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felicia ferrone and christopher gentner present the space in between.

felicia ferrone and christopher gentner present the space in between.

May 24, 2015

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chicago designers felicia ferrone and christopher gentner present a representative display of their work as well as make the statement that the lines between distinct facets of creativity such as artist, craftsmen, designer, architecture and object can be hazy.

this narrative is told by works from ferrone’s and Gentner’s private collections, new work and never-before-seen. both designers collaborate while working in different philosophical space. ferrone designs are minimal, clever and timeless and her work is produced in small batches by top artisans. gentner’s work, more detailed, more sculptural. he’s both designer and craftsman presenting one-of-a-kind pieces in small editions.

this is a smart and tight show. the installation is presented by pavilion antiques and refined haystack. photography by jill buckner. the presentation thru 31 may 2015.

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date> 31 may 2015
venue> pavilion antiques | 2055 north damen avenue chicago | 773 645 0924

[ felicia ferrone ] graduated with a degree in architecture from miami university, ohio, after which she moved to milan. ferrone’s expansive reach is informed by her early experience as an architect in milan, where she was first taught to “blur boundaries.” in a series of positions with some of italy’s most notable design luminaries, among them antonio citterio and piero lissoni, she developed her belief that all aspects of design are interdependent, that nothing exists in a vacuum but always in relation to the environment, objects and systems that surround it.

[ christopher gentner ] received his bfa from the cleveland institute of art with a degree in metal smithing. after graduating, he founded gentner fabrication, one of the premier manufacturers of custom, high end furniture and architectural metal for many of the big name showrooms. he earned his reputation by building high quality furniture for designers and architects. in early 2011, he founded gentner, a showroom featuring exclusively his own designs.

frida kahlo and her plants – indivisible, in life and in art.

frida kahlo and her plants – indivisible, in life and in art.

May 21, 2015

frida kahlo and her plants — indivisible, in life and in art. exhibition a metaphor of her sense of place. via new york times [RK]

the best nycxdesign 2015 exhibits to visit at the 11th hour or later.

the best nycxdesign 2015 exhibits to visit at the 11th hour or later.

May 18, 2015

new york design week runs from from 8 > 19 may. surrounding these dates is a citywide offering of design related installations and exhibits. for visitor’s interested in taking something in on the 19th or later, here are the best.

thru 19 may | sofitel times square | 45 west 44th street nyc
french design connection / is back for its 34rd edtion featuring acabas, anouchka potdevin, armel soyer gallery, carpenters workshop gallery, dutko gallery, dyptique, servaire & co, valerie goodman gallery and wustenberg

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thru 19 may | 11 a 7p | ingo maurer showroom | 89 grand street nyc
new works by ingo maurer and team see new and several world-first prototypes, concepts and finished pieces.

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thru 19 may | 9a – 6p | nanimarquina | 588 broadway #607 nyc
nanimarquina: new collection launch designed by sybilla.

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thru 19 may | 11a – 7p | vitra store | 29 9th avenue nyc
prouvé RAW office exhibition is a crossover project between g-star RAW and vitra. this is the second edition of this partnership. above photo courtesy of vitra – wundr studio

thru 19 may | 11a – 7p | the future perfect | 55 great jones street nyc
wonder room curated by piet hein eek features a major installation of one of-kind collaborations and works of art from dutch designers hansje van halem, paul heijnen, linda nieuwstad and floris wubben. in addition works by michael annastasiades and local designer bec brittain and the newest roll & hill lighting.

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thru 20 may | 10a – 5p | next door | 4014 1st avenue #603 brooklyn
1:1 piero lissoni exhibition originating from chicago showing architectural models and many objects shown in varying stages of development, from concept to finished piece. In new york it’s curated by studio next door and represents a special partnering with elle decor italia, carin scheve’s styling including emerging brooklyn designers.

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panel discussion thursday 21 may | 7p – 8:30p | thru 27 sept | 10a – 6p | museum of arts and design | 2 columbus circle nyc
women in industrial design: a changing field? in certain typologies in the design world – interios, textiles and tableware – women have been extremely successful while others – furniture and product design – they have been conspicuously absent. a panel of curators, industry leaders, teachers, journalists and designers share their thoughts. [note: more exhibit info on ‘pathmakers: women in art, craft and design, midcentury and today’ towards end of this post] above photo courtesy of gabriel ann maher

thru 22 may | 12noon – 6p | matter | 405 broome street nyc
matter made 2015 collection bold new works from in-house brand matter made. also ana kras, henry julier, philippe malouin, vonnegut kraft and visibility are shown. solutions include the latest energy efficient led technologies.

thru 22 may | 12noon – 5p | moma design store | 81 spring street nyc
moma design store presents: london tech city a new suite of products documenting the london tech scene in honor of nycxdesign.

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thru 22 may | noon to 7p | project no 8 | 38 orchard street nyc
ward bennett: making sense is an installation of sensual minimalism of iconic new york designer ward bennett. a collaboration between design institutions herman miller and geiger, the environment designed by various projects. above photo courtesy of herman miller

thru 23 may | 11a – 7p | kikkerland | 493 6th avenue nyc
kikkerland celebrates china design challenger winners during beijing design week 20014 kikkerland in collaboration with leaders in design and innovation challenge young design talents. the winners are celebrated and their designs are being produced and sold worldwide through kikkerland’s distribution network.

thru 23 may | 9a – 8p | the center for architecture | 536 laguardia place nyc
praque functionalism is the first major exhibition at the center for architecture to focus on eastern european design. the photographs are of functionalist buildings, projects and drawings.

thru 31 may | 9a – 5p | moiety | 166 north 12th street brooklyn
design collective, field experiments presents a new project focused on the concept of ‘play as work’ featuring a host of visual and tactical programming [ program details ] moiety.nyc

thru 30 june | 11a – 5p | e.r. butler | 55 prince street nyc
rise by karl zahn is part II of the momentum series. a large collection of mezmorizing objects in a display of motion and physical interactions.

thru 30 august | 11a – 6p | socrates sculpture park nyc
agnes denes: the living pyramid new york city artist builds a 30 feet high, site-specific earthwork created from several tons of soil and planted grasses.

thru 13 september | 10a – 6p | museum of the city of new york | 1220 5th avenue nyc
everything is design: the work of paul rand features over 150 graphic design examples by an american design legend. it was rand who most creatively brought european avant-garde aret movements such as cubism and constructivism to graphic design in the usa.

thru 27 sept | 10a – 6p | musuem of arts and design | 2 columbus circle nyc
pathmakers: women in art, craft and design, midcentury and today features more than 100 works.

thru 15 november | 9a – 5p | cooper hewitt, smithsonian design museum | 2 east 91st street nyc
how posters work exhibition shows 125 posters from cooper hewitt’s permanent collection such as masters like herbert matter, paul rand, philippe apeloig, to lesser-known creators.

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ongoing | 10a – 6p | moooi | 36 east 31st Street nyc
moooi new york technically not an exhibit but the opening on 15 may 2015 of a new moooi showroom. while we were in milan dutch designer marcel wanders alerted us to dutch lifestyle design company moooi crosses the ocean and lands in nyc to open its first showroom and brand store in the usa. marcel is moooi’s creative director among other things.

expo chicago 2015  releases first look at /dialogues panel discussion series.

expo chicago 2015 releases first look at /dialogues panel discussion series.

May 5, 2015

Keynote Panels Include Hans Ulrich Obrist in Conversation with Legendary Hairy Who Artists; Diego Perrone, Eugenio Re Rebaudengo and Letizia Ragaglia on Contemporary Art in Italy; Matthieu Poirier in conversation with Daniel Buren and more; and Thelma Golden, Solveig Øvstebø and Franklin Sirmans in Conversation with Jacob Proctor

Expo Chicago, The International Exposition of Contemporary and Modern Art,, announces highlighted discussions for /Dialogues to take place during the fourth annual exposition, 17 > 20 September 2015, with more than ten additional panels to be announced leading up to the fair. Presented in partnership with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), /Dialogues offers panel discussions, conversations and provocative artistic discourse with leading artists, curators, designers and arts professionals on the current issues that engage them. Located on the east end of Navy Pier’s Festival Hall, the /Dialogues stage will feature continuous programming throughout each day of the fair, offering guests multiple chances to see and hear riveting discussions and engaging exchange between some of the most respected arts professionals working today.

“This early look at our /Dialogues program shows that in the three years since our inaugural exposition, it has quickly developed into a powerful conversation space for globally-respected artists, curators and art professionals,” said EXPO CHICAGO President and Director Tony Karman. “This year, the /Dialogues stage will host insightful panels that look at the art scene both then and now in Chicago, with Hans Ulrich Obrist in conversation with a selection of Chicago Imagists; as well as beyond the Midwest—from current perspectives on national museum contexts in the United States, and more. These panels will bring together the voices of some of the greatest artists and thinkers living today, and are just a snapshot of the full programming we will be releasing for EXPO CHICAGO this September.”

Highlights of the 2015 program include Hans Ulrich Obrist in conversation with artists Art Green, Gladys Nilsson and Karl Wirsum from the Hairy Who in advance of the fifty-year anniversary of their first exhibition at the Hyde Park Art Center; Diego Perrone, Letizia Ragaglia and Eugenio Re Rebaudengo on the state of contemporary art in Italy from an international perspective; independent curator Matthieu Poirier in conversation with Daniel Buren, Nicolas Cattelain and Felice Varini discussing radical abstraction and its relationship to architecture as part of the French-American Curatorial Exchange; and Thelma Golden, Solveig Øvstebø and Franklin Sirmans in conversation with Jacob Proctor on the global impact of public collections and exhibitions that different museum models allow from an institutional standpoint.

[ /dialogues | schedule highlights ]

Friday, 18 September
2:30 pm | Contemporary Art in Italy: Today
Featuring Artist Diego Perrone, Director of MUSEION Letizia Ragaglia and Founder of ARTUNER Eugenio Re Rebaudengo

Presented in partnership with the Italian Cultural Institute and ItalCultura.

4:00 pm | Museum Models: The Global Impact of Public Collections
Featuring Director and Chief Curator of The Studio Museum in Harlem Thelma Golden, Executive Director and Chief Curator of The Renaissance Society Solveig Øvstebø and Terri and Michael Smooke Curator and Department Head of Contemporary Art of LACMA Franklin Sirmans.
Moderated by Curator of the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society Jacob Proctor

Saturday, 19 September
2:30 pm | French-American Curatorial Exchange | Leaving the Canvas: Abstract Art and Architecture
Featuring Artist Daniel Buren, Collector Nicolas Cattelain and Artist Felice Varini. Moderated and organized by Independent Art Historian, Critic and Curator Matthieu Poirier

4:00 pm | Hans Ulrich Obrist: In Conversation with the Hairy Who
Featuring Artists Art Green, Gladys Nilsson and Karl Wirsum

[ expo chicago ] The International Exposition of Contemporary and Modern Art, is presented by Art Expositions, LLC. Now in its fourth year as a leading international art fair, EXPO CHICAGO (Sept. 17 – 20, 2015) is a four-day art event featuring more than 140 leading international galleries and offering diverse programming including /Dialogues, IN/SITU and EXPO VIDEO. Under the leadership of President and Director Tony Karman, EXPO CHICAGO draws upon the city’s rich history as a vibrant international cultural destination, while highlighting the region’s contemporary arts community and inspiring its collector base. Vernissage, the opening night preview benefiting the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, takes place Thursday, Sept 17, 6 – 9 p.m. General Admission to the exposition is Friday, Sept. 18 – Sunday, Sept. 20 (for hours please visit expochicago.com). Tickets to the exposition are $20 for one day, $30 for three days.

kitcheninnovation of the year at ambiente 2015.

kitcheninnovation of the year at ambiente 2015.

Mar 3, 2015

one of several special events invited to ambiente is ‘kitcheninnovation of the year‘ – an award designed to make consumer decision-making easier. the products are judged objectively and independently by a jury of experts and consumers themselves. this two-stage process is a unique feature of award.

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above> [ asa / terra ] a design classic. smooth terracotta colored surface – clay mineral body – stands in contrast to a shiny white and at the same time hygienic inside glaze. we especially like the efficient elongated dishes with handles. also in the collection are beech heartwood wooden serving boards.

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above> [ bauknecht / kgis 3182/a+++ ] a ‘profresh’ function regulates the humidity and temperature keeping vitamins and nutrients better preserved. a ‘stopfrost’ technology eliminates costly defrost in the freezer area and resulting ice accumulates to a removable disk.

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above> [ blanco / durinox ] ‘steelart’ is a stainless steel look-a-like that is twice as hard as traditional ss. no scratches or fingerprints, indoor/outdoor, seamless possibilities.

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abpve> [ gazel / kitchen knife ] an innovative new knife concept. it uses a vertical ‘power grip’ positioning your hand above the blade transferring more force into the cutting action. it chops, saws, slices and dices. high carbon stainless steel, pom handle and claims to be dishwasher safe.

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above> [ grundig / tm 8280w tea maker ] this appliance looks and behaves like a coffee maker with a robust appearance belies its promise to be particularly suited to sensitive types of tea. self-cleaning. hoping a little zen in there somewhere.

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above> [ kitchenaid / artisan magnetic drive blender ] the blender is hands-free due to a new magnetic drive. 5 speeds, a powerful 0.9 peak hp motor and push button walk away – auto shut-off feature. note, same appliance under the name ‘torrent’ will debut in usa at housewares show.

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above> [ rösle / pellet grill memphis pro ] a rugged, easy to clean, bare-bones set-up that provides the taste of a wood fire, the speed of a gas grill, the fine-tuning of an electric oven and the aroma of a smoker.

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2015 ushers in 20th anniversary with debut maison & objet americas in miami.

2015 ushers in 20th anniversary with debut maison & objet americas in miami.

Feb 27, 2015

We talk to Philippe Chomat, Maison & Objet directeur de la communication.
[DesignApplause] Philippe, can you share with us what’s new since we last talked one year ago?
[Philippe Chomat] This session is the 20th anniversary of Maison & Objet. It’s a key moment because a lot has changed in 20 years. The market, the information, distribution networks, the projects and the way people see design today. 20 years ago there was no design in our offerings. The design aspect was introduced in 2000 and the designers of that era are now stars. Today everyone wants a designer’s signature on the product to add value to that product. And now at this time we launch inspiration in another way. Then it was more decoration and now, it’s really everything, more than form and function, there’s the materials, the environmental and the brand or narrative elements.

We have a new inspirational term which is ‘Make’ because it’s very important to say to the market and to say to everybody that today you have the internet, social media and the mobile way of life which is to say an non-material way of life. And the heart of Maison Objet represents the material way of life where products are made of wood, metal and other materials.

An important design statement is made within this ‘Make’ envelope if you will and our special design exhibit is named ‘Tendencies’ which comprises three inspirational elements: Natural Made, Human Made and Tecno Made. Natural-made is about designers, creators, using natural materials, natural compositions as found in nature. Human-made is the heart of Maison Objet, designers using wood, metal, handmade items. And techno-made is the new generation of product using technology to create the products.

( more about ‘make’ following Philippe’s comments )

We also have selected a designer of the year for the Paris show, Japanese designer Oki Sato of Nendo. He has created a homage to chocolate and the best way to explain it is to visit his installation. [ Oki talks to DA about installation ] We also award Talents à la carte, six emerging designers. (Christian Vivanco, Liliana Ovalle, Cooperativa Panorámica, Paul Roco, Studio davidpompa and FOAM & Perla Valtierra)

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[DA] It’s safe to say we’re in an era of design. Cities are creating design events – design weeks because design is the magnet for addressing and solving a broad spectrum of urban, manufacturing, retail and people needs. Maison Objet is a perfect example. Can you tell us about the inspiration and aspirations of the upcoming Maison & Objet Americas?
[PC] It’s very simple. Today, if you’re not international, you’re dead. For us, Paris is an international city and we, after 20 years, attract a worldwide exhibitor and visitor. The world marketplace is dynamic and each region experiences ebb and growth cycles. Right now retail in France, Europe is down and other countries such as the Middle East, China and South America, retail is up. And you have a lot of new projects coming into these countries because they are in a growth mode.

We feel for us in Paris, we have a successful business model. But we feel we can do more. We now have to propose to our clients, our customers, to go directly to these growth countries because it’s in everyone’s best interest. As you know we ventured into Asia last year. We thought about such cities as Hong Kong and Shanghai and eventually felt that there were many reasons to select Singapore. For example this is Singapore’s 50th anniversary and we’re hosting conferences in March 2015 to also celebrate 50 years of friendship with France.

With Maison Objet Asia we discovered that 30 percent of the participants never visited Paris and they came to us to exhibit because they couldn’t find any show like us in Asia and they never thought to come to Paris. In Singapore we had 272 exhibitors and 13,000 visitors. We felt we discovered something good here.

So now we feel we can find something good in Maison Objet Americas and held in Miami. For one thing there is no show in the Americas like us offering the variety and quality of objects and styles, from the classical to modern design. And why Miami. Because Miami is the gateway and link of the Americas. It was important for us not only to focus on the U.S. but both continents.

Here we find a lot of new projects going up in Mexico City and Brazil is a very important city in terms of decoration and design, the Campana brothers for example and the architecture in San Paulo. So we propose to our customers to reach out to a large base of architects, interior designers and retailers. We are opening in May with 250+ exhibitors and hope to attract 10,000 visitors and we think we are going to do that.

[DA] Along with Maison Objet’s anniversary Design Miami also just celebrated it’s 10th anniversary. I interviewed eight founders of the original 15 design galleries last December and all agreed the fair exceeded their expectations. An important factor was exhibiting during Art Basel Miami, the synergy is great for both. Plus ’80’ and sunny in December. I’m wondering what May will offer you weather-wise, though Paris in January has certainly not deterred Maison’s success(!), and if you’ll find an unknown element that offers a synergistic advantage.
[PC] You raise interesting questions that have already been raised. Everyone’s calendar and logistics pointed to May or June. We will be there 12-15 May. Regarding a synergistic element, we ‘know’ the Art Basel folks. We have mutual aspirations for us to succeed. It’s not a same-day synergy but it makes Miami Beach more and more desirable. We both know, Art Basel and Design Miami helped change the image of Miami regarding art and design. There’s now a spirited design district. People are now used to coming to and finding a very worthwhile destination. We feel we discovered something good in Miami.

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[ 2015/16 inspiration ‘make’ ] The M&O future-casting department, Maison & Objet Observatory, has organized emerging trends with the inspirational theme ‘Make’ and spelled out in three categories Nature Made, Human Made and Techno Made. Reminding us of the design magazine Domus 2012 exhibition ‘The Future in The Making: Open Design Archipelago‘ the 2015/16 message presents a trifecta of science, craftsmanship and maybe unforeseen, that of technology placing control of production processes in the hands of designers and consumers.

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above / below> new families of objects use organic properties and compose with time, to satisfy our need for contemplation / yoho stool from brabbu

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above> / below> the art of making by hand, the new luxury, creating unique shapes and typologies / the tools of the trade, agustina bottoni and simon hasan work with the medieval leather-working technique of cuir bouilli

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above> / below> technology increasingly drives solutions and inspires/challenges imaginations / 3D printed chair 71 was designed in 2006 by françois brument and ammar eloueini

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[ maison & objet paris ] is

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[ maison & objet paris ] 20 years old this is, well, big. The event fills eight exhibition pavilions, each dedicated to a certain interior design category for a total of over 3,000 exhibitors from all over the world. The format not only showcases but facilitates a dialog between experts, professinals and the devotee.

[ 2014 january] 138,440 trade visitors
49% of international visitors 144 countries represented 3,245 exhibitors
40% of international exhibitors

>visitor profile
36% specifiers divided among the following functions:
37% – Interior designer/decorator
18% – Designer
10 % – Agency – hotel director
9% – Certified architects
6% – Restaurant’s chef
5% – Stylist – trend setter
4% – Art director
4% – Property developer
3% – Consultant/merchandiser
1% – Archivist
1% – Landscaper

64 % buyers divided among the following metiers:
48% – Retailers
15% – manufacturers / designers
10% – wholesales / importers
9% – department stores / buying groups
8% – specialized points of sale
6% – e-commerce
4% – other visitors

130,000 sqm net stand space 54% sqm of international exhibition space

a chocolate lounge by nendo for maison & objet 2015.

a chocolate lounge by nendo for maison & objet 2015.

Jan 23, 2015

this year’s designer of the year title for maison & objet 2015 went to japanese designer oki sato and founder of studio nendo. nendo was asked to design ‘the chocolate lounge’ for the paris trade fair. the studio also created a range of nine chocolate shapes within a 26-millimetre cube. designapplause talks to oki.
[designapplause] oki, the solution is both flat out unadulterated and inspiring as usual. how did the chocolate factory turn out for you?

[ oki sato ] maison awarded us best designer of the year and gave us a space and asked us to create something. that was in november and you know how, we’re very happy for the recognition and what are we now going to do. we thought of the idea of not only touching and feeling the design but actually eating it. hence the concept of using all five senses. the flavor of the chocolate is all the same but interestingly the tastes are different due to the different shapes and textures. we also added the concept of the lounge and we called guilio cappellini, desalto and morosso, companies who have commissioned us and they created limited chocolate colored editions of our design, a soft form like a meltable form. maybe we put a little pressure on them too. then we hand-painted aluminum pipes and cut them to different heights so it feels like you’re sitting in this melting pot of chocolate.

[da] so these 11th hour deadlines work. oki what’s next?
[os] yes, in some cases they do (laughing). and ron, maybe we’ll talk to you in chicago in june at neocon for some new things to talk about.

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the chocolates have been named after various japanese expressions
1> ‘tubu-tubu’ – comprised of small chocolate drops.
2> ‘sube-sube’ – with smooth edges and rounded corners.
3> ‘zara-zara’ – rough and granular like a file.
4> ‘toge-toge’ – projecting sharp pointed tips.
5> ‘goro-goro’ – a composition of fourteen connected small cubes.
6> ‘fuwa-fuwa’ – soft and airy with the presence of many tiny holes.
7> ‘poki-poki’ – a cube frame made of chocolate sticks.
8> ‘suka-suka’ – a hollow cube with thin walls.
9> ‘zaku-zaku’ – featuring alternately placed thin chocolate rods forming a cube.

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the space is furnished with nendo’s previous seat designs for brands including cappellini, desalto, emeco, glas italia, moroso and offecct. these chairs are custom-colored to match the chocolates and surrounded by 2,000 aluminum 8mm thick pipes painted in brown gradations to form ‘a rippling large molten chocolate wave’. a limited edition of 400 boxes were on sale at the lounge.

previous recipient’s of maison & object’s designer of the year award have included barber and osgerby, the campana brothers and tom dixon. installation images courtesy of nendo with photography by joakim blockstrom – packaging photos by akihiro yoshida.

[ nendo ] [ maison & objet ]

2015 eyes on design winners announced. detroit auto show.

2015 eyes on design winners announced. detroit auto show.

Jan 14, 2015

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this year ‘s winners of the eyes on design awards at north american international auto show in detroit have been announced. there were very few concept cars offered and except for the mercedes futuristic f015 (above) they were quite restrained. the production models stars were super cars like ford’s gt and acura’s nsx. the judges are an all-star cast of former auto design studio chiefs.

above> acura nsx

[ eyes on design awards ]

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best designed production vehicle sponsored by lacks wheel trim systems (above)
finalists: acura nsx, ford gt, mercedes benz gle class coupe
winner: ford gt
judges cited the winner as “capturing the original gt40 in a modern interpretation…and the optimism it showcases for both the ford brand and the industry.”

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best designed concept vehicle sponsored by dassault systemes (above)
finalists: chevrolet bolt ev, buick avenir, mercedes benz f015
winner: buick avenir
judges cited the avenir as “something special that you could tell designers really liked doing…it represents presence, elegance, sportiness all rolled into one.”

innovative use of color, graphics & materials sponsored by axalta (above)
finalists: audi q7, buick avenir, mercedes benz f015, vw cross coupe gle
winner: buick avenir
judges cited its “attention to detail…the way its materials worked together…its understated elegance which was true to the brand.”

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best designed interior sponsored by abc group (above)
finalists: audi q7, buick avenir, infiniti q60
winner: audi q7
judges cited its “beautiful theme…wonderful fit and finish…great ergonomics and use of materials.”

and finally, the 2015 catalyst award was presented to automotive veteran robert lutz. lutz, senior advisor at katzkin leather interiors and patrick le quement of renault will receive the lifetime design achievement award.

the 21 june eyes on design automotive design exhibition will be held at the edsel & eleanor ford house in grosse pointe shores, michigan.

for additional information visit [ eyes on design ] or contact judi dara 313 824 4710. sponsorship information > cyndy doherty 313 515 9050. media inquiries > kathy lightbody at 313 587 6677.

about phil patton

2014 design miami preview 3.

2014 design miami preview 3.

Nov 29, 2014

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steam 22 | bae se wwa | gallery seomi | 2013

[ gallery seomi ] based out of pierre koenig’s historic case study house #21 in the hollywood hills of los angeles, gallery seomi goes beyond the realms of traditional design to present a new concept that encompasses boundaries of art, design, and architecture.

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various objects | jang jin | gallery seomi |

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spider | louise bourgeois | galerie karsten greve | 1994

[ galerie karsten greve ] is located in cologne, paris and st. moritz. artist include, cy twombly, jannis kounellis, john chamberlain, louise bourgeois, and others, provided the basis for his program’s quality, which is defined by international avant-garde art after 1945. apart from twombly, kounellis, chamberlain, and bourgeois, this includes artists like joseph cornell, jean dubuffet, willem de kooning, pablo picasso, louis soutter, and wols.

dm14-karsten-melotti1untitled | fausto melotti | galerie karsten greve | 1979

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dm-bentley-sensa1sensa fine | massimo uberti | 2006

italian conceptual artist massimo uberti collaborates with bentley and lights things up in their debut [ bentley elements ]

inspired by bentley’s vehicle audit bays (those neon-lit inspection areas where all cars are carefully inspected prior to delivery), the brescia-born and milan-based uberti, whose portfolio comprises sculptural light installations with striking geometric structures suggesting gravity- and reality-defying 3d forms such as senza fine (pictured below), is understood to have created a piece with similar qualities for bentley. installation revealed on 1 dec in the miami design district.

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dream machine | untitled international art fair | ocean drive and 12th st

[ dream machine by wer2 ] inspired by richard hamilton’s iconic 1956 photo-collage just what is it that makes today’s home so different, so appealing? an outpost of wer2— a collaboration between architect and designer suchi reddy and former gallerist sara meltzer—the dream machine, as it is called, will house sundry objects and accessories made in collaboration with modern and contemporary artists. part-exhibition space and part-travel trailer, everything from the exterior surface and interior design to the products within have been created or curated by wer2. view a new calico wallpaper designed made exclusively for dream machine.

dm14-untitled-dream2dream machine | untitled international art fair | ocean drive and 12th st

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t a 1 sculpture | alois kronschlaeger | cristin tierney gallery | untitled international art fair | ocean drive and 12th st

[ cristin tierney gallery ] is committed to the development and support of both established and emerging artists. the international exhibition program emphasizes critical theory and art history, with an attendant interest in under-recognized artists and art movements of the twentieth and twenty-first century. booth a10

dm14-sg-mahoney1siamese twins | justine mahoney | southern guild | 2014

dm14-sg-doktor1lala’ cabinets | studio doktor & misses | southern guild | 2013

[ southern guild ] is recognized as the most significant forum for high-end contemporary design in south africa. devoted, since 2008, to provoking the local design industry and to pushing designers and artists to explore and produce more challenging and important work, southern guild has become an internationally recognized brand representing excellence and authenticity. booth g21

dm14-dennant1public commission | demisch danant

[ demisch danant ] is presenting public commission, an exhibition dedicated to works created in the 1960s and 1970s for key public spaces in france by designers and artists who defined the era. on view in the gallery’s booth (g10) at design/miami, the exhibition features rare and unique objects conceived by french designers joseph andré motte, pierre paulin, french artist pierre sabatier, and paris-based american artist sheila hicks.

[ 2014 exhibitors ]
ammann gallery – cologne
antonella villanova – florence
caroline van hoek – brussels
carpenters workshop gallery – london & paris
carwan gallery – beirut
casati gallery -chicago
cristina grajales gallery – new york
demisch danant – new york
edward cella art + architecture – los angeles
erastudio & apartment-gallery – milan
galerie jacques lacoste – paris
galerie kreo – paris
galerie maria wettergren – paris
galerie pascal cuisinier – paris
galerie patrick seguin – paris
galerie vivid – rotterdam
galleria o. – rome
gallery diet – miami
gallery seomi – seoul & los angeles
hostler burrows – new york
jason jacques inc. – new york johnson trading gallery – new york
jousse entreprise – paris
laffanour – galerie downtown – paris
louisa guinness gallery – london
magen h gallery – new york
moderne gallery – philadelphia
nilufar gallery – milan
ornamentum – hudson
pierre marie giraud – brussels
priveekollektie contemporary art + design – heusden aan de maas
r & company – new york
southern guild – cape town
victor hunt design art dealer – brussels
volume gallery – chicago

[ special exhibitions ]
of the 35 galleries at design miami/ 2014 11 are among those that participated in the first year of the fair in 2005. several of these founding galleries present special exhibitions that celebrate the growth of the collectible design market over the past decade. these include a display dedicated to public commissions in france from the 1960s and 70s from demisch danant; an exhibition on the functional, durable furniture created for universities by charlotte perriand, jean prouvé and le corbusier from galerie patrick seguin; a monograph on rick kauffman’s new york art et industrie gallery and the creative crossover surrounding it from magen h gallery, and newly commissioned works debuting at the fair with cristina grajales gallery, galerie kreo, r & company and nilufar.

[ special commissions ]
design miami/ 2014 features a significant number of special commissions, including works in glass, stone and acrylic. ammann//gallery presents the sakala vase by satyendra pakhalé, his first work in blown murano glass; galerie vivid presents commissioned works by finnish-born designer janne kyttanen, which take the designer’s 3d printed aluminum sedona bench as their point of departure; max lamb creates a granite lamp for johnson trading gallery made over six days using stitch drilling, and jeweler ted noten unveils a table – his first foray into furniture – at ornamentum.

[ a bronze age ]
it may have associations with the earliest days of human craft, but bronze is very much the material of the moment at design miami/. from artist jewelry to monumental decorative works, via furniture and lighting, the cast metal is deployed across multiple formats at this year’s fair. casati gallery introduces the work of chicago-based designer steven haulenbeek with a collection of bronze mirrors, furniture, lights and objects all distinguished by the ‘chaotic texture’ produced by casting in ice. carwan gallery debuts furniture pieces combining bronze, onyx, mother of pearl, resins, fine inlaid wood and silver-plated brass by italian architect vincenzo de cotiis. carpenters workshop gallery shows a new collection of iconoclastic architectural-themed bronzes from studio job; and new furniture pieces and jewelry by claude lalanne are exhibited by louisa guinness gallery.

[ cabinets of curiosity ]
spanning the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, design curio/ presents four immersive environments of objects, textures, artifacts and ideas that truly challenge and contextualize familiar design narratives. this first edition, in celebration of the fair’s 10th anniversary, emphasizes surprising installations of scientific research alongside handcraft and creative production. these include oceanic art and design endeavor coral morphologic’s blue room, offering a coral-eye view of miami’s aquatic waterscapes; beijing’s gallery all presenting naihan li’s latest installation from her i am a monument series, recreating beijing’s cityscape to a scale of 1:100 with billowing smog rising amongst buildings reimagined as furniture pieces. koenig & clinton and joe sheftel gallery partner to present a collection of sottsass objects interacting with works by the memphis group in a jewel-box space; patrick parrish gallery invites visitors to experience the vertiginous grid-based exhibition: surfaces on which your setting and sitting will be uncertain, displaying a group of sculptural furniture objects by ro/lu with matching clothing designs by various projects.

event> design miami/ 2014 @designmiami #designmiami
dates> 3 – 7 december 2014
venue> meridian & 19th street miami beach, usa
december 3-4/ 10am-8pm
december 5/ 11am-8pm
december 6/ 12-8pm
december 7/ 12-6pm

367-veronica-200-1>about veronica kovachi

design miami 2014 preview #2.

design miami 2014 preview #2.

Nov 27, 2014

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[ perrier-jouët ] exclusive champagne sponsor of design miami/, continues bringing to life its art nouveau heritage with its new design partnership with the vienna based duo mischer’traxler. the project, perrier-jouët presents small discoveries by mischer’traxler, will be revealed at design miami/ 2 – 6 december 2014 with ephemerā, mischer’traxler’s master work of small discoveries, marking the starting point of a year-long artistic residency.

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studio job | chartres | carpenters workshop gallery< |2009 -2012 | limited edition of 5 + 2 ap

[ carpenters workshop gallery ] presents studio job revisiting the world’s most beautiful monuments. the tour begins with big ben aftermath- a functional sculpture incorporating mechanical clockwork. we are then transported to historical france with inspiration from the famous chartres cathedral, then a quick stop to paris with eiffel tower lamp, which although made of hand-painted bronze appears to bend like rubber. finally, the journey becomes more far-flung and takes us to india with taj mahal table.

dm14-west2franz west| divan | unique | carpenters workshop gallery< | 2003

additionally, the gallery will show furniture pieces by franz west.

dm14-prouve1trapèze table | jean prouvé | laffanour – galerie downtown | 1954

[ laffanour – galerie downtown ] / paris presents an exceptional lineup of rare work by french masters. the highlights include pieces by jean prouvé, charlotte perriand, serge mouille, and jean royère. the gallery’s display is reflective of its commitment to promoting architects’ furniture designs and its vision rooted in the rapprochement between different art forms and shared by artists and designers of the 1950s.
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bibliothèque bookcase | charlotte perriand | laffanour – galerie downtown | 1957

dm14-nilufar1catch ceiling lamp – 10 glasses | lindsey adelman | customizable | nilufar gallery

[ nilufar gallery ] is pleased to invite you at the 10th edition of design miami to discover its selection of important pieces by lindsey adelman, fulvio bianconi for venini, lina bo bardi and carlo pagani, maas-fjetterstrom and barbro nilsson, martino gamper, nicholas hughes, vibeke klint, massimiliano locatelli, xavier lust, gio ponti, roberto giulio rida, sergio rodrigues, paavo tynell, nanda vigo.

dm14-bisazza1bisazza wears emilio pucci

luxury italian mosaic company bisazza and legendary fashion house emilio pucci will showcase for the first time in north america bisazza wears emilio pucci, a new collection of bisazza mosaics inspired by historic emilio pucci prints, including new never-before-seen designs, into large-scale bisazza mosaics. the collection will be on view in miami at the bisazza (3740 ne 2nd avenue), and emilio pucci (155 ne 40th street) showrooms, both located in the design district.

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[ welcome to the future ] an installation by new york-based artist daniel arsham explores this interplay between technology and the passing of time. he’s created a fictional archaeological site filled with 20th-century media devices—nintendo controllers, boom boxes, electric guitars, slr cameras, blackberry phones, vhs tapes, walkman players, film projectors, portable televisions, radios—all rendered in ancient geological materials, like volcanic ash, crystal, and obsidian. to create the site, arsham dug an excavation trench 25 feet in diameter into the concrete floor of the gallery and filled it with his new-old sculptures. [ kickstarter ]

>locust projects | 3852 north miami avenue miami design district

[ 2014 exhibitors ]
ammann gallery – cologne
antonella villanova – florence
caroline van hoek – brussels
carpenters workshop gallery – london & paris
carwan gallery – beirut
casati gallery -chicago
cristina grajales gallery – new york
demisch danant – new york
edward cella art + architecture – los angeles
erastudio & apartment-gallery – milan
galerie jacques lacoste – paris
galerie kreo – paris
galerie maria wettergren – paris
galerie pascal cuisinier – paris
galerie patrick seguin – paris
galerie vivid – rotterdam
galleria o. – rome
gallery diet – miami
gallery seomi – seoul & los angeles
hostler burrows – new york
jason jacques inc. – new york johnson trading gallery – new york
jousse entreprise – paris
laffanour – galerie downtown – paris
louisa guinness gallery – london
magen h gallery – new york
moderne gallery – philadelphia
nilufar gallery – milan
ornamentum – hudson
pierre marie giraud – brussels
priveekollektie contemporary art + design – heusden aan de maas
r & company – new york
southern guild – cape town
victor hunt design art dealer – brussels
volume gallery – chicago

[ special exhibitions ]
of the 35 galleries at design miami/ 2014 11 are among those that participated in the first year of the fair in 2005. several of these founding galleries present special exhibitions that celebrate the growth of the collectible design market over the past decade. these include a display dedicated to public commissions in france from the 1960s and 70s from demisch danant; an exhibition on the functional, durable furniture created for universities by charlotte perriand, jean prouvé and le corbusier from galerie patrick seguin; a monograph on rick kauffman’s new york art et industrie gallery and the creative crossover surrounding it from magen h gallery, and newly commissioned works debuting at the fair with cristina grajales gallery, galerie kreo, r & company and nilufar.

[ special commissions ]
design miami/ 2014 features a significant number of special commissions, including works in glass, stone and acrylic. ammann//gallery presents the sakala vase by satyendra pakhalé, his first work in blown murano glass; galerie vivid presents commissioned works by finnish-born designer janne kyttanen, which take the designer’s 3d printed aluminum sedona bench as their point of departure; max lamb creates a granite lamp for johnson trading gallery made over six days using stitch drilling, and jeweler ted noten unveils a table – his first foray into furniture – at ornamentum.

[ a bronze age ]
it may have associations with the earliest days of human craft, but bronze is very much the material of the moment at design miami/. from artist jewelry to monumental decorative works, via furniture and lighting, the cast metal is deployed across multiple formats at this year’s fair. casati gallery introduces the work of chicago-based designer steven haulenbeek with a collection of bronze mirrors, furniture, lights and objects all distinguished by the ‘chaotic texture’ produced by casting in ice. carwan gallery debuts furniture pieces combining bronze, onyx, mother of pearl, resins, fine inlaid wood and silver-plated brass by italian architect vincenzo de cotiis. carpenters workshop gallery shows a new collection of iconoclastic architectural-themed bronzes from studio job; and new furniture pieces and jewelry by claude lalanne are exhibited by louisa guinness gallery.

[ cabinets of curiosity ]
spanning the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, design curio/ presents four immersive environments of objects, textures, artifacts and ideas that truly challenge and contextualize familiar design narratives. this first edition, in celebration of the fair’s 10th anniversary, emphasizes surprising installations of scientific research alongside handcraft and creative production. these include oceanic art and design endeavor coral morphologic’s blue room, offering a coral-eye view of miami’s aquatic waterscapes; beijing’s gallery all presenting naihan li’s latest installation from her i am a monument series, recreating beijing’s cityscape to a scale of 1:100 with billowing smog rising amongst buildings reimagined as furniture pieces. koenig & clinton and joe sheftel gallery partner to present a collection of sottsass objects interacting with works by the memphis group in a jewel-box space; patrick parrish gallery invites visitors to experience the vertiginous grid-based exhibition: surfaces on which your setting and sitting will be uncertain, displaying a group of sculptural furniture objects by ro/lu with matching clothing designs by various projects.

event> design miami/ 2014 @designmiami #designmiami
dates> 3 – 7 december 2014
venue> meridian & 19th street miami beach, usa
december 3-4/ 10am-8pm
december 5/ 11am-8pm
december 6/ 12-8pm
december 7/ 12-6pm

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