"Becoming Familiar" Is The Experience To See and Touch at Design Miami 2023

By Janet Mercel on 12.8.23

This year marks the 19th year of Design Miami, the mecca of objects and concepts both beautiful and functional, providing endless inspiration for the international design community that flocks beachside for the annual art fairs.

Two multidisciplinary artists, Moral Turgeman, of her namesake LA-based studio, Raise the Moral, and Kelsey Falter expanded their recurring partnership into the “Becoming Familiar” exhibit at the fair, a sensorial and experiential design presentation that has excited the curiosity and participation of passersby since opening day, and was awarded this year’s Best Curio Presentation Award.

Moral is also a favorite AHL contributor and art writer, and we couldn’t be more proud to see our creatives thriving in their fields. See “Heinrich’s Dreamscape” Explores and Induces Synesthesia and Art Collective ‘This Immediate Life’ Is Capturing the Shared Quarantine Experience

Artists and designers Moral Turgeman and Kelsey Falter have collaborated since 2019

The Caterpillar lounger quickly provided the selfie of choice for fair goers on day one and beyond

The pieces are a collective play of materials in tactility, texture and light, and the womb-like installation invites observers to move about the space, absorbing aural, tactile and visual sensations and exploring human interactivity, with their surroundings and each other.

The centerpieces of the collection are Apex, a hand sculpted and casted basin, burning a candle through the hours with an audible, time-released chime, and Caterpillar, a parametric lounger with a tactile sound experience that quickly went viral, drawing people from all corners of the fair to experience the innovative use of vibration via tactile sound. Stitched and upholstered works like the Wing and Landing Pad, a modular marshmallow and ottoman, and Orbit, a suspended botanical installation; mix with Bianca Carrara marble in Pinnacle, and Throne, an interactive sculpture functioning as an incense burner.

Custom stitched Orbit botanical installation

“Becoming Familiar” is on view in booth C13 at Design Miami until December 10, 2023.

Contact Raise the Moral to inquire on design pieces.

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