An Artist’s Loft in Miami Displays an Eye-Popping Collection of Vintage Furniture
Artist Christopher Florentino’s Ghost Loft is a delightful mix of midcentury-modern furniture, Pop art, and Japanese design.
Artist Christopher Florentino’s Ghost Loft is a delightful mix of midcentury-modern furniture, Pop art, and Japanese design.
Featuring 360-degree views of the Atlantic Ocean and downtown Miami, this 1,900-square-foot studio apartment on Harbor Island is Brooklyn-born artist Christopher "Flore" Florentino’s latest passion project.
Artist Christopher Florentino created this studio to be a source of inspiration. "This space is for me as an artist—to create in, to keep me inspired," he says. "I don’t think there are many spaces that have a Keith Haring and Shiro Kuramata chair in the same space. I’m trying to show who I am as a designer and as an artist."
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A collector of midcentury-modern art and furniture since his teenage years—Flore purchased his first piece, an Eames lounge chair, at the tender age of 13—the now 37-year-old recently restored a 1963 Gene Leedy–designed ranch house in Winter Haven, Florida, to its former glory, filling it with his entire collection.
The process of designing and working on that house provided so much inspiration for the artist that he knew he had to do it again. He sold the home—and its contents—and looked for a new space to fill with his favorite things.
This sitting room–cum–art studio mixes modern with vintage. Flore’s prized 1950s Freeform Sofa by Isamu Noguchi, the glass FIAM Ghost Chair by Cini Boeri, and an Eames Plywood Lounge Chair provide plenty of iconic perches from which to contemplate his work—in this case, it's Urban Cubism on the easel.
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Returning to his adopted home of Miami, Florida, Flore purchased an eleventh-floor studio in a Chad Oppenheimer building where he had previously lived in 2016.
He started work in August of 2019, transforming the bold, open space into a reflection of his personality and passions. It was a challenge: With the Leedy home, he had great midcentury bones to work with. This space presented a very different proposition.
Rose-tinted windows help soften the outside world while Creme Cork flooring absorbs and reflects the warmth of the strong Florida sun streaming in.
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