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DWELL ON DESIGN 2017 HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDED:
• Featured speakers included esteemed architect Sir David Adjaye,
interior designer Martyn Lawrence Bullard, design entrepreneur
Christiane Lemieux, design visionary Bruce Mau, restaurateur
Nancy Silverton, designer Bradley Bayou, Brandon Quattrone and
Mat Sanders of Consort Design, Amanda Dameron, Carlo
Caccavale, Christopher Hawthorne, Jaime Derringer, Jamie
Rummerfield, Kim Lewis, Lisa Boone, and Meganne Wecker.
• Some of the brightest joined Dwell on Design to celebrate
raising the level of discourse, with topics that included,
"Personalized Sanctuaries", "Manufacturing Disruption", "Build
Your Brand with Instagram", fireside chats, "Alternative Practice:
Women Owned & Operated", "Passive Design...Intelligent and
Purposeful", "Web Design for Design Minded Brands", "Tough
Terrain, Peculiar Lots", and "Powerhouse of Creativity".
• The daily MOD\POD Sessions saw record attendance this
year with guests sitting in on a number of educational and
informative design sessions hosted by association partners
NKBA, ASID LA, and USGBC LA.
• Knoll and Dwell on Design celebrated Florence Knoll's 100th
birthday with a special installation highlighting her inspired
brand of modernism.
• Cloth & Company hosted their first-ever design competition,
powered by CODAworx, in partnership with Dwell on Design
and Bed Bath & Beyond. Five finalists' textile designs came to
life on the show floor as custom produced chairs, with special
judges picking the winner. Congratulations to Lauren
Bencivengo for winning the competition!
dwell on design celebrates its 12
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