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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.

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.”

Crosby Studio’s Harry Nuriev is known for his self-described “transformist” creations, where he takes a regular object and reimagines its original purpose entirely. Need a few examples? Think: a chandelier made out of blue BIC pens, or an ottoman stuffed with discarded clothing. This year, he decided to make a trash bag sofa, with the cushions—made out of spandex and stuffed with eco-foam—resembling Hefty bags artfully discarded on a sidewalk. Is it trash, or is it treasure? That’s for you to decide.

Fendi collaborated with Viennese artist Lukas Gschwandtner on Triclinium, a series of canvas chaise lounge chairs inspired by reclining women in portraiture. A popular trope in nearly every artistic movement from classical antiquity to Cubism, Gschwandtner’s interpretation not only updates the symbol for today but also pays homage to the eternal city of Rome—the very place where Fendi was founded. Gshwandtner’s material of choice, too, is intended as a thread between him and the Italian fashion house. He’s worked with canvas many times before, including in his critically acclaimed Pillow Portraits, while Fendi uses calico for their toiles, the test fabric used to try out patterns. A match made in heaven—or, as the Italians would say, paradiso. 

A$AP Rocky reinterpreted Gufram’s cactus, first designed in 1972, by adorning its trunk with glowing hand-painted mushrooms and his own signature shade of green. The object will be one of many from the multi-hyphenate musician: he’s using the fair to announce his new design studio, titled Hommemade.

This year, Tuleste Factory won the award for best Curio booth at the fair thanks to their dynamic exploration of the entire spectrum of the color blue. A particular standout? A translucent resin coffee table that evokes the same vivid, aquatic magic of scuba diving in deep ocean waters.

Miniature replicas of graffitied subway cars double as butter dishes and rusty water towers serve as coffee pour-overs in Roberto Lugo’s innovative “bodega” shop for R & Company. Lugo, who calls himself the “village potter,” is known for putting a street-art spin on traditional ceramic forms. A mug, for example, is adorned with the florid, blue-and-white patterns of Delftware ceramic—but Lugo’s twist is to replace the classic motifs you might expect to find on Dutch Golden Age pottery with money bags. 

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