Dennis Vanderbroeck Stages Diesel and Miu Miu Runways Around Collective Experience
During the fashion weeks in Milan and Paris, Dutch spatial designer Dennis Vanderbroeck crafted two distinct runway settings. His final project with Glenn Martens for Diesel featured a rigid scaffolding that allowed performers to engage with models, emphasizing the tension between individuality and collectivity. At Palais d'Iéna for Miu Miu's Spring/Summer 2027 show, Vanderbroeck created a narrow catwalk and bleachers that evoked the 1990s runway style, incorporating tracks for modular seating to introduce movement. This design precedes Alice Diop's exhibition Geste de Consolation at Art Basel Paris, scheduled for October 21 to 25, 2026. Vanderbroeck, who has a theater background, views set design as a means to create immersive experiences, having also worked on Issey Miyake's OPEN STUDIO at Tate Modern and collaborated with Rosalía for the Lux Tour.
Key facts
- Dennis Vanderbroeck is a Dutch spatial designer working across fashion, theater, music and performance
- His final Diesel collaboration with Glenn Martens used a scaffolding structure with interrupting performers and models moving through the space
- For Miu Miu's Spring/Summer 2027 show at the Palais d'Iéna in Paris, he built tightly arranged bleachers and a narrow catwalk recalling 1990s runways
- Tracks on the floor supported modular bleachers, anticipating reuse of the venue for Alice Diop's Geste de Consolation
- Geste de Consolation runs October 21st to 25th, 2026, as part of the Art Basel Paris Public Program
- He designed Issey Miyake's OPEN STUDIO at Tate Modern, drawing on the circular concrete tanks and visitors' route past Henri Matisse's The Snail
- He collaborated with Rosalía and her team on the Lux Tour set design
- He recently designed the set for Anton Chekhov's The Seagull
Entities
Artists
- Dennis Vanderbroeck
- Glenn Martens
- Alice Diop
- Henri Matisse
- Rosalía
- Anton Chekhov
Institutions
- Studio Dennis Vanderbroeck
- Diesel
- Miu Miu
- Palais d'Iéna
- Art Basel Paris
- Tate Modern
- Issey Miyake
- Barbican
- designboom
- SolidNature
Locations
- Milan
- Italy
- Paris
- France
- London
- United Kingdom