{"id":50251,"date":"2019-12-06T11:50:19","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T11:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bocadolobo.com\/blog\/?p=50251"},"modified":"2019-12-06T11:50:19","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T11:50:19","slug":"standout-pieces-exclusive-design-design-miami-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bocadolobo.com\/blog\/design-agenda\/standout-pieces-exclusive-design-design-miami-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Standout Pieces Of Exclusive Design At Design Miami 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Design Miami<\/strong><\/em><\/span>, the annual Miami Beach art fair<\/strong><\/a> that brings together avant-garde furniture<\/strong><\/a>, lighting<\/strong><\/a>, and\u00a0objets d\u2019art<\/em>, is always full of works that can\u2019t help but inspire adoration. High-end\u00a0design houses<\/strong><\/a> bring with them edgy collaborations with buzzy artists. Art galleries<\/strong> present works from emerging creators or archival pieces from renowned ones.<\/p>\n

There is something for every taste at Design Miami<\/strong><\/em>, but most of all there is exclusive design<\/strong><\/a> that pushes the boundaries of the industry\u2014and sets standards for years to come.<\/p>\n

Daniel Arsham Installation (Friedman Benda)<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Artist Daniel Arsham<\/strong> created a living room<\/strong><\/a> in the middle of Design Miami<\/strong><\/em>, complete with rugs, chairs, desks, bookshelves, and even a telephone. Much of it was created with white resin, then eroded\u2014the desk, for example, has a jagged hole on the top, next to which Arsham wrote \u201cHole Pass-Through.\u201d<\/p>\n

Balenciaga Sofa by Harry Nuriev<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Right in the middle of Design Miami<\/strong><\/em> was an overstuffed couch, filled to the brim with jeans, sweaters, pink lacy gloves and other unsold clothes from the Balenciaga<\/strong> warehouse. The design house<\/strong><\/a> collaborated with Crosby Studios founder Harry Nuriev\u2019s to deliver a message of sustainability.<\/p>\n

Fendi\u2019s Roman Molds by Kueng Caputo<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Fendi<\/strong><\/a> commissioned Zurich-based design firm<\/strong>, Kueng Caputo, to make some new pieces for its headquarters, the Palazzo della Civilt\u00e0 Italiana and showcased them during Design Miami<\/strong><\/em>. Just like with Balenciaga<\/strong>, sustainability played a role\u2014the designers used upcycled Selleria Roman leather, the buttery material used in many of their products\u2014and transformed it into a stiff, structural element.<\/p>\n

Fernando Laposse Sissal Bench (Ago Projects)<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Fernando Laposse\u2019s Sissal bench emits a certain wonderful outrageousness. The fibres are coloured with dye from the cochineal insect, a native species to Mexico that was also used by the Aztecs. Laposse has been shining a light on this rare art form: his installation in the Miami Design District<\/strong><\/a>, Pink Beasts, features playful tassel sloths doused of the same hue.<\/p>\n

See Also:\u00a0<\/strong>Art Basel Miami 2019 \u2013 Unravel The Marvels At The Design Event<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cSwell Wave\u201d by Andrew Kudless for Louis Vuitton\u2019s Objets Nomades<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Louis Vuitton<\/strong>\u2019s Objets Nomades<\/strong> is a staple of design events<\/strong> around the world. The luxury brand<\/strong> has collaborated with the likes of Campana Brothers<\/strong>, Marcel Wanders<\/strong>, and India Mahdavi<\/strong>. But they\u2019d never included an American artist<\/strong>\u2014until they met Andrew Kudless. At this years\u2019 Design Miami<\/strong><\/em>, a standing version of the designer\u2019s creation was on display.<\/p>\n

Roberto Lugo\u2019s Stuntin\u2018 Series (Wexler Gallery)<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Born in Philadelphia to Puerto Rican parents, Roberto Lugo<\/strong> is a classically trained ceramicist<\/strong> but in lieu of Rococo swags or idyllic florals, Lugo handprints his wares with the hip-hop iconography of his youth. At Design Miami<\/strong><\/em>, bowls feature emblems borrowed from Air Jordans and dripping bubble letters evocative of graffiti. Most eye-catching is a small human-sized urn painted with the likes of Biggie Smalls.<\/p>\n

Marcelin Rusak (Sarah Myerscough Gallery)<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Based out of Warsaw, Poland, artist and designer Marcelin Rusak has found a clever and delightful way to give discarded flowers new life. He takes the dried blooms and seals them in milky-white and smokey coloured resin, which is then shaped into amorphic chairs, tables, and wall hangings. The end result is both romantic and sleek, dainty and smart.<\/p>\n

\u201cBerlin\u201d Chair by Finn Meier (Functional Art Gallery)<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Finn Meier made this float-glass, chrome-coated chair<\/strong> with moving neon gas\u2014look closely, and you can see the lava lamp-like lines wiggling around. And it\u2019s not diminutive to say that this would look great at a rave or club: Meyer was inspired by Germany\u2019s electric nightlife, such as techno hotspot Berghain.<\/p>\n

\u201cFine Tuning\u201d Lamps, Claudia Moreira Salles (Espasso)<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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It\u2019s Salles\u2019s silhouettes you fall in love with during Design Miami<\/strong><\/em>: The clean, crisp gold lines, punctuated by a perfectly halved semicircle, or a perfectly symmetrical orb. The structure is simple design<\/strong> at its finest\u2014they don\u2019t even need to be lit to glow.<\/p>\n

Designs by Alexander Diaz Andersson (Atra)<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Design Miami<\/strong><\/em> is all about the avant-garde<\/strong>, which sometimes veers towards over-the-top insanity. Which is fun! But amid all the statement pieces<\/strong>, sometimes it\u2019s nice to see something that errs on the side of minimalism. These cloud-like white couches by Swedish-born, Mexico City-based Alexander Diaz Andresson\u2014an excellent marriage between Scandinavian and Latin American art elements\u2014do the trick.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlease Be Seated\u201d (Les Ateliers Courbet and Thirlwall Design)<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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New York design gallery<\/strong> Les Ateliers Courbet and design studio<\/strong> Thirlwall Design have teamed up to present designs from French filmmaker Jacques Tati<\/strong>\u2018s 1958 film Mon Oncle, which translates as My Uncle. It includes a rocking chair, a seat and a bench produced by design studio Domeau & P\u00e9r\u00e8s<\/strong> and Tati\u2019s estate.<\/p>\n

Stay with us to learn more about Design Miami<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

See Also:\u00a0<\/strong>Art Basel Miami 2019 \u2013 Unravel The Marvels At The Design Event<\/a><\/p>\n

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