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CULTURED 73 5 6 7 SPACE IS THE PLACE Espacio's showroom in the Miami Design District specializes in European designers like Autoban, Piet Boon Collection and Ruckstuhl. "At Espacio, we focus on comfortable design with a clean look," says owner Paul Adams. "My motivation was the lack of variety available to the customer. We are now starting to see the market open up to the idea of different materials and finishes, mixing modern with traditional and old with new." espacio-miami.com DAYS OF FOLLY Socrates Sculpture Park and the Architectural League of New York present "Folly 2015," an annual juried competition targeted to early career architects and designers. The winning firm, IK Studio, created Torqueing Spheres, a series of intertwining pod spaces aimed at promoting social interaction from the simple transformation of formal geometries. Made from curved plywood and polymer panels, the structures are freestanding and interactive, creating a space for visitors of the sculpture park to interact, engage, reflect and imagine. May 17-August 30; socratessculpturepark.org In Ryan Hewett's portraits, bold technique takes priority over accurate documentation. Expressive brushstrokes, palette-knife scrapes and dabs of spray paint produce not so much realistic depictions of visage, but of temperament. For his first European solo exhibition "Untitled," taking place at The Unit London, historical figures get the Hewett treatment. The month-long show begins April 24. theunitldn.com Rendering of IK Studio's winning design, Torqueing Spheres PORTRAIT BY FELIP CUEVAS (ESPACIO); COURTESY IK STUDIO