Design Miami marks twenty years with Make. Believe.

Design Miami has completed its twentieth-anniversary edition under the theme Make. Believe. Curatorial director Glenn Adamson used the anniversary to frame a conversation about the continuing evolution of collectible design.

The title connects two parts of the field that are often considered separately: the practical work of making and the imaginative possibilities that give an object its appeal. A design fair brings those questions into close contact because visitors encounter both materials and the ideas attached to them.

Twenty years also provide a useful perspective on the event itself. A fair can become an established institution while continuing to present work that challenges familiar categories. This anniversary edition gives Miami’s design audience another chance to consider where furniture, objects and artistic experimentation meet, without requiring a single definition to settle the discussion.