Design Miami: Belgian designer Maarten de Ceulaer nailed bendy leather planks onto solid wood to create this installation of stripy furniture for Italian fashion house Fendi (+ slideshow). More »
Design Miami 2012
Transformations by Maarten de Ceulaer
Dressed collection
by Jens Praet
Design Miami: Belgian designer Jens Praet used bronze drapes cast from sheets of cloth to dress these pieces of brass furniture. More »
R18 Ultra Chair by Clemens Weisshaar
and Reed Kram
Design Miami: design duo Clemens Weisshaar and Reed Kram have used technology from the car-racing industry to develop a chair made by robots that weighs just 2.2 kilograms (+ movie). More »
Naturoscopie II by
Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance
Design Miami: French designer Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance has launched a white variation of his leaf-like LED lighting, which fades and flickers like dappled light coming through trees (+ movie). More »
Drift by
Snarkitecture
Design Miami: New York studio Snarkitecture has hidden the Design Miami collectors fair behind a facade of inflatable sausages (+ slideshow). More »
"I couldn't name many interesting
US designers" – Vito Acconci
Design Miami: now is "not the best time for design" in the United States, according to designer, artist and architect Vito Acconci, who this week became the first American to receive Design Miami's Designer of the Year award (+ interview). More »
Parhelia by
Asif Khan
Design Miami: London designer Asif Khan used Swarovski crystals to recreate an ice halo - an atmospheric effect most often seen in freezing northern climates - in this installation in the sub-tropical heat of Miami (+ slideshow). More »
Lost Time by Glithero
for Perrier-Jouët
Design Miami: inspired by Gaudí's ingenious method to create the perfect curve, Anglo-Dutch design duo Glithero have hung loops of beaded chain over a shallow pool of water in an installation for champagne house Perrier-Jouët (+ slideshow). More »
Objets Nomades
for Louis Vuitton
Design Miami: a hanging cabinet covered in leather tassels and a hammock inspired by pasta ribbons are among the objects created by designers including Fernando and Humberto Campana and Atelier Oï for French fashion house Louis Vuitton (+ slideshow). More »
Featured event: Design Miami 2012
Design Miami: Dezeen is in Miami Beach this week for Design Miami 2012, which opens to the public today and runs until 9 December.
See our photos from the press day on Facebook or see all our stories about this year's edition of the design fair, including artist and architect Vito Acconci's plans for a playground in the Miami Design District after receiving the Designer of the Year Award.
Above image: Glithero's installation for Perrier-Jouët at Design Miami
Tour Eiffel and Taj Mahal
by Studio Job
Design Miami: the Eiffel Tower is reimagined as a bronze table lamp by Belgian artists Studio Job, who also present an upside-down Taj Mahal table at Design Miami this week. More »
Silverware
by Glithero
Design Miami: strips of seaweed have left their mark on the photosensitive surfaces of these vases by Anglo-Dutch design duo Glithero, who will present the collection at Design Miami this week. More »
Architecture for Dogs
curated by Kenya Hara
Design Miami: architects and designers including Kengo Kuma, Toyo Ito, Shigeru Ban, MVRDV and Konstantin Grcic have designed a series of downloadable architectural structures that are just for dogs (+ slideshow). More »
Vito Acconci named Design Miami
Designer of the Year
Design Miami: artist and architect Vito Acconci is to receive the Designer of the Year award at Design Miami in December and has designed a playground (above) to be installed in the Miami Design District. See our recent interview with Acconci. More »



