This year Design Miami/ returns to the city’s Pride Park, where its 18th edition will see the best of the design world represented by 50 gallery and Curio shows. Under the curatorial direction of Maria Cristina Didero, exhibitors at this 2022 iteration have been tasked with finding inspiration in the curatorial theme “The Golden Age: Looking to the Future,” in an optimistic foreshadowing that follows the fair’s recent Basel edition, “The Golden Age: Rooted in the Past.”
“I selected the theme The Golden Age with the ambition of exploring how it might be applied across great scratches of human existence, from the distant past to our collective future. Design Miami/’s flagship fair at Miami Beach is always full of energy and optimism for the future,” said Didero. “At a time when human beings are challenged in unprecedented ways, I hope that the theme will offer a source of inspiration to imagine and shape a brighter future for human beings and our planet.”
Encompassed in the gallery presentations are names both new and returning, along with showcases of contemporary design and those highlighting noteworthy feats of historic design. Among these are shows like the debut of the Paris-based Galerie Negropontes; Philadelphia’s Moderne Gallery, highlighting vintage and contemporary American Studio design works; the exhibition of handcrafted furniture and objects “Inkundla,” by Cape Town’s Southern Guild; and a group show focused on innovative, sustainable, and restorative design titled “Material Shores,” which is on view with Sarah Myerscough Gallery from London.
Of Curio’s thought-provoking installations—which fairgoers can find situated throughout the fair’s main gallery booths—not to be missed are J. Lohmann Gallery’s “Curious Creatures” by Toni Losey and Ahryun Lee; the experiential work of Lily Clark with “Stroll Garden”; Aqua Creations, presenting “Light on Water”; and the wearable art of renowned creatives like Ai Weiwei, Giuseppe Penone, and Atelier Van Lieshout, presented by Elisabetta Cipriani.
