JAN 26, 2008

California College of the Arts Extended Education presents
Interior Designers Forum: World View on Design

$125, includes lunch and refreshments
$20 registration fee

ASID members may earn 0.6 CEU credit
Preregistration is required; please call 510.594.3710

CCA San Francisco campus
1111 Eighth Street
(near 16th and Wisconsin)

Saturday
January 26, 2007
10am-5pm

‘WORLD VIEW ON DESIGN’:
In association with SFDC Winter Market:
NEWEST TRENDS, IDEAS, INSPIRATIONS FROM SOME OF THE WORLD’S TOP ARCHITECTS, DESIGNERS, LANDSCAPE DESIGNERS, FURNITURE DESIGNERS, VISIONARIES.
WE WILL ALSO BE PRESENTING AN EXCLUSIVE SHOWING OF CHRISTOPHER FLACH’S NEW FILM –‘MADELEINE CASTAING’, A DOCUMENTARY ON THE LEGENDARY PARIS DESIGNER.

Today, design study and travel to study/view/understand the scope of design is essential for designers–to broaden their style horizons, to widen their client-base, to find new sources and resources.

Although the Internet brings the world of furniture, décor, and the decorative arts as close as the click of a mouse, designers need to experience firsthand the cultures from which design ideas and philosophies originate, so they can understand the directions in world design, from comprehending its history to predicting its future trends.

Our speakers are seasoned designers and architects—and savvy travelers who scour the cities of Paris, London, and Rome for inspiration, to study new directions in art, to attend antiques fairs and art exhibits, and to immerse themselves in other cultures.

Presented by Diane Dorrans Saeks, this eclectic mix of leading architects and designers will discuss a range of design philosophies and approaches, focusing on the influence and scope of international design. They will present their newest work, including residences and houses in San Francisco.

Diane Dorrans Saeks is a noted editor, lecturer, and the author of 19 books, including Palm Springs Living (Rizzoli, 2007), California Country Style (Chronicle Books, 2006) and Michael S. Smith: Elements of Style (Rizzoli, 2006). Ms Saeks has also written extensively for the New York Times, Departures, Garden Design, and many other publications around the world. She is the editor at large for C magazine, the interior design editor for SAN FRANCISCO MAGAZINE, and the California editor at Metropolitan Home. Ms. Saeks developed the Interior Designers Forum for CCA eleven years ago.

Featured Speaker
Gary Hutton
After designing custom furniture for his clients, Gary Hutton introduced The Gary Hutton Furniture Collection in 1984. The line has grown into a unique assortment of over 30 pieces, featuring his signature metal tables, and exquisitely detailed upholstered furnishings. The collection is available at premier showrooms throughout the United States. Mr. Hutton’s design work can be found in major residential, commercial and hospitality spaces in the US and Mexico. Gary is also one of the premier Modernists in the US—presenting refined, superbly detailed contemporary interiors for connoisseurs of originality. For winter market 2008 he is presenting new collections, including superb designs for Therien Studio Workshops. Gary takes his design further—and offers designs of breathtaking beauty, charm, wit, and style.

Guest Speakers:

BASSAM FELLOWS:
The notable design/architecture partnership of Craig Bassam and Scott Fellows has been admired in Europe, Australia, and the United States for its refined design, focus on craftsmanship, and a special understanding of modern interiors and contemporary style. The designers, based on the East Coast, recently introduced a superb collection of furniture for venerable McGuire Furniture Company, based in San Francisco. The duo founded their own company in 2003—and focus on exceptional quality, craftsmanship, traditional methods, and a sense of rigorous design for today. Their designs—crafted by leading European artisans—are certain to become future heirlooms and essential collections. We are honored that they will be presenting their newest work.

Special Feature

Premier of “MADELEINE CASTAING,’ a new documentary film by San Francisco film-maker and award-winning photographer, CHRISTOPHER FLACH

Christopher Flach was first introduced to the design great Madeleine Castaing (1894-1992) when he visited her Paris antique shop with his wife, top designer Martha Angus. He struck up a friendship with this very ‘insider’ designer and antiquaire and was given permission to film her shop and apartment.

This elegant and insightful film explores her work, her personality, and her international influence. The chic film offers a very special insight into this great designer—whose work is copied, admired and revived by chic young Domino readers and top designers. The mix of Russian, Biedermeier, Napoleon III, and English regency furniture, on ocelot patterned carpets in rooms always populated by books effortlessly came together on the rue Jacob–and was rarely if ever successfully imitated by others.

Jacques Grange once worked as her assistant and her influence is evident of this unique master of imaginary time and space. Her wallpapers and textiles are still available—and highly desirable.

Chris studied photography with Angel Adams and Mary Ellen Mark. This is his first documentary film.

Special Guest Speaker
Andrea Cochran
Andrea Cochran, FASLA has been practicing landscape architecture in the San Francisco Bay area for over twenty years. After working collaboratively for ten years, she established Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture in 1998. Ms. Cochran has served as a commissioner on the Civic Design Committee of the San Francisco Arts Commission and on the executive board for the Architecture and Design Forum at SFMOMA. In 2006, she was a finalist in Landscape Architecture for the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Awards.

Special Guest Speakers
Byron Kuth and Elizabeth Ranieri
Established in 1990 by Byron Kuth A.I.A. and Elizabeth Ranieri A.I.A., KUTH/RANIERI Architects has earned an international reputation for its innovative projects that integrate client needs with contemporary issues of design, technology, and environmental awareness. The firm has won numerous regional, state, and national A.I.A. awards, the Architectural League of New York’s Young Architects and Emerging Voices awards, and multiple I.D. Magazine Annual Awards. Kuth and Ranieri are noted for their rigorous approach to design—and the refined, superbly detailed and highly intelligent/intellectual work they produce.

Cass Calder Smith
CCS Architecture
Cass Calder Smith established the San Francisco architectural firm that bears his name in 1990. Firmly based in the modernist idiom, Mr. Calder Smith draws inspiration from history’s great architects and cities, as well as the epic filmmakers of the last century. He seeks balance between bold imagery and intricate detail in his designs. He now has offices in both San Francisco and New York City—and produces a superb range of restaurant interiors, ateliers, apartments, and contract properties as his practice grows in fame and admiration.

John Cary
Public Architecture
As Executive Director of Public Architecture, John Cary is responsible for the day-to-day operations and overall development of the organization. Mr. Cary writes and speaks extensively on issues relating to architectural education, internship, licensure, and public service. In 2006, at 29, he became the youngest person ever recognized as a Senior Fellow of the Design Futures Council, alongside nine building industry and environmental leaders including Al Gore, Bruce Mau, and others. Public Architecture believes that architects should evote a percentage of their time on public architecture—and architecture philanthropy. He will show newest examples of work produced around the world.

Mark Dziewulski
Architecture:
Mark Dziewulski was born in London and works internationally from
offices in San Francisco and London. Dziewulski is committed to environmentally sensitive construction and has created several technologically innovative buildings. His firm has received many awards, including three Excellence in Design awards from the American Institute of Architects for “Significant Works of Architecture”, two Pacific Coast Builders Design Awards, and the International Design and Development Award.

Celebrating its 11th year, CCA’s interior Designers Forum offers the public a rare opportunity to look behind the scenes at the newest unpublished design work. Each event provides a forum in which the design community can engage in lively dialogue and discuss design in its broadest context.