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Take one last look at Design Miami/ 2011. See you in Basel.
12:00-6:00pm DESIGN MIAMI/ DAILY SHOW HOURS Meridian Avenue & 19th Street, Miami Beach Convention Center P-Lot
Last night in the Moore Building in the heart of the Miami Design District, influentials from the world of art, design, fashion and culture attended the Design Miami/ Designer of the Year Dinner in honor of David Adjaye. The event was hosted by Craig Robins, Sabina Belli, Vanessa Kay and Richard & Laurie Lynn Stark. [...]
Last night’s final Design Miami/ Design Talk hosted by W Magazine’s Editor-in-Chief Stefano Tonchi, Crossing Lines, brought together fashion designer Joseph Altuzarra, interior designer Rafael de Cardenas, and product designer Patricia Urquiola. The talk participants explored the intersection of design, architecture, and fashion while also delving into the unique aspects of each discipline. “I think [...]
Buckminster Fuller’s Fly’s Eye Dome [Time lapse] from Miami Design District on Vimeo. One of the past’s most futuristic designs has become firmly rooted in the present, with the recently-restored Fly’s Eye Dome by Buckminster Fuller in the Miami Design District. Watch this time lapse video to see the exhibition Architecting the Future: Buckminster Fuller [...]
Moss Gallery has seen a tremendous amount of action in their booth so far this week. In fact, all 100 pieces from the Morphing Fruit Platters 1D Series 300 at the fair have sold. There are actually 1,000 variations in the series and Moss is now taking advance orders for the other 900 that are [...]
By allowing the unexpected to happen, Jeff Zimmerman harnesses every glass blower’s greatest fear—imperfection—and turns it into master craft. Cultured magazine reports. Jeff Zimmerman likes to describe much of what he does as drawing. It might seem like an odd choice of words for a virtuosic glass blower, but in many regards, it is the [...]
In Basel this past June, Galerie Marie Wettergren participated in our On/Site program with a show dedicated to the work of Astrid Krogh. Her work with illuminating optic fibers stopped fairgoers in their tracks. Galerie Maria Wettergren is participating in our U.S. show for the first time this year and is presenting new work by [...]
Design Miami/ Blog caught up with designer Rafael de Cárdenas on the show floor. His designs are being shown by Johnson Trading Gallery at Design Miami/. We asked Rafael to take a walk around the fair and to tell us what he liked best. Rafael couldn’t pick just one. He had two favorites: a standing [...]
12:00-8:00pm DESIGN MIAMI/ DAILY SHOW HOURS Meridian Avenue & 19th Street, Miami Beach Convention Center P-Lot
Artist Ross Bleckner mentored Sebastian Errazuriz when he was a student in New York University’s MFA program. Since then the two have become close friends and have often talked about creative ideas and concepts. This year at Design Miami/, Cristina Grajales Gallery is showing the first ever collaboration by the duo. It’s a unique piece [...]
Specializing in contemporary decorative arts, Pierre Marie Giraud represents international artists working with glass, ceramics and silver, and collaborates with designers for the production of unique objects and limited editions. The gallery has been a regular participant in Design Miami/ Basel but this is their first year in the U.S. edition of the show. For [...]
Take a trip with Vernissage TV as they go to the Miami Design District to see the Design Miami/ Satellite Exhibition Architecting the Future: Buckminster Fuller & Lord Norman Foster. (Note to Email Subscribers: Please visit www.designmiamiblog.com directly to play this video.)
When visiting Design Miami/ this week, be sure to swing by Magen H Gallery’s booth. Magen H is staging a group show entitled: The Individual and The Collective, 1920-1970. The exhibition includes pieces by Alain Douillard, Jean Prouvè, Charlotte Perriand, Georges Jouve, Jean Royère, Gustave Tiffoche, Le Corbusier, Ceramics of LaBorne and Pierre Jeanneret. While [...]
Caroline Van Hoek specializes in contemporary art jewelry and silver by international artists. The gallery exhibits the creative potential of the artist in its entirety through unique and specially commissioned pieces. At the fair, the gallery is showing a very wide range of work by celebrated artists, designers and silversmiths. You will see door handles [...]
Design Miami/ newcomer Southern Guild showcases the work of South African designers, including Gregor Jenkin, whose new collection of furniture is seen here. Cultured magazine caught up with the young designer to get his take on South Africa’s place in the international design dialogue. You’ve trained as an industrial engineer, an architect, and did a [...]
When visiting the Design Miami/ Satellite Exhibitions in the Miami Design District, we suggest you also swing by Luminaire Lab to check out DesignLove. The exhibition is a part of Luminaire’s Love Series, which is an ongoing initiative to fight cancer using the transformative power of design.
12:00-8:00pm DESIGN MIAMI/ DAILY SHOW HOURS Meridian Avenue & 19th Street, Miami Beach Convention Center P-Lot 6:00-7:00pm DESIGN MIAMI/ DESIGN TALK “CROSSING LINES” HOSTED BY STEFANO TONCHI, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, W MAGAZINE WITH JOSEPH ALTUZARRA, RAFAEL DE CARDENAS, PATRICIA URQUIOLA Meridian Avenue & 19th Street, Miami Beach Convention Center P-Lot
Tonight’s Design Miami/ Design Talk hosted by W Magazine’s Editor-in-Chief Stefano Tonchi was entitled Ingenious Barter. It brought together Designer of the Year David Adjaye, conceptual artist Teresita Fernandez and music composer Peter Adjaye to discuss creative collaborations that cross disciplines. David and Teresita collaborated at Princeton University where David teaches an architecture class that [...]
Take a walk on the Design Miami/ show floor with Vernissage TV. (Note to Email Subscribers: Go directly to www.designmiamiblog.com to launch this video)
Galerie Downtown-François returns to Design Miami/ this year with design in stereo. Follow the sounds of music playing on the show floor to their booth. They are showing a very rare stereo designed by Ron Arad in 1983. The piece called Concrete Stereo is quite extraordinary and only eight were ever made. Most of them [...]
Hostler Burrows (formerly known as Antik) specializes in design and decorative arts of Scandinavia from 1920 to 1960. At the fair this year, you will see work by Axel Einar Hjorth, Josef Frank, Finn Juhl, Axel Salto, Stig Lindberg and Brendt Friberg. In addition to these incredible examples of historic design, you will also see [...]
For the second year in a row, Industry Gallery is participating in the Design Miami/ On/Site Program. This year they are showcasing work from designer Tom Price’s series entitled Meltdown. A London native, Price attended several renowned schools including the Royal College of Art. That background in fine art informs his approach to design, which [...]
