Early this afternoon, we were lucky enough to wrangle some impromptu press passes into Design Miami in the Design District. We were greeted right off the bat by our old friend, the Audi R8 (Audi sponsored the event– more on that later). We then ventured into the four story, open-aired atrium, and saw some furniture from classic Nakashimas to wild conceptual pieces, lighting applications, and art. Among our (very) favorites were the Wendell Castle ‘Wishbone Chair’ (sold for a cool $65,000, picture after the jump), made out of one piece of solid oak, the lighting applications of Panton Lighting, and the Weiki Somers ‘Bathboat Tub.’ Mark Newson was named Designer of the Year– no surprise there; we were, however, dissappointed that we didn’t get to see him speak along side people like Zaha Hadid (who just designed the new BMW factory in Leipzig Germany). Overall, Design Miami was a perfect one stop place to shop for some of the best design we’ve seen in a while. Check out some pictures of the event after the jump.