The Book - Design Days Dubai 2013

2013 The Book

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06 General Information08 Foreword H.H. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum 10 Directors Welcome Cyril Zammit12 Strategic Partner Dubai Culture & Arts Authority Sponsors Forewords 14 Van Cleef & Arpels16 Audi18 Emaar 20 Galleries 80 Bespoke Design 90 Institutions100 Installations108 Performances 116 Offsite122 World Food Programme176 Acknowledgments178 Designers Index

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Ladies DayUnder the patronage of her highness sheikha latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.19 March, 1-4pm

Admission AED 50 per person, free for students upon presentation of IDThe Book AED 5050% of the purchase price to go to the World Food Programme.

Design Days Dubai is an event owned and managed by Art Dubai Fair LLC.

Art Dubai Fair LLc Board of DirectorsRoberta Calarese ChairwomanBenedict Floyd CEO, Art Dubai Fair LLCMaitha Al FalasiSavita ApteHana Al RostamaniAli Al Shabibi

Fair Management Cyril Zammit (Fair Director), Katja Sander (Fair Manager)Post Address DIFC Gate Village 1, PO Box 72645 Dubai, UAE

PrOGrAMME All events take place at the studio, Design Days Dubai.

MONDAY, 18 MArch 2013 Workshop 11am-1pm and 46 pmDIY Furniture led by Max Lamb in partnership with the British CouncilPanel Discussion (Ladies only event) 2-3pmDesign Basics led by Rue Kothari, Editor, Harpers Bazaar InteriorsFilm Screening 6.30-7pmPresented by The British Crafts Council (London, UK)Panel Discussion 78pmThe Value of British Contemporary Craft presented by The British Crafts Council (London, UK)Book Launch 8.30-9pmArabic Type Design for Beginners, an illustrated guidebook, led by The Khatt Foundation

TuESDAY, 19 MArch 2013Workshop 11am-1pmShredded Ware led by Jens Praet, presented by Industry GalleryPublic Lecture 5-6pmConnectingLuxury, Craft and Culturally Led Design led by Gunjan Gupta (Wrap, India)Film Screening 6.30-7pmPresented by The British Crafts Council (London, UK)Panel Discussion 7-8pmFuture Classics led by Rue Kothari, Editor, Harpers Bazaar InteriorsPanel Discussion 8.30-9.30pmCommissioned Design led by Sandra Lane, Writer and Design Expert

WEDNESDAY, 20 MArch 2013 Workshop 11am-1pmShredded Ware led by Jens Praet presented by Industry GalleryTalk 5-6pmDesign and Behavior in the Digital Age Panorama Brazil led by Guto RequenaFilm Screening 6.30-7pm Presented by The British Crafts Council (London, UK)Talk 7-8pmThe V&As Jameel Prize 2013 led by Salma Tuqan Panel Discussion 8.30-9.30pmCreative Exchange and New Design Roads, a Dubai Culture & Arts Initiative) led by Jamal Tayara Baroudy

ThurSDAY 21 MArch 2013Workshop 11am-1pmFrom Object to the City led by Marc Aurel, in cooperation with Institut Francais (UAE) and Dubai Culture & Arts Authority Workshop 4-6pmArabic Lettering & Ornament led by Huda Smitshuijzen,AbiFars and Lara Assouad-KhouryPanel Discussion 7-8pmTashkeel Designers at Boisbuchet, France led by Alexander von Vegesack, Founder and Director of Vitra Design Museum and Patron of Design Days DubaiPanel Discussion 8.30-9.30pmArchitecture The Intimacy of Heritage led by Lou Weis, Creative Director, Broached Commissions

ONGOING LIVE PErFOrMANcES & INSTALLATIONSLive Performances (DDD Lab A Focus on Sustainable Design)Construction Series by Studio Swine, presented by Thomson Reuters (in cooperation with +Coletivo Amor de Madre)Illusion Pearl by Khalid Shafar (in cooperation with Carwan Gallery)Shredded by Jens Praet, presented by Thomson Reuters (in ccoperation with Industry Gallery)

InstallationsAnalogia Project by Andrea Mancuso and Emilia Serra, especially made for Design Days Dubai Ja-ri by Jihoon Ha (presented by _Croft Gallery)Time Dubai by Humans since 1982, engineering by David Cox, (presented by Victor Hunt Designart Dealer) especially made for Design Days Dubai

TOurS & SPEcIAL VISITSPrivate Tours Guided tours for individuals and corporates will be offered daily at 5pm and 7pm. Please book your tour on [email protected]

School VisitsOn request and subject to availability, guided tours for schools will be offered at an allocated time. Please contact [email protected]

OFFSITEHome is where the art is

by Antonio Pio Sanacino (Installation)Bloomingdales Home at

The Dubai Mall, Downtown Dubai

The Hierarchy of Beingby Wafaa Bilal (installation)

Maraya Art Centre, Al Majaz Waterfront, Sharjah

Kasa by Khalid Shafar, Ras Al Khor, Dubai

General Information

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Design Days Dubai is held under the patronage of h.h. sheikh hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai

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cyril ZammitFair Directors welcome

In the twelve brief months since the inaugural Design Days Dubai, we have travelled the world, meeting design spaces on six continents, and a common thread has emerged the growing interest in the Middle East, and excitement about Dubai as one of the few global cities hosting both a contemporary art and design fair.

We are honoured that Design Days Dubais growth and success have been made possible under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai.

This year, new design initiatives were launched by our partners: Design Road Professional by Dubai Culture & Arts Authority has enabled four Emirati designers to meet their peers abroad and present new creations at the fair. A regional talent competition launched by Van Cleef & Arpels, in association with Tashkeel will award the winner with a flight to Paris for a week. Emaar, with Downtown Dubai, as our host, and Audi Middle East, associated to design, also share our passion for excellence; we thank them for their continued collaboration.

For 2013, we will unveil an exciting number of firsts, including large-scale installations created especially for the fair, premieres of visually compelling new design objects, and exhibitors coming to the Middle East for the first time.

Our public programming echoes a theme of discovery and insight, with workshops, panels, discussions and firsthand access to some of the design worlds most innovative taste-makers designers, gallery owners and collectors.

Design Days Dubai 2013 welcomes some of the most recognized names in design as well as fresh talent 29 galleries in total with pieces from as far afield as Taiwan, South Africa, Mexico and Australia. Four leading design brands are creating the Bespoke Design section. There has never been more opportunities to appreciate and purchase rare, exclusive modern and contemporary works. Our 2013 event includes a 100% increase in the number of galleries from the region, with participants from Dubai, Kuwait and Beirut. Three key UAE institutions Tashkeel, FN Designs, and the Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Award (HIPA) all enhance the international profile of design and culture from the Arab world.

We welcome you all to Design Days Dubai for the worlds most exciting, collectable design pieces that can be found under one roof.

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For the second year, Van Cleef & Arpels has chosen to take part in Design Days Dubai as luxury partner and sponsor, reinforcing its strong connection with art and design in the Middle East.

Renowned for its magnificent creativity and innovative techniques, the reputed French High Jewellery Maison presents this year a signature creative concept that conveys the transformable facet of jewellery. Because every woman loves jewellery that can adapt to any ensemble or mood, precious beauties that she can keep forever, Van Cleef & Arpels has made transformability inherent to the concept of renewal. The Passe-Partout necklace, Cadenas timepiece, the famous Zip necklace and Between the Finger rings all illustrate this multifunctional touch that the Maison appreciates so much.

Van Cleef & Arpels invites you to embark on a beautiful journey in its enchanting universe and discover illustrious jewellery pieces from the treasures of famed royalties and celebrities, and wonderful creations from the latest collections that can be worn in more than one way.

Many pieces of Van Cleef & Arpels jewellery express the art of transformation, yet always defined by poetry, culture, grace, femininity and timeless beauty.


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Audi Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,

Everything starts with an idea or a concept in mind be it designing a car or creating a piece of art. The Design Days Dubai started with the great idea to create a platform for design objects in the Middle East and South Asia. As global design patron and a responsible employer, we as Audi support art and design in the communities we operate in and therefore take pride in supporting the Design Days Dubai.

After last years success, it is a great pleasure for Audi to once again be part of the team to promote emerging local talents and add to the regions cultural scene. Design enthusiasts can once more expect fine pieces of art of course, but more importantly creativity, new ideas and materials, progressive thinking and an experience that challenges your view of the world exactly what we like at Audi.

At Audi conventional ways of seeing and thinking are continually challenged. This way we create cars with contemporary design and technology and play an active role in shaping the mobility of the future, not unlike an artist who has the opportunity to change impressions of the present and the thinking of the future.

We are positive that the second edition of Design Days Dubai will further strengthen its position as a focal point for the global design and art community and creates a lasting legacy for the design movement in the Middle East and South Asia.

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Emaar Properties PJSC, a Dubai-based Public Joint Stock Company listed on the Dubai Financial Market, global property developer and provider of premier lifestyles, has been shaping landscapes and lives in the Emirate since the companys inception in 1997. The developer of Burj Khalifa, the worlds tallest building, Emaar creates value-added, master-planned communities that meet the full spectrum of lifestyle needs.

Emaar has several real estate projects in its primary market of Dubai including established communities and developments in various stages of completion. A highlight of Emaars approach to developing integrated lifestyle destinations is Downtown Dubai, the 500-acre mega-project described as The Centre of Now. The organisation is redefining the cultural scene of the city with Dubai Modern Art Museum & Opera House District in Downtown Dubai, to feature the citys first opera house and several design galleries. Emaars commitment to strengthening Dubais cultural and artistic fabric is further underlined by its support to Design Days Dubai.

The company is also partnering in implementing Mohammed Bin Rashid City, a new city within Dubai, announced recently by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai. Among the various components of the new development is the Cultural Crossing, connecting Mohamed Bin Rashid City with Downtown Dubai, which is envisaged to be the largest area for arts in the region.

Its expertise in developing master-planned communities internationally, and today, has a significant presence in several key global markets. Simultaneously, the company has developed competencies in hospitality and leisure, and shopping malls and retail. Emaar owns and manages world-class hotels under its brand, The Address Hotels + Resorts, as well as the Arabian Ranches Golf Club; Dubai Polo and Equestrian Club; and Dubai Marina Yacht Club.


22 Art Factum Gallery 24 Based Upon 26 British Crafts Council 28 Broached Commissions 30 Carpenters workshop Gallery 32 Carwan Gallery 34 +Coletivo Amor de Madre 36 Contemporary Art platform - Kuwait 38 _Croft 40 Erastudio Apartment-Gallery 42 Galera Mexicana de Diseo 44 Galerie Diane de polignac 46 Galerie sofie lachaert 48 Gallery seomi 50 Gazelli Art house 52 Industry Gallery 54 J+A Gallery 56 la Galerie nationale 58 Majlis Gallery 60 Mariam Al nassar 20th Century Decorative Arts 62 nakkash Gallery 64 perimeter Art&Design Gallery 66 R 20th Century 68 salon 94 with R+R 70 sarah Myerscough Fine Art 72 southern Guild 74 stilwerk limited Edition Design Gallery 76 Twentytwentyone Gallery 78 Victor hunt Designart Dealer

Galleries


ART FACTUM GALLERYBeirut / LeBanon

Art Factum Gallery is a fresh space devoted to presenting all forms of contemporary art.

Founded in 2011, it is located in the Quarantine District, an industrial sector in the outskirts of Beirut, and exists as the renovated product of an old steel factory. As an establishment that focuses on bringing in international artists to the artistic and cultural scene of Beirut, Art Factum Gallery manages to emphasize that philosophy by attending to several international art fairs and events, not to mention retaining a tight bond with several international galleries and institutions.

That, along with collaborating with local cultural organizations and personnel, ensures the subsequent spreading of the artistic message onto the masses - one of the gallerys main motives. As for its portfolio, Art Factum Gallery represents and supports several international, as well as local artists in the Middle East.

Go Segawa, Japan Mustapha Azeroual, France Marc Baroud, Lebanon Marc Dibeh, Lebanon Mary-Lynn Massoud, Lebanon Racha Nawam, Lebanon

Marc Baroud & Marc DibehDesk

WiresSplit / Bended / Welded Steel Rod | Polished Etched Aluminum sheet |

Oiled Walnut Solid Wood90 x 170 x 70 cm

Edition 1/10 + 2 AP2012

Go Segawa Cloud No.2 SculptureUnique edition Ink, varnish, PVC 25 x 25 x 25 cm 2012

Joy Mardini

Rehban Street, Alley 204, bldg 13, Medawar District, Quarantine BeirutLebanon +961 1 443 263 [email protected]

www.artfactumgallery.com


BASED UPONLonDon / uK

Ian Abell

Unit A121 Faircharm8-12 Creekside London, SE8 3DXUK+44 20 [email protected]

www.basedupon.com

Based Upon was established in 2004 by twin brothers Ian and Richard Abell and it remains under their creative and commercial direction. Based Upon is a London atelier creating highly acclaimed, large-scale artworks, architectural surfaces, and sculptural furniture. The team takes inspiration from natural and urban landscapes and explores these themes through the use of archetypal forms and patterns, which weave together personal, social and historical narratives.

Based Upon is a pioneer in modern craftsmanship, creating finely detailed pieces which celebrate many types of stories. From personal family histories to the vision and heritage of commercial and public organisations, Based Upon has created commemorative works for the headquarters of some of the worlds most treasured brands as well as bespoke artworks, furniture and interior installations for the worlds finest superyachts, homes and palaces. Based Upon clients include Dior, Armani, Mulberry, Fortnum & Mason and the Abu Dhabi Foreign Ministry.

Based uponFragmented Crack Coffee table

Bronze150 x 150 x 40 cm

2013

Photography by Based Upon

Based Upon Stillness Speaks68 x 130 x 50 cmBrass, bronze, graphite and aluminium; oak frame2013

Photography by Based Upon


BRITISH CRAFTSCOUNCILLonDon / uK

Daniella Wells

44a Pentonville RoadLondon, N1 9BYUK+44 20 7806 [email protected]

www.britishcraftscouncil.org www.libbysellers.comwww.galleryso.com www.marsdenwoo.comwww.vesselgallery.com

The British Crafts Council was founded in 1971 and granted a Royal Charter in 1982 to promote the work of high-quality British craft nationally and internationally.

For Design Days Dubai 2013 the British Crafts Council is exhibiting work by 18 craft makers represented by four leading galleries; Gallery Libby Sellers, Gallery S O, Marsden Woo Gallery and Vessel Gallery.

These makers and galleries reflect the vibrancy and quality of craft being produced in Britain today and demonstrate that craft is as relevant in the 21st century as it ever has been.

At Design Days Dubai the British Crafts Council is supported by UK Trade and Investment and working in partnership with the British Council.

A panel discussion The Value of British Craft will take place on Monday 18 March at 7pm, in the Studio, and a series of short films on British craft will take place daily at 6.30pm, also in the Studio.

Gallery Libby Sellers:Fabien Cappello, UKFredrikson Stallard, UKSimon Hasan, UKMax Lamb, UKPeter Marigold, UKRolf Sachs, UK

Gallery S O:David Clarke, UKMichael Rowe, UKHans Stofer, UKSimone ten Hompel, UK

Marsden Woo Gallery:Ken Eastman, UKChun Liao , UKRobert Marsden, UKMartin Smith, UK

Vessel Gallery:Heather Gillespie, UKSimon Moore, UKGeorge Papadopoulos, UKLiam Reeves, UK

Liam ReevesWarp 002

VesselHand blown glass

23 x 45 cm 2012

Photography by Ester SegarraCourtesy of Vessel Gallery

Simone ten Hompel TT 075 Vessel Silver, lava rock 21 x 10 cm 2010

Photography by Sussie Ahlburg Courtesy of Gallery S O


BROACHEDCOMMISSIONSMeLBourne / auStraLia

Lou Weis

388 Bourke Street, Lv 7 3000 MelbourneAustralia +61 406 500 031 [email protected]

www.broachedcommissions.com

Broached Commissions initiates bespoke-made and limited edition design collections, each collection based on a different event in Australian history. By fusing the depth of history with cutting-edge design, the company creates new work that embodies a story of Australian life and fulfils contemporary functional needs by designing for current conditions and contexts.

Applying a collaborative research and design process, the company enables an international dialogue about design from the Australian experience and perspective. Design ideas are adapted to local contexts when they move from country to country, from one design studio to another Broached Commissions shows the Australian experience of this process of design migration.

Broached Commissions has three founding permanent design members: Trent Jansen, Adam Goodrum and Charles Wilson. Every year the core designers are joined by a curator and guest designers, each chosen for the particular relevance of their practice to the commission. The role of the curator is to lead the group on a fascinating journey into the human and industrial stories of the period being investigated.

Broached Commissions was founded by creative director Lou Weis and Vincent Aiello.

Chen Lu, AustraliaCharles Wilson, AustraliaLucy McRae, AustraliaTrent Jansen, Australia

Charles Wilson Broached Colonial Tall Boy Tall Boy Tasmanian Blackwood 154.3 (H), (from bottom drawer) 50.6 (D), (from top drawer) 36.3 cm 2011

Photography by Scottie Cameron

Chen LuDream Lantern

Light, brass and glass; four discs: timber, glass, marble, brass

Light: 25.75 (H) x 7.5 cm (W) Shades: (Brass disc) 42.5 cm (W); (Cut glass) 11.35 (H), 35.5 cm (W);

(Timber) 4.5 (H) x 42.5 cm (W); (Translucent marble) 31.5 (H) x 35 cm (W)

2011

Photography by Scottie Cameron


CARPENTERS WORKSHOP GALLERYPariS / FranCe LonDon / uK

Julien Lombrail, Loic Le Gaillard, Aurelie Julien

54 rue de la Verrerie75004 ParisFrance3 Albermarle Street London, W1S 4HEUK+33 1 42 78 80 92 [email protected]

www.carpentersworkshopgallery.com

Established in 2005 by Parisian entrepreneurs and art devotees Loic Le Gaillard and Julien Lombrail, Carpenters Workshop Gallery is known for its discovery of bold and iconic design-art. Like many of the artists it fosters, the gallery takes a young, fresh and dynamic approach, primarily following its own aesthetic. The gallery exhibits unique and limited edition works both by emerging and established artists, and designers.

Always following the instinct of its founders without compromise, the gallerys exhibitions attracted much acclaim and quickly amassed a reputation for presenting works of deep contemporary significance. As the number of artists grew, so did the diversity of their backgrounds and practices. With a light touch, Carpenters Workshop Gallery brought a refreshing playfulness to the debate between art and design. The works exhibited often reflect a sense of humor crucial to the Carpenters Workshop Gallery identity.

Sebastian Brajkovic, The NetherlandsAndrea Branzi, ItalyHumberto & Fernando Campana, BrazilIngrid Donat, FranceLonneke Gordijn & Ralph Nauta, The NetherlandsJohanna Grawunder, USAMathieu Lehanneur, FranceFrederik Molenschot, The NetherlandsRandom International, UKStudio Job, Belgium

Sebastian BrajkovicLathe IX

Chair (limited edition of 8 + 4 ap)Bronze, silk embroidered upholstery

94 (H) x 146 (L) x 75 (W) cm2010

Courtesy of Carpenters Workshop Gallery


CARWANGALLERYBeirut / LeBanon

Pascale Wakim Nicolas Bellavance-Lecompte

Po Box 17 5035Mar Mikhael, 5545 BeirutLebanon+961 3686 089 (Lebanon) +39 329 732 2137 (Italy)[email protected]

www.carwangallery.com

Founded by the architects Pascale Wakim and Nicolas Bellavance-Lecompte in 2010, Carwan began as the first pop-up gallery in the Middle East. Established in Beirut, the gallery exhibits limited-edition pieces in art and design events throughout the world, with a focus on internationalizing design in the Middle East. In exhibitions as well as in its primary Beirut space, Carwan features the work of international cutting-edge designers of unique contemporary objects such as limited-edition furniture, lighting, and objets dart.

Carwan Gallery also provides creative and design-centered consultancy and assistance to collectors, architects, and interior designers, offering the possibility to receive a site-specific tailored service, with access to a cadre of top-level craftsmen from the whole Middle East to assist with production, adaptation, and integration of object, in order to find an exclusive and unique contemporary solution with an exceptional handmade character.

Marc Baroud, LebanonOeuffice, CanadaTaher Asad Bakhtiari, Iran Karen Chekerdjian, LebanonLindsey Adelman, USA Karim Chaya, LebanonIndia Mahdavi, FranceKhalid Shafar, UAE

Marc BaroudTessera Table

Walnut, leather, steel70 x 70 x 40 cm

2012

Courtesy of Carwan Gallery

Taher Asad-BakhtiariBaz Kilims limited editions of 8Natural and vegetable died wools and polyurethane80 x 300 cm 2012

Photo courtesy of Carwan Gallery


+COLETIVOAMOR DE MADRESao PauLo / BraZiL

Olivia Yassudo

Rua Estados Unidos 2174 Jardirn Amrica1427002 So PauloBrazil+55 11 981824891 [email protected]

www.coletivoamordemadre.com

+Coletivo Amor de Madre is dedicated to contemporary experimental DesignArt with a strong influence of modernist Vanguards, where the industry connects to the artistic make, invoking a medieval heritage of reintegration of arts and crafts.

The space aims to create such dialogue between the industrial world and the contemporary art, its variants and requirements entered in current world issues.

Amaury Moraes (Amaury), BrazilMarko Brajovic (Atelier Marko Brajovic), Croatia Chen Chen, China Kay Williams, USA Guto Requena, Brazil Alexander Groves (Studio Swine), UK Azusa Murakami (Studio Swine), Japan

Atelier Marko BrajovicInside the WindowVenetian Blinds in aluminium with cold lighting coupled system130 (L) x 80 (H) cmArtist Proof 2012

Picture courtesy of Marcos Cimaldi


CONTEMPORARY ART PLATFORMKuwait City / Kuwait

Abel Al Kadiri

Industrial Shuwaikh ST 28, Kuwait CityKuwait+965 2492 5636 [email protected]

www.capkuwait.com

Contemporary Art Platform Kuwait is a non-profit organisation and cultural center, founded in 2011 by Amer Huneidi, a private art collector from Kuwait.

CAP focuses on contemporary and new media arts. It aims to increase the regional visual knowledge by providing international art exhibitions and offering art educational programs. One of CAPs main goals is involving art film documentaries to be held on a regular basis, in addition, to a public art library that supports the art community in Kuwait. Therefore, a permanent studio space was created for Kuwait-based artists use.

This year and exclusively during Design Days Dubai 2013, CAP will be showing Bokja designs with a new series done in collaboration with Wyssem Nochi, entitled The Seven Stages of the Heart.

Bokja and Wyssem Nochi will contribute and support CAPs educational program through their participation in Design Days Dubai 2013.

Maria Hibri, LebanonWyssem Nochi, LebanonHouda Baroudi, Lebanon

Bokja and Wyssem Nochi The Seven Stages of the Heart (third stage)Steel Hexagon ChairVintage lace, hand embroidered calligraphy and Bokja Assemblage80 x 80 x 72 cm2012

Photography by BokjaWyssem Nochi, Huda Baroudi & Maria HibriThe Seven Stages of the Heart (third stage)

Hexagon in raw steel80 x 80 x 72 cm

Photography by Wyssem Nochi


_CROFTSeouL / SoutH Korea

Geunhyeong Park

98 Pyeongchang-dongJongno-gu110-846 SeoulSouth Korea+ 82 10 9707 [email protected]

www.spacecroft.com

Founded in 2007 as a contextual design platform, _croft concentrates on design and art education, planning and exhibition. _croft will continue the voyage bridging the gaps between contemporary craft, the design industry and design professionals and will provide opportunities for designers to work beyond the boundary of the genre.

(Seoul Auction EST.1998) held by _croft, was a chance to prove the quality of well-made design and was praised for being the platform for communication between art and design. It is now one of the most well-known art and design auctions in Korea. Since the beginning, _croft planned various exhibitions, always trying to introduce upcoming works of designers as well as timeless classics from all over the world to the Korean audience.

The gallery aims to suggest inspiring visions to design-led brands to increase chances for designers to develop their careers and to present new projects supported by the _croft showroom by exhibiting and selling inspiring design objects.

Jihoon Ha, KoreaJaehyo Lee, Korea William Lee, KoreaWonmin Park, KoreaJaekyung Lee, Korea Seungwoo Back, Korea

Jihoon HaBan Side TableWood, aluminum60 x 70 cm2013

Jaehyo Lee0121-1110=1120910

BenchWood (big cone pine)

168 x 117 x 78 cm2012


ERASTUDIO APARTMENT-GALLERYMiLan / itaLy

Patrizia Tenti

Via Palermo 5, Ground floor and 3rd floor20121 MilanItaly+39 0239198515 [email protected]

www.erastudio.it

Erastudio Apartment-Gallery was founded in 2010, based on the desire of the architect Patrizia Tenti to develop a research project around collectible design related to the concepts of Era, understood in the etymological and temporal sense, and putting into space in architectural terms.

Erastudio focuses exclusively on unique pieces, prototypes, artists proofs, limited and sometimes numbered editions from the best-known award-winning names from Italian and international architecture and design of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Since 2011 Erastudio included contemporary and experimental design by international architects and designers in their programme, including special collaborations with Gaetano Pesce, Vincenzo De Cotiis, Indian Gunjan Gupta and French Christophe Delcourt for the realization of projects designed exclusively for the gallery - where the concept of work of design approaches the concept of work of art.

From 2012, Erastudio was accredited in the best trade fairs in the world of design, exhibiting at the Zona Maco in Mexico City, Design Miami / Basel, Design Miami and Design Days Dubai.

Gunjan Gupta, IndiaVincenzo De Cotiis, ItalyLoredana Bonora, ItalyAntonio Pio Saracino, ItalyChristophe Delcourt, FrancePeter Bauhuis, Germany

Vincenzo De CotiisIrregular Shaped Coffee Table translucent resin base, silvered brass plane manually oxidized2000 (W) x 1500 (D) x 400 (H) mmPrototype/unique piece2012


GALERA MExICANA DE DISEOMexiCo City/ MexiCo

Richard Eagleton

Havre 64Colonia JuarezCuauhtemocMexico DF 06600Mexico +52 (55) 5533 4405

www.fabricamexico.com

Galera Mexicana de Diseo has been selected to represent Mexico at Design Days Dubai in March 2013 a first appearance for Mxico and one of only two Latin American countries invited to attend this prestigious exposition.

The gallery will be showing the work of just one company, Fabrica Mxico a Mexican company established in Mxico City with a vision to establish Mxico as a source of beautifully designed, high-quality products across the world. They do this by bringing together the very best Mexican design talent and the highest quality manufacturing from across Mxico to create beautiful contemporary furniture made using traditional construction techniques, the finest natural materials and a great deal of craftsmanship.

Fabrica Mxico was selected by a panel of top judges chaired by design guru Carmen Cordera Lascurain, founder of Galera Mexicana de Diseo and the driving force behind the initiative to go to Dubai.Design Days Dubai is the first fair in the Middle East and South Asia dedicated to collectible and limited edition furniture and design objects and, to mark the occasion, Fabrica Mxico will present a beautiful contemporary collection of limited edition hardwood furniture, upholstery and lighting designed exclusively for the show by Telharmonium - Fabrica Mxicos flagship design brand.

Fabrica, MexicoAlexander Andersson, Mexico

Telharmonium for Fabrica Mxico

O ChairWood and leather

53 x 45 x 85 cm2013

Photography by Alexander Andersson

Telharmonium for Fabrica MxicoRoos DeskWalnut and Chestnut with Lacquered top188 x 76 x 80 cm 2013

Photography by Alexander Andersson


GALERIE DIANE DE POLIGNAC PariS / FranCe

Diane De Polignac

16 rue de Lille75007 ParisFrance + 33 6 14 74 77 05 [email protected]

www.dianedepolignac.com

Situated in the heart of the Saint-Germain-des-Prs in Paris, Galerie Diane de Polignac specializes in art and design.

The Gallery explores primarily Post-war Art.In design, the gallery edits very fine furniture created by contemporary artists, in exclusivity for the gallery.

Creating beautiful furniture is the opportunity for the gallerys artists to explore their thoughts about the boundaries between art and design.

Allying the beauty of the shape to the excellence of the finest craftsmen and cabinetmakers, the gallery creates sustainable, timeless and iconic pieces.

Jedd Novatt, USASalom De Fontainieu, FranceKostia, FranceGuy De Rougemont, France

Jedd NovattStaklite

Edition of 8Signed, titled and

numbered by the artistStainless steel

230 x 40 x 40 cm2012


GALERIE SOFIE LACHAERT IN COOPERATION WITH GALLERY VALERIE TRAAN (BELGIUM) AND HAN GALLERY (TAIWAN)tieLroDe / BeLGiuM

Sofie Lachaert

Sint-Jozefstraat 309140 TielrodeBelgium+32 3 [email protected]

www.lachaert.com

Galerie Sofie Lachaert stands for introspective research in the fields of contemporary design, art and crafts. Objects as art or art as an object; questioning function and representation, the gallerys carefully selected objects communicate with space, interior and the human body.

The gallery is an important platform for designers who freely cross the borderlines between applied and visual arts, offering its visitors an overall picture of the works of prominent designers; from all over the world and in a vast range of disciplines.

A unique presentation is developed for each exhibition. Each artist and each theme gets its own atmosphere, its own world. It makes every visit to the gallery worthwhile, even for the many regular visitors, amongst them collectors and museum curators worldwide, attracted by the quality of the presented work, the daring choices, the interesting themes.

Annemarie Laureys, BelgiumAnnemie De Corte, BelgiumChristina Schou Christensen, DenmarkHilde De Decker, BelgiumJacomijn Van Der Donk, BelgiumKouta Fukunaga, JapanMaya Selway, UKNendo, JapanPili Wu, TaiwanAnna Heindl, AustriaRock Wang, TaiwanRudolf Bott, GermanySalima Thakker, BelgiumTamsin Van Essen, UKThalia Maria Georgoulis, Greece Tine De Ruysser, BelgiumTyge Axel Holm, DenmarkHans Henning Pedersen, DenmarkDhanis & Lachaert, Belgium

Anna Heindl Flower of the Night Ring Pearls, 14k redgold, stainless steel 250 x 250 x 30 mm 2012

Rock WangBrick Plan CenterpieceBowlBrick cement25 (H) x 60 (W) x 40 (D) cm


GALLERYSEOMISeouL / Korea

Lia Moon

9 - 2, ChungdamdongGangnamgu 135-100, SeoulKorea+82 10 9545 [email protected]

www.galleryseomi.com

Gallery SEOMI has introduced contemporary design that captures the values of Koreas naturalistic aesthetics and artisanship. In Design Days Dubai, Gallery SEOMI intends to supercharge the new movements in Korean design that are combined with originality and practicability in harmony.

The limited-edition works, handcrafted by contemporary designers, have their roots in traditional aesthetics, techniques, and materials. They go beyond the realms of furniture to present a new concept that encompasses boundaries of art, design, and architecture. The works move away from convention through insights and flexible thinking about contemporary art and design in living; emphasize formativeness and functionalistic characteristics, and represent naturalism and organicism. At the same time, they present contemporary rendering of the aesthetics of time-honored traditional designs and crafts and suggest an important point of view that shows new possibilities for design and trends.

Byung - Hoon Choi, Korea Jin Jang, Korea Myungsun Kang, Korea Sanghoon Kim, KoreaHunchung Lee, Korea

Kang Myung Sun From the Glitter 2012 - 03 Wall hanging cabinet Mother-of-pearls inlaid on wood and lacquered in black 59 (dia.) x 24 cm (H) (each) 2012

Courtesy of Gallery Seomi

Lee Hun ChungTrapezoid Planter Series

PlanterGlazed ceramic in

grayish-blue-powdered celadon51 (W) x 51 (D) x 54 (H) cm49 (W) x 49 (D) x 76 (H) cm52 (W) x 52 (D) x 97 (H) cm

2013

Courtesy of Gallery Seomi


GAZELLIART HOUSELonDon / uK

Mila Askarova

39 Dover Street London, W1S4NNUK+44 20 7491 [email protected]

www.gazelliarthouse.com

Gazelli Art House is a commercial art organisation dedicated to providing a new setting for the creation of contemporary art.

The gallery invites individuals to embark on a journey of understanding art, establishing bespoke dialogues and relationships between artists, writers, specialists, students and novices through exhibitions, talks, workshops and tours.

The founder and director of Gazelli Art House, Mila Askarova, was born and raised in Azerbaijan before moving to Istanbul and later settling in London. During her active years on the art market, Mila studied at Central Saint Martins and Christies Education. In 2011, Mila coordinated the Azerbaijani pavilion at the Venice Biennale.

Gazelli Art House in partnership with Design Dubai Days 2013, is proud to announce its inaugural participation through the concept-driven booth, Let There Be Light. As an extension of its autumn 2012 exhibition sharing the same title, the gallery will exhibit artists Antony Hall, UVA and Henry Krokatsis - delicately merging fields of art and design.

Antony Hall, UKHenry Krokatsis, UKUVA, UK

Antony Hall Continual Slow Drip. Experiment No. 7 InstallationPlinth, enclosed mechanism, carbon black pigment and olive oil Dimensions variable 2012

Antony HallHele - Shaw

Cell Problem Experiment No. 16Resin and glass, cherry frame

65 x 65 cm2012


INDUSTRY GALLERYwaSHinGton / uSa

Craig Appelbaum

1358 Florida AvenueNE, 20002, WashingtonUSA+1 703 304 [email protected]

www.industrygallerydc.com

Industry Gallery opened in January, 2010, as the first gallery in the United States devoted exclusively to the presentation of 21st-century international design. In only its first year, the gallery garnered international attention for its strong roster of internationally-renowned designers, including not just established stars but up-and-coming talent as well.

In May, 2011, the gallery opened a second location in Los Angeles, based on the strong interest received to date from this market and the lack of any true design galleries in the city. Indeed, several of the gallerys designers have their largest private collectors in Los Angeles, and the second location will allow to serve the growing base of design collectors in this important market.

Occupying over 4,000 sq ft of a converted auto repair shop, the Washington gallery presents each designers work in the context of an installation, and invites each designer to draw upon other disciplines (video, sculpture, music) in the presentation of his or her work. The result is a three-dimensional painting that provides a complete presentation of each designers ethos.

Jens Praet, Belgium Tom Price, UKTejo Remy, The Netherlands Rene Veenhuizen, The Netherlands Maarten De Ceulaer, Belgium Antonio Pio Saracino, Italy Shlomo Harush, USA Borek Sipek, Czech Republic

Tom PriceBronze Chair

Polypropylene tubes encased in ceramic shell, molten bronze

75 (H) x 45 (W) x 45 (D) cm2011

Courtesy of Industry Gallery


Sebastian Jaroslawski

Al Quoz Ind.1, Street 4a, Compound 5, Warehouse 15DubaiUAE+971 55 3950495 [email protected]

www.ja-gallery.com

Founded in 2012 in Dubai, J+A Gallery was established to bring industrial design items and objects from the early 20th century to Dubai.

The objects, from the 1900s to 1960s, are unique and the collection is now more and more complemented with salvaged, reclaimed and up-cycled products as well as contemporary design and art from Germany.The gallery is proud to present, for the first time in the region, a selection of rare industrial and mid-century design objects and salvaged goods from Germany and Central Europe.

The idea of the gallery is to open the market and the minds of the people to the beauty of industrial design, classic materials with an enormous haptic value, like wood, ceramic, steel, and to display options of how to re-use material and forms from their original context and put them in a new context, with added value for today. Furthermore, J+A Gallery is committed to promote contemporary German artists and designers in the region.

Ritchie Riediger, GermanyApoldakollektiv, GermanyHeike Buelau, Germany

Apoldakollektiv Apolda Nap Armchair Steel, wood and leather 124 x 72 x 90 cm 2012

Photography by S. Jaroslawski

ApoldakollektivSBF spot

Lighting objectGlass, steel, bronze and

electrical parts155 cm (H)

2012

Photography by T. Laubinger

J+A GALLERYDuBai / uae


LA GALERIE NATIONALEDuBai / uae

Guillaume Cuiry

Al Quoz 1 AlSerkal Avenue, Unit 27 DubaiUAE+971 4 380 46 [email protected]@galerie-nationale.com

www.galerie-nationale.com

As a longstanding specialist in design and art, La Galerie Nationale, based in Dubai, offers collectors, connoisseurs and lovers of design-art a rare opportunity to acquire original vintage furniture and 20th century objects of historical wonder by famous designers such as Jean Royre, Joe Colombo, Maria Pergay, Charlotte Perriand, Le Corbisier, Willy Rizzo, and Raymond Loewy in perfect condition.

For its second participation in Design Days Dubai, La Galerie Nationale takes the opportunity to promote, along with classic modern pieces, contemporary works by internationally renowned Italian designer Helidon Xhixha who is considered to be a worthy successor of ancient design.

Philippe Bresson, France/MorocoFadi Sarieddine, LebanonHelidon Xhixha, Albania/ItalySarmad Al-Mussawi, IraqLouis Durot, FranceJean Royre, FranceMarco Zanuso, ItalyGeoffrey Harcourt, UKWilly Rizzo, ItalyArnaud Rivieren, Belgium

Louis Durot Spirale Armchair Extruded polyurethane 67 x 81 x 73 cm 1972

Helidon XhixhaDesert DunesBookcaseCor - Ten steel300 (W) x 150 (H) x 35 cm (D)2012


MAJLISGALLERYDuBai / uae

Alison Collins

Al Musalla RoundaboutAl Fahidi, Bur DubaiPO Box 42885, DubaiUAE+971 4 353 [email protected]

www.themajlisgallery.com

The Majlis Gallery has been established in Dubai since 1989. Alison Collins, founder and interior designer herself, was entranced by the region, especially with the architecture and the ambiance of the old wind tower houses in Al Fahidi. In 1978, she secured the lease on a wind tower villa where she played host to many informal soirees in the majlis, hence the name, introducing artists both professional and amateur to a somewhat culturally bereft community over the next 10 years.

The gallerys vision then and now is to bring to Dubai artists of international repute and to support them in their exploration and interpretation of the Middle East into visual forms. An ever-changing collection of three-dimensional objects, along with fine art and furniture defines the gallerys programme.

Over the years, the Majlis Gallery has hosted countless exhibitions, seminars and cultural events and formed a model for the feasibility study that ultimately led to the restoration of all the remaining buildings in Al Fahidi, and its emergence as a cultural centre for Dubai.

Mustafa Ali, SyriaPeter Collis, UKJonathan Andersson, UKRace Furniture, UK

Mustafa AliOrganic Table

Bronze and glass150 (dia) x 78 (H) cm

2012

Peter Collis Crackle Installation Series of vesselsPorcelain 240 x 60 x 60 cm 2012


MARIAM AL NASSAR 20TH CENTURY DECORATIVE ARTS Kuwait City / Kuwait

Mariam Al Nassar

PO Box 24376 13014, SafatKuwait+965 94440573 / +44 7792 510368 [email protected]

www.mariamalnassar.com

Mariam Al Nassar 20th Century Decorative Arts is the culmination of a longstanding passion for beautiful design and interiors. The gallerys goal is to bring attractive, original design to this region, and to offer works that are selected with an understanding of the local market and culture.

Another goal is to offer styles of furniture that may not have been encountered before, increasing the potential to create unique and personal living environments. Works are selected for their visual impact and high quality, and it is important to the gallery to offer the best of international design. As part of our ethos, the gallery promotes vintage pieces - works spanning the whole 20th century - because of the gallerys love for things that evoke a sense of history, and have as we like to think, a story to tell.

Gio Ponti, ItalyMaison Bagus, France Maison Jansen, France

Private Comission made by Salviati Factory

Pair of Murano Hoor LampsChrome and glass

200 x 40 x 40 cmc. 1960

Photography by Simon Murrell


NAKKASH GALLERYDuBai / uae

Aya Nakkash

Al - Huda BuildingPO Box 26767, GarhoudDubaiUAE +971 50 100 [email protected]

www.nakkashgallery.com

Established in 1983 and based in Dubai, Nakkash Gallery has been at the forefront of interior design for three decades. Founded by noted interior architect, Wajih Nakkash, the gallery is a haven for unique and limited-edition interior pieces sourced from all corners of the world. Whether it is African ethnic pieces or stunning contemporary decor, the showroom has become synonymous with effortless style and elegance. It has established a superior reputation and earned the confidence of clients seeking an adventure when it comes to interior design.

Nakkash Gallery constantly seeks to produce environments that have versatile character that can unite the contemporary and classic in a subtle way.

Jonas Jurgaitis, LithuaniaNakkash Team, LebanonRobby Cantarutti, ItalyTelmo Mota, Portugal

Nakkash Team Falconry Club Chair

Solid wood frame with high-endvelvet fabric and leather

75 (W) x 85 (D) x 84 cm (H)2012


PERIMETER ART&DESIGN GALLERY LonDon / uK

Pascale Revert

37 Ladbroke Square London, W11 3NBUK +44 207 2294028+44 7771 816145 [email protected]

www.perimeter-artanddesign.com

Since 2004 Perimeter has promoted exceptional furniture and objects with international contemporary designers of different generations. The gallery supports design projects that address societal and existential issues, while paying attention to the emotional impact of the form related to the function.

For DDD, Perimeter attempts to show the vibrancy of global design . African designers Check Diallo, Ardmore, and Cyrus Kabirus pieces are exhibited next to a rare sofa by Brazil-based the Campanas - which answers to similar social and contextual issues. Works by Swiss-born Claudio Colucci address the uncanny inspired to him by his life in Tokyo whereas Franco-Iranian Maryam Mahdavi is interested in connecting with her feminine side in her work while addressing her dual background.

Aldo Bakker, The NetherlandsArdmore, South AfricaCampana Brothers, BrazilClaudio Colucci, Swiss, JapanCheick Diallo, Mali, FranceZaha Hadid, UKCyrus Kabiru, KenyaJanette Laverriere, France Maryam Mahdavi, France/IranPierre Paulin, FrancePaola Petrobelli, UK/ItalyStudio Job, The Netherlands

Studio JobPerished PersianCarpetWool300 x 250 cm2010

Courtesy of Nodus

Maryam MahdaviSouponsSide table

Lacquered metal,Haute Couture feathers

assembled by Maison Lemarri

85 x 50 cm2011

Courtesy ofMaryam Mahdavi


R 20TH CENTURYnew yorK / uSa

Zesty Meyers Evan Snyderman

82 Franklin Street10013, New YorkUSA+1 212 343 [email protected]

www.r20thcentury.com

Zesty Meyers and Evan Snyderman founded R 20th Century in 1997 to realize their combined goal of promoting a closer study, appreciation and preservation of 20th and 21st century design. Today, R 20th Century represents a distinguished group of historical and contemporary designers whose work is among the most innovative and finely crafted of their time.

At Design Days Dubai, R 20th Century will be exhibiting a curated selection of exceptional works from the international group of designers the gallery represents, including Oscar Niemeyer, Joaquim Tenreiro, Wendell Castle, David Wiseman, Jeff Zimmerman, Thaddeus Wolfe, The Haas Brothers and Kelly Behun Studio.

Oscar Niemeyer, BrazilJoaquim Tenreiro, BrazilWendell Castle, USADavid Wiseman, USAJeff Zimmerman, USA Thaddeus Wolfe, USAThe Haas Brothers, USA Kelly Behun Studio, USA

Joaquim TenreiroScreen

Jacaranda and white lacquered wood panels

183 (L) x 160 (H) cm

Photography by Sherry Griffin

The Haas Brothers Unique Hex Stool Brass 30.5 (L) x 38 (W) x 43 cm (H) 2013

Photography by Sherry Griffin


SALON 94 WITH R+Rnew yorK / uSa

R&R25 West 9th Street, No. 2NY 10011, New YorkUSA Rodman [email protected]+1 310 980 2286 Rudy Weissenberg [email protected]

Salon 9412 East 94th StreetNY 10128, New YorkUSAwww.salon94.com

Salon 94 in collaboration with R&R is pleased to present the work of Barry X Ball and Rick Owens. The presentation will include bust sculptures by Barry X Ball made from Belgian black marble alongside the white Sivec marble furniture of Rick Owens. Rick Owens founded his own fashion label in 1994, winning the prestigious CFDA Emerging Talent award in 2002, and the following year was appointed as artistic director of Revillon, the long-established luxury fur company. Owens first furniture collection was shown in Paris in 2007 at Jousse Entreprise and subsequently in London in 2009. In addition to being a seminal figure in fashion design, Owens is a major new talent in furniture design. On view in Dubai is the artists first all white marble furniture collection seen together for the first time. Barry X Ball is an artist that creates figurative works in stone, immaculately executed with groundbreaking techniques while directly engaging their historical antecedents. On view are two busts executed in black Belgian marble with laboriously refined details. His work has been exhibited at PS 1 Contemporary Art Center, Ballroom Marfa, and Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall. Since 2002, Salon 94 has presented exhibitions of innovative art and design. The gallery has three exhibition spaces in New York City and produces exhibitions that challenge traditional boundaries between fine art, functional objects, and the decorative arts.

Barry X Ball, USA Rick Owens, USA

Rick Owens Stag Stool White Sivec marble and moose antler 83 x 63 x 56 cm 2012


SARAH MYERSCOUGH FINE ARTLonDon / uK

Sarah Myerscough

15-16 Brooks MewsMayfairLondon, W1K 4DSUK+44 20 7495 0069 +44 79 7622 [email protected]

www.sarahmyerscough.com

Sarah Myerscough Fine Art presents raw Design, a project that considers the age-old tradition of woodworking and its use in contemporary design. Ancient techniques and materials are re-invigorated through unique commissioned pieces by renowned international artists and designers, who are leading innovators in contemporary craft today. Through the specifically created display for Design Days Dubai, the artists have examined the creative relationship between form and function as they re-define the traditional boundaries between fine art, craft and design.

Ultimately, wood as a material in all its guises, is fundamental not only to the designers craft, but also to the philosophical notions of ecological sustainability, and humanitys on-going and innate relationship to nature and the organic. The designers are in prestigious museum collections around the world and work in Europe and America.

Thomas Bohle, AustriaAnthony Bryant, UKChristian Burchard, USA Liam Flynn, IrelandJohn Jordan, USAMerete Larsen, DenmarkPeter Marigold, UKMalcolm Martin, UK Gaynor Dowling, UKPhilip Moulthrop, USAGareth Neal, UKJim Partridge, UK Liz Walmsley, UKBenjamin Planitzer, GermanyMarc Ricourt, FranceErnst Gamperl, Germany

Marc Ricourt01 Maple DG12Maple36 x 27 cm2012

Photography by Marc Ricourt


SOUTHERNGUILDJoHanneSBurG / SoutH aFriCa

Trevyn McGowan

PO Box 4356560, WildernessSouth Africa+27 44 877 [email protected]

www.southernguild.co.za

Southern Guild was established in 2008 by Trevyn and Julian McGowan, to provide a platform for collectable, limited-edition South African design. Each year, diverse talents are invited to produce new work, including the biggest stars in the country and promising up-and-coming design talents. The gallery also promotes design pieces by the most prominent figures from the worlds of art, craft, jewelry and architecture.

South African design is artisanal, hand-made and cerebral, and our designers work in a very personal, exploratory way, with deep cultural relevance and little interest in passing trends. Southern Guild encourages collaboration and discourse, aims to stimulate and provoke the local design industry and has become a benchmark for quality and originality. The gallery cohesively and comprehensively showcases the most important contemporary design from South Africa, at the best fairs around the world, with the ongoing support of ArcelorMittal South Africa and the Department of Trade and Industry.

Ardmore, South AfricaAtang Tshikare, South AfricaBrett Murray, South AfricaBronze Age, South AfricaChristina Bryer, South AfricaConrad Hicks, South AfricaDokter and Misses, South AfricaEgg Design, South AfricaGregor Jenkin, South AfricaImiso Ceramics, South AfricaJoe Paine, South AfricaLaurie Wiid Van Heerden, South AfricaMichaella Janse Van Vuuren, South AfricaMichelle Jane Legg, South AfricaOkha, South AfricaPhilippe Bousquet, South AfricaPieter Henning, South AfricaPorky Hefer, South AfricaVogel + Plunkett, South AfricaWayne Barker, South AfricaWillowlamp, South Africa

Egg DesignRosette Sideboard

Kiaat, antique copper plated steel216 x 64.2 x 97.2 cm

2011

Courtesy of Southern Guild

Gregor Jenkin OvalDining TableMild steel300 x 100 x 75 cm2013

Courtesy of Southern Guild


STILWERK LIMITED EDITION DESIGN GALLERYHaMBurG / GerMany

Groe Elbstrae 6822767 HamburgGermany+49 40 28 80 94 83 [email protected]

www.stilwerk-designgallery.com

Limited editions, prototypes, design-art-furniture and unique products the stilwerk limited edition design gallery presents selected objects of designers, architects and artists, which work at the interface between art and design.

stilwerk limited edition design gallery is delighted to attend Design Days Dubai for the second time, exhibiting a range of outstanding designer pieces, exclusive prototypes and limited editions by both established and upcoming designers including Oskar Zieta, Studio Besau-Marguerre, Elisa Strozyk, Sebastian Herkner and sgroll/vidal.

Despite the extensive range of forms on display, these exhibits have one thing in common: they focus on the essence of their own materiality and its transformation. Two-dimensional photographs are transformed into three-dimensional objects, sheet steel is inflated and used as seating, wood becomes a ductile surface, and copper and marble are reinterpreted. Classic materials are transformed to create exceptional and unique furnishings and objects, and the boundaries between art and design become fluid.

Sebastian Herkner, Germany Elisa Strozyk, GermanyStudio Besau Marguerre, GermanySgroll/Vidal, GermanyOskar Zieta, Poland

Studio Besau Marguerre Iridescent CopperMirror70 x 70 cm2013

Photography by Dirk Dunkelberg

Sgroll/VidalMoto_OV

SideboardPhotography, acrylic glass

149 x 49 x 67.5 cm2009

Photography by Frederick Vidal


TWENTYTWENTYONE GALLERYBeirut / LeBanon

Jacques Ouaiss

Hermitage Building Ghandour el Saad StreeT Furn el Hayek- AshrafiehBeirutLebanon+961 3777 [email protected]@hotmail.com

The driving spirit of Twentytwentyone Gallery Beirut lies in the exploration and discovery of beautiful vintage furniture and exceptional design pieces. The gallery is continuously updating its collection via special commissions to designers or pieces discovered in Europe and the USA. The first gallery level is dedicated to design, unique pieces or limited editions of Mendini, Salvetti, Legall, Pucci de Rossi, Fornasetti, Eileen Gray or Langlois Meurinne. This level also features a section for industrial furniture and scrapwood pieces from Piet Hein Eek.

At the second level, vintage furniture and lightings from the 50s to the 70s, including designers cult pieces like Joe Colombos and Jean Royres, are exhibited. Throughout the gallery are scattered sculptures on pedestals, like sculptor Marie-Madeleine Gautiers curvaceous women, Marinetti bronze dogs and a selection of sculptures of the 70s. On the walls, you can find pop-art graffiti paintings of conceptual artist Kokian or mural sculptures of Kracov or Peben.

Piero Fornasetti, ItalyDavid Kracov, USAHubert le Gall, FrancePeben, FranceEmanuela Ravelli, ItalyMimmo Paladino, ItalyPiet Hein Eek, The Netherlands

Piero Fornasetti Trumeau - Architettura Cabinet Wood 80 x 39 x 219 cm 2012

Copyright of Fornasetti Milano


VICTOR HUNT DESIGNART DEALERBruSSeSL & antwerP / BeLGiuM

Alexis Ryngaert

Lambert Crickx 16 B-1070, BrusselsVrijdagmarkt 9 B-2000 AntwerpBelgium +32 2 787 99 [email protected]

www.victor-hunt.com

Victor Hunt Designart Dealer trades and curates design-art.

Victor Hunt Designart Dealer has traded and curated contemporary design since 2008. The gallerys services focus on the search for and investment in prototype, limited and designers editions from the most remarkable emerging creators.

Victor Hunt Designart Dealer understands design-art as the gray zone between industrial design, crafts, architecture, sculpture, conceptual, installation and other many arts but applied to or at least suggesting objects of use.

Victor Hunt Designart Dealer has a permanent collection on show to offer the fullest possible range of identity-driven work, while also having an ephemeral exhibition space to highlight recent evolutions in the field of contemporary design-art.

Based in Brussels and Antwerp with a strong international network and web presence, Victor Hunt Designart Dealer answers todays 2.0 habits and curiosity with an extensive image catalogue besides realising documentaries and publications showing the creative processes and personalities behind our collection.

Victor Hunt Designart Dealer offers the designs the industry cant.

Sylvain Willens, BelgiumHumans Since 1982, Sweden/Germany

Sylvain WillenzShift

Side tableGlass

400 300 400 cm2012

Humans Since 1982Collection of Light, LED 400

Wall lampAluminium, glass and LEDs

150 x 150 x 7 cm2012


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Bespoke Design


Chalhoub Group

The Chalhoub Group is pleased to announce the launch of a new showroom concept in bespoke luxury living: TDesign.

As part of Design Days Dubai, TDesign will exhibit an exclusive selection of limited edition pieces from international brands Christofle, Lalique, Daum and Lladro in a special section designated for Bespoke Design.

TDesign is a multifaceted space featuring a showroom for bespoke limited editions, a studio and an exhibition space. Offering an array of inspiring design opportunities, professional advice, exchanges and experiences for global customers, connoisseurs, designers, architects and lifestyle industry insiders.Situated under the iconic Burj Khalifa on Emaar Boulevard, the most coveted address in downtown Dubai, TDesign is an innovative approach to exclusive gifts within Art de Vivre, interior design and decoration.

Boasting floor to ceiling windows and shop front positioning with high visibility, TDesign is a stunning 115 square metre space divided into three zones. A showroom devoted to unique pieces from our internationally acclaimed, high-end brands. A studio designed for photo shoots and as a meeting place for media. As well as an exhibition space, ideal for VIP product launch previews, magazine partnerships, press events, designer lectures, interviews, workshops and the like.

TDesign is all about exposure and creating sublime design experiences. Showcasing truly unique editions you wont find anywhere else - from our exceptional portfolio of prestigious brands.

Lily Eskandari, [email protected]

Christofle/Ora Ito ArborescenceCandelabraSilvered steel123 x 70 x 56 cm

Richard Orlinskifor DaumWild Panther (blue)Sculpture (Limited edition)Crystal Paste73 x 32 cm


Moissonnier

Khalid Shafars design interpretation had transformed two of Moissonnier chests to pieces of arts kind of sculptures- that tell the stories of two legendry horses that achieved victories during the Dubai World Cup and left behind great memories. The dramatic side of these stories is that these legendry horses do not exist today and had tragically died for different reasons. Therefore, the title of these Moissonnier pieces is Headless Horses. The two horses according to their year of victory are: Dubai Millennium in 2000 and Rewilding in 2011.

In the design process, Khalid Shafar had to always consider the Moissonnier brand ethos: The Art of Painting, Sculpturing, and producing exceptional items with French traditional cabinetmaking while reflecting his local flavour.

Designer: Khalid Shafar

Moissonnier+ 33 0 6 19 85 47 90, [email protected]

www.moissonnier.com

Khalid ShafarHeadless Horses

Bespoke chest of drawers Lacquered beech

130 (L) x 86 (H) x 64 (D) cm 2013


PF Emirates

PF Emirates is able to deliver what can only be described as Interiors of Distinction. It combines design, and the work of the talented craftsmen of the Poltrona Frau Group which includes highly prominent companies such as Poltrona Frau, Cassina and Cappellini, to create interiors that are simply timeless.

Established in 1927, Cassina has been designing the future for over eighty years. The company joined the Poltrona Frau Group in 2005 and became a protagonist in international contemporary furniture design. It collaborates with the most important Italian and international designers, from Mario Bellini to Rodolfo Dordoni, Piero Lissoni to Philippe Starck. Today Cassina is a world leader in the high-end furniture sector and spokesperson on the international scene for the best made in Italy designs.

Designer: Le Corbusier, Gerrit Thomas Rietveld, Gio Ponti

Gianni Sharrouf+971 4 3397111, [email protected]

www.pfemirates.ae Gio Ponti699 chairChair in ashwoodIndia cane seat, frame: lacquer black114.3 x 210.8 x 104.1 cm 1957

Le Corbusier LC14 TabouretsStoolOak stained black1092.2 x 1092.2 x 685.8 cm2010


Tai Ping

Tai Ping is an international custom company recognized as the carpet designer and manufacturer of choice for a discerning global clientele.

When I began to research Tai Ping to understand its history and design philosophies, it was this line that gave me inspiration: Tai Ping collections are inspired by global trends in design, fashion and art. I may not be a fashion designer or a fashion trendsetter, but I am well aware of the latest industry trends. We have seen many fashion houses and international brands adapt cultural patterns, embroideries and traditional techniques for their fashion collections. I have always been fascinated with our local Emirati craft of talli embroidery and the hours women spend detailing, resulting in beautiful pieces of art with which women use to decorate their dresses. My proposal for Tai Ping involved designing and hand making three limited edition rugs inspired by the shape of an original piece of talli embroidery. Khalid Shafar

Designer: Khalid Shafar

Tai Ping, Hotel de Livry, 23 rue de luniversit, 75007 Paris, France+33 (0)6 19 85 47 90, [email protected]

www.taipingcarpets.com

Khalid ShafarTalli CollectionBespoke hand tufted rugsWool, cotton lacet, silk and lurexShaped forms 2013

Khalid Shafar (Designer)


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Design Road Professional

Design Road Professional Dubai, organised by the Dubai Culture & Arts Authority (Dubai Culture), Tashkeel, and the Creative Dialogue Association (CDA), was a six-month programme, which ran from September 2012 to March 2013.

An eminent jury selected four Emirati designers to participate in the programme including furniture and objects designer Khalid Shafar, graphic and fashion designer Aljoud Lootah, visual artist Zeinab Al Hashemi, and computational artist and designer Salem Al Mansoori. Their final, developed works were showcased at Design Days Dubai 2013.

As part of the extensive training, the designers participated in the London Design Festival and Barcelona Design Week, where they visited notable design studios, galleries, shops, design schools and museums, to gain inspiration for their own projects.

During the programme, the designers met with renowned international designers to gain invaluable insights on current design trends and practices, and shadowed them in their workplace with senior design instructors. Under the Shadowing Programme, the designers participated in discussions surrounding production, marketing, sales, and the use of materials when creating design.

During their stint in Europe, the artists attended workshops at the Elisava School of Design in Barcelona, and a four-day workshop led by Kingston University, covering numerous facets of design from conception to execution.

Based on the extensive training and research undertaken, the designers returned to Dubai to develop their proposals, and a production consultant from Barcelona supported and guided the designers with weekly online follow up sessions.

A fully detailed Production Process Template was presented to the designers, where professionals from the design industry oversaw participants, providing evaluation and critique on the proposals to be prototyped and produced. Prototyping and production was completed in Dubai, where the designers directly supervised the production process and submitted a weekly production report.

The designers met with international experts who specifically travelled to Dubai to discuss the final designs which were produced for the presentation.

www.dubaiculture.ae

Designers team from right:Salem Almansouri

Zeinab AlhashimiAljoud Lotah

Khalid Shafar


FN Designs

FN Designs opened its doors in 2009. FN is the Arabic word for the arts.

Curiosity, creativity and aspirations forms the heart of our diverse body of work.Conceptual and visual design, illustrations, photography, publication and clothing are the layers that our studio has to offer whilst applying pragmatic and creative solutions. We are a design-centric social community within Dubai. Through innovative and collaborative events, we offer patrons and art lovers from across the United Arab Emirates an opportunity to see local artists at work and get acquainted with them on a personal and interactive level.

In March 2012 FN Designs moved its studio. and is now located at Alserkal Avenue - the hub for arts and creativity.

Designer: Mattar bin Lahej

+971 4 379 0490, PO.Box 12036, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

#26 Al Serkal Avenue, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

[email protected], [email protected]

facebook page: /fndesigns

facebook profile: /FNDesignstudio

twitter: @FannDesigns

instagram: @FNDESIGNS

Mattar bin Lahej WajalWood, acrylic, stainless steal, leather, Painting Stool: 600 x 50 x 20 cmChair: 100 x 90 x 50 cmPainting: 200 cm (dia)Edition of 2 2013

Copyright of Mattar bin Lahej


HIPA

Light was adopted as a key element in the Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Award (HIPA) because of its importance in the art of photography. Light can be the difference between a good picture and a wonderful image.

Our understanding of light and our ability to capture it through a camera lens would not have been possible, had it not been for the efforts of the scholar Al Hassan Ibn Al Haytham. His findings and principles in the field of optics, a century ago, helped lay the foundations for modern day photography.

To commemorate his contributions toward the field of photography, the grand prize award for the second season of the Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Award has been dedicated to the beauty of light in photography.

Artists: Alamsyah Rauf (Indonesia), aprison aprison (Indonesia), Guenther Egger (Austria), Stephan Zirwes (Germany), Giovanni Allievi (Italy), Mohamad Amin Nadi (Iran), Josef Schwarz (Germany), Ali Salehi (Iran), Son Phan Van (Viet Nam), (Saudi Arabia), Xiaolin Fan (China), Javid Tafazoli (Iran)

Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid AlMaktoum International Photography Award, Dubai, UAE+971 4 3711111, [email protected]

www.hipa.ae

Beauty of Lightaprison aprisonIndonesia


Tashkeel

Tashkeel is a creative hub providing specialist studio facilities and a public gallery. It also provides practical support to artists and designers, and has been actively involved in a number of initiatives aimed at promoting the role of design in the region.

Tashkeel has partnered with Dubai Culture and Arts Authority (DCAA) and Creative Dialogue Association (CDA), Barcelona, for Design Road 2011 and Design Road PRO 2012. In addition, it funded eight young designers to attend workshops at Boisbuchet, France, in Summer 2012.

Tashkeel hosts an annual Arabic Type Design Workshop in collaboration with the Khatt Foundation. The second workshop, held in November 2012, resulted in the publication of a guide on how to design Arabic fonts, to be launched in March 2013.

Tashkeel is currently developing a programme of workshops and creative activities to engage local schools and younger artists in both the studios and on the skate-able art ramp constructed behind its studios in Dubai.

Khalid Mezaina, PO Box 122255, Dubai, UAE+971 4 336 3313, [email protected]

www.tashkeel.org

Ghassan Al Ashkar & Abir FawazTypeface Khatt Foundation Arabic Type Design Workshop2012

Courtesy of the Khatt Foundation

Fenna Zamouri Typeface

Khatt Foundation Arabic Type Design Workshop

2012

Courtesy of the Khatt Foundation


Installations

102 The Analogia project by Andrea Mancuso and Emilia Serra104 Ja-ri by Jihoon ha presented by _Croft 106 Time Dubai by Humans Since 1982 presented by Victor Hunt Designart Dealer

DESIGN DAYS DUBAI 103

The Analogia Project by Andrea Mancuso and Emilia serra

Italian design duo Andrea Mancuso and Emilia Serra will present an installation as part of The Analogia Project series, the first of its kind to be seen in the region. The project has gained international success and press attention during acclaimed installations during Milans 2012 design week and the London Design Festival 2011. The use of simple materials is juxtaposed with the use of digital technologies: the experimental approach of The Analogia Project is characterized by the fusion of tradition with innovation, artisan crafts with computational software, age old materials with contemporary technologies. The effect is ethereal as the pieces connect and merge with the space in which they exist.

The installation for Design Days Dubai has been especially designed to refer to the origins of modern design. It will feature pivotal pieces of design: a Le Corbusier chaise longue, a Mackintosh chair, and the Noguchi table. These pieces are often still present in design fairs highlighting the importance of these iconic designers. This installation derives from a reflection of the importance of this period for contemporary design. The visual impact of the three dimensional sketch will challenge conventional spatial representations and the viewer will be forced to reconsider their perception of the familiar objects they embody.

The Analogia Projectis the result of a long-term collaboration between Andrea Mancuso and Emilia Serra. They met while studying and working at the Royal College of Art in 2008. Their different backgrounds have allowed them to experiment a visual language able to explore at the same time both the space and the objects, which merge becoming part of a unique entity. Analogia explores the materialisation of the imaginary, in its transient state of flux; a drawing in the air that traces the fine line between abstract thought and concrete reality.

www.analogiaproject.com

The Analogia Project (previous installation)

Designers Andrea Mancuso and Emilia Serra

102 DESIGN DAYS DUBAI


Ja-ri by Jihoon ha presented by _Croft

The Ja-ri installation at Design Days Dubai is a sculpture of organic form, giving the viewer the feeling of sitting in a ridgeline of the desert. The sensation is calming and unrestrained, the ultimate seating for the human form. Jihoon Has design concept reverberates the composition of poetry; all the unnecessary structures are eliminated, and only the simplest essence is produced with the greatest attention to detail.

The Scottish leather used in Ja-ri provides not only the feeling of luxury, but also the promise of the highest quality and comfort. In larger spaces, several pieces may be added to create an even more intense space atmosphere, and thus, enabling more people to experience this unique place to sit and contemplate. You will see the artists attempt to cross the boundary between art and design, bringing art closer to everyday life.

Jihoon Ha, the internationally known designer from Korea, studied art in Seoul and graduated from the School of Design in Copenhagen. Ha is now a professor of Kaywon School of Art & Design. With a magical feeling and profound understanding towards art and design, Ha Jihoon integrates design concepts of Scandinavia and the Orient.

www.jihoonha.com

Jihoon Ha Ja-ri Bench ABS form 100 x 200 x 40 cm 2013



Time Dubai by humans since 1982presented by Victor Hunt Designart Dealer

The Time Dubai installation is made of special 288 two-handed analog clocks, powered by 576 electrical engines. All 288 clock houses together create one giant display similar to that of a digital display, all hands move to their new location, creating a choreography of 576 rotating hands to form extensive texts besides elaborate customized patterns and graphics.

Brilliantly re-contextualizing time in a mix of old and new, the installation is a graphically conceptual, mechanical and engineered based design project. It relates the digital and alphanumerical type font possibilities in general of the typical analog clock when combined in groups of 24, as for the original Clock Clock, or much more like for the Time Dubai wall installation which features an impressive 288 clock houses.

The Clock Clock project achieved the digital/analog clock configuration possibilities with a set-up of 24 analog clock converting into digital time as your regular alarm clock. The challenge was to bring the type font possibilities to life and hence, after achieving animations to establish the right size, the production of a major clock wall was started - 12 times the original Clock Clock and reaching the full potential of the original concept. With a final result demonstrating such effortless wit, its hard to believe no one might have thought of it before.

Humans Since 1982 was founded by Per Emanuelsson and Bastian Bischoff in 2008 during their studies in Gothenburg. Both graduates bonded over ashared passion to make functional art. The work of Humans Since 1982 has toured the world ever since, it is mechanical and compelling,using everyday shapes and objects we are all familiar with in ways we wouldnt suspect.

ww.humanssince1982.com

Time Dubai (installation)



performances

110 Construction series by studio swine presented by Thomson Reuters (in cooperation with +Coletivo Amor de Madre)112 Illusion pearl by Khalid shafar (in cooperation Carwan Gallery)114 shredded by Jens praet presented by Thomson Reuters (in ccoperation with Industry Gallery)


Construction Series by studio swinepresented by

(in cooperation with +Coletivo Amor de Madre)

Construction Series uses waste building materials from building sites across Dubai to form a furniture series. Studio Swine will be creating one piece of furniture a day during the fair using reclaimed concrete, rebar crushed marble and camel leather, produced by UAE based Al Khaznak Tannery, in a style which both references the internal modular structures of skyscrapers and the traditional geometric patterns of the UAE. Retaining a relationship to architecture both in material and form, the Construction Series will celebrate modernism and traditional Arabic ornamentations.

Studio Swine is interested in exploring the new and the exotic through materials, places and processes. At the core of their practice is material experimentation, balancing a rich sense of aesthetics with ecological thinking, and a belief that sustainable design without desire is not sustainable. We are very excited to be visiting Dubai and making a piece of furniture a day from the off-cuts of the cities ever changing skyline. Dubai is a city that we have always wanted to experience and so to be invited during Design Days Dubai is a great honour.

Studio Swine is a collaboration between Azusa Murakami and Alexander Groves. Azusa graduated from the Bartlett School of Architecture and Alexander from the Ruskin School of Fine Art Oxford before both gaining an MA in Design Products at the Royal College of Art. Operating in the fields of design,fashion and architecture, Studio Swine has exhibited at the Barbican Art Centre, London Design Museum, New York and London Fashion Week and Gwangju Biennale curated by Ai Wei Wei. Studio Swine is currently based between London and SoPaulo.

www.studioswine.com

The NurdlerPhotography by Studio Swine

Studio Swine Construction Series Prototypes



Illusion Pearl by Khalid shafarin cooperation with Carwan Gallery

The pearl industry, once the most important activity in the United Arab Emirates, was tightly woven into the Arabian Gulf culture that dates back around 7,000 years, leaving behind a rich heritage of traditions. Emirati designer Khalid Shafar found inspiration for the Illusion project one night in Dubai while observing the dynamic lines created by a rope weaving over timber frames. The geometric shapes formed, cast radiant shadows evoking the motion and speed captured in a snapshot of a city highway by night.

Illusion is an optical effect created by the engineered tension between rope lines and frame. Dubais long-lasting pearling tradition is revisited, using the materials splendor in a sleek visual design to create a unique seating object that invokes visual memories of dynamic city life. Illusion Pearl seat will be made using cultured pearls that are locally produced by Emirati Company RAK Pearls. More than 8,000 cultured pearls in ninety meters of chain will be used to weave the timber frame of the seat.

The live performance presented by Carwan Gallery will include the opening of live oysters and the presentation of several craft techniques. The Illusion Pearl seat, a unique piece, will celebrate a long tradition of the Arabian Gulf and new avenues for contemporary design.

Khalid Shafar always had a passion for art and design and after completing a degree in Fine Arts and Interior Design decided to leave his career in marketing and follow his passion. Khalid studied and specialized in furniture and objects design, at the prestigious Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London, UK, and at the Centre for Fine Woodworking in Nelson, New Zealand.

www.khalidshafar.com RAK Pearls

Extraction process RAK Pearls

RAK Pearls oyster shells



Shredded by Jens praetpresented by

(in cooperation with Industry Gallery)

Shredded is a live-performance by Italy-based, Belgian designer Jens Praet in collaboration with Ivo van den Baar and Almer Dumont from Wandschappen. The trio has been invited to produce a Shredded Side Table during Design Days Dubai with approximately 6 kilos of glossy leftover magazines transformed into a mass of splintered paper - materials which will comprise the main ingredients for work.

As a reaction to the huge amounts of wastepaper produced in offices, Shredded finds another functional use for it, turning an otherwise abstract concept into a reality. Non-useful documents and leftover magazines are transformed into valuable and useful objects. To this end, confetti from shredded paper and resin are mixed into a mould to harden and become a rigid object. The paper-resin composite boasts a firmness similar to wood and has a unique appearance. Paper waste returns to our living or working area as functional furniture, bringing to mind just what little thought we give to general use of paper.

Shredded started as a research project, and turned out to be a continuously growing furniture collection that ended up transforming seemingly useless documents and leftover magazines into useful objects.

Belgian designer Jens Praet studied Industrial Design in Florence and attended masterclasses at the renowned Design Academy in Eindhoven under DroogDesigns co-founder Gijs Bakker. In 2007 he established, Studio Jens Praet, a design studio based inPanzano in Chianti, a small town near Florence.

Praets work is also in the permanentcollection of the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh.

www.jenspraet.com

Shredded Side Table2011



offsite

118 Bloomingdales home120 Maraya Art park


Bloomingdales HomeCelebrate the world

As part of their Celebrate the World campaign and in partnership with Design Days Dubai, retail giant Bloomingdales-Dubai has collaborated with award-winning New York-based designer and architect, Antonio Pio Saracino, to create an exclusive, interactive installation entitled City Within. Open to the public from March 17, 2013 at Bloomingdales Home-Dubai, the dynamic City Within installation will be part of the Offsite Programme of Design Days Dubai.

Delivering a world-class retail experience for the past 3 years, Bloomingdales-Dubai is one of the UAEs top shopping destinations.

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Documents

The Book - Design Days Dubai 2013