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Migrating from Paris to Miami has been fruitful for Patricia Morrison and Orianna Tufano Morrison, the mother-and-daughter team behind OM Editions, an online retailer that’s all about “cultivating harmony at home.” In just three short years, their site has become a go-to favorite for design lovers in search of limited-edition furniture and homeware collections with artisanal vibes.

Most of that has to do with the knowledge and love that the company’s founders bring to the table. Orianna’s career trajectory includes collaborating with major artists at contemporary galleries all around the world, while Patricia’s expertise includes 25 years of work as a luxury real estate agent and interior designer. “We are innately familiar [with our business],” says Orianna. 

And it shows. OM Editions’ inaugural Edition 01 collection consists of eight contemporary, conversation-worthy pieces, ranging from the wood-and-glass GlobeWoo coffee table to a nearly 7-foot-tall wooden screen featuring prismatic plexiglass panels. Erotic-themed plates from French artist Karla Sutra and playful hanging sculptures from Spanish brand Solito Mobiles are also offered on the line as part of a homeware compilation that grows to include new artists every few months.

Although OM’s works are produced in Europe, and even though for years the pair has successfully catered to an exclusively European clientele, Patricia says the move to South Florida just made plain sense: “This new chapter feels like a homecoming in many ways. We’ve witnessed Miami evolve into a place where art and culture are fueled by an international community with unique global sensibilities. OM Editions embodies all that.”

As for what’s ahead, the duo is busy working out the details of the release of Edition 02 (which will include sofas, poufs, and a bed frame in specialized materials, fabrics, and colors), considering a brick-and-mortar location for a showroom, and staying true to their mantra of, as Orianne puts it, “pushing beyond the common definitions of design.” 

Story Credits: 

Text by Riki Altman-Yee

Portrait by Diana Zapata/BFA; all photos courtesy of OM Editions

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Designed by Marco Piva for Kreoo, the Tao freestanding washbasin employs marble to make a case for organic minimalism.

The Ofelia tub from Ceramica Cielo is distinguished by its minimalist lines and made practical by a comfortable back rest and surface space for bath products all around the rim.

Made of Cristalmood (a transparent colored resin with a glossy finish), the Reflex bathtub by Antonio Lupi boasts soft shapes with a clean and rigorous air.

Reminiscent of a seashell, the Nahbi basin by Nella Vetrina is made of white Calacatta marble combined with either wood, Murano glass, or metal.

The Undici Inox series washbasin by Agape offers a lean composition that’s both practical and sculptural.

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Compiled by Annette Sessa-Galbo & Luis R. Rigual

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High above the postcard-blue waters of Sunny Isles Beach, an exclusive luxury condominium perched on the forty-eighth floor of Armani Casa Residences reflects the quintessence of the celebrated fashion designer after whom the high-rise was named. Owner Thomas Wood, an area resident since 2007, recently purchased the 3,050-square-foot abode as a virtual blank slate, and it was his one desire to integrate the building’s overall design spirit into his own home.

“[Thomas’ main wish was] for us to embody the design of the [tower’s public spaces] within his home,” says Monica Souza, owner of MC Studio, an interior design partnership she shares with her sister Cristina. “Our inspiration very much came from the building’s interior design by Giorgio Armani, which influenced the pieces and color palette you see throughout the home.” In addition, Wood requested a masculine apartment with upscale flair, which was achieved through the selected materials—leather, silk, and metal—and a palette incorporating Armani’s handsome taupe base mixed with moody darker tones.

“Cristina has an amazing eye for color, and Monica zoned in on the furniture style I loved,” says Wood. “I wanted a warm feel, so we went with neutrals and designed much of the unit around Armani/Casa, Fendi Casa, and Artefacto furnishings.”

As the elevator doors open, a foyer clad in book-matched Vena Grigio marble floors and taupe leather wallpaper lends a striking first impression. Beyond the front doors, a showstopping den area spotlights a floating Azalai Negro porcelain slab feature wall. “We wanted this space to be a private lounge where Thomas could entertain guests without having to bring them into the private inner sanctums of his home,” says Cristina.

Further in, a luxurious living room emanates high-style masculinity with a custom wall panel mirroring the porcelain slab applied in the den. A sleek ivory linen Fendi Casa sofa blends fluidly with a plush Minotti ottoman, cognac leather cube, and Linha coffee table topped with Sahara Noir marble. From the living room, an unadorned hallway leads to the primary bedroom with panoramic ocean views and a private balcony. Millwork panels behind the bed covered in mink sateen wallpaper with bronze metal detailing visually connect the space to the outer rooms.

“MC Studio was remarkable at presenting the various options and then molding them to suit the look I was trying to get,” says Wood. “This is the perfect space—I love to entertain and my family loves to visit.”

Story Credits:

Interior Design by Monica Souza & Cristina Souza, MC Studio, Miami, FL

Builder Jorge Liza, Blue Crew Contractors, Miami, FL

Text by Jeanne de Lathouder

Photography by Craig Denis, Miami, FL

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Kitchens have become the showpieces of contemporary home design. Open concepts, clean sightlines, wide islands, custom millwork, and world-class appliances create a statement and set the tone for the room that serves as the heart of the home. While these elements are perfect for casual, everyday living, they can prove challenging for the homeowner who likes to entertain on a grander scale or the gourmet who wants to dive into the art of at-home culinary creations without the hassle of the constant tidying of the on-display workspace. Homeowners who frequently enjoy cooking spicy or odorous foods such as fish are also challenged by kitchens open to the entire home as there is no way to contain cooking smells.

Enter the dual kitchen concept.

A recent home renovation in Palm Beach County’s Stone Creek Ranch community gave Ralph Edwards, eggersmann’s Florida designer, the chance to pair form with functionality. The home, designed by Marc Michaels Interior Design with Ellemar Luxury Construction, featured two kitchen spaces—the primary kitchen opens to the home’s living areas and a scullery that featured plenty of cabinetry and counter space to house appliances, cookware, and entertaining elements. Both were beautifully designed by Marc Michaels with a traditional appeal and offered the needed functionality for the homeowners who frequently entertain with catering staff.

Then, the unexpected happened.

“The client came into our showroom and fell in love with our sleek kitchens,” Edwards says. “She immediately wanted to change the original design to get a modern look.”

Given that kitchen upgrades are one of the best ways to maintain—or improve—the value of a home, the decision to make changes was well-placed. Remodeling magazine’s 2018 Cost vs Value Report shows that kitchen upgrades are recouped between 54 and 81 percent when a home sells. The Zillow Group Consumer Housing Trends survey the same year states that 58 percent of home buyers list having their preferred style of kitchen played a significant role in their home purchasing decision.

Collaboration among the homeowners, the home’s designer and eggersmann resulted in a revamped plan that was the best of both worlds—a transitional design that updated the original more traditional look and function of the scullery and the installation of new elements to give the primary kitchen a more contemporary appeal.

Sleek, high-gloss white cabinetry pairs with warm, highly gained walnut cabinet fronts set the main kitchen’s contemporary aesthetic. Edwards says the visual impact is just the start of an eggersmann kitchen. Double overlapping pocket doors conceal the ice maker, coffee machine, and smoothie bar while the large center island with the Galley workstation sink makes it easy to keep the central kitchen looking spotless.

“Every walnut door, panel, and molding are grain-matched floor-to-ceiling, giving an uninterrupted grain pattern,” Edwards says. The grain-matching feature is carried into the nearby scullery kitchen to tie its design to the more modern main kitchen as the secondary cooking space retained some of its original, more traditional elements. Key changes—including extra-long steel handles and oversized backsplash tiles—modernized the more traditional shaker-style cabinetry and compound crown molding.

“The scullery is more of a workhorse,” Edwards explains. “It’s where the staff can prepare daily meals, but its main function is to prepare food and stage décor for large parties and catered events.” This room features glass-front cabinetry to make accessing supplies easier for catering staff and those who don’t use the room daily, as do entertaining-specific tools such as a Suvie drawer or vacuum food sealer. The scullery also enables the homeowners to effectively follow Kosher food preparation methods, should that be desired.

The results of the upgrade? A modern, functional partnership between two spaces that will suit the homeowners’ entertaining and aesthetic styles while improving the value of their real estate investment.

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Bartels Doors has been a leader in the custom door industry for over 23 years, providing the South Florida & Caribbean architecture and design community with quality solutions for luxury interior doors and hardware proudly manufactured in Germany. Bartels offers custom interior doors, modern barn door hardware, glass and wood door systems, stainless steel library ladders, handles and more.  All our doors are custom manufactured just to your liking.

What makes us different from others?
All our systems come as complete sets, ready to be installed, no additional on-site finishing is required. Our swing doors include a split jamb, casing with routed sound seal, door slab, factory precision CNC routings for adjustable hinges and European mortise box. Sliding doors include the hardware set which includes the wheels, stops, track and a floor guide. All hardware is factory routed and/or installed prior to delivery.

Our doors can be customized in many ways. Starting with the size, finishes, handles, functions and much more.

Our door cores are constructed in diverse ways, depending on their requirements (sound, climate, resistance, strength due to height/width requirements, etc.). Depending on those we offer a tubular/solid chipboard or blockboard core. Doors with taller heights receive additional core stabilizers for added stability which are incorporated into the core.

All doors supplied by Bartels are provided factory finished in furniture grade finishes. This includes lacquered finishes in a variety of special curated tones and any standard RAL color. Custom real wood veneers can be applied vertically, or horizontally or custom stained to match flooring, walls, or other millwork. Additional design customization can include light/glass inserts in various glass finishes or textures or even color print. Line designs and veneer art are also available.

Custom closet systems and room dividers are another specialty of ours. We offer sliding, bypass and bifold as well as telescoping options. Custom closet systems provided by Bartels Doors are always provided factory finished. They will be delivered in your specified size and finished, ready for installation. No additional onsite work is needed!
Custom room dividers and closet doors available at Bartels Doors offer a wide range of custom design options. You can customize your frame finish and add dividers to allow for multiple finishes. The panel finish options include everything from textured (3D) finishes, wood veneers, fabric, painted and glass.

At Bartels, we take pride in the quality of door products we offer. Not convinced? Elevate your Senses in our Showroom in the beautiful Dania Beach, right off I-95. Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bartels_doors/

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From a distance, Alessandra Meskita’s artworks appear to vibrate, but closer inspection reveals she achieves the mesmerizing effect by wrapping canvases in yarn and painting over them in a way that yields different optics depending on one’s viewpoint. “I’ve become the Queen of Cord,” jokes the Brazilian artist who began her career as a fashion designer—not surprisingly, her specialty in that realm is crocheted separates.

In the last two years or so, along with her fashion collections, Meskita has been busy creating her one-of-kind mixed media paintings, most of which have emerged from her North Bay Village studio. The canvases tend to be large, many averaging 80 by 160 inches, so fabricating them is a workout. “I have a step-ladder in my studio that I go up and down on multiple times when I’m working,” she explains. “I approach the pieces from many different angles [to create their] kinetic effect, so I need to walk from side to side constantly.”

Meskita’s art career began somewhat out of self-interest. Tired of looking at the blank walls of her home, she dove into her design supplies and decided yarn would do the trick. Some days later, her foyer came alive with a piece that appeared red or blue, depending on how you viewed it. When a friend asked to buy it from her, a business idea was born. The timing couldn’t have been better: “I had just finalized my divorce and had a six-week-old baby to support.”

The next batch of artworks she created attracted the attention of a buyer with an interior design client working on a project in The Bahamas. “She ended up buying nine pieces,” says Meskita. “She needed artworks that would ‘talk between rooms.’” Sometime later, she reached out to fellow Brazilian Paulo Bacchi, owner of Artefacto, who initially purchased eight pieces from her, and soon thereafter began to ask for custom works for his company’s staging projects on a regular basis. Word about her talent began to spread among Miami interior designers, and these days her textured, hypnotic canvases (which can take mere weeks or up to a few months to complete) are in high demand.

“When working with clients, I like to ask about their lifestyles and then I try to create a story based on that,” says Meskita. “I never imagined I’d have a career as an artist, but then again, I don’t think there’s any other artist in the world doing what I do.” 

Story Credits:

Text by Riki Altman-Yee

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Yellow upholstery on the seat of the Ester chair by Anima Domus emboldens the sculptural silhouette of an already striking piece of furniture.

We can’t think of a bolder color statement than Rodolfo Dordoni’s Cuba 25 sofa for Cappellini in yellow, a shade that celebrates palette like no other. 

Designer Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance had the idea for the Ottoman chair while working on a hotel in Marrakesh. The piece for Ligne Roset was inspired by traditional Moroccan footstools.

Contemporary and modern design elements take shape in the Turin end table by Arteriors. A lacquered lemon finish accentuates its sculptural construction.

Diane von Furstenberg’s Climbing Tiger area rug for The Rug Company is a piece of underfoot art marked by its trio of silk tones.

The vibrant lemon imagery on the Gran Sol pattern by Kravet makes it the ideal wallcovering for rooms seeking endless summer vibes.

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Talk about a dream project. When a couple from New York approached Mirtha Arriaran and told her they had combined multiple, ocean-facing units in Miami Beach’s Continuum building into one residence and would spend whatever it took to make it truly spectacular, she knew she was in designer heaven.

Every item, including an array of phenomenal art, was purchased specifically for the now 6,000-square-foot condominium with three bedrooms and five bathrooms. “Every detail is very unique,” says Arriaran. The owners only imparted one simple request: “‘Keep the view clean so we can see the whole ocean.’”

Starting from the moment the elevator doors open, the lofty space, which is primarily clad in large-format Italian Mosa White marble tile, reveals itself seductively. The design team outfitted the welcoming landing primarily with metal, glass and wood, all in various shades of brown. A bronze mirrored wall bathes the space in warm light, and a stately iron console (which required the efforts of 10 men to install) serves as a primary focal point. Next, curved walls lead guests down a hallway, where sculptures by conceptual artist Tom Friedman and Spanish surrealist master Joan Miró bookend a majestic oceanic panorama. Though some designers might have found the building’s angled windows challenging, Arriaran embraced the architectural feature: “I like it. It gives shape.” To further enhance the silhouette, she anchored the room with a curvy white Vladimir Kagan sofa and a Minotti area rug featuring a swirling pattern. An emerald-green velvet sofa adds a punch of color.

A dining room for eight shares the same breathtaking view in the open-concept space. Footsteps away, and wrapped in the same red gum wood veneer found on the living room’s cylindrical support column, is a bar backed in Ocean Green onyx and more upholstered seating. Italkraft fabricated and installed the bar, along with the millwork throughout, and constructed a kitchen primarily clad in sycamore with a glamorous vibe all its own. Both casual and formal meals can be enjoyed here, around the circular table by Anima Domus paired with chairs from Artefacto, or at the bar atop Kelly bar stools by Boca do Lobo. Similar to nearly all the light fixtures throughout, the bisected Synapse in the kitchen came from Apparatus, while Arriaran incorporated LED lighting accents as a supplement throughout the home, hiding strips in the family room shelving, along the glass-front kitchen cabinets, and behind the edges of the mirror in the powder room.

In the primary bedroom, where Arriaran enlisted Ornare to create a fabulous closet for her clients, the mood is more subdued, and a switch to white oak flooring signals the change. The designer kept the room largely minimalistic, with the exception of one dazzling feature: “We did a cove with LED lighting and Armani gold leaf wallpaper on the ceiling,” she explains. In the primary bathroom, LED lights illuminate the inset ceiling and the steps leading to the bathtub. Projects of this magnitude are quintessential for Arriaran, who established her studio in Miami some 25 years ago.

As for the Long Island couple lucky enough to call this condo home? It appears they were so awed by what Arriaran accomplished that they were left wanting more. “He also moved his office from New York to Miami,” reveals the designer. “And I did that project, too.”

Story Credits: 

Interior Design Mirtha Arriaran, MAS Interior Design, Miami, FL

Text by Riki Altman-Yee

Photography by Craig Denis, Miami, FL

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Tomás Redrado is fast becoming one of Miami’s most gregarious gallerists. At the new Tomás Redrado Art in Little River, the Argentina native says he’s dedicated to promoting the work of both emerging and established artists while actively engaging with Miami’s local art scene. So far, programming at the space has focused on a monthly rotation of artists that have included Paris Kain, Gabriela Ayza Aschmann, Miranda Makaroff, François Thevenet, Santiago Paredes, and Brigette Hoffman. “I’ve been lucky enough to travel from a very young age and go to the most important museums in the world,” says Redrado. “I think all of that opens your mind. I’ve always liked art and had the fantasy of exporting culture, so I want to be a cultural bridge builder.” 

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Compiled by Luis R. Rigual

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Brazil’s Espasso is dedicated to keeping the legacy of the country’s most prominent design minds alive. This vignette showcases the Amorfa coffee table by Arthur Casa, a beautiful example of amorphous design, as well as the late Oscar Niemeyer’s Alta metal lounge chair, a piece that recalls the curves found in the master’s architecture.

The Canela chair from Roberta Schilling mixes cane, wood, leather, and fabric to celebrate Brazil’s indigenous cultures.

The electric cable of the Corda pendant by Guilherme Wentz for Sossego becomes one with its metal sling, providing the perfect cupping for the glass lamp. 

The Flora floor lamp by Zanini de Zanine for Slamp was inspired by the Monstera Deliciosa plant and features 60 petals around a satin sphere that’s illuminated from its core.

Designed by Vinicius Siega for Saccaro and made of walnut or jequitiba wood, the Vertice dining table brings a succession of cuts and folds to the piece’s base, giving it its unpredictable character.

Story Credits: 

Compiled by Annette Sessa-Galbo and Luis R. Rigual

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