WANTEDDESIGN

For the first year, WantedDesign will expand to a second location, WantedDesign Brooklyn at Industry City in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.

Founded in 2011 by Odile Hainaut and Claire Pijoulat, WantedDesign Manhattan, at the Terminal Stores landmark building in West Chelsea, will continue to host the Launch Pad and Conversation Series (among other panels) and more than 100+ exhibitors, one third of them U.S. based. The new WantedDesign Brooklyn platform at Industry City in Sunset Park, will present large-scale installations, the Parsons Festival, the Design Schools Workshop, a pop-up store, a Design Forum, and other initiatives.

Manhattan Highlights

Over the years, WantedDesign has continued to evolve as a strong platform for designers to connect with manufacturers and buyers, and a forum and destination for creating dialogues between the international and U.S. design communities.

This year, in addition to a large representation of U.S.-based design companies, from up-and-coming Brooklyn-based designers like Token or Design Within Reach (who just launched a new collection by the duo Risom/Hardy), WantedDesign is hosting international design pavilions showcasing young designers and more established companies that give a glimpse into the future of design.

Launch Pad

25 designers and their market ready prototypes will aim to catch the eye of manufacturers interested in producing their design. Also, each will vie for a spot at WantedDesign 2016 and WestEdge Design Fair (October 2016, Los Angeles, CA). The Jury includes Jaime Derringer, Founder and Executive Editor of Design Milk; Marva Griffin Wilshire, Salone del Mobile, Milano, Founder and Curator Salone Satellite, International Press Director; Noah Schwartz, Senior Buyer, Design Within Reach; Giulio Cappellini; and Greg Keffer, Rockwell Group Principal.

American Design Honors

WantedDesign, along with long time supporter of American design, Bernhardt Design, will be announcing and presenting the first ever recipient of the American Design Honors.

The WantedDesign Conversation Series

This is a three-day platform and dialogue, co-presented by Metropolis Magazine and hosted in the Conversation Room at Grimshaw. LINK to the Conversation Series

WantedDesign Brooklyn Highlights

Industry City, a bustling “maker” community is poised to become the next big design destination, a true creative hub in Brooklyn. WantedDesign Brooklyn will offer exhibitions and an inspiring program, focusing on design education, experimentation, and the maker’s process.  It will also be the meeting point for national and international festivals and design week organizations.

Notable Exhibitions and Installations

Parsons Festival

WantedDesign will be hosting the Parsons Festival at Industry City. Established to showcase the creativity, innovation, and scholarship of Parsons students in a diverse range of disciplines, the Parsons Festival offers an array of exciting thesis exhibitions, presentations, installations, workshops, symposia, gallery openings, and special events.

Outside the Box in partnership with Toronto Design Offsite Festival

After its successful debut during the 2015 Toronto Design Offsite Festival (TO DO), “Outside the Box” 2.0 will be presented at Industry City during WantedDesign Brooklyn. Shipped across the country in Bankers boxes, the TO DO and WantedDesign will present 11 distinct national and international showcases at Industry City from May 9-19. Working with local correspondents, “Outside the Box” 2.0 will focus on the theme, “Delicious Design: L’Art De La Table”, from selected cities across Canada and the U.S.
Displayed in an installation designed by Brooklyn based architect and designer Huy Bui, each box includes original works from local designers, reflecting the city and its particular resources and makers of each area. Canadian cities: Winnipeg, Montreal, Calgary, Toronto, Vancouver; U.S. cities: Austin, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, New York, Portland, Seattle.

DutchCultureUSA / Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York

DutchCultureUSA, the division of the Kingdom of the Netherlands’ government that supports and promotes arts and culture from the Netherlands in the United States is pleased to support Tangible Twitter, an interactive installation at WantedDesign Brooklyn by Dutch multi-disciplinary design Studio FormNation. The installation is meant as a standalone, interactive project that highlights the best that Dutch design has to offer, but will also be a gathering place for visitors, and a place where DutchCultureUSA will highlight and disseminate information about all the Dutch design projects that will be taking place throughout New York City during NYCxDESIGN 2015.

And the International and U.S. Design Fair Kiosk:

A place to discover international design fairs, visit this booth to find out more about Design Week Mexico, DDAY’S (Paris), Belgrade Design Week, Tokyo Design Week, Detroit Design Festival, DesignPhiladelphia and more…

WantedDesign Design Schools Workshop – Theme “Design Forever”

While giving the design community a chance to observe the creative process, the Design Schools Workshop, a WantedDesign signature program, invites students to think about the lives of objects. In other words, to design with the idea that what is being made will last forever.
Led by Centro Design School from Mexico City and with Art Center College for Design, Pasadena, and Savannah College of Art and Design, the workshop culminates with a judging panel (taking place at WantedDesign Manhattan) on Monday, May 18 where the students will present their final concepts to a jury of professionals.

Design Forum (Tuesday, May 19) - 9:30am - 12:30pm

The Design Forum at Industry City will close the 12 days of NYCxDESIGN and WantedDesign Brooklyn. Open to the public, this program will focus on design education and new challenges in educating design students, in the U.S. and abroad, with presentations and panel discussions bringing together design educators, design students and key design industry representatives from around the world.

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