MAY 17 -19, 2025

Starrett-Lehigh Building

601 West 26th Street | NYC 10001

It's a wrap on the first edition of Shelter by Afternooon Light - and wow, did we LOVE every minute of it!

Many thanks to our community of outstanding partner brands and studios, a host of wonderful speakers, our sponsors, the most incredible production team, labor teams, publicists, delicious sandwich makers, volunteers, and everyone who did a little or a lot to make it happen. To the design lovers and professionals, our guests who filled the floor for three days with an overflow of positive energy, new ideas, and an eye on business, and the future - thank you for joining us.  

We'll see you next year.

For inquiries while we prepare our Vol 2 proposal, please email: shelter@afternoonlight.com

VOL. 1: MART NOUVEAU. New York design week's new market.

Built to foster connection in changing times.

Shelter is a three-day design fair presenting an exclusive roster of 100+ brands and creatives from the worlds of furniture, art, and decoration. A celebration of home and gathering place for top-tier A&D trade and the design-loving public to explore must-see projects and products.

People interacting in a spacious, brightly lit gallery with colorful displays.
People interacting in a bright gallery space with artwork on the walls.
Group of people interacting in a stylish, modern exhibition space.
A colorful kiosk with a red umbrella and clothing display in a large space.
People interact around tables in a bright, modern indoor space.

WHO SHOWED

 

THE STAGE

Outfitted by Hem

 

SATURDAY 5/17  

 

*1 PM

Flood the Zone by Jean Lin

Trans x Design

Is Good Design Trans?

 

JOEY ZELEDÓN, Designer

SLOAN LEO COWAN, Founder, Flox Studio

STUART GETTY, Senior Design Director, IDEO

Moderated by JAMIE DERRINGER, artist, Co-founder and Head of Brand for TRAME, Founder Design Milk

 

*3 PM

Home.Bodies.

On creating sanctuary, the rituals and rhythm of home

 

PALOMA ELSESSER, Model and Author in conversation with AMINATOU SOW, Writer and Interviewer

 

 

 

SUNDAY 5/18

 

*11 AM

A Hem Run: 10 Years

On staying in the game

 

PETRUS PALMÉR, Founder and CEO, Hem in conversation with DAVID MICHON, Author of For Scale

 

*1 PM

Flood the Zone by Jean Lin

Curation as Culture

 

PHILLIP COLLINS, Founder, Good Black Art

KAREN WONG, Chief Brand Officer, The New Museum

Moderated by: JEAN LIN, Founder, Colony

 

 

 

MONDAY 5/19

 

*11 AM

Retail Therapy

Architecture in Context

 

NATHAN RICH, Principal, Peterson Rich Office

JESSE GOLDSTINE, General Manager, MoMA, Retail

MAURICE BLANKS, Co-founder, Blu Dot

Moderated by JACK MURPHY, Executive Editor, The Architect’s Newspaper

 

*1 PM

Flood the Zone by Jean Lin

Media Futura

 

LINYEE YUAN, Founder, MOLD & Field Meridians

KELSEY KEITH, Brand Creative Director, Herman Miller

DAVID MICHON, Author of For Scale

ASAD SYRKETT, Editor AD Italia

Moderated by MADELEINE PARSONS, Colony

Logos of various brands on a neutral background.

Shelter by Afternoon Light is for brands in the object, furniture, and decor space by invitation only.

 

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