A Welcome Tour

CONVERSO is one of America’s most prominent dealers of 20th-century modern furniture and objects, specialized in rare prototypes, limited editions, and furniture by architects. This work is one of the largest categories of Willows, which were made in three different sizes. This particular piece is from the First National Bank in Seattle, Washington.

Jen Roberts

Design Miami/ CEO

Dutch designer Joris Laarman has been pioneering the use of digital technologies in design production since graduating from Design Academy Eindhoven in 2003. His Maker Chair series is a perfect example. The design anticipates the time when we all will “print” our furniture locally or at home, customizing and assembling for ourselves.

Jen Roberts

Design Miami/ CEO

Oval pantry boxes—with their signature “finger” or “swallowtail” lap joinery—exemplify the quality and ingenuity of Shaker craftsmanship. Labeled “Abigail Crossman,” this box was used to store personal effects by Eldress Abigail Crossman (1807-1889), a dyer, girls’ caretaker, weaver, and palm leaf hat maker of the New Lebanon Shaker community.

Jen Roberts

Design Miami/ CEO

Miami-born, Bay-area based artist Woody De Othello uses the medium of ceramics to create vibrant, spirited monuments to the everyday life.

Jen Roberts

Design Miami/ CEO

This is one of Wendell Castle’s most important works. It’s considered a landmark in the American craft master’s career, the point from which he committed his practice to his signature fusion of furniture and sculpture.

Jen Roberts

Design Miami/ CEO

Chris Wolston, who divides his time between Brooklyn and Medellín, has become a rising star of the contemporary design scene because his work offers an unexpected blend of handcrafted warmth and postmodern, tongue-in-cheek joie de vivre.

Jen Roberts

Design Miami/ CEO

These new circular, concave wall sculptures by Chicago-based Luftwerk are painted with gradients that are illuminated by an embedded perimeter of changing LED lights. As the shifting light interacts with the painted surface, the color seems to breathe, expand, and recede. Their title, Soleil Levant, is borrowed from a Monet painting of a seascape at sunrise.

Jen Roberts

Design Miami/ CEO

Collectors love Rick Owens’ furniture designs because they have such a presence—minimalist yet striking, organic yet otherworldly.

Jen Roberts

Design Miami/ CEO