Design

April 2012. This April, Giorgio Armani Group inaugurated its first Armani / Casa store in the Miami Design District. The Miami location is the third Armani / Casa store in the United States.

Video by cmvprod April 14th, 2012 Before official Opening Night Reception for “Spring Affair”. Enjoy the tour. Watch on Youtube

April 2012. Offering a new vision in window decorations, this internationally recognized brand provides its clientele with different themed fabric collections including nature prints, micro prints, jacquards with fashion forward graphics and flame-retardant fabrics with a natural linen look. Coulisse also has showrooms in Mexico City and Brazil.

Patricia Intriago, Archbishop Curley Notre Dame High School alumnus and Miami native, returns home to launch her first children’s book ‘Dot.’ Intriago will visit Miami again in November and speak with students at her alma mater as well as participate in the Miami Book Fair International.

Wolfsonian Museum – FIU. Oct 28, 2011. 7:00 p.m. “Digital design is not simply a means to an end, but is opening doors for different kinds of sensibility of design – it is opening up a Pandora’s box of new possibilities for architecture,” says Eric Goldemberg, author of the newly published book Pulsation in Architecture. Goldemberg presents his book as part of … +

There have been a lot of changes at the Bass Museum lately. The most notable of these might be the external arrival area, recently redesigned into a naturally flowing and attractive space by Oppenheim Architecture + Design. But there’s more going on, and one only needs to head just inside the museum’s doors to catch a glimpse of its further transformation. This … +

Through May 28, 2011. Access to China is a three-part exhibition sponsored by the International Chinese Fine Arts Council and Miami Design District showcasing distinctly diverse selection of Chinese art. “The Feminine Flair” by Art Lexing presents a dialog between two acclaimed Chinese artists: Ye Hongxing and Wang Xiaojin.

Deadline: May 30, 2011. WAN Interiors + Design Lighting Awards 2011 are now open for entries. The award celebrates and promotes the best in international lighting products and projects, attracting entries from all over the world and providing a global platform to showcase new designs.

May 2, 2011. DawnTown, the annual international architectural competition, announces that the awards ceremony for the Miami Marine Stadium Floating Stage Design Competition will be held on May 2nd at the Rusty Pelican restaurant on Virginia Key.

February 2011. Leading international “green” architect Chad Oppenheim was selected by top Philippine developer, The Net Group, to design the nation’s first certified green project. The Net Metropolis is the flagship pilot development of the recently created Philippine Green Building Council (PHILGBC) to answer to the local environment’s specific needs. Oppenheim, who has a growing reputation for his green design work, participated … +

January 2011. International “green” architect Chad Oppenheim completed the new entrance for the Bass Museum of Art in Miami Beach. The rejuvenated entrance was officially unveiled during a ceremony on December 2010 celebrating the opening of Collins Park – one of the city’s new living rooms.

Absolute to Minimal. Through Jan 14, 2011. For its inaugural exhibition, Arevalo Gallery presents From Absolute to Minimal a group exhibition featuring works by Post-War Latin American artists and their international counterparts all of whose work was defined by the ultimate search for the absolute.

Dec 1 through 5, 2010 Design Miami/, the global forum for design, will hold one of its most ambitious shows to date this December in a new location in Miami Beach. This year’s fair will feature an expanded selection of galleries showcasing some of the most important design works of the 20th and 21st centuries, along with an impressive list of emerging … +

Lecture and Book Signing.Art Deco Welcome Center. Oct 21st, 2010. 7:00 p.m. “This book provides an important – and readable – addition to the bookshelf addressing the context of contemporary Miami and Miami Beach.

Fall 2010. The Fall Lecture Series at Miami Design Preservation League’s Art Deco Welcome Center is packed with a variety of free, interesting presentations.

From Jun 15th through 19th, 2010. The global forum for design, Design Miami/ Basel, will again take place in Basel, Switzerland during the popular visual art’s fair Art Basel this summer.

December 2009. This new space will house the personal collection of Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz and will serve as an extension of their home, which has been available for public viewing for the past fifteen years. The collection focuses on international contemporary art.

Wolfsonian Museum. From Oct 16th, 2009 through Mar 14th, 2010. The Wolfsonian – Florida International University presents Styled for the Road: The Art of Automobile Design, 1908-1948, an engaging exploration of automobile design in America from the 1900s through the 1940s. The exhibition, on view from October 16th, 2009 through March 14th, 2010, highlights the important role played by designers and visual … +

July 2009 Kelepso Design Studio presents the first collection of Miami Neighbor-Hubs Souvenirs, featuring framed artwork and decorative coasters showcasing Miami’s Historic Black and Latin Caribbean neighborhoods. The collection is created for residents, local and international tourists to share a piece and learn more about Miami’s rich and dynamic history.

Selections from the Wolfsonian Collection. Ongoing. The Wolfsonian Museum at FIU holds and incredible collection of Design. Think Miami and think Design. However, many of the museum’s holdings precede our era of magnificent condos by the bay and aseptic contemporary interiors. The exhibition holds nearly 300 objects from the museum’s collection, covering a period from 1885 to 1945. The boundaries between art … +

Wolfsonian Museum. Dec 19th, 2008. 6:00 p.m.  The Wolfsonian Museum – FIU is hosting its Deco and Design Tour on December 19th, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. This two-hour adventure begins with a walking tour of the Art Deco District, then moves inside to explore The Wolfsonian's collection.