Set against sweeping views of the Manhattan skyline, the contemporary design fair Collectible returned for its second annual New York edition last week on the 39th floor of the buzzy WSA building in the Financial District.
The fair was founded in Brussels in 2018 by Clélie Debehault and Liv Vaisberg, two art-world insiders who saw how contemporary makers in the design space were often excluded from shows dedicated to furniture, antiques or art. Collectible NYC debuted in 2024 to rave reviews, and returned last week with an expanded roster of 128 galleries, artists and designers showing everything from Marcela Cure ’s geology-inspired pieces in amber-hued resin and Rosie Li ’s pressed-glass lighting installation to an evocative collaboration between multidisciplinary studio Tan