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Patricia Urquiola was born in Oviedo (Spain) and lives and works in Milan since more than 20 years.
She attended the School of Architecture of Madrid Polytechnic and Milan Politechnic where she graduated in 1989 with Achille Castiglioni.
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Mary Mcdonald
Los Angeles-based designer Mary McDonald is one of today’s most sought after designers and is consistently ranked one of House Beautiful “Top 100 Designers”.
Mary McDonald’s gorgeous interiors have captivated the design community and are featured in major national publications including Town & Country, Veranda, House Beautiful,Domino, House & Garden and International Vogue.
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Karim Rashid is a leading figure in the fields of product and interior design, fashion, furniture, lighting and art.
Born in Cairo, half Egyptian, half English, and raised in Canada, Karim now practices in New York. He is best known for bringing his democratic design sensitivity to the masses. Designing for an impressive array of clients from Umbra to Prada, Miyake to Method, Karim is radically changing the aesthetics of product design and the very nature of the consumer culture.
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Richard Meier
Richard Meier’s Continued Excellence in Design
When it seems you have won the most prestigious architectural awards and designed some of the world’s instantly recognizable buildings, what do you do next? If you’re renowned architect and designer, Richard Meier, you take time to return to one of your passions.
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Laura Kirar Interior Design
Based in New York and Miami, fast-paced designer, Laura Kirar, is achieving great success and says she’s enjoying shuttling between the two polar-opposite cities and the lifestyles they have to offer.
She combines home product development with interior design through Laura Kirar TRU Design. She’s designed the interiors of upscale homes, as well as acclaimed commercial projects that include showrooms, hotels and fine restaurants.
Alexa Hampton Interior Design
Chosen by Architectural Digest in their AD 100 publication as one of the world’s one hundred best interior designers every year since 2002, Alexa Hampton and any would be critics can rest assured she didn’t ride into the design world on the coattails of her iconic 20th century designer father, Mark Hampton.
Despite having started her design career at her father’s side, traveling the world as an apprentice at a young age and later rising in the ranks in her father’s firm, Hampton has continually forged a path all her own.
Interior Designer Alexa Hampton
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Is it ever appropriate to use fake flowers in your home?
The thought of populating a beautiful vase with plastic flowers rightly sends shivers up your spine, but a small, über-chic movement has been growing traction in Paris over the last eight years.
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Imperfectly Perfect: Hella Jongerius
At the turn of this century, Dutch designer Hella Jongerius introduced a radical notion to the design world: permit objects to be imperfect. Working alongside doubtful craftsman, Jongerius deliberately introduced cracks in her ceramics, awkward bulges in her furniture and bizarre angles into her home furnishings. The result was a series of objects produced for Ikea, Vitra, Rosenthal, Camper and Evian.
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