Miami Design District Official Blog

Quick! To the LAB...Locust LAB!!

Wednesday, Jul, 17 2013

A new crop of contemporary artists just can't spontaneously generate, they require cultivation, mentoring and guidance. Enter The LAB (Locust Art Builders), now in its 4th year at Locust Projects. This unique workshop pools students from high schools across Miami-Dade and pairs them with practicing artists to produce a collaborative exhibition within the 5,000 square-foot Miami Design District space. As a local visual arts incubator that also draws in internationally-renowned artists as visiting practitioners, Locust Projects relies on the ingenuity of emerging artists to accelerate the creative process. This year, it is Monica López de Victoria (one half of the luminous TM Sisters performance duo) and Loriel Beltran who serve as the program directors.

Design your Escape from Swim Week

Tuesday, Jul, 16 2013

Every July South Beach is flooded with bikini clad models and swimwear designers debuting their 2014 collections for Swim Week. The producers of Mercedes Benz Fashion Week added Swim Week to their roster a few years ago, and since then it has made South Beach a fashion madhouse for the second or third week of July. Enter stage left, the Miami Design District, which offers a refuge for those wanting to escape the crowds, but still feel chic and glamorous.