Design Miami/Basel 2019: five art-design works that look to the planet’s future
Forty-three international galleries are present in the fourteenth edition of Design Miami/Basel. Among the selection of contemporary works, rare masterpieces of mid-20th-century modern antiques and solo shows by historic and current designers, the new curatorial director Aric Chen has invited galleries to interpret the theme: “Elements/Hearth”. “It’s all too clear that the role of design isn’t just to explore materials and ways of making, living, consuming and producing, but it’s also to understand the impact on the Planet, which is really urgent,” explains Chen. “Design and designers help to create the future. And this year we want to highlight the visions of design, while human activity keeps changing the very nature of the Earth”. In fact, the group exhibition “Design at Large” curated by Chen, which selects and showcases the work of nine galleries, attempts to question the future of materials, of resources and of production in the age of the Anthropocene.
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