In partnership with StyleFactory and Wabnitz Editions, the Noho Design District introduces its first annual emerging talent showcase: Noho Next, featuring the work of nine up-and-coming designers under one roof. The Brooklyn-based sustainable furniture studio Uhuru (whose Cyclone Lounger is pictured above) is showing its new Coney Island line, crafted in wood reclaimed from the demolition of the park’s iconic boardwalk. Washington, D.C.’s Jonah Takagi debuts a pendant lamp and flat-pack shelving inspired by bamboo scaffolding and Lincoln Logs. Jonathan Nesci will exhibit pieces from his recent show at Chicago’s Volume Gallery, while two young Spaniards — ceramicist Xavier Mañosa of Apparatu and graphic designer Alex Trochut — have collaborated to produce ceramic cocktail-themed floats from around the world and vases inspired by the ugliest jacket ever designed. Matthew Bradshaw and Sergio Silva are showing a new glass table floating on wooden legs, and Gregory Buntain introduces Sonderstuhl, an angular wood chair. Finally, Noah Packard’s Cantilever Sofa will help introduce the soon-to-launch e-tailer StyleFactory, which uses crowd-sourcing to develop furniture and home accessories for manufacture and sale.
