Every spring, the design world converges in New York for a frenzied week of trade shows, parties, workshops and exhibitions. Anchored by the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF), the week is filled with satellite shows that are often more compelling than the main event. PAGODA RED made the rounds to see what’s new, now and next. While minimalism has been dominating design for the past few years, 2017 has taken a turn towards color—think loud, proud and pink. Ancient and modern references co-exist in the work of emerging and established designers; here are a few of our favorites.

Pink with a Punk Edge

Curated by Jill Singer and Monica Khemsurov, co-founders of online design magazine Sight Unseen, Offsite has a distinctly independent point of view. After last year’s influential show grew so big that it risked losing its edited eye, Singer and Khemsurov made a conscious decision to limit Offsite 2017 to just 25 participants.

To complement the main exhibition, they curated Sight Unseen Presents, a series of installations around the city at innovative shops and restaurants, from Lower East Side design shop Coming Soon, to LES restaurant Mission Chinese Food, to the Primary Essentials, Brooklyn’s destination for artist-made ceramics. Pink was a big trend, both at Offsite and the installations around town. At Coming Soon, shopkeepers Fabiana Faria and Helena Barquet created “Drunk Tank Pink,” a mashup of pink foil, velvet, ceramic and glass that celebrates Baker-Miller Pink and the famous 1970s psychological study that equated the shade with a tranquilizing effect.

At Offsite, we loved International studio Other Kingdom’s pink marble Cut Out Platters, made in India from leftover scraps in the workshop of master inlayer Prakash Kumar. Emerging designer Eny Lee Parker was another standout. The curators discovered the Korean-Brazillian, Savannah-based designer on Instagram. Her booth featured wheel-thrown terra-cotta furniture and a palette of earthy pinks.

Pieces is the brainchild of Brooklyn-based creative agency, An Aesthetic Pursuit. Known for their design and styling services, the agency received so many requests from clients for custom furniture that they decided to design their own line from wood, glass and granite. Their booth drew visitors in with its peachy-pink shades and playful graphic design.

Ethereal Orb Lights

Spherical shapes were everywhere, especially in the ever-growing category of independent lighting. A crop of avant-garde designers are dreaming up moon-like globe lights in all sizes and styles, from geometric multiples to simple, classic pendants.

London-based design studio Areti (left) pairs geometric metal bases with spherical glass shades. Grouped together, their designs look like illuminated alchemical symbols. New York’s Bower (right) had a booth at ICFF, where their mirrors, furniture and lighting complemented one another in a unique display of restraint, precision and proportion.

Seattle-based studio Iacoli & McAllister debuted a new collection of US-made lighting. We love designer Jamie Iacoli’s cross-cultural influences: “My work draws from my studies in eastern and western philosophy, 19th and 20th century literature, 20th & 21st century art as well as my travels and quiet time spent in solitude. In my work I explore the way lines, planes and volumes intersect space and I am intrigued by what is not, the negative space…”

Long Island-based Allied Maker debuted a collection of lighting handcrafted in New York. To balance the simplicity of the globe lights, designer Ryden Rizzo used a hand-applied blackened finish on the brass fixtures, ensuring that each piece improves with age.

Auras, Crystals & Quartz

We’re officially in the throes of Modern Magic, an aesthetic that pairs modern design with mystical references like quartz crystals and aura-inspired color palettes. Many of the designers working in this way embrace experimental ideas, exploring the interaction between objects and energy fields.

Experimental design studio The Principals created an installation using Calico’s “Aura” Wallpaper. The chandelier hanging above responds to a person’s touch, creating different sounds and lights. Inspired by the energetic fields that people project, “the installation makes perceptible the inherent electricity in human bodies.”

Los-Angeles based Leah Ring makes metaphysical “Aura Mirrors” from crystals and glass. Her studio, Another Human, uses sculptural lines and luxe materials to make objects that straddle the line between pragmatic and playful.

Montreal-based Claste was a favorite at ICFF. Their furniture explores the tension between fragility and stability through contrasting materials, like glass and stone. Quartzite and pink onyx bring complex color and depth to their otherwise-minimal designs.

Want more design trends and updates? Check out our reports from Maison & Objet 2017 and Palm Springs Modernism Week.

All images courtesy of designers and publications, unless noted. Hero Image: Drunk Tank Pink Installation at Coming Soon, Sight Unseen Presents.