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design miami 2021 offers a long awaited hybrid format a best of both worlds.

design miami 2021 offers a long awaited hybrid format a best of both worlds.

Oct 23, 2021

above> r & company gallery

design miami/ returns to pride park with new curatorial director, wava carpenter. the 17th edition of the fair will explore the theme of human kind and how design can impact the world for the better.

above> wava carpenter / photo karli evans

edited official release — design miami/ is delighted to present the 17th edition of it’s fair in miami beach from 1 – 5 december 2021. taking place in pride park, opposite the miami beach convention center, the fair will feature over 35 gallery and curio exhibitions to be presented alongside an exciting lineup of partnerships and collaborations. in addition, design miami/ will be presented in a hybrid physical and digital format. all exhibited works on the show floor will be available to purchase at designmiami.com for a limited time, alongside a robust online program of design talks and 3d virtual tours.

jennifer roberts, ceo of design miami/, says: “the 17th edition of design miami/ brings a myriad of reasons for celebration – from returning to our home in pride park to our human kind theme, which will look at how design can play a role in shaping the world for the better. as we continue to see the collectible design market grow, in both physical and digital spaces, we’re pleased to also welcome many new members to the design miami/ family – galleries, curios and partners – all of which are bringing thoughtful contributions to the fair”.

the theme of human kind, shining a spotlight on design-led visions for a more equitable and interconnected future. those operating at the cutting-edge of design thinking will bring together works, ideas, and presentations to spark conversations around the current state of the world and where we need to go. the galleries and partners have planned thoughtful and diverse responses to this timely theme.

carpenter says: “the practice of design, at its heart, has always aimed to create a better future. but in recent years, as the global challenges that humanity faces have approached existential proportions, the future that designers envision increasingly demands a fundamental reorientation of what it means to be human in this world, calling on all of us to become better stewards of nature and of each other.”

[ aesthetics of the moment: the fantastical & the primordial/ ]

perhaps as an escape from the realities of the world as it is now, designers and collectors are drawn to truly extraordinary forms that evoke another time and place. this larger trend finds two expressions: the fantastical and the primordial. the former aesthetic is exuberant, vibrant, surreal, as if created for a fairy tale or science fiction story, often inflected with a tongue-in-cheek wink. the second expression has a minimalist yet striking aura that calls to mind relics of the ancient past, prehistory and beyond time.

above > extraño 1 / tanya aguiñiga / volume gallery / 2020

at objective gallery, ‘reincarnation’ presents the work of brecht wright gander, fernando mastrangelo, j mcdonald, vincent pocsik, eny lee parker, and charlotte kingsnorth, which as an ensemble conjures objects of past lives and nostalgia for bygone ways of living. in the age of industrial and mass production, it is less possible to commune with one’s environment and the art of everyday life. the works in reincarnation revive pre-industrial artisanal processes and mastery of materials. jason jacques gallery presents ‘ceremony’, an ayahuasca ceremony from the planet zeefromzeglop. the ceremony posits that all that exists in the universe is connected through cracks in time-space that are universally opened by plant medicine. on show are tapestry depictions of great spirit animals and plants. meanwhile, volume gallery presents new braided and draped woven works from renowned craftsperson tanya aguiñiga. forming part of the designer’s ‘extraño’ series, the objects are a craftful expression of the grief, gratitude, rage, and exhaustion aguiñiga has felt in response to the constant threats faced by the bipoc community, as well as the diverse effects and losses of the pandemic.

above> tomorrow land / studio proba and enjoy the weather / miami design district

the miami design district has named creative studios, studio proba and enjoy the weather, this year’s winners of its highly anticipated 2021 annual design commission. curated by wava carpenter and anna carnick of anava projects and design miami/, this year’s installation, titled tomorrow land, will transform the neighborhood—as well as the entrance to design miami/—into an interactive playground through a series of joyful sculptures, seating, and ornamentation designed by studio proba. the physical installation will serve as the basis for an interactive, virtual game created by enjoy the weather. a dedicated app that uses ar technology and proximity beacons will allow visitors to ‘collect’ and customize studio proba’s shapes and place their own custom totems throughout the neighborhood and beyond.

[ material of the moment: ceramics/ ]

through their direct, hands-on and hands-in nature of production, ceramic works are an ideal medium for storytelling, especially autobiographical and sociological stories, which resonate deeply with audiences in this time of disruption and separation. it seems that, more than ever, ceramics artists are working with clay in new ways to share perspectives on and insights into who they are, where they came from, and where they want to see the world go. this has resulted in a thriving market for ceramics, and this year’s fair presents a strong representation of both contemporary and historical ceramics.

above> zizipho poswa / southern guild

southern guild presents an exhibition of ceramics specifically commissioned for the fair from four of south africa’s most accomplished artists working in clay – andile dyalvane, zizipho poswa, madoda fani and chuma maweni. these contemporary artists use the medium to explore aspects of traditional xhosa culture and spirituality while drawing on their personal experiences and deep belief systems. titled ‘studio visit’, the booth will take visitors behind the scenes of the artists’ practices as they foreground new techniques and achieve some of their most technically ambitious work to date. at friedman benda, the gallery will introduce a series of never-before-seen portrait works produced in glazed stoneware by nigerian american ceramicist and sculptor ebitenyefa baralaye – the first collaboration between the designer and the gallery. interpreted through a diasporic lens and abstracted through the aesthetics of craft and design, baralaye’s work explores cultural, spiritual, and material translations of form, objects, text, and symbols – this new series being a vehicle through which to offer reflections on his experience of being a black man in america.

mindy solomon presents ‘free flowing geometry’, a striking presentation of works by john gill, kelsie rudolph, and minkyu lee. exploring the boundaries of form and function, each artist builds pieces that are carefully crafted with functionality in mind, taking artistic license to bring movement and vibrant color to the mix. moderne gallery offers contemporary and 20th century ceramic pieces, including a masterful ceramic representation of the planet, glazed ceramic globe (2021) by japanese ceramicist hashimoto tomonari, presented alongside estelle halper’s 1960s organic sculptural work.specialized in nordic design and decorative arts, hostler burrows also presents a beautifully curated selection of contemporary scandinavian ceramics alongside a few exceptional historic design pieces, including works by steen ipsen, martin bodilsen kaldahl, taher asad-bakhtiari, bjorn friborg, frida fjellman, maren kloppman, torbjorn kvasbo.

[ the best of the best/ ]

as always, design miami will host galleries representing work that tops today’s collectible design market, both vintage and contemporary. masterpieces from icons of the 20th century include works by pierre jeanneret, charlotte perriand, george nakashima, harry bertoia, joaquim tenreiro, and verner panton, while contemporary highlights are found in works by daniel arsham, katie stout, the haas brothers, and more.

moderne gallery presents a strong selection of rare and unique mid-century design, with a focus on studio craft movement pieces. a particular highlight is george nakashima’s first furniture design: the karuizawa chair (1935), made for st. paul’s catholic church in karuizawa, japan. until recently, only two chairs were known to exist worldwide. across the chair’s peeled cryptomeria frame is suspended a seat made of woven grass threads, a design that displays both traditional materials and a modern sensibility. it’s clearly the precursor for what is now nakashima’s most popular, grass-seated chair (designed 1944).

above> amnesia or platelet apparition? / samuel ross / friedman benda / 2020

at friedman benda, the gallery will present a solo booth of work by artist and creative director samuel ross, celebrating the launch of the gallery’s partnership with the acclaimed british designer. emblematic of his all encompassing, conceptually rigorous approach, ross will transmute the traditional fair booth into a quasi-industrial setting. the space, caught between construction and deconstruction, acts as a liminal staging ground for select works from three discrete but intersecting series: signal, rupture and amorphous strand.

[ design miami/ 2021 curios/ ]

curio is an exhibition platform that invites designers, architects, curators, innovators and gallerists to present total environments of objects, textures, artifacts and ideas that challenge and contextualize familiar design narratives. curios are interspersed amongst design miami’s gallery program, infusing the fair with inventive snapshots of today’s design landscape. the 2021 miami fair presents a diverse range of 19 curios that question and respond to the theme of human kind, including 13 fresh faces this including: apical reform & zeel studio, bea interiors design, bohinc studio, james de wulf, objective gallery, pelle, tuleste factory, twenty first gallery and verdi.

non-profit organization and platform, house of today returns to miami after their debut curio presentation in 2017, this year showcasing a solo exhibition of work by lebanese designer khaled el-mays. this new series of work has been made in collaboration with craftspeople in mexico city and is a continuation of the long relationship between el-mays and house of today, founded by cherine magrabi tayeb. entitled new nature, the five-piece series features two mirrors, a bar, bench and the designer’s first ever chair, made from leather, wood, raffia, and wicker as well as ceramics which is a new material for the designer who has collaborated with master company anfora who has over 100 years experience in the industry. also returning to miami is harry nuriev with his sixth curio presentation, a continuation of the designer’s recent explorations of transitory spaces that serve as a metaphor for “traveling through different layers of space, reality, and consciousness”—a theme found in much of nuriev’s work. the bedroom is a silver bedroom installation that will feature a ryokan-style mattress, situated within a zen-like cube that underscored the value of the bedroom as a space to escape reality, meditate, experience vulnerability, and access different levels of consciousness.

above> mass table / tom dixon / mass research studio / 2020 // below> emotional rocks / apical reform & zeel studio / 2021

amongst this year’s debut curio presentations, highlights include first time exhibitors apical reform & zeel studio – a collaboration between designers amrish patel, darshan soni, and gordana zgonjanin that brings apical reform’s innovative work that encompasses functional, bespoke and kinetic art – presented by miami based zeel studio. for design miami/ they will debut emotional rocks, an installation that aims to capture the essence of time through the impact of the intangible aspects of emotions on hard objects such as rocks. the emotional rocks and blurry stars kinetic benches will also be installed throughout the common spaces of design miami, offering visitors a spot to rest and to take the time to evaluate their relationship with the world. also new to miami is new york-based twenty first gallery who will showcase an exhibition of new work by london-based polish designer marcin ruask.

[design miami/ 2021 galleries/ ]

ago projects/ mexico city
ateliers courbet/ new york
bernard goldberg fine arts/ new york
carpenters workshop gallery/ new york
converso/ chicago
friedman benda/ new york
hostler burrows/ new york
jason jacques gallery/ clinton corners
john keith russell/ south salem
magen h gallery/ new york
moderne gallery/ philadelphia
ornamentum/ hudson
r & company/ new york
side gallery/ barcelona
southern guild/ cape town
the future perfect/ san francisco
thomsen gallery/ new york
todd merrill studio/ new york
volume gallery/ chicago
wexler gallery/ philadelphia

[ design miami/ 2021 curios/ ]

apical reform & zeel studio/ gujarat
atra/ mexico city
bea interiors design/ miami bohinc studio/ london
gallery all/ alhambra, beijing harry nuriev/ new york
house of today/ beirut
j. lohmann gallery/ new york james de wulf/ los angeles mercado moderno/ rio de janeiro mindy solomon gallery/ miami objective gallery/ shanghai pelle/ brooklyn
reinaldo leandro/ new york room 57 gallery/ new york
tom dixon/ new york
tuleste factory/ new york twenty first gallery/ new york verdi/ bogota

[ design miami/ 2021 partners/ ]

doha design district
fendi
grand seiko
kohler
lexus
maestro dobel
miami design district
perrier jouet
panerai
scad
usm

[ schedule of events/ ]

preview day/ by invitation only
tuesday, november 30/
members preview/ 11am – 12pm
collector’s preview/ 12-7pm
wednesday, december 1/
vip preview/ 11am – 1pm

public show days/
wednesday, december 1/ 1–8pm
thursday, december 2/ 11am–8pm
friday, december 3/ 12–8pm
saturday, december 4/ 12–8pm
sunday, december 5/ 12–6pm

[ about design miami/ ]

design miami/ connects the world through extraordinary collectible design, with live fairs and experiences on four continents that bring together galleries, designers’ studios, brands, experts, collectors, and enthusiasts, and designmiami.com, a content-rich digital marketplace. each edition of design miami/ features museum-quality 20th and 21st century furniture, lighting, and objets d’art from the world’s top, expertly vetted galleries with flagship fairs taking place alongside art basel in miami, florida, each december and basel, switzerland, each june. design miami/ is also accessible 365-days a year through designmiami.com, featuring shoppable works from design miami’s expert galleries, dm/bx – a curation of more accessible one-of-a-kind, limited edition, and small batch design objects, as well as virtual programming, and engaging storytelling at the forum magazine.

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design miami/ 2019 exhibitions feature the theme elements: water.

design miami/ 2019 exhibitions feature the theme elements: water.

Dec 3, 2019

above > traffic jam (order of importance) by leandro erlich

design miami/ 2019 exhibitions feature the theme elements: water, a modern take on traditional crafts, immersive gallery spaces, japanese and african design, and vanguard female designers

miami/ returns to miami beach december 3–8 for its fifteenth edition with some notable changes. the fair will take place for the first time in the recently completed pride park, with its entrance now directly facing the entrance to art basel miami beach. the fair is also opening its doors to the public in new ways: the reconfigured tent has a glass facade at the entrance to house the new design forum presented by scad, which will be open to the public throughout the week for cultural programming. the discussions taking place in the design forum will also be broadcast outside the tent for passersby.

“we are thrilled to present this edition of design miami/ in the newly completed, 6-acre park, named pride park. what once was a parking lot has been transformed into an additional public greenspace next to the miami beach botanical garden,” says jennifer roberts, ceo, design miami/.

life-size sand traffic jam seen on miami beach during design miami/ 2019. leandro erlich.

life-size sand traffic jam seen on miami beach during design miami/ 2019. leandro erlich.

Nov 10, 2019

above > traffic jam (order of importance)

the beach has been a symbol of leisure and prosperity for so many years, and in particular for miami but now there is a frontline feeling about the beach. it has become a different kind of stage. ~ leandro erlich

last year at art basel 2018 in ruth benzacar‘s booth (above) a maquette of buenos aires artist leandro erlich was shown for $18,000. titled ‘traffic jam (order of importance) – the art is a miami beach-appropriate installation where cars, suv’s, taxis, etc., are moulded in sand – actually a mix of sand three types of salt which form a hardened crust. the vehicles seem to rise from nowhere, form a traffic jam, and then fade away.

erlich has a reputation for whimsical perception-bending optical-illusions. this 2018 maquette became the concept presented to the city of miami that will be shown life-size on miami beach during art basel 2019. the city has contributed $300,000 towards his most monumental work. the work will have a life of just fifteen days. but…there may be more to this concept though details are not fully available at this writing. possibly, this concept may become an off-shore reef. the reasoning comes from erlich’s interest in climate change and all that threatens humans, animals, architecture, and civilization.

his first climate related work was for the 2015 climate change summit in paris, maison fond. to evoke global warming his installation was an image of a building melting: the ground floor of this small parisian building has already almost completely disappeared.

and the world’s coral reefs are dying. this artificial structure (traffic jam) could both be a symbol as well as an artful prototype.

“the beach has been a symbol of leisure and prosperity for so many years, and in particular for miami,” says erlich. ‘but now there is a frontline feeling about the beach. it has become a different kind of stage.”

[ information ]
leandro erlich; design miami/ @designmiami #climatechange

the bass Museum opening reception featuring hass brothers. design miami 2018.

the bass Museum opening reception featuring hass brothers. design miami 2018.

Dec 6, 2018

design miami/ vip cardholders and exhibitors are invited to celebrate the opening of the haas brothers: ferngully at the bass, miami beach’s contemporary art museum. the artist/ designer duo based in los angeles present works that are situated between the contexts of art and design. ferngully, their first solo museum exhibition, incorporates furniture and sculptural objects that explore themes of nature, sexuality, nostalgia and social equity.

note/ please present your design miami/ vip card to access this event

untitled art at design miami 2018.

untitled art at design miami 2018.

Dec 5, 2018

untitled art, miami beach opens on wednesday, december 5th. artspaceis hosting an online preview with over 900 artworks from more than 130 galleries that will be on view at the fair’s seventh edition. browse the works online and inquire about your favorites before the fair opens. plus, don’t miss curated collections from visual aids’ executive director esther mcgowan and ace hotel’s kelly sawdon.

about untitled art
untitled art is an international, curated art fair founded in 2012 that focuses on balance and integrity across all disciplines of contemporary art. untitled art innovates the standard fair model by selecting a curatorial team to identify, and curate a selection of galleries, artist-run exhibition spaces, and non-profit institutions and organizations, in discussion with a site-specific, architecturally designed venue. the next editions of untitled art will take place on the beach at ocean drive and 12th street in miami beach, fl, december 5 – 9, 2018, and at pier 35, 1454 the embarcadero san francisco, ca, january 18 – 20, 2019.

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ferngully: the haas brothers at the bass museum. design miami 2018.

ferngully: the haas brothers at the bass museum. design miami 2018.

Dec 5, 2018

the bass museum presents the haas brothers’ first solo museum exhibition, ferngully. the exhibition of new and recent work by the la-based designers explores the precarity and regenerative possibilities of the natural environment. ferngully, named after a 1992 animated film of the same title, invites visitors into a utopic setting that exemplifies the haas brothers’ return to nature through design.

blurring the lines between art and design, the haas brothers’ body of work frequently subverts the materiality of its media, departing from the functional, and moving towards the exclusively sculptural. ferngully takes form as an immersive installation comprising diverse elements such as beadwork, ceramics, velvet, and blown glass. woven tree trunks with copper leaves and blown glass coconuts illuminate biomorphic, sculptural seating elements and velveteen cacti. a padded floor evoking a forest floor, along with subdued lighting further evince a sumptuous, yet fragile environment.

design miami 2018.

design miami 2018.

Dec 5, 2018

design miami/ is the global forum for design. each fair brings together the most influential collectors, gallerists, designers, curators and critics from around the world in celebration of design culture and commerce. occurring alongside the art basel fairs in miami, usa each december and basel, switzerland each june, design miami/ has become the premier venue for collecting, exhibiting, discussing and creating collectible design.

gallery all presents michael young – my collection. design miami 2018.

gallery all presents michael young – my collection. design miami 2018.

Dec 5, 2018

gallery all presents the world premierw of the my collection, a new body of work by the esteemed british hong kong product design studio, michael young. this new collection was commissioned by gallery all of los angeles and beijing and will be seen for the first time ever at the design miami 2018 fair. the exhibition will be on view from 5 december – 9 december 2018 at miami beach (meridian avenue & 19th street).

all the work in the collection will be composed of polished stainless steel with white enamel surfaces. each piece consists of a cluster of hollow metal extrusions capped at each end and covered with enamel.

“the concept came in two ways,” young says. a while back, i had worked with cloisonné in northern china and began to look at how patterns and colours came together and how metal could be shaped to create divisions of form. some of my earlier attempts were inspired by oil on water and the natural patterns generated by this when taken in a snapshot. for gallery all , we looked at these in a new way by self-generating forms created by the computer and then extracted in two-dimensional slices to take the pattern from.”

“we had designed various functional forms into seating, consoles and tables,” he says. “next we applied these patterns so they would then be twisted into 3 dimensions and extruded vertically. in production you cannot colour the vertical surfaces of the pieces, so we played with making a stunning polished edge ”

“the metal is moulded around huge clay forms, and the internal structure is created over several weeks. it is completely artisanal, and there is no other way to produce this than with historical methods combined with contemporary craft techniques”

perrier-jouët presents hypernature by bethan laura wood. design miami 2018.

perrier-jouët presents hypernature by bethan laura wood. design miami 2018.

Dec 5, 2018

maison perrier-jouët and design miami/ have collaborated for the past seven years to offer up-and-coming artists and designers visibility on an international platform. as part of this partnership, maison perrier-jouët commissions creative talents for their capacity to express the cultural heritage of the maison through the prism of the twenty-first century, as well as through their own unique identity.

creative liberty and unconventional observations of nature are an integral part of maison perrier-jouët’s history and are characteristic of art nouveau, to which the maison is closely linked. by delving into the heart of the maison, british designer bethan laura wood found an affinity with the art nouveau movement and was inspired by its architectural and decorative details and by the way artisanal treatments were applied to traditionally industrial materials. with hypernature, wood also draws a parallel between the transformative way art nouveau breathed beauty into everyday life and the meticulous work required to turn grapes into champagne.

wood’s extravagant vision of the world and her ability to evoke an array of emotions through her unique application of color make hypernature a vivid interpretation of the art of the wild, the universe as imagined by maison perrier-jouët to re-enchant life through the presence of vibrant, unbridled nature. echoing this nature, wood’s creation for maison perrier-jouët is free in form, intense in color, and radiant in its presence.

hypernature invites you to a unique, immersive champagne experience, where you can “pick” elements from the structure as you would pluck a grape from the vine. at the root of this tasting ritual, wood references the terroir of champagne and the savoir-faire of maison perrier-jouët. blurring the boundaries between art and design, wood’s practice establishes a dialogue among her work, the audience, and the wider world. through her travels she has observed “those crossover spaces between nature and manmade,” which she draws on to enrich her palettes, structure atypical forms, and refine her understanding of the cultural connotations of materials. these elements allow her to elevate the mundane into the extraordinary, an exercise in which she excels.

louis vuitton presents objets nomades. design miami 2018.

louis vuitton presents objets nomades. design miami 2018.

Dec 5, 2018

for design miami/ 2018, louis vuitton presents new pieces from objets nomades, an ever-expanding collection of limited-edition, collectible furniture inspired by the house’s historic art of travel campaign. the interwoven nature of louis vuitton’s savoir-faire with the discerning eye of renowned designers has created inventive shapes, materials, and products—a tradition that continues with the objets nomades.

pieces from the objets nomades collection have been imagined by some of the most creative designers of our times: atelier oï, maarten baas, barber and osgerby, fernando and humberto campana, damien langlois-meurinne, raw edges, patricia urquiola, marcel wanders, tokujin yoshioka, nendo, gwenaël nicolas, india mahdavi, and andré fu.

louis vuitton les petits nomades consists of a new innovative and inventive collection of decorative objects from some of objets nomades’ designers. these smaller-scale objects are functional and beautiful interpretations of the house’s world of refi ned and inspiring design. with their mutual sense of intuitiveness, desirability, and pleasure, the objets nomades collections continue louis vuitton’s tradition of offering inspiring and surprising designs, anchored in evolving visions of travel.

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