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T he global fair brand DesignMiami has known this all along: The cross-pollination of art with design produces an inspiring dialogue as well as acquisition opportunities far beyond functionality. Now CAM Studio collaborates with Barbara Davis Gallery on a unique intervention within CAM's home-furnishings showroom. CAM Studio speaks an international language of design via elevated brands such as Minotti, Porro, Wittmann, and Edra, many of which are designed by top-tier designers and architects (the Campana Brothers, Josef Hoffmann, Friedrich Kiesler, GamFratesi Studio); Barbara Davis is one of the first Texas dealers to exhibit at Art Basel Miami Beach. Together, they present seven contemporary talents, curated by Davis, in "The Magnificent Seven" (through August 12). CAM Studio founder/owner Carla Muñoz tells PaperCity: "Barbara and I had an instant connection, as we both work from emotion and passion; her vision aligns perfectly with our lines and design philosophy. Design should tell a story; art is the emotion that carries the narrative of each individual." The featured artists are all painters, many with a sculptural component to their work, especially Eduardo Portillo ART HEARTS DESIGN AT CAM STUDIO L ike her soothing interiors, Victoria Hagan's new collection for The Shade Store takes cues from nature, with warm earth tones and cool blues and grays evocative of memorable landscapes. She asks us to imagine curtains billowing in a soft breeze on a lazy afternoon, or the sun and moon reflecting on the ocean at different times of day. Her draperies, roman shades, and cornices add a breezy touch to windows in lightweight linen, stripes, and weaves. The collection comes in six materials and 24 colors. Victoria Hagan for The Shade Store, Highland Village Shopping Center, 4022B Westheimer Road; to the trade at Decorative Center Houston, 5120 Woodway Dr., theshadestore.com. Rebecca Sherman and Joe Mancuso, whose canvases are in important Houston collections. Also included are French-born Agnes Bourely, whose lyrical watercolors conjure plants, planets, and places, and Italian Andrea Bianconi, who's known for deft Surrealist drawings (represented here by a light box). New York artist Lauren Luloff subverts the surface in her textile-informed work that exposes the painting's stretcher bars, while West Coast artists Mel Davis and Martin Durazo respectively take on art history and add air to the pattern-and- decoration movement. Barbara Davis says, "I did this exhibit because the ideas within design and art are often the same. I wanted to show that art and design can be equal in terms of thoughtfulness and timelessness." CAM Studio, 2800 Kirby Dr., The Shops at Arrive River Oaks, camstudioid.com. Catherine D. Anspon Roger Leal Martinier, Carla Muñoz, and Eduardo Portillo with Joe Mancuso's Waterlilies, 2011 Lauren Luloff 's Yucca Filamentosa (Tall as a Tree), 2016, at CAM Studio Barbara Davis KRZYSZTOF KWIATKOWSKI JULIE SOEFER SHADES SUMMER Victoria Hagan Oceana linen shades by Victoria Hagan for The Shade Store Harbor Stripe linen draperies by Victoria Hagan for The Shade Store