Design Miami | Top 5 Highlights

Photo: Laffanour / Galerie Downtown, Paris

Located just steps away from Art Basel in Miami Beach, Design Miami is a stunning satellite fair that showcases a selection of cutting-edge art furnishings and high concept décor. The fair is a reasonable size, allowing visitors to take it in without feeling exhausted or overwhelmed by the scale of the offerings. Crave walked the fair, enjoying the range of styles and materials that make interior design an art in its own right. Here are some of our favorites.

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Jousse Entreprise, Paris

Featuring works by Maria Pergay, Jousse Entreprise, Paris steals the show with their classic designs that are the very definition of chic. Pergay began working in stainless steel in the mid-1960s, seeing the newly created material “as precious as the most precious wood.” From this, she created a series of furnishings, objects, and interiors that invoke glamour, peace, and gracious repose.

Laffanour / Galerie Downtown, Paris

Laffanour / Galerie Downtown, Paris, brings together exceptional works by Pierre Jeanneret and Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand and Jean Prouvé. The pieces, selected by François Laffanour, were originally realized for the Chandigarh project in India, which involved designing a new city the size of the capital as “an expression of faith in India’s future.” The result is a sumptuous selection of furnishings, objects, and interiors, as well as Le Corbusier’s original sketches for the project. It is the perfect study of what great design can do, for the mind, body, and soul.

Hostler Burrows, New York

Founded in 1988 by Kim Hostler and Juliet Burrows, Hostler Burrows, New York, has led the market in Nordic design, featuring artists and designers including Axel Salto, Berndt Friberg, Josef Frank, and Finn Juhl. This season they offered a delightful array of objets d’art that invoke the beauty of the natural world, adding the perfect touch of color, form, texture and shape any interior.

Friedman Benda, New York

The elegant, eloquent designs of Friedman Benda, New York, captivate the eye and dazzle the heart, with a two parallel room settings featuring the work of 11 designers including Marcel Wanders, Wendell Castle, Adam Silverman, Faye Toogood, Misha Kahn, and the Campana Brothers. Titled Asymmetrical Symmetry, the booth is a study in contrasts and opposites that bring to life the rich diversity of the designers, who span four continents and four generations.

Erastudio Apartment-Gallery, Milan

Specializing in unique pieces, prototypes, artist’s proofs, and limited editions from historical and contemporary designers as well as special commissions, Erastudio Apartment-Gallery, Milan, offered a breathtaking array of stark, sharp, clean forms that pack a powerful punch with their minimalist design.

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