Meet the Talented Recipients of Design Miami/ 2018 Visionary Award

Meet the Talented Recipients of Design Miami/ 2018 Visionary Award ⇒ The international forum for design, Design Miami/ has unveiled the two extremely talented recipients for the Visionary award: Pedro Reyes and Carla Fernández. The event often honours creative individuals from all types of disciplines, from architecture to design that have contributed significantly to the development of these art forms. Now, Design Miami has chosen contemporary artist Pedro Reyes and fashion designer Carla Fernández, who happen to be married. They will be presenting not only a collaborative exhibition but also the graphic identity of the fair.

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“Pedro and Carla’s work has always brilliantly synthesized a spectrum of influences — from Brutalism to Mexican indigenous culture to social progressive values – into a remarkable body of work. I’m pleased we’ll be celebrating their accomplishments at Design Miami/, and look forward to seeing their exhibition at the fair.” – Craig Robins, Founder of Design Miami.

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Mano Silla. Image Credit to Pedro Reyes and Labor Gallery

Reyes and Fernández will present a retrospective of works that address some of the fundamental concerns of our time and facilitate intimate human exchanges that have become rare in this digital age. The booth’s overall structure is designed by the award winners and will feature curved steel walls.

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Metate chair by Pedro Reyes. Image Source: Wallpaper

Key works on view will include Reyes’s Metate chairs, which are inspired by pre-Colombian artefacts made with three legs. The artist carves the chairs using simple tools that haven’t changed significantly in nearly 3,000 years. Also on view will be examples from Reyes’s Disarm (2008) – musical instruments fabricated from destroyed firearms – as well as Fernandez’s textile works and the duo’s collaborative works, including a map showing the names of the more than 300 original settlements on the continent of the Americas that were here before the conquest.

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Joan Jonas, an american visual artists, wears a piece designed by Carla Fernández. Image Credit to Ramiro Chaves

“The exhibition offers us a chance to present to the attendees at Design Miami/, pieces where design has a social dimension, either by addressing social justice and peacemaking, as well as the importance of handcrafted products in a world where most processes are being automated and millions of people are losing their jobs.” – Pedro Reyes

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Reyes and Fernández’ graphic identity for Design Miami 2018. Image Credit to Reyes, Fernández and Labor Gallery

Reyes and Fernández’s inspiration for the Design Miami/ 2018 graphic identity comes from the bold graphics of the handmade protest signs, posters, and ephemera from the May 1968 Paris uprising, a revolution that signalled a social and cultural turning point worldwide and inspired an artistic movement.

“Fifty years after the 1968 demonstrations in Mexico, Paris––and around the world––it is more important than ever to listen to the voices of our global society, which is why we were inspired to incorporate the colors, images, and messages from this movement into the identity, as they reflect our ongoing commitment to action and social change.” – Carla Fernández

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