Get to know more about Rafael de Cárdenas, the Designer of the year Maiosn et Objet AMERICAS 2016. With a huge diversity in luxury design projects, Cárdenas makes turns always the design world into something captivating and unique. It just blows your mind! Take a look at some of his recent designs.
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As founder of SoHo-based design firm Rafael de Cárdenas / Architecture at Large, Rafael de Cárdenas nakes artful, imaginative concepts for varied projects spanning commercial and residential interiors, art advisory, objects and furniture, and temporary and pop-up spaces. He begin is own design firm in 2006, de Cárdenas worked for Calvin Klein as a men’s collection designer and as a creative director for special effects production house Imaginary Forces.
Cárdenas interest in invent environments with moods, as opposed to any specific style, has allowed him to work with a wide array of clients including Barneys New York, Baccarat, Cartier, Nordstrom, Nike and Ford Models.
SOURCE: MAISON&OBJET AMERICAS
Unknown Union by Rafael de Cárdenas
Rafael de Cárdenas’ Fantastic Furniture 
Cárdenas’ signature blend of saturated colors and stark geometry turns classic architecture into a common language of striking patterns and eye-popping hues.
His incredible dynamic aesthetic continues to create its mark, appearing at the many OHWOW galleries and concept shops popping up around the world. De Cárdenas cites diversity and atmosphere over set style as the key to artistic longevity, adding “I like to bend the rules of traditional architecture to produce moods and elicit emotional response.” [in Cool Hunting].
Rafael de Cárdenas, OHWOW Book Club
Rafael de Cárdenas, Cappellini Installation
Rafael de Cárdenas, OHWOW Miami
In 2011 de Cárdenas begun creating his first furniture collection with Johnson Trading Gallery and in 2012 was the first and only that American invited him to participate in AD Interiéurs Voyages. His latest design collaborations include the Nike – 45 Grand fitness studio in SoHo, the reincarnation of hotspot Asia de Cuba in NYC, jewelry designer Deflina Delettrez’s London boutique and a reinterpretation of Kartell’s “Bourgie Lamp” for its 10th Anniversary.
Rafael de Cárdenas has also been named a Featured Designer for AD France Collector and to the Architectural Digest AD100 list.
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