Judges and Supporters
Judges
Sarah Backhouse
Finals Jury - http://planetgreen.discovery.com/feature/planet-100/sarah-backhouse.html
Television host, writer and producer Sarah Backhouse hosts Planet 100 on the Discovery Network’s Planet Green and is member of the Entertainment and Media Committee of the UN-affiliated International Renewable Energy Organization (IREO).
Shashi Caan
Finals Jury - http://www.sccollective.com/
Multi-disciplinary designer and educator Shashi Caan is co-founder of the Shashi Caan Collective and Chair of the Interior Design Program at Parsons the New School for Design. She practices a human-centered design approach with a sharp focus on the future of the habitable environment.
Kira Gould
Finals Jury - http://www.mcdonoughpartners.com/
Kira Gould is Director of Communications with William McDonough + Partners and co-author, with Lance Hosey, of Women in Green: Voices of Sustainable Design (Ecotone Publishing, 2007).
Zem Joaquin
Finals Jury - http://www.ecofabulous.com/
Zem Joaquin is Founder and CEO of EcoFabulous, the online source for the “well-lived ‘eco’ life.” She has been a contributing eco-editor at House & Garden, Domino, Architectural Digest, and 7×7 Magazines and in 2009 received the Global Green Millennium Founder’s Award.
Summer Rayne Oakes
Finals Jury - http://www.summerrayne.net/
Former environmental scientist and entomologist now is considered “The World’s First Eco-Model.” She is a correspondent on Discovery Network’s Planet Green, author of bestselling style guide Style, Naturally (Chronicle, 2009), and Editor-at-Large of ABOVE Magazine.
Jose Atienza
Senior Designer, William McDonough + Partners - http://www.mcdonoughpartners.com/
Dayna Baumeister
Co-Founder, Biomimicry Guild - http://www.biomimicry.net/
Kate Bolick
Author, Deceived With Ornament: The Inner Life of the American Home
Helene Cany
Finalist, One Good Chair 2009 - http://www.helenecany.com/
John Cary
President & CEO, Next American City - http://www.americancity.org/
Dawn Danby
Founder, Aylanto - http://www.aylanto.com/
Ingrid Fetell
Human Factors Specialist, IDEO - http://www.ingridfetell.com/
Nataly Gattegno
Co-Founder, Future Cities Lab - http://www.future-cities-lab.net/
Lance Hosey
Author, The Shape of Green: Aesthetics, Ecology, and Design - http://www.shapeofgreendesign.com/
Toby Israel
Founder, Design Psychology - http://www.designpsychology.net/
Janine James
Founder, The Moderns - http://www.themoderns.com/
Wendy Jedlicka
Founder, Jedlicka Design - http://www.jedlicka.com/
Jason Johnson
Co-Founder, Future Cities Lab - http://www.future-cities-lab.net/
Antonio Larosa
Chair of Furniture Design, Savannah College of Art and Design - http://www.larosadesign.com/
Richard Liddle
Founder, Cohda Design - http://www.cohda.com/
Andrea Mangini
Lead Experience Designer, Adobe Systems - http://www.adobe.com/
Daniel Michalik
Founder, DMFD - http://www.danielmichalik.com/
Virginia Postrel
Author, The Substance of Style - http://www.dynamist.com/
Andrew Whalley
Partner, Grimshaw Architects - http://www.grimshaw-architects.com/
Adam Yarinsky
Co-Founder, Architecture Research Office - http://www.aro.net/
Sponsors
The Sustainable Furnishings Council is a non-profit balanced coalition of industry players created to promote sustainable practices among manufacturers, retailers, and consumers alike with a public tagging program to identify good choices.
World Market Center Las Vegas is proud to be a founding member of the Sustainable Furniture Council and is dedicated to the promotion of sustainable home furnishings. As part of its annual Summer Market (July 28-Aug 1 2008), the Las Vegas Design Center and the Living Green Pavilion will again present sustainable educational programs and juried exhibits for the residential and contract furnishings industry. Located in the heart of Las Vegas, the World Market Center is the fastest-growing upscale market in the country.
Lance Hosey (competition conceiver and organizer). Designer and architect Lance Hosey, AIA, LEED AP, Hon. FIGP, is a former Director with William McDonough + Partners and a columnist with Architect magazine. He has been featured in Metropolis magazine’s “Next Generation” program and Architectural Record’s “emerging architect” series. His forthcoming book, The Shape of Green: Aesthetics, Ecology, and Design, demonstrates how form and image can enhance conservation and comfort at every scale of design, from products and communities. http://www.shapeofgreendesign.com/
Weyerhaeuser releases the potential in trees to solve important problems for people and the planet. Uniquely qualified to meet the needs of their customers while also caring for the planet. Weyerhaeuser is inspired by trees. Their strength, vitality, and unlimited potential to be transformed into useful products have guided its approach to business for more than a century. Trees and human ingenuity are equally precious, sustainable resources, and Weyerhaeuser is committed to growing both.
Metropolis examines contemporary life through design—architecture, interior design, product design, graphic design, crafts, planning, and preservation. Subjects range from the sprawling urban environment to intimate living spaces to small objects of everyday use. In looking for why design happens in a certain way, Metropolis explores the economic, environmental, social, cultural, political, and technological context. With its innovative graphic presentation and its provocative voice, Metropolis shows how richly designed our world can be.
Combining craftsmanship with innovative function, Handy Living has created a new category in the furniture industry. Handy Living products will furnish entire homes with easily assembled, multi-function furniture. Sofas, chairs and Convert-a-Couch sleep sofas. Handy Living is at the forefront of the furniture industry in the design and development of products that ship directly your door.
