The fifth annual Design Miami returned to its home in Miami's design district with sponsors including HSBC, Swarovski, and Audi. For the second consecutive year, New York architecture firm ArandaLasch and EventStar collaborated to create a 35,000-square-foot temporary structure to house the fair's exhibits and art-centered programming.
The festivities kicked off on Tuesday night with a private Vernissage preview party before opening to the public Wednesday. Design Miami, like Art Basel, wraps up on Saturday. Here's a look at some of the fair's eye-catching exhibits.
Architecture firm ArandaLasch collaborated with local company EventStar to create the 35,000-square-foot structure to house Design Miami.
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New York-based Paul Kasman Gallery's booth showcased Parisian designer Mattia Bonetti's furniture. The primarily black space had a pale blue staging area with a mock room setup.
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Veuve Clicquot used its own champagne boxes to create the lighting fixtures on display in its exhibition area adjacent to the Audi lounge.
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Audi returned as the fair's exclusive automotive sponsor with a tailor-made lounge area designed by German agency Mutabor with sleek white ottomans and its new A8 on display.
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Gibson Guitars provided custom-made instruments, which tech designer Moritz Waldemeyer outfitted with lasers on the ends for band OK Go's nightly performances.
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Band OK Go is performing nightly with the special Gibson guitars in Design Miami's sprawling space.
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The Workshop Workshop exhibit is made from remnant lumber, rubber, plastic, furniture, and other items discarded by Design Miami. The space is a constant work in progress, and guests are invited to add drawings, writings, or other elements to the structure throughout the fair.
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Designer and architect Greg Lynn created the Designers\' Lounge, sponsored by HSBC, with white furniture and an interconnecting folding panel wall that separates it from the main exhibition areas.
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Architect Greg Lynn designed this year's Swarovski Crystal Palace installation with more than 1,500,000 crystals lit from below by color-changing lights in a paneled floor.
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New York-based Johnson Trading Gallery's exhibition space, designed by Ricky Clifton, showcased furniture and light fixtures made entirely of hoses woven together.
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