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Lisa Boquiren San Francisco Design Center 415.490.5821 lisab@sfdesigncenter.com

The San Francisco Design Center presents
WINTER MARKET 2007: Celebrating 35 Years of Design
January 24 – 26, 2007
Galleria Atrium
101 Henry Adams near 8th and Townsend Streets

Celebrating 35 Years of Design: 2007 marks the San Francisco Design Center’s 35th anniversary of innovation and style. Founded in 1971 by Henry Adams, a visionary urban pioneer who imagined a design district of distinction growing out of San Francisco’s aging industrial infrastructure, today SFDC is the west’s premier showcase for exceptional interior design resources and luxury home furnishings. SFDC salutes the local design community, from its creative heyday in the 1970s through its devastation by AIDS in the 1980s to the emergence of today’s creative design talents.

KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS:

Inside the Design Studio:
Edie Cohen Presents Stanley Abercrombie
Wednesday, January 24, 10 – 11 a.m.

A free trade event

Join Edie Cohen, deputy editor of Interior Design, as she interviews Stanley Abercrombie, one of the most influential and esteemed leaders in the design industry today, about the state of the design profession, the future of the industry, and his life and legacy. Abercrombie has worn many hats during his years in design. He is the former editor in chief of Interior Design, as well as an educator, exhibition curator, designer and author. His comprehensive A Century of Interior Design, 1900-2000, was recently published by Rizzoli. Abercrombie sits on the advisory boards of several design schools, including the New York School of Interior Design, the Academy of Art University and UC Berkeley Extension, and has been honored as a fellow by both the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID). Edie Cohen moved from New York to Los Angeles to establish the West Coast office of Interior Design. She is author of West Coast Rooms and is a frequent participant in national design seminars and competitions.


Environmental Footprint:
The Forgotten Legacy of Bay Area Housing
Thursday, January 25, 10 – 11 a.m.

A free trade event

Susan S. Szenasy, editor in chief of Metropolis, moderates a discussion that highlights Bay Area housing, exploring affordable housing, sustainability and the challenge of designing spaces that enhance people’s lives. Looking at both the legacy of Bay Area pioneers, like “merchant builder” Joseph Eichler and architects Samuel and Chas Newsom, and the future, Szenasy and her distinguished panelists will discuss the roles that designers and clients can play in creating a blueprint for living in the 21st century.

Panelists:
David Baker, FAIA, is principal of San Francisco-based David Baker + Partners, an architecture firm that combines social concern with a signature design vocabulary. The firm’s design portfolio includes more than 6,000 housing units, as well as commercial and hospitality projects, including Hotel Healdsburg.

Anne Fougeron heads Fougeron Architecture, whose residential projects run the gamut from multi-million dollar suburban homes to city lofts and affordable housing. She teaches architectural design at UC, Berkeley and California College of the Arts.

Jordan Harris, is co-founder of Virgin Records US, “Rock the Vote,” “Green Car to the Red Carpet” and OZO Car, New York’s first eco-luxury car service. Harris, an advocate for green design, lives in a solar powered house in Marin County.

Jennifer W. Gadiel, IIDA, LEED ® AP, an interior designer with Kwan Henmi Architectural Planning, is currently working on Arterra in San Francisco’s Mission Bay, a project on track to become the City’s first LEED-certified high-rise residence.


DESIGN LEGENDS & ICONS
With Diane Dorrans Saeks, Michael Vanderbyl,
Ronette King and Yves Behar
Friday, January 26, 10 – 11 a.m.

A free trade event

Join best-selling design author, Diane Dorrans Saeks, for a spirited roundtable discussion on the state of design with local legends and design visionaries Michael Vanderbyl, Ronette King and Yves Behar. “Design brings stories to life,” says Yves Behar, the founder of fuseproject, a San Francisco-based design and branding studio whose clients include Herman Miller, Nike, Toshiba, Sony, Birkenstock, Target, Swarovski and Coca-Cola. Ronette King is a design principal at Gensler San Francisco, where she leads projects like the award-winning Moscone West Convention Center, executive headquarters for Charles Schwab and Chevron Corp. In 2001 she was inducted into the prestigious Interior Design Hall of Fame. Michael Vanderbyl is the creative force behind Vanderbyl Design, a multidisciplinary studio whose portfolio includes expertise in graphic arts, packaging, signage, furniture design and showroom and retail interiors. The conversation is sure to be stimulating for all design professionals and students.


SPECIAL EVENTS:

Small Firms, Great Projects
A benefit for the Center for Architecture + Design
Thursday, January 25, 7 - 9 p.m.

A public event

Benefit tickets: $35 for AIA SF and SFDC members and San Francisco magazine subscribers; $50 general admission and at-the-door ticket purchase. Includes complimentary wine, signature cocktails and light hors d'oeuvres; no-host bar. To purchase tickets, visit www.aiasf.org.

Join the Bay Area’s design community for a celebration of architecture and design at this gala exhibit opening, party and silent auction. A showcase for AIA SF’s Small Firms, Great Projects program, the evening, a benefit for the Center for Architecture + Design, features a silent auction of chairs donated by Bay Area furniture designers and SFDC showrooms.

Small Firms, Great Projects is presented by SFDC, San Francisco magazine and AIA SF (American Institute of Architects San Francisco).


Small Firms, Great Projects Exhibition
SFDC Galleria
January 15 – 26, Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

A public event

Small Firms, Great Projects celebrates the very best of Bay Area residential design and architecture. The projects represented in this exhibition can also be found in the Small Firms, Great Projects magazine, published jointly by AIA San Francisco and San Francisco magazine.

For more information on the program, visit www.aiasf.org. Exhibition dates subject to change without prior notice.

Winter Market 2007: Celebrating 35 Years of Design is the keystone event for Design Month, as designated by the Mayor’s Office for the City and County of San Francisco.