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Choutou by Takayuki Sakiyama
This Japanese artist's swirling forms create the visual illusion of the sea's movement.
Designed by: Takayuki Sakiyama
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Grey Derivations (2010) by Maarten Baas
New work by Maarten Baas
Designed by: Maarten Baas
www.maartenbaas.com
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Plastic chair in wood (2008) by Maarten Baas
New work by Maarten Baas
Designed by: Maarten Baas
www.maartenbaas.com
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The sphere table by Jean Royère
Made of guild iron and travertine, this table was built in the 1960s but it is just as trendy today.
Designed by: Jean Royère
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Fabrique en Chine by Dike Shoe
With this nice hand-made porcelain fake Nike, Dubreuil wants to prove that not everything made in China is poorly done.
Designed by: Andre Dubreuil
www.contrastsgallery.com
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Stool number 2 (2006) and Red (2008) by Aldo Bakker
Selections from Design Miami
Designed by: Aldo Bakker
www.aldobakker.com
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Six-Forty by Four-Eighty by Jamie Zigelbaum and Marcelo Coelho
Selections from Design Miami
Designed by: Jamie Zigelbaum & Marcelo Coelho
zigelbaumcoelho.com
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Painting on the Floor (2010) by Michael Wolfson
This modular table, made in zebra wood, is inspired by Chinese rolled up paintings can be separated in two different pieces, allowing the owner to put his own creation on the design.
Designed by: Michael Wolfson
www.contrastsgallery.com
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Berceau (2008) by Christophe Come
Come made this crib for her own daughter.
Designed by: Christophe Come
www.come.fr
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Untitled (2001) by Roy McMakin
Roy McMakin plays with positive and negative spaces in this chairs.
Designed by: Roy McMakin
www.domesticfurniture.com
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A guy limbs into a soda fountain…
Nagle got inspiration in a famous joke from the 1940: A guy libs into a soda fountain and orders a hot fudge sundae with chocolate saude and whipped cream. The guy behind the counter asks: "Crushed nuts, sir?" And the man replies: "No, rheumatism."
Designed by: Ron Nagle
www.pierremariegiraud.com
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The Birth (2009) by Studio Job
Selections from Design Miami/Basel.
Designed by: Studio Job
www.studiojob.nl
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New Press Couch by Swiss designer Mattia Bonetti
The cushions are all hand-embroidered based on a model by the designer consisting of graphics from French and Chinese newspapers, magazines, and personalized drawings.
Designed by: Mattia Bonetti
www.contrastsgallery.com
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Sofa (1980) by Forrest Myers
Myers made this aluminum couch for his own house because he claimed he was never able to find any furniture he liked.
Designed by: Forrest Myers
www.forrestmyers.com
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Lathe IX (2010) by Sebastian Brajkovic.
Selections from Design Miami/Basel.
Designed by: Sebastian Brajkovic
http://sebastianbrajkovic.com/
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Hommage (2010) by Thierry Dreyfus
After the earthquake came design
Designed by: Thierry Dreyfus
www.atelierthierrydreyfus.fr
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Tassenkas (2009) by Lotty Lindeman
This piece blends travelling storage with furniture. Nowadays, interiors are presented as stills, but in fact there is a lot of mobility of objects, moving around by human needs.
Designed by: Lotty Lindeman
www.lottylindeman.nl
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Untitled (2008) from the series Miniland by Sylvie Fleurie
Stonetouch CH is a Swiss company specialized in creating limited ediiton of unique pieces made exclusively with Swiss stone.
Designed by: Sylvie Fleury
www.stonetouch.ch
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Harumaki chair (2004) by Fernando & Humberto Campana
This childish chair is made out of rolls of recycled plastic strips.
Designed by: Fernando & Umberto Campana
www.campanas.com.br
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Table basse (2007) by Pierre Charpin
Selections from Design Miami/Basel.
Designed by: Pierre Charpin
http://www.pierrecharpin.com
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Side Table from the Urushi Series (2008) by Aldo Bakker
Selections from Design Miami/Basel.
Designed by: Aldo Bakker
www.aldobakker.com
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T228/89 (2010) by Beta Tank
This pyramid table takes on the complicated tax and customs regulations that use rigid definitions of what's art and what's design, which usually turns into a long discussion with the bookkeepers: Is this a service? Is this art? What is the VAT?
Designed by: Michele Gauler and Eyal Burstein
www.betatank.net
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Swarm light (2010) by Random International
This installation of lights is programmed to "dance" in response to visitors movements.
Designed by: Stuart Wood, Flo Ortkrass and Hannes Koch
www.random-international.com
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Happy birthday (2007) by Mattia Bonetti
This fun cabinet is made of wood, aluminum leaf and cast bronze.
Designed by: Mattia Bonetti
www.davidgillgalleries.com
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Pri-pro-quo by Reinier Bosch
Moving boxes? No, a coffee table with stools. These cardboard-look pieces are actually made in bronze and they are heavy enough to stand the weight of an adult.
Designed by: Reinier Bosch
www.reinierbosch.nl
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Athol (1980) by Forret Myers
This unique table sustains itself with only three points of support. Its name is a clear reference to the fact that it floats in the space like an island.
Designed by: Forrest Myers
www.forrestmyers.com
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Darwin chair by Sagmeister Inc.
Made from 200 sheets of paper, this chair becomes a new furniture every time one turns or rips off a page.
Designed by: Stefan Sagmeister
www.sagmeister.com
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Red blue Lego Chair (2010) by Mario Minale
This Lego version of the iconic Red blue chair by Gerrit Rietveld was also intended to make design widely available, but copyright laws prevented it from being mass-produced.
Designed by: Mario Minale
www.minale-maeda.com and www.droog.com
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Cooper chair by Max Lamb
Selections from Design Miami/Basel.
Designed by: Max Lamb
maxlamb.org
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Leather chair by Simon Hasan
Made in boiled leather, just as this material used to be treated in Medieval times.
Designed by: Simon Hasan
www.simonhasan.com
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Platina by Ruudt Peters
A long-time jeweler, this is the first incursion of Peters in design. For this piece, he has been drawing with wax underwater, thus creating an unfamiliar feminin language.
Designed by: Ruudt Peters
www.ruudtpeters.nl
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Table scargot (2010) by Hella Jongerius
This huge snail can be used as a plant pont.
Designed by: Hella Jongerius
www.jongeriuslab.com
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Accidental carpet (2010) by Atelier Remy & Veenhuizen
A colorfoul and soft carpet to oppose cold, anonymous and boring institutional environments. The first in this series was designed for epileptic children to cheer up their surroundings, but it can actually cheer up any space!
Designed by: Atelier Remy
www.remyveenhuizen.nl
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Cake stool (2008) by Fernando and Humberto Campana
As soft as it can be…
Designed by: Fernando & Umberto Campana
www.campanas.com.br
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Pair of antiquity-style armchairs (18th century) by Georges Jacob
Didier Aaron gallery brought this year a few 18th centuries to Design Miami /Basel to proof how designers of the time influenced ideas in the late 19th and 20th centuries.
Designed by: Georges Jacob
www.didieraron.com
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Le Lac by Aldo Bakker
A rich array of green reveals an absorbing deep surface that is carried by five freely placed aspheric bases.
Designed by: Aldo Bakker
www.aldobakker.com
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Artificial vases (2009) by Hella Jongerius
Selections from Design Miami/Basel.
Designed by: Hella Jongerius
www.jongeriuslab.com
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Grandi Legni de Andrea Branzi
Branzis works deal primarily with historical iconography, technology and the mixing of the modern and ancient world.
Designed by: Andrea Branzi
www.andreabranzi.it
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Cuore Aperto by Ingo Mauer
Selections from Design Miami/Basel.
Designed by: Ingo Mauer
www.ingo-maurer.com
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Couch (2010) by Ron Arad
Selections from Design Miami/Basel.
Designed by: Ron Arad
www.ronarad.com
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Tool Inlays (2010) by FormaFantasma
Intricately shaped inlays are incorporated into chip board-transforming the material from under- to Upperlayment. Part of wider series, Tool inlays incorporates carefully cut inlays in the shape of the tools used to make the furniture.
Designed by: Andrea Trimachi & Simone Farresin
www.formafantasma.com
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Powder coated aluminum stool (2007) by Forrest Myers
Selections from Design Miami/Basel.
Designed by: Forrest Myers
www.forrestmyers.com
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1923- From the lost painting series (2010) by Taner Ceylan
Selections from Art Basel
Designed by: Taner Ceylan
artbasel.com
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Goof (2009) by Erwim Wurm
Selections from Art Basel
Designed by: Erwim Wurm
artbasel.com
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Art Basel
Three brushes' (2008) by Antoni Tàpies.
Designed by: Antoni Tàpies
artbasel.com
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Couscous Kaaba (2009/2010) by Kader Attia
300 kilos of real cous cous make this magic installation.
Designed by: Kader Attia
artbasel.com
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No title (2009) by Suhasini Kejriwal
Selections from Art Basel
Designed by: Suhasini Kejriwal
artbasel.com
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Ikurriña Quarter (2010) by Sergio Prego
A 140 meters long PVC tube that can be experience both from the inside and the outside.
Designed by: Sergio Prego
artbasel.com
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Yorkshire Terriers (1991) by Jeff Koons
Selections from Art Basel
Designed by: Jeff Koons
artbasel.com
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Smiling Woman (2009) by George Condo
Selections from Art Basel
Designed by: George Condo
artbasel.com
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Untitled (2009) by Maria Nepomuceno
Selections from Art Basel
Designed by: Maria Nepomuceno
artbasel.com
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Out of disorder by Takahiro Iwasaki
Selections from Art Basel
Designed by: Takahiro Iwasaki
artbasel.com
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Reserve of dead Swiss (one is not dead) (1991) by Christian Boltanski
Selections from Art Basel
Designed by: Christian Boltanski
artbasel.com
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Diamond in you number 1 (2010) by Tatsuo Miyajima
Selections from Art Basel
Designed by: Tatsuo Miyajima
artbasel.com
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Small atomic bomb (2009) by Doukoupil
Selections from Art Basel
Designed by: Doukoupil
artbasel.com
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Nana assise (1968) de Niki de Saint Phalle
Selections from Art Basel
Designed by: Niki de Saint Phalle
artbasel.com
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Romance (2009) by Jack Pierson
Selections from Art Basel
Designed by: Jack Pierson
artbasel.com
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Janata Watch Repairing, Sheik Shoe Mart, and Shankar Saloon (2010) by Atul Dodiya
Selections from Art Basel
Designed by: Atul Dodiya
artbasel.com
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Fred the Frog rings the Bell (1990) by Martin Kippenberger
Selections from Art Basel
Designed by: Martin Kippenberger
artbasel.com
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Michael (variation #1) (2010) by Evan Penny
Selections from Art Basel
Designed by: Evan Penny
artbasel.com
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To Lidochka Shulgina (from the series Dedications) (2005) by Viktor Pivovarov
Selections from Art Basel
Designed by: Viktor Pivovarov
artbasel.com
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Labirinto e Grande Pozzo (1969) by Michelangelo Pistoletto
Selections from Art Basel
Designed by: Michelangelo Pistoletto
artbasel.com
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Cestino della Discordia (2010) by Bertozzi & Casoni
Selections from Art Basel
Designed by: Bertozzi & Casoni
artbasel.com
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Beastly flower (2009) by Rina Banerjee
Selections from Art Basel
Designed by: Rina Banerjee
artbasel.com
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004 by Pérez Flores
Selections from Art Basel
Designed by: Pérez Flores
artbasel.com
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For each Stencil a Revolution (2007-2010) by Latifa Echakhch
Art Basel
Designed by: Latifa Echakhch
artbasel.com
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City 00 (2007) by Mike Kelley
Selections from Art Basel
Designed by: Mike Kelley
artbasel.com
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Day Tripper by Teppei Kaneuji
Selections from Art Basel
Designed by: Teppei Kaneuji
artbasel.com
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Aggregation 09 OC065 RED (2009) by Kwang-Young Chun
Selections from Art Basel
Designed by: Kwang-Young Chun
artbasel.com
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Art Basel
‘Clockwork for Oracles II’ (2008) by Ugo Rondine.
Designed by: Ugo Rondine
artbasel.com
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Paper Bird and Humming Plane (2010) by Yarisal & Kublitz
Selections from Art Basel
Designed by: Yarisal & Kublitz
artbasel.com
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Art Basel
Natural beauty' (2009) by Eva Rothschild.
Designed by: Eva Rothschild
artbasel.com
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Pot head (2002) by Paul McCarthy.
Selections from Art Basel
Designed by: Paul McCarthy
artbasel.com
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50 Snow Balls (2001) by Not Vital
Selections from Art Basel
Designed by: Not Vital
artbasel.com
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Art Basel
‘Pipeline Field’ (2010) by alemán Michael Beutler.
Designed by: Michael Beutle
artbasel.com
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Air Grapes (2008) by Ai Weiwei.
Selections from Art Basel
Designed by: Ai Weiwei
artbasel.com
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Art Basel
Four face cut into a log (2007) by Jim Dine.
Designed by: Jim Dine
artbasel.com
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Untitled - Masking tape (2003) by Ariel Schlesinger
Selections from Art Basel
Designed by: Ariel Schlesinger
artbasel.com
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Untitled (2006) by Kai Altoff & Lutz Braun
Selections from Art Basel
Designed by: Kai Altoff & Lutz Braun
artbasel.com
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The Conference (2010) by Gerda Steiner & Jörg Lenzlinger
Selections from Art Basel
Designed by: Gerda Steiner & Jörg Lenzlinger
artbasel.com
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ABC (2007/2010) by Lothar Hempel
Selections from Art Basel
Designed by: Lothar Hempel
artbasel.com
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Three sets of tangented arcs in daylight and cool white (1969) by Dan Flavin
Selections from Art Basel
Designed by: Dan Flavin
artbasel.com
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Doubles and couples - Version Berlin (2010) by Haegue Yang
Selections from Art Basel
Designed by: Haegue Yang
artbasel.com
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Reflection Model (2001) by Takahiro Iwasaki
Selections from Art Basel
Designed by: Takahiro Iwasaki
artbasel.com
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See the latest limited-edition pieces from design stars like Maarten Baas, Studio Job, and Hella Jongerius or check out newcomers like Marcel Coelho. While you're at it, check out highlights from Art Basel.
Ray is a writer, editor, and researcher
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For those who want to drink coffee in an A-Ha music video
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Make sure your vision for this year's awards submission is 2020—save the date!
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This was manufactured by hand using a vintage record-cutting lathe
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It's a pretty school idea
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"Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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If ridesharing comes to your town, get a job as a bartender
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The finest of industrial design
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Apis Cor claims "the world's largest" 3D-printed building to date
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The decision to design Starship—the rocket that will carry us to the moon and Mars and back—using steel is perhaps Elon Musk's best idea ever.
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Work with the design team to use trends in colors and materials to strengthen the product branding strategy
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