Swarovski has contributed to the Design Miami/ program over the past decade with commissioned installations by influential designers and architects including: Ross Lovegrove, Greg Lynn, Troika, Fredrikson Stallard, Erwin Redl, Eyal Burstein, Asif Khan, Guilherme Torres, Jeanne Gang and James Balog, and most recently Fernando Romero, Architect and Founder of Fernando Romero Enterprise (FR-EE).

The Swarovski Designers of the Future commissions will be exhibited alongside Design Miami’s gallery program for the duration of the fair, which runs June 14-19 in Hall 1 Sud, Messeplatz, Basel, Switzerland.

2016 Swarovski Designers of the Future Award Winners/
STUDIO BRYNJAR & VERONIKA/
The work of Studio Brynjar & Veronika is linked to storytelling and narratives, which are deeply rooted in Icelandic culture. They use various media such as drawings, photography, video, sound and furniture in order to convey their work in a rich and specific way. One of the main qualities within the Studio’s work lies in the extensive research carried out, and the open-minded approach within the field of design; taking inspiration from the environment around them, and translating these learnings into objects. In 2011, Brynjar Sigurðarson established the studio, as well as teaching within the Masters department at ECAL, Lausanne, Switzerland. Veronika Seldmair, an interior design graduate, with a background in the field of Fashion and Jewelery, joined the practice in 2014. Current and recent studio projects include work with leading brands and galleries such as Fondation d'entreprise Galeries Lafayette, Galerie kréo, CIRVA, Manufacture de Sèvres, PCM, and Spark Design Space and Camper. Brynjar’s documentary, Borgþór Sveinsson, was presented at the Art Film Festival in Den Bosch, Holland and was recently acquired as part of the permanent collection of MAK, Vienna. biano.is

ANJALI SRINIVASAN/
Anjali Srinivasan is an artist and entrepreneur who has been working with molten glass since 2000. Anjali began exploring emerging and innovative technologies such as sensor control, remote tracking and responsive environments, in 2006 combining molten glass with these advanced digital mediums to create sculptures, installations and performances. Her professional background includes Fine/Visual Art & Design; she studied Accessories’ Design at the National Institute of Fashion Technology in New Delhi and holds a Bachelor in Fine Arts, cum laude, from Alfred University, New York. She completed her graduate studies (Masters in Fine Art, with Honors) at Rhode Island School of Design in 2007 with a keen interest in glass and digital media. Following extensive work & teaching experience across the United States, Scandinavia and Australia, she established ChoChoMa Studios, an artist studio that provides custom solutions in hand-crafted glass. Currently, Anjali directs a small team of makers at ChoChoMa Studios in Dubai as well as maintaining her own professional artistic practice and teaching at art & design universities around the world. anjalisrinivasan.com

YURI SUZUKI/
Yuri Suzuki is a sound artist, designer and electronic musician who produces work that explores the realms of sound through exquisitely designed pieces. Suzuki was born in Tokyo in 1980. He has worked for Japanese art unit Maywa Denki, where he developed a strong interest in music and technology. After working with them he moved to London to study at the Royal College of Art. During this time he worked on some projects for Yamaha, and after his graduation in 2008 he opened his own studio in London. Suzuki’s work raises questions of the relation between sound and people and how music and sound affect people’s minds. Suzuki’s sound art pieces and installations have been shown in exhibitions all around the world. In 2013, he started teaching at Royal College of Art London and also began an associate position for Disney, New Radiophonic Workshop and Teenage Engineering. During the same year, he founded Yuri Suzuki Ltd (YS Lab) which is an R&D consultancy working with several companies including Google, Panasonic and Disney. Suzuki also founded Dentaku Ltd which produces OTOTO the DIY musical instrument, comprising of a built-in synthesizer and sampler. In 2014, Museum of Modern Art New York acquired his work OTOTO and Colour Chasers to their permanent collection. yurisuzuki.com / yslab.co

ABOUT THE AWARD/
The Swarovski Designers of the Future Award honors a select group of promising young designers and studios who exemplify new directions in design culture. These young creatives work beyond pure product design and represent conceptually or technologically vanguard approaches, often assimilating ideas from multiple disciplines. The objective of the award is to offer these next-generation design talents the opportunity to present newly commissioned work to an influential audience of collectors, dealers, and journalists at Design Miami/Basel.

DESIGN MIAMI/
Design Miami/ is the global forum for design. Each fair brings together the most influential collectors, gallerists, designers, curators and critics from around the world in celebration of design culture and commerce. Occurring alongside the Art Basel fairs in Miami, USA each December and Basel, Switzerland each June, Design Miami/ has become the premier venue for collecting, exhibiting, discussing and creating collectible design. For more information, please visit www.designmiami.com