Design Miami
dal 1/12/2008 al 6/12/2008
Segnalato da
1/12/2008
Design Miami
Design District, Miami
Design Miami/ was intended to be more than just a marketplace for high-end design, and to this end. The company's objective is to balance highly professional business activity with progressive cultural programming, and the team works to create exciting collaborations with designers and design institutions, to draw in the foremost design collectors and enthusiasts, and to construct the most provocative design showcase anyone has ever seen.
Inspired by the galvanizing effect of Art Basel Miami Beach, the founders of Design Miami/ set out to create a design fair unlike any other that came before. In 2005, Ambra Medda and Amy Lau saw the opportunity to create a nexus for the far-flung global community of cutting-edge design dealers, collectors, creatives, curators, and critics. They envisioned a new commercial and cultural forum that would capture the thriving general interest in design and elevate appreciation for limited-edition, experimental and historically significant design work, presented within an energetic, visually striking environment. No other design fair had ever attempted such a feat.
Initially naming their project Design.05, Medda and Lau secured vital support from Craig Robins, a prominent Miami developer and art collector, and Sam Keller, esteemed Director of Art Basel. Together this team attracted the participation of the world’s preeminent design galleries, including Barry Friedman Ltd, Galerie Kreo, and Galerie Patrick Seguin. These gallerists deal in the most significant works on the market and their collaboration ensured the high caliber of the show.
Design.05 premiered in the Miami Design District in December 2005 and was proclaimed an instant success. Immediately following the first show, the founders were urged by collectors and dealers alike to take the show to Switzerland for the next Art Basel. Changing the company’s name to suit the new plan for biannual events, Medda successfully launched Design Miami/ Basel in June 2006. Medda continues to direct the company, and Design Miami/ and Design Miami/ Basel are now permanently established to run parallel to Art Basel: Miami Beach in Miami, Florida in December and Basel, Switzerland in June.
From its inception, Design Miami/ was intended to be more than just a marketplace for high-end design, and to this end, Medda has put together a small but talented team to help her create the most vital design shows in the world. The company’s objective is to balance highly professional business activity with progressive cultural programming, and the team works to create exciting collaborations with designers and design institutions, to draw in the foremost design collectors and enthusiasts, and to construct the most provocative design showcase anyone has ever seen.
Each Design Miami/ show includes
four components:
1. The Design Galleries must not only exhibit and sell valuable work, but also present their pieces in highly curated, beautiful installations, often designed by notable architects and designers. All work exhibited in the Design Gallery section of the show is vetted for authenticity and provenance.
2. The Satellite Exhibitions also consist of curated installations; however, these projects are typically organized by individual designers, museums, schools and other design establishments, selected by the Design Miami/ team to broaden the shows' content and to communicate key themes in contemporary design practice. Our Satellites include Design Performances, in which we invite designers to demonstrate their creative processes live on site.
3. The Design Talks bring together international luminaries to tackle current issues in design today, offering extraordinary opportunities to hear designers explain their work in their own words.
4. In addition, Design Miami/ presents two Design Awards annually: Designer of the Year in Miami every December and Designer of the Future in Basel every June. These awards serve as markers of the current design culture by spotlighting both established and emerging designers, whose work pushes the boundaries of art and architecture and expands
our understanding of design.
Aspiring to provide visitors with disarming aesthetic experiences, Design Miami/ holds its events in venues, transforming them into exhibition spaces that enhance social and intellectual exchange. Design Miami/ 2007 utilized the Moore Furniture Company building, a historic landmark built in 1920s in the Miami Design District. Design Miami/ Basel 06 transformed the neo-Gothic Elizabethenkirche and the post-modern
Foyer Theater Basel, and Design Miami/ Basel 07 and 08 revitalized the Markthalle Basel, the third largest dome in Europe, built as a produce market in the late 1920s but largely unused in the last decade. By choosing distinct architectural spaces, Design Miami highlights the relationship between architecture and design and raises the standard of what a design fair can be.
Continuously expanding and enriching its programming, Design Miami/ has not only satisfied the demand for a high-end limited-edition design fair, but also has broadened awareness of modern and contemporary design, fueled the market for collectible design, and provided an exciting yet accessible destination for art and design enthusiasts and
collectors alike.
Special Events December 2, 2008
Press Preview 13:00h-15:00h Registration Required
Collectors Preview 15:00h-18:00h Invitation Only
Vernissage 18:00h-22:00h Invitation, Design Miami/ or Art Basel VIP Card Only
Miami Design District
NE 39th Street and 1st Court
Miami, FL 33137
Public Hours of Admission
December 3-6, 2008
11.00h–19.00h