Miguel Vieira Baptista
High-tech design and high-quality workmanship, perfect marble, fine woods and legendary Portuguese corks form the essence of the Swiss premiere on the eve of Art Basel / Design Miami 2018. The Mise-En-Scène of the 40 square meter Zürich salon is arranged with works such as Alpinina by Jasper Morrison; Hipódromo, Large Vessel and Tall Vessel by Michael Anastassiades; Cork Kit by Amanda Levete; Cork Bench by Naoto Fukasawa; Bísaro, Pata Negra and Vase with Roots by Fernando Brízio and many more … A treat for true collectors and design lovers. The Eclipse 02 and the Secção by Miguel Vieira Baptista were also presented at the BNW Salon in Zürich.
He has been the curator of several design exhibitions, including “Dieter Rams Haus” presented at Centro Cultural de Belém, in Lisbon (2001). Since 2003 he has been producing and exhibiting limited editions in galleries such as Loja da Atalaia, Cristina Guerra, Marz, Appleton Square and Gabinete. He has been teaching at ESAD.CR since 2000; was a guest professor at ECAL in Switzerland during 2001 and at Domaine de Boisbuchet in France in 2015. His work is part of the collection of MUDE – Lisbon’s Museum of Design and Fashion. In 2013 he was awarded in Cologne with the Audi Mentorprize by A&W.
ECLIPSE 2
Eclipse 2 is part of a set of pieces that have been conceptualised from research into the construction methods used in Roman antiquity, in which Miguel Vieira Baptista studied the ways the various stone elements used in columns were joined together at the time. The piece itself is composed of one single block, that while seemingly unfinished by reproducing the shape of an eclipse, continues to function as a container.
- Type Centrepiece
- Date 2017
- Dimensions 270 x 225 x 100 mm
- Weight 5.27 kg
- Material Pele de Tigre Marble
- Edition Limited 8+3
Made in Portugal using Portuguese stone.
Prototype developed for the First Stone programme, for Assimagra.
100% recyclable.
HIPÓDROMO
Hipódromo is part of a set of pieces that have been conceptualized from research into the construction methods used in Roman antiquity, in which Miguel Vieira Baptista studied the ways the various stone elements used in columns were joined together at the time. Hipódromo is made up of seven juxtaposing elements, creating a singular piece, thus contradicting methods that used mortar or extremely resistant metal and stone pieces.
- Type Centrepiece
- Date 2017
- Dimensions 510 x 260 x 35 mm
- Weight 5.38 kg
- Material Pele de Tigre Marble
- Edition Limited 8+3
- Made in Portugal using Portuguese stone.
Prototype developed for the First Stone programme, for Assimagra.
100% recyclable.
This exhibition presents pieces that were mainly created through projects commissioned by experimentadesign: pieces integrating the latest “First Stone” programme (2016 – 2017), the “Metamorphosis” project presented at the EXD’13 Biennale or even the project “Efeito D” for the EXD’09 Biennale. The exhibition integrates also pieces of independent projects created by designers constituting the pool of Lisbon Gallery Design & Architecture.
Working with some of the most relevant Portuguese and international protagonists within the field of design and architecture, Lisbon Gallery presents pieces that manifest a strong component of research and innovation. Most of the selected works were produced in Portugal, or turned out as a result of exploring other industries. All the pieces are commercialized in limited series or standard editions.New forms of working with materials were born during the design process of these pieces, creating new logics and representations. The preference over natural and organic materials or with a certain weight and history, projects in itself an identifying characteristic of the Lisbon Gallery: its investment in the area of sustainability.
Having its pieces travelling once more to international territory, the Lisbon Gallery gets a step closer to the international approach it has been claiming, as a way to disseminate its content and to promote the design mostly made in Portugal.
