Design Miami (Art Basel) 2008
Moss presented important work from two of the world’s acclaimed design teams this year at Design Miami: “Bavaria”, a new collection from Nynke Tynagel and Job Smeets of Studio Job, and from the 2008 Designer of the Year, Brazilian brothers Fernando and Humberto Campana, a variety of commissioned work including a major installation of “Campane”, crystal bells designed for and made by the Murano crystal producer, Venini.
BAVARIA BY STUDIO JOB
Moss unveiled another spectacular new suite from Antwerp based design team Studio Job entitled Bavaria, at Design Miami 2008. Bavaria, a collection of five marquetry furnishings in Indian Rosewood featuring intricate and fine multi-colored laser-cut inlays in farm motif. With its brightly-coloured symmetrical, ‘book-matched’ inlays, the pieces depict bountiful scenes of farm life, including red barns and silos, horse corrals and dog houses, sunflowers, vegetables, pigs, chickens, and other such iconography. While inspired by 17th and 18th century Bavarian hand-painted furniture and embracing the age old technique of marquetry, Studio Job employed modern technology to laser cut the inlays to achieve a flawlessly executed design and an almost seamless surface. The collection is offered in a limited edition of six pieces per model exclusive internationally to Moss.
Nynke Tynagel and Job Smeets of Studio Job will release Bavaria fresh of the heels of critical and commercial debuts of 2007 which incuded “Homework” a series of seven bronze sculptures and “Robber Baron”, five monumental bronze furnishings which was intitially offered by Moss at Design Miami 2007. Studio Job was the subject of “Bold” the design team’s first retrospective at inaugeral exhibtion of the design museum Designhuis in the Netherlands and at the “Z33” exhibition in Belgium. They were the solo focus of Moss’s selection for Design Miami/Basel where pieces from “Robber Baron”, “Perished” and the complete suite of “Homework” were exhibited. The marketplace has responded to Job’s signature of blurring lines between art and design as well with their inclusion along with works by Ron Arad and Shiro Kuramata into Christies major Fall auction of blue chip contemporary fine art, “Post War & Contemporary Art” sale, which for the first time design was included in such a sale traditionally reserved for only “fine art”.
DESIGNER OF THE YEAR 2008: FERNANDO AND HUMBERTO CAMPANA
Design Miami awarded Fernando and Humberto Campana the 2008 Designer of the Year award. The award moves the Campanas into a select group of designers to have won the title including Zaha Hadid, Marc Newson, and Tokujin Yoshioka. The designation is a reflection of the tremendous success the Campanas have had in recent years in both the academic world and in the market for limited edition studio design. Major institutions have embraced the brothers and their vibrant, energetic and specifically Brazilian approach to design with exhibitions such as the 2008 “Campana Brothers Select: Works from the Permanent Collections” at the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum in New York, and “Campana Brothers in the Garden” at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London from 2007. Many of their works have become highlights at the world’s most important auction houses including sales such as Sotheby’s “Beyond the Limits” at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire England and Philips de Pury “Design” sale (December 2007), which achieved a new record at auction when “Sushi Sofa” brought $240,000.
The works that Moss selected for the Design Miami 2008 fair by the Campanas are a reflection not only some of the most important works they have produced but also a reflection of Moss long standing collaborative relationship.
This shared vision between artist and gallerist has resulted in works such as the “Favela” and “Corallo” trees, exclusive variations on two of their most indelible creations, commissioned and created by the Campanas for Moss. Also on exhibit will be a special installation of 35 “bells” from “Campane di Campana”, a historic project orchestrated by Murray Moss between the Campanas and the Murano glassmaker Venini. Additional works include the “Panda Chair” from the celebrated “Banquette” series, and selections from critically acclaimed “Sushi” series.
BAVARIA BY STUDIO JOB
Moss unveiled another spectacular new suite from Antwerp based design team Studio Job entitled Bavaria, at Design Miami 2008. Bavaria, a collection of five marquetry furnishings in Indian Rosewood featuring intricate and fine multi-colored laser-cut inlays in farm motif. With its brightly-coloured symmetrical, ‘book-matched’ inlays, the pieces depict bountiful scenes of farm life, including red barns and silos, horse corrals and dog houses, sunflowers, vegetables, pigs, chickens, and other such iconography. While inspired by 17th and 18th century Bavarian hand-painted furniture and embracing the age old technique of marquetry, Studio Job employed modern technology to laser cut the inlays to achieve a flawlessly executed design and an almost seamless surface. The collection is offered in a limited edition of six pieces per model exclusive internationally to Moss.
Nynke Tynagel and Job Smeets of Studio Job will release Bavaria fresh of the heels of critical and commercial debuts of 2007 which incuded “Homework” a series of seven bronze sculptures and “Robber Baron”, five monumental bronze furnishings which was intitially offered by Moss at Design Miami 2007. Studio Job was the subject of “Bold” the design team’s first retrospective at inaugeral exhibtion of the design museum Designhuis in the Netherlands and at the “Z33” exhibition in Belgium. They were the solo focus of Moss’s selection for Design Miami/Basel where pieces from “Robber Baron”, “Perished” and the complete suite of “Homework” were exhibited. The marketplace has responded to Job’s signature of blurring lines between art and design as well with their inclusion along with works by Ron Arad and Shiro Kuramata into Christies major Fall auction of blue chip contemporary fine art, “Post War & Contemporary Art” sale, which for the first time design was included in such a sale traditionally reserved for only “fine art”.
DESIGNER OF THE YEAR 2008: FERNANDO AND HUMBERTO CAMPANA
Design Miami awarded Fernando and Humberto Campana the 2008 Designer of the Year award. The award moves the Campanas into a select group of designers to have won the title including Zaha Hadid, Marc Newson, and Tokujin Yoshioka. The designation is a reflection of the tremendous success the Campanas have had in recent years in both the academic world and in the market for limited edition studio design. Major institutions have embraced the brothers and their vibrant, energetic and specifically Brazilian approach to design with exhibitions such as the 2008 “Campana Brothers Select: Works from the Permanent Collections” at the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum in New York, and “Campana Brothers in the Garden” at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London from 2007. Many of their works have become highlights at the world’s most important auction houses including sales such as Sotheby’s “Beyond the Limits” at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire England and Philips de Pury “Design” sale (December 2007), which achieved a new record at auction when “Sushi Sofa” brought $240,000.
The works that Moss selected for the Design Miami 2008 fair by the Campanas are a reflection not only some of the most important works they have produced but also a reflection of Moss long standing collaborative relationship.
This shared vision between artist and gallerist has resulted in works such as the “Favela” and “Corallo” trees, exclusive variations on two of their most indelible creations, commissioned and created by the Campanas for Moss. Also on exhibit will be a special installation of 35 “bells” from “Campane di Campana”, a historic project orchestrated by Murray Moss between the Campanas and the Murano glassmaker Venini. Additional works include the “Panda Chair” from the celebrated “Banquette” series, and selections from critically acclaimed “Sushi” series.
