Design Education: Less tools, More brains.
Antonio Larosa for Contract magazine. http://www.contractdesign.com/contract/Design-Education-Cri-5284.shtml
During the 2010 Las Vegas winter market, the Sustainable Furnishings Council partnered with World Market Center to present its first ECOngress event and its second DESIGNINGreen discussion, the latter featuring Kathy Ireland, HGTV’s Angelo Surmelis (both shown in the photo at right) and Dwell magazine Publisher Michela O’Connor Abrams.
"It was inspirational to be involved with an organization like S
FC, and to see all of the people at the events during the Las Vegas Market...
Photo: (l-r) Scott Poynton, Jeff Hiller, Mark Haynes, Margaret Casey, Roger Jones, Antonio Larosa, panelists from the Forests to Factories: Supplying Sustainability seminar, ECOngress 2010,World Market Center Las Vegas.
More at: http://www.homeaccentstoday.com/blog/1930000393/post/1260052726.html
"Revolution in the Living Room: Conversation with a Furniture Designer". To read the article from the Fast Company website, click here: http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/paula-wallace/design-education-changing/revolution-living-room-conversation-furniture-designer
Some people like to call it “green design”, others “eco-friendly”, but Antonio Larosa likes to call his Millefiori collection “ …simply quality products designed and manufactured using good-old fashioned common sense!”. The furniture and accessories are manufactured in Italy using recycled and reclaimed wood, reclaimed high quality Italian leather, and recycled hide. Many pieces of the Millefiori collection were donated by the designer to several non-profit organizations to be auctioned and to benefit charities around the Country.
(Millefiori collection)
