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If you didn’t have a chance to sit and swing on Konstantin Grcic’s Netscape at Design Miami/, don’t worry. The large-scale outdoor seating installation will be a permanent fixture in Miami thanks to the generosity of Design Miami’s co-founder Craig Robins. Mr. Robins donated the piece to the Miami Art Museum. Netscape will live [...]
Let’s walk the show floor one last time and take in the marvel that is Design Miami/ 2010. These beautiful images were captured on site this week by our official show photographer – the amazing Mr. James Harris. http://www.jamesharris.co.uk. James was assisted by the talented Ms. Karin Gunnarsson. Presenting Galleries: Barry Friedman Ltd./New York Carpenters [...]
Design Miami 2010 – Designer of the Year & Modern Primitives. from thedesignvlog.com on Vimeo. Emma Elizabeth from thedesignvlog.com attended Design Miami/ this year. Armed with a camera and a microphone, her mission was to capture all the action of the fair on video. Emma Elizabeth will be releasing a series of video reports. In [...]
Vernissage TV’s Sabine Trieloff interviewed Konstantin Grcic, the 2010 Design Miami/ Designer of the Year, on site at the fair. Above is an edited portion of the video focused on the site-specific installation Netscape. Below is an extended version of the conversation with Grcic that touches on his career, the award and his retrospective at [...]
12:00-6:00pm Design Miami/ Daily Show Hours @ Meridian Avenue & 19th Street, Miami Beach.
As promised, here are more images of our guests enjoying the 2010 Design Miami/ Designer of the Year Dinner in honor of Konstantin Grcic. The event took place on Friday, December 3rd at the Moore Building in the Miami Design District. http://worldredeye.com/2010/12/designer-of-the-year/
Last night, Konstantin Grcic was honored at the annual Designer of the Year Dinner. In the past this dinner has been held at Craig Robins’ home, but this year we thought we would try something new. The party was held in the heart of the Miami Design District in the historic Moore Building. The [...]
The rumors are true. The Art Newspaper reported it today and so did The Miami Herald. Design Miami/ has a new Director. Marianne Goebl will be taking on the job in the new year. Marianne has worked in the design field for the past decade. She is coming to Design Miami/ from Vitra, where she [...]
Plum TV’s Mark Ellwood attends Design Miami/ 2010 and poses the age-old question: Is furniture really art? Artists & designers weigh in with their opinions.
12:00-8:00pm Design Miami/ Daily Show Hours @ Meridian Avenue & 19th Street, Miami Beach.
Today’s Design Miami/ Design Talk moderated by W magazine’s Stefano Tonchi was entitled: Heritage & Identity. Architect David Adjaye, Stefano Pilati (the Creative Director for Yves Saint Laurent), and Gagosian Gallery’s Lousie Neri discussed how our roots influence our art, design, architecture and fashion. Early on in the conversation, Adjaye revealed he wanted to be [...]
This week at Design Miami/ Cristina Grajales Gallery debuted Pedro Barrail’s Tattoo Breakfast Table. The work is a continuation of a theme Barrail began in 2008 with his bar stools, which are also at the fair. Barrail’s pieces are a result of a collaboration between contemporary design and folkloric traditions maintained by the indigenous tribes [...]
In part three of our “Designers of the Future Turned Bloggers” series, we hear from Jamie Zigelbaum and Marcelo Coelho. Zigelbaum + Coelho showcased Sixty-Four by Four-Eighty at Design Miami/ Basel in June, where they were honored as Designers of the Future. “Find a work here that you like. Write about it,” said Vicki Elkins, [...]
Seomi Gallery is happy to be on the beach. PJ Park says they are seeing a nice flow of art collectors stopping by their booth. “The art crowd is not just visiting Design Miami/ once. With the proximity of the two shows, we are seeing return visitors. People are going back and forth between the [...]
In part two of our “Designers of the Future Turned Bloggers” series, we hear from Peter Marigold. Peter was honored with the Design Miami/ Designer of the Future Award in 2009. Walking around the tent looking for food for thought, I was originally seduced by the stunning Swarovski installation by Troika called Falling Light. It [...]
In 1957, Janine Abraham and Dirk Jan Rol debuted their Lemon chair at Salon des Arts Ménagers. Stephane Danant, Owner and Director of Demisch Danant Gallery describes that fair “as a platform for designers of the time to present new material.” The picture above shows the original presentation of Lemon chair. For the past three [...]
When designers come to the fair, we put them to work. We asked several of our previous Designer of the Future Award recipients to blog for us at this show. We wanted to give you the designer’s perspective of Design Miami/ 2010. In part one of our “Designers of the Future Turned Bloggers” series, we [...]
Stilwerk Limited Edition Design Gallery of Hamburg is a place where architects, product designers and interior designers can explore their creativity through limited-edition design. The gallery opened its doors in May and Design Miami/ is its first major fair. Stilwerk is a part of this year’s Design On/site program and they are showcasing work by [...]
D&A Lab took part in the On/site program at Design Miami/ Basel last June. They are back for our Miami show as a presenting gallery. The Brussels-based gallery operates at the intersection between art and functionality. It works with a broad range of contemporary artists to channel their artistic vision through the constraint of function. [...]
Sotheby’s is in town this week and they are sporting a flip camera. Here’s a report from Sotheby’s Senior Vice President of 20th Century Design James Zemaitis. The footage was recorded during the Design Miami/’s Collectors Preview.
12:00-8:00pm Design Miami/ Daily Show Hours @ Meridian Avenue & 19th Street, Miami Beach. 6:00-7:00pm Design Miami/ Design Talk Hosted by W Magazine & Moderated by Stefano Tonchi: Interdisciplinary Revival with Stefano Pilati, David Adjaye, Louise Neri @ Meridian Avenue & 19th Street Miami Beach. (Talk to be held in the Assouline Culture Lounge.) 6:00-8:00pm [...]
Today’s the Design Miami/ talk entitled “Romantic Minimalism” featured Designer of the Year Konstantin Grcic, Architect John Pawson and Francisco Costa, the Creative Director for Calvin Klein. The conversation, moderated by W magazine’s Stefano Tonchi, addressed minimalism in design. The creative collective talked about the value of stripping things down to their essence and how [...]
Today Nadja Swarovski attended Design Miami/ to watch Suzanne Trocme host a talk with London based art and design talent, TROIKA. TROIKA discussed their collaboration with Swarovski Crystal Palace Falling Light and working with the intrinsic qualities of Swarovski Crystal optical lens. Two members of TROIKA participated in the event: Sebastien Noel and Conny Freyer. [...]
Design Miami/ is a show that asks visitors to engage with the material and to explore. Every piece has a story. Every booth offers a new experience. Here are some images of how our guests have engaged with the fair. Photos by: James Harris http://www.jamesharris.co.uk
The great pieces sell quickly. Yesterday, Johnson Trading Gallery sold an extraordinary piece by George Nakashima. “Nakashima was a master craftsman from the studio craft movement,” says Gallery Director Erika Oman. The Conoid desk was made in New Hope, Pennsylvania in 1974. The piece was originally commissioned for the Picotte family. We know this because [...]
