[ curio ] is design miami/’s newest exhibition platform which invites designers, curators, innovators and gallerists to present cabinets of curiosity throughout the fair. the program spans the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and emphasizes surprising installations of scientific and technological research alongside handcraft and creative production. the curios are interspersed amongst design miami/’s core galleries, infusing the fair’s exhibition program with inventive snapshots of today’s design landscape.
reconstruction: the action or process of reconstructing or being reconstructed; a thing that has been rebuilt after being damaged or destroyed; an impression, model, or reenactment of a past event.
malcolm james kutner offers designers, artists, and collectors a cabinet of curiosity in which they can rediscover and explore together the interplay of form and function, art and design, abstraction and extraction, intervention and representation across disciplinary boundaries.
re:construction also plays with time and space as it takes an academic approach in creating a transhistorical environment for design-minded prototypes that embraces a selection of works from postwar france to the present-day united states. french reconstruction furniture from rené gabriel, marcel gascoin, and gustave gautier sits alongside ceramic tables made in 2018 in collaboration with kutner and jean-baptiste bouvier. these pieces anchor textiles by bo joseph and laura kaufman, mirrors by maureen fullam and radisay/szarek, and a site-specific intervention by aleksandar duravcevic.
a dynamic collaboration among makers and collectors, this presentation accommodates makers’ preoccupation with creating functional forms and collectors’ fascination with telling aesthetic stories. re:construction not only energizes a cross-disciplinary design dialogue, it also expands our understanding and appreciation of simultaneously formal, intuitive, and malleable relationships.
re:construction is presented by malcolm james kutner with simone joseph, new york, and with special thanks to jean-baptiste bouvier, paris.
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, 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.
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.
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.
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”
design miami/ 2018 exhibitions feature a reinvention of industrial materials, playful and whimsical designs, a focus on craft and process, and immersive environments / 33 galleries and 12 curio presentations represent 12 countries from around the world / works made from discarded flowers and destroyed firearms show innovative use of materials / vivid use of color is seen in many works, particularly from latin america / galleries to show works created using cutting-edge methods like 3-d printing and robotics
[ schedule of events ]
preview day/ by invitation only
tuesday, december 4/
collectors preview/ 12–5pm
opening night preview/ 5–7pm
vernissage/
wednesday, december 5, 10am–12pm
public show days/
wednesday, december 5, 12–8pm
thursday, december 6, 10am–8pm
friday, december 7, 11am–8pm
saturday, december 8, 12–8pm
sunday, december 9, 12–6pm
[ about design miami/ ]
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, florida, each december and basel, switzerland, each june, design miami/ has become the premier venue for collecting, exhibiting, discussing, and creating collectible design. design miami/ is more than a marketplace for design, where the world’s top galleries gather to present museum-quality exhibitions of twentieth and twenty-first century furniture, lighting, and objets d’art. each show balances exclusive commercial opportunities with progressive cultural programming, creating exciting collaborations with designers and design institutions, panels and lectures with luminaries from the worlds of design, architecture, art, and fashion, and unique commissions from the world’s top emerging and established designers and architects.
By continuously expanding and enriching its program, Design Miami/ seeks to not only satisfy the demand for a high-end design fair, but also to broaden awareness of modern and contemporary design fuel the market for collectible design and provide an exciting yet accessible destination for collectors and enthusiasts alike.
design miami.
1850 convention center drive, miami beach
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.
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.
untitled art space miami.
Ocean Drive and 12th Street, Miami Beach
this year 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.
where have all the utopias gone? | featuring the haas brothers & david grutman
the bass museum is pleased to announce the return of curator culture on sunday, 2 december 2, 2018 at 5 pm, featuring the haas brothers and david grutman. join the haas brothers on the occasion of their first solo museum exhibition, ferngully, opening december 5, cultural impresario david grutman and host tom healy for a conversation about finding joy, having fun and creating hope in our challenging times.
moderated by writer and activist tom healy, the curated conversations are centered around a universal question – what is really worth our time to look at, listen to, touch, taste or talk about? the series aims to bring together unexpected pairings of artists, engineers, musicians, writers, chefs, gamers, political activists, art curators, athletes and others who influence the way we look at and experience the world. curator culture is presented thanks to a grant from the john s. and james l. knight foundation, as part of its knight arts challenge.
interni magazine and istituto marangoni look forward to seeing you at istituto marangoni miami for the presentation of the special issue of the italian magazine interni: icon architects: 100 international stories and visions. guest speakers representing architecture, entrepreneurship, publishing and education at an international level will discuss the role of the designer and the architect in contemporary society, the present relationship between the two disciplines and the new viewpoints towards which design culture seems to have shifted.
welcome speech by cristiano musillo (general consul of italy in miami), gilda bojardi (interni magazine editor) and hakan baykam (istituto marangoni miami president and ceo)
speakers will include: nasir kassamali (ceo luminaire), giulio cappellini (art director and designer), piero lissoni (architect, lissoni associati founder), massimo perotti (sanlorenzo chairman and ceo), mauro porcini (pepsico svp and chief design officer) and allan shulman (architect, shulman + associates founder).
an initiative produced in collaboration with the consulate general of italy in miami.
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.
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