From Design Miami / The Wolfsonian Design Museum:

“Call Out to the Americas

Design Miami/ is requesting portfolios from furniture and product designers originating from or working in the Western Hemisphere, including North America, Central America, South America and the Caribbean. 

We are looking for designers whose work includes high quality, high concept objects-for-use made through handcrafted, high-tech and/or experimental processes.

We would also love to receive portfolios from emerging, experimental architects.

Europe keeps asking us for American talent. We?re determined to find the ?Best in the West? and bring it to the world?s attention ? so they will shut up already.

Please send printed portfolios, including CVs, to the following address:

Design Miami
ATTN: Wava Carpenter
3841 NE 2nd Ave
Suite 400
Miami, FL 33137
USA

Deadline: Packages must be postmarked by September 1, 2009”