{"id":4453,"date":"2015-12-29T17:12:03","date_gmt":"2015-12-29T17:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/?p=4453"},"modified":"2015-12-29T17:12:03","modified_gmt":"2015-12-29T17:12:03","slug":"rafael-cardenas-designer-the-year-2016s-maison-objet-americas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/events\/rafael-cardenas-designer-the-year-2016s-maison-objet-americas","title":{"rendered":"RAFAEL DE C\u00c1RDENAS | DESIGNER OF THE YEAR 2016&#8217;S MAISON &#038; OBJET AMERICAS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>MAISON<\/strong><strong>&amp;<\/strong><strong>OBJET<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>AMERICAS<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>is honoring the work of the New York architect\u2013designer, a master of the art of combining a freewheeling use of color with rigorous geometry. Come discover his neo-postmodern, \u201980s-influenced world.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/112.jpg\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4454\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/112.jpg\" alt=\"RAFAEL DE C\u00c1RDENAS | DESIGNER OF THE YEAR 2016'S MAISON &amp; OBJET AMERICAS\" width=\"640\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/112.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/112-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/112-300x422.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/112-350x492.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>SEE ALSO:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/interior-design\/what-to-see-in-london-visit-new-poliform-showroom-at-kings-road\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\">WHAT TO SEE IN LONDON: VISIT NEW POLIFORM SHOWROOM AT KINGS ROAD<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Across the Atlantic, Rafael de C\u00e1rdenas is more than just a lifestyle industry fad. By synthesizing the major aesthetic trends that have marked America in the second half of the twentieth century, as well as the ones that suffused urban America in the \u201980s, his neo-postmodern style has opened a new chapter in the history of American interior design. He developed his personal signature over a well-rounded artistic trajectory: painting and fashion design studies at the Rhode Island School of Design (RSID), a degree in architecture from Columbia, then\u00a0UCLA, and a blazing early career.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/214.jpg\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4455\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/214.jpg\" alt=\"RAFAEL DE C\u00c1RDENAS | DESIGNER OF THE YEAR 2016'S MAISON &amp; OBJET AMERICAS\" width=\"640\" height=\"914\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/214.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/214-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/214-300x428.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/214-350x500.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He cut his teeth in fashion with Calvin Klein, worked alongside Greg Lynn on a project to rebuild the World Trade Center, and even took a detour to work with a special effects company. With one job following on the heels of the previous one, in 2006 he founded his multi-disciplinary studio, Architecture At Large (AAL). The New York firm fast emerged as part of the conceptual design avant-garde, attracting prestigious clients.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/314.jpg\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4456\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/314.jpg\" alt=\"RAFAEL DE C\u00c1RDENAS | DESIGNER OF THE YEAR 2016'S MAISON &amp; OBJET AMERICAS\" width=\"640\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/314.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/314-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/314-350x214.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cartier, Nike, Cappellini, the jeweler Delfina Delettrez, and the Manhattan restaurant Asia de Cuba adopted the immersive visual atmospheres rich in aesthetic references that are Rafael de C\u00e1rdenas\u2019specialty. The designer cites his influences as the pioneers of Art Deco, the Prairie school of architecture and the Memphis movement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/411.jpg\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4457\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/411.jpg\" alt=\"RAFAEL DE C\u00c1RDENAS | DESIGNER OF THE YEAR 2016'S MAISON &amp; OBJET AMERICAS\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/411.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/411-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/411-350x263.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He borrows the clean, angular lines of a Frank Lloyd Wright or Bruce Goff, which he sets free through sophisticated use of color. Here is a selection of 100% Rafael de C\u00e1rdenas spaces and designs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/513.jpg\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4458\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/513.jpg\" alt=\"RAFAEL DE C\u00c1RDENAS | DESIGNER OF THE YEAR 2016'S MAISON &amp; OBJET AMERICAS\" width=\"640\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/513.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/513-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/513-350x178.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>SEE ALSO:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/architecture\/architecture-news-kengo-kuma-will-built-tokyo-olympic-stadium\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\">ARCHITECTURE NEWS: KENGO KUMA WILL BUILT TOKYO OLYMPIC STADIUM<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/casegoods\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/images\/ext-campaign\/article\/bb-casegoods-750.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"130\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"post-excerpt\">MAISON&amp;OBJET\u00a0AMERICAS\u00a0is honoring the work of the New York architect\u2013designer, a master of the art of combining a freewheeling use of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4459,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13,43],"tags":[358,1199,1669,1885,80,1886],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4453"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4453"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4460,"href":"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4453\/revisions\/4460"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brabbu.com\/en\/news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}