Even though Art Basel Miami Beach was canceled, the Miami Design District is forging ahead with an ambitious schedule of responsible winter programming. The agenda will see the buzzy collectible fair Design Miami, long held concurrently with Art Basel, return to its original home in the neighborhood’s Moore Building, which will also feature live events, activations, and shows by major galleries that usually show with the international art fair.

According to Miami Design District founder Craig Robins, who also co-founded Design Miami, launching this year’s winter programming was a last-minute move that seeks to cater to the influx of art and design enthusiasts that recently migrated to Miami. “We decided to do this within the past 30 days, so we’re mobilizing, he tells The Art Newspaper, further noting his eagerness “to figure out a socially responsible way to celebrate culture” during the week. Though the programming will only last for ten days, Robins is offering the exhibition space to galleries at a reduced rate for up to four months. “The idea is that everybody is having a hard enough time right now, so it’s more about the spirit of collaboration and wanting to make something happen than trying to squeeze the last dollar out of it.”

In tandem with the announcement, Design Miami has revealed details about its 16th edition, which will take the form of the flexible group selling exhibition, Podium, that the fair debuted virtually earlier this year. Aric Chen, Design Miami’s curatorial director, has chosen the theme America(s): a timely topic that calls into question our different understandings of America and its identity through works of art, design, and craftsmanship. Broad in scope, the exhibition will span objects ranging from Shaker furniture and 20th-century works by Wendell Castle to contemporary pieces by Ini Archibong, Katie Stout, and the Haas Brothers. Despite the circumstances, Robins remains optimistic: “[The programming] will be smaller in scale, but very concentrated. There’s a lot for people to do and still celebrate culture.”

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Name: Felix Roasting Company, SoHo

Designer: Ken Fulk

Location: New York, NY

On Offer: Founded by Persian-American hotelier Matt Moinian and interior designer Ken Fulk, who serves as creative director, Felix offers easygoing yet refined environs to sit back and recharge within bustling SoHo. Much like at its uptown predecessor, guests enjoy standard coffee-shop fare of grab-and-go small bites served at a copper-accented bar or bags of Felix beans perched in apothecary cabinets. Adventurous sippers opt for the brand’s signature Hickory-Smoked S’Mores Latte or Deconstructed Espresso Tonic, each crafted with non-dairy milks, proprietary syrups, and custom spice blends.

From their idyllic atelier on the shores of Lake Como, work-and-life partners Draga Obradovic and Aurel K. Basedow synthesize their expertise in painting and craftsmanship into experimental design objects that have caught the attention of brands like Baxter and Visionnaire. Their latest, Transparency Matters, draws from minimalism, Space Age concepts, and Optical Art patterns to create a materially rich series of furniture and lighting that explores what transparency truly means.

When: Until Nov. 21, 2020

Where: Massimo de Carlo, London

What: To create her popular “Translated Vase” series, which originated during a 2001 studio visit in which she witnessed a potter destroying vases that were deemed flawed, the Korean artist sources discarded ceramic fragments and rearranges them into delicate shapes. For this series, she reconfigures the fragments into bulbous, personal forms by seaming them together with epoxy covered in 24-carat gold leaf—a reference to the Japanese art of kintsugi.

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