Designer Days

...So, Basel Miami Beach is over. And with it has gone a sweep of design days, sprinkled with visions for those among us who like our occasional dose of visual saturation. There's plenty to say about what sold, what didn't, who got their big break, who didn't...and so on and so forth. But there's also a good deal to say about the things that surrounded us this weekend. I mean everything: from the pristine mosaics at CIFO to the bottles we drank from. Take for a moment, a stroll through Sushi Samba's GINZATROPICALIA: Graffiti gone global (which went on all weekend). Here, the neo-urban paint-can scrawl took over the walls, but paint wasn't the only pigment on the palate -- there was also the Canton Ginger Mojito which left a soft zing in your mouth -- fresh and sweet. It's a nice twist on the Cuban-style Mojito and I give Kudos to whoever decided to bring East and West together here, appropriately. But also, and here's the point: Kudos on the design and marketing of this brand -- it's elegant and sexy and it's just right. http://domainedecanton.com/home.html

Consider this an invitation to chime in -- tell us what you saw (and not necessarily on walls) that's worth a bit of art-talk.