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Collectors Are DONE With Avant-Garde (Here’s What They Actually Want Now)

November 20, 2025·1h 30m
Episode Description from the Publisher

By popular demand, our favorite overseas correspondent Julia Haney-Montanez is BACK and fresh off the fair floors!She was on the ground at PAD London and Design Miami Paris spilling the tea straight from the dealers’ mouths: collectors are officially over uncomfortable concept pieces and torture chairs. They want livable luxury, pieces you can actually sit on, live with, and love.Comfort is the new currencyDealers are quietly prioritizing the “hits” to survive this soft marketThe real reason galleries are struggling (and what it means for designers)The insider conversation everyone in design is having behind closed doors… but we’re saying it out loud. Hit play and find out what collectors are buying right now and what designers can do to weather this soft sales cycle. Drop a if you’re ready for cozy to make a comeback.#DesignDiscord #PADLondon #DesignMiamiParis #LivableLuxury #InteriorDesign #CollectibleDesign

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