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10 Highlights From the 20th Edition of Design Miami

Design Milk

As numerous proponents have noted, starting in the late 1990s, collectors began understanding the importance of not just showcasing static paintings and sculptures in their homes but rounding out these spaces with functional and semi-functional furnishings that, in many cases, carry the same level of meaning and craft-led experimentation.

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Zaha Hadid Architects: Vertical Urbanism, the Exhibition

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Thallus, Installation, 2017 Sculpture developed by ZHA CODE with ZHD in collaboration with AiBuild, Odico Formwork Robotics, Armadillo Engineering © Photo Courtesy of Hong Kong Design Institute. Leeza Soho, Beijing, 2015-2019 © Photo Courtesy of Hong Kong Design Institute. © Photo Courtesy of Hong Kong Design Institute.

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‘An Indigenous Present’ Is a Paradigm-Shifting Illumination of Native North American Art Today

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All images © DelMonico Books, shared with permission “Historically, books about contemporary Native and Indigenous art have often been composed of academic essays illustrated with artworks by Indigenous makers,” Jeffrey Gibson ( previously ) says in the introduction to An Indigenous Present.

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Illuminated Streaks Appear to Fall from Trees in Light Paintings by Photographer Vitor Schietti

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In Vitor Schietti ’s Impermanent Sculptures , thick treetops and branches are swollen with light that appears to drip down in incandescent rays. Schietti shot the pieces shown here in February and March of 2021 around his hometown, Brasília, but the ongoing series first was developed in 2015.

Sculpture 101
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F5: Samar Maakaroun Shares Arabic Typography, a Heritage Site + More

Design Milk

In 2015, Samar assisted Apple in building their brand in Arabic with their digital, retail, and print teams. Our histories inform our present and future and are essential to any practicing designer today. It’s a fantastic sculptural object featuring a different surprise on every page. Photo: Yi-Zhi Huang 3.

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In ‘Zoophites,’ Les Lalanne Hybridize Beasts and Botany into Functional Sculptures

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It’s also an apt title for a poetic exhibition of sculptures blending beastly and botanical forms by the late Claude (1925-2019) and François-Xavier Lalanne (1927-2008). ” Zoophites borrows its title from a 1964 show in Paris that was the first the pair presented together and is on view through May 9.

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David Adjaye Awarded RIBA’s Royal Gold Medal for Architecture

Azure Magazine

With a suite of early residential projects — described by the jury as “sensuous dwellings set boldly against and within the shifting landscape of central London,” including 1999’s austere Elektra House — Adjaye began cultivating the sculptural language and distinct handling of materials that now defines his expansive body of work.