The Design Curio program, now in its second year, invites designers, curators, innovators and gallerists to present cabinets of curiosity throughout the fair. Selected through an open call for applications, each Curio offers an immersive environment of objects, textures, artifacts and ideas that challenge and contextualize familiar design narratives.
This year’s Curios include an exploration of bitumen as a design material in Quintus Kropholler’s Black Gold series, presented by New York design boutique Chamber. ADN Galería from Mexico City will show On Reflection: Smoking Mirrors and other vanitiesby Eduardo Olbés, a collection of mirrored objects using naturally reflective obsidian and black jade inspired by the Aztek god Tezcatlipoca, whose name literally translates as “Smoking Mirror”. Bi-coastal gallery The Future Perfect presents Fragments, an immersive display of new works in stone by Dutch designer Lex Pott framed by a custom wall covering painted with stone pigments from Calico Wallpaper. The recently founded Miami-based design agency Giovanni Beltran will show The Storefront by Jonathan Gonzalez: a total composition that imagines the booth as a ‘retail’ storefront. Cultured Magazine offers us a glimpse into the mind of the “teeny-bopper” with Bedroom by Katie Stout. Designers Adam Charlap Hyman and Andre Herrero have created an homage to the early days of Dean & DeLuca with Cheese, based on Giorgio DeLuca’s first space on Prince Street in SoHo named THE CHEESE STORE.
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.designmiami.com