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Three Key Trends Spotted at Sight Unseen OFFSITE 2017
Notes from one of New York's most innovative and forward-thinking design shows
Set up as a gallery exhibition on the ground floor of 100 Avenue of the Americas in SoHo, Sight Unseen Offsite showcased some of the most innovative designers working today. Unlike other NYCxDesign shows, the editors of Sight Unseen almost dictatorially command who gets to participate or not. The result is a focused presentation of the best new design talent. Here are the three key themes observed at this year's show:
Everything Circular
Stark rendering-like shapes and colors were accompanied with all things round and rounded. Anything one could imagine to bend, did end up bent. Round lights, round mirrors, round tables with round cutouts, round vases, round stools—a most condensed celebration of roundness.
Mirrors and tables by Slash Objects 
Mirror by Slash Objects
Lamp and chair by New Tendency 
Display by Norway x New York 
Lighting by Grain
Lighting by Home Studios
Side tables by Norway x New York 
Lighting by Crosby Studios
Lighting by Iacoli & McAllister 
Light box by Atelier de Troupe 
Wallpaper/Carpet by GrainClash of Material
Combining materials contrasting in color and texture is a common design approach. At Sight Unseen OFFSITE, the combinations bordered on stark, unexpected and almost uncomfortable—though infinitely novel.
Chair by Nun x Office GA
Stools by Areti 
Tall table by Slash Objects 
Table by Eny Lee Parker
Table by Eny Lee Parker (detail)
Mirrors by Another Human 
End table by Simon Johns
Mirror by Slash ObjectsMind Games
In a way of playing tricks with perception, designers tried to amuse the eye by moving the unmovable, bending the unbendable and turning the unturnable.
Object by Atelier de Troupe 
Rotating Shelving by Crosby Studios
Lighting by Ben & Aja Blanc 
Side table, lamp and chairs by Eny Lee Parker 
Mirrors by Robert Sukrachand
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Yes, revisiting postmodernism, a bit of 1930's and mid century modern thrown in. But more strikingly it is like Salone and Salone Satellite ala 2013-2015... but really left behind.
Does anyone else feel like this is all just a revisiting of Post Modern design? I have still yet to understand what positive influence or purpose any design in that category has had? (Besides providing an excellent demonstration of art over function.)