Commemorating 20 years since Art Basel changed the landscape of Miami and helped make it a global destination for culture, the international art fair brought its A game to the Magic City in December and, with it, a host of memorable moments from Design Miami/ and auxiliary events throughout the local creative community. From Nina Magon’s dreamy eye-candy lighting installation with Cosentino to Moniomi’s sophisticated take on the art of play, these Miami Art Week highlights raise the bar on bringing to life the imagination.

MONIOMI

For their Design Miami/ debut, which coincides with the atelier’s 10th anniversary, Moniomi’s (moniomi.com) Ronald Alvarez and Monica Santayana looked to the past to create the capsule collection Altis Ornamentum. The visual story depicts ancient competitors of sport achieving godlike status told through thoughtful materials, moody hues and sculptural forms: blush and

burgundy marbles and onyx, burled wood and wool-and-silk rugs in mauve, tans and plum handwoven with leather accents in collaboration with Art+ Loom.

NINA MAGON

Cosentino City Miami (cosentino.com) transformed into an ethereal dreamland with the immersive installation

Dreamcloud: an enchanting fusion of Nina Magon’s (ninamagon.com) new Dekton

Onirika collection for Cosentino, neon cords and amorphous acrylic-bubble globes that reflect the designer’s upcoming lighting collection with Studio M Lighting (studiomlighting.com). “Onirika means world of dreams,’ and when guests entered the space, the configuration of Dekton Onirika shades, neon lighting and structural design took them through a portal to a whole new world,” says Magon. “The use of neon lighting helped to ignite the five senses, adding to the feeling of being immersed in a dreamlike reality.”

chose Wynwood’s Soho Studios to reveal its immersive art activation,

The Crown We Never Take Off, named after the streaming network’s new TV show Riches, a dramatic series that centers on the Richards siblings as they vie for control of their family’s beauty brand. The exhibit explored themes of Black entrepreneurship, expression and identity through the lens of the Black diaspora using mixed media paintings, photography, sculpture, video, music and performance art.

Morel Doucet’s ongoing series,

Daughters of the Copper Sun, played a central role in the exhibit–its white earthenware ceramic busts softened with electric blue velvety flocking.