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RAFAEL DE CÁRDENAS MAISON&OBJET AMERICAS ANNOUNCES RAFAEL DE CÁRDENAS AS DESIGNER OF THE YEAR MAISON&OBJET AMERICAS, the premiere trade show exhibition of design and home décor, announces New Yorkbased architect and designer Rafael de Cárdenas as Designer of the Year for the second edition of its Americas fair, which will take place at the Miami Beach Convention Center from May 10 to May 13, 2016. Designer of the Year is awarded to an industry professional from North or South America who has made a notable contribution to the interior design & lifestyle industry in the past year. In 2015, MAISON&OBJET AMERICAS gave the award to the Brazilian industrial designer Zanini de Zanine, who creates furniture for Poltrona Frau among others. The first MAISON&OBJET AMERICAS, with 300 brands, received more than 8,600 unique visitors from 82 countries including Brazil, Canada, France, Mexico, Italy, Colombia, the Dominican Republic and Chile. This year the fair expands, transforming Miami into the spring capital of design in the Americas. The fair culminates with an awards ceremony honoring Rafael de Cárdenas on May 11th; he will also speak at the highly anticipated Interior Design & Lifestyle Summit and the conference portion of MAISON&OBJET AMERICAS. The MAISON&OBJET selection committee was captivated by Rafael de Cárdenas innovative and talented industrial design, including his line of furniture for Johnson Trading Gallery in 2011, his imaginative use of bold color, patterns, graphic and coordinated shapes in interior architecture, and his ability to create environments that provokes emotion through unexpected combinations. This is apparent in his projects including the Baccarat Madison Avenue flagship and Nike s 45 Grand fitness studio and showroom in SoHo. This year alone, he has brought restrained Havana glamour to the reincarnated Asia de Cuba restaurant near the Public Theater in New York, wrapped the walls of the jewelry designer Delfina Delettrez s second London boutique in mirror and a malachite trompe l oiel, helped reimagine the Au Pont Rouge department store in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and was one of six creatives invited to reinterpret Kartell's Bourgie Lamp at ICFF celebrating the design s 10th anniversary. Rafael de Cárdenas is the May 2016 MAISON&OBJET AMERICAS Designer of the Year. MAISON&OBJET operates four international design trade shows: two in Paris (January for product design and September for interior design), since 2014 in Singapore in March and since 2015 in Miami. For more information on MAISON&OBJET, please visit http://www.maison-objet.com/en.
ABOUT RAFAEL DE CÁRDENAS As founder of SoHo-based design firm Rafael de Cárdenas / Architecture at Large, Rafael de Cárdenas creates artful, imaginative concepts for diverse projects spanning commercial and residential interiors, art advisory, objects and furniture, and temporary and pop-up spaces. Prior to founding his own design firm in 2006, de Cárdenas worked for Calvin Klein as a men s collection designer and as a creative director for special effects production house Imaginary Forces. His interest in creating environments with moods, as opposed to any specific style, has allowed him to work with a wide array of clients including Barneys New York, Baccarat, Cartier, Nordstrom, Nike and Ford Models. In 2011 de Cárdenas launched his first furniture collection with Johnson Trading Gallery and in 2012 was the first and only American invited to participate in AD Interiéurs Voyages. Recent design collaborations include the Nike 45 Grand fitness studio in SoHo, the reincarnation of hotspot Asia de Cuba in NYC, jewelry designer Deflina Delettrez s London boutique and a reinterpretation of Kartell's "Bourgie Lamp" for its 10th Anniversary. ABOUT MAISON&OBJET AMERICAS MAISON&OBJET is the premiere global showcase for home design and décor, unmatched anywhere in the world. Originating in Paris over two decades ago, the trade show continues to become increasingly international, paralleling the evolution of its content to attract an ever-increasing number of overseas export specialists. Initially focused on retail markets, the show is now decidedly prescriber-market oriented. Just last May, the brand announced its forging into the Americas, creating Maison&Objet Americas, taking place in Miami Beach, a border town with a draw and influence extending far beyond its city limits into very economically dynamic regions. The Americas show has already doubled in size in its second year and has announced a new director at the helm to continue to bring together the most talented home interior professionals. Today, the MAISON&OBJET community offers four opportunities for events throughout the year and around the world http://www.maison-objet.com/en/americas/home. Rafael de Cárdenas has been named a Featured Designer for AD France Collector and to the Architectural Digest AD100 list.
WORK BY RAFAEL DE CARDENAS 1 2 5 1. Asia de Cuba. Credit: Floto+Warner 2. Nike 45 Grand. Credit: David Allee 3. Glebe Place Residence. Credit: Simon Upton 4. Black Ocean Firehouse. Credit: Floto+Warner 5. Olympic Tower Residence. Credit: Bjorn Wallander 6. Johnson Trading Gallery Furniture. Credit: Connie Zhou 7. Bacarrat. Credit: Floto+Warner 8. Artsy Le-Cube All. Credit: Steve Lloyd 3 4 6 8 7 The image cannot be displayed. Your computer may not have enough memory to open the image, or the image may have been corrupted. Restart your computer, and then open the file again. If the red x still appears, you may have to delete the image and then insert it again.
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