Women in Design

From November 2 through December 21, 2012. Miami Dade College’s (MDC) Galleries of Art + Design is presenting The SWEAT Broadsheet Collaboration, a project that originated with a small group of South Florida artists and writers. The 46 artists and 40 participating writers were interested in the intersection of their respective genres –

The Haas Brothers, twins Nikolai and Simon Haas, are artists/designers/creative producers based in Los Angeles. Their works of art and objects are situated between the contexts of art and design, frequently departing from the functional, and moving towards the exclusively sculptural. Playful and sometimes irreverent, they create furniture and sculptural objects in the form of anthropomorphic hairy chaises, fantastical beaded chairs and … +

Daniel Chimowitz is an internationally renowned artist and fashion designer. He creates walking canvases of painted images on hand-sewn as well as up-cycled clothing, essentially combining fine art with the excitement of the fashion industry. Chimowitz has shown his designs in Paris, London, Beijing, New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, San Francisco and Miami and worked with famed designer Patricia Field. In … +

The 1917 Russian Revolution ushered in a relatively short-lived era of experimentation and idealism in the visual arts. Including some of the most iconic images in the history of graphic design, Constructing Revolution will present more than fifty Soviet propaganda posters, among them works by major figures of the early twentieth-century avant-garde such as Vladimir Mayakovsky and Alexander Rodchenko. These posters, offering … +

The first design exhibition scheduled in the MDC Museum of Art and Design after its April 2018 reopening, By the People: Designing a Better America will explore the challenges faced by urban, suburban and rural communities in the U.S. and its bordering countries. Based on more than two years of field research this exhibition presents collaborative designs for more equitable, inclusive and sustainable communities.  Featuring … +

Design Miami/ is the global forum for design. Each edition brings together the most influential collectors, gallerists, designers, curators and critics from around the world in celebration of design culture and commerce. Design Miami/ 2017 brings together Carpenters Workshop Gallery (Paris, London, and New York); Converso (Chicago, Los Angeles, New York); Cristina Grajales Gallery(New York); Demisch Danant (New York); Erastudio Apartment-Gallery (Milan); … +