Tag Archives for Design Talks
A Visual Recap of Design Miami/ 2012
The amount of activity at Design Miami/ 2012 was truly astounding. More than 30,000 design collectors and enthusiasts visited Design Miami/ 2012…
Design Encounter/ A Talk with Pharrell
Pharrell Williams has mastered many spheres of visual and sonic media; he’s created an empire based on his work in hip hop and R&B, collaborated with visual artists on installations, and is the co-founder of fashion brands Billionaire Boys Club and Ice Cream Clothing.
BE OPEN Forum at Design Miami/ 2012
The diverse group of speakers at the BE OPEN forum represented the frontier of design. BE OPEN, an initiative that seeks to foster discourse on technology innovation, hosted a compelling panel of designers that break the categories of design, art and problem solving. The forum focused on the idea of sensory design and highlighted a…
Design Pioneer Talk/ Wendell Castle
Design Miami/’s Design Pioneers talks continued on Friday with Wendell Castle – a true pioneer in furniture design who skirted the limits of functionality and art with objects that both served a purpose and were fundamentally sculptural. He spoke with Alastair Gordon, an art critic, curator and author of the book “Wendell Castle: Wandering Forms: Works from 1959-1979.” The two had a highly detailed discussion about the early and definitive works by Castle, who also shared stories about how he came to the revolutionary concepts and methods for which he’s known.
Divine Intervention/ Asif Khan
One wouldn’t necessarily expect an architect to be drawn to the ethereal, but the London-based architect Asif Khan can’t help but be attracted to some of nature’s most fleeting expressions.
Design Pioneers Talks at Design Miami/ 2012
Material culture has never existed in a vacuum; taste, critique, and praise have all developed out of dialogue with each other and with the objects we’re speaking of (and to). The Design Talks Program at this year’s Design Miami/ is dedicated to Design Pioneers who have furthered the field through their impact on methods of production, style or discourse, and who have taken the ethos of their movement to further heights.
Design Legacies Talk/ Nadja Swarovski/ Helmut Swarovski/ Eyal Burstein
Helmut Swarovski/ Nadja Swarovski/ Eyal Burstein/ Deyan Sudjic
“Nadja, are you happy with what Eyal made?” Deyan Sudjic
“I think its amazing, particularly to see the designer’s personal style and his interpretation of the various materials. It is an articulation of the art of cutting material. I find Eyal’s piece to be a celebration of what we do at…
Design Legacies/ Beth Rudin DeWoody/ Kyle DeWoody/ Alex Mustonen
Beth Rudin DeWoody/ Alex Mustonen/ Kyle DeWoody/ Aaron Betsky
“The reason I started collecting is because I have always seen patterns in objects, I’ve always seen art, architecture, design, and jewelery as interconnected, there was always a separation between craft and fine art but many artists are using the idea of craft in their work and…
Design Talk/ Designing the Future with the W DOFs
Markus Keyser/ Tom Foulsham/ Mateo Kries/ Philippe Malouin
Moderated by Mateo Kries, Director of the Vitra Design Museum, the Designing the Future Talk was held at the Design Talk stage today at 5:30pm. Kries offered ample context for the work of the three W Hotels Designers of the Future Award recipients and generated a conversation that…