11.30.2011

more david adjaye @ design miami

David Adjaye
"Genisis"
2011

Up bright and early for the big art show preview
this morning.
Mark had to drop some stuff off
at the design show,
so I had 2 minutes to
shoot Mr. Adjaye's very cool structure.
The light was just right....














That's Mark telling me to hurry up.
It's time to head to the opening of Art Basel proper
at 11am....
More on that tomorrow!

11.29.2011

david adjaye @ design miami 2011

David Adjaye
"Genesis" 
2011

We have been SLAMMED today
and the show hasn't even officially opened.
The vernissage is about to start in 5 minutes,
so this one snap
is all you get today.
More tomorrow I promise....

11.28.2011

inside design miami 2011

You gotta start somewhere....
So here are a few days of photos
from Design Miami set-up,
kinda in chronological order....
Minimal descriptions,
just due to the fact that I am runnin' out-o-time
before the dealers party!

 Amazing....

Best booth in the show.

Not bad.

CAREFUL!
That table is worth more than your house!

Not sure what is going on here....

Very elaborate ceiling treatment.

Beautiful drawings from
the best booth.

Yes please....

Too bad this is only a single,
my client needs a pair.

Can't remember what this is all about....

F.C.L. = Free bubbly

I love the contrasts at set-ups.

This is "our" booth, we seem to have an orange theme....

LOT/EK IS in Mark's house.

Moon over "Big Pink"

More contrasts....

Now I get it.
Kinda.

Lookin' even better.

Raphael's photo shoot at Paul's booth.

Paul's amazing sign painter.

Max Lamb's newest creation.

Max's creation in use by the sign painter's wife.

Ricky Clifton hard at work making
his editioned wallpaper.

This is so great.
What did this exact stool just sell for?
100,000 euro?

"Craft Alchemy"
for Fendi
This is made of stitched leather.

Almost finished....

Lookin' good!

More soon..........

11.27.2011

occupy design miami

Well, I've been down here for 2 day and have somehow
managed 2 half-assed posts.
I am not sure how really.
But I am telling you, when you are working
10 hour days,(Mark is such a slave driver... ;)
and you have no wi-fi,
posting is a bitch.
Plus, the Design Miami folks are charging
exhibitors 200 bucks PER computer for wi-fi!!!!
(That almost makes blogging at Starbucks palatable.)
Geeze, you would think 50k for a
booth would include some sweet wi-fi action.
We'll see what I can cook up tomorrow....

11.26.2011

Miami Morning

Mornin'! Just got down to Miami late yesterday
to help my friends Mark and Dwayne
set-up their booth at Design Miami.
I won't bore you with the weather,
but I will say
 we are staying an a very interesting house.
Imagine a washed-up 1930s Hollywood star's 
Miami "crash pad"circa 1955 
that was renovated in 1980 
and then abandoned...
More on the house later,
 once I get some wi-fi,
this mobile phone blogging 
is for the birds....




11.24.2011

50 pound turkey

I hope everyone had a great
Turkey Day.
I know we did....

More here....