CK Reed on People Watching at Design Miami.LA
The L.A.-based artist and designer sat down with Surface to reflect on the highlights of the West...
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At Long Last, Design Miami Arrives Out West
Following a successful debut edition in Paris and a rebrand under Basic.Space, the design showcase...
Designer of the Day: Victoria Yakusha
No project is too big or small for Victoria Yakusha, the multitalented Ukrainian architect and...
Our Favorite Pieces at Design Miami/ 2023
Returning with high-concept presentations by an exciting crop of creative talents, the collectible...
Designer of the Day: Nifemi Marcus-Bello
Nifemi Marcus-Bello’s design approach is rooted in empathy and humility—both in forgoing ego...
Lara Bohinc’s Cellular Life Forms Are Spreading in Miami
Commissioned by the Design Miami/ Curatorial Lab to illustrate a future-focused vision of...
Design Miami/ Paris Will Delight Francophiles
The fair’s inaugural outing in Paris takes over a stately hôtel particulier with its signature...
Designer of the Day: Ben Ganz
A trained graphic designer who cut his teeth at Yale and branding experts 2x4 before launching his...
Designer of the Day: Hamza Kadiri
Hailing from a long lineage of wood experts, Moroccan artist Hamza Kadiri has apprenticed worldwide
Our Favorite Moments at Design Miami/ 2022
Returning with high-concept presentations by an exciting crop of creative talents, the collectible...
Designer of the Day: Floris Wubben
There’s a chameleonic appeal to the ceramic work of Floris Wubben, the freethinking and...
Designer of the Day: Simone Bodmer-Turner
Though initially drawn to ceramics as a pastime, seven years spent perfecting the graceful,...
Join Surface at Miami Art Week 2022
From Web3 Salon Sessions co-hosted with Polygon at the W South Beach to cocktails fêting a...
Rare Works From Moss Land at Design Miami/
A decade after Murray Moss and Franklin Getchell shuttered Moss, their vaunted collectible design...
Designer of the Day: Quincy Ellis
The molded epoxy resin art and furniture Quincy Ellis creates for his three-year-old brand, Facture
Designer of the Day: James DeWulf
After spending nearly two decades mastering the art of crafting concrete furniture, James DeWulf is
What We Loved at Design Miami/ 2021
Returning with amped-up presentations by today’s foremost creative talents, the collectible...
Designer of the Day: Feyza Kemahlioglu
Feyza Kemahlioglu grew up in Istanbul surrounded by Ottoman and Byzantine craftwork sold in small...
Designer of the Day: Lara Bohinc
Often inspired by celestial motifs and the great beyond, Lara Bohinc combines traditional craft...
The Sculptural Standouts at Design Miami/ Basel
Taking place at Messeplatz in Basel until Sept. 26, the fair homes in on humanism while delivering...
Design Miami/ Returns to Basel With a Roster of Newcomers
The collectible design fair is bringing an array of first-time exhibitors, questions about...
Design Miami Names Wava Carpenter as Curatorial Director, and Other News
Our daily look at the world through the lens of design.
Art First, Sink Second: Daniel Arsham’s Pebble-Shaped Rock.01 for Kohler is a Thing of Beauty
Pairing organic forms and 3D-printing technology, the Rock.01 sink is a poetic fusion of nature’s
Miami Design District’s Ever-Expanding Collection of Public Art Adds a New Piece Just in Time for Art Week
To mark the arrival of Chilean design studio gt2P's Conscious Actions, a series of playground-like...
Atelier Biagetti Flex Their Midas Touch
Revisiting the concepts behind their celebrated Body Building series, the enigmatic duo sheathes a...
The Miami Design District Still Has Plans for the Winter
Despite Art Basel Miami Beach getting canceled, the Miami Design District will forge ahead with ten
Designer of the Day: Chris Wolston
After studying non-Western creative techniques in Ghana, Chris Wolston was awarded a Fulbright...
What We Loved at Design Miami
The fair’s fifteenth edition, which runs Dec. 3–8 during Art Basel, takes on an environmental...
Daniel Arsham Dreams Up His Own Microcosm
The prolific New York artist reconstructs a bona fide kunstkammer at Design Miami/ to unveil a...
Design Miami/’s Aric Chen Name Checks His Five Favorite Things
Under the Hood With Lexus
The carmaker courts the crowd at Design Miami from the inside out.
The Party Vol. 3
Surface hosted its annual party to cap Miami Art Week.
Design Miami 2018 Highlights
Surface editors selected a few standout objects at the 2018 Miami Beach edition of the fair,
Best of Design Miami 2017
From Dec. 6–10, Design Miami returns as a main attraction in Miami Beach. Here, we’ve selected...
Weaving International Threads
“Woven Forms” invites designers to experiment with a new medium.
Design Dispatch: June 13, 2017
Our daily take on the world through the lens of design.
Thom Browne’s Steady Hand
The award-winning fashion designer Thom Browne revels in consistency in an industry that expects...
Design Dispatch: April 6, 2017
Our daily look at the world through the lens of design.
Video: Highlights From Design Miami 2016
Designers and dealers at this year's Miami Beach edition of the fair tell us about some of the best
Letter From Art Basel Miami Beach 2016
A post-election malaise and concern over the Zika virus didn’t put a damper on this year’s art...
Design Miami’s Most Anticipated
The global design fair is back and bigger than ever. Surface and Perrier-Jouët highlight the best...
Louis Vuitton’s Objets Nomades Debuts New Pieces at Design Miami
Additions to Objets Nomades are reminiscent of natural evolution.
A State of Fairs
As art fairs descend upon Miami Beach, these are the ones that are not to be missed.
Robots and 3-D Printers are Joris Laarman’s Tools of Choice
The Dutch designer lets us into his robotics factory, MX3D, which is spearheading programs that...
Ritsue Mishima’s take on Perrier-Jouët for Art Basel Miami
There’s a certain metaphor for Art Basel Miami Beach in Champagne.
The Haas brothers on their art world shenanigans and social work
Nikolai and Simon Haas discuss their shenanigans, social work, and new “Afreaks” project from...
The Resurrection of a Movable Furniture Collection
A Pierre Paulin residential project for Herman Miller proved to be ahead of its time.