Events for Saturday, May 16

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AREAWARE
7 p.m–10 p.m.
95 Spring Street, 2nd Floor
Rsvp@areaware.com
AREAWARE and KIOSK celebrates the 21st annual International Contemporary Furniture Fair.

Blu Dot
6 p.m.–9 p.m.
140 Wooster St
212-780-9058
Introducing the limited edition Real Good Chair.

BY New York
6 p.m.–9 p.m., invite only
142 Greene St
212-431-8282
info@boffiusa.com
Piero Lissoni presents the latest collections from Boffi, Living Divani, and Porro.

Cassina USA
6 p.m.–9 p.m.
151 Wooster St
212-228-8186
Presenting our new showroom and new products.

Chelsea Art Museum
4 p.m.
Panel Discussion and Artist Demonstration by Kotaro Fukui
556 W 22nd St
212-255-0719
Watch the artist create with free lines and natural curves along rice paper laid out on the floor. Free with museum admission.

Chista
5 p.m.–8 p.m.
537 Greenwich St
info@chista.net
Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres.

Cite Goes Dutch
400 Years Later
6 p.m.– 8 p.m.
131 Greene St
212-431-7272
Everything from furniture and tabletop objects to carpets and jewelry by 20 young Dutch designers and manufacturers.

Design Within Reach
Soho Flagship
Lit Up: Wästberg at DWR
7 p.m.–9 p.m.
110 Greene St
212-475-0001, soho@dwr.com
Introducing Swedish lighting company Wästberg to the American market. Installation 5/15–5/19.

DWR: Tools for Living, Soho
7 p.m.–9 p.m.
Illustrated Sound
142 Wooster St
212-471-0280
Collaboration between DWR, Parsons, and GenevaSound with design, music, and illustration. Installation 5/15–5/19.

Desiron
7-10:00 p.m.
151 Wooster Street
rsvp@desiron.com
212-353-3600 x100
Premiere the CANDY Collection by David Rockwell for Desiron.

Exit Art
7 p.m.–10 p.m.
475 Tenth Ave
exitart.org
Exhibition opening for Négritude.

FSB
Materialistic Disenchantment
7 p.m.–9 p.m., invite only
E.R. Butler & Co.
55 Prince St
212-925-3565
Presenting an installation by FSB and Vena Cava.

Hungarian Cultural Center
7:00-10:00 p.m.
447 Broadway, 5th Floor
212-750-4450
info@culturehungary.org
Experience the sensual approach of 17 emerging Hungarian designers and collectives as they showcase their newest products in animation, jewelry, fashion, textile, interior, and product design.

ICFF Opening Night Party
Museum of Modern Art
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden
7 p.m.–9 p.m.
11 W 53rd St
icff.com/icffopeningnightparty
The design industry’s premier spring event. Reservations required, tickets $60.

Jake Dyson
Focal Shift Opening Party
Pomegranate Gallery
6 p.m.–9:30 p.m., invite only
133 Greene St
212-947-4557
michelle@susangrantlewin.com
Jake Dyson and interactive light artist Jason Bruges create a one-off installation using Dyson’s new Motorlight Wall. Exhibition 5/17–5/18.

Just Scandinavian
5 p.m.–8 p.m.
161 Hudson St
212-334-2556
info@justscandinavian.com
See the famous Chieftain chair by Finn Juhl.

Karim Space
11:00 am
ICFF Bookstore with Archivia Books booth #1266
Karim signs his latest book KarimSpace: The Interior Design & Architecture of Karim Rashid

Material ConneXion
Open House
4 p.m.–7 p.m.
60 Madison Ave
212-842-2050
Visit our new showroom. On view: Neal Small: A Retrospective.

Matter
Something, Anything, Nothing
6 p.m.–9 p.m.
405 Broome St
212-343-2600
info@mattermatters.com
The latest collections from Established & Sons, Anything, and Matter.

Museum of Arts and Design
Hella Jongerius Contemporary Archetypes
2 p.m.
2 Columbus Circle
212-299-7790
Film screening of new documentary short about Dutch designer Hella Jongerius.

NYDESIGNROOM
Post-Retro-Modern and Functional Frills
4 p.m.–8 p.m.
339 Bedford Ave
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
718-302-4981
info@nydesignroom.com
Eclectic collection of home essentials with a high-tech retro sensibility by Domestic-Construction, Ama Home, Trash-A-Porter, Your Secret Admiral, and Adam Golinczak+Jennifer Demsey.

Partnerships for Parks
It’s My Park Day
Various events all day
Over 150 volunteer projects and cultural events
itsmypark.org
Join thousands of New Yorkers to care for and celebrate parks and green spaces. This year highlights communities working to “Reclaim our Waterfront Parks,” with shore clean-ups, free paddling, and other water-based activities at select sites throughout the city.

PLAYFUL New Finnish Design
11 a.m.–4 p.m.
Gansevoort Plaza
Gansevoort St and 9th Ave
info@playfuldesign.net
An architectural workshop for children. Create miniature masterpieces using wooden picks and pieces of candy.

Table Fights
6:00-9:00 p.m.
Magnan Projects Gallery
317 Tenth Avenue
info@magnanprojects.com
Fully Automated, remote-controlled tables will compete for ultimate supremacy in a splinter thirsty tournament of furniture maybem.

Uhuru @ Room Party
7 p.m.–9 p.m.
182 Duane St #A
info@uhurudesign.com
Uhuru and Room join forces to showcase new design/build furniture with
an emphasis on sustainability.

USM Modular Furniture
6 p.m.–9 p.m.
The Space within Space
28-30 Greene St
212-371-1230
Cocktail reception for the USM Haller furniture system that creates space within space.