Metropolis
Q&A: Elissa Black, the Newly Appointed Head of NYCxDESIGN, Knows New York City Will Bounce Back
After roles at the Van Alen Institute and the Guggenheim Museum, this lawyer and advocate for design takes over NYCxDESIGN as executive director with a mission to support the city s design sector.
Courtesy NYCxDESIGN
Since NYCxDESIGN reconceived of itself as an independent non-profit organization last Fall, the organization has drastically expanded its range of offerings. Now, in addition to their annual design festival (“NYCxDESIGN: The Festival”), they’ve launched programs including a magazine, a podcast series, design competitions, a network of designers offering pro-bono services, as well as a poster campaign that raised spirits, and money, for local causes during the darkest days of the pandemic.