2027
Architects of Liberation: Modernism in Western Africa
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) · Midtown
Jul 8 – Aug 29
In the Room | Summer 2026
Demisch Danant · Greenwich Village
Jul 18, 2026 – May 9, 2027
Cottage Industry: The Val-Kill Furniture Shop
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Museum Mile
Jul 29 – Aug 9
Welcome to Runway: An Immersive Experience
Museum of Arts and Design · Columbus Circle
Aug 6–16
Pastel
Salon 94 Design · Upper East Side
Sun, Aug 9 · 11 AM ET
Grand Central Terminal
Grand Central Terminal · Midtown East
The Municipal Art Society of New York
Sun, Aug 9 · 2 PM ET
Downtown Brooklyn, Part 1
Downtown Brooklyn
The Municipal Art Society of New York
Tue, Aug 11
Wed, Aug 12
Wed, Aug 12 · 11 AM ET
Grand Central Terminal
Grand Central Terminal · Midtown East
The Municipal Art Society of New York
5 PM ET
Group Hang: The Design Swap Meet
The Landing, Industry City · Sunset Park
AIGA NY
Wed, Aug 12 · 6:30 PM ET
Changing Lanes: Screening and Q&A
SVA Theatre · Chelsea
Open House New York
Thu, Aug 13
Fri, Aug 14
Fri, Aug 14 · 4 PM ET
Battery Park City Tour: The North Neighborhood – REPEAT
Battery Park City · Battery Park City
The Skyscraper Museum
5 PM ET
Walking Tour: Madison Avenue, High Fashion, and Historic Preservation
Madison Avenue BID offices · Madison Avenue
AIA New York / Center for Architecture
Sat, Aug 15
Sat, Aug 15 · 10 AM ET
East River Resilience: Nature, the Built Environment and Climate Change
The Municipal Art Society of New York
Sat, Aug 15 · 10:30 AM ET
Walking Tour: The Architecture of Park Avenue South
Philip Morris Building Atrium · Murray Hill
AIA New York / Center for Architecture
Sat, Aug 15 · 11 AM ET
Grand Central Terminal
Grand Central Terminal · Midtown East
The Municipal Art Society of New York
Sat, Aug 15 · 1:30 PM ET
HOW WE MAKE: ADAPTABLE wall storage WITH JENNIFER JUNE OF LOOSE PARTS
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum · Carnegie Hill
2 PM ET
Pop-Up Talks: Iris van Herpen
Brooklyn Museum · Prospect Heights
2:30 PM ET
Walking Tour: Downtown New York Architecture in 1776
Lower Manhattan
AIA New York / Center for Architecture