The fair features a curated selection of furniture, lighting, decorative art, limited-edition pieces, and special commissions. Its exhibition has several sections: Design Miami/, Curio (featuring innovative and experimental works), and Design at Large (dedicated to larger-scale installations). Design Miami also hosts a robust program of talks, panel discussions, and lectures that engage the design community with prominent figures in the field.

One of Design Miami’s highlights is its strong partnership with museums and institutions, with exhibitions that often explore the intersections of art, design, and architecture. The fair serves as a key event for those looking to acquire rare and valuable works while gaining insight into the cutting edge of the design world. Through its dynamic presentations, Design Miami positions itself as a vital platform for collectors and creators, helping shape the future of collectible design.

2024 edition, important dates

Tuesday, December 3, 2024. 

Members Preview. 11am-1pm 

Collectors Preview. 1pm-7pm 

Press Preview. 2pm-7pm 

Wednesday, December 4, 2024. 

VIP Preview. 11am-1pm. 

Public Show Days.
 

Wednesday, December 4. 1pm-7pm Thursday, 

December 5. 11am-7pm Friday, 

December 6. 11am-7pm Saturday, 

December 7. 11am-7pm Sunday, 

December 8. 11am-6pm 

Design Miami CEO, Jen Roberts says: "We are thrilled to be returning to our home roots for our flagship 20th edition, following a momentous year that started with our inaugural Los Angeles edition in May, before a successful Basel fair in June, and our return to Paris in October. This edition’s curatorial theme, Blue Sky, places a spotlight on design that exceeds expectations. This embodies the very mission of Design Miami, to bring together like-minded members of our global community to celebrate design’s greatest thinkers and makers.”

Design Miami CEO, Jen Roberts says: "We are thrilled to be returning to our home roots for our flagship 20th edition, following a momentous year that started with our inaugural Los Angeles edition in May, before a successful Basel fair in June, and our return to Paris in October. This edition’s curatorial theme, Blue Sky, places a spotlight on design that exceeds expectations. This embodies the very mission of Design Miami, to bring together like-minded members of our global community to celebrate design’s greatest thinkers and makers.”

What to expect in 2024:

Design Miami announces highlights for 20th Edition of its flagship Miami Beach fair, under Curatorial Director Glenn Adamson’s ‘Blue Sky’ theme.

On 31 October 2024, Miami -  Design Miami announces programming highlights for the 20th edition of its Miami Beach fair. It returns to its flagship location at Pride Park from December 4 - 8, 2024, with Preview Day on December 3. Under curatorial director Glenn Adamson’s chosen theme, Blue Sky, over 45 world-leading galleries will present contemporary and historical highlights demonstrating the power of a ‘blue sky thinking’ approach to design - past, present, and future. 

Design Miami 2024 Gallery & Curio Highlights. 

The Blue Sky theme invites diverse engagement from exhibitors, underpinned by a commitment to design that exceeds expectations through bold leaps of imagination, thoughtful material innovation, and a respect for the natural world that houses us all under one shared sky. Under this shared theme, several key thematic threads may be identified: Optimistic Design and Radical Invention.
Taking a ‘blue sky thinking’ approach, the theme celebrates design as a fundamentally optimistic human activity, giving way to radical invention through conceptual and material innovation. 

The Future Perfect (New York) will reflect on the curatorial theme Blue Sky through a curated presentation of almost 100 new works from over 20 artists and designers, including Anina Major, Laurids Gallée, Olivia Cognet, Vikram Goyal, and Sophie Lou Jacobsen. The exhibition space will continue exploring bifurcation, leveraging the concept of day and night occurring under a singular sky. One-half of the booth will be dedicated to showcasing an exhibition of works from a myriad of emerging and established artists, including the likes of Chris Wolston, Floris Wubben, Jane Yang-D’Haene, John Hogan, Lindsey Adelman, and Thompson Street Studio. This constellation of objects comprises pieces made especially for the fair alongside works that feel familiar in origin but represent massive leaps in skill and practice. The second side will center on New Delhi-based designer Vikram Goyal, who is making his United States debut at Design Miami. Trained as an engineer, Goyal’s work utilizes artisanal techniques, apparent in the rich legacy of Indian craft, to create modern and contemporary designs. 

Charles Burnand Gallery in London celebrates futuristic thinking and limitless possibilities of creative expression. The presentation is defined by the remarkable array of materials selected by the designers. The exhibition's centerpiece is an otherworldly, six-meter-wide lighting installation by Korean artist Heechan Kim, created from ash wood veneer and copper wire. Other works include a monumental limestone dining table crafted by Steven John Clark for denHolm; a cabinet made of wood, washi paper, and urushi lacquer by Yanxiong Kim; the eco-conscious, highly innovative pieces from Studio Furthermore; the beauty of recycled dichroic glass by Dawn Bendick; intricately crafted woven metals, wood, and traditional Korean ottchil lacquer by Kyeok Kim; and an inventive collection of works made from hurricane-felled mahogany by Reynold Rodriguez.

Southern Guild (Cape Town/Los Angeles) returns to Design Miami with a focused presentation of contemporary ceramics by 12 artists from Africa who are shaping the discourse around the medium’s international resurgence. The work on display considers ceramics’ ancient origins while showcasing progressive approaches to form, technique, symbolism, and utility. The medium of ceramics occupies a unique position across the continent, being among Africa's most enduring and relevant forms of material culture. Ceramic objects reveal evolutions in technology, belief systems, rituals, aesthetics, and domestic life, helping us to understand shifts in geography, history, politics, and society. The gallery will present furniture, sculptures, and vessels by leading ceramic artists, including Belinda Blignaut, Andile Dyalvane, Madoda Fani, Ian Garrett, Katherine Glenday, King Houndekpinkou, Michal Korycki, Justine Mahoney, Chuma Maweni, Jabulile Nala, Ben Orkin, and Zizipho Poswa. Additional works by Rich Mnisi, Jesse Ede, and Ange Dakouo will also be displayed. Highlights include an edition of a ceramic lamp first made for Loewe by Zizipho Poswa, whose practice pays intimate homage to the women within her extended community, honoring the passing of knowledge through generations.

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Meanwhile, the Design Miami 2023 Best Gallery Presentation award winner, Gallery FUMI (London), will chart the history of groundbreaking design by celebrating traditional craftsmanship and contemporary works, including several commissioned especially for the fair. The designers spotlighted will include Max Lamb, Eelko Moorer, Emma Witter, and Sam Orlando Miller.

Living with Design.

The theme also provides a curatorial focus on exploring the various ways design offers insight into our personal living habits.

Sarah Myerscough Gallery (London) will delve into the forms and dimensions of the bedroom space and how this nocturnal sanctuary is intricately connected to the needs of the human body. Catering to activities such as rest, daydreaming, dressing, and solitude, these spaces and furnishings hold profound significance in our daily lives, revealing the imprints of familiar routines and enduring use. The curated exhibition will showcase a collection of works from designers and artists, all centered around furnishing a bedroom. Highlights include an ethereal bed and accompanying side tables by distinguished designer Marc Fish, whose creative process is informed by rigorous material research. Tadeas Podracky, an experimental designer based in the Czech Republic, will contribute a striking mirror evocative of the opulent aesthetics of Rococo design. Complementing these pieces will be a monumental cleft wardrobe by Peter Marigold and Tadanori Tozawa, introducing an architectural presence to the space.
Additionally, a number of specially commissioned works by a diverse array of designers, including Gareth Neal, Lin Fanglu, Diana Scherer, and Nic Webb, will enrich the bedroom space with craftsmanship and artistic vision, inviting viewers to reconsider the significance of their sanctuaries.

Lamb Gallery (London) will debut in the fair’s Curio program, presenting an immersive environment that welcomes visitors into a living room setting. The Magnetic Midnight Maison exhibition will unveil Lucía Echavarría’s newest capsule collection. Exploring Echavarría’s anthology of Colombian craft and drawing inspiration from Miami’s surrounding coastal palette and Art Deco design cues, the furniture collection blends traditional Colombian artistry with a contemporary Miami flair. 

To learn more about the 20th edition of Design Miami, please visit www.designmiami.com