Basel, March 2016/ Design Miami/ returns to Basel for the eleventh time with a highly-focused program that speaks to the fair's maturation and reaffirms the thought-leadership of participating galleries.

In addition to select new exhibitors - including Galerie Alain Marcelpoil from Paris, MANIERA from Brussels and Gate 5 from Monaco - the returning galleries at Design Miami/ prove yet again that they are the world's leading experts in collectible design with robust offerings that encompass a century of design movements, including Jugendstil, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, De Stijl, French Post War, Italian Post War, Scandinavian Mid-Century, Modern, American and Contemporary.

Solo exhibitions have a notable presence at Design Miami/ Basel 2016: Elisabetta Cipriani offers the first pieces of wearable design ever created by Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei in a scenography also devised by the artist; Friedman Benda presents an exploration of the works of Dutch designer Joris Laarman; Galerie Eric Philippe offers two solo exhibits of Nordic designers Axel Einar Hjorth and Paavo Tynell and the works of French Art Deco designer André Sornay will be presented by newcomer Galerie Alain Marcelpoil.

Since the launch of Design Curio in 2014, the program has proven itself to be a launch pad for new galleries at the fair, with MANIERA this year joining Gallery ALL and Patrick Parrish Gallery as Curio alumni that have graduated to become participants in Design Miami's highly competitive Gallery Program. The fair's museum-quality exhibitions in the Gallery Program are strengthened further by carefully curated cultural programming, with the return of the highly successful Design at Large, this year bringing the outdoors in with a landscape theme guest-curated by magazine editor and publisher Martina Mondadori. Design at Large will once again be presented in the ground floor Event Hall, designed by architects Herzog & de Meuron. In the main gallery space and scattered amongst the Gallery Program will be a number of bite-size Design Curios, offering intriguing immersive environments that challenge and contextualize design.

The Swarovski Designers of the Future Award returns for its second edition, with a diverse roster of designers at the vanguard of design and innovation. Sound designer Yuri Suzuki (based in London), glass designer Anjali Srinivasan (based in Dubai), and multidisciplinary duo Studio Brynjar & Veronika (based in Berlin) have been commissioned by the crystal company to create new works and installations to be debuted at the fair.

Alongside these innovative presentations will be the ever-popular Design Talks series, featuring leading lights of the design world discussing the most compelling current topics in an intimate setting that invites and encourages audience participation.

Design Miami/ Basel 2016 will be held at Hall 1 Süd, Messe Basel between June 14 and 19, with the Preview Day taking place on June 13.

Gallery Listing/
ammann//gallery/ Cologne Antonella Villanova/ Florence Caroline Van Hoek/ Brussels Carpenters Workshop Gallery/ Paris, London & New York Cristina Grajales Gallery/ New York Dansk Møbelkunst Gallery/ Copenhagen & Paris Demisch Danant/ Paris Elisabetta Cipriani/ London Erastudio Apartment-Gallery/ Milan Franck Laigneau/ Paris Friedman Benda/ New York Galerie Alain Marcelpoil/ Paris Galerie Eric Philippe/ Paris Galerie Jacques Lacoste/ Paris Galerie kreo/ Paris & London Galerie Maria Wettergren/ Paris Galerie Matthieu Richard/ Paris Galerie Pascal Cuisinier/ Paris Galerie Patrick Seguin/ Paris & London Galerie VIVID/ Rotterdam Galleri Feldt/ Copenhagen & Berlin Galleria Rossella Colombari/ Milan Gallery ALL/ Los Angeles & Beijing Gallery FUMI/ London Gate 5/ Monaco Giustini Stagetti/ Galleria O. Roma/ Rome Hostler Burrows/ New York Jousse Entreprise/ Paris LAFFANOUR/ Galerie Downtown/ Paris Louisa Guinness Gallery/ London Magen H Gallery/ Paris MANIERA/ Brussels Marc Heiremans/ Brussels Moderne Gallery/ Philadelphia Nilufar Gallery/ Milan Ornamentum/ Hudson Patrick Parrish Gallery/ New York Pierre Marie Giraud/ Brussels R & Company/ New York Sarah Myerscough Gallery/ London Thomas Fritsch/ ARTRIUM/ Paris