{"id":63258,"date":"2025-11-28T06:18:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T06:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/63258\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T06:18:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T06:18:08","slug":"miami-art-week-reveals-how-imagination-transforms-the-world-around-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/63258\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Art Week Reveals How Imagination Transforms the World Around Us"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every December, collectors and creatives set their sights on South Florida and Design Miami<\/a>, which marks its 21st iteration under the theme \u201cMake. Believe.\u201d Curatorial director Glenn Adamson frames it as a meditation on how the avant-garde has shaped our environment across the ages\u2014a fitting concept for a city that thrives on reinvention.<\/p>\n

Among the presentations, Spanish designer \u00c1lvaro Catal\u00e1n de Oc\u00f3n expands his acclaimed PET Lamp project with Gurunsi, a lighting tapestry crafted with Ghanaian artisans. Each example translates the architectural plans of the country\u2019s traditional adobe dwellings into woven patterns of elephant grass and recycled plastic. <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\"Abstract\"Abstract<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGurunsi, a
\nlighting tapestry by \u00c1lvaro Catal\u00e1n
\nde Oc\u00f3n for PET Lamp.
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhoto: COURTESY OF PET LAMP<\/p>\n

Kohler<\/a> continues its legacy of artist collaborations with Pearlized, a glinting new finish developed with sculptor David Franklin for its Artist Editions sinks. Derived from a process he perfected while making large-scale installations of schooling fish during his Arts\/Industry residency in Kohler, Wisconsin, the iridescent surface reveals shimmering depths.<\/p>\n

Artist Francesca DiMattio<\/a> reinterprets 18th-century S\u00e8vres porcelain and aged frescoes as painterly murals for a new assortment of wallpaper with Calico<\/a>. The brand\u2019s advanced printing techniques magnify her hand-sketched floral and architectural motifs into sweeping panoramas that feel at once decorative and deconstructed. <\/p>\n

1.1<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\"Iridescent\"Iridescent<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPearlized sink by
\nDavid Franklin for Kohler.
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhoto: COURTESY OF KOHLER CO<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\"Colorful\"Colorful<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t. Ruben
\nToledo\u2019s mural I See You\u2014I Love You
\nat Ralph Pucci.
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhoto: DAN CUTRONA<\/p>\n

Beyond the fair, in the Design District, Katie Stout enlarges hand-sculpted animal maquettes into an interactive carousel as well as fantastical benches. Ralph Pucci<\/a> wraps his Wynwood gallery\u2019s fa\u00e7ade in a hypnotizing mural by Ruben Toledo. The Future Perfect carries that transformative spirit indoors at Villa Paula, a 1920s Cuban consulate reimagined as a showcase for collectible design. Each is an astounding emblem of the creative vitality that defines Miami\u2019s well-earned Magic City handle.<\/p>\n

A version of this article first appeared in print in our 2025 Winter issue under the headline \u201cMagic Touch.\u201d\u00a0Subscribe to the magazine.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Every December, collectors and creatives set their sights on South Florida and Design Miami, which marks its 21st…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63259,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[37973,14230,37974,37975,37976,123,125,124,29204],"class_list":["post-63258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-alvaro-catalan-de-ocon","tag-design-miami","tag-francesca-dimattio","tag-glenn-adamson","tag-kohler","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-ralph-pucci"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}