BKLYN DESIGNS™: May 12 — 14, 2006
                   

The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that BKLYN
DESIGNS™ 2006, NY’s hippest design show, will return to DUMBO,
Brooklyn, May 12 – 14, 2006. The annual three-day exhibition will
kick-off NY Design Week, and feature the borough’s top established and
emerging designers of contemporary indoor and outdoor furniture, rugs,
lighting and accessories.

The show, founded in 2003, has steadily grown to
fill multiple venues and attract thousands of architects, designers and
design-savvy consumers from around the country.  St. Ann’s Warehouse
will once again serve as the show hub but this year the entire DUMBO
neighborhood will be alive with events, gallery openings and parties.

BKLYN DESIGNS™ exhibitors are selected by a jury,
which includes prominent designers as well as editors from leading
design and shelter magazines.  All exhibitors will show their newest
made-in-Brooklyn collections.  For many, it will be their very first
trade show exhibit.  This gives attendees a chance to be among the
first in the world to see the new design trends as they are being set.
The complete exhibitor list, which will top 50 firms this year, will be
posted in the coming weeks.

The show will also feature inspiring design events
and consumer demonstrations that are all free with admission.
Pre-registered professional members of the design trade can attend free
all day on opening day (Friday, May 12).  Please click here for trade registration.

BKLYN DESIGNS will be offering a free shuttle bus service between Union Square, DUMBO, and State Street, where blockparty, an offsite exhibit of art and design in the new urban home, will be held.