Marbella / Design & Art

MARBELLA / DESIGN & ART

by Chris Chaplow

Marbella / Design and Art is an international (mainly interior) design fair in Marbella which has combined with the Marbella /Art fair. Marbella / Design was first held in 2018 as a sister event to the successful ART / Marbella and has always taken place in the Palacio de Ferias y Congresos Since 2021 it has taken place over 11 days in early Novevember.  

Marbella / Design is the brainchild of Alejandro Zaia, the Argentinean co-founder of the world's leading Latin American modern and contemporary art fairs - PINTA New York (which has relocated to Miami) and PINTA London (which re-launched in 2016 as Crossroads).

The event's board members are Patricia Cardona de Zietz, Teresa Sapey, Alejandro Zaia, Sebastian Valdez, Manuel Diaz Cebrian and Paloma Gómez Marín.

As well as the exhibition stands, each morning there is a series of presentations on the theme of contemporary design. In 2018 these were: Architecture & Design by Deyan Sudjic and Teresa Sapey;  Objects & Design by Frank Stephenson, Borja Borrero and Sarah Miller; and Art and Design by Oscar Mariné and Dionisio González.

Sarah Miller, an English journalist,spoke about new concepts in luxury design in hotels that are radically opposed to traditional luxury.

Marbella / Design is not a tourist-orientated event as such: it is primarily for industry professionals. However, anybody with a genuine interest in top-quality contemporary design or wishing to see how a top-quality art fair is arranged - or simply wanting to cool off from the heat of a Marbella spring - is welcome to take a look around. The entrance fee set at 15€ is designed to ensure this.

Marbella / Design sister event was launched in Marbella in 2018 and has traditionally taken place in September. In 2020 due to the Coronavirus pandemic the Art / Marbella was postponed and the two events ran concurrently. As Alejandro Zaia said "We could have canceled both events and continued next year" so it will be interesting to see if the September date isfavourable. Presumably it was not, in 2021 the Art / Marbella and Marbella Design ran concurrently again but for 10 days from 4 to 14 November 2021 and again 03 Nov to 13 Nov 2022, 02 Nov to 12 Nov 2023

An alternative event is booked for the September slot. Design Week Marbella DWM which ran Monday 27 Sept to Sunday 03 October 2021 10.00 to 20.00 hrs Entrance 12€

Previous editions of Marbella / Design

Previous to 2022 the fair was called 'Marbella / Design'. Dates of the 2021 Marbella / Design edition were 4th to 14th Nov 2021 and General admissions was 15€.    The ART / MARBELLA fair took place alongside MARBELLA / DESIGN on the same dates in the Palacio de Ferias, Congresos y Exposiciones in Marbella, Spain. 

Marbella / Design 2020 took place alongside from the ART / MARBELLA fair from 24th September to 3rd October 2020. It was visited by 8.000 persons (total entrances over the 11 days). The principla exhibitors were Finsa,  Carpintería Caravaca,  Ibizaliving, Orac Decor, Bardera Instalaciones and Decoracion,  Cozi Copenhagen,   Mariaflora,  Filippo Uecher Fine Natural Fabrics, Gordonimports,  Spa Experts Marbella,  Carone Mobiliario, Official Rosenthall,   Sunso Furniture,  Vila Hermanos,  GLC Iluminación,   Lucinsa Group, Viveros del Valle, Cristal de Sèvres France 1750,  Gira Ibérica,  Buo Home,  Stars Audiovisual,  Josamo,  Ladenac Milano. 2020 was the Covid year and the original May dates for MARBELLA / DESIGN were moved first to 27th August to 5th September and then to 24th September to 3rd October 2020 to share the event with ART / MARBELLA.

Marbella / Design 2019 took from 4th July to 15th July 2019 n the Palacio de Ferias, Congresos y Exposiciones in Marbella. Designers taking part were Erico Navazo, Adriana Nicolau, Viteri/Lapeña, Cuca García Lorente, Soledad Ordoñez, Julián Gallego, Susana Urbano, Sandra Amate, Javier Martín Designs, Blanca  Pera, La Nave Home con Marie Dufort, Nayra Iglesias, As Interiorista, González Casaus, Vatea Studio, Dairin Decoración and Femont Galvan.

First edition of the Marbella / Design 2018 took place from 5th to 9th April 2018 exhibitors were: Aalto Exclusive Design, Bently / Hastens, Colonial Club, Dionisio Gonzarlez, El Museum, Francisco Farreras, Fendi Casa, Gaskell Jewelry, Galeria José de la Mano,Gleria Leyendecker, Geometria and Lexiglas, Gomez y  Molina, Guarieri, Loani Home, Lucia Mendoza, Pedro Peña, Pia Myrvold, Solantu, T20 Pojects, Trans Accioiones,  Trussardi, Vertigo, Volubilis, Wadstrom Tonnheim.

ENTRY

General: 10€ 
Students, retired, groups of 8 or more: 8€ 

LOCATION

Palacio Congresos Marbella
Avenida José Meliá, 2. Marbella.

HOURS

11.00 to 14.00 and 14.00 to 20.00 (2020)

Design week Marbella

An alternative event Design Week Marbella DWM which focuses more on the supply chain of interior design was launced in 2021. It ran 27th Sept to 3rd October 2021 and 22nd to 28 September 2022 from 10.00 to 20.00 hrs Entrance 12€

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