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A Waterfront Home on Miami Beach Takes Its Cue from the Holiday Homes of British Royalty.
Moving In, Moving Out
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Moving into a new house is an opportunity to take creative leaps. For NiBa co-owner Beth Arrowhead and her husband John Berryman moving from her funky beach condo to a larger Bermuda-style cottage in Miami required a shift in their design paradigm. Marrying the two styles and keeping the eclectic pieces that gave the small apartment its offbeat look required a bit of compromise, ingenuity and loads of white paint.
Product Design: Gene Meyer
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A fashion designer whose bold scarves and trippy graphics earned him stints at Geoffrey Been and Marshall Fields, Gene Meyer began designing furniture and rugs with his brother Doug three years ago. Together they helped establish NiBA home in the Design District where his exuberantly-colored rug collections share space with swanky housewares. A forward-thinking designer with an old soul, Meyer has incorporated nostalgic themes from Miami's Deco past into his plush floor pieces.
Graphic Design: Ilona Oppenheim
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There's a building named after her (designed by her architectural powerhouse husband Chad) yet Ilona Oppenheim is becoming known for her meticulously produced graphic design materials, small masterpieces rising to the top in a sea of developer-generated hype. Inspired by the works of Massimo Vinelli and Bruce Mau, the soft-spoken Swiss designer brings that rare combination of European grace and appreciation of form to the Miami design circuit.
Interior Design: Charles Allem
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South African-born Charles Allem imbues his interior design work with an eclecticism that refuses to be pigeon-holed into a “signature style.” His monochromatic interiors have graced such high profile projects as the W Las Vegas, private residences in California and Miami and the upcoming redesign of the Savoy Hotel in South Beach.
Architecture: Chad Oppenheim
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Chad Oppenheim is one of those creative types who is unabashedly optimistic and yet undeniably cool. His buildings have pleased both critics and an increasingly discerning public with an insatiable appetite for design. Equally at ease at glitzy Miami parties as when delivering a lecture on sustainable building practices, Oppenheim has steadily advanced his imaginative structures through an often frenetic development market. His projects illustrate a desire to elevate the Miami skyline and test the bounds of creativity. Sublime buildings like Ten Musuem Park and Cor are launching both Oppenheim and Miami into the global design stratosphere.