Design Miami have announced they are to present their 2008 Designer of the Year Award to Fernando & Humberto Campana. This award is presented every December in Miami to an established designer or collective whose advanced body of work demonstrates quality, innovation and influence. For the last 20 years, Estúdio Campana has created singularly joyful and expressive designs that bridge handcraft, limited edition, and mass production. Their work has been embraced throughout the world, and yet it remains rooted in a highly personal vision. Their frequent use of discarded and mundane materials has foreshadowed the current trend toward re-appropriation in contemporary design. Each Designer of the Year Award comes with a commission to create a site-specific installation. For their commission, the Campana Brothers have created Diamantina, an evolution of their TransPlastic series unveiled at Albion Gallery in London in 2007.