Design Miami-LA 2024 – All photos by Charles White/JW Pictures for Design Miami.
Design–The first edition of Design Miami-LA offered “a dynamic program of collectible design, serving as a testament to California’s rich design heritage as an international arbiter of taste.” Explained the fair’s Curatorial Director, Ashlee Harrison. Expanding on the themes of eclecticism, imagination, and nostalgia, Harrison selected unique pieces to take over the Holmby Hills estate. Completed in 1936, the Georgian Colonial Revival masterpiece was designed by Paul R. Williams, a trailblazing African-American architect who helped shape the architecture of the Hollywood dream in the first half of the 19th century.
Southern Guild at Design Miami-LA 2024.
“2024 is a year of evolution for Design Miami as we continue to reach wider audiences through our expanding programming and ever-growing creative network.” Explains Design Miami CEO, Jen Roberts. “It feels perfectly fitting to start the year with our inaugural LA exhibition–which promises a dynamic and thoughtful gallery program deeply rooted in the city’s cultural and creative ecosystem.”
Salon94 at Design Miami-LA 2024.
A lineup of many of the world’s leading international design galleries offered an array of highlights of historic and contemporary works firmly rooted in the design scene of Los Angeles. The Future Perfect gallery responded to the classical decor of the Holmby Hills with a new collection of mirrors by Bower Studios × Genesis Belanger. Furniture by Chris Wolston, Floris Wubben and more blended figurative and abstract. “Circling iconography and historical scope, the work of these artists may be viewed as something extracted from the very architecture that it occupies.” Explained at The Future Perfect.
The Future Perfect at Design Miami-LA 2024.
South African gallery Southern Guild set foot in L.A. with a brand-new exhibition space in Melrose Hill. At Design Miami.LA, it presented pieces by South African artists, including a serpentine desk clad in polished bronze scales by fashion and furniture designer Rich Mnisi and a wooden sculpture by Adam Birch. The designs “dialogued with Paul R. William’s architecture, designed during an era of racial segregation, offering a sensitive re-reading of this historic space – one that is both declarative and intimate,” explained at Southern Guild.
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Los Angeles-based Australian artist Nick Thomm presented an installation featuring his hyper-colour Spectral Paintings and iridescent and hypnotic pieces, merging traditional art with technology. The stellar line-up also included set-ups by Friedman Benda, Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Lebreton, Gallery Fumi, Wexler Gallery and more.
Nick Thomm at Design Miami-LA 2024.
The Design Miami-LA Podium, an exhibition-within-the-exhibition, paid homage to design masters. Andile Dyalvane‘s sculpture, Nkcokocha (Mountain Peak), uses black clay and wenge timber to evoke the landscapes and narratives of his South African homeland. The KAWS Chair Black by KAWS and Estudio Campana elevates stuffed toys from popular media into high art.
Design Miami-LA Podium.
Joris Laarman redefined metalworking once again through technological advancements in 3D printing, exemplified in his Microstructures Gradient Lounge, with each component digitally engineered to optimise form and function.
Across the gardens of the Holmby Hills estate, Design Miami presented an engaging Design at Large program, showcasing fifteen pieces from eight galleries, including 1882 Ltd, Southern Guild, Salon 94 Design, and Twentieth Gallery.
Wexler Gallery presents Lynx Table by Judy Kensley McKie.
All photos are by Charles White/JW Pictures for Design Miami-LA.
