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Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in our next movie from Miami, show director Marianne Goebl discusses the trends that emerged from Design Miami 2013, including a renewed focus on female designers such as Charlotte Perriand and Maria Pergay. 

Design Miami 2013, which took place in Miami from 4 to 8 December alongside the Art Basel Miami Beach art fair, featured a large number of vintage furniture pieces by iconic 20th-century designers.

“Design Miami’s intention is to offer a journey through design history,” Goebl explains in the movie. “At the same time we present a strong pillar of contemporary experimental work.”

One of the standout pieces on show this year was a one-room prefabricated house designed by French modernist architect Jean Prouvé, which was on sale for $2.5 million.

“For the first time we have a full-scale architectural structure [at the show], which Jean Prouvé designed in 1945,” Goebl explains.

Prouvé was well-represented throughout the show, but so was the late architect’s frequent collaborator Charlotte Perriand.

“It’s also a year of seminal women designers,” says Goebl. “We have a solo show on Charlotte Perriand, where you can discover an interior that she designed in Paris for the Borot family.”

She continues: “We also have an interior dedicated to Maria Pergay’s furniture made from stainless steel from the 1970s.”

Other pieces of vintage furniture included Soviet art deco furniture presented by Moscow’s Heritage International Art Gallery.

“For the first time an exhibitor from Russia is showing some kind of propaganda furniture that was designed in the 1930s to 1950s,” Goebl explains.

Goebl then goes on to discuss the work of contemporary designers on show, claiming that there is a growing trend towards merging digital and analogue experiences.

“There’s a field that is not categorised yet,” she says. “For example, Maarten Baas‘ Grandfather and Grandmother clocks, or the Clock Clocks by Human Since 1982.”

Goebl claims that the collectible design market has now fully recovered after a few rocky years during the recent financial crash.

“The market had been affected by the crisis in 2008 and 2009,” she says. “But since 2010 we’ve really registered a continued, healthy growth.”

We drove around Miami in our MINI Cooper S Paceman. The music in the movie is a track called Jewels by Zequals. You can listen to the full track on Dezeen Music Project.

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Dezeenwire: Marianne Goebl  (below) has been appointed director of design collectors’ fair Design Miami/.

Goebl, currently head of international public relations and partnerships at furniture brand Vitra, will take up the position in February 2011, replacing founding director Ambra Medda, who announced her decision to leave earlier this year.

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Here’s the press release from Design Miami/:

DESIGN MIAMI/ AND DESIGN MIAMI/ BASEL APPOINT NEW DIRECTOR
Marianne Goebl to start in February 2011

December 6, 2010 – Design Miami/, the global forum for design, announced today that Marianne Goebl has been appointed Director, effective February 2011.

Goebl brings to her position ten years of experience in the design field, most recently as Head of International Public Relations & Partnerships for Vitra. In this role, Goebl has been responsible for Vitra’s international public relations strategy, brand collaborations and partnerships. She was responsible for the exhibition concept, execution, and media relations campaign for “VitraHaus,” along with the brand collaborations and communications strategy for “Vitra Campus.” Prior to this position, Goebl served as the Director for “Vitra Edition,” the company’s laboratory for the creation of experimental and collectible design works. As Director for “Vitra Edition,” Goebl worked closely alongside world-renowned designers including Ron Arad, Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, Konstantin Grcic, Hella Jongerius, and Jasper Morrison, among others. These works have been shown at Art Basel 2007, Design Museum London, Triennale di Milano, and Phillips & de Pury, London.

Goebl has a Master’s Degree in International Management with a specialization in Marketing from Vienna University of Economics and Business and an undergraduate degree from Grande Ecole HEC in Paris. She speaks German, French, English, Spanish, and Italian.

Craig Robins, principal of Design Miami/ and Design Miami/ Basel commented, “Under the leadership of Marianne, we are confident that Design Miami/ will continue to grow while ensuring the fair’s position as the premier global forum on design. Marianne will have an opportunity to build on the extraordinary growth we have experienced in our first six years. By cultivating our cultural and commercial point of view, Marianne will continue to enrich the dynamic community of galleries, collectors, institutions and corporate partners that comprise Design Miami/.”

“Design for Marianne has always been more than a job but an authentic passion, one which she embraces in a rigorous, energetic, and extremely sensible manner,” said Didier Krzentowski, Founder of Galerie kreo. “Her appointment represents a wind of change that demonstrates what the fairs in Miami and Basel deserve–which is nothing less than to be the only two that count in the entire world.”

“I am honored and excited to begin working with the Design Miami/ team,” said Marianne Goebl. “While collectible design is still a young field, it consistently demonstrates an incredible level of creative expression, freedom, and innovation. I am convinced that design plays a hugely important role within the contemporary cultural landscape and am eager to contribute to the next phase of growth for the fair.”

ABOUT DESIGN MIAMI/

Design Miami/ is the most prominent and substantive forum for international design, representing a convergence of commerce and culture. Its annual shows in Basel, Switzerland (June) and Miami, USA (December) bring together the most influential designers, collectors, dealers, curators, and critics from around the world. For further information, visit www.designmiami.com and www.designmiamiblog.com.