Each May, along with the tulips and the tourists, great design arrives in New York. Like “art week” in March or the city’s two fashion weeks, NYCxDesign, colloquially known as New York’s design month, offers furniture, decor and fashion aficionados a concentrated opportunity to survey what’s new in the field — from traditional furnishings to lighting to objets d’art.

This year, from May 11 to 24, the city will be abuzz with fairs, installations and parties celebrating all things design.

Here are some can’t-miss highlights.

Now in its 30th year, this behemoth convention takes place in the Javits Center, where over 700 exhibitors gather alongside an estimated 36,000 guests. ICFF bills itself as a “high-end luxury fair,” and is accordingly geared toward designers, collectors and industry professionals. But you’ll find more affordable items at Design Milk’s Cash + Carry Pop-Up Shop, like Wood + Faulk’s leather items and Studio Stockhome’s candles and table linens. Collective Design, which showcases the ideas and processes behind independent designers’ innovations in areas from ceramics to lighting, moved its own fair to March and will present a small exhibit, Collective Concept, at ICFF.

May 20-23, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. $75 per ticket.

This year, design month’s biggest event in Kings County moves to the Brooklyn Museum, where it will kick off the festivities. With a focus on local and emerging designers, Brooklyn Designs will have no shortage of affordable goodies. Look out for locally made Demetria Chappo Ceramics, Five and Six Textiles, Quiet Town bath accessories, furniture brand Think Fabricate and handcrafted furniture makers Shuya Design. “We’re proud to showcase Brooklyn’s talented and thriving design community each year at Brooklyn Designs, as they really represent the innovative drivers of the borough’s maker economy,” says Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Andrew Hoan. You can also attend related talks at the museum, including “Art, Culture and Design: An Intersectional Dialogue” and “Women in Design at the Forefront of Change.”

May 12-13, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. $15 per ticket.

During NYCxDesign, the Design Pavilion in Times Square will function as an information center where you can pick up an official guide to events across the city. The pavilion there will also host its own events and installations, including Parenthesis (which invites passersby to find stillness and rest in public), animations by the audiovisual collective Circus Company, an emerging designer showcase called “Bright New Things” and an inflatable piece. Design Pavilion’s founding producer, Ilene Shaw, says, “We want New Yorkers and visitors from around the world to delight in design’s power, and to be aware that good design enhances our lives and is shaping our future.”

May 12-20, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Free.

Founded in 2011 by France natives Claire Pijoulat and Odile Hainaut, WantedDesign is a self-professedly “global” fair, aiming to foster connections among design communities around the globe. With a constellation of events in Brooklyn and Manhattan, the fair offers a dazzling showcase of international brands, from China to Chile. (Many are looking for US distributors.) Look out for chic lighting from Mexico’s Bandido Studios, gorgeous rugs from Mexican-Dutch designer Emma Boomkamp, whimsical creations from Turkey’s Merve Kahleman and objects from Canadian collective Concrete Cat. This year, WantedDesign will also celebrate the fifth edition of the Launch Pad furniture and lighting competition for new designers (vote for your favorite!) and honor Brooklyn’s own Oliver Haslegrave of Home Studios with this year’s American Design Honors award. Don’t miss Camille Walala’s interactive magnetic mural, “Play More.”

May 19-22 in Manhattan, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; May 17-21 in Brooklyn, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Free.