This radiant September, Design Miami Seoul returns to Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) for its second edition, weaving together international galleries, Korean designers, collectors, and creative voices under the theme “Resonance.” Developed in close partnership with the Seoul Design Foundation and Seoul Metropolitan Government, the fair will unfold at the impressive Zaha Hadid-designed DDP from August 31 through September 6, 2026.
Curatorial Director Hyeyoung Cho returns for the pivotal occasion, carefully shaping a program that considers how objects carry memory, knowledge, and emotion across time and place. This year also celebrates the first edition of the fair’s gallery program in special collaboration with the Seoul Design Foundation, alongside the second year of In Situ, which shines light on Korean and regional collectible design.
“Our first edition in Seoul exceeded every expectation,” said Jen Roberts, CEO of Design Miami, adding that the fair is moving into the Design Lab 1F at DDP “to match the scale of what this community has become.”
“Our first edition in Seoul exceeded every expectation,”
Jen Roberts
With six galleries joining the 2026 edition and a wide-ranging In Situ presentation, here are six awe-inspiring highlights.
Charles Burnand Gallery: Material Memory
Jan Waterston, “Primitive Excavations (Striations),” 2024, Courtesy of the artist.
Robyn Neild, “Dungeness Nest Form 2,”
2026, Courtesy of the artist.
London’s Charles Burnand Gallery will beckon visitors with Material Echoes, a group presentation responding directly to “Resonance.” Artists from Korea, China, Europe, and the United States delve into bronze, copper, carved wood, and ceramics, tracing the marks that materials accumulate through human touch. Jan Waterston’s Primitive Excavations (2024) will attract art lovers for its earthy physicality and unusual, almost mystical composition.
Vagujhelyi: Furniture Meets Sculpture
ORTHOS THRONE AND RHAKIS CHAIR, 2026,
BY VAGUJHELYI,
COURTESY OF VAGUJHELYI.
At New York’s Vagujhelyi, the Postura Collection examines the relationship between body, material, and form. Hand-molded in bronze, the sculptural furniture draws on mythology, ritual, and transformation. The Orthos Throne and Rhakis Chair, both from 2024, transform ideas of posture and movement into organic forms that hover between furniture and sculpture.
STACK by studio MOTO: Architecture of Home
Stack Seater, STACK by studio MOTO, 2026, Courtesy of STACK by studio MOTO.
Belgian architects Thomas Hick and Mo Vandenbergh of studio MOTO bring STACK, a modular aluminum furniture system made without screws. Doors, shelving, and cabinets are constructed from folded components that connect edge to edge. For Seoul, the presentation becomes a walk-in environment, inviting visitors to experience furniture spatially. Its adaptable structure can expand, contract, and reconfigure as needs evolve.
IN GALLERY: Korean Spaces for Connection
Saerom Yoon,
Crystal Series: Console Table 02,
110 × 43 × 90 cm (W × D × H),
Acrylic,
2026,
Courtesy of Korea of Republic.
Seoul-based IN GALLERY turns its presentation toward the social possibilities of contemporary Korean furniture. Among its highlights is Saerom Yoon’s Crystal Series: Console Table 02 (2026), created in acrylic and characterized by a transparent, spatial quality. The presentation imagines furniture as a setting for gathering, staying, and forming connections.
In Situ: Tradition in Motion
Hwan Tae Kim, Chimi Chair, 2026,
55w X 60D X102H cm,
Sapele Wood, Courtesy of the artist.
The second edition of In Situ brings together a particularly rich field of Korean and regional voices. Hwan Tae Kim of Mokamjunamoo presents the Chimi Chair (2026), translating the ornament of a traditional hanok roof into minimalist woodwork. Byungsub Kim’s NARRATIVE 003 pairs red pine with najeon chilgi, or mother-of-pearl lacquer. Elsewhere, Sangwoo Koo’s Xylophone Bench connects walnut furniture with rhythm, sound, and memory.
Yuki Nara: Craft Meets Digital Design
Yuki Nara, “Bone Flower,” 2026,
Porcelain, Ceramics,
30(h) x 20 x 20 cm, Courtesy of the artist.
Japanese architect and ceramic artist Yuki Nara, born into the Ohi family’s celebrated tea-bowl-making lineage, presents Bone Flower/Yayoi 08, a work that brings ceramic tradition into conversation with digital design. His participation speaks to the cross-border dialogue at the heart of “Resonance,” and he will also join the fair’s Design Talks on September 3.
That day, Resonance: Design in Dialogue, sponsored by LIVINGSENSE, will bring designers, creative leaders, and industry voices together for conversations on design, material, memory, creativity, and the digital era. Public hours run September 1–5 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and September 6 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. At DDP this fall, Seoul becomes a meeting point where the past can be felt through the future—and where collectible design continues to find new ways to speak.
