Design Miami/Basel 2019 presents
International exhibitors debut at the largest Curio program in the fair’s history.
Design Miami/Basel welcomes thirteen Curio presentations this year, the most in the fair’s ten-year history. Many of these galleries exhibiting at this important global platform will be launching new design concepts.
Galerie kreo will present Hella Jongerius’s Facet Bottle, a collection of monumental ceramic jars that explore color through chromatic variations on day and night. Large scale tables, lamps, chairs and vases by Floris Wubben will be shown at TheFuture Perfect.
Continuing its focus on furniture by architects and artists, Brussels-based MANIERA will unveil the second furniture collection by Studio Mumbai which places traditional Indian crafts alongside Italian frescos and ancient Egyptian artefacts.
Philippe Malouin’s office furniture fabricated with such industrial materials as nylon, rubber and steel will be presented at Salon 94. Cristina Grajales Gallery will introduce Pedro Barrail’s handcrafted wooden furniture that have been tattooed with indigenous motifs by natives of Paraguay.
In addition to these and a plethora of other new works, iconic classics from early master designers will also be on show.
Design Miami/Basel 2019 will be open to the public June 11-16, 2019.
Atelier Swarovski, Slanted Tiles by Study O Portable,-2018
Remember by Olga Engel 2019 at Armel Soyer
Sideboard by Piero Portaluppi 1926 29 at Dimore Gallery
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