at design miami.paris, four emerging design practices turn familiar objects into invitations to linger and look more closely.

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APPLE AND DESIGN MIAMI EXPLORE THE ART OF PAYING ATTENTION

A chair edged with 1,500 handmade ceramic beads makes a soft rattling sound when someone brushes against it. Nearby, a lantern rises from a carved limestone base, its delicate frame woven from Egyptian date palm fronds. These are among the four new commissions presented at Apple ‘s Designers of Tomorrow 2026, an exhibition organized with Design Miami and curated by Rodman Primack. On view at the Hôtel de Maisons during Paris Design Week 2026 , the second edition brings together emerging designers whose work invites people to spend a little longer with the objects around them.

This year’s theme, Design for Presence, considers how furniture and objects can hold our attention through physical interaction.…