- Design Icon award
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The Design Icon Award is an annual award from the World Market Center Las Vegas and the Las Vegas Design Center to an interior or furniture designer who has made a significant contribution to the industry. The recipients give a talk to the Las Vegas Market registered trade attendees. The award is given at a reception before the designer's presentation.
Recipients
- 2011 Christopher Guy Harrison[1], a British luxury furniture designer [2]
- 2010 Juan Montoya. a furniture designer. Much of his work is illustrated in the book, Juan Montoya. He was named one of Architecture Digest's Top 100 [3] [4]
- 2009 Vicente Wolf, an interior designer for the past 35 years. He has written two books, Lifting the Curtain on Design and Crossing Boundaries: A Global Vision of Design. [5]
- 2009 Roger Thomas, executive vice president design for Wynn Design and Development, known for his resdesign of tthe Mirage and Treasure Island resorts on the Strip [6]—and then later The Bellagio, Wynn Las Vegas, Wynn Macau and Encore.
- 2008 Vladimir Kagan. The New York Times called Kagan an "icon of modern furniture design. [7]" and the Wall Street Journal credited him as being one of the pioneers of modern-American design. [8] [9]
- 2008 Larry Laslo, an interior landscapes for decades. His interiors have been published among the pages of Architectural Digest, The New York Times, and elsewhere. [10]
References
- ^ Christopher Guy Official Website
- ^ Furniture World
- ^ http://www.architecturaldigest.com/architects/100/juan_montoya/montoya_article_022005
- ^ Furniture Today
- ^ Furniture Today
- ^ http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/feb/20/roger-thomas-honored-home-grown-design-icon/ Las Vegas Sun]
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/23/garden/23kagan.html
- ^ http://magazine.wsj.com/hunter/icon/couched-in-new-terms/
- ^ Las Vegas Review-Journal
- ^ Home Furnishings Business
External links
Categories:- Design awards
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