• Multidisciplinary artist Oscar Wang will engage conversation with Judy Liu, the president of FARFETCH APAC, about the vision of contemporary art and design, and his cross-cultural collaboration with American contemporary artist Daniel Arsham.

    As the global leading platform for modern luxury, FARFETCH has played a significant role as art culture curator and continues to develop products and service for consumers.

      Moderator

    • Xue Tianchong
      Design Miami/ Podium x Shanghai Curator
    • Panelists

    • Oscar Wang
      Multi-disciplinary Artist
    • Judy Liu
      President of FARFETCH APAC
  • The proposition of ‘From Sense to Space’ comes from an interview of female artists around the world. Editor Yu Wenting wrote: "Space, architecture, structure, environment...sounds like rational words, but under the tough shell, What is wrapped is the emotional core... When this kind of intellectual and emotional transmission is presented in an artistic way, what sort of reflection carries with it?"

    When paying attention to a piece of architecture, design, and art, what is beyond the scale is to be moved by the emotional feelings they convey. Did Tolstoy say that art is not a skill, it is the expression of emotions experienced by the artist; Chekhov said that art gives us wings, let us Flying to far, far places is similar to the concept that we want to explore the abstract sense formed by the physical space.

      Moderator

    • Beryl Hsu
      Editor in Chief, AD China
    • Panelists

    • Zhang Di
      Founder and Principa of WAA
    • Danful Yang
      Artist and Director of PearlLam Galleries
    • Niu An
      Artist
  • A conversation with Aldo Cibic, Joseph Walsh, and the founder of Studio MVW Xu Ming moderated by Jérémie Thircuir.

    Founding member of the Memphis Group Aldo Cibic along designer Joseph Walsh, Chris Shao and Xu Ming co-founder of MVW will reminisce upon what drove them to become designers and discuss the changes within the global design ecosystem through the evolution of their careers and their creative practices over time.

      Moderator

    • Jérémie Thircuir
      Independent Curator
    • Panelists

    • Aldo Cibic
      Founder of Cibicworkshop
    • Xu Ming
      Interior Architect and Designer
    • Chris Shao
      Founder of Chris Shao Studio
    • Joseph Walsh
      Founder of Joseph Walsh Studio
  • Since the Industrial Revolution, the definition and boundaries of design have been gradually shaped along with the innovation of standardized mass production and production efficiency; along with the beginning of a new round of technological revolution, the definition and boundaries of design have been expanded in the face of new technologies, new ideas and new social relations; along with the emergence of design museums and design galleries around the world, the dimensions and meanings of design are being reshaped. From classical furniture and figurative artifacts to contemporary design, what is good design? In this discussion, we look back at the systematic construction of design collections around the world and try to provide more directions for the future development of design collections.

      Moderator

    • Xue Tianchong
      Director of Curating Design & Narrative Environments at the School of Design, Central Academy of Fine Arts, and head of the Exhibition Department of the School of Design.
    • Panelists

    • Cao Feng
      Founder of 20C Gallery, Collector, and Aesthetic Disseminator
    • Yuan Youmin
      Graphic Designer and Curator
    • Felix Pei
      Senior Specialist of Chinese Works of Art, Christie's
    • You Yang
      Contemporary Artist and Director of UCCA Group
  • The theme of Design Miami/Podium x Shanghai is the starting point to open up a new realm of perspectives, guiding innovative design thinking and the use of emerging materials in a broader cultural context. It looks to explore the potential of design, and how through meaningful interaction we can be transported beyond the visual and material world that we are familiar with, and into a space of unlimited potential.

    In the horizon of collectible design, we discuss its trend in the new context of the future by combining the integrated scenes of art and design creation and the creators' examination of the issues and changes of the times.

      Moderator

    • Mimi Yan
      ELLE DECORATION Omnimedia Editorial Director and Publisher
    • Panelists

    • Kyle Zhang
      Co Founder of Gallery Sohe
    • Zhang Zhoujie
      Independent Designer and Digital Artist
    • Qian Jin
      Managing Director, Sotheby's China
    • Zheng Yuxin
      Director of Asia, DUMONTEIL
  • With the perspective of civilizational development, the rich and diverse geographical and cultural environment and the many cultural exchanges in history have given birth to unique and diverse traditional arts and ethnic skills of each region. The creators transfer their positions from diverse identities, retrace the heritage of civilization, borrow traditional materials and techniques to present contemporary thinking and concepts, trace the meaning of traditional culture with contemporary materials and forms, and translate and reproduce tradition and modernity, techniques and concepts in contemporary cultural scenes.

      Moderator

    • Bryce Cai
      Design Director of Made in House
    • Panelists

    • Song Tao
      Yuan Museum Director, Artist, and Curator
    • Han Dong
      Artist
    • Lin Fanglu
      Artist
    • Chen Min
      Founder of Chen Min Office, Founding Curator of Neooold
  • Interdisciplinary practitioners from different fields are invited to focus on experimental topics such as the integration between future life scenarios and ecosystems, the impact of new materials on old rule frameworks, and the intimate relationship between digital computing applications and daily life, and they are releasing the energy of innovation and outlining the trends of practice. As keen thinkers of the times, they are continuously interpreting and translating and are reshaping new scenes of the times, creating new ideas and coordinate systems, redefining the meaning of practice using new media vehicles and technological means, and assessing more possibilities for the future world.

      Moderator

    • Xia Han
      Deputy Content Director of Wallpaper* China
    • Panelists

    • Zhang Na
      Founder and Chief Designer of Reclothing Bank
    • Marry Ma
      Textile Library Founder
    • Wang Zigeng
      Founder and Principal Architect of PILLS, Associate Professor and Deputy Head of the Department of Architecture at Central Academy of Fine Arts
  • We are witnessing a stage where disciplines are breaking through single boundaries towards a broader integration, entering a process that cross-disciplinary design is going beyond disciplines, where design methods and paths are concerned with a more complex social landscape. Social relations reshaping, technological change, sustainable production, intelligence into anthropomorphism, and many other issues require new ways of thinking and new solutions, which at the same time is a more diverse challenge to creators, who are constantly trying to participate in defining and building a new intimate relationship between people and social systems by linking more inner skills and external resources.

      Moderator

    • Max Li
      The New York Times Life and Art Executive Editor in Chief, Wall Street Journal Men’s Style Magazine Deputy Editorial Director
    • Panelists

    • Huang Bo
      Actor and Director
    • Wang Yu
      Co-Founder of Gallery All and Global Design Distribution
    • Olivia Cheng
      Co-founder of SCRY
    • Qiao Zhibing
      Collector, Founder of TANK Shanghai
  • Renowned musician Eyrkah Badu joins celebrated ceramicist Roberto Lugo on the Design Miami stage to discuss their artistic practices, common pride in community, and exciting projects on the horizon. Lugo and Badu will simultaneously partake in an interactive activity highlighting the importance of creativity and process.

      Panelists

    • Erykah Badu
      Artist, Musician, and Tech CEO
    • Roberto Lugo
      Artist, Activist, Educator, and Poet
  • Artist and Designer A$AP Rocky and GUFRAM’s Global Creative Orchestrator, Charley Vezza will engage in a conversation about contemporary aesthetics, lateral thinking, and their multidisciplinary approach to design. As the first company to give voice to the notorious radical design movement, GUFRAM has played a significant role in the history and global perception of international design

      Panelists

    • A$AP Rocky
      Artist and Designer
    • Charley Vezza
      Global Creative Orchestrator of GUFRAM
    • Moderator

    • Maria Cristina Didero
      Design Miami/ Curatorial Director
  • "If we see the same thing each day, then we die” - Italian architect and designer Gaetano Pesce. Delving into themes of uniqueness, freedom, and recent projects, this Talk will feature a riveting conversation between Design Miami/ Curatorial Director Maria Cristina Didero and the legendary Architect Gaetano Pesce.

      Panelists

    • Maria Cristina Didero
      Design Miami/ Curatorial Director
    • Gaetano Pesce
      Architect
  • Explore the crossroads of design and luxury travel in this conversation with the visionaries at the helm of Orient Express, Artisan of Travel since 1883.

    Orient Express Vice President Guillaume de Saint Lager will join French architect Maxime d’Angeac, designer of the future Orient Express train, to discuss the shifting landscape of travel and the roles of craftsmanship and innovation in shaping spaces for unexpected encounters and lasting memories.

      Moderator

    • Camille Okhio
      Writer
    • Panelists

    • Guillaume de Saint Lager
      Vice President of Orient Express
    • Maxime D’Angeac
      Architect
  • Join award-winning critic, curator, cultural historian and author Alastair Gordon for an illustrated discussion around his celebrated new book Island Follies. Named one of the Best Design Books of 2022, Island Follies explores the story and work of Czech-born architect Henry Melich, who brought neoclassicism to the Caribbean through the romantic escapes he designed during the latter half of the 20th century. Gordon is joined on stage by Melich’s daughter Tanya Melich Crone, and will be signing copies of Island Follies available for purchase following the Talk.

      Panelists

    • Alastair Gordon
      Critic, Curator, Cultural Historian and Author
    • Tanya Melich Crone
      Daughter of Architect Henry Melich
  • In the increasingly competitive landscape of art and design, what can industry players do to pave the way for emerging and underrepresented talent? In this conversation, Maestro Dobel Creative Director Alejandra Martinez, Museo del Barrio Director Patrick Charpenal, and Friedman Benda Gallery Partner Jennifer Olshin will explore the responsibility of patrons and cultural establishments in elevating future generations of creatives.

      Moderator

    • Alejandra Martinez
      Founder and Managing Director, Anónimo Colectivo; Creative Director, Maestro Dobel Tequila
    • Panelists

    • Patrick Charpenel
      Executive Director, El Museo del Barrio
    • Jennifer Olshin
      Friedman Benda Gallery Partner
  • Groundbreaking and timeless, the art of high jewelry design has fascinated and entranced humanity for ages. In our modern world where fashion trends come and go rapidly, how has this ancient craft persisted and developed? This Talk, presented by Dolce&Gabbana, will explore the iconic history of wearable treasures and their place in the contemporary fashion world.

      Moderator

    • Emily Stoehrer
      Rita J. Kaplan and Susan B. Kaplan Curator of Jewelry
    • Panelists

    • Elisabetta Cipriani
      Founder and Director at Elisabetta Cipriani Gallery
    • Carol Woolton
      Jewelry Historian and Author
  • What role does art and design play in shaping the environments around us? In this Talk, AIG’s Head of Fine Art & Collection Services Muys Snijders will moderate a conversation between B&B USA CEO Francesco Farina, Architect and Urban Planner Alexis Cogul, and Designer Bradley L Bowers as they discuss the impact of art and design on the world around us.

      Moderator

    • Muys Snijders
      Head of Art Collection Management at AIG Private Client Group
    • Panelists

    • Bradley L Bowers
      Artist & Designer
    • Alexis Cogul Lleonart
      Architect & Founder of DooArchitecture
    • Francesco Farina
      CEO of B&B Italia USA
  • Daniel Arsham, Samuel Ross and Anna Williams speak about the power of design to transform objects - reshaping behavior, perception and value. This Talk is presented by the Miami Design District.

      Moderator

    • Anna Williams
      Vice President of Marketing at Dacra
    • Panelists

    • Daniel Arsham
      Artist
    • Dr. Samuel Ross
      Artist and Designer
  • Join José Noé Suro, Head of Mexico’s globally renowned ceramics studio Cerámica Suro, in conversation with SCAD President and Founder, Paula S. Wallace as they discuss how Suro evolved his family’s ceramics business into an art ceramics workshop of global distinction through partnerships with leading contemporary artists. They will be joined on stage by SCAD alumni members participating in the unprecedented collaboration between SCAD and Cerámica Suro for Design Miami/, including Marcelo Suro, Abel Macias, and Nikita Nagpal.

      Moderator

    • Paula Wallace
      President and Founder of the Savannah College of Art and Design
    • Panelists

    • José Noé Suro
      Head of Cerámica Suro
    • Marcelo Suro
      Designer and SCAD Graduate
    • Nikita Nagpal
      Artist and SCAD Graduate
    • Abel Macias
      Multidisciplinary Artist and SCAD Graduate
  • A look into the role of companies and creatives in encouraging a sustainable approach and lifestyle with Laura Kohler, Chief Sustainability and DEI Officer for Kohler Co., and Lebanese designer Nada Debs. Through a collaborative partnership with Design Miami/ 2022, Kohler and Debs created the fair’s first Hammam and will examine sustainability, societal shifts, and partners’ collaboration themes during their talk.

      Moderator

    • Maria Cristina Didero
      Design Miami/ Curatorial Director
    • Panelists

    • Nada Debs
      Studio Founder and Creative Director
    • Laura Kohler
      Chief Sustainability and DEI Officer for Kohler Co.
  • Join SVP and CMO Audi of America Tara Rush, Digital Artist and Designer Andrés Reisinger, Audi Interior Design Team Leader Immo Redeker, and Architect Arthur Casas in a conversation about designing fascinating new immersive spaces and experiences – ranging from digital spaces, new automotive mobility and interior concepts.

      Moderator

    • Tara Rush
      Audi of America SVP and Chief Marketing Officer
    • Panelists

    • Andrés Reisinger
      Digital Artist and Designer
    • Arthur Casas
      Architect & Founding Partner at Studio Arthur Casas
    • Immo Redeker
      Audi Interior Design Team Leader
  • A day-long symposium celebrating the polymath Designer and Artist's life and legacy. This gathering will unfold in six segments, each devoted to a different facet of Abloh's practice: Architecture and Placemaking; Conceptual Art; Graffiti; Material Culture; Music; and Design.

    Programming will take the shape of a series of discussions between luminaries in these fields, many of whom Abloh counted as friends, collaborators, mentors, and mentees.

  • To coincide with the exhibition Max Clendinning: Interior Eulogies, at Sadie Coles HQ, London, Simon Andrews the exhibition curator and Sadie Coles HQ host a panel discussion on Clendinning's work, its legacy and influence on contemporary design. Max Clendinning (1924-2020) was an architect, interior and furniture designer, sculptor, artist and one of the most enigmatic and intuitive creators of the British Post-war Modern movement. Together with his lifelong partner and collaborator, the Slade-trained painter and theatre set designer Ralph Adron (b. 1937), Clendinning delivered some of the most sumptuous and wildly exotic domestic interiors of the era. Centered around seminal works ranging from the 1960s to the late 1970s, the exhibition and panel discussion give insight into their daring and profound legacy.

      Moderator

    • Libby Sellers
      Design Writer and Curator
    • Panelists

    • Simon Andrews
      Founder and Director of Andrews Art Advisory Ltd.
    • Ben Kelly
      Designer and Founder of Ben Kelly Design (BKD)
    • Bethan Laura Wood
      Multidisciplinary Designer
  • How would a great Collector define “collecting”? Would it differ from the definition a young Designer might propose? For many of us a collection looks like a group of objects, furniture and other tangible design pieces. But collectible design goes far beyond the tangible, encompassing intangible elements such as the emotion, experiences and sentimental value behind the works. Alexander von Vegesack’s extraordinary design collection is the result of years of work and travel. American design Visionary Misha Kahn’s collection looks far different, made up of experiences, sensations and emotions that fuel his incredible work. In this talk the definition of collecting will be blurred and bent as we explore the differences and intrinsic connections between two different perspectives within the design community.

      Moderator

    • Maria Cristina Didero
      Curatorial Director
    • Panelists

    • Misha Kahn
      Designer and Artist
    • Alexander von Vegesack
      Co-Founder of Vitra Design Museum
    • Mathias Schwartz-Clauss
      Art Historian and Curator
  • Over the past two decades technology has completely changed the way contemporary design is promoted, sold, viewed and purchased. From curated e-commerce sites to dedicated mobile apps, digital storefronts have quickly become the norm in a space where they were so recently nonexistent. What will the future of collectible design look like, and how can contemporary and historic designers stand out in the ever-growing crowd?

      Moderator

    • Ilaria Bonacossa
      Director of the Museum of Digital Art
    • Panelists

    • Kaisha Davierwalla
      Owner & Founder of Vaspaar Italy
    • Bruno Bolfo
      Founder of Particle
    • Ezequiel Pini
      Designer and Digital Artist
  • Tree conservation lies at the heart of designing a better tomorrow. Design and culture editor Sujata Burman talks with architect and urban planner Stefano Boeri, Politecnico di Milano professor Maria Chiara Pastore, and artist-designer Es Devlin about how creative practices can advance more thoughtful built environments that coexist harmoniously with natural ecosystems.

      Moderator

    • Sujata Burman
      Editor of London Design Festival
    • Panelists

    • Es Devlin
      Artist and Designer
    • Stefano Boeri
      Architect
    • Maria Chiara Pastore
      Professor
  • The past few years have seen the rise of non-fungible-tokens, scores of new digital artforms, and the metaverse itself. We’ve witnessed the growth of purely digital fashion brands, crypto artwork, and other intangible creations that blur the boundaries between what is and isn’t collectible art. How has collecting design changed throughout this digital acceleration, and what challenges and opportunities are collectors facing today?

      Moderator

    • Giacomo Nicolella Maschietti
      Journalist
    • Panelists

    • Hunn Wai
      Co-Founder of Lanzavecchia & Wai
    • Federico Palazzari
      Owner of Nemo Lighting Group
    • Merel van Helsdingen
      Founder & Managing Director at Nxt Museum
    • Alexis Christodoulou
      3D Artist
  • Responding to the theme of this year’s edition of Design Miami/ Basel, Anne-Laure Pingreoun, Founder of Alter-Projects, Saff Williams, Curatorial Director of Brookfield Properties Europe, John Gilsenan, CEO of Westgreen and sound artist, experience designer and electronic musician, Yuri Suzuki discuss the modern Golden Age and the cultural initiatives and artistic models that it is witnessing. Touching on themes of patronage, technology and sustainability, the panelists will offer a multifaceted discussion about the ways in which public art is breaking with the conventions of the past.

      Moderator

    • Anne-Laure Pingreoun
      Founder of Alter-Projects
    • Panelists

    • Yuri Suzuki
      Sound Artist, Experience Designer and Electronic Musician
    • Saff Williams
      Curatorial Director in the Brookfield Properties Europe Real Estate Group
    • John Gilsenan
      CEO of Westgreen
  • Waiting to be rediscovered, masterpieces from the previous century are often hiding in company archives and forgotten notebooks. How can we update these masterpieces without distorting them, allowing them to be reborn in this new world?

      Moderator

    • Francesca Molteni
      Director, Founder of Muse Factory of Projects
    • Panelists

    • Eckart Maise
      Design Consultant at the Eames Office
    • Lissa Carmona
      CEO, Brazilian Design Specialist and Curator of ETEL
  • In this spinning and dizzying world, the preservation of traditions, rituals, and artistry is essential to our fast-paced lives. How can contemporary designers preserve their heritage while promoting, selling, and conceiving their art? Has the essence of craftsmanship shifted in the last decade?

      Moderator

    • Maria Cristina Didero
      Curatorial Director
    • Panelists

    • Nadja Zerunian
      Designer
    • Aldo Bakker
      Designer
    • Joy Herro
      Co-founder of the Great Design Disaster
  • Gallerist Marc Benda, Designer Philippe Malouin, and Toshiya Hayashi and Hokuto Ando of Japanese studio we+ will join Libby Sellers in a panel conversation about the poetic value of scrap. Found and reappropriated materials have been at the heart of creative practice for over 100 years. From Dada to Punk, from Prouve through Forma fantasma – artists and designers have long been drawing their raw material and inspiration from the detritus of our everyday life. At a time when dwindling raw materials have become pivotal to both the geopolitical and environmental debate, this talk celebrates those who are presciently reinterpreting salvage.

      Moderator

    • Libby Sellers
      Design Writer, Curator and Consultant
    • Panelists

    • Hokuto Ando
      we+ Co-Founder
    • Toshiya Hayashi
      we+ Co-Founder
    • Philippe Malouin
      Designer
    • Marc Benda
      Co-Founder of Friedman Benda
  • Institutions act as mirrors of contemporary society. How are museums evolving alongside us, and how are they meeting the ever-changing cultural needs of their visitors? What will change in the future, and which tools will facilitate this evolution?

      Moderator

    • Maria Cristina Didero
      Curatorial Director
    • Panelists

    • Marco Sammicheli
      Superintendent at the Museo del Design Italiano, Triennale Milano
    • Ewan McEoin
      Senior Curator Contemporary Art, Design & Architecture National Gallery of Victoria
    • Sabrina Handler
      Deputy Director at Vitra Design Museum
  • Join Design Miami/ Co-Founder and Dacra CEO Craig Robins for a spirited sit-down with design legend Murray Moss. Shop the full Design Miami/ x MOSS collection through April 26.

      Panelists

    • Craig Robins
      Design Miami/ Co-Founder, Dacra CEO
    • Murray Moss
      Design Collector
  • In this conversation, the panelists share their thoughts on the kinds of design that most resonate with this moment in time, discussing design work across a spectrum between looking forward (new forms, new technologies) vs. looking back (heritage, history, identity). What is unique about today’s culture, and how can design best tap into it?

      Moderator

    • Wava Carpenter
      Curatorial Director Design Miami/
    • Panelists

    • Daniel Arsham
      artist-designer
    • Marc Benda
      Cofounder Friedman Benda
    • David Kohler
      CEO Kohler
    • Samuel Ross
      artist-designer
  • Dung Ngo of August Journal speaks with Robert Aibel, Lawrence Converso, and Hugues Magen—three gallerists well respected for building new markets for historical design objects and lesser known historical designer-makers. How do they do it? And what’s next?

      Moderator

    • Dung Ngo
      Founder and Editor-in-Chief of August Journal
    • Panelists

    • Robert Aibel
      Founder Moderne Gallery
    • Lawrence Converso
      Founder Converso
    • Hugues Magen
      Founder Magen H. Gallery
  • As Design Miami launches its first NFT collection, thought leaders at the intersection of art, design, and tech discuss the future of collecting.

      Moderator

    • Devang Thakkar
      Technology Leader, Investor and Board Member
    • Panelists

    • Alex Atallah
      Co-Founder and CTO OpenSea
    • Noah Davis
      Head of Digital Sales Christie’s
    • Misha Kahn
      designer
    • Zesty Meyers
      Co-Founder R & Company
    • Jennifer Olshin
      Partner Friedman Benda
    • ThankYouX
      artist
  • Deem’s Nu Goteh speaks with award-winning interdisciplinary artist Tanya Aguiñiga about her socially driven creative practice. Known for melding craft, sculpture, and performance to address issues of migration, gender, and identity, Aguiñiga draws on her life experience as a binational citizen, who as a child crossed the U.S.-Mexico border daily from Tijuana to San Diego to attend school, and aspires to tell the larger, often invisible stories of the transnational community.

      Moderator

    • Nu Goteh
      Cofounder, Deem Journal
    • Panelists

    • Tanya Aguiñiga
      Artist-Designer
  • Design specialist Wava Carpenter speaks with design duo mischer’traxler about the role that nature plays in their critically acclaimed, poetic design practice—as well as their latest project for Perrier-Jouët, which subverts the way humans have historically thought of themselves in relation to all other species with whom we share our planet.

      Moderator

    • Wava Carpenter
      Design Miami/ Curatorial Director and Anava Projects Cofounder
    • Panelists

    • Katharina Mischer
      Designer, mischer'traxler
    • Thomas Traxler
      Designer, mischer’traxler
  • Jean Lin of Colony talks with Asad Syrkett of Elle Decor about representation in design and the responsibility to tell stories that haven’t been told.

      Moderator

    • Jean Lin
      Founder and Creative Director Colony
    • Panelists

    • Asad Syrkett
      Editor-in-Chief Elle Decor
  • For his Bay Store project, Miami-based designer James Quinaz salvaged discarded design objects from Biscayne Bay and the Miami River to create a new furniture collection. Ginger Wang of Design Miami/ talks with him about the role of environmental perspectives in his practice—and what we can all learn from it.

      Moderator

    • Ginger Wang
      Design Miami/ Associate Director of Global Exhibitions
    • Panelists

    • James Quinaz
      Designer, Quinaz Studio
  • Acclaimed Cape Town-based ceramicist Zizipho Poswa’s work celebrates her rich Xhosa heritage and the powerful, beautiful women in her life. Her large-scale, totemic ceramic pieces are bold declarations of African womanhood—and testaments to the storytelling power of objects. In conversation with writer and curator Anna Carnick, Poswa shares the stories behind some of her most acclaimed series to date.

      Moderator

    • Anna Carnick
      Anava Projects Cofounder and Design Miami/ Editor-in-Chief
    • Panelists

    • Zizipho Poswa
      Ceramicist
  • Each winter, the Miami Design District invites a creative to reimagine the neighborhood’s walkable passageways with a public installation. This year’s winning commission, Tomorrow Land, transforms the neighborhood into an interactive, physical and virtual playground full of inspiring color, shapes, and patterns for kids of all ages to engage. Writer and curator Anna Carnick speaks with the talented designers behind Tomorrow Land—Alex Proba of Studio Proba and Ian Coyle of Enjoy the Weather—about their new collaboration, and the importance of nurturing joy by design.

      Moderator

    • Anna Carnick
      Cofounder, Anava Projects Cofounder and Design Miami/ Editor-in-Chief
    • Panelists

    • Alex Proba
      Designer, Studio Proba
    • Ian Coyle
      Designer, Enjoy the Weather
  • Artist and designer Adam Nathaniel Furman—a vocal advocate for diversity and representation in architecture, urbanism, and design—speaks with PIN-UP founder Felix Burrichter about “othering” in the built environment and prejudice against queer aesthetics, as well as his forthcoming title, Queer Spaces: An Atlas of LGBTQIA+ Places and Stories (RIBA Publishing).

      Moderator

    • Felix Burrichter
      Founder, PIN-UP Magazine
    • Panelists

    • Adam Nathaniel Furman
      Artist and Designer
  • Dung Ngo of August Journal talks with Lun Cheak Tan of Kohler about the future of personalization in the most personal room of the home. Goals: smarter, more efficient, greater wellbeing.

      Moderator

    • Dung Ngo
      Founder and Editor-in-Chief of August Journal
    • Panelists

    • Lun Cheak Tan
      VP of Industrial Design Kohler
  • Rhode Island-based designer, educator, and activist Ramon Tejada focuses on collaboration, inclusion, unearthing, and the responsible expansion of design in a practice he has named “puncturing.” His ongoing project, Decolonizing Design, aims to make the industry more accessible. Tejada speaks with Deem Journal cofounder Nu Goteh about his approach and the importance of changing the narrative.

      Moderator

    • Nu Goteh
      Cofounder, Deem Journal
    • Panelists

    • Ramon Tejada
      Designer, el studio de ramon and Educator, RISD
  • Israeli designer Erez Nevi Pana is a champion of vegan design whose experimental processes underscore the potential of working animal-free. From growing his own materials to crafting unexpected objects from crystallized Dead Sea salt, Pana’s conceptually driven work has caught the attention of the design world’s who’s who. He speaks with curator and sometimes collaborator Maria Cristina Didero about both his own path to vegan design and its broader potential.

      Moderator

    • Maria Cristina Didero
      Independent Curator
    • Panelists

    • Erez Nevi Pana
      Designer
  • Psychedelic therapies hold tremendous promise for treating the suffering inflicted by a range of issues—depression, PTSD, chronic pain, and traumatic brain injury to name just a few. Andrew Hall (Ph.D) and Rayyan Raja Zafar (BSc. MSc. MRSB) discuss the latest research, recent clinical trials, rising hopes around psychedelics.

      Moderator

    • Andrew Hall
      Ph.D, CEO & Founder Icaro Therapeutics
    • Panelists

    • Rayyan Raja Zafar BSc. MSc. MRSB
      Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London
  • Superblue and ProjectArt have invited London-based designer Yinka Ilori to lead a workshop for teens living at Miami Bridge Youth and Family Services. Together they will explore creative processes to help tell their stories. Claire Breukel of ProjectArt talks with Ilori about the project and the role of storytelling in his work.

      Moderator

    • Claire Breukel
      Executive Director ProjectArt
    • Panelists

    • Yinka Ilori
      Designer
  • The future of urbanism and our natural environment will only thrive when they are woven into a harmonious relationship. Creating a mindset shift towards urban design and planning that addresses the climate crisis and embraces our connection to nature is now more critical than ever. Join us for this important conversation with Dror Benshetrit of Supernature Labs, presented by Urbanism Summit Salon series. This is truly a special opportunity to learn about Supernature Labs up close and help shape the future of urbanism and our planet.

      Moderator

    • Andrew Quarrie
      Founder-CEO Urbanism Summit
    • Panelists

    • Dror Benshetrit
      Designer-Founder Supernature Labs
  • Jean Lin of Colony talks with artist-designers Bradley Bowers and Bari Ziperstein about navigating the opportunities and obstacles of the contemporary creative landscape

      Moderator

    • Jean Lin
      Founder and Creative Director Colony
    • Panelists

    • Bari Ziperstein
      artist-designer
    • Bradley Bowers
      artist-designer
  • A celebration of the pre-launch of New Latin American Design. For the first time, a book puts together a group of young and outstanding designers from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Guatemala, and Mexico that are challenging local preconditions and, in many cases, proposing new ways of practicing. The publication, led by Florencia Rodriguez and NESS, acknowledges the transformative, multiscale, and inexhaustible potential of Latin America Design. This panel will cover topics such as the friction between crafts and industry, some doses of primitivism, the haptic essence of the object, the modernist imprint in this singular production, and new global perspectives on the local.

      Moderator

    • Florencia Rodriguez
      Founder and Editorial Director NESS
    • Panelists

    • Marcos Altgelt
      Ries Studio
    • Estefania de Ros
      Agnes Studio
    • Guillermo Parada
      Great Things to People (gt2P)
    • Tamara Pérez
      Great Things to People (gt2P)
    • Gustavo Quintana
      Agnes Studio
  • Sharing unexpected and undertold stories by reinterpreting them for the present enriches our knowledge of both history and our current moment. This is true for the work of designers Bas van Beek and Khaled El Mays. Van Beek’s process of working with design heritage shares an openness and freedom with the work of El Mays. They are joined on stage by Silvia Barisione of The Wolfsonian–FIU and Aric Chen of Het Nieuwe Instituut—both institutions have a large archive and collection, which has created the starting point for van Beek’s Shameless exhibition on view now.

      Moderator

    • Aric Chen
      General and Artistic Director Het Nieuwe Instituut
    • Panelists

    • Silvia Barisione
      Chief Curator The Wolfsonian–FIU
    • Khaled El-Mays
      designer
    • Bas van Beek
      designer
  • Join designer, curator, and visionary Cliff Fong — founder of Matte Black and Gallery Half — and SCAD president and founder Paula S. Wallace for a conversation on creativity, connection, and the fine art of design. Fong, an award-winning designer, and Wallace, an inductee in the Interior Design Hall of Fame, share observations and insights on the profession's past, present, and future.

      Panelists

    • Paula Wallace
      SCAD president and founder
    • Cliff Fong
      Founder, Matte Black and Gallery Half
  • In celebration of the new Woman Made publication, Phaidon and Kering present a conversation with Elise Taylor of Vogue, Wava Carpenter of Design Miami/, and designers Dina Nur Satti and Tamara Pérez. Together they will share their own experiences and reflect on great women designers of furniture, lighting, product, and textile design—past, present, and future.

      Moderator

    • Elise Taylor
      Senior Living Writer Vogue
    • Panelists

    • Wava Carpenter
      Curatorial Director Design Miami/
    • Dina Nur Satti
      ceramics artist
    • Tamara Pérez
      designer, gt2P
    • Monling Lee
      Designer
  • Building more equitable and inclusive creative cultures by advancing a community of independent Black makers in creative industries is the primary mission of the Black Artists + Designers Guild (BADG). In this panel, thought leaders talk about the importance of honoring cultural legacies in art and design and supporting the great work of visionary Black artists and designers.

      Moderator

    • Tangie Murray
      Art, Equity, and Inclusion Strategist
    • Panelists

    • Danielle Fennoy
      Owner Revamp Interior Design
    • Leyden Lewis
      Founder and Creative Director of Leyden Lewis Design Studio
    • Asad Syrkett
      Editor-in-Chief Elle Decor
  • Germane Barnes and Deem Journal’s Nu Goteh in conversation about the art of community-centric design and strategies for making today’s architecture and design practices more equitable.

      Panelists

    • Germane Barnes
      Founder Studio Barnes
    • Moderator

    • Nu Goteh
      Cofounder Deem Journal

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