Human Kind

Joyce Lin’s work visualizes the opaqueness of contemporary society, where modes of production and disposal are obscured, rendering invisible the detrimental consequences of our unbridled consumerism. Lin reminds us to look behind the veil.

Wava Carpenter

Design Miami/ Curatorial Director

Intertwining references to West African furniture archetypes and Euro-centric Brutalism, SIGNAL–3 formally proposes a projected post-Atlantic Black-futurity – one where the exclusionary dominance of Modernism has been splintered, expanded, and reconfigured

Wava Carpenter

Design Miami/ Curatorial Director

In Spanish the word extraño has two meanings: the verb to miss and the adjective strange. The artist explains that the braided wall works in this series were made in the company of grief, gratitude, rage, exhaustion, and worry; responses to the continuous threats to BIPOC communities and the uneven losses inflicted by the pandemic

Wava Carpenter

Design Miami/ Curatorial Director

Unapologetically rooted in kitsch, Salonen’s latest work takes a joy-fueled swipe at elitism and cynicism. Contemporary culture must move beyond these age-old, petty forces—intended only to divide and exclude—if we hope to solve our existential problems.

Wava Carpenter

Design Miami/ Curatorial Director

A product of House of Today, the non-profit organization dedicated to supporting Lebanon’s homegrown design culture, Khaled El-Mays’ New Nature collection embodies today’s rising artisanal renaissance as well as the current collective attraction to fantastical forms as solace in the face of difficult times.

Wava Carpenter

Design Miami/ Curatorial Director

Mischer’traxler’s latest project for Perrier-Jouët reminds us that all of the species that share this planet are inextricably interconnected and deserve equal consideration.

Wava Carpenter

Design Miami/ Curatorial Director

USM in collaboration with Kevin Jones’ Joba Studio spotlight emerging designers of color to help break through some of the persistent barriers-to-entry that have engendered the appalling lack of diversity in the design industry.

Wava Carpenter

Design Miami/ Curatorial Director

Lexus commissioned Germane Barnes to envision a human-centered, carbon-neutral future, inspired by the car company’s LF-Z Electrified project.

Wava Carpenter

Design Miami/ Curatorial Director