Design Miami Basel
dal 10/6/2012 al 16/6/2012
Segnalato da
10/6/2012
Design Miami Basel
Messe Basel, Basel
The global forum for design returns for its seventh Fair in Basel to feature museum-quality exhibitions from an international roster of over forty historic and contemporary galleries.
The June 2012 edition of Design Miami/ Basel will see a significant number of
returning galleries, along with a selection of first-time exhibitors, all of which
represent the world’s leading galleries specializing in collectible design. Important
works held by a vibrant, international roster of over forty historic and contemporary
galleries will be shown, amongst the fair’s cutting edge cultural programming, on
two floors of Hall 5 in Basel’s Messe. Design Miami/ Basel 2012 will be held June
12-17, with a private Preview on Monday, June 11.
Founded in 2005, Design Miami/ is the only fair dedicated to 20th and 21st century
collectible design, unparalleled in its maturity while maintaining a unique ability to
track top-quality emerging and blue-chip work. The fair draws influential
collectors, museums and industry luminaries from around the world by presenting
important design reflective of the fair’s rigorous proposal-based selection process.
This year’s returning exhibitors from Europe, the United States and Asia include
Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Cristina Grajales Gallery, Dansk Møbelkunst Gallery,
Demisch Danant, Galerie Downtown-François Laffanour, Galerie kreo, Galerie
Patrick Seguin, Gallery SEOMI, Galerie Ulrich Fiedler, Hostler Burrows, Jousse
Entreprise, Nilufar Gallery, Pierre Marie Giraud and R 20th Century.
First time exhibitors at Design Miami/ Basel’s gallery program include Caroline Van
Hoek from Brussels; Franck Laigneau fom Paris; Galerie BSL from Paris; Galerie
Dutko from Paris; Galerie Maria Wettergren from Paris; Galleria O. from Rome;
Gallery Libby Sellers from London; Heritage Gallery from Moscow and Salon 94
from New York.
Design Miami/ Basel 2012 will see works ranging from the intimate and
handcrafted to objects created using the most innovative and advanced
technologies and production techniques available today. The gallery program will
feature strong thematic and conceptual threads including a thorough exploration
of both historic and contemporary lighting design, a focus on 1960s and 1970s
French design, as well as an enhanced consideration of small-scale objects
including ceramic, glass and enamel works.
“This year’s show will see an injection of contemporary pieces while remaining true
to the fair’s roots by presenting a great number of significant historic works,” says
Marianne Goebl, Director of Design Miami/. “Many pieces will have their worldwide
debuts in Basel and attendees will also see several former Design On/Site
exhibitors move into the main exhibition program in order to show more ambitious,
large scale projects.”
Participants for June 2012’s Design On/Site program, which showcases solo shows
of contemporary design that push the boundaries of design, craft and technology,
include Armel Soyer from Paris, Erastudio from Milan, Granville Gallery from Paris,
and Victor Hunt from Brussels. Works to be shown in the Design On/Site program
reflect a diverse and international selection of designers and dealers collaborating
in unexpected ways to bring new pieces to market.
In addition, each June, Design Miami/ Basel partners with W Hotels to honor up-
and-coming designers and studios that are expanding the field of design. The
Award moves beyond pure product and furniture design to recognize
technologically and conceptually vanguard pieces that work across multiple
disciplines. Launched in 2006, Design Miami/ Basel‘s W Hotels Designers of the
Future Award recognizes designers working in innovative ways—whether with new
materials, new processes, or unexpected approaches. This year’s W Hotels
Designers of the Future Award winners will be announced in April, during Salone
Internazionale del Mobile in Milan, their projects will be unveiled at Design Miami/
Basel.
Design Miami/ Basel’s cultural program for 2012 will offer a diverse and lively
forum for the exploration of ideas from the fields of art, fashion, design,
technology, and architecture. A full program of the fair’s cultural offering of Design
Talks, Performances, Awards and Satellite Shows will be released in the coming
months.
Design Miami/ Basel 2012 confirms once again that it is the only fair of its kind.
Both serious in its curatorial intent and in its ability to playfully challenge
established notions, the fair is an essential calendar fixture for the best
international critics, collectors, designers, galleries, and curators. Design Miami/
remains the world’s most cutting edge fair dedicated to twentieth and twenty-first
century design.
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, USA each December and Basel, Switzerland each June,
Design Miami/ has become the premier venue for collecting, exhibiting, discussing
and creating collectible design.
For more information, please visit www.designmiamiblog.com
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MAIN SPONSOR Swarovski Crystal Palace
INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS
Kunsthalle Basel
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Design Miami/ Press Contact:
Camron PR
Adnan Abbasi/ Valentina Giani +44(0) 20-7420-1700
adnan.abbasi@camronpr.com / valentina.giani@camronpr.com
Preview Day (by invitation only): Monday, 11 June
Press Conference: Monday, 11 June, 2.30
Press Preview: Monday, 11 June, 3-6pm
Collectors Preview: 12am-6pm
Vernissage: 6-9pm
Hall 5, Messe Basel, Messeplatz
4005 Basel, Switzerland
Public Hours of Admission 11am-7pm daily
Nocturne (by invitation only): Thursday, 14 June, 7-9pm