Design Miami announces highlights for 20th Edition of its flagship Miami Beach fair, under Curatorial Director Glenn Adamson’s ‘Blue Sky’ theme
21 November, 2024, Miami - Today, Design Miami announces programming highlights for the 20th edition of its Miami Beach fair, returning 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 historic highlights that demonstrate the power of a ‘blue sky thinking’ approach to design - past, present, and future.
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 2024 Curatorial Director, Glenn Adamson says: “The choice to be led by the Blue Sky curatorial theme felt only natural for this 20th edition of Design Miami. The theme presents an opportunity to celebrate Design Miami’s role as a platform for the 21st century avant-garde - showcasing the very best in contemporary and historic design for two decades. Design is inherently a speculative venture, and also a collective one - a shared framework of reference at a time of global interconnection. The same sky is above us all.”
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.
Last Dance Bronze Chair by Yanxiong Lin
Charles Burnand Gallery (London) presents a celebration of futuristic thinking and the limitless possibilities of creative expression. The presentation is defined by the remarkable array of materials being utilized by the selected designers. At the centerpiece of the exhibition will be 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 worked by the hands of Steven John Clark for denHolm; a cabinet crafted in wood, washi paper, and urishi lacquer from Yanxiong Kim; the eco-conscious and highly innovative pieces of Studio Furthermore; the beauty of recycled dichroic glass by Dawn Bendick; intricately crafted woven metals, wood, and traditional Korean ottchil lacquer from Kyeok Kim; and an inventive set of works crafted from hurricane-felled mahogany by Reynold Rodriguez.
