A Celebration of French Craft and Design: Oui Design! 2026
Illustration by Mathieu Delion
Multiple Locations
Thursday, May 14 – Wednesday, May 20, 2026
Oui Design! Festival returns May 14–20, 2026 as a flagship transatlantic platform celebrating French craft and design within NYCxDESIGN.
Presented by Villa Albertine, this fourth edition brings together a dynamic program of exhibitions, open studios, panel discussions, and special events across New York City, highlighting the evolving dialogue between French and American creative communities.
At the heart of the festival is a major week-long exhibition at Villa Albertine’s Payne Whitney Mansion, featuring the work of Design & Craft Residency laureates and former residents—many presenting in the United States for the first time. Participating designers include Lily Alcaraz & Léa Berlier, Atelier Monier, Yassine Ben Abdallah, Nicolas Pinon, Céline Salomon, Sophia Taillet, Juliette Tellier, Frantz Wehrlé, and Xolo Cuintle. The exhibition is brought to life through an immersive scenography by Harry Nuriev of Crosby Studios, whose distinctive, cross-disciplinary approach creates a compelling environment that bridges craft, design, and contemporary culture.
Marking the fifth anniversary of Villa Albertine’s Design & Craft Residency Program, the 2026 edition underscores the institution’s ongoing commitment to fostering artistic exchange and supporting the next generation of designers and artisans. Developed in close collaboration with key partners, including the Fondation Bettencourt Schueller and Manufactures Nationales – Sèvres & Mobilier National, Oui Design! continues to elevate the visibility and impact of French craftsmanship on an international stage.
Register for Oui Design! events updates here and follow @villa.albertine on Instagram for updates.
In partnership with
Albertine Foundation
Previously known as FACE Foundation, Albertine Foundation is an American nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting French-American relations through innovative cultural and educational projects. In close partnership with Villa Albertine, the French Institute for Culture and Education of the French Embassy in the United States, Albertine Foundation promotes artistic, literary, and educational exchange and collaboration between creative professionals from both countries thanks to corporate, foundation, and individual support.
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Manufactures nationales – Sèvres & Mobilier national
Resulting from the merger between the Mobilier national and the Cité de la Céramique – Sèvres & Limoges, the National Manufactures were established on January 1, 2025, to promote the excellence of French craftsmanship and highlight the richness of both tangible and intangible heritage through more than 53 artistic crafts practiced within its manufactures and workshops.
Unique worldwide, this new public entity dedicated to decorative arts, crafts, and design combines heritage and creation to play a central role in implementing the national strategy in support of artistic crafts.
Its mission is structured around six key priorities: education and training; research; creation; support for the fragile ecosystem of artistic crafts; heritage promotion; and the international outreach of craftsmanship.
As the heir to four centuries of history, it comprises two museums (the National Museum of Ceramics in Sèvres and the Adrien Dubouché National Museum in Limoges), nine manufactures and creative workshops (including the Sèvres National Manufactory, the Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory, the Beauvais Tapestry Manufactory, the Savonnerie Carpet Manufactory, the lace workshops of Alençon and Le Puy-en-Velay, and the Research and Creation Workshop for contemporary furniture), seven restoration workshops, and a furnishing commission.
Firmly rooted in local territories, this public institution operates across eight departments: in Paris, Hauts-de-Seine (Sèvres), Hérault (Lodève), Creuse (Aubusson), Orne (Alençon), Haute-Loire (Le Puy-en-Velay), Haute-Vienne (Limoges), and Oise (Beauvais).
Fondation Bettencourt Schueller
As a family foundation and a public-interest foundation at the same time, the Fondation Bettencourt Schueller has chosen to “take talents to the top” to contribute to France’s success and influence.
To this end, the Foundation seeks, selects, supports and promotes women and men who are rethinking our future in three fields that make a tangible difference to the common good: life sciences, the arts and an inclusive society.
With a philanthropic mindset, the foundation takes action through prizes, donations, personalized support, effective communication and co-created initiatives.
Since the foundation was founded in 1987, it has awarded prizes to 676 laureates and supported more than 1,400 projects led by talented individuals, teams, associations and organizations.
For more information: www.fondationbs.org/en| Twitter: @Fondation_BS | Instagram: @fondationbettencourtschueller | Facebook: @BettencourtSchuellerFoundation | #talentfondationbettencourt
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