B RICKELL D ESIG N
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Brickell Design Boom Miami’s Brickell Transformed Into Luxury Design Locale
“Brickell design boom is parallel
with the growth in the residential
population on Brickell Avenue and
Downtown Miami.”
SEPT-OCT 2013
Move over Midtown, as infamously corporate Brickell has loosened its tie. Renowned worldwide as Miami’s banking and business center, Brickell is quickly becoming a new hot spot for contemporary designers and artists. In the last couple of years the area has been swiftly shaping into an interior decor and art gallery ‘it’ place with sleek, trend-setting shops rapidly opening up in the locale. Miami’s Brickell area is striving to replicate New York City’s Midtown area where modern art exhibits and high-end interior design firms are in fruitful abundance.
The Brickell design boom is parallel with the growth in the residential population on Brickell Avenue and Downtown Miami. According to Miami Herald, “over the last decade, the Downtown population has nearly doubled, reaching 71,600 in 2011 as residents filled up new condominiums. Add in a work-day population of about 200,000, and the combination becomes extremely attractive for both restaurants and retailers.” Seeing a huge potential, design brands are quickly moving into the area. Danish luxury furniture retail Boconcept is set to open a flagship store on Brickell Avenue where they will feature their newly released 2014 collection, along with select pieces from top-line collaborations with prominent designers such as Henrik Pedersen, Karim Rashid, and Anders Norgaard.
However, acclaimed interior designers are not the only ones who are privy to the growth of Brickell’s creative side. For two consecutive years, Brickell has hosted a Brickell Art Walk every last tuesday of the month. Unlike its counterpart in Midtown, Brickell Art Walk is more upscale and aims to introduce the works of well established and recognized artists into the Brickell community while enhancing its cultural milieu.
The Brickell area is surely destined to be a huge success as it is quickly becoming an interior decor and art gallery mecca