The MIA Program

Miami's skate culture goes under the scope in a retrospective highlighting the last 10 years of the city's stirring subculture

A ten year retrospective on skateboarding in Miami, “The MIA Program” looks at the city’s stirring subculture through the lenses of photographers Ian O’Connor and Frankie Galland, as well as with skate-inspired paintings by artist Taylor Kienholz. The MIA Program returns for a month-long showcase at local hangout Kill Your Idol after debuting to a packed house in a 24-hour-long exhibition of the same name …

Sur la Plage

Bea Szenfeld's fantastical paper costumes inspired by oceanic myths

Eschewing traditional tailoring techniques and materials, Bea Szenfeld’s creates the layered paillettes and sharply-creased geometric forms of her remarkable garments out of paper. In the Poland-born artist’s latest collection, “Sur la Plage,” currently on view at Stockholm’s Design Galleriet, Szenfeld mixes a range of inspirations. Fusing silhouettes from ’50s burlesque, her high-waisted, structured shapes enhance the feminine form with a vision of the future referencing …

Salone Satellite 2010

A flat-pack chair, an idea-generating coffee table, and more from Milan's biggest showplace for up-and-comers

Dedicated to emerging designers, Salone Satellite is the area of Milan’s furniture fair where big companies and trend researchers find the fresh stuff. My Granddaughter’s Cabinet by Lisa Hilland uses typical Swedish materials as a way to hand down the tradition of local design to younger generations. “I have chosen those materials that grow old beautifully,” Lisa told CH, “like reindeer leather and birch, oak …