NYCxDesignxSouvenir Is Back With Even More Collectible Items

Fuhgeddaboudit. Those typical New York City mementos: I Love NY tees, statue of Liberty figurines, Empire State Building snow globes. For one-of-a-kinds, head on over to “NYCxDesignxSouvenir,” an exhibition of Gotham-inspired collectibles, many functional objects, on view May 15-21 at the Canvas at the Oculus in lower Manhattan and online here. After its debut last year, “Souvenir” 2.0 nearly tripled in submissions, including from the star-studded likes of Virginia Harper and Interior Design Hall of Famer Karim Rashid, with the final 73 items, like in 2024, curated by Boym Partners, sponsored by Kikkerland Design, and available for purchase. Among the standouts is the deli breakfast staple—especially after a late night out—bacon, egg, and cheese sando as a candle, on an everything bagel no less; a sound machine in the form of a traffic cone; and a crosswalk sign translated into a table lamp. And although a steel bird entry resembles the omnipresent pigeon, it nods to the Eames House Bird and Case Study House #8, which was almost destroyed by the Los Angeles wildfires; 10 percent of its sale will be donated to the Wildfire Recovery and Relief Fund. All souvenirs can be viewed at nycxdesign.org.

Check Out The Standouts From NYCxDesignxSouvenir