NYCxDesign and London Craft Week are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this May.

Contributed by Able Parris _**Source: www.thoughtmatter.com **License: All Rights Reserved. _ Created for NYCxDESIGN Festival 2026, Good Neighbor transformed Thought Matter’s studio into an immersive experience exploring the fragile social contracts that shape everyday life in New York City. Through satire, participation, and play, the project asked a simple question: What does it mean to be a good neighbor today? The initial invitation design played off Neighborhood Crime Watch signs I remember from my youth. They were the perfect inspiration for this event which put into question the role of surveillance. We then designed an identity inspired by the different layers of New York City. Interactive installations invited strangers to connect while others listened in, exposing the tension between intimacy and surveillance. Illustrated NYC critters (illustrated by Ryan Wattaul), satirical signage, neighborhood notices, and a spoof newspaper called The Neighborhood Rag created a world that felt both familiar and slightly off, reflecting the contradictions of modern city life. Good Neighbor explored how design functions as civic infrastructure—shaping trust, participation, and public behavior through the spaces, systems, and messages we encounter every day. _**Source: www.thoughtmatter.com **License: All Rights Reserved. _ _**Source: www.thoughtmatter.com **License: All Rights Reserved. _ _**Source: www.thoughtmatter.com **Thought Matter. License: All Rights Reserved. _ _**Source: www.thoughtmatter.com **License: All Rights Reserved. _ _**Source: www.thoughtmatter.com **License: All Rights Reserved. _ This post was originally published at Fonts In Use * * *

On May 14, Automattic’s NoHo Space in New York welcomed over 100 guests for the first edition of the NoHo Speaker Series during NYCxDESIGN. The evening centered on design, community, and the growing NoHo Collection, featuring NYC-based Anna Kulachek and Ronaldy Navarro in conversation with Automattic’s Head of Design, Pablo Honey.

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G-Culture Noticias Ep. 166; Jueves mayo 14, 2026. Un recorrido por las novedades de la escena artística y cultural del mundo en minutos.

Design Connects Us. New York Proves It at the NYCxDESIGN 2026 In a city that never stops redesigning itself, NYCxDESIGN 2026 returns with a quiet but urgent message: design is not just aesthetics. It is cultural authority. There is a persistent misunderstanding about design, particularly in cities that trade heavily on image. People think it… The post NYCxDESIGN 2026 appeared first on IRK Magazine.

From a chair inspired by a bale of hay to shell-shaped cutlery, here’s what caught our eye in the Big Apple

NYCxDesign, the city’s design festival, has expanded into a full month of openings and launches, and to make sense of it all, we asked curators and designers for their recommendations.

Plus, a preserved kumquat recipe for cocktails and cakes.

New York City has long been regarded as the epicentre of the global art and design world, a reputation that is vigorously reaffirmed each May during the NYCxDESIGN Festival. As the city’s official celebration...