Architecture

Miami Design Preservation League

On the Move.   As a part of the City of Miami Beach's Planned Progress program of capital improvements, the 10th Street Auditorium complex is being completely renovated. A key element of the plan, developed by Todd Tragash of STA Architectural Group, will be to separate the original Beach Patrol Headquarters building (Robert Taylor, 1934) from the Oceanfront Auditorium (Leonard Glasser, 1954). The MiMo … +

Museums

American Streamlined Design

Wolfsonian Museum. From Oct 24th, 2008 through May 17th, 2009.  From the Twentieth Century Limited train and Chrysler’s Airflow automobile to the Zephyr digital clock, the aerodynamic style known as streamlining endowed many classic American products with a futuristic sheen – the glamour of speed.

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Miami International University of Art and Design

Horse Play. From Jul 17th through Aug 15th, 2008.The Visual Arts Department at the Miami International University of Art and Design, located at 1501 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami, presents an invitational exhibition of two-dimensional and three-dimensional works inspired by the horse sculptures of China's Tang Dynasty. The exhibition will open to the public on July 17th, 2008. This event is free and … +

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Design District

The Miami Design District it’s well known for its array of high Design and trendy top retailer stores. Expanding from 36th street 2nd Ave NE, it also includes several art galleries, live events and temporary exhibitions. Every second Saturday of each month, the Design  District opens for a gallery walk that it’s more a mix of art, design, music, cocktails, dining and … +

Architecture

Art and Design in the Modern Age

Wolfsonian Museum. 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 and design have … +

Events

Design Miami / Basel 2008

From Jun 3rd through 5th, 2008. Not only Basel comes to Miami in the winter, but also happens the reverse in the summer. Design Miami, our local design fair, will anchor in Switzerland during the Art Basel days. Regarded as a global forum for collecting, exhibiting, discussing and creating design, the fair brings together the world’s most influential dealers, designers, collectors, curators … +

Architecture

Art and Design Collection

Ongoing. The Craig Robins Collection is a private contemporary art and design collection that includes works from John Baldessari, Richard Tuttle, Marlene Dumas, Paul McCarthy, Mike Kelley, Martin Kippenberger, Kai Althoff, Cosima von Bonin, Huang Yong Ping, and Paulina Olowska. Pieces in the collection represent a wide spectrum of artistic perspectives and encompass the disciplines of design, architecture, film, music and dance.

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Design Collective Mundus Viviendi

at the Poltrona Frau Showroom. From Dec 5th through Dec 9th, 2007. Mundus Vivendi, a collective of 15 emerging designers from the Naples area will present an exhibition at the Poltrona Frau showroom in the Miami Design District. The exhibition will invite visitors to discover how environmental factors can affect how a space or object is perceived. Interior Design will be on … +

Architecture

Glo, 20th Century Design

Modern Paintings and Decorative Arts. The 20th Century Design Gallery, located at 5050 Biscayne Blvd in Miami, is exhibiting paintings by Pedro Friedeberg, an artist born in Florence, Italy who now lives and works in Guanajuato, Mexico. During World War II in 1940, Pedro and his mother immigrated to Mexico. In 1956, he entered Universidad Iberoamerica to study architecture and art under … +

Architecture

Ligne Roset opens in the Design District

June, 2007. Ligne Roset, one of the world’s leading companies in luxury and contemporary furniture design, has closed its showroom in Coral Gables and relocated to the Miami Design District. Now located in Oak Plaza’s two-story Twery Building at 160 NE 40th Street, the new 4,650 square foot two-level showroom is set to open at the end of June 2007. Ligne Roset’s … +