Miami artist Michelle Weinberg uses Odabashian to manufacture her rug-art installations

Miami Beach based visual artist, Michelle Weinberg recently exhibited her custom limited-edition rug installation at Dorsch Gallery in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood. This initiative is part of Odabashian’s continuing efforts to not only promote local and internationally renown artists, but also to introduce and familiarize them to using the hand-made rug as a visual art media in their installations.

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Photos by Teodora Dakova

 

From Michelle’s profile:

Michelle Weinberg lives in Miami Beach. She works primarily in paint and collage media, and her career as an artist embraces many activities, including design, public art, education, writing on art and curatorial projects. She has organized many collaborations among artists that have taken the form of group exhibitions, inter-disciplinary performances and a publication.

Her exhibitions include Anthony Spinello Gallery, Art@Work, ArtCenter/South Florida, the Wolfsonian Museum-FIU, and Casa Lin in Miami, and The Schoolhouse Gallery in Provincetown, MA. Weinberg is the recipient of fellowships from Fundacion Valparaiso in Spain, Millay Colony, MacDowell Colony, the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, a 2008 South Florida Cultural Consortium Award, an Individual Artist Fellowship from the State of Florida, the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown and Altos de Chavon in the Dominican Republic, among others.

The rug is a limited edition (1 of 3) that are part of Michelle’s geometric exploration of color, depth and form.

Contact us Here if you are a visual artist looking to develop your work using a millenial hand-made media.

Gonzalo Tassier’s “Tapete de Asfalto” – A Safe zone at home.

“I was born with a gift and I feel that my duty is to give it back to others.”

-Gonzalo Tassier 

Recipient of the prestigious Sir Misha Black medal awarded by London’s Royal College of Art in 2008 for extraordinary dedication to design education, Gonzalo Tassier embodies the humility and back-to-basics attitude that is the fundamental charisma sought by many designers across their entire careers.

Gonzalo’s piece, aptly named “Tapete de Asfalto” (Asphalt Carpet) is an exploration into how graphics evoke a very clear emotional response from users. The black wool background and the white silk lines are a representation of the lines on a crosswalk. Crosswalks, are a “safety zone” in a hostile pedestrian environment. A place where one feels safe when crossing the street. At home, around our living room, in our bedroom or in our den, we feel the same sense of security. Shelter is one of the most basic and primordial origins of human design.

Photo -F. Etulain

To see the entire collection of the exhibit at the Franz Mayer, click here.

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Palm leaves inspired rugs for The Palms Hotel

Inspired by the overriding theme of Miami’s palm trees, Odabashian is the supplier of the custom made rug collection for the Palms Hotel in Miami’s South Beach.

In a collaborative project, Odabashian and long-time Miami team POW!, designed custom made rugs for the suites, inspired by the palm trees that give this iconic Art-deco luxury hotel its name.

The hotel design theme is “Inspired by Nature” and so are the rugs that Odabashian manufactured exclusively for the suites.

Take a look at the pictures and transport yourself to one of their amazing rooms with a view.

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If you want a high quality hand made custom made rug for your interior decoration project, contact us and we will work around your requirements and your brief to deliver a world class rug that matches your needs.

Also, if you are a designer and want to use our rugs as your canvas so it is exposed in the most luxurious hotel interiors and residences, contact us too.

Odabashian Rugs at the Setai, Miami

The Setai is the most luxurious property on South Beach. Managed by luxury hotel management veterans GHM, it’s attention to detail and service is unrivaled across most of the region. Odabashian custom rugs were a perfect fit for such a luxurious property already recognized by it’s award-winning interiors.

From their site:

“The Setai is an intimate, serene oceanfront resort in the heart of South Beach.

Its design vision artfully combines the rich architectural history of the neighborhood and its cultural diversity with the International Art Deco movement, particularly its influence in Asia. Infused with natural materials, space and light, The Setai bears the unmistakable imprint of legendary hotelier Adrian Zecha.

The Art Deco landmark building was originally built between 1936 – 1938 as the famed Dempsey Vanderbilt Hotel. Next to it is our 40-story glass tower that surpasses all around it in elevation, views and design.”

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The Setai team selected Odabashian’s hospitality division to replace the aging original hand-woven rugs for it’s equity owned villas in the hotel’s management program. This, because of the experience and track record Odabashian has with manufacturing luxury-grade hand made rugs for similar projects. Some of them include Banyan Tree Hotels, Aman Resorts, as well as The Delano

Contact us to see how we can support your housekeeping and design team with supplying the finest hospitality-grade proven custom area rugs for your hotel.