FDR Mirror, USA by Gabriel Charbit, 2024

Exhibited at DESIGN MIAMI.LA.

Gabriel Charbit uses his keen observation skills to draw inspiration from his surroundings, nurturing abstract forms into physical realization. Driven by a passion for decontextualization, he finds fascination in landscapes, cultures, social norms, human characters, and behaviors, allowing each of these disparate qualities to coalesce into a singular abstract articulation. In 2022, he debuted his collection, "Metropolis," in Paris. The works were inspired by New York City's iconic skyscrapers. Through Charbit's lens the skyline of NYC is a magnificent product of the sum of its parts, with each building's unique function becoming obsolete when viewed as the greater whole. Similarly Charbit's aim for his designs is to transcend their traditional roles, inspiring a play between material textures and outside parameters such as light, space, and distance, ultimately leaving room for personal interpretation. Each piece in the collection, which includes desks, chairs, consoles, lighting, and room dividers, becomes an architectural marvel in itself.