What to See at This Year’s Design Miami

Every year, Design Miami—the decorative arts and furniture sister fair to the blue-chip art behemoth Art Basel—draws a spectacular array of high-profile talent to Mid-Beach. In 2022, that includes some of the biggest names in fashion, from Bottega Veneta to Fendi, as well as avant-garde artist Harry Nuriev and self-proclaimed “village potter” Roberto Lugo. 

Headed to the fair, or just want to see the pieces for yourself? Here, find all of our highlights from the 2022 edition of Design Miami.

Come Stai? by Gaetano Pesce for Bottega Veneta

A mere month and a half after seating some of fashion’s most notable names at the Bottega Veneta spring 2023 show in Milan, Gaetano’s acid-laced resin chairs will be available for public viewing (and purchase) at Design Miami. ​​The collection is titled Come stai?—Italian for “how are you?”—and Bottega Venetta’s Matthieu Blazy explains the deeper meaning behind the name in his foreword for a book about the project. After an afternoon of dreaming up ideas together at Pesce’s New York studio, the artist gave the designer a book. Blazy, in return, asked him to sign it. Pesce scrawled a simple inscription: “Hi Matthieu, Come stai? Gaetano.” The Bottega designer, in turn, thought it was a poignant name for his high-fashion perches: “It is very precious to be asked sincerely how you are,” he writes. “And what a beautiful name for a chair.”

Trashbag Sofa by Crosby Studios