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Prestigious New York Area Stars of Design Award Winners
Announced
Architectural Digest
Editor In Chief Paige Rense, Architect Peter Marino, Designer
Karim Rashid and Architecture Firm Shelton, Mindel &
Associates Among the Award Winners
NEW YORK, Sept. 28
/PRNewswire/ -- Charles S. Cohen, president/CEO of Cohen
Brothers Realty Corporation, which owns and manages the
Decoration & Design (D&D) Building, the preeminent resource
center serving the design professional, announced the winners
of the inaugural New York area Stars of Design Awards honoring
the design achievements of the region's professionals. The
Stars of Design Awards are given to professionals who have
significantly impacted and contributed to a particular area of
design. The 2007 winners are:
Lifetime Achievement -- Paige
Rense: Having joined Architectural Digest in 1970, Paige Rense
was shortly thereafter named editor-in-chief. Under her
direction, the magazine has become the world's leading design
publication with a total audience of nearly five million
readers. She is a frequent lecturer and has hosted symposiums
at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. and the
Museum of the City of New York, as well as at other cultural
institutions and events.
Interior Design -- Peter
Marino: Peter Marino, FAIA, is the principal of Peter Marino
Architect, PLLC, an internationally acclaimed architecture
firm based in New York City. Since founding his own firm in
1978, Mr. Marino's design contributions in the areas of
commercial, cultural, residential and retail architecture have
helped redefine modern luxury worldwide, emphasizing
materiality, texture, scale, light and the constant dialogue
between interior and exterior. He is widely known for his
residential and retail designs for the most iconic names in
the fashion and art worlds: Fendi, Armani, Warhol, Valentino,
Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Dior, Donna Karan and Barneys New York.
Recent projects include Fendi flagships in Rome and New York,
Chanel buildings in Tokyo, Osaka, Hong Kong, Paris and New
York, Louis Vuitton flagships in Paris and Hong Kong and a
luxury condominium high-rise on New York's Upper East Side.
Architecture -- Shelton,
Mindel & Associates: Established in 1978, Shelton, Mindel &
Associates is an architectural firm providing complete
architectural, interiors and product design services for
corporate, cultural, academic, retail, recreational,
hospitality and residential clients. The American Institute of
Architecture, San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts, National
Academy of Design and Houston Museum of Fine Arts have
exhibited the firm's work in both traveling and permanent
exhibitions. Product design lines include collections for
Knoll, Waterworks, Jack Lenor Larsen, V'Soske and Nessen
Lighting. Architectural Digest has recognized SMA as one of
the top 100 design firms of the last century.
Product Design -- Karim
Rashid: Karim Rashid is a leading figure in the fields of
product, interior, fashion, furniture, lighting design and
art. He is best known for bringing his democratic design
sensibility to the masses. Designing for an impressive array
of clients from Alessi to Dirt Devil, Umbra to Prada, Miyake
to Method, Karim is radically changing the aesthetics of
product design and the very nature of the consumer culture. He
exhibits art in various galleries and his work is in the
permanent collections of 14 museums worldwide including MoMA
and SFMoMA. Karim has also published a variety of design
books.
Art -- Michele Oka Doner:
Michele Oka Doner is an internationally acclaimed artist and
designer whose prolific career spans four decades. The
remarkable breadth of her artistic production encompasses
public art, sculpture, furniture, jewelry and functional
objects. She is perhaps best known for her numerous public art
commissions, including those at New York's Herald Square
Subway Station and the Miami International Airport. Whether
for large scale architectural projects or intimately scaled
objects, Oka Doner's work is fueled by a lifelong study and
appreciation of the natural world, from which she derives her
unique vocabulary. Her art can be found in the collections of
the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Cooper-Hewitt National
Design Museum in New York and the Chicago Art Institute among
many others.
Photography -- Judith Turner:
Award-winning photographer Judith Turner began taking
photographs in 1972 and has had many solo exhibitions in
various cities in the United States, Europe, Israel and Japan.
Ms. Turner has had several books of her work published and her
photographs are in the permanent collections of institutions
including: The Getty Center, Los Angeles; The Whitney Museum,
New York and Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris. Ms. Turner
currently resides in New York City.
Graphic Design -- Ivan
Chermayeff: Ivan Chermayeff studied at Harvard University, the
Chicago Institute of Design and graduated from Yale
University. He is a distinguished member of the Industrial
Designers Society of America and the Alliance Graphique
Internationale. He is co-founder of Chermayeff & Geismer,
Inc., responsible for the design of the National Park Service
signage system, the logo for the United States Bicentennial
celebrations, Chase Manhattan Bank, Xerox Corporation, and
Mobile Corporation. He is the author of Observations on
American Architecture and Ellis Island.
Landscape Design -- M. Paul
Friedberg and Partners: Established in 1958, M. Paul Friedberg
and Partners has become one of the most celebrated landscape
architectural firms specializing in urban design.
These impressive winners will
receive their award and be honored during the D&D Building's
annual design industry Fall Market, at an exclusive
invitation-only black tie awards ceremony on the evening of
October 10th, at Charlie Palmer's Astra Cafe located on the
14th floor of the D&D Building in New York City.
"New York is home to
incredible design talent and we wanted to recognize that in a
meaningful way," says Cohen. "It is apropos that we honor
these eight outstanding individuals during the D&D Building's
important fall market."
The award winners were
selected by a jury comprised of six distinguished design
experts and artists including photographer Harry Benson,
architect Joseph Giovannini, writer Jamaica Kincaid, Tiffany's
design director John Loring, interior designer Juan Pablo
Molyneux, and Pratt Institute president Thomas F. Schutte.
The Stars of Design Awards
were initially established on the west coast and awarded at
the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, California
beginning in 1994. Since then, they have made their way east
to the Design Center of the Americas (DCOTA) in Southern
Florida as well as the New York area.
About Charles S. Cohen
Visionary developer Charles
S. Cohen is known for his brilliant repositioning of
commercial real estate. Mr. Cohen heads a multi-faceted real
estate development company that develops, owns and manages
more than 12 million square feet of prime office and showroom
space in Los Angeles, Manhattan, Florida and Houston,
including several of New York City's most prestigious Class A
office building addresses.
About Decoration and Design
(D&D) Building
Known nationally and
internationally as the world's most important home to over 120
showrooms, the D&D Building represents over 3000 leading
manufacturers dedicated to offering the very best in
residential and business interior furnishings, educational
opportunities and resource information. Located in Midtown
Manhattan, the D&D has a scenic 14th floor restaurant, events
venue and conference center, ASTRA, with cuisine by Charlie
Palmer.
Source: Decoration and Design
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