Dan Kiley In a professional career spanning more than 60 years, Dan Kiley has been acclaimed as the “dean” of American landscape architecture. He has worked with the great 20th-century architects (including Eero Saarinen, I.M. Pei, and Frank Gehry) on some of this country’s most important commissions, combining a refinement of eye and hand with...
Geoffrey Beene Universally recognized for his unparalleled craftsmanship and excellence in clothing design, Geoffrey Beene has maintained his strong, singular vision—unmoved by the whims of trends—throughout his 50 years in American fashion. Having originally studied medicine, he has a unique perspective on the human body and, throughout his career, has returned again and again to...
André Balazs André Balazs has created some of the most innovative and widely imitated hotels in the world. Focused on the narrative of the individual experience, Balazs works closely with architects and designers to create a unique look and feel for each hotel. His hotels range widely from luxury boutique hotels like The Mercer, in...
Whirlpool Corporation Whirlpool Corporation uses design as a strategic tool to produce high-quality, innovative appliances that meet the needs of a broad range of American households. Whirlpool strives to achieve both business value and consumer solutions through design and consistently reinvents mass-market appliances. The recent development and introduction of a new youth brand, Pla (pronounced...
New York City Housing Authority The New York City Housing Authority, the largest public housing authority in the United States, has become a model for the construction and rehabilitation of quality, innovative housing and other facilities for low-income families. The playgrounds, police stations, and community centers built by the agency serve over half a million...
Steven Holl Since establishing Steven Holl Architects in New York in 1976, Holl has earned a reputation as one of the most brilliant pure designers in America. Holl’s spare yet beautiful architecture originates from the architect’s geometric rigor, attention to detail, and belief in the integrity of craft. Rather than carrying one signature style to...
Lucille Tenazas Lucille Tenazas is the principal and creative force behind Tenazas Design, a San Francisco-based communication, graphics, and design firm founded in 1985. Her work, spanning 20 years, lies between the rigor of design and the freedom of art and achieves an effective symbiosis of rationality and creativity. Tenazas’s interests in language and the...
James Carpenter James Carpenter has spent his career in the arena of public art and architecture, pushing the boundaries of light and glass technologies in large environmental spaces. The primary focus of his work is the exploration of the natural phenomenon of light and structure as they influence built space. Carpenter’s original approach to glass...
Niels Diffrient A pioneer of ergonomic design, Niels Diffrient is driven by the need to improve the way existing products work. For Diffrient, product ideas originate from the specific human factors relevant to the product at hand. He delays giving his designs a distinct physical form until all relevant ergonomic factors are considered—an approach that...
