British singer Robbie Williams recently purchased a home in Miami.
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English pop singer Robbie Williams is set to debut his first-ever chair design at this year’s 2025 edition of Design Miami. As Miami Art Week kicks off today for VIPs, with fairs like Untitled and SCOPE opening as early as 10 a.m., the 51-year-old artist is adding an unexpected design moment to the week’s packed schedule. Williams, who recently purchased a home in Coral Gables, is slated to officially open Design Miami with his furniture-design debut, marking a new chapter in a career long defined by reinvention.
Today, Design Miami organizers will cut the ribbon on the latest edition of the collectible design fair, which after two decades, has grown into one of the most influential platforms in contemporary design. Since its launch, the fair has become the global meeting point for collectors, galleries, architects, and designers who operate at the intersection of furniture, fashion, and fine art. Each December, it transforms Miami Beach into a hub for museum-grade chairs, six-figure lighting fixtures, and experimental installations that blur the line between functional object and sculpture.
Design Miami’s evolution has mirrored the city’s own transformation into an international arts capital, with Art Basel Miami Beach acting as the gravitational center for an ecosystem of satellite fairs that now define Miami Art Week. Over the years, its front rows have grown increasingly celebrity-studded, with musicians, athletes, and fashion figures sitting alongside blue-chip collectors. Last year’s fair drew an eclectic mix of design-curious attendees, including Rihanna and A$AP Rocky, Joe Jonas, DJ Khaled, and NFL star Stefon Diggs. This year, Williams will step into the spotlight, not as a performer, but as a designer.
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That introspective streak surfaced visually earlier this year with Radical Honesty, his solo exhibition at London’s Moco Museum. The show introduced Williams not just as a pop icon trying a new medium, but as an artist seriously reckoning with identity, anxiety, and self-worth through painting and mixed media. His entry into furniture design picks up where that exhibition left off, still personal, but now tangible and functional.
In collaboration with Dutch design house Moooi, Williams will unveil the Introvert Chair, a sculptural piece that leans into themes of solitude and introspection. Known for its theatrical designs and boundary-pushing approach to interiors, Moooi has built a reputation as a brand that embraces storytelling as much as aesthetics, making the partnership a fitting match. “Williams offers a surprising and tender perspective on privacy and personal space. Introvert Chair reflects his own lived experience, capturing the quiet desire to disconnect from the world without disappearing completely,” the company said. Founded by Marcel Wanders and Casper Vissers, Moooi has become a favorite among collectors and designers seeking furniture that reads as art rather than an accessory.
The Introvert Chair is currently available in Moooi stores and online, with prices starting at a hefty $4,395, placing it firmly in the realm of collectible design rather than everyday furniture. Its debut at Design Miami signals not only Williams’ seriousness as a designer, but also the continued expansion of the fair as a platform for cross-disciplinary creativity. Where once musicians only walked the aisles, now some are stepping into the spotlight as exhibitors themselves.
With Williams’ arrival into design and Miami’s continued rise as an international cultural capital, this year’s Design Miami feels less like a trade fair and more like a collision point between music, art, fashion, and interior design. It will become a place where celebrity and craftsmanship increasingly occupy the same stage.