Miami Design District Official Blog

Time Is On Your Side…

Wednesday, Jan, 14 2015

With the start of the New Year, time is on your side. And thanks to the Hublot Galerie, it can also be on your wrist. The new concept store opened last month with Usain Bolt and local children sprinting to be the first through the doors (and to raise awareness for his foundation) marks the 11th freestanding boutique in the United States for the luxury Swiss watchmaker. Blending in perfectly with the artistic feel of the Design District, Hublot Galerie boasts the Art of Fusion, incorporating the brand’s love of art, and will be first store to carry the most “exclusive limited-edition and high complication pieces from around the globe.”

Arlene Shechet: Art 21

Tuesday, Jan, 13 2015

Arlene Shechet will tell you - just like she said on this season of the award-winning series ART21: she must have a penchant for the hideous since that’s the lot of a utilitarian material such as clay. The key to her aesthetic is the romantic balance of imperfection and timing, knowing when to add to a piece and when to leave it alone and she often leaves traces of the art-making process and tools used in her large-scale sculptures.

Xavier Veilhan: Le Corbusier

Friday, Jan, 9 2015

It’s difficult to overstate the layers of passion, controversy and romance in Charles Édouard Jeanneret’s–better known as Le Corbusier–personal life. He once sketched nudes of actress Josephine Baker on an ocean liner to South America; and one of his many lovers, British showgirl Christine Keeler, rattled the British Government in what became the “Profumo Affair” – a 1960s scandal worthy of today’s reality TV. Le Corbusier’s professional life was as busy and fruitful as his personal life – he was an architect, designer, painter, city-planner and one of the most compelling thinkers of the 20st century. In 2013, French artist Xavier Veilhan captured the multi-faceted Corbusier in a larger-than-life bust, which startlingly appropriate in both simplicity and scale, was recently revealed in the new Palm Court of the Miami Design District.