Five Spaces, One First Look at BDNY 2026
From a Gilded Age lounge with a wink to a richly layered supper club, BDNY’s designed spaces offer an early look at the ideas shaping hospitality’s next chapter.
Boutique Design New York (BDNY) has released its theme and plans for the 2026 show returning November 8th and 9th to the Javits Center in New York City. Under the theme ‘Designed to Be Remembered,’ BDNY expects more than 700 brands, including over 100 first-time exhibitors.
We are especially drawn to the five immersive hospitality spaces that offer an early look at what’s ahead. Designed by IHG + Crème Design, Ennismore and Avenue ID, Preen, Inc. and Beth Bloom Designs, here’s our take on each.
IHG Hotels & Resorts x Crème Jun Aizaki Architecture & Design is drawing inspiration from New York’s nightlife with its One Night Only space. With contributions from Bluebird Lighting, Reid Witlin Textiles and Farmboy Fine Arts, the space evokes an intimate after-hours lounge. Burgundy drapery recalls this year’s focus on draped design; mirrored columns and a glowing circular focal point set a theatrical scene, while low-slung seating and an eclectic mix of accent tables make it a place to settle in. The interplay of reflection, saturated color and low-slung forms turns the lounge into an experience that feels as carefully composed as it is spontaneous..
Ennismore and Avenue ID’s The Gilded Dare was created to reinterpret Gilded Age glamour. Burgundy curtains part to reveal a lounge playing with the conventions of a grand hotel: a sweeping blush sofa, pale blue, Venetian style chandeliers, checkerboard flooring and a custom, brilliant blue broadloom carpet. Wood-paneled bookshelves and intimate banquettes lend clubby warmth, while leopard-print stools and Moebius-style cheeky portraits keep the formality from taking itself too seriously. It’s hospitality with a sense of occasion—and a wink.
Preen Inc’s The Unkindness of Ravens may be about the cooperative nature of ravens, but it could also be a room from Poe’s imagination, if the guests stayed for another drink. Charcoal walls, gathered drapery and long, low sofas give the space its midnight mood. Avian portraits punctuate the darkness, while a sinuous green installation overhead suggests feathers caught in motion. These flourishes are balanced by structured, backlit seating and sculptural, Brutalist leaning side tables. The softly lit apothecary-style bar glows against black marble. The space is darkly romantic, mysterious, and the perfect space for people to gather close in conversation.
RELISH’s Dine & Design Reimagined for BDNY’s café feature is perhaps our favorite of all the spaces. returns in a new form for 2026. With the air of a supper club, RELISH pairs olive velvet with plum, oxblood and dusty pink, a familiar 2026 palette that is entirely at ease with the ridged woodwork, warm timber and richly veined marble touches throughout. Slatted windows offer glimpses in, and out, without giving everything away. The nuanced palette and intimate scale make lingering feel built into the design.
Beth Bloom Designs’ Main Stage design gives the area a resort terrace tone through a neutral palette, balanced by woven seating, textured surfaces and generous drapery. Layered greenery adds movement and escape while warm, low lighting makes the setting welcoming and relaxed beyond the stage.
These renderings are a preview; the real story begins on the show floor. At BDNY, designers will have a chance to see which ideas are moving beyond the mood board, which materials and products are pushing hospitality forward, and how those discoveries might shape their next project.
