Participating Designers Bios
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Alex Bandon & Amy Hughes for This Old House
Alex Bandon and Amy Hughes have worked closely together at This Old House magazine for nearly 8 years.
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Asler Valero
Asler Valero is a New York-based interior designer currently working with Stephen Sills Associates. Born in Venezuela, Asler studied Interior Design at the Instituto de Diseño Las Mercedes in Caracas and continued his studies in the US.
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Beale-Lana Interior Design
Beale-Lana creates back drops for the way in which we live- our collections, our guests, our lifestyles.
Randall Beale and Carl Lana have been designing couture interiors together since 1992.
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Bob Richter
Bob Richter’s love of design has been ingrained in him since he was a latchkey kid in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Often ‘refreshing’ his mother’s house before she returned home from work, Bob got his inspirations from old movies and attic treasures. He began collecting antiques at the age of 7, while tagging along with his older brother, thus beginning a life-long love affair with garage sales, flea markets and thrift shops.
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Cafiero Select
David Cafiero is the principal designer and proprietor of Cafiero Select, a full-service interiors firm as well as an antique shop and gallery in New York’s East Village. He has worked on a variety of both commercial and residential projects since the firm’s inception in 2003, many of which have been published internationally.
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Calypso
When the first Calypso St. Barth boutique opened in 1992, it made design from exciting destinations like Rajasthan, Marrakech and Bali accessible to the sophisticated woman with a unique point of view.
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Carolina Irving
“I have always been obsessed with fabrics, colors and textures…and I have always waned to have my own collection of textiles, explains Carolina Irving, former Design Editor at House and Garden for more than ten years. In 2006 she achieved her heart’s desire, founding her own textile design atelier. Now for the first time, her exciting collection of softly colored, printed designs on hemp and linen is available.
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Charlotte Moss
Charlotte Moss has developed a signature philosophy of style blending couture living and elegantly curated spaces in which one is meant to live, enjoy and entertain. Born in Richmond, Virginia, Moss’ distinct Southern charm has left its mark on society as a philanthropist and an elegant host.
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de la Torre Design Studio
Ernest de la Torre represents a timeless style that blends traditional and modern influences around a passion for art and design. His approach to design is one-of-a-kind and firmly rooted in a vision that enables him to design works of art.
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Design by Joshua
Joshua has been working as an interior designer for the past 7 years and has most recently started working as a visual coordinator and a stylist. He has always had a passion for the many avenues of design and loves to intermix all aspects of creativity.
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Eldon Wong Design
Eldon Wong is an established residential interior designer and provides professional services for complete home renovations, kitchen/ bath design, interior design, and collecting antiques and decorative objects. Published projects have included New York City, Greenwich, and the Hamptons.
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Elizabeth Bauer Design
Elizabeth is a native New Yorker, who attended Bates College and New York University. Growing up Elizabeth spent summers assisting at an established design firm in Nantucket, MA, where she learned to develop her own eye for unique furniture, art and home décor. After college, Elizabeth went to work for Vogue and Oprah’s Home Magazine before returning to pursue a career in the interior design industry.
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Flair Home Collection
Set in a dramatic Soho loft space, FLAIR presents a unique proposition in home furnishings, decoration and gifts.
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Foley and Cox
Mary Foley and Michael Cox have been designing sumptuous interiors both domestically and abroad for more than 15 years. Their New York design studio specializes in exclusive residential projects as well as luxurious yachts and private aircraft interiors.
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Franck Hodelin
Franck Hodelin is president of the New York City based interior design firm of Franck Hodelin & Company. Founded in 2004, the firm has been acclaimed for its clean and classic sensibility in residential and office design.
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Hable Construction
Named after their great-grandfather’s road construction business, Texan sisters Susan and Katharine Hable founded the NY textiles company Hable Construction in 1999.
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Harry Cushing
The team’s approach to design has been described as ‘organic…simple, very livable, real, with a variety of textures, and an intriguing color palette using a combination of materials. It is not defined by any particular style but a specific sensibility.’
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Housing Works Visuals
“Who does your amazing windows?” It’s a question asked at least 3 times a day. Or, “I walk by here just to see what you guys come up with”. Seven days per week, seven stores (and counting), 365 days per year….that’s a lot of props these three talented individuals get from the work they do for Housing Works Thrifts Online Auctions. You might see them on any given day, stuffed into a small space, armed and sweaty with staple gun, laptop and digital camera. Each of these three brings a vast amount of creativity, experience and heart to the daily task as professionals, artists and activists.
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Jacy Levy
Jack began designing in 1995, and has since been recognized by publications such as House and Garden, Traditional Home, Veranda, Interior Design Magazine, American Way Magazine, and The New York Times for his residential, corporate, and commercial design projects.
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jeffrey digangi design
Jeffrey DiGangi is a graduate of Parsons School of Design and has since had a successful career in retail design, ranging from Visual Display, to Store and Fixture Design, to Branding and Product Development. He’s held the position of Corporate Visual Director with such companies as The Limited Brands, Giorgio Armani and Donna Karan.
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John Bartlett/John Esty
In September of 2007, Bartlett opened his first branded flagship store. Situated in the heart of the West Village, the store houses a full range of product centering around Bartlett’s signature sportswear – while offering made to measure clothing – and exclusive to the store furnishings. Bartlett also envisions the store as a breeding ground of related creativity and will be collaborating with a diversity of local artisans to create one of a kind ceramics, scent, hand screened tshirts and other curiosities.
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Juniper Tedhams
Raised in Austin, Texas and Mexico with a Masters of Fine Art from the University of Illinois Chicago and a BFA from The School of the Art Institute, Juniper Tedhams’ design work has been equally influenced by nearly fifteen years in the antiques business. Early work with an architectural restoration firm and numerous antiques dealers in Chicago and London honed a keen eye for architectural purity and a deep understanding of the importance of balance in good design.
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Kim Hull Interiors
Kim Hull Interiors was formed this past year focusing on developing creative
and comfortable environments that adapt to modern family life. Based in
Westchester County New York, she is working on projects in Westchester
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Laidback Home
Around the way girl, Bronx born and bred, Tina Shoulders has grown up a product of the hip-hop generation, using the finer elements of the culture to inspire her style and design aesthetic. She has honed her talent surface, textile and graphic design to redefine modern home design accessories and interiors for the urban hipster who loves to style outside the box.
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Laura Bohn
Laura Bohn Design Associates is a New York-based international architectural and interior design consulting firm that was started in 1980. The aesthetic concept of the company combines contemporary minimalism, custom-designed furniture, antiques, and unexpected color palettes.
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Luis Caicedo
Luis Caicedo is a Colombian self-taught designer based in New York City that designs home accessories and specializes in small spaces.
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Mark Stephen
Mark Testa owns Mark Stephen Enterprises a design and production company that creates environments that brings brands to life. His company integrates event design, exhibit design, graphic design, and interior design to create a three dimensional environment that enhances an existing marketing objective.
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Nest
Tobin Heminway began her career in film, achieving a masters degree from New York University’s celebrated film school, producing independent films, and running
the annual GenArt Film Festival in Manhattan.Elena Colombo is a classically trained sculptor and architectural designer, who owns and operates Firefeatures.com and Colombo Construction Corporation, a full service conceptual design and fabrication firm specializing in site specific, largescale works: fire, water, and wind features, memorials, markers, environmental art, and sculpture.
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Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon, now in its 30th year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does.
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Robert Passal
Robert Passal is the proprietor of Robert Passal Interiors located in the Flatiron District of Manhattan. His unique style and attention to detail have provided the framework for a notable career in the field of Interior Design.
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Steven Sclaroff
A graduate of Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Architecture, Steven Sclaroff has been active in architecture, interior design and product development since 1988. His wide-ranging interests form the basis of his practice. Elements as disparate as Derek Jarman’s garden and Slim Aaron’s society portraits influence Steven’s unique contemporary style.
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the editors at Real Simple
Real Simple launched in March 2000 and has quickly become one of the industry’s biggest success stories. The magazine has struck a chord with busy women looking to make life easier, currently reaching 7.7 million readers per month.
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Todd Black & THU DO DESIGN
Todd Black established T W Black Inc in 2000, a full service interior design firm based in New York. Whether a Moroccan palace in Key West, a classic Park Avenue apartment, or a weekend beach house…
Thu Do Design offers professional interior design and consultation services, ranging from construction renovation to all aspects of interior decoration including custom furniture and furnishings…
