Our favorite designs from Collectible New York 2025

COLLECTIBLE, Clélie Debehault and Liv Vaisberg’s fair dedicated to contemporary collectible design, returned to New York for its second year. Like the previous edition, the fair brought fanciful fanfare (and an exclusive afterparty at Brooklyn’s Unveiled club), cross-pollination between design disciplines, and a strong display from emerging and diverse designers across sections. The only thing it didn’t have was air conditioning.

Held at the newly renovated Water Street Projects (WSA) building on Maiden Lane, the fair gathered 123 exhibitors across six sections. Main Section gathered displays from leading galleries. Vignette was curated by Michael Hilal, pairing new works with vintage pieces. The Curated Section was led by Hannah Martin and meditated on folly, whimsy, and pure indulgence. New Garde continued to gather burgeoning studios and collectives, while Bespoke displayed commissioned works by independent designers. A section was also dedicated to fashion and its relationship to the design world.

Across the board, femininity seemed to reign popular amongst designers and curations. The bow trend is far from over here, from Sam Klemick’s ribbon-like chair to Llewellyn Chupin’s metal partition, softened with linen tied up with string. In other places, lace-like cut-outs decorated Cocordia Studio’s works, while pleats and other drapery ran throughout the show floor.

Some of the designs that stole the show lean toward the feminine side, but all are united by a re-imagination of tradition, history, or process. Ranging from styles, the following designs from COLLECTIBLE 2025 are AN Interior’s favorites.

hannah martin folly exhibit — The Curated section includes a metal room divider with a rose emerging within it (Simon Leung)

Riot Shield Screen by Around the Studio

Following protests in Georgia surrounding the government’s restrictions on the rights of LGBTQ+ communities, designers in Tbilisi have used their practice as a form of documentation and protest. Around the Studio is one such case. The Riot Shield Screen takes after the shields used to deter protestors, featuring a cut-out from which a metal rose emerges. The design is a reminder of the hope and endurance of those on the ground, fighting the vital fight.

thomas yang fika table — Thomas Yang’s table uses 75 sterling silver flower nails (Courtesy Thomas Yang Studio)

collectible table — The table is affixed within a river stone (Courtesy Thomas Yang Studio)

Fika Table by Thomas Yang Studio

In Hannah Martin’s Curated section, titled In Praise of Folly, a cherry wood base is carved into a piece of river stone before traditional timber joinery conjoins the circular base at the top. But the elegant table is more than its craft of joinery: the base is decorated with 75 floral nails, a whimsical touch on both function and beauty.

installation by playinghouse — playinghouse features Idea for a Table at its green-hued booth (Matthew Gordon)

Silver Tablecloth – Idea for a Table by Francesco Rosati

Exhibited by playinghouse, a nomadic art and design platform, this dining table reinterprets the tablecloth. Architect Francesco Rosati uses ornamentation on the glass top to define and reorient how to sit at the table while industrial legs and metal cut-outs gesture toward its functionality and customization.

Romain Basile Petrot lamp — The Athina Table Lamp uses chainmail as a lamp shade (Courtesy Romain Basile Petrot)

Athina Table Lamp by Romain Basile Petrot

The Athina Table Lamp is a riff on a column, referencing its hollow mass and composition of folded sheets of metal. Likewise, the industrial base of the lamp is assembled with blind nuts and uses the intricacies and transparencies of chainmail as a shade.

caroline chao chair hung up — The chair can be disassembled and hung up like clothing (Loes de Boer)

The Roll-Up Chair by Caroline Chao

In collaboration with denim brand G-STAR, architect and designer Caroline Chao considered the chair as a garment. Inspired by military and camping gear which can fold and unfurl easily, the chair can easily disassemble, reassemble or be folded up and hung on the wall. It’s made up of industrial railing parts, deadstock denim, vintage snap buttons, and construction fasteners.

collectible mycelium lamps — Kamilla Csegzi’s work shares a booth with Edoardo Cozzani’s stone and glass sculptures (Courtesy Edoardo Cozzani)

Formations by Kamilla Csegzi

Architect and designer Kamilla Csegzi returns to COLLECTIBLE New York with mycelium. Formations continues her practice of using the material alongside a cast-into-air methodology in which mycelium is grown in molds shaped by bubble wrap. Industrial packaging and biomaterial unite for strikingly textured lighting.

brochette chair in new york — Brochette shares a booth with Atelier Alz (Simon Leung)

Brochette by Vanessa Michaud and Alexis Giard

This cantilevered lounge chair revels in its joints. The piece is made entirely of Canadian Douglas Fir, using the traditional tenon-and-mortise joint. It’s used here to heightened and revealed effect, as the base skewers the backrest and seat. It’s satisfyingly straightforward.

in praise of folly chair — The chair is featured in the Curated section of COLLECTIBLE (Simon Leung)

Trumpet Dining Chair by Sam Klemick

A bow dons the back of this dining chair in a celebration of excessive joy and whimsy. Designer Sam Klemick pushes wood to look draped and molded like garments. Each of the chair’s details give the humble concept a big impact, from the roundedness of the base to the textured backrest and exposed joinery.