CULTURE

The Top 10 Highlights of Design Miami 2016

by Pilar Viladas

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At Design Miami, Misha Kahn’s cabinet of beach glass, woven grass and assorted bits of refuse, at Friedman Benda.

2

R & Company’s booth included the Haas Brothers’ Young Willing and Table, of hand-carved walnut with matching (and equally whimiscally-named) benches and stools, along with the brothers’ Accretion ceramics and animal sculptures, under an illuminated sculpture by Jeff Zimmerman.

3

Shown here, pieces from the Dutch designer Arnout Meijer’s “One Point Perspective” series of light sculptures at Victor Hunt Designart Dealer. Photo: Lee Wei Swee.

4

Perrier-Jouët’s booth housed “Strand Garden,” an installation by Andrew Kudless featuring oak veneer columns and a Champagne bucket made of 3-D printed Chardonnay grape skins.

5

At The Future Perfect, Michael Anastassiades’s Triple Loop Suspension Series lights are joined by Lex Pott’s marble Red and White Side Table, John Hogan’s glass sculpture “Mane,” and Christopher Stuart’s polished-bronze sculpture “Glitch 1.”

6

Airbnb’s installation “Sobremesa,” designed by the Mexico City studio Pedro&Juana, celebrates the act of gathering around a table with friends and family. Photo: James Harris

7

Gaetano Pesce’s Puglia Cabinet is flanked by his Tree Vases at Salon 94’s booth.

8

At Cristina Grajales, Betil Dagdalen’s Alloy Bench stands on a rug made of woven green and black copper and aluminum by Hechizoo.

9

Philippe Malouin’s Speed of Light was commissioned as a holiday installation for the Miami Design District. Photo: Robin Hill.

10

At the exhibition “British Craft: The Miami Edit,” Nicola Tassie’s “Viewpoint” is an assemblage of ceramic vessels with an incised pattern that is meant to be read in two dimensions. Photo: Andrew Deem.