Winner for Best Gallery Presentation: Geoffrey Diner Gallery
"From George Nakashima’s keen attention to the spirit of organic material to Gio Ponti’s angular contours and distinctly modern silhouettes, Geoffrey Diner’s natural affinity for cross collecting has caught on at large art, antiques and design fairs, when galleries - and in turn collectors - do away with stodgy requirements limiting genres and eras outside specific periods."
As the global authority for collectible design, Design Miami/ brings together the design world’s most influential players through our acclaimed fairs and online marketplace. Our international collectible design fairs in Basel, Miami, Paris and Shanghai feature selling-exhibitions of historic and contemporary furniture, lighting, and objets d’art. Each fair presents a robust program of expertly vetted gallery presentations, design talks, and unique design commissions with visionary creatives, curators, and brands. In all we do, we are dedicated to celebrating the global design community and providing an engaging platform of discovery for collectors and newcomers alike.
"American highlights on the gallery’s stand will include an extraordinary unique gilt bronze chain-mail fire screen by Louis Comfort Tiffany, originally commissioned in 1903 for Cro’Nest, the Rochester home of architect and stage designer Claude Fayette Bragdon..."
"...Also featured will be George Nakashima’s Frosh Family Sanso Reception House Table, which Nakashima built for Judge Stanely Frosh in 1981. This iconic form features two large, bookmatched English walnut slabs atop a delicate support system..."
"...International Italian designers are well represented by a rare game table by Franco Campo and Carlo Graffi, executed in 1951. A pair of ‘Altamira’ armchairs designed by Gio Ponti are recognized for their delicate wood and reclined silhouette."
