Created by Swiss artist Olaf Breuning on the beach behind the Sagamore Hotel.

François Dallegret, Rare “Lumikiik” self-balancing table lamp, 1970

This radical piece is going to be auctioned at Phillips de Pury on December 17, 2008. ‘How will we live in the future?’ and design not for now, but for what is possible,’ is a question I would really like to ask Ambra Medda, as Design Miami 2008 is coming to an end.

The Art of Obama blog, at artofobama.com, features a daily dose of graphics and graffitis in support of Barack Obama, most of it centered around street art / graffiti. Our favorite artwork was created by the HVW8 crew, fellow Montrealers now living in Los Angeles.

“Obama” By HVW8 AI (44″ x 30″)

and my friend Jules Arthur…

Barack Obama 26″ x 17″ conti on mylar 2008, by Jules Arthur Arts

And of course, Mr. Brainwash…

Panthère de Cartier ring, 18 carats.

As we got to the Convention Center yesterday to shoot the second half of the show, we walked into the Cartier Dôme in the Botanical Garden to check out some bling and pop 4pm champagne (tic toc tic toc).

This year, the geodesic dome hosts ‘Diamonds, Gold and Dreams,’ a dazzling 7-minute projection created by David Lynch around the theme of floating diamond – in his words ‘a kozmik diamond show.’

We stated that this is the closest you will get to a free acid trip during Art Basel.

Stuck in our head!