Suzanne Syz at Design Miami/ Basel

The contemporary jewelry designer will introduce Frozen Yogurt by Alex Israel

The 2017 edition of the Design Miami/ returns to Switzerland, neighboring Art Basel at the Messe Basel, from 13 to 18 June. The event will bring together the most influential collectors, gallerists, designers, curators and critics from around the world in celebration of design, architecture, art, fashion and jewelry of course, which here shows its special relationship with art. Susanne Syz's Frozen Yogurt by Alex Israel is definitely one of the forum's most contemporary and interesting jewelry projects . The Geneva-based designer, renowned for her highly original and unconventional designs, invited American artist Alex Israel to re-envision the jewelry box as a sculptural proposition.The result? Five one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces by Syz, each contained within a Frozen Yogurt jewelry box sculpture by Israel, made of painted ceramic and hand blown glass in an edition of 5.

«From my conversations with Suzanne, it became clear that a jewelry box is not only a place to store jewels, but also a vessel for the storage of great memories. The collaboration was inspired by The Bigg Chill, my marble and Styrofoam sculpture of frozen yogurt named after my father’s shop, and my memories of hanging out there almost every day after school. » Commented Israel, whose work explores popular media, Hollywood, and the cult of celebrity, while positing LA as central to an understanding of American culture and the American dream.

Susanne Syz's Frozen Yogurt by Alex Israel