Article written by Editor Contributor João Monteiro
The Miami Design District is the home to the top design companies in the world and is reputed as the premier cultural hub. During the tradeshow (May 12-15, 2015) series of special events and programmes will be curated by the design showrooms in the newly constructed Paseo Ponti, a pedestrian walk-way located in the heart of the Miami Design District. Some of the planned events look very promising to us!
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LOEWE
110 NE 39th Street
Loewe will host the Loewe Bowls Project, an exhibit inspired by the work of Lucie Rie, in their Design District location. Lucie Rie was one of the 20th century’s most important and innovative potters, combining an acute understanding of modernism with expert knowledge of ceramics. Her work stands out for its uncompromising modernity, displaying a precise control of tension and detail and a radical concision of form and function. In order to produce a special object series based on an imaginary meeting between Rie’s iconic shapes and the most advanced leather craftsmanship, Loewe joined efforts with Jose Luis Bazan, a third-generation artisan from Ubrique, a town in the province of Cadiz known for its high concentration of Spain’s leather knowledge. Working with Bazan, whose workshop specializes in combining age-old artisanal methods with newly developed ideas, Loewe Creative Director, Jonathan Anderson set out to reinterpret the essence of Rie’s work in a new context and unexpected material. A modern variation of a traditional technique in which leather is submerged in water to harden it was used for the Bowls Project.
