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  • DESIGN MIAMI/ 2017 DESIGN Talks Schedule

    This year’s edition of DESIGN MIAMI/ DESIGN Talks offers an outstanding selection of discourses involving a global cornucopia of some of the leading design and production creatives, collectors, and critics.

    Wednesday, December 6/

    1:30–2:30pm/
    Rethinking the City through Blackness/

     

    3–4pm/
    Redefining Cultural Impact: How New Technologies
    Influence Artists and Creatives/

    4:30–5:30pm/
    Architecture and the Future of the American City:
    Miami and Chicago/

    6–7pm/
    Mwabwindo School: Winner of the Panerai Design Miami/
    Visionary Award/ An Elliman Talk/

    Thursday, December 7/

    11am–12pm/
    Art and Advocacy: How the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation
    is Collaborating with Artists to Raise Awareness
    about Climate Change/

    1:30–2:30pm/
    Performative Representation and Black Aesthetics/

    3–4pm/
    Ideal City: New Architecture in the Miami Design District/

    4:30–5:30pm/
    The Crying Game: Opulence and Melancholy
    Make Architecture at Large/

    6–7pm/
    Order from Chaos: the Art and Design of
    Self-Assembly/ An Elliman Talk/

    Friday, December 8/

    1:30–2:30pm/
    Concept, Abstraction, and Blackness/

    6–7pm/
    A Need for Green: Improving Urban Life
    with Plants/ An Elliman Talk/

    Design Miami/ 2017
    Tickets Available Now/
    Visit designmiami.com to purchase tickets to Design Miami/ 2017, taking place December 6–10.  

    *Images courtesy of Design Miami/

  • LOT Office for Architecture+OBJECTS OF COMMON INTEREST x Marharam present ‘SPECTACLE’ the 2017 DESIGN MIAMI/ Design Talks Theater

    LOT Office for Architecture+OBJECTS OF COMMON INTEREST x Marharam present ‘SPECTACLE’ the 2017 DESIGN MIAMI/ Design Talks Theater

    Award winning architectural design firm LOT Office for Architecture  has teamed up with their design studio OBJECTS OF COMMON INTEREST in partnership with North American textile giant MAHARAM to present ‘SPECTACLE’ , the 2017 DESIGN TALKS THEATER, which will host the  Design Talks program December 6-10th at Design Miami/. 

    Using idea exchange as the core principal of the space , there will a plethora of of interesting elements like a cylindrical lectern, sliding seats and rolling spheres to entice the active participation of attendees.  

    The salubrious warm atmosphere created by the amber-gold mirrors surrounding the space will reflect both actors and audience members, multiplying and drawing them into engaged listening and lively discussion.

    LOT Office for Architecture founders Eleni Petaloti and Leonidas Trampoukis

    Founded in 2012 by Eleni Petaloti and Leonidas Trampoukis, with offices in New York and Greece,  this architectural firm and design studio is dedicated to pursuing strong design concepts with pragmatism and consciousness. Their work has been featured in press including The Wall Street Journal, Wallpaper* Magazine, Elle Decor, Frame, Surface Magazine and Phaidon publishers and presented in exhibitions, such as the Venice Architecture Biennale, Greek Architecture Biennale, and the Salone del Mobile in Milan. 

    In 2013 LOT was shortlisted for the European Piranesi Awards and in 2014 was selected for the Wallpaper* Architects Directory, the iconic magazine’s list of the best architectural talent from around the globe. In 2016 LOT won the invited competition to install a Skyline, a large monumental public installation at New York’s Flatiron Building Plaza.

    Definitely looking forward to attending the Design Miami/ Talks in this space! 

    *Images courtesy of LOT

  • Save the Date: Design Miami/ 2017

    Design Miami/ 2017 Save the Date 

     

  • Upcoming Event: Maison & Objet Paris 2017

    Upcoming Event: Maison & Objet Paris 2017

    Maison & Objet Paris 2017 ( January 20th-24th) will be a design industry wonderland featuring exhibitors from around the globe! (more…)

  • Moments: Design Miami/ 2016 Press Conference

    Sharing a laugh at the Design Miami/ 2016 Press Conference: Rodman Primack, William Sharples, Coren Sharples, Gregg Pasquarelli and Angelo Bonati

  • Design Miami/ 2016 Highlights: Maison Perrier-Jouët Strand Garden by Andrew Kudless

    Design Miami/ 2016 Highlights: Maison Perrier-Jouët Strand Garden by Andrew Kudless

    The Maison Perrier – Jouët Strand Garden by Andrew Kudless  at  Design Miami/ was an oasis of serenity and calm in the midst of the biggest design show in North America.  

    Drawing from Perrier-Jouët’s  history with Art Nouveau,  San Francisco based designer Andrew Kudless combined those elements with those involved in the ritual of serving champagne: 

    “I was interested in the way that strands, fibers, branches and vines were applied across every aspect of Art Nouveau, from paintings to architecture, says Kudless. “The curving strand motif evokes nature and movement over time. I wanted to look at four of Perrier-Jouët’s emblematic materials – wood, chalk, glass and grapes – and see how I could create strands out of each one.”

    The three screens of 8′ curving strands were meant to evoke tree trunks or vines.

    The interlocking oak-top benches were meant to evoke the riddling racks and wine wine presses while their concrete legs resemble the chalk that shelters the cellers and nourish the vines.

    This table placed in the center of the space was made from bio plastics and was illuminated from within thus evoking the radiant clarity and vibrant personality of Perrier-Jouët wines .

    And placed on top of this magnificent table was this extraordinary ice bucket 3D-printed from ground Chardonnay grape skins! Entitled The Perrier-Jouët Marc Metamorphosis, it is a fitting tribute to the freshness, subtlety and sophistication of the Perrier-Jouët Belle Epoque cuvée using the cognizant metaphor of the wrinkled raisin.   

    So happy I was able to spend some time in Strand Garden!

    More images from this wonderful installation courtesy of Perrier-Jouët: 

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  • Upcoming Event: Design Miami/ 2016 Nov 30 – Dec 4

    Upcoming Event: Design Miami/ 2016 Nov 30 – Dec 4

    This year’s edition of Design Miami/ brings the best in design from galleries and exhibitors from across the globe and includes such highlights as:

    • The launch of Building Legacy: Designing for Sustainability, a partnership between Design Miami/ and the United Nations
    • Dean & DeLuca unveil Stage by German architect Ole Scheeren, a new food retail concept
    • Design Miami/ x Maison Kitsuné launch a limited edition mini-capsule collection at this year’s fair
    • Audi presents The Extra Hour by Lego
    • Maison Perrier-Jouët partners with American artist Andrew Kudless to present L’Eden
    • FENDI reaffirms its commitment to design at the fair and presents THE HAPPY ROOM by Cristina Celestino
    • Airbnb presents Sobremesa, a lively exploration of shared space, by Mexico City-based design studio Pedro&Juana
    • Louis Vuitton presents new additions to the Objets Nomades series which have been specially commissioned for Design Miami/
    • COMPAC will present ICE, a collaboration between the leading Spanish surfaces company and renowned artist and designer, Arik Levy
    • CNN Style joining Design Miami/ as the official news outlet of the fair with an on-site newsroom

    A definite must-see!  (more…)