Miami Beach, FL – May 12, 2015 – Prominent South Florida-based developer Lionheart Capital and Casa Vogue Brasil, a leading Brazilian design magazine, hosted an exclusive design dialogue at The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Miami Beach during Miami’s inaugural edition of MAISON&OBJET, the world-famous annual Parisian design fair. The dialogue, held at The Residences’ modernist-style sales gallery, featured the singular expertise of its designer, celebrated Italian architect Piero Lissoni, and Taissa Buescu, Editor in Chief of Casa Vogue Brasil. The Residences’ grand sales gallery was transformed into an intimate forum room for the evening, anchored by a sleek, lit podium surrounded by chic canvas chairs. George Mato, Vice President of Sales at Premier Sales Group and Director of Sales at The Residences, introduced Ricardo Dunin, who invited Lissoni and Buescu to discuss Lissoni’s vision for The Residences, his first full-scale architectural endeavor in the United States. A private cocktail reception followed the dialogue, where guests admired a 3-D interactive scale model of the ultra-luxury residential development and engaged in the sales gallery’s myriad of hi-tech features. The evening’s cocktails were provided by VDKA 6100, a premium vodka brand co-created by Robert De Niro. Siena Tavern provided a selection of hors d’oeuvres including wagyu beef meatballs with bellweather ricotta, savory burrata tomato jam crostinis and spicy authentic hamachi.

Piero Lissoni & Taissa Buescu

Ricardo Dunin, Taissa Buescu, & Richard Goldstein

Ricardo Dunin

George Mato

Ricardo Dunin, Taissa Buescu, & Piero Lissoni

Piero Lissoni & Taissa Buescu

Piero Lissoni & Taissa Buescu

Piero Lissoni

Nicoletta Canesi & Piero Lissoni

Piero Lissoni & Carolyn Block Ellert

David Metalonis, Allison Greenfield, Piero Lissoni, & Ricardo Dunin

Ricardo Dunin & Piero Lissoni

David Metalonis, Catalina Martucci, & George Mato

Laura Lucidi, Emily Marant, & Molly Corville

David Metalonis, Allison Greenfield, Piero Lissoni, Taissa Buescu, & Ricardo Dunin

Mariana Amaral, Andre Brugioni Poli, Roberta Queiroz, & Lauro Andrade

Courtney Caprio, Vittorio Figari, Lily Zanardi, & Cristiana Grassi

Roberta Banqueri & Andre Brugioni Poli

Devin Kay & Emmanuel Verschueren

Barbara Bianchini, Danilo Oliveria, & Viviana Monari

Kendell Cronstron & Alejandro Saralegui

Pamela Falconi & Barbara Bianchini

Cristiana Grassi & Vittorio Figari

Carolyn Block Ellert & Ryan Kartheiser

Cristiana Grassi & Allison Greenfield

Duke Ross & Jana Sultan

George Mato & Vivian Fulop

Maxine Balchus & Ilaria Ghiacci

Leo Capote, Taissa Buescu, & Beto Cocenza