
05.29.18
Sight Unseen OFFSITE
28 Designers to Know From This Year’s Sight Unseen OFFSITE
Eight years ago, we launched a project during New York Design Week called Noho Next, a group exhibition where future design stars like Jonah Takagi, Jonathan Nesci, and Fort Standard debuted some of their earliest work. Last year, things came full circle as we returned to the curated group show format at our 2017 show, changing the name to OFFSITE Selects but keeping the formula the same: We’d choose new works by a variety of designers — from established talents to brand-new studios — and present them much like a gallery would.
In this year’s edition, the works on view were international in scope and wildly varying in scale, from a chubby-legged, rusty velvet chaise by newcomer Jessica Herrera of Oôd Studio to six tiny marble vessels by Chile’s Rodrigo Bravo (both got quickly scooped up by gallerists or other in-the-know design people). Highlights included Anthony Bianco’s cast-glass sculptures, Yield’s Corian-and-glass Aurora coffee table, the first-ever furniture piece from LA interior designers Etc., and ceramic, ravioli-esque table lamps by new studio In Common With. The full list of participants is below; if you don’t recognize some of their names, you will soon enough.
PHOTOS BY CHARLIE SCHUCK (EXCEPT WHERE NOTED)
U&I Table by Birnam Wood Studio x Suna Bonometti
Duo Mirrors by MUT Design
Aurora Coffee Table by Yield
Uniform Table by Other Kingdom
Sanora Side & Coffee Table by Ben Barber Studio
Eulerian Flat Weave Rugs by Tantuvi
Prairie Divider Screen by New Format Studio
Artifact Lamp by Addition Studio
Bodina by Clemence Seilles for Stromboli Associates
Monolith Series by Rodrigo Bravo
Aro Chair by RIES
SGL 1 Lamp by Project Room
Floor Lamp and Chaise by Oôd Studio
Obviously Puzzled Chair by Supaform
Rare Earth Series by Bianco Light & Space
Crater by Gwladys Alonzo for Stromboli Associates
Earthenware Table Lamps by In Common With (photo © Sean Santiago)
Column Chest by BlackTable Studio
DeMille Chair and Confetti Table by Laun
Neotenic Lounge by JUMBO
Block Table by Etc.etera
Set No. 5 by Müsing-Sellés
Dorothy & Sophia Lamps by Another Human
Black Beach Table by Desirée Garcés
Clay and Aluminum Table by Fialure
Autem Mirrors by Bellamoli Studio
Caixal Weavings by Formabesta (Photo © Sean Santiago)
Layering Transparency by Nina Cho (Photo © Sean Santiago)