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)