# Modern Design Across Borders

A museum display at The Wolfsonian–FIU in South Beach, on the sixth floor, tracing how design travelled internationally between the wars. It is organised in five spotlights: transportation, the 1925 Paris Expo, tea and coffee, plywood, and cocktail culture. Products by Norman Bel Geddes, Josef Hoffmann, Alvar Aalto and Charles and Ray Eames feature.

- Type: Museum
- When: ongoing, November 20, 2025 – January 10, 2027
- Where: The Wolfsonian–FIU, 1001 Washington Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33139, South Beach
- Artists: Norman Bel Geddes, Josef Hoffmann, Alvar Aalto, and Charles and Ray Eames
- Part of: [Miami Art Week 2026](https://artweekguide.com/weeks/miami-art-week)
- Event's own page: https://wolfsonian.org/whats-on/exhibitions+installations/2025/11/modern-design-across-borders.html
- On Art Week Guide: https://artweekguide.com/events/modern-design-across-borders

## From the organiser

Interwar design's global reach through five spotlights (transportation, the 1925 Paris Expo, tea and coffee, plywood and cocktail culture), with products by Norman Bel Geddes, Josef Hoffmann, Alvar Aalto and Charles and Ray Eames. Curated by Silvia Barisione; 6th floor.

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