Keynotes
Beautifully designed products all begin with the spark of an idea, and that idea can come from anywhere. Please join us as we welcome a series of innovative speakers to NeoCon 2013 to reveal the thought process behind some of their most iconic work and to discuss the inspiration that led them to what we admire today.
Bjarke Ingels [KE1]
Founder of BIG
Date: Monday, June 10
Time: 8 a.m.
Fee: None
Founder of BIG, Bjarke Ingels Group in New York and Denmark, Ingels has developed a reputation for designing buildings that are as programmatically and technically innovative as they are cost and resource conscious. Ingels has received numerous awards and honors, including the Danish Crown Prince’s Culture Prize in 2011 and the ULI Award for Excellence in 2009. In 2011, the Wall Street Journal awarded Bjarke the Architectural Innovator of the Year Award. In 2012, the American Institute of Architects granted the 8 House its Honor Award.
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Michael Vanderbyl [KE2]
Principal of Vanderbyl Design
Date: Tuesday, June 11
Time: 8 a.m.
Fee: None
A 2012 Interior Design Hall of Fame award recipient, Vanderbyl has gained international prominence in the design field as a practitioner, educator, critic and advocate. Since being established in San Francisco in 1973, his firm – Vanderbyl Design – has evolved into a multidisciplinary studio with expertise in identity, print and digital communications, interiors, showrooms, retail spaces, signage, textiles, fashion apparel, packaging, furniture and product design. Michael will be joined by four of his clients as they discuss and share their combined 90 years of the designer-client relationship.
Panelists: David Feldberg, President & CEO of Teknion; Janice Feldman, President & CEO of JANUS et Cie; Christian G. Plasman, President of Van Peursem Ltd; and Kevin Stark, President of HBF. Moderator: Cindy Allen, Editor in Chief of Interior Design Magazine
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Holly Hunt [KE3]
President and CEO of Holly Hunt
Date: Tuesday, June 11
Time: 1 p.m.
Fee: None
President and CEO of HOLLY HUNT, Hunt’s brand has become the premier design and distribution entity for high end interior furnishings in the country. She has often been credited with raising the bar in interior design showrooms. Home & Garden magazine recognized HOLLY HUNT as the Top Showroom in their Best of the Best awards three years in a row.
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Lauren Rottet [KE4]
Founder of Rottet Studio
Date: Wednesday, June 12
Time: Noon
Fee: None
Lauren Rottet, FAIA, FIIDA, interior architect, designer, and founder of Rottet Studio, is equally known for her expertise and leadership in the design of office environments, hotels and now residences. In particular, she is cited for her expertise in advancing office design to reflect a current approach based on technology, contemporary methods of working and bringing a more relaxed hospitality approach to the office. Among her extraordinary record of awards, publications, juries and honors, Rottet recently became the only woman in history to be elevated to Fellow status by both the American Institute of Architects and International Interior Design Association.
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