Experience the Best of French Design at Oui Design! 2025

Name: Experience the Best of French Design at Oui Design! 2025
Start: 2025-05-15T09:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-05-15T17:00:00-04:00
Location: Payne Whitney Mansion

: May 15, 9 am – 5 pm.

: Free

Step into the world of French craftsmanship at Oui Design!, Villa Albertine’s annual festival celebrating artistry, innovation, and savoir-faire. Returning May 15–21, 2025, Oui Design! welcomes visitors to explore open studios, designer talks, exhibitions, and exclusive events across New York City as part of NYCxDESIGN. The festival kicks off on May 15 with a daylong pop-up exhibition at the historic Payne Whitney Mansion, where visitors can witness live craft demonstrations, meet master artisans, and experience the finest in French design. Featuring an immersive scenography by French creative director Aurore Vullierme, the showcase brings together award-winning designers specializing in ceramics, feather artistry, sculptural jewelry, and more. Participating artisans will include Pierre-Yves Morel, Mathilde Martin, Célina Blundell, Cécile Gayraud, Julien Vermeulen, Alice Riehl, Julia Debord-Dany, and Fanny Serouart.

For complete schedules and partner event details, visit villa-albertine.org and follow @villa.albertine on Instagram. The public is welcome to register here  for the  Oui Design! Pop-up event  on May 15, 2025 (11 am- 5 pm) at the Payne Whitney Mansion, 972 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY.

Oui Design! is a program presented in partnership with Manufactures Nationales, Fondation Bettencourt Schueller and Institut Français. Additional Oui Design! partners include Lang Lang – No.29, Magen H Gallery, Petrossian, Matière Première, Field Studies Flora, Hartis Paris and TPK Fine Art.