Desgin Miami/Basel > Returns for its 7th Fair > Focus on Contemporary Design

June 2012 show in Basel to feature museum-quality exhibitions from the world’s most relevant design galleries.

The June 2012 edition of Design Miami/ Basel will see a significant number of returning galleries, along with a selection of first-time exhibitors, all of which represent the world’s leading galleries specializing in collectible design. Important works held by a vibrant, international roster of over forty historic and contemporary galleries will be shown, amongst the fair’s cutting edge cultural programming, on two floors of Hall 5 in Basel’s Messe. Design Miami/ Basel 2012 will be held June 12-17, with a private Preview on Monday, June 11.

Founded in 2005, Design Miami/ is the only fair dedicated to 20th and 21st century collectible design, unparalleled in its maturity while maintaining a unique ability to track top-quality emerging and blue-chip work. The fair draws influential collectors, museums and industry luminaries from around the world by presenting important design reflective of the fair’s rigorous proposal-based selection process.

This year’s returning exhibitors from Europe, the United States and Asia include Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Cristina Grajales Gallery, Dansk Møbelkunst Gallery, Demisch Danant, Galerie Downtown-François Laffanour, Galerie kreo, Galerie Patrick Seguin, Gallery SEOMI, Galerie Ulrich Fiedler, Hostler Burrows, Jousse Entreprise, Nilufar Gallery, Pierre Marie Giraud and R 20th Century.

First time exhibitors at Design Miami/ Basel’s gallery program include Caroline Van Hoek from Brussels; Franck Laigneau fom Paris; Galerie BSL from Paris; Galerie Dutko from Paris; Galerie Maria Wettergren from Paris; Galleria O. from Rome; Gallery Libby Sellers from London; Heritage Gallery from Moscow and Salon 94 from New York.

Design Miami/ Basel 2012 will see works ranging from the intimate and handcrafted to objects created using the most innovative and advanced technologies and production techniques available today. The gallery program will feature strong thematic and conceptual threads including a thorough exploration of both historic and contemporary lighting design, a focus on 1960s and 1970s French design, as well as an enhanced consideration of small-scale objects including ceramic, glass and enamel works.

 

“This year’s show will see an injection of contemporary pieces while remaining true to the fair’s roots by presenting a great number of significant historic works,” says Marianne Goebl, Director of Design Miami/. “Many pieces will have their worldwide debuts in Basel and attendees will also see several former Design On/Site exhibitors move into the main exhibition program in order to show more ambitious, large scale projects.”

Participants for June 2012’s Design On/Site program, which showcases solo shows of contemporary design that push the boundaries of design, craft and technology, include Armel Soyer from Paris, Erastudio from Milan, Granville Gallery from Paris, and Victor Hunt from Brussels. Works to be shown in the Design On/Site program reflect a diverse and international selection of designers and dealers collaborating in unexpected ways to bring new pieces to market.

In addition, each June, Design Miami/ Basel partners with W Hotels to honor up-and-coming designers and studios that are expanding the field of design. The Award moves beyond pure product and furniture design to recognize technologically and conceptually vanguard pieces that work across multiple disciplines. Launched in 2006, Design Miami/ Basel‘s W Hotels Designers of the Future Award recognizes designers working in innovative ways—whether with new materials, new processes, or unexpected approaches. This year’s W Hotels Designers of the Future Award winners will be announced in April, during Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan, their projects will be unveiled at Design Miami/ Basel.

Design Miami/ Basel’s cultural program for 2012 will offer a diverse and lively forum for the exploration of ideas from the fields of art, fashion, design, technology, and architecture. A full program of the fair’s cultural offering of Design Talks, Performances, Awards and Satellite Shows will be released in the coming months.

Design Miami/ Basel 2012 confirms once again that it is the only fair of its kind. Both serious in its curatorial intent and in its ability to playfully challenge established notions, the fair is an essential calendar fixture for the best international critics, collectors, designers, galleries, and curators. Design Miami/ remains the world’s most cutting edge fair dedicated to twentieth and twenty-first century design.

PARTICIPATING DESIGN GALLERIES

Caroline Van Hoek / Brussels

Carpenters Workshop Gallery / London & Paris

Cristina Grajales Gallery / New York

Dansk Møbelkunst Gallery / Copenhagen & Paris

Demisch Danant / New York

Dilmos / Milan

Franck Laigneau / Paris

Gabrielle Ammann // Gallery / Cologne

Galerie Anne-Sophie Duval / Paris

Galerie BSL / Paris

Galerie Chastel-Maréchal / Paris

Galerie Downtown- François Laffanour / Paris

Galerie Dutko / Paris

Galerie Eric Philippe / Paris

Galerie Patrick Seguin / Paris

Galerie Jacques Lacoste / Paris

Galerie kreo / Paris

Galerie Maria Wettergren / Paris

Galerie Perrin / Paris

Galerie Ulrich Fiedler / Berlin

Galleria O. / Rome

Gallery Libby Sellers / London

Gallery SEOMI / Seoul

Heritage Gallery / Moscow

Hostler Burrows / New York

Jacksons / Stockholm & Berlin

Jousse Entreprise / Paris

Nilufar Gallery / Milan

Pierre Marie Giraud / Brussels

Priveekollektie Contemporary Art|Design / Heusden

R 20th Century / New York

Salon 94 / New York

DESIGN ON/SITE

Antonella Villanova / Florence presenting Manfred Bischoff

Armel Soyer / Paris presenting Pierre Gonalaons

Erastudio / Milan presenting Vincenzo De Cotiis

Granville Gallery / Paris presenting Matali Crasset

Victor Hunt Designart Dealer / Brussels presenting Humans Since 1982

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Design Miami/ Basel 12-17 June 2012

Public Hours of Admission 11am-7pm daily

Preview Day (by invitation only): Monday, 11 June

Press Conference: Monday, 11 June, 2.30

Press Preview: Monday, 11 June, 3-6pm

Collectors Preview: 12am-6pm

Vernissage: 6-9pm

Nocturne (by invitation only):

Thursday, 14 June, 7-9pm